Brief Life History of Alma
When Alma Hawley was born on 5 March 1853, in Hamilton Creek, Burnet, Texas, United States, his father, John Pierce Hawley, was 27 and his mother, Sylvia Johnson, was 20. He married Mary Hannah Ford on 21 November 1894, in Nodaway, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Ravenwood, Nodaway, Missouri, United States in 1900 and Independence Township, Nodaway, Missouri, United States in 1910. He died on 7 January 1927, in New York Township, Caldwell, Missouri, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Highland Cemetery, Hamilton Township, Caldwell, Missouri, United States.
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Sources (9)
- Alma Hawley, "United States Census, 1910"
- Al Hawley, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
- Alma Hawley, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1855
Historical Boundaries: 1855: Washington, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Washington, Utah, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
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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