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Nels Hawkinson 1890 - 1974

Nels Hawkinson of Rockford, Winnebago County, Illinois was born on May 18, 1890, and died at age 83 years old in March 1974.
Nels Hawkinson
Rockford, Winnebago County, Illinois 61108
May 18, 1890
March 1974
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Nels Hawkinson's History: 1890 - 1974

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    1890

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    May 18, 1890
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  • 03/dd
    1974

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    March 1974
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    Nels Hawkinson lived 7 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 83.
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In 1890, in the year that Nels Hawkinson was born, on December 29th, the Wounded Knee Massacre occurred in South Dakota on the Lakota Pine Ridge Indian Reservation . The U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment said that they rode into the Lakota camp "trying to disarm" the inhabitants. One person, Black Coyote - who was deaf - held onto his rifle, saying that he paid a lot of money for it. Shots rang out and by the end at least 153 Lakota Sioux - some estimates say 300 - and 25 troops had died. The site of the massacre is a National Historic Landmark.
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In 1917, Nels was 27 years old when it is believed that a worldwide influenza pandemic began in Asia. By 1920, it is estimated that 50 - 100 million died throughout the world (3 - 5% of the population). In the U.S. alone, 500,000 perished from what came to be called the Spanish Flu or the 1918 flu.
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