Hazel Leonora Watkins

Female13 June 1896–5 September 1987

Brief Life History of Hazel Leonora

When Hazel Leonora Watkins was born on 13 June 1896, in Midway, Wasatch, Utah, United States, her father, Alfred Watkins, was 31 and her mother, Leonora Lewis, was 19. She married Harry James Dominey on 22 January 1920, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in San Francisco, California, United States for about 5 years and Judicial Township 5, San Mateo, California, United States in 1940. She died on 5 September 1987, in Alameda, California, United States, at the age of 91, and was buried in Midway, Wasatch, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Harry James Dominey
1879–1948
Hazel Leonora Watkins
1896–1987
Marriage: 22 January 1920
Frederick Gartrel Dominey
1921–2012

Sources (17)

  • Hazel Dominey in household of Harry J Dominey, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Hazel Watkins, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
  • Hazel Lenore Rodems, "California Death Index, 1940-1997"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    22 January 1920Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States
  • Children (1)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (1)

    World Events (8)

    1897 · The Utah State Historical Society

    Age 1

    The Utah State Historical Society was, founded in 1897 and now part of the Government of Utah's Division of State History. It encourages the research, study, and publication of Utah history. It also publishes a history journal named the Utah Historical Quarterly. The Utah State Historical Society has grown to several thousand members and has published over 300 issues of the Utah Historical Quarterly.

    1906 · Great San Francisco Earthquake

    Age 10

    A 7.8 magnitude earthquake shook San Francisco for approximately 60 seconds on April 18, 1906. A 1906 report by US Army Relief Operations recorded the death toll for San Francisco and surrounding areas at 664. Later reports record the number at over 3,000 deaths. An estimated 225,000 people were left homeless from the widespread destructuction as 80% of the city was destroyed.

    1920

    Age 24

    The Prohibition Era. Sale and manufacture of alcoholic liquors outlawed. A mushrooming of illegal drinking joints, home-produced alcohol and gangsterism.

    Name Meaning

    English and Welsh: variant of Watkin , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.

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

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