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| THE HAWKINS FAMILY STORY |
| THE DESCENDANTS OF JOHN C HAWKINS |
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| JOHN C. HAWKINS & MARGARET DRISCOLL JOHN C. HAWKINS WAS BORN APPROX. 1818 IN COUNTY CORK, IRELAND. THE SON OF WILLIAM HAWKINS (MOTHER'S NAME IS NOT KNOWN). IT IS BELIEVED JOHN CAME TO CANADA IN 1842. JOHN IS KNOWN TO HAVE AT LEAST 4 SIBLINGS: ELIZABETH, WHO MARRIED CORNELIUS DUGGAN AND LIVED IN PONSONBY (NEAR GUELPH, ON); CATHERINE, WHO MARRIED FELIX McGINN AND LIVED IN SOUTH NICHOL TWSP., ON; MARY, WHO MARRIED LUKE MURPHY, THEY LIVED IN NICHOL TWSP., PEEL TWSP. (ARTHUR, ON) AND FINALLY ACHILLES, KANSAS, USA AND MARGARET, WHO MARRIED WILLIAM (?) O'BRIEN AND LIVED IN NEW YORK CITY. JOHN C MARRIED MARGARET DRISCOLL AT ST BARTHOLEMEW'S RC CHURCH IN GUELPH (A NEW CHURCH WAS BUILD ON THIS SITE AND IS NOW KNOWN AS OUR LADY CHURCH) ON JULY 28, 1850. ON THE MARRIAGE RECORD THE SURNAME HAWKINS IS SPELT AS HAUGHKINS AND MARGARET'S SURNAME IS NOTED AS DUGGAN (MOTHER'S MAIDEN NAME). MARGARET WAS BORN IN BOSTON, MASS., USA IN MAY OF 183O. HER PARENT'S WERE FLORENCE DRISCOLL & HONORA DUGGAN - BORN IN COUNTY CORK IRELAND AND CAME TO BOSTON ABOUT 1829. THEN IN APROX. 1840 THE DRISCOLL FAMILY SETTLED ON CONCESSION 6, LOT 5 OF NICHOL TOWNSHIP (ELORA ONTARIO AREA). AS NOTED IN A NICHOL TWSP. HISTORY BOOK, "FLORENCE SET OUT FROM IRELAND, UNFETTERED AND FOOTLOOSE, BOUND FOR AMERICA" & "DURING HIS VOYAGE ACROSS THE ATLANTIC, HIS HEART WAS CHARMED BY THE ALLURE OF AN ATTRACTIVE COLLEEN , AND THE SHIP-BOARD ROMANCE CULMINATED IN THEIR EVENTUAL MARRIAGE". THERE WERE EIGHT CHILDREN BORN TO FLORENCE & HONORA (THE FIRST 5 IN BOSTON), ONE OF THE BOYS, MICHEAL FOUGHT IN THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR. ONE OF MARGARET'S SISTERS, HONORA (NORA) MARRIED THOMAS DOYLE AND ALSO SETTLED IN NORMANBY TOWNSHIP, ONTARIO ( I'VE RECENTLY FOUND A LOT ON THE DRISCOLL LINE - STAY TUNED FOR A 'DRISCOLL PAGE'). FLORENCE DRISCOLL DIED IN 1892 AT AGE 98. THE GUELPH WEEKLY NEWSPAPER NOTED ON THE FRONT PAGE OF ITS SEPT 1, 1892 ISSUE THAT "HE WAS ONE OF THE OLDEST RESIDENTS OF THE CITY" AND "HE CAME TO THIS COUNTRY WHEN A YOUNG MAN, AND WAS AMONG THE EARLY SETTLERS OF NICHOL". JOHN & MARGARET BEGAN RAISING THEIR FAMILY ON A FARM LOCATED ON THE 10th CONCESSION - LOT 3 OF NICHOL TOWNSHIP (JUST NORTH-WEST OF MARDEN, ONTARIO AND SOUTH OF THE DRISCOLL HOMESTEAD). LAND RECORDS INDICATE JOHN BECAME OWNER OF THIS PROPERTY IN JUNE OF 1852, BUT IS LIKELY THEY SQUATTED ON THE PROPERTY AS EARLY AS 1842 (BELIEVED TO BE THE ARRIVAL DATE TO CANADA). A NICHOL TWSP. HISTORY BOOK NOTES "LOT 3, CONC. 10 WAS FIRST SETTLED BY JOHN HAWKINS AND A MAN NAMED NOBLE, WHOSE WIFE WAS LOST IN THE WOODS AND FOUND DEAD BESIDE A HAY STACK, IN A BEAVER MEADOW, NEAR HER HOME". |
