Alb Weeks (1897 - 1949)

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Weeks William Hawke Weeks

Louise Ann Bennett Weeks

Alb Weeks

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Weeks William Hawke Weeks

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Louise Ann Bennett Weeks

Unknown - Unknown

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Grave record, Londonderry UK

Added: Jun 13, 2018

Percy Weeks gravesite

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Percy Weeks

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Percy Weeks family

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Percy Weeks gravesite

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Percy Weeks

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Percy Weeks

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Percy Weeks gravesite

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George Allen Weeks

Added: Sep 06, 2014

Mary E. Hahn Weeks

Added: Sep 06, 2014

Grace Weeks Osgood

Added: Sep 06, 2014

Warren, Roland, and Edward Miller

Added: Sep 06, 2014

George Allen Weeks

Added: Aug 22, 2014

Amos Weeks

Added: Aug 21, 2014

westport,george

Added: Nov 14, 2010

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In 1897, in the year that Alb Weeks was born, on March 4th, William McKinley became the 25th President of the United States. He had beaten William Jennings Bryan in the 1896 election by 51% to 46.7% in the popular vote. Six months into his second term as President, McKinley was assassinated.

In 1908, when this person was merely 11 years old, unemployment in the U.S. was at 8.0% and the cost of a first-class stamp was 2 cents while the population in the United States was 88,710,000. The world population was almost 4.4 billion.

In 1928, when this person was 31 years old, aviatrix Amelia Earhart, age 31, became the first woman to fly solo across North America and back in August. In June, she had been part of a 3 man crew that flew the Atlantic Ocean but since she had no instrument training, she couldn't fly the plane - she kept the flight log. The North American flight became one of her many "firsts" as a female pilot.

In 1935, this person was 38 years old when the BOI's name (the Bureau of Investigation) was changed to the FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) and it officially became a separate agency with the Department of Justice. J. Edgar Hoover, the Chief of the BOI, continued in his office and became the first Director of the FBI. The FBI's responsibility is to "detect and prosecute crimes against the United States".

In 1949, in the year of Alb Weeks's passing, on April 4th, NATO (the North Atlantic Treaty Organization) was established. Twelve nations originally signed the North Atlantic Treaty - the United States, Great Britain, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark, Italy, Luxembourg, Norway, Iceland, Canada, and Portugal. Greece, Turkey, and West Germany later joined. Today, there are 26 nations in NATO.