Lewis Leroy Hawver

Brief Life History of Lewis Leroy

When Lewis Leroy Hawver was born on 5 September 1876, in Illinois, United States, his father, James Franklin Hawver, was 49 and his mother, Lucina Melvina Delila Salisbury, was 44. He married Emma McGhye on 19 November 1901, in Walworth, Wisconsin, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Walworth, Walworth, Wisconsin, United States in 1905 and Lake Geneva, Walworth, Wisconsin, United States for about 40 years. He registered for military service in 1899. He died on 24 December 1954, in Geneva, Walworth, Wisconsin, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Lake Geneva, Walworth, Wisconsin, United States.

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Family Time Line

Lewis Leroy Hawver
1876–1954
Emma McGhye
1880–
Marriage: 19 November 1901
Mabel G. Hawver
1903–1985
Harry Hawver
1905–1961
Helen Margaret Hawver
1908–1998
Donald Eugene Hawver
1911–1956
Raymond Homer Hawver
1914–1991

Sources (13)

  • Low Hawver, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Louis S. Hawver, "Wisconsin, County Marriages, 1836-1911"
  • Lewis Leroy Hawver, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"

World Events (8)

1877 · The First Workers Strike

The country was in great economic distress in mid-1877, which caused many workers of the Railroad to come together and began the first national strike in the United States. Crowds gathered in Chicago in extreme number to be a part of the strike which was later named the Great Railroad Strike. Shortly after the strike began, the battle was fought between the authorities and many of the strikers. The conflict escalated to violence and quickly each side turned bloody.

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

1898 · War with the Spanish

After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.

Name Meaning

Americanized form of Dutch Haver .

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

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