| AN OFFICIAL DEED WAS NOT DRAWN UP UNTIL, MARCH 18, 1879 (21 YEARS AFTER SQUATTING ON THE PROPERTY). THE PRICE PAID WAS: $ 176 (ORIGINAL DEED STILL HANGS IN THE FARM KITCHEN). HERE, EIGHT MORE CHILDREN WERE BORN: JOHN JOSEPH (1858), MARY ANNE (1861), FLORENCE -male (1863), MICHAEL H. (1865), THOMAS (1867) DIED IN INFANCY, JOHANNA 'HANNA'(1869), THOMAS (1872) AND MARGARET (1875). ON THE 1881 ONTARIO CENSUS RECORDS, JOHN C AND JOHN J's OCCUPATIONS ARE BOTH LISTED AS 'FARMER'. IN THE EARLY 1880'S A LOCAL SCHOOL TEACHER, CHRISTOFOR COLLINS (B. 1859) IS BOARDING ON THE HAWKINS FARM. ON AUGUST 29, 1882, JOHN C. DIED AT AGE 64 AND WAS BURIED IN ST. PETER'S CATHOLIC CEMETERY, AYTON. THE GRAVE STONE HAS NOW BECOME BARELY READABLE (SEE PHOTO TO RIGHT). |
| THE HAWKINS FAMILY FARM c. early 1980's (notice in center, driving shed and pumphouse - which are no longer standing). |
| GRAVE OF JOHN C. HAWKINS at St. Peter's Cemetery, Ayton |
| JOHN J. HAWKINS TOOK OVER THE OPERATION OF THE FAMILY FARM NOW THAT HIS FATHER HAD DIED. HIS MOTHER, MARGARET CONTINUED TO LIVE ON THE FARM FOR SOME TIME. IN 1898, SHE SOLD THE FARM TO JOHN J. FOR THE SUM OF $2000. WHAT IS KNOWN ABOUT ALL OF THEIR CHILDREN IS BELOW. MARGARET DRISCOLL WOULD TRAVEL TO ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA, USA, TO STAY WITH HER DAUGHTERS HANNA HYNES AND HUSBAND, ISAAC AS WELL AS MARY ANNE AND WILLIAM McDONALD. MARGARET DIED AT HANNA & ISAAC'S HOME ON JANUARY 1, 1910 AT AGE 80, OF OLD AGE. MARGARET WAS BURIED IN CALVARY CATHOLIC CEMETERY IN ST. PAUL, MINN., USA. |
| WILLIAM HAWKINS & MARY M MALLOY WILLIAM WAS BORN ON JUNE 10, 1852. HE MARRIED MARY M. MALLOY ON FEB 03, 1879, DAUGHTER OF PATRICK AND MARY (CLARKE) MALLOY, ALSO OF NORMANBY TOWNSHIP AT LOT 26, CONCESSION 11. MARY WAS BORN ON NOVEMBER 6, 1858. WILLIAM AND MARY PURCHASED A FARM PROPERTY VERY CLOSE TO HER PARENTS, AT LOT 28, CONCESSION 11. MARY HAD TWO SIBLINGS, PATRICK (KNOWN AS PATSY), HE WAS BORN IN 1862 AND CATHERINE, WHO DIED AT AGE 11 - IN 1880 ? (GRAVE LOCATED IN ST PETER'S CEMETERY, AYTON & DIFFICULT TO READ). WILLIAM AND MARY HAD 3 CHILDREN: JOHN J. (NOV. 6, 1879), MARY AGNES (FEB. 19, 1881) AND MARGARET E. (OCT. 29, 1887) ALL 3 CHILDREN WERE BORN AT THEIR FARM IN NORMANBY TOWNSHIP. IN 1899, THIS FARM WAS SOLD AND THE FAMILY MOVED TO SASKATCHEWAN, CANADA (THEN PART OF THE NORTH WEST TERRITORY). WILLIAM'S YOUNGEST BROTHER, THOMAS IS KNOWN TO HAVE RELOCATED THERE EARLIER - IN 1888 AT AGE 16. WITH THOMAS' HELP, WILLIAM AND FAMILY RELOCATED TO ST. HUBERT, SASK. AREA. PATRICK MALLOY IS ALSO KNOWN TO HAVE RELOCATED TO SASKATCHEWAN AROUND THE SAME TIME (BUT SETTLED MUCH FURTHER NORTH). DOMINION LAND GRANTS WERE MADE AVAILABLE TO HELP BRING SETTLERS INTO WESTERN CANADA. WILLIAM, THOMAS AND PATRICK SETTLED IN SASKATCHEWAN WITH THE HELP OF THIS GRANT. |
| WILLIAM SETTLED ON A FARM ON THE NORTH-EAST PART OF SECTION 30, TOWNSHIP 13, RANGE 3 AND WEST OF THE SECOND MERIDIAN. THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED SOUTH-WEST OF REGINA, NEAR THE TOWN OF WHITEWOOD, IN THE CENSUS DISTRICT OF ASSINIBOIA (SUBDISTRICT OF MONTGOMERY). THOMAS FARMED THE SOUTH-EAST PART OF THE PREVIOUS MENTIONED PROPERTY (SETTLED IN 1891). WILLIAM'S SON, JOHN FARMED THE NORTH-WEST PART OF THE PREVIOUS MENTIONED FARM PROPERTY AS WELL. PATRICK