Family Timeline

By sarah5030

  • Lester Dewey Hawkins

    He was born in Kingsley Iowa. He is my grandfathers father

  • Beginning of Spanish American War

  • End of the Spanish American War

  • Oma Ruth Hawkins (Gibbs)

    She was born in born in Ensley Alabama. She is my grandfathers mother

  • Beginning of WWI

    My great grandfather and his twin brother were born during WWII (Harold Solem)

  • Harold Solem and Harris Solem

    They were born in Decorah, Iowa. They are twins. Harold is my Grandmothers father

  • End of WWI

  • Beginning of Prohibition

  • Right to vote

    Women gained the right to vote

  • Shirley Lucille Solem (Wilbur)

    She was born in Iowa. She is my grandmothers mother.

  • Charles Lindbergh Transatlantic Flight

  • Beginning of the Great Depression

    This affected my family as they were farmers in Iowa. Crop prices fell. My grandpa was born in the middle of the great depression.

  • John Wesley Hawkins

    He born in Kingsley, Iowa. He is my mothers father.

  • End of the Great Depression

  • End of Prohibition

  • WWII started

  • End of WWII

  • Beginning of the Cold War

    Many of my family members were born during this time period

  • Joan Marie Hawkins (Solem)

    She was born in Decorah, Iowa. She is my mothers mother

  • Beginning of the Civil Rights Movement

  • Vietnam War starts

    My grandpa and all of his brothers are all veterans from the Vietnam War. Mom and some of her siblings were also born during this time.

  • End of the Civil Rights Movement

  • Tamara Erickson (Hawkins)

    She is my mother

  • Vietnam War Ends

  • End of the Cold War

  • Sarah Cummings

  • World Trade Center

    I don't remember where I was (I was only three years old), but my mom said she knows where we were. My mom was taking me to preschool. She did the math because she walked in the door after dropping me off and saw the second plane crashing as that channel was already on.

  • Beginning of the recession

  • End of the recession