Brief Life History of Thomas Joseph
When Thomas Joseph Adelmann was born on 8 June 1927, in St. Louis, Missouri, United States, his father, Theodore William Adelmann, was 25 and his mother, Genevieve Foley, was 25. He married Vera Marie Sepac on 13 August 1949, in Randolph, Arkansas, United States. He lived in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States for about 10 years. He registered for military service in 1946. He died on 3 September 1985, in St. Louis, Missouri, United States, at the age of 58, and was buried in Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Lemay Township, St. Louis, Missouri, United States.
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- Thomas W Adelmann in household of Theo Adelmann, "United States Census, 1930"
- Thomas J Adelmann, "Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957"
- Tom Adelmann, "United States Social Security Death Index"
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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
German (mainly Württemberg): from Adalman, an Old High German personal name meaning literally ‘noble man’.
Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Adelman .
History: Hans Michael Adelmann came to PA from Löwenstein-Wertheim in 1752.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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