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| HELENA (NELL) WAS THE FIRST CHILD BORN TO JOHN AND JULIA ON AUG. 6, 1889 AT THE FARM IN NORMANBY TWSP, ON. NELL SETTLED IN TORONTO, WHERE SHE WORKED AS A STENOGRAPHER FOR HOWLAND'S HARDWARE. SHE MARRIED LEO RUSSELL FOX ON NOVEMBER 14, 1931 AT OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HELP RC CHURCH, TORONTO. A WEDDING BREAKFAST FOLLOWED AT THE HOME OF MARIE (HAWKINS) & FRANK MURPHY IN TORONTO. RUSSELL WAS BORN ON JAN 9, 1894 IN GODERICH, ON - SON OF PETER & CATHERINE (McKAY) FOX. PETER DIED IN 1898 WHEN RUSSELL WAS JUST 4 YEARS OLD OF TYPHOID FEVER. NELL AND RUSSELL ADOPTED 2 CHILDREN: JOSEPH (B. 1942) AND CATHARINE (B. 1943). ON AUG 16, 1973, AT AGE 84, NELL PASSED AWAY AT RIVERSDALE HOSPITAL, TORONTO. THE FUNERAL MASS WAS SAID AT ANNUNCIATION CHURCH, OFFICIATED BY FR. MATTHEW CLIFFORD (TONE COUSIN). RUSSELL PASSED AWAY ON MAY 23, 1969 AT HIS HOME ON WOODBINE AVE, TORONTO. THEIR GRAVE IS LOCATED AT HOLY CROSS CEMETERY, THORNHILL (NORTH TORONT0) - GRAVE LOCATION: SECTION 21, RANGE 38, GRAVES 19 & 20. JOSEPH 'JOE' MARRIED SHELIA MacPHERSON. CATHERINE MARRIED JIM NEWMAN. BOTH JOE & CATHERINE PASSED AWAY IN 2005. |
| MARY C. HAWKINS (SISTER THEOPHANE) |
| MARY CATHARINE (MAY) WAS BORN ON AUG. 5, 1892. MAE CHOOSE TO DEVOTE HER LIFE TO THE RELIGIOUS ORDER. SHE ATTENDED HIGH SCHOOL AT ST. ANNE'S IN KITCHENER, ON. IN 1913 SHE ENTERED THE NOVITIATE (RELIGIOUS ORDER) AT AGE 21. SHE ATTENDED NOTRE DAME CONVENT IN WATERDOWN, ON. IN 1922, SHE BECAME, SISTER THEOPHANE WITH THE 'SCHOOL SISTERS OF NOTRE DAME' (SSND). SHE SPENT 47 YEARS AS A TEACHER IN VARIOUS WATERLOO COUNTY SEPARATE SCHOOLS. (CLICK BELOW LINK FOR LIST OF SCHOOLS) IN 1971, SR. THEOPHANE RETIRED FROM TEACHING AND SPENT HER NEXT YEARS AT THE SENIOR SISTERS VILLA AT THE MOTHERHOUSE IN WATERDOWN, ON. INITIALLY SHE WAS |
| SUPERVISOR OF THE 2ND FLOOR (HOSPITAL) AND 3RD FLOORS (RESIDENCE). THE MOTHERHOUSE WAS WELL EQUIPPED, IT EVEN HAD A BOWLING ALLEY. ON SEPT. 20, 1975, SR. THEOPHANE PASSED AWAY AT THE AJAX PICKERING HOSPITAL IN AJAX. ON WHILE IN THE AREA VISITING HER BROTHER MATHEW, SHE HAD SPENT 59 YEARS AS A SISTER. THE FUNERAL MASS WAS HELD AT THE NOTRE DAME CONVENT CHAPEL ON SEPT. 24, ALSO OFFICIATED BY FR. MATTHEW CLIFFORD. INTERMENT IN MOTHERHOUSE CEMETERY, WATERDOWN, ON. SR. THEOPHANE WAS 83 YEARS OLD. |