MALLOY FARMED ON THE NORTH-EAST PART OF SECTION 28, TOWNSHIP 44, RANGE 15 AND WEST OF THE SECOND MERIDIAN, NEAR THE TOWN OF VALPARISO. IT APPEARS THEY EACH FARMED 160 ACRES. IN 1905, MARY'S FATHER, PATRICK MALLOY DIED & LEFT HIS PROPERTY TO HIS TWO CHILDREN. IN MARCH 1906 THEY RESOLD LOT 26, CONCESSION 11 TO JOHN J. HAWKINS. IN 1914, JOHN J. SOLD THIS PROPERTY TO GEORGE GLOBE. IN THE FALL OF 2003 I WAS CONTACTED BY A DRISCOLL DESCENDANT - SHERRY GETTLE OF REGINA, SASK. SHERRY WAS EXTREMELY HELPFUL IN FINDING SOME OF THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION ON THE CHILDREN OF WILLIAM & MARY HAWKINS: JOHN J (AKA JACK) MARRIED ANN CHRISTINE HEALEY (BORN MAY 06, 1889 IN GUELPH ONTARIO) IN 1909 AT WOSLEY, SASK. JACK FARMED & RAISED HORSES ON THE ABOVE PROPERY NEXT TO HIS FATHER, UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT IN 1944 - WHEN THE FARM WAS SOLD TO ED LANGENBEGER. JACK & ANN RETIRED TO REGINA. JACK DIED IN 1946 & ANN IN 1960. THERE WERE NO CHILDREN BORN TO JACK & ANN. MARY AGNES HAWKINS MARRIED JOHN FRANCIS XAVIER ('JACK') DIEMERT OF INDIAN HEAD, SASK. ABOUT 1906. JACK WAS BORN NOV 17, 1887 IN CARRICK TWSP, ON. THEY HAD TWO CHILDREN, THELMA A (B. 1905) & MELVIN F (B. NOV 1907). JACK LIVED IN PANGMAN, SASK AND BUILD SOME OF THE FIRST HOUSES IN THIS COMMUNITY AND ALSO RAN A GENERAL STORE AND POST OFFICE. MARY DIED ON MARCH 7, 1908 AT THE YOUNG AGE 27 AND IS BURIED IN THE OLD REGINA CEMETERY, REGINA, SASK. JACK REMARRIED SARAH ELLEN O'REILLY AND IN 1917 MOVED HIS FAMILY TO SEATTLE WASHINGTON TO WORK AS A CARPENTER FOR AMES SHIPBUILDERS. IN 1918 HE JOINED THE ARMY. JACK AND SARAH HAD 4 CHILDREN (ALL BORN IN SEATTLE): FRANCIS J (B. FEB 1919), WILLIAM A (1922), ELIZABETH M (1924) & GENEVIEVE R (FEB 1930). IN 1930 JACK WAS LIVING IN LAKE, WASHINGTON AND WORKING AS A CARPENTER FOR A CONSTRUCTION COMPANY. MARGARET ('MAGGIE') ELLEN HAWKINS MARRIED CHARLES LYONS JR (BORN IN ONTARIO IN 1887 AND CAME TO SASK. WITH HIS PARENTS, CHARLES AND MARY ANN IN 1883) ABOUT 1908. CHARLES FARMED THE SOUTH EAST 1/4 SECTION OF 10-13-W2. ON APRIL OF 1909 THEIR DAUGHTER, MARIA WAS BORN. AROUND THIS TIME CHARLES WAS KILLED TRAGICALLY IN AN ACCIDENT. MAGGIE REMARRIED, ALPHONS FREDRICK ('ALF') DIEMERT (B. JULY 23, 1885) ABOUT 1910. ALF WAS THE BROTHER OF JACK DIEMERT AND BOTH NEPHEWS OF FRANK DIEMERT (WIFE OF MARGARET HAWKINS - SEE BELOW). ALF & MAGGIE HAD 3 CHILDREN: JOHN E (1913-SK), LORETTA M (1916-SK) & MARJORIE (1921-WASH). ALF AND FAMILY LEFT FOR SEATTLE, WASHINGTON ABOUT 1918 WHERE ALF HAD A JOB WITH HIS BROTHER AT AMES SHIPBUILDERS AS A STEEL PLATE PUNCHER. ALF ALSO ENLISTED IN THE ARMY IN 1918. ALF LATER WORKED AS A FIREMAN FOR A SEATTLE LUMBER COMPANY. MARIA LYONS MARRIED A MAN BY THE NAME OF McHUGH ABOUT 1929 IN SEATTLE AND HAD AT LEAST ONE CHILD, RICHARD (1930). WILLIAM & MARY FARMED ALL OF THEIR LIVES ON THE ABOVE MENTIONED PROPERTY. MARY DIED ON CHRISTMAS DAY IN 1906 (AGE 48) & WILIAM DIED ON MAY 09, 1925. THEY ARE BOTH BURIED IN ST HUBERT RC CEMETERY, SILVERWOOD, SASK. |
