Wayne Earl Toomey
1935–1952 (Age 17)
McMinn, Tennessee, United States
The Life of Wayne Earl
When Wayne Earl Toomey was born on 19 August 1935, in McMinn, Tennessee, United States, his father, Clyde Sewell Toomey, was 29 and his mother, Mary Ethel " Essie" Miller, was 26. He lived in Civil District 4, McMinn, Tennessee, United States in 1940. He died on 29 August 1952, at the age of 17, and was buried in Athens, McMinn, Tennessee, United States.
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Family Time Line
Clyde Sewell Toomey
1905–1975
Mary Ethel " Essie" Miller
1908–1988
Wayne Earl Toomey
1935–1952
Parents & Siblings
1905–1975Male
1908–1988Female
siblings
(1)
1935–1952Male
World Events (7)
1937 · The Neutrality Act
Age 2
The Neutrality Acts were passed in response to the growing conflicts in Europe and Asia during the time leading up to World War II. The primary purpose was so the US wouldn't engage in any more foreign conflicts. Most of the Acts were repealed in 1941 when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.
1941
Age 6
Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.
1942 · Atomic Energy Plant at Oak Ridge
Age 7
The atomic energy plant that was built in Oak RIdge, Tennessee. The land was acquired secretly by the government in order to help with the Manhattan Project. The Uranium for the project was housed in the facility.
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’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Sources (2)
Wayne Toomey in household of Clyde Toomey, "United States Census, 1940"- Wayne E. Toomey, "Find A Grave Index"
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