Leonard Hawley

Brief Life History of Leonard

When Leonard Hawley was born on 13 November 1888, in Cheadle, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, William Hawley, was 29 and his mother, Elizabeth James, was 29. He married Lydia Harriet Potter in 1912, in Kings Norton, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He died in 1985, in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 97.

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Family Time Line

Leonard Hawley
1888–1985
Lydia Harriet Potter
1888–1956
Marriage: 1912
Leonard H Hawley
1912–2010

Sources (2)

  • Leonard Hawley in household of William Hawley, "England and Wales Census, 1891"
  • Leonard Hawley in household of William Hawley, "England and Wales Census, 1901"

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World Events (8)

1904 · The Entente Cordiale

The Entente Cordiale was signed between Britain and France on April 8, 1904, to reconcile imperial interests and pave the way for future diplomatic cooperation. This ended hundreds of years of conflict between the two states.

1908

London, United Kingdom hosts Summer Olympic Games.

1914

Outbreak of World War I. UK enters hostilities against Germany. Grueling trench warfare in Belgium and France.

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from a lost place called Hawley in Sheffield (Yorkshire). The placename derives from Old Norse haugr ‘hill, burial mound’ + Old English lēah ‘woodland clearing’.

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

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