Helen Ruth Adkins

Brief Life History of Helen Ruth

When Helen Ruth Adkins was born on 17 August 1916, in Wilkinson, Georgia, United States, her father, Henry Brazeal Adkins, was 39 and her mother, Gussie Stinson, was 29. She died on 4 December 1918, in her hometown, at the age of 2, and was buried in Wilkinson, Georgia, United States.

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Family Time Line

Henry Brazeal Adkins
1876–1964
Gussie Stinson
1886–1937
Walter Corbett Adkins
1909–1965
Helen Ruth Adkins
1916–1918

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  • Helen Ruth Adkins, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (3)

1917

U.S. intervenes in World War I, rejects membership of League of Nations.

1917 · Joining the First World War

Starting with the sinking of the RMS Lusitania, which killed 128 American citizens, and many other conflicts with trade from Germany. Congress held a special meeting that resulted in The United States declaring war on Germany. Formally entering the First World War.

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.

Name Meaning

English: from the Middle English personal name Adkin (a pet form of Adam formed with the suffix -kin) + genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. This name was particularly common in the English Midlands. Compare Atkins .

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

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