| CATHERINE HAWKINS & WILLIAM KEALY CATHERINE WAS BORN IN 1853. SHE REMAINED IN NORMANBY TOWNSHIP AND MARRIED WILLIAM KEALY ON NOVEMBER 26, 1879 AT ST. PETER'S, AYTON. CATHERINE AND WILLIAM FARMED WITH HIS PARENTS ON LOT 24, CONCESSION 7. WILLIAM'S PARENTS WERE MICHAEL AND MARGARET (BRENNAN) KEALY. CENSUS RECORDS INDICATE MICHAEL (BORN 1816), MARGARET AND SON WILLIAM WERE ALL BORN IN KILKENNY, IRELAND. THIS PROPERTY WAS PURCHASED FROM THE CROWN IN 1876 (LIKELY SQUATTED EARLIER). ALSO LIVING ON THE KEALY FARM WAS JOHANNAH KEALY (BORN 1867). CATHERINE WAS REFERRED TO AS KATE, REMEMBERS ANNE DOYLE. CATHERINE AND WILLIAM HAD ONE SON, MICHAEL, BORN ON SEPTEMBER 3, 1880. HE WAS SAID TO HAVE SUFFERED FROM BAD PARALYSIS. 1880 WAS ALSO THE YEAR CATHARINE WAS WIDOWED, LEFT TO RAISE A CHILD ALONE. SHE WAS LEFT TO RUN A FARM WITH JUST THE HELP OF HER MOTHER-IN-LAW, MARGARET (MARGARET'S HUSBAND DIED ON FEB 15, 1877 AT AGE 61- ONE YEAR AFTER DEED GRANTED). MICHAEL AND SON WILLIAM ARE BURIED IN ORCHARDVILLE (CHAPEL HILL) CEMETERY, LOCATED NORTH OF MOUNT FOREST, ON (USED BEFORE CURRENT ST. PETER'S CEMETERY WAS BUILT). AT SOME POINT IN THE 1880'S CATHERINE WAS UNABLE TO KEEP THE FARM AND EVERYTHING WAS REPOSSESSED (SAID TO HAVE BEEN ONLY LEFT WITH A TABLE AND CHAIR). ALL OF THIS WAS TOO MUCH FOR CATHERINE AND SHE SUFFERED A BREAKDOWN AND WAS SENT TO AN INSANE ASYLUM (POSSIBLY IN TORONTO) AND EVENTUALLY ADMITTED TO PENATANGUISHINE INSANE ASYLUM AROUND 1904. MICHAEL STAYED WITH HIS UNCLE, JOHN J. HAWKINS WHILE HIS MOTHER WAS IN HOSPITAL (SEE JOHN J STORY). IN THE SPRING OF 2006 I VISITED THE PENATANGUISHINE MENTAL HOSPITAL (NOW KNOWN AS THE MENTAL HEALTH CENTRE OF PENATANGUISHINE) AND MAY HAVE LOCATED CATHERINE --- THE HOSITAL FOUND A RECORD FOR CATHERINE 'CAYLEY' (NO RECORD OF KEALY) WITH THE SAME BIRTH YEAR. THE EXACT NATURE OF HER ILLNESS WAS NOT LISTED. THE ASLYLUM WAS A 360 ACRES SITE THAT ALSO RAN A FARMING OPERATION (AS MANY OF THE PATIENTS WERE FROM FARMING BACKGROUNDS). AS FOR THE SURNAME VARIATION, I WAS TOLD BY HOSITAL STAFF THAT THIS WAS NOT UNUSUAL FOR THEM TO CHANGE THEIR NAME IN THE EARLY 1900'S AS THERE WAS A VERY BAD STIGMA ATTACHED TO BEING ADMITTED TO SUCH A FACILITY, MANY FAMILIES OF PATIENTS EVEN HAD MOCK BURIALS AS IT WAS RARE FOR THE PATIENTS EVER TO BE RELEASED. CATHERINE CAYLEY DIED AT THE ASYLUM ON MARCH 22, 1934 OF SENILITY AND A FRACTURED HIP. SHE IS BURIED IN THE ASYLUM POINT CEMETERY IN THE ROMAN CATHOLIC SECTION ON THE HOSPITAL GROUNDS, BUT A STONE WAS NOT LOCATED. (CHECK BACK FOR UPDATES ON CATHERINE, AS I SEARCH FOR MORE DETAIL SUCH AS A DEATH CERTIFICATE). SO FAR I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO LOCATE INFORMATION ON HER SON MICHAEL. |
