Jewell Lavern Edwards

Female27 June 1915–1 April 1996

Brief Life History of Jewell Lavern

When Jewell Lavern Edwards was born on 27 June 1915, in Caney, Atoka, Oklahoma, United States, her father, Herschel Elry Edwards, was 21 and her mother, Laura Hix, was 16. She married John Frederick Kay on 9 February 1934, in Bryan, Oklahoma, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Justice Precinct 4, Grayson, Texas, United States in 1940 and Sherman, Grayson, Texas, United States for about 1 years. She died on 1 April 1996, in Grayson, Texas, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Cedarlawn Memorial Park, Sherman, Grayson, Texas, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Frederick Kay
1900–1983
Jewell Lavern Edwards
1915–1996
Marriage: 9 February 1934
Joy Barbara Kay
1941–2020

Sources (10)

  • Jewel L Kay, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Jewell Edwards, "Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995"
  • Jewel Kay, "United States Social Security Death Index"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    9 February 1934Bryan, Oklahoma, United States
  • Children (1)

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    Siblings (6)

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    World Events (8)

    1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress

    Age 1

    Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.

    1929 · The Great Depression Arrives

    Age 14

    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

    Age 22

    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 Most of the Acts were repealed in 1941 when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.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 and Welsh: variant of Edward , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. This surname is also very common among African Americans.

    History: One of the earliest American bearers of this very common English surname was William Edwards, the son of Rev. Richard Edwards, a London clergyman in the age of Elizabeth I, who came to New England c. 1640. His descendant Jonathan (1703–58), of East Windsor, CT, was a prominent Congregational clergyman whose New England theology led to the first Great Awakening, a great religious revival.

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

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