Brief Life History of Thomas Charles
When Thomas Charles Hornsby was born on 19 April 1912, in Georgia, United States, his father, John Perry Hornsby, was 29 and his mother, Lou Tishie Crosby, was 29. He lived in Avon Park Lakes, Highlands, Florida, United States in 1945. He died on 8 December 1992, in Polk, Florida, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Lakeland, Polk, Florida, United States.
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- Thomas C Hornsby, "Florida State Census, 1945"
- Thomas C Hornsby, "Florida Marriages, 1830-1993"
- Thomas C Hornsby, "United States Social Security Death Index"
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World Events (8)
1913 · The Sixteenth Amendment
The Sixteenth Amendment allows Congress to collect an income tax without dividing it among the states based on population.
1922 · Women Granted the Right to Vote
The 19th Amendment, which allowed women the right to vote, was passed and became federal law on August 26, 1920. Georgia law prevented women from voting until 1922. The amendment wasn’t officially ratified until 1970.
1935 · The FBI is Established
The Bureau of Investigation's name was changed to the Federal Bureau of Investigation to help citizens know that the Government is helping protect from threats both domestically and abroad.
Name Meaning
English (Durham and Northumberland): habitational name from Hornsby in Cumwhitton (Cumberland), recorded as Ormesbyc. 1210 (compare Ormsby ), but later acquiring the prosthetic initial H-. The placename derives from the Old Norse personal name Ormr ‘serpent’ (see Orme ) + Old Norse bȳ ‘farmstead, village’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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