Brief Life History of Thomas Carey
When Thomas Carey Hennings, Jr. was born on 25 June 1903, in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States, his father, Thomas Carey Hennings, was 28 and his mother, Sarah F Wilson, was 23. He married Josephine Emily Silva on 29 August 1941, in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. He immigrated to New York City, New York, United States in 1930 and lived in Missouri, United States in 1960 and Washington, United States in 1960. He died on 13 September 1960, in Washington, District of Columbia, United States, at the age of 57, and was buried in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, United States.
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- Thos Henning, Jr in household of Thos C Henning, "United States Census, 1920"
- Thomas Carey Hennings, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
- Thomas Carey Hennings, "Find A Grave Index"
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1906 · Gary, Indiana, Is Founded
The town of Gary, Indiana, was founded by the United States Steel Corporation in 1906. The Gary Works steel mill was the largest integrated mill in North America. The city of Gary was named after Elbert Henry Gary who was the founding chairman of the United States Steel Corporation and American lawyer and county judge. Gary partnered with J.P. Morgan, Andrew Carnegie, and Charles M. Schwab to found the United States Steel Corporation.
1907 · Pike's Market
Pike’s Market is one of the oldest still working farmer’s markets in the US. It is located in Seattle’s central business district, just north of Belltown , and southwest of central waterfront and Elliott Bay. One of the attractions there is the gum wall.
1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment
The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.
Name Meaning
North German and Danish: patronymic from Henning 1.
English: in southern England, a variant of Henning with a plural or post-medieval excrescent -s. In northern England, however, the name is often a variant of Hanning with a plural or post-medieval excrescent -s.
English: in the East Midlands, a habitational name from Heynings (Lincolnshire), from the plural form of Middle English heyning (Old Norse hegning) ‘enclosed land’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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