When Murvin Lyle Hopkins was born on 8 December 1907, in Shelby, Shelby, Iowa, United States, his father, John Wesley Hopkins, was 43 and his mother, Laura Lorene O'nan, was 38. He married Marie Ann Taylor on 28 May 1929, in Cherokee, Cherokee, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 daughters. He lived in Summit Township, O'Brien, Iowa, United States in 1940 and Franklin Township, O'Brien, Iowa, United States in 1950. He died on 15 March 1987, in Sanborn, O'Brien, Iowa, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Roseland Cemetery, Sanborn, O'Brien, Iowa, United States.
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Known as the National Bureau of Criminal Identification, The Bureau of Investigation helped agencies across the country identify different criminals. President Roosevelt instructed that there be an autonomous investigative service that would report only to the Attorney General.
The Keokuk Dam was completed in 1913 and began to power the surrounding area. It was the largest single capacity powerhouse in the world at the time. After World War II, the powerhouse was modernized and all the units were converted in 2002. It remains the largest privately owned and operated dam on the Mississippi River.
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.
English and Welsh (Glamorgan): variant of Hopkin with genitival or excrescent -s. In Ireland, where the name is also frequent, it is sometimes Gaelicized as Mac Oibicín.
History: Stephen Hopkins (c. 1580–1644) was a pilgrim on the Mayflower in 1620 and one of the founders of Plymouth Colony. At his death he left seven children and eighteen grandchildren.
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