Helen Gertrude Lovan

Brief Life History of Helen Gertrude

When Helen Gertrude Lovan was born on 7 November 1855, in Hopkins, Kentucky, United States, her father, Daniel Marion Lovan, was 21 and her mother, Mary Jo Ann Graddy, was 19. She married John Allen Medlock on 12 April 1878, in Hopkins, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Magisterial District 1, Lawrence, Kentucky, United States in 1910 and Magisterial District 1 Curtail, Hopkins, Kentucky, United States in 1920. She died on 14 August 1923, in Mortons Gap, Henderson, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Mortons Gap, Hopkins, Kentucky, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Allen Medlock
1850–1931
Helen Gertrude Lovan
1855–1923
Marriage: 12 April 1878
Bessie Lee Medlock
1879–1968
Cleve Medlock
1883–1957
Della Ann Medlock
1884–1960
Maude Allen Medlock
1886–1924
Bunnie E. Medlock
1889–1904
Carl Bee Medlock
1891–1954
Catherine Medlock
1891–1989
Casey B Medlock
1891–

Sources (24)

  • Helen G Medlock in household of John A Medlock, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Helen Loving, "Kentucky Births and Christenings, 1839-1960"
  • Helen G Lovan, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"

World Events (8)

1861

Kentucky sided with the Union during the Civil War, even though it is a southern state.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

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.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Southeast Asian Nien, Anh, Banh, Bao, Cau, Chanh, Diem, Dzung, Ha, Hoa, Lieng, Mai.

Altered form of English or perhaps Dutch Loven .

Vietnamese: apparently from a combination of two personal names (an unidentified middle name simplified as Lo and the personal name Văn meaning ‘literature’) recorded as a surname after immigration of its bearers to the US.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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