Brief Life History of Dessie Mabel
When Dessie Mabel Hawkins was born on 14 September 1899, in Ellis, Texas, United States, her father, William Henry Hawkins, was 24 and her mother, Bessie Leona Curtis, was 17. She lived in Justice Precinct 2, Ellis, Texas, United States in 1900 and Justice Precinct 1, Young, Texas, United States in 1910. She died on 11 March 1998, in Kemp, Kaufman, Texas, United States, at the age of 98.
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Family Time Line
Sources (14)
- Dessie Mabel Hawkins in entry for Porter, "Texas Birth Certificates, 1903-1935"
- Dessa Hawkins in household of Henry Hawkins, "United States Census, 1920"
- Bessie M Hawkins in household of Henry H Hawkins, "United States Census, 1900"
Spouse and Children
1891–1938 Male
1899–1998 Female
Parents and Siblings
1875– Male
1882–1965 Female
Siblings (4)
1899–1998 Female
1902– Female
1908–1960 Female
1909– Female
World Events (8)
1900 · Gold for Cash!
Age 1
1901 · Spindletop Oilfield Discovered
Age 2
1927
Age 28
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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