Born in Obion County, Tennessee, USA
Ancestors 
Daughter of Joseph Simon Hawkins
and Susie Jane (Smith) Hawkins
Sister of
Emma Lee (Hawkins) Greenfield, Ora May (Hawkins) Moore, Cora Idell (Hawkins) Harris Sengewald, Viola Ruth (Hawkins) Weeks, Allie (Hawkins) Bolin Cox, Nellie Jane (Hawkins) Neeley, Vera Edna (Hawkins) Wells, James Lincoln McClellan Hawkins, Benjamin Franklin Hawkins and Hugh Allen Hawkins
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 79
in Flint, Michigan, USA
Profile last modified
This page has been accessed 50 times.
Velma Gertrude Hawkins was born on August 27, 1907 in Obion, Tennessee to Joseph Simon Hawkins and Susie Jane Smith. She died on July 7, 1987, in Flint, Michigan, at the age of 79.
Sources
- "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGXN-3JP : accessed 21 October 2021), Velma Hawkins in household of Joe Hawkins, Civil District 3, Obion, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 115, sheet 2B, family 29, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1514; FHL microfilm 1,375,527.
- "Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NMX5-4MP : 9 March 2021), Velma Hawkins in entry for James R Ragsdale, 18 Oct 1924; citing Marriage, Clay, Arkansas, United States, county offices, Arkansas; FHL microfilm 2,169,745.
- "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHSY-XT2 : 10 January 2021), Velma Hill in household of John Hill, Flint, Genesee, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 85-70, sheet 11A, line 39, family 179, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1894.
- "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JYK4-WM2 : 9 January 2021), Velma Ethier, Jul 1987; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
Is Velma your ancestor? Please don't go away!
Login to collaborate or comment, or
contact
the profile manager, or
ask our community of genealogists a question.
Login to collaborate or comment, or contact
the profile manager, or ask our community of genealogists a question.
Sponsored Search by Ancestry.com
DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Velma:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Velma:
-
~6.25%
~12.50%
Holly Longdo 
:
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch ZW3817110 [compare]
-
~3.12%
~3.12%
Faith Lowe :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member conchislgirl28
View newspaper mentions & more for Velma Ethier.
Sponsored Search
Comments
Leave a message for others who see this profile.
There are no comments yet.
Login to post a comment.
This week's featured connections are Canadian notables: Velma is 21 degrees from Donald Sutherland, 17 degrees from Robert Carrall, 15 degrees from George Étienne Cartier, 21 degrees from Viola Desmond, 24 degrees from Dan George, 17 degrees from Wilfrid Laurier, 21 degrees from Charles Monck, 18 degrees from Norma Shearer, 27 degrees from David Suzuki, 18 degrees from Gilles Villeneuve, 20 degrees from Angus Walters and 17 degrees from Fay Wray on our single family tree. Login to see how you relate to 33 million family members.