Brief Life History of Fannie
When Fannie Hawkins was born on 19 October 1873, in Stacyville, Mitchell, Iowa, United States, her father, Ira Hawkins, was 22 and her mother, Sarah Ann Betts, was 20. She married Alexander Thompson on 9 December 1891, in Osage, Mitchell, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in School District 5 Beaverton, Valley, Montana, United States in 1910 and School District 30, Sheridan, Montana, United States in 1920. She died on 11 October 1944, in Outlook, Sheridan, Montana, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Outlook, Sheridan, Montana, United States.
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- Fanny Thompson in household of Alex Thompson, "United States Census, 1910"
- Legacy NFS Source: Fannie Hawkins - Government record: birth-name: Fannie Hawkins
- Fannie Hawkins, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
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World Events (8)
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
1876 · Battle of Littlebig Horn
Known as Custer's Last Stand, the Battle of Littlebig Horn took place on June 25 1876 and ended on June 26 1876. The battle was between the Lakota and Arapaho tribes and the 7th Calvary Regiment of the United States Army, headed by Colonel George Armstrong Custer. Custer was killed in the battle.
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Hawkin , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.
English: habitational name, with excrescent -s, from Hawkinge (Kent). The placename derives from the Old English personal name Heafoc or Old English heafoc ‘hawk’ + the placename forming suffix -ing. This name has been assimilated to the patronymic surname in Devon from Sir John Hawkyns (1532–95), victor against the Spanish Armada (1588), who was a member of the Devon family of Hawkins, a branch of a Kentish family from the village of Hawkinge. They held land in Plymouth as long ago as 1480.
Irish: variant of Haughn .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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