| HANNA , AS SHE WAS KNOWN, WAS BORN ON AUG 29, 1869. SHE MARRIED ISAAC HYNES (BORN JAN 1866 IN WISCONSIN) ABOUT 1896 IN MN. ACCORDING TO CENSUS RECORDS, HANNA MOVED TO THE US IN 1880. HANNA & ISSAC TOOK OVER OWNERSHIP OF ISAAC'S PARENT'S HOME AT 912 PARK AVE, ST PAUL, MN, USA. ISAAC'S PARENT'S, JAMES & MARGARET CONTINUED TO LIVE WITH THEM UNTIL THEIR DEATH. HANNA'S MOTHER, MARGARET DRISCOLL ALSO RESIDED WITH THIS FAMILY DURING HER LAST YEARS (THIS IS WHERE SHE DIED -AS INDICATED ON HER DEATH CERTIFICATE). HANNA & ISAAC HAD 4 CHILDREN - WILLIAM RAYMOND (B. FEB 10, 1897), JOHN FRANCIS (B. MAR 30, 1902), MARY L. (B. JUNE 20, 1904) AND ALYCE EVELYN (B. JUL 18, 1906). ISAAC'S OCCUPATION WAS A POLICEMAN WITH THE ST PAUL POLICE AT THE RONDO ST. STATION. HANNA DIED ON JANUARY 3, 1957 (AGE 87) - CAUSE RELATED TO HER DIABETES AND ISAAC DIED ON APRIL 18, 1938 (AGE 72). THEY ARE BOTH BURIED IN CALVARY CATHOLIC CEMETERY, ST. PAUL, MN. WILLIAM, KNOWN AS RAY WAS A SOLDIER IN WWI FROM 1918 TO ?? (ENLISTED 2 DAYS AFTER HIS COUSIN, JOSEPH McDONALD). AFTER THE WAR RAY WORKED AT CRESCENT CREAMERY IN ST PAUL. RAY DIED ON DEC 11, 1950 IN HENNEPIN COUNTY, MN (ST PAUL AREA). JOHN, KNOWN AS FRANCIS MARRIED LEONA ?? (B. JUN 7, 1907) IN 1925 IN ST PAUL. FRANCIS & LEONA HAD A LEAST ONE CHILD, JOYCE BORN IN 1928. FRANCIS WORKED AS A CLERK IN A PACKING PLANT BEFORE MOVING THE FAMILY TO OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA. FRANCIS DIED ON JAN 9, 1988 AND LEONA DIED ON JAN 10, 1994, BOTH IN OKLAHOMA. MARY MARRIED WILLIAM F. STRUB (B. NOV 3, 1903) IN ST PAUL, MN. WILLIAM & MARY HAD AT LEAST TWO CHILDREN - WILLIAM F. STRUB JR. AND RICHARD MICHAEL STRUB (B. FEB 15, 1940). WILLIAM MARRIED JEANNETTE MATTHESIUS AND HAVE 4 CHILDREN, JENNIFER (FINIGAN), CARRIE, WILLIAM III & MARY. RICHARD MARRIED LINDA CYLKOWSKI AND HAVE 3 CHILDREN, KRISTIAN, MARK & STEPHANIE . RICHARD DIED ON OCT 9, 1999 IN HENNEPIN CO, MN. MARY HYNES STRUB DIED ON MAY 21, 1987 AND IS BURIED IN RESURRECTION CEMETERY, MENDOTA HEIGHTS (SOUTH ST PAUL), MN. ALYCE MARRIED JOHN FREDRICK ANDRES (B. MAY 03, 1905) AND HAD 2 CHILDREN, JOHN MICHAEL (B. 1936) & GREGORY RALPH (B. 1939). GREGORY MARRIED ANITA LARSON AND HAVE A DAUGHTER RACHEL (B. 1978). ALYCE DIED ON FEB 16, 1998 & JOHN DIED ON JAN 16, 2000 - BOTH IN ST PAUL, MN. |
| MICHAEL H. WAS BORN ON SEPT 23, 1865. HE MARRIED NELLIE MURPHY (BORN ON OCT 18,1875 IN NORMANBY TOWNSHIP, ON) ABOUT 1898 IN ST PAUL, MN. NELLIE'S PARENTS WERE JEREMIAH MURPHY (1833-1875) & ANNA DONOHUE (1835-1914) - BOTH ARE BURIED AT ORCHARDVILLE CEMETERY, ON. JEREMIAH DIED SHORTLY BEFORE THE BIRTH OF NELLIE, AFTER BEING KICKED BY A HORSE. ANNA WAS LEFT TO RAISE NELLIE AND HER 7 SIBLINGS, WITH THE HELP OF HER MOTHER, MARY DONOHUE WHO LIVED WITH THEM. MICHAEL AND NELLIE SETTLED IN ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA, USA (SAME LOCATION AS HYNES' & McDONALD'S). ACCORDING TO CENSUS RECORDS, MICHAEL & NELLIE NEVER HAD ANY CHILDREN. IN 1900 THEIR RESIDENCE WAS 104 WINNIPEG ST., ST PAUL, MN. MICHAEL OCCUPATION WAS AS A TEAMSTER/LIVERY MAN. IN 1904 MICHAEL WAS ADMITTED TO HOSITAL AND ABOUT 1909 TRANSFERED TO HASTINGS INSANE ASYLUM, HASTINGS, MN FOR AN UNKNOWN ILLNESS. HE CONTINUED TO LIVE AT THE ASYLUM UNTIL HIS DEATH ON MAY 9, 1944 AT AGE 76. HIS CAUSE OF DEATH WAS NOTED AS HARDING OF THE ARTERIES. NELLIE LIVED AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS IN ST PAUL, MN DURING THE TIME HER HUSBAND WAS IN HOSPITAL. HER