Hattie Margaret Poplin

Brief Life History of Hattie Margaret

When Hattie Margaret Poplin was born on 6 January 1920, in Pierce, Georgia, United States, her father, Walter Lee Poplin, was 29 and her mother, Vera Boartfield, was 21. She married William Jennings Kennedy Jr on 31 March 1941, in Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in St. Michael and St. Philip Township, Charleston, South Carolina, United States in 1940 and United States in 1949. She died on 23 October 2003, in Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, United States, at the age of 83.

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Family Time Line

William Jennings Kennedy Jr
1920–1994
Hattie Margaret Poplin
1920–2003
Marriage: 31 March 1941
Patricia Margaret Kennedy
1949–2020

Sources (6)

  • Margaret A Kennedy, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Margaret Poplin Kennedy in entry for Mr William Jennings Kennedy Jr, "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011"
  • Margaret Poplin in household of Walter Poplin, "United States Census, 1930"

World Events (8)

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.

1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack

Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.

1942 · The Japanese American internment

Caused by the tensions between the United States and the Empire of Japan, the internment of Japanese Americans caused many to be forced out of their homes and forcibly relocated into concentration camps in the western states. More than 110,000 Japanese Americans were forced into these camps in fear that some of them were spies for Japan.

Name Meaning

English: at least in part, a variant of Popham .

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

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