| WILLIAM J. HAWKINS WILLIAM JOSEPH ('WILLES') WAS BORN ON MARCH 10, 1894. WILLIAM ENJOYED FARMING AND LIVED AT LOT 26, CONC. 11 , NORMANBY TOWNSHIP - NOT VERY FARM FROM THE AREA KNOWN AS 'THREE BRIDGES', N-E OF THE HAWKINS FARM. BILL'S FATHER, JOHN J. OWNED THIS PROPERTY, REFERED TO AS 'THE MODEL' AND IT WAS THE FORMER PATRICK MALLOY FARM (AS MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY). THIS PROPERTY IS SAID TO HAVE HAD A LARGE HOUSE AND BARN. EVENTUALLY JOHN J. DECEIDED BILL'S HELP WAS NEEDED ON THE HOME FARM, AS A FARMHAND. 'THE MODEL' PROPERTY WAS REMORTGAGED AND EVENTUALLY SOLD IN 1914. BILL WAS KNOWN FOR HIS LOVE OF HORSES AND FAMILY MEMBERS RECALL A PAIR HE HAD WHILE LIVING ON THE HAWKINS HOMESTEAD, 'PEGGY' AND 'PEARL'. THESE TWO TOOK HIM ON HIS MANY TRIPS, USUALLY INTO AYTON. ON SEPT. 12, 1953 AT AGE 59, WILLIAM DIED OF STOMACH CANCER. HE IS BURIED NEXT TO HIS PARENTS AT ST. PETER'S CEMETERY, AYTON. |
| WALTER J. HAWKINS (MONSIGNOR) |
| WALTER JAMES WAS BORN ON DEC. 29, 1895. WALTER ALSO DECIDED TO DEDICATE HIS LIFE TO RELIGION. FIRST HE ATTENDED ST. JEROME'S COLLEGE, WATERLOO TO RECEIVE HIS SECONDARY EDUCATION, THEN HE ATTENDED ST. AUGUSTINE'S SEMINARY, TORONTO WHERE HE STUDIED PHILOSOPHY AND THEOLOGY. ON JUNE 14, 1924 HE WAS ORDAINED AT ST. MICHAEL'S CATHEDRAL, TORONTO. ON JUNE 15, HE SAID HIS FIRST SOLEMN HIGH MASS AT ST. PETER'S, AYTON. A LARGE GATHERING AT THE HAWKINS FARM FOLLOWED (SEE PHOTO PAGE). HE SERVED IN THE FOLLOWING ONTARIO PARISHES AS ASSOCIATE PASTOR: ST. PATRICK'S, HAMILTON (3 TIMES): 1924-25; 1927; 1929-35, ST. PETER'S, MARKDALE: 1926-27 AND ST. MARY'S & ST. BASIL'S, BRANTFORD: 1927-29. |
| HE WAS PASTOR IN THE FOLLOWING CHURCHES: SACRED HEART, TEESWATER: 1935-50, SACRED HEART, KENILWORTH: 1950-52 AND ST. JOSEPH'S, GUELPH, A NEW PARISH: 1952- 61(death). DURING HIS TIME AT SACRED HEART, KENILWORTH, HE OVERSAW THE COMPLETION OF THE CHURCH'S INTERIOR DECORATING. IN 1949 HE CELEBRATED HIS SILVER JUBILEE (25TH) AND ALL OF HIS SIBLING GATHERED. IN 1958 HE WAS NAMED THE 2ND VICAR GENERAL OF THE HAMILTON DIOCESE BY BISHOP RYAN AND IN 1959 POPE JOHN XXIII RAISED HIM TO THE TITLE OF DOMESTIC PRELATE (CARRIES WITH IT THE TITLE RIGHT REVEREND MONSIGNOR) OF THE HAMILTON, ONTARIO DIOCESE. FR. WALTER OWNED LOT 31, CONCESSION 12 OF NORMANBY TOWNSHIP, KNOWN AS THE "BINGO". THIS WAS AN EXCELLENT FISHING SPOT. THIS PROPERTY WAS VALUED AT $1200 WHEN HE DIED. HIS BROTHER LEO, PURCHASED THE PROPERTY AT THAT TIME AND LATER SOLD IT TO HIS BROTHER, JOHN F HAWKINS. HIS HEALTH WAS FAILING (ALSO A DIABETIC) AND ON SEPT. 23, 1961, MSGR. WALTER DIED OF A