Jennie G. Hawkins

25 March 1894–June 1974 (Age 80)
Carmel, Hamilton, Indiana, United States

The Life of Jennie G.

When Jennie G. Hawkins was born on 25 March 1894, in Carmel, Hamilton, Indiana, United States, her father, Isaac Lewis Hawkins, was 33 and her mother, Lenora Applegate, was 27. She married Beachem Shore Campbell on 30 December 1913, in Hancock, Indiana, United States. She lived in Delaware Township, Hamilton, Indiana, United States in 1900 and Fall Creek Township, Hamilton, Indiana, United States in 1910. She died in June 1974, in Fortville, Hancock, Indiana, United States, at the age of 80.

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Family Time Line

Beachem Shore Campbell
1892–1983
Jennie G. Hawkins
1894–1974
Marriage: 30 December 1913

Spouse and Children

MARRIAGE
30 December 1913
Hancock, Indiana, United States

Parents and Siblings

    Isaac Lewis Hawkins

    Male1861–1911Male

    Lenora Applegate

    Female1866–Female

siblings

(8)

    Ferd Isaiah Hawkins

    Male1886–Male

    Charlotte R. Hawkins

    Female1888–Female

    Dora Lotus Hawkins

    Female1892–Female

    Jennie G. Hawkins

    Female1894–1974Female

    Saul Lewis Hawkins

    Male1897–Male

+3 More Children

World Events (8)

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

Age 2

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
1906 · Gary, Indiana, Is Founded

Age 12

The town of Gary, Indiana, was founded by the United States Steel Corporation in 1906. The Gary Works steel mill was the largest integrated mill in North America. The city of Gary was named after Elbert Henry Gary who was the founding chairman of the United States Steel Corporation and American lawyer and county judge. Gary partnered with J.P. Morgan, Andrew Carnegie, and Charles M. Schwab to found the United States Steel Corporation.
1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress

Age 22

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.

Name Meaning

1 English: patronymic from the Middle English personal name Hawkin, a diminutive of Hawk 1 with the Anglo-Norman French hypocoristic suffix -in.2 English: in the case of one family (see note below), this is a variant of Hawkinge, a habitational name from a place in Kent, so called from Old English Hafocing ‘hawk place’.3 Irish: sometimes used as an English equivalent of Gaelic Ó hEacháin ( see Haughn ).

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

Possible Related Names

Sources (3)

  • Jennie Hawkins in household of Lewis Hawkins, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Jennie G Hawkins in household of I Lewis Hawkins, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Jennie Gertrude Hawkins, "Indiana, Marriages, 1780-1992"

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