Gary William Beasley or Beazley

Brief Life History of Gary William

When Gary William Beasley or Beazley was born on 22 September 1942, in Washington, District of Columbia, United States, his father, Harry William Beazley, was 20 and his mother, Kathleen Louise Hayes, was 17. He married Jo Lee Messenger on 14 December 1959, in Idaho Falls, Bonneville, Idaho, United States. He lived in United States in 1949 and Tacoma, Pierce, Washington, United States in 1950. He died on 22 April 2018, in Bismarck, Burleigh, North Dakota, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in North Dakota Veterans Cemetery, Mandan, Morton, North Dakota, United States.

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Gary William Beasley or Beazley
1942–2018
Jo Lee Messenger
1944–2014
Marriage: 14 December 1959

Sources (12)

  • Gary Beazley, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Gary Beazley, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014"
  • Gary William Beasley, "North Dakota, County Marriages, 1872-1958"

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World Events (8)

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.

1944 · CIA

June 20, 1944, Congress chartered the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).

1962 · The Cuban Missile Crisis

The Cuban Missile Crisis was a 13-day confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union because of Soviet ballistic missile deployment in Cuba. This confrontation was the closest that the Cold War became a nuclear war.

Name Meaning

English:

variant of Bisley, a habitational name from any of the places called Bisley in Gloucestershire and Surrey (the former named with the Old English personal name Bisa + lēah ‘woodland clearing’, the later named with either a personal name or Old English bysce ‘copse, bushes’ + lēah), or Bisseley (a lost place in Coventry, Warwickshire).

habitational name from a place in Lancashire named Beesley, probably named with Old English bēos ‘bent grass’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’.

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

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