Violet Catherine Toomey

1921–1994 (Age 72)
Sussex, Delaware, United States

The Life of Violet Catherine

When Violet Catherine Toomey was born on 23 November 1921, in Sussex, Delaware, United States, her father, Woolsey Burton Toomey Sr, was 32 and her mother, Mary Catherine Timmons, was 27. She died on 8 March 1994, in Dagsboro, Sussex, Delaware, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Dagsboro, Sussex, Delaware, United States.

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Family Time Line

Violet Catherine Toomey
1921–1994
Edward Bunting Savage
1918–2008

Spouse & Children

Parents & Siblings

siblings

(3)

  • Woolsey Burton Toomey Jr

    Male1916–1946Male

  • Violet Catherine Toomey

    Female1921–1994Female

  • Charles Oliver Toomey

    Male1924–1993Male

World Events (8)

1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack

Age 2

Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.
1939 · Nylon Plant in Seaford

Age 18

In 1939, DuPont opened a nylon plant in Seaford, Delaware. The idea came when in 1935, Dr. Wallace discovered a synthetic fiber.
1941

Age 20

Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.

Name Meaning

Irish: reduced form of O’Toomey, an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Tuama ‘descendant of Tuaim’, a personal name apparently derived from tuaim ‘burial mound’.

Possible Related Names

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

Sources (3)

  • Violet Toomey, "Delaware Vital Records, 1650-1974"
  • Violet Toomey, "Delaware State Birth Records, 1861-1922"
  • Violet Catherine Toomey Savage, "Find A Grave Index"

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