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)
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)
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.