Jerry Lynn Hawkey

Brief Life History of Jerry Lynn

When Jerry Lynn Hawkey was born in 1939, in Illinois, United States, his father, Lewis Hawkey, was 42 and his mother, Anna Belle Simmons, was 41. He lived in La Clede Township, Fayette, Illinois, United States in 1940. He died in 1963, at the age of 24, and was buried in Iola, Clay, Illinois, United States.

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Family Time Line

Lewis Hawkey
1897–1995
Anna Belle Simmons
1898–1974
Mildred I Hawkey
1921–1991
Cletus James Hawkey
1924–
Imogene A Hawkey
1926–2005
Pauline M Hawkey
1928–2014
Lewis J Hawkey
1930–2023
Kenneth Lyle Hawkey
1932–2007
Earl Edward Hawkey
1933–1990
Rolland Hawkey
1937–2024
Jerry Lynn Hawkey
1939–1963

Sources (3)

  • Gerrie Hawkey in household of Louis Hawkey, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Jerry Lynn Hawkey, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Jerry Lynn Hawkey, "Illinois Soldier Burial Places, 1774-1974"

World Events (8)

1941

Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.

1942

On December 2, 1942, Enrico Fermi and a small band of scientists and engineers demonstrated that a simple construction of graphite bricks and uranium lumps could produce controlled heat. The space chosen for the first nuclear fission reactor was a squash court under the football stadium at the University of Chicago.

1947 · The Presidential Succession Act

The Presidential Succession Act is an act establishing the presidential line of succession. This was a precursor for the Twenty-fifth Amendment which outlines what is to happen when a President is killed, dies, or is unable to fulfill the responsibilities of President.

Name Meaning

English (Cornwall): variant, with loss of the medial genitive s, of Hawksey, which is a nickname from Middle English haukeseye ‘hawk's eye’ and also a variant of Hawkshaw , recorded as Hawkesey in 1527.

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

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