Brief Life History of Alonzo
When Alonzo Hawkins was born on 22 May 1800, in Waltham, Addison, Vermont, United States, his father, Roger Hawkins, was 31 and his mother, Miriam Gray, was 25. He married Philamela Marsh on 20 March 1826. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 6 daughters. He lived in New Haven, Addison, Vermont, United States in 1850 and Macoupin, Illinois, United States in 1860. He died on 20 March 1862, in Virden, Macoupin, Illinois, United States, at the age of 61, and was buried in Virden City Cemetery, Virden Township, Macoupin, Illinois, United States.
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- Alonzo Hawkens, "United States Census, 1860"
- Alonzo Hawkins, "Find A Grave Index"
- Alonzo Hawkins, "Vermont, Vital Records, 1760-1954"
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World Events (8)
1803
France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
1803 · The U.S doubles in size
The United States purchased all the Louisiana territory (828,000 sq. mi) from France, only paying 15 million dollars (A quarter trillion today) for the land. In the purchase, the US obtained the land that makes up 15 US states and 2 Canadian Provinces. The United States originally wanted to purchase of New Orleans and the lands located on the coast around it, but quickly accepted the bargain that Napoleon Bonaparte offered.
1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
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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