When John Thomas Brinley was born on 1 June 1917, in Pennsylvania, United States, his father, George Washington Brinley, was 38 and his mother, Mary Susan Ann Shields, was 30. He lived in Fairview Township, York, Pennsylvania, United States for about 10 years and East Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States in 1950. He died on 18 June 1980, at the age of 63, and was buried in East Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States.
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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.
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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.
English (Lancashire): variant of Brindley .
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