Elvre Virginia Minerly

Female25 September 1927–1988

Brief Life History of Elvre Virginia

Elvre Virginia Minerly was born on 25 September 1927, in Pennsylvania, United States as the daughter of Minerly and Virginia Elyre Bailie. She lived in Atlantic City, Atlantic, New Jersey, United States in 1935 and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States in 1940. She died in 1988, in Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 61.

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Family Time Line

Almond Frost Henthorne
1925–2009
Elvre Virginia Minerly
1927–1988

Sources (3)

  • Elvre Minerly in household of Charles Reuther, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Elvre Virginia Bailey in entry for Almon Frost Henthorne and Helen Edith Shields, "Virginia, Marriage Certificates, 1936-1988"
  • Baptism - Elvre Virginia Minerly - 1943

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World Events (8)

1929

Age 2

13 million people become unemployed after the Wall Street stock market crash of 1929 triggers what becomes known as the Great Depression. President Herbert Hoover rejects direct federal relief.

1933

Age 6

"New Jersey was severely impacted by the Great Depression. In response to the economic woes of the country, President Franklin D Roosevelt issued a series of programs and regulations referred to as the ""New Deal"". One-tenth of the New Jersey population was already using New Deal programs by 1933."

1944 · The G.I Bill

Age 17

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

Probably an Americanized form of South German Minnerle, a pet form of Minner ‘lover’.

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

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