Wayne Eugene Ponto

Male1942–1944

Brief Life History of Wayne Eugene

When Wayne Eugene Ponto was born in 1942, his father, Franklin Dean Ponto, was 27 and his mother, Flora Ellen Rayman, was 27. He died in 1944, at the age of 2, and was buried in Remington, Carpenter Township, Jasper, Indiana, United States.

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Family Time Line

Franklin Dean Ponto
1915–2002
Flora Ellen Rayman
1916–1999
Wayne Eugene Ponto
1942–1944
Jacquline Ponto
–

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  • U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current

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World Events (2)

1942 · The Japanese American internment

Age 0

Caused by the tensions between the United States and the Empire of Japan, the internment of Japanese Americans caused many to be forced out of their homes and forcibly relocated into concentration camps in the western states. More than 110,000 Japanese Americans were forced into these camps in fear that some of them were spies for Japan.

1944 · The G.I Bill

Age 2

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

Some characteristic forenames: German Eldor, Elfriede, Gerhardt, Gerhart, Orlo, Ralf.

German: variant of Pontow, perhaps a habitational name from a lost or unidentified place of this name. The family originated in the area formerly known as the Netzekreis, a region on the Netze River (Polish name Notec), near Czarnków, Poland.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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