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
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
1900–1983 Male
1915–1996 Female
Children (1)
1941–2020 Female
Parents and Siblings
1894–1974 Male
1898–1977 Female
Siblings (6)
1915–1996 Female
1920–2004 Female
1922–2005 Female
1926–1938 Male
1927–1952 Male
+1 More Child
World Events (8)
1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
Age 1
1929 · The Great Depression Arrives
Age 14
1937 · The Neutrality Act
Age 22
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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