Brief Life History of Nelson Pierce
When Nelson Pierce Hawley was born on 20 January 1875, in San Bernardino, California, United States, his father, Isaac Heber Hawley, was 41 and his mother, Emily Bartholomew, was 43. He married Carolyn H. Smith in 1917, in California, United States. He lived in San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California, United States in 1880 and Fresno, Fresno, California, United States for about 10 years. He died on 17 October 1945, in Fresno, California, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Fresno, Fresno, California, United States.
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- Nelson P Hawley, "United States Census, 1930"
- Hawley, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
- Nelson Pierce Hawley, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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World Events (8)
1876 · The First Worlds Fair in the U.S.
The First official World's Fair, was held to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia. 37 Countries provided venues for all to see.
1891 · Angel Island Serves as Quarantine Station
Angel Island served as a quarantine station for those diagnosed with bubonic plague beginning in 1891. A quarantine station was built on the island which was funded by the federal government at the cost of $98,000. The disease spread to port cities around the world, including the San Francisco Bay Area, during the third bubonic plague pandemic, which lasted through 1909.
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: habitational name from a lost place called Hawley in Sheffield (Yorkshire). The placename derives from Old Norse haugr ‘hill, burial mound’ + Old English lēah ‘woodland clearing’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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