Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Ko tana tupuna tupuna, ko Raniera D. Tompkins, te tuaono o nga Perehitini o te United States, a, i mua, ko te Kawana o New York. Ko tana tupuna, ko Colonel Daniel D. Tompkins, he paetahi o te 1820 o te United States Military Academy, he toa o te Pakanga o Mexico me te Pakanga a-Rohe. Ko te tuakana o Tompkins ko Colonel Selah "Tommy" Tompkins, he kaitohutohu mahi me te 7th Cavalry ko ia te kaitohutohu kaitohutohu i te wa o te
Ko ia te kaihauturu o te Punitive Expedition me te arahi i nga ope a Amerika i te Pakanga Tuatoru o Ciudad Juarez i te 1919. Ko tana tuakana, ko Daniel D. Tompkins hoki tona ingoa, i noho hei koroneela i te Pakanga Tuatahi o te Ao.