Roy Lawrence Hughes

27 October 1885–29 September 1955 (Age 69)
Crow Lake, Jerauld, South Dakota, United States

The Life Summary of Roy Lawrence

When Roy Lawrence Hughes was born on 27 October 1885, in Crow Lake, Jerauld, South Dakota, United States, his father, Robert Hughes, was 29 and his mother, Alexandria Viola Heller, was 17. He married Hazel Dell Stark on 16 October 1907, in Lincoln, Idaho, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. He lived in Boise, Idaho, United States in 1942 and Ada, Idaho, United States in 1950. He died on 29 September 1955, in Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States.

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Family Time Line

Roy Lawrence Hughes
1885–1955
Hazel Dell Stark
1891–1985
Marriage: 16 October 1907
Pearl Bernice Hughes
1908–1962
Adena Hughes
1910–1998
Wallace Robert Hughes
1914–1914
Helen Claire Hughes
1915–2003

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    16 October 1907Lincoln, Idaho, United States
  • Children

    (4)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (7)

    +2 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1886
    Age 1
    Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
    1890
    Age 5
    1890: Reconstructed Idaho Information; population 2,311
    1904
    Age 19
    St. Louis, Missouri, United States hosts Summer Olympic Games.

    Name Meaning

    English and Welsh: variant of Hugh with genitival or excrescent -s.Irish and Scottish: adopted as an equivalent of Gaelic surnames based on the personal name Aodh ‘fire’, for example Ó hAodha, Mac Aodha; see McCoy and compare McHugh .

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

    Possible Related Names

    Hughs
    Hugh
    Hewes

    Sources (30)

    • Roy Lawrence Hughes in entry for Pearl Bernice Hughes, "Oregon, Center for Health Statistics, Birth Records, 1903-1918"
    • Roy Hughes, "United States Census, 1940"
    • Ray Hughes, "Idaho, County Marriages, 1864-1950"

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