Howel Lawler
7 February 1929–8 October 2009 (Age 80)
Lumberton, Lamar, Mississippi, United States
The Life of Howel
When Howel Lawler was born on 7 February 1929, in Lumberton, Lamar, Mississippi, United States, his father, C Lafate Lawler, was 36 and his mother, Pearl Lawler, was 22. He died on 8 October 2009, in his hometown, at the age of 80.
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Family Time Line
C Lafate Lawler
1892–1973
Pearl Lawler
1906–1989
Howel Lawler
1929–2009
Parents and Siblings
1892–1973Male
1906–1989Female
siblings
(1)
1929–2009Male
World Events (8)
1931
Age 2
The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the national anthem.
1939 · First Oil Well in Mississippi Located in Yazoo County
Age 10
Fredric F. Mellen was a geologist that was surveyed a clay and minerals project. While doing this he instead struck oil and started the oil industry in Mississippi.
1950
Age 21
United States military forces play a leading role against North Korean and Chinese troops in Korean War.
Name Meaning
Irish (Ulster, Leinster, and Kerry): reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Leathlobhair ‘descendant of Leathlobhar’, a personal name composed of the elements leath ‘half’ (i.e. ‘somewhat’, ‘fairly’) and lobar ‘leprous’, ‘sick’. The name seems to have been originally a byname for a man of unhealthy constitution.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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