Researching Charles Turpin
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 1607 people with the Turpin surname? In that year Turpin was ranked number 2097 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Charles means "Man, strong" and is of German origin.
Records of Charles Turpin on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Charles Turpin and the Turpin Family Tree
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| Did you know that there are currently 1943 people with the Turpin surname in the UK? Turpin is now ranked number 2388 for popularity in the UK. |
Turpin Family Tree Databases
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| Did you know that there are currently 15191 people with the Turpin surname in the USA? Turpin is ranked number 152 for popularity in the USA. |
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Some Famous People called Charles Turpin
Charles Murray Turpin
Charles Murray Turpin (March 4, 1878 – June 4, 1946) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Turpin was born in Kingston, Pennsylvania. He attended Wyoming Seminary in Kingston. He served as a corporal in the United States Army during the Spanish–American War in Company F, Ninth Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and was a member of the Pennsylvania National Guard from 1896 to 1901, rising to the rank of captain. He was employed as a carpenter, grocery clerk, and a steamboat captain before graduating from the dental department of the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1904. After graduation, he commenced the practice of dentistry in Kingston in 1905. He served as a member of the board of education from 1916 to 1922, burgess of Kingston from 1922 to 1926, and prothonotary of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania from 1926 to 1929.
Turpin was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-first Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of John J. Casey. He was reelected to the Seventy-second, Seventy-third, and Seventy-fourth Congresses. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1936. He was appointed assistant chief clerk of the Luzerne County Assessor's Office in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. He died in Kingston and is buried in Forty Fort Cemetery, Forty Fort, Pennsylvania.
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