OCCUPATION WAS AS A SEAMSTRESS/DRESSMAKER - AT ONE POINT WAS SELF EMPLOYED. IN 1910, NELLIE'S MOTHER, ANNA LIVED WITH HER. IN 1920 HER WIDOWED NEPHEW, PATRICK SCOLES & CHILDREN LIVED WITH HER ON WINNIPEG ST. ST PAUL. NELLIE EVENUALLY SOLD THIS HOME TO PATRICK (WHO REMARRIED) AND SHE IS KNOWN TO HAVE ALSO LIVED ON RICE ST & CAYUGA ST IN ST PAUL. NELLIE DIED ON NOVEMBER 5, 1975 (AGE 100) IN RIVER FALLS, WISCONSIN (HUDSON/ ST. CROIX AREA) AT ST JOSEPH'S NURSING HOME OF OLD AGE. MICHAEL AND NELLIE ARE BOTH BURIED IN CALVARY CATHOLIC CEMETERY, ST PAUL, MN - NEXT TO HANNA AND ISAAC HYNES. FATHER WALTER & LEO HAWKINS VISITED NELLIE, HER SISTER-IN-LAW HANNA AND CHILDREN IN 1955 (APPROX.). SEE PHOTO BELOW. |
| THOMAS HAWKINS THOMAS WAS BORN ON JULY 20, 1867 AND DIED IN INFANCY (1867). |
| THOMAS J. HAWKINS THOMAS (TOM) WAS BORN ON FEB. 25, 1872. IN 1888 AT AGE 16 HE WENT TO ST HUBERT, SASK. IN 1891 HE HOMESTEADED ON THE SE 1/4 SECTION OF 30-TOWNSHIP 13-RANGE 3-WEST OF THE 2ND MERIDIAN (WHITEWOOD , SASK AREA). AS MENTIONED ABOVE, TOM'S BROTHER WILLIAM AND NEPHEW, JOHN SETTLED ON OTHER SECTIONS OF THIS SAME PARCEL OF LAND. THOMAS' FIRST COUSIN, JAMES DRISCOLL IS FOUN?D LIVING NEXT DOOR AND THE POSSIBLY WENT OUT WEST TOGETHER. IT IS INTERESTING TO NOTE THAT THOMAS WAS ALSO CONFIRMED IN 1891 AT THE OLD ST. HUBERT STONE CHURCH BY MNSR. TACHE. THOMAS REMAINED SINGLE ALL HIS LIFE, FARMING THE ABOVE MENTIONED PROPERTY. THOMAS DIED ON AUG. 21, 1939 AT THE JOAN OF ARC HOME AND WILLED HIS PROPERTY TO ST HUBERTS RC PARISH WHICH HE ATTENDED ALL OF HIS ADULTHOOD. A PLAQUE HONORING THOMAS STILL HANGS IN THE FRONT ENTRANCE OF THE CHURCH (BELOW). THOMAS IS BURIED IN ST HUBERT'S CEMETERY, SILVERWOOD, SASK. |
| MARGARET HAWKINS & FRANZ DIEMERT MARGARET ELIZABETH - 'MAGGIE' WAS BORN ON JANUARY 18, 1875. MAGGIE LIVED FOR A SHORT TIME (1898-1900) IN ST PAUL, MN, USA AT THE RESIDENCE OF HER BROTHER, MICHAEL, WHERE SHE WORKED AS A DRESSMAKER. ON FEBUARY 18, 1901 SHE MARRIED FRANZ XAVIER 'FRANK' DIEMERT (B. 1874 IN CARRICK TWSP, ON) AT ST. PETER'S CHURCH, AYTON, ON. FRANK WAS THE SON OF JOHN & BARBARA (BRICK) DIEMERT OF CARRICK TOWNSHIP, ON. MAGGIE & FRANK HAD 5 CHILDREN. THE FIRST CHILD, GERTRUDE WAS BORN ON DECEMBER 6, 1901 IN AYTON. MAGGIE, FRANK & GERTRUDE THEN MOVED TO WHITEWOOD, SASK. ABOUT 1902. FRANK'S BROTHER JOHN, HIS WIFE ELIZABETH (MOYER) AND 9 CHILDREN LEFT FOR SASK AROUND THE SAME TIME. DAUGHTER, IRENE RUBY WAS BORN HERE ON FEB 2, 1904, AS WELL AS, MARY DORETTA (BORN OCT 4, 1906), ADELINE (B. ??) AND FRANCIS J. (B. 1911). THE FAMILY HOMESTEADED NEAR INCHKEITH, SASK . BEING TOO FAR FROM SCHOOLS THEY MOVED TO PANGMAN, SASK AND FRANK OPENED A TINSMITH SHOP IN THE BACK OF HIS NEPHEW JACK DIEMERT'S STORE/POST OFFICE. THIS STORE BURNT DOWN AND FRANK LOST ALMOST EVERYTHING. HE THEN OPENED HIS SHOP AT 2 OTHER LOCATIONS IN PANGMAN, THE SECOND OF WHICH WAS HIT BY A CYCLONE. BY ABOUT 1930 HIS BUSINESS HAD DWINDLED DUE TO TECHNOLOGY AND THE FAMILY MOVED BACK TO THE HOMESTEAD NEAR INCHKEITH. MAGGIE DIED ON OCT 7, 1947 & FRANK DIED ON JUNE 28, 1961, BOTH