Brief Life History of Joseph G
When Joseph G Simpkins was born in 1924, in Virginia, United States, his father, Charles Ryland Simpkins, was 46 and his mother, Beulah Bennett Howell, was 36. He lived in Newtown District, King and Queen, Virginia, United States in 1940 and Richmond, Virginia, United States in 1966. He died on 25 August 2013, at the age of 89.
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- Joseph G Simpkins, "United States Census, 1940"
- Joseph G Simpkins Sr, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014"
- Joseph G Simpkins in household of James R Howell, "United States Census, 1930"
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1927
Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
1941 · Pentagon is Built in Arlington
The Pentagon was developed as the Department of Defense had outgrown the other buildings were it was previous located.The groundbreaking for the Pentagon was on September 11, 1941. When the Pentagon was being built, it was determined that it could be no taller than four stories high. Colonel Leslie R. Groves was the supervisor of the project, he would later become known for helping on the Manhattan Project.
1948 · The Beginning of the Cold War
The Berlin Blockade was the first major crises of the Cold War. The Soviet Union blocked all access to the sectors of Berlin under Western control and offered to drop the blockade if the newly introduced Deutsche Mark was removed from West Berlin. The Berlin Blockade showed the different ideological and economic visions for postwar Europe. Even though there wasn't any fire fight during the cold war, many of these skirmishes arose and almost caused nuclear war on multiple occasions.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Simpkin , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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