Brief Life History of Thomas Eugene
When Thomas Eugene Mockler Jr was born on 26 November 1928, in Hood River, Hood River, Oregon, United States, his father, Thomas Eugene Mockler, was 25 and his mother, Esther Lois Moreland, was 22. He married Gloria Ann Boyer on 21 December 1950, in Walla Walla, Walla Walla, Washington, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in Park Election Precinct, Hood River, Oregon, United States in 1940. He died on 20 July 2002, in Silverdale, Kitsap, Washington, United States, at the age of 73.
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- Tom Mockler Jr. in household of Tom Mockler, "United States Census, 1930"
- Thomas E Mockler, "Washington, County Marriages, 1855-2008"
- Thomas E Mockler, "Washington Death Index, 1965-2014"
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1929
13 million people become unemployed after the Wall Street stock market crash of 1929 triggers what becomes known as the Great Depression. President Herbert Hoover rejects direct federal relief.
1940
Galloping Gertie is the reference used to describe the Tacoma Narrows Bridge. It opened on July 1, 1940 four months later it no longer existed. On November 7, 1940 the wind gusts came up to 40 miles an hour causing the bridge to twist and vibrate violently before it collapsed into Puget Sound. The only victim of the bridge collapsing was a three-legged paralyzed dog named Tubby whose owner tried to rescue him from the car but he wouldn’t go with him.
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 Irish (of Norman origin): nickname from Anglo-Norman French Mauclerc ‘bad priest’, Old French mal, mau ‘bad’ + clerc ‘cleric, clerk, priest’. The final c has been lost by dissimilation.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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