Barbie Alice Yantz

Brief Life History of Barbie Alice

When Barbie Alice Yantz was born on 5 July 1922, in Pulaski, Kentucky, United States, her father, Robert Grant Yonts, was 39 and her mother, Henrietta R Holbrook, was 40. She married James Walker Weaver on 24 September 1938, in Somerset, Pulaski, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Magisterial District 2 Crab Orchard, Lincoln, Kentucky, United States in 1940 and Magisterial District 3 Waynesburg, Lincoln, Kentucky, United States in 1940. She died on 28 October 2003, in Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 81.

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Family Time Line

James Walker Weaver
1914–2012
Barbie Alice Yantz
1922–2003
Marriage: 24 September 1938
Jerome W Weaver
1940–2023

Sources (18)

  • Barbara Weaver, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Barbie Alice Yantz Weaver, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014"
  • Barbara Yonts, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"

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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.

1926 · Mammoth Cave is Discovered

In 1926, in central Kentucky, Mammoth Cave was discovered. It dates back to Mississippian times and consists of over four hundred miles of passageway. On July 1, 1941, the cave was made a National Park.

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

Americanized form of German Janz 1 or Jantz 1.

Americanized form of Slovenian Janc (see Janz 2).

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

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