Brief Life History of Hamilton Richmond
When Hamilton Richmond Howells was born on 13 November 1897, in San Diego, San Diego, California, United States, his father, Julius Merriam Howells, was 38 and his mother, Jessie Benton Snider, was 38. He married Madeleine MacCracken on 4 September 1935, in Berkeley, Alameda, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Sausalito, Marin, California, United States in 1920 and Oakland Judicial Township, Alameda, California, United States in 1940. He died on 18 December 1981, in Piedmont, Alameda, California, United States, at the age of 84.
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- Hamilton Richard Howells, "United States 1950 Census"
- Hamilton R Howells, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
- Hamilton Richmond Howells, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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World Events (8)
1898 · War with the Spanish
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
1906 · Great San Francisco Earthquake
A 7.8 magnitude earthquake shook San Francisco for approximately 60 seconds on April 18, 1906. A 1906 report by US Army Relief Operations recorded the death toll for San Francisco and surrounding areas at 664. Later reports record the number at over 3,000 deaths. An estimated 225,000 people were left homeless from the widespread destructuction as 80% of the city was destroyed.
1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment
The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.
Name Meaning
English and Welsh (Glamorgan): variant of Howell , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent English -s.
English: perhaps occasionally a nickname for someone who was fearless, from Middle English houe, houwe ‘anxiety, fear’ (Old English hogu or hoga) + les ‘less’. If this has survived as a modern surname, its pronunciation has been influenced by that of the name in 1 above.
English: variant of Holes .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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