Hawk - Extended Family
John Ira Hawk

 
(Sep 24, 1866 in Urbanna, IL - Apr 10, 1950 in Crawford, NE)
Son of David Hawk (1819-1898) and Eleanor Jones (1820-1890)
Married (1) Lillian M. Pierce (-) on Feb 17, 1886 in Kearney, NE
Married (2) Renlich Marie Ebsen (1878-1958)
Census: 1870, 1880, 1910, 1930

I have 11 DNA matches from this family
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The 2 children of John and Lillian are:
1. Cora E. Hawk (Jul 1887 in NE - )
    Census: 1900, 1920; Marriage
    Married (1)
Grover C. Helming (1887-1967) on Nov 23, 1908 in MT
    Married (2)
Walter Laird Tomlinson (1882-1944) on Oct 15, 1914
2. Ora Bea Hawk (Dec 28, 1889 - Jun 28, 1971 in WA)
    Census: 1900, 1910, 1920, 1950
    Ora married (1)
Ira Isaac Kennison (1886-1936) on Jan 29, 1908 in WY
        1. Otis Ira Kennison (Jan 1, 1909 in WY - Oct 11, 1993 in OR)
            Married (1) Edna M. Collins (1917-1991) in 1934
            Married (2) Barbara E. Rose (1924-1971) in 1961
            Married (3) Mae C. Madieros (1904-1970) in 1965
            Married (4) Frances Vivian Kirby (1899-1996) in 1977

        2. Lona I. Kennison (Jan 14, 1910 in WY - Nov 18, 2003 in WA)
            Married Allen Edwin Sandberg (1905-1995) in 1927
                 1. Otis Allen (Sandy) Sandberg (May 15, 1928 in WA - Feb 15, 1990 in WA)
                 2. Gwendolyn Iona Sandberg (Feb 25, 1930 in WA - Jan 17, 2017 in WA)
                     Married Gordon Frank Kurtz (1928-2018) in 1950
                         1. Sandra Lynn Kurtz (Apr 23, 1957 in WA - Dec 22, 2011 in WA)

    Ora married (2)  Harvey James Blann (1903-1945) in 1930
The 6 children of John and Renlich are:
3. Bertha Lea Hawk (May 8, 1897 in NE - Aug 21, 1980 in NE)
    Married Fred Louis Timm (1887-1968) on Oct 30, 1915
    Census: 1910, 1930, 1940, 1950
          1.
Frank Louis Timm (Oct 12, 1916 - Mar 8, 1993) WW2 Vet
              Married Agnes Helen Williams (1918-1999)
          2.
Albert Elmer Timm Aug 27, 1923 - Dec 13, 1911)
              Married Dorothy Norma Allen (1928-2009) on Oct 20, 1947
          3.
Walter Herman Timm (Feb 4, 1933 - Sep 23, 1992) Korean War Vet
              Married Laura Avis Hardin (1931-2002) in 1951
4. Phoebe Inez Hawk (Nov 21, 1906 - Aug 10, 1943)
    Census: 1910, 1920, 1930, 1940 - 2 DNA matches
    Married
Russell McKillip (1907-1981) on Feb 20, 1926
         1. Stanley R. McKillip (Jun 30, 1928 - Sep 9, 1997 in NE) 
         2.
Forest Lee "Skeet" McKillip (Aug 18, 1926 in NE - Jul 7, 1993)
             Married Juanita M. (1929-1995)
 
                1.
Dennis McKillip (Dec 1, 1949 - Jan 17, 2014)
                          Married Irene F. Longacre (1956-2013) 
5. Lester Allen Hawk (Mar 30, 1908 in NE - Apr 23, 1967 in NE)
    Census: 1910, 1930, 1940, 1950
6. Elmer Ernest Hawk (Dec 22, 1913 in NE - Mar 10, 1979 in NE) WW2 Vet
    Married
Violet Nadine Bailey on Jul 5, 1934 - 5 DNA matches
    Census: 1930, 1940

         1. Melvina Marie Hawk (Jul 16, 1935 in NE - May 19, 2025 in IA)
             Married Jim W. Brown (1935-2012)

         2. James Ernest Hawk (Jan 30, 1939 - Aug 9, 1992) Vietnam Vet
         3.
Ellen L. Hawk (Oct 30, 1943 in NE - May 6, 2014 in NE)

               Married Ted L. Swanson (1942-2020) in 1961 
7. Bruce Leroy Hawk (Jun 2, 1915 - Nov 24, 1987)
    Census: 1920, 1930, 1940, 1950
8. Nellie Mae Hawk (Jun 17, 1917 in NE - Mar 17, 2008 in NE)
    Census: 1920, 1930, 1940 - 4 DNA matches
    Married Leroy Eugene Ayres (1916-1979) on Sep 2, 1940
         1. Dr. Robert Leroy Ayres (Jul 4, 1941 in NE - Mar 14, 2012 in MD)
            
Married Marilyn Ann Slater on Nov 23, 1969
         2. Albert Eugene Ayres (Feb 2, 1951 - Aug 15, 1996)
             Married
Laura Gabriel Quigley on May 31, 1981

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