Researching Jimmy Tompkins
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 2585 people with the Tompkins surname? In that year Tompkins was ranked number 1517 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Jimmy means "Form of JAMES. one who supplants" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of Jimmy Tompkins on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Jimmy Tompkins and the Tompkins Genealogy
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| Did you know that there are currently 2900 people with the Tompkins surname in the UK? Tompkins is now ranked number 1854 for popularity in the UK. |
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| Did you know that there are currently 24306 people with the Tompkins surname in the USA? Tompkins is ranked number 149 for popularity in the USA. |
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Some Famous People called Jimmy Tompkins
Jimmy Tompkins (priest)
Reverend James John Tompkins (7 September 1870 – 5 May 1953) was a Roman Catholic priest who founded the Antigonish Movement, a progressive effort that incorporated adult education, cooperatives and rural community development to aid the fishing and mining communities of northern and eastern Nova Scotia, Canada. The Antigonish Movement later evolved into the Extension Department (now the Coady International Center) of St. Francis Xavier University.
Father Tompkins believed in the emancipating power of education and sought to improve economic conditions through study groups and co-operative action. "It is not enough to have ideas, we have to put legs on them", he often said. He started the first regional library in Nova Scotia along with the first credit union and a cooperative housing association in Reserve Mines that was dubbed "Tompkinsville". Father Tompkins was the Spiritual founder of the Antigonish Movement.
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