A blog about my family history: Hawthorne, Galloway, Hamrick, and Gowens.
100 years ago today… My grandfather, James Boardman Hawthorne, enlisted in the US Army on Saturday, 13 April 1918 in Texas, probably Houston, where he was living with his sister Etta Mae and her family. He always said he… (Read more)
Alexander Travis Hawthorne Born: 6 April 1860, Mobile, Mobile, Alabama, United States Died: 15 January 1926, Waco, McLennan, Texas, United States Son of Adoniram Judson Hawthorne (1834-1877) and Clara Elizabeth Amelia Ford (1835-1908) Alexander Travis Hawthorne is my Paternal Great-Grandfather… (Read more)
Sammie Redford Galloway, Sr. Born: 16 May 1910 Big Spring, Howard, Texas, United States Died: 20 January 1962 Orange, Orange, California, United States Son of William Jefferson Galloway, Sr. (1882-1963) and Rooney Delilah Hicks (1886-1931) Sammie Redford Galloway, Sr. is… (Read more)
Where exactly did William Jefferson Galloway, Sr. and family live in 1918? The reason I am curious is because I have two separate documents from 1918 and one of them has an additional clue as to where they might have… (Read more)
Myrtle Christine (Hamrick) Hawthorne Born: 22 August 1904 Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, United States Died: 6 February 1985 San Diego, San Diego, California, United States Daughter of George Thomas Hamrick (1869-1919) and Lillian Alice Foster (1877-1927) Myrtle Christine (Hamrick) Hawthorne is my… (Read more)
The Social GeneaSphere has been ablaze since Ancestry.com released their We’re Related app on October 19th. It is an app that “taps into 70 million family trees, 8 billion connections, and 6 million profiles to expertly connect you to possible… (Read more)
James Boardman Hawthorne Born: 12 January 1899 Greenville, Butler, Alabama, United States Died: 12 December 1993 Escondido, San Diego, California, United States Son of Alexander Travis Hawthorne (1860-1926) and Kathryn Ann Albertson (1869-1915) James Boardman Hawthorne is my Paternal Grandfather. Burial:… (Read more)
On the evening of Tuesday, 12 November 1833, a historic meteor shower rained down upon the Earth.