Brief Life History of Thomas Andrew
When Thomas Andrew Hawkins was born on 28 January 1917, in El Paso, El Paso, Texas, United States, his father, Orson Davis Hawkins, was 29 and his mother, Agnes Levell Duthie, was 31. He died on 22 January 1991, in Mexico, at the age of 73, and was buried in Colonia Juárez Cemetery, Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico.
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- Thomas Andrew Hawkins in household of Orson Davis Hawkins, "Utah, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records, 1914-1960"
- Hawkins, "Texas, Birth Certificates, 1903-1935"
- Thomas Andrew Hawkins, "Find A Grave Index"
World Events (8)
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.
1929 · The Great Depression Arrives
Like most of the country, the economy of Texas suffered greatly after the Stock Market Crash of 1929. Thousands of city workers were suddenly unemployed and relied on a variety of government relief programs; unemployed Mexican citizens were required to take one-way bus tickets to Mexico.
1937 · The Neutrality Act
The Neutrality Acts were passed in response to the growing conflicts in Europe and Asia during the time leading up to World War II. The primary purpose was so the US wouldn't engage in any more foreign conflicts. Most of the Acts were repealed in 1941 when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.
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.
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