Brief Life History of Mayme
When Mayme Hawes was born in 1889, in West Virginia, United States, her father, William Isaac Hawes Sr., was 37 and her mother, Sarah Angeline Allen, was 25. She married Albert Karfelt on 23 December 1911, in Lawrence, Ohio, United States. She lived in Huntington, Cabell, West Virginia, United States in 1910.
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- Mayme Hawes in household of William Hawes, "United States Census, 1910"
- Mamie Or Mayme Hawes, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
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World Events (8)
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
1911
With rail tycoon Collis P. Huntington’s establishment of his new town on the Ohio just downstream from Guyandotte in 1871, the economic fortunes of Guyandotte began a steady decline. In 1911 the citizens voted (260 to 70) to become part of Huntington.
1920
The Prohibition Era. Sale and manufacture of alcoholic liquors outlawed. A mushrooming of illegal drinking joints, home-produced alcohol and gangsterism.
Name Meaning
English (southern):
of Norman origin, from Anglo-Norman French and Middle English Haueis, Hawis, from an Old French form of the ancient Germanic female personal name Hadewidis (from had- ‘war’ + wid- with a range of possible original meanings).
variant of Haw , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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