Brief Life History of Isabelle Katherine
When Isabelle Katherine Hook was born on 15 May 1917, in Arkansas, United States, her father, John William Hook, was 44 and her mother, Henrietta Franklin, was 32. She married Charles Dearl Harris on 20 January 1936, in Johnson, Arkansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. She lived in Johnson, Arkansas, United States in 1949 and Santa Ana, Orange, California, United States in 1950. She died on 1 June 2007, in Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States, at the age of 90.
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- Esabelle K Harris, "United States 1950 Census"
- Legacy NFS Source: Isabelle Katherine Hook - birth-name: Isabelle Katherine Hook
- Isabella Hook, "Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957"
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World Events (8)
1918 · Attempting to Stop the War
To end World War I, President Wilson created a list of principles to be used as negotiations for peace among the nations. Known as The Fourteen Points, the principles were outlined in a speech on war aimed toward the idea of peace but most of the Allied forces were skeptical of this Wilsonian idealism.
1922 · The First Radio Station WOK Begins Broadcasting
In 1922, Harvey C. Couch Sr. started WOK the first radio station in Arkansas. After a trip to Pittsburgh and the KDKA radio he came up with the idea for Workers of Killowatts (WOK). WOK had no commercials which was nice for the listeners.
1941
Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
English: from Middle English hoke, Old English hōc ‘hook, bend in a river, hill spur’. The surname may be topographic, for someone who lived at or near a river bend or hill spur, or habitational, from any of various places called with this word, such as Hook in Devon, Hampshire, Lancashire, Surrey, Wiltshire, and Yorkshire, as well as Hooke in Dorset.
English: nickname from Middle English hok ‘hook’, perhaps for someone with a hooked or crooked nose or bent back, or from the Old English personal name Hōca or Hōc, probably originally a nickname for a man with a hook nose or bent figure.
Swedish (Höök): nickname, soldier's name, or ornamental name from hök ‘hawk’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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