ARE BURIED IN THE 'OLD' REGINA CEMETERY, REGINA, SASK. IN UNMARKED GRAVES (GRANDSON, JEROME ATRENS IS IN THE PROCESS OF ERECTING A STONE). GERTRUDE - NO INFORMATION IRENE MARRIED JOHN PAUL ATRENS (SURNAME ANGLICIZED FROM 'KATRENSKY') AND WORKED AS A SCHOOL TEACHER IN SOUTHERN SASK. UNTIL THEY RETIRED TO SASKATOON. IRENE WAS THE LAST OF HER GENERATION TO PASS ON APRIL 12, 2005 AT THE AGE OF 101. JOHN DIED ON MAY 14, 1980 AND THEY ARE BOTH BURIED AT WOODLAWN CEMETERY IN SASKATOON. IN 2002 I WAS CONTACTED BY IRENE'S SON, JEROME, WHO LOCATED THIS WEBSITE WHILE SEARCHING HIS OWN FAMILY HISTORY. MANY THANKS TO JEROME FOR THE VALUABLE INFORMATION HE HAS PROVIDED. MARY - MOVED TO WINDSOR, ON ADELINE 'ADDIE' - MARRIED BERT KESSLER AND THEY FARMED FOR 46 YEARS NORTH OF MORELAND (PANGMAN AREA). THEY HAD 7 CHILDREN: CHARLES, JACK, RONNIE, KEITH, PEGGY, EUGENE & LINDA. FRANCIS - FOUGHT IN WWII AND LIVED IN REGINA, SASK. FRANCIS DIED ON NOV 28, 1982 AT AGE 71 AND IS BURIED IN THE SOLDIER'S SECTION OF RIVERSIDE CEMETERY, REGINA, SASK. |
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| FOR INFORMATION ON JOHN & JULIA HAWKINS |
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| HANNA HYNES ~1955 |
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| NELLIE HAWKINS ~1955 |
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| LEO & FR. WALTER'S VISIT TO ST. PAUL, MN. APPROX. 1955? BACK l-r: ?(wife in front row), LEO, ? (wife in front row) FRONT l-r: daughter/in-law? of Hanna, NELLIE HAWKINS (MURPHY), daughter/in-law? of Hanna, daughter/in-law? of Hanna, HANNA HYNES (HAWKINS), FR. WALTER and daughter/in-law? Hanna. Courtesy: Marcia Samuel (Aunt Pat's collection) |
| JOHANNA HAWKINS & ISAAC HYNES |
| MARY ANNE HAWKINS & WILLIAM McDONALD MARY ANNE WAS BORN ON APRIL 16, 1861. SHE MARRIED WILLIAM MCDONALD (B. FEB 7, 1864 IN STORMONT CO., ONTARIO) ABOUT 1896 IN THE US. WILLIAM IS THE SON OF MICHAEL & CATHERINE (CLEMENT) MCDONALD.. ACCORDING TO CENSUS RECORDS WILLIAM MOVED TO THE US IN 1887 AND MARY ANNE IN 1892. IN 1900 MARY ANNE AND WILLIAM WERE LIVING ON 40 FRONT ST. IN ST. PAUL, MN (VERY CLOSE TO THE HYNES' & HAWKINS'). MARGARET DRISCOLL HAWKINS WAS LIVING WITH THE McDONALD'S AT THIS TIME (AND LATER LIVED WITH THE HYNE'S). WILLIAM'S OCCUPATION WAS AS A RAILROAD CARPENTER. THEY HAD 4 CHILDREN: JOSEPH EDMUND (B. NOV 19, 1896), STELLA M. (B. JUNE 23, 1898), RUTH ANASTASIA (B. JAN 27,1900) & ELEANOR KATHERINE (B. JUN 04, 1902) . MARY ANNE DIED ON MARCH 21, 1909 AT THEIR HOME IN ST PAUL (ATWATER STREET) OF STOMACH CANCER AT AGE 44. WILLIAM'S SISTER, NELLIE CAME TO LIVE WITH THE FAMILY TO HELP RAISE THE CHILDREN. WILLIAM DIED ON OCTOBER 25, 1951 AND IS BURIED AT RESURRECTION CEMETERY, MENDOTA (SOUTH ST PAUL), MN. JOSEPH WAS A PRIVATE IN WWI FROM 1918-1919. BEFORE AND AFTER THE WAR JOSEPH WORKED FOR NORTHWESTERN ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT IN ST PAUL AS A MECHANICAL CRAFTSMAN. JOSEPH DIED ON AUG 16, 1967 IN MINNEAPOLIS AND IS BURIED AT FORT SNELLING NATIONAL CEMETERY IN MINNEAPOLIS, MN. STELLA MARRIED THOMAS JOY (B. APR 24, 1911) IN ST PAUL, MN. STELLA DIED ON MAR 14, 1964 AND THOMAS DIED ON JAN 13, 1983, BOTH IN ST PAUL, MN. RUTH - NO INFORMATION ELEANOR MARRIED RUSSELL McMAHON IN ST PAUL AND HAD AT LEAST ONE CHILD, CLAIRE (B. 1943) WHO MARRIED DENNIS BERKHOEL. ELEANOR DIED ON SEPT 20, 1983 IN ST PAUL, MN. |
