Lewis Sanford Hawkins

27 October 1882–7 November 1946 (Age 64)
Vernon, Missouri, United States

The Life Summary of Lewis Sanford

When Lewis Sanford Hawkins was born on 27 October 1882, in Vernon, Missouri, United States, his father, Valentine Hawkins, was 31 and his mother, Mary Elisabeth Thompson, was 23. He married Ada Ella Neal on 24 December 1904, in Vernon, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in Washington Township, Vernon, Missouri, United States for about 10 years. He died on 7 November 1946, in Walker, Vernon, Missouri, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Nevada, Vernon, Missouri, United States.

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Family Time Line

Lewis Sanford Hawkins
1882–1946
Ada Ella Neal
1884–1976
Marriage: 24 December 1904
Charles E Hawkins
1908–1927
Roy Herman Hawkins
1917–2005

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    24 December 1904Vernon, Missouri, United States
    • Children

    (2)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (1)

    World Events (8)

    1886
    Age 4
    Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
    1886 · Giving Working Men a Union
    Age 4
    The largest union group in the United States during the first half of the 20th century. It still exists today but merged with The Congress of Industrial Organization.
    1900 · Gold for Cash!
    Age 18
    This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.

    Name Meaning

    (1997: 44465;2007: 100579; 2010: 139751)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.

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

    Possible Related Names

    Hawkin

    Sources (9)

    • L S Hawkins, "United States Census, 1920"
    • Lewis S Hawkins, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
    • Lewis Sanford Hawkins, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"

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