Marjorie Rachel Thayer

Brief Life History of Marjorie Rachel

When Marjorie Rachel Thayer was born on 6 July 1922, in Corvallis, Benton, Oregon, United States, her father, Tileston Otis Thayer, was 60 and her mother, Sarah May Coon, was 36. She married John Calvin Eby on 7 March 1942, in Vancouver, Clark, Washington, United States. She lived in Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States in 1950. She died on 29 December 2000, in Corvallis, Benton, Oregon, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Twin Oaks Memorial Gardens, Linn, Oregon, United States.

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John Calvin Eby
1917–2006
Marjorie Rachel Thayer
1922–2000
Marriage: 7 March 1942

Sources (18)

  • Marjory Thayer, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Marjorie R Eby, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014"
  • Marjorie R Thayer, "Washington, County Marriages, 1855-2008"

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World Events (8)

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 (Gloucestershire and Somerset): from Middle English the eir ‘the heir’ with fused definite article. See Ayer .

History: Sylvanus Thayer (1785–1872), military engineer, an early superintendant of the US Military Academy at West Point, was born in Braintree, MA, into a family of English origin.

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

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