| FLORENCE HAWKINS NO INFORMATION |
| MICHAEL H HAWKINS & NELLIE MURPHY |
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| HANNA (HYNES) FAR LEFT & MARGARET (DIEMERT) THIRD FROM RIGHT, WITH NIECES & NEPHEW. 1920 approx |
| HONORA HAWKINS & JONATHAN HEWITT |
| HONORA WAS BORN IN 1856 AND MARRIED JOHNATHAN JOHN HEWITT (B. DEC 25, 1856) AT ST. MARY'S RC CHURCH IN MOUNT FOREST, ONT. ON APRIL 25, 1878. JOHNATHAN'S PARENTS WERE JACOB HEWITT & ANNIE HEWITT (FIRST COUSINS) OF NEARBY EGREMONT TWSP. ON APRIL 25, 1878 JOHNATHAN WAS ALSO BAPTIZED CATHOLIC AS THE HEWITT'S WERE METHODIST. I WAS IN TOUCH WITH A DESCENDANT OF JACOB & ANNIE HEWITT AND IT IS INTERESTING TO NOTE THAT SHE'S NEVER CAME ACROSS ANY INFORMATION THAT THEY HAD A SON JOHNATHAN & I'VE ALSO CHECKED CENSUS RECORDS AND INDEED THERE IS NO JOHNATHAN LISTED?? COULD IT BE THAT JOHNATHAN WAS A RELATIVE (RAISED BY JACOB & ANNIE) OR THE WRONG PARENTS NAMES WERE INDICATED ON THE MARRIAGE RECORD?? IT IS BELIEVE THAT HONORA & JOHNATHAN MAY HAVE HAD AT LEAST ONE CHILD NAMED HERBERT. JACOB & ANNIE HEWITT AND MANY OF THEIR CHILDREN MOVED TO NORTH DAKOTA AROUND 1880, BUT SO FAR NO RECORD OF HONORA & JOHNATHAN HAS BEEN FOUND IN THIS AREA. |
| JOHN J HAWKINS & JULIA TONE |
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| THE FIRST THREE OF JOHN C & MARGARET'S CHILDREN WERE BORN IN SOUTH NICHOL: WILLIAM (1852), CATHERINE (1854) AND HONORA (1856). IT IS BELIEVED THE HAWKINS' ATTENDED A CATHOLIC CHURCH LOCATED IN A TINY NEARBY HAMLET OF THORPVILLE. THE HAWKINS NAME IS MENTIONED AS SUPPORTERS IN A LOCAL HISTORY BOOK. ALL THAT REMAINS ON THIS SITE IS A CAIRN DEDICATED TO THE EARY CATHOLIC PIONEERS OF THORPVILLE (SOUTH NICHOL TOWNSHIP). JOHN C HAWKINS SOLD THE NICHOL TOWNSHIP PROPERTY ON FEB 7, 1859 TO ANDREW AITCHISON (FOR THE SUM OF 63 POUNDS? -WRITING DIFFICULT TO READ ON ABSTRACT). |
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| LOT 3, CONC. 10 NICOL TWSP. HAWKINS PROPERTY |
| JOHN & MARGARET THEN 'SQUATTED' ON A 100 ACRE FARM AT LOT 22, CONCESSION 10, IN (THE FORMER) NORMANBY TOWNSHIP IN SOUTH GREY COUNTY, ONTARIO. THE ORIGINAL HOUSE (A LOG CABIN) WAS BUILT NORTH OF THE CURRENT BARN'S LOCATION. NOTE: NORMANBY TOWNSHIP NOW KNOWN AS THE MUNICIPALITY OF WEST GREY. |
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| THORPVILLE RC CAIRN FORMER SITE OF A CATHOLIC CHURCH SCHOOL & CEMETERY |
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| JOHN & ANNIE HAWKINS GRAVE REGINA, SASK |
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| PLAQUE HONORING THOMAS HAWKINS WHICH HANGS IN ST HUBERTS CHURCH SASK. courtesy: Jerome Atrens |
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| Grave Stone of Margaret (Driscoll) Hawkins at Calvary Cemetery, St Paul, MN |