Brief Life History of Donald Daniel
When Donald Daniel Tompkins was born on 2 December 1922, in Ithaca, Tompkins, New York, United States, his father, Clarence Besser Tompkins, was 32 and his mother, Adah Mary Flynn, was 30. He married Shirley Ruth Lewis on 8 July 1944, in Wilmington, Essex, New York, United States. His occupation is listed as ithaca city police officer in Ithaca, Tompkins, New York, United States. He died on 31 December 2008, in his hometown, at the age of 86, and was buried in Cobb Street Cemetery, Groton, Tompkins, New York, United States.
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- Donald Tompkins in household of Clarence Tompkins, "United States Census, 1940"
- Donald D. Tompkins, "Delaware Marriage Records, 1913-1954"
- Donald Daniel Tompkins, "Delaware, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945"
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1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack
Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.
1923 · Amendment of Equal Rights
Is a proposed amendment to help guarantee equal legal rights for all citizens of the United States. Its main objective is to end legal distinctions between the two genders in terms of divorce, property, employment, and other legal matters. Even though it isn't the 28th Amendment yet, it has started conversations about the meaning of legal equality.
1945 · Peace in a Post War World
The Yalta Conference was held in Crimea to talk about establishing peace and postwar reorganization in post-World War II Europe. The heads of government that were attending were from the United States, the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union. Later the Conference would become a subject of controversy at the start of the Cold War.
Name Meaning
English: patronymic from Tomkin, a medieval pet form of the personal name Thomas .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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