Mary Augusta Hawkins

15 March 1823–11 December 1888 (Age 65)
Edmeston, Edmeston, Otsego, New York, United States

The Life Summary of Mary Augusta

When Mary Augusta Hawkins was born on 15 March 1823, in Edmeston, Edmeston, Otsego, New York, United States, her father, Jesse Gould Hawkins, was 24 and her mother, Sally Clarissa Hubbell, was 24. She married Zerubbabel Levi Snow on 3 August 1841, in Streetsboro Township, Portage, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. She immigrated to Utah, United States in 1851 and lived in Cedar, Utah, United States in 1860 and Utah, United States in 1870. She died on 11 December 1888, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Zerubbabel Levi Snow
1809–1888
Mary Augusta Hawkins
1823–1888
Marriage: 3 August 1841
Cora Georgiana Snow
1843–1915
Mary Augusta Snow
1845–1855
Delia Rebecca Snow
1849–1915
Adelaide Louisa Snow
1851–1929
Ammon Snow
1853–1870
Zera Snow
1854–1922
George Wellington Snow
1856–1938
Walderma Snow
1860–
Herbert Waldemar Snow
1863–1937
Marion Mason Elliott Snow
1866–1939

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    3 August 1841Streetsboro, Portage, Ohio, United States
    • Children

    (10)

    +5 More Children

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (9)

    +4 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1825 · The Crimes Act
    Age 2
    The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
    1827 · Slavery Becomes Illegal in New York State
    Age 4
    During the years 1799 to 1827, New York went through a period of gradual emancipation. A Gradual Emancipation Law was passed in 1799 which freed slave children born after July 4, 1799. However, they were indentured until 25 years old for women and 28 years old for men. A law passed 1817 which freed slaves born before 1799, yet delayed their emancipation for ten years. All remaining slaves were freed in New York State on July 4, 1827.
    1846
    Age 23
    U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

    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.

    Possible Related Names

    Hawkin

    Sources (41)

    • Mary Snow in household of T Snow, "United States Census, 1860"
    • Mary A. Hawkins, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016"
    • Mary Hawkins in entry for Adelaide Snow Gilmer, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964"

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