Wendell Toomey

1917–1996 (Age 78)
Kansas, United States

The Life of Wendell

When Wendell Toomey was born on 29 April 1917, in Kansas, United States, his father, Arthur Smith Toomey, was 37 and his mother, Minnie Mae Moraign, was 35. He lived in Vallejo Judicial Township, Solano, California, United States in 1940 and Vallejo, Solano, California, United States in 1993. He died on 31 January 1996, in California, United States, at the age of 78.

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Family Time Line

Wendell Toomey
1917–1996
Lois Ruth Durling
1920–2013

Spouse & Children

  • Wendell Toomey

    Male1917–1996Male

  • Lois Ruth Durling

    Female1920–2013Female

Parents & Siblings

siblings

(4)

World Events (8)

1918 · Attempting to Stop the War

Age 1

To end World War I, President Wilson created a list of principles to be used as negotiations for peace among the nations. Known as The Fourteen Points, the principles were outlined in a speech on war aimed toward the idea of peace but most of the Allied forces were skeptical of this Wilsonian idealism.
1927 · Kansas Adopts a Flag

Age 10

The flag of the State of Kansas was adopted on September 24, 1927. The flag was designed by Hazel Avery in 1925.
1938 · Electrification of Rural Kansas

Age 21

Power was supplied to rural Kansas, which had been hit hard by the depression, in March 1938. Many farmers could not afford the $5 hookups for electricity. As a result, Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Rural Electrification Act which provided loans to farmers who wanted electricity. Brown County became the first to receive service.

Name Meaning

Irish: reduced form of O’Toomey, an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Tuama ‘descendant of Tuaim’, a personal name apparently derived from tuaim ‘burial mound’.

Possible Related Names

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

Sources (3)

  • Wendell Toomey in household of Mae Toomey, "Kansas State Census, 1925"
  • Wendell Tooney, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Wendal Toomey in household of Mae Toomey, "United States Census, 1930"

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