Brief Life History of Norman Burton
When CPL Norman Burton Hopkins US ARMY AIR CORP WWII was born on 7 September 1917, in West Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island, United States, his father, Clarence Adoniran Hopkins, was 21 and his mother, Abbie Gorton Vaughan, was 20. He lived in Coventry, Kent, Rhode Island, United States for about 15 years. He registered for military service in 1944. He died on 16 August 1965, in Kent, Rhode Island, United States, at the age of 47, and was buried in Oakland Cemetery, Coventry, Kent, Rhode Island, United States.
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- Norman B Hopkins, "Rhode Island State Census, 1935"
- Norman Burton Hopkins, "Rhode Island, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1947"
- Norman B Hopkins, "Find A Grave Index"
World Events (8)
1918 · Attempting to Stop the War
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.
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 The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.
1931
The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the national anthem.
Name Meaning
English and Welsh (Glamorgan): variant of Hopkin with genitival or excrescent -s. In Ireland, where the name is also frequent, it is sometimes Gaelicized as Mac Oibicín.
History: Stephen Hopkins (c. 1580–1644) was a pilgrim on the Mayflower in 1620 and one of the founders of Plymouth Colony. At his death he left seven children and eighteen grandchildren.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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