Brief Life History of Dred Vance
When Dred Vance Walls was born on 18 November 1922, in North Carolina, United States, his father, Jesse Garland Walls, was 27 and his mother, Bertha Southards, was 25. He had at least 1 son with Roberta Elizabeth Medlin. He lived in Nantahala, Swain, North Carolina, United States in 1930 and Nantahala Township, Swain, North Carolina, United States in 1940. He died on 31 May 2003, at the age of 80, and was buried in Bryson City, Swain, North Carolina, United States.
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- Dread Walls im Haushalt von Garl J Walls, „United States Census, 1930“
- Dred V Walls, "United States Social Security Death Index"
- Dred V Walls, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"
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1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack
Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.
1923 · Amendment of Equal Rights
Is a proposed amendment to help guarantee equal legal rights for all citizens of the United States. Its main objective is to end legal distinctions between the two genders in terms of divorce, property, employment, and other legal matters. Even though it isn't the 28th Amendment yet, it has started conversations about the meaning of legal equality.
1944 · The G.I Bill
The G.I. Bill was a law that provided a range of benefits for returning World War II veterans that were on active duty during the war and weren't dishonorably discharged. The goal was to provide rewards for all World War II veterans. The act avoided life insurance policy payouts because of political distress caused after the end of World War I. But the Benefits that were included were: Dedicated payments of tuition and living expenses to attend high school, college or vocational/technical school, low-cost mortgages, low-interest loans to start a business, as well as one year of unemployment compensation. By the mid-1950s, around 7.8 million veterans used the G.I. Bill education benefits.
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: variant of Wall , with post-medieval excrescent -s.
Irish (Derry): in Ireland this name is also sometimes a variant of Walsh .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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