Researching John Tonkin
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 1452 people with the Tonkin surname? In that year Tonkin was ranked number 2205 for popularity in the UK. |
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The name John means "God is gracious" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of John Tonkin on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for John Tonkin and the Tonkin Genealogy
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| Did you know that there are currently 1427 people with the Tonkin surname in the UK? Tonkin is now ranked number 2746 for popularity in the UK. |
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| Did you know that there are currently 3038 people with the Tonkin surname in the USA? Tonkin is ranked number 156 for popularity in the USA. |
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Some Famous People called John Tonkin
John Tonkin
John Trezise Tonkin AC (2 February 1902 – 20 October 1995), popularly known as "Honest John", was an Australian politician.
A member of the Labor Party, he served as a Member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly for a record 44 years from 1933 to 1977, and was the 20th Premier of Western Australia, serving from the 1971 election, where his party defeated the ruling Liberal–Country coalition led by David Brand, to the 1974 election, where the Labor Party was defeated by the Liberal–Country coalition led by Charles Court. A number of landmarks were later named or renamed after him, including the Tonkin Highway and John Tonkin College in Mandurah.
Source: John Tonkin, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaJohn Tonkin (New South Wales politician)
John Horace Tonkin (19 October 1889 – 2 November 1967) was an Australian politician.
He was born in Avenel in Victoria to storekeeper Samuel Tonkin and Josephine Emmerson. He attended Central College in Geelong and became a surveyor, working on the railways and for a number of local governments. On 11 October 1916 he married Harriett Doris Higginson, with whom he had two children.
From 1919 he worked in Mosman in Sydney, and from 1927 to 1940 was managing director of Concreters Limited; he was subsequently a consulting engineer and builder. From 1940 to 1946 he was a United Australia Party member of the New South Wales Legislative Council. Tonkin died in Mosman in 1967.
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