Brief Life History of Theresa
When Theresa Champagne was born on 13 March 1927, in Parks, St. Martin, Louisiana, United States, her father, Rene Champagne, was 37 and her mother, Celestine Melancon, was 36. She married Marcel Rufus Daspit on 2 December 1952, in St. Martin, Louisiana, United States. She lived in Police Jury Ward 3, St. Martin, Louisiana, United States for about 10 years. She died on 5 May 1985, in Saint Martinville, St. Martin, Louisiana, United States, at the age of 58, and was buried in Saint Michaels Cemetery, Saint Martinville, St. Martin, Louisiana, United States.
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Sources (6)
- Terena Champayne in household of Reece Champayne, "United States Census, 1930"
- Theresa Champagne, "Louisiana Parish Marriages, 1837-1957"
- Theresa Daspit, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1929
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.
1931
The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the national anthem.
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
Some characteristic forenames: French/Haitian Andre, Armand, Marcel, Lucien, Cecile, Emile, Normand, Pierre, Alain, Antoine, Evens, Fernand.
French: habitational name from Champagne, a historical province in the northeast of France, named in Latin as Campania (from campus ‘plain, flat land’). This is also the name of various villages in France, and in some cases the surname may derive from one of these. This surname is also found in Haiti (see also 2 below). Compare Champaign , Champaigne , Champine , and Shampine .
Haitian: from Champagne (see 1 above), used as a nickname or personal name.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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