Joan Hawkins

30 December 1933–28 March 2003 (Age 69)
Wigan, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom

The Life of Joan

When Joan Hawkins was born on 30 December 1933, in Wigan, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, her father, David Charles Hawkins, was 46 and her mother, Ada Breakell, was 38. She married Arthur Masters in 1953. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She died on 28 March 2003, in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 69.

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Family Time Line

Arthur Masters
1932–2006
Joan Hawkins
1933–2003
Marriage: 1953
Paul Masters
1957–2002
Sheila Masters
1959–1959
Keith Masters
1960–2015

Spouse and Children

MARRIAGE
1953
children

(3)

Parents and Siblings

siblings

(11)

+6 More Children

World Events (8)

1939 · Britain Enters World War II

Age 6

Britain entered the Second World War as war was declared on Germany on September 3, 1939. World War II came to an end after the Americans dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, which killed 140,000 people. Less than a week later, the Japanese surrendered and the war officially ended on August 15, 1945.
1940

Age 7

Winston Churchill becomes prime minister. British fighter pilots repel German air attacks in the Battle of Britain. London and other cities badly damaged in German bombing raids.
1953

Age 20

Queen Elizabeth II crowned at a coronation ceremony in Westminster Abbey in London.

Name Meaning

1 English: patronymic from the Middle English personal name Hawkin, a diminutive of Hawk 1 with the Anglo-Norman French hypocoristic suffix -in.2 English: in the case of one family (see note below), this is a variant of Hawkinge, a habitational name from a place in Kent, so called from Old English Hafocing ‘hawk place’.3 Irish: sometimes used as an English equivalent of Gaelic Ó hEacháin ( see Haughn ).

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

Possible Related Names

Sources (1)

  • Hawkins, "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005"

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