Brief Life History of Sylvester
When Sylvester VanNahmen was born on 14 June 1921, in Spearville, Ford, Kansas, United States, his father, Joseph Van Nahmen, was 30 and his mother, Kunigunda Bogner, was 29. He had at least 1 daughter with Louise Agnes Durler. He lived in Spearville Township, Ford, Kansas, United States in 1940. He died on 30 January 2003, in Spearville, Ford, Kansas, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Spearville, Ford, Kansas, United States.
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- Sylvester Vonnahmen in household of Joseph Vonnahmen, "United States Census, 1940"
- Sylvester VanNahmen, "Find A Grave Index"
- Sylvester Vannahmen in entry for Carol Jean Schell, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014"
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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.
1927 · Kansas Adopts a Flag
The flag of the State of Kansas was adopted on September 24, 1927. The flag was designed by Hazel Avery in 1925.
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.
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Variant spelling of Silvester .
Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.
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