Brief Life History of Troy Junior
When Troy Junior Hopkins was born on 20 March 1929, in Henry, Virginia, United States, his father, Charlie Harbor Hopkins, was 29 and his mother, Della May Holt, was 26. He married Barbara Carline Foley on 26 October 1950, in Chesterfield, South Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Price, Rockingham, North Carolina, United States in 1930 and Horse Pasture, Henry, Virginia, United States in 1950. He died on 22 July 2000, in Henry, Virginia, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Old Center Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Sanville, Henry, Virginia, United States.
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- Troy Hopkins, "United States 1950 Census"
- Troy Junior Hopkins, "South Carolina, Chesterfield County, Original Marriage licenses, 1911-1951"
- Troy Junior Hopkins, "Find A Grave Index"
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1931
The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the national anthem.
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 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.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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