Henry Brinkman

Brief Life History of Henry

When Henry Brinkman was born in September 1876, in Indiana, United States, his father, Conrad Heinrich Brinkmann, was 42 and his mother, Sophie Wompner, was 34. He married Flora Webber. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in Warren, Indiana, United States in 1910 and Warren Township, Marion, Indiana, United States in 1940. He died in May 1949, at the age of 72, and was buried in Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, United States.

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Henry Brinkman
1876–1949
Flora Webber
1883–1937
Marriage:
Norman Brinkman
1910–1996
Clarence F Brinkman
1912–1977

Sources (14)

  • Henry Brinkman, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Henry Binkman, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019"
  • Henry Brinkman, "Find A Grave Index"

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1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act

A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

Name Meaning

Americanized form of North German and Danish Brinkmann .

Dutch: topographic name for a man who lived at a farm by the brink ‘village square’. See Brink .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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