Oma M. Vincent

Brief Life History of Oma M.

When Oma M. Vincent was born on 27 May 1902, in DeSoto, Dallas, Texas, United States, her father, Thomas Franklin Vincent, was 22 and her mother, Izora May Hamrick, was 22. She had at least 1 daughter with Marvin William Gordon. She lived in Justice Precinct 6, Dallas, Texas, United States for about 10 years and Lancaster, Dallas, Texas, United States in 1930. She died on 20 April 1988, in Texas, United States, at the age of 85.

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Family Time Line

Marvin William Gordon
1901–1955
Oma M. Vincent
1902–1988
Marvinette Gordon
1922–1956

Sources (9)

  • Oma M Gordon in household of Chalmus M Gordon, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Oma M. Vincent - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Oma M. Vincent
  • Oma M Gordon, "Texas Death Index, 1964-1998"

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World Events (8)

1903 · Department of Commerce and Labor

A short-lived Cabinet department which was concerned with controlling the excesses of big business. Later being split and the Secretary of Commerce and Labor splitting into two separate positions.

1905 · Construction of the Praetorian Building

Texas completed the construction of the Praetorian Building (Stone Plane Tower) in 1909. It was the first skyscraper in Texas and the Southwestern United States. The building had 15 stories and was 190 ft tall.

1927

Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.

Name Meaning

English, French, West Indian (mainly Haiti), and Spanish: from the personal name Vincent, Latin Vincentius, a derivative of vincens, genitive vincentis, present participle of vincere ‘to conquer’. The name was borne by a 3rd-century Spanish martyr widely venerated in the Middle Ages and by a 5th-century monk and writer of Lérins, as well as various other early Christian saints.

Irish: the English surname (see 1 above) has been established in the south of Ireland since the 17th century, and has also been adopted as an English equivalent of Gaelic Mac Dhuibhinse ‘son of the dark man of the island’.

History: The surname Vincent of French origin (see 1 above) is listed in the register of Huguenot ancestors recognized by the Huguenot Society of America and also in the similar register of the Huguenot Society of South Carolina.

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

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