Brief Life History of James Mitchell
When James Mitchell Hawkins was born on 1 February 1917, in Macon, Bibb, Georgia, United States, his father, Eldridge Clay Hawkins, was 22 and his mother, Sallie Elvira Hightower, was 19. He lived in District 716, Bibb, Georgia, United States in 1940. He died on 13 December 1976, in Macon, Houston, Georgia, United States, at the age of 59, and was buried in Riverside Cemetery, Macon, Bibb, Georgia, United States.
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- James M Hawkins, "United States Census, 1950"
- James Mitchell Hawkins, "Georgia World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945"
- James Mitchell Hawkins, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1918 · Attempting to Stop the War
To end World War I, President Wilson created a list of principles to be used as negotiations for peace among the nations. Known as The Fourteen Points, the principles were outlined in a speech on war aimed toward the idea of peace but most of the Allied forces were skeptical of this Wilsonian idealism.
1922 · Women Granted the Right to Vote
The 19th Amendment, which allowed women the right to vote, was passed and became federal law on August 26, 1920. Georgia law prevented women from voting until 1922. The amendment wasn’t officially ratified until 1970.
1935 · The FBI is Established
The Bureau of Investigation's name was changed to the Federal Bureau of Investigation to help citizens know that the Government is helping protect from threats both domestically and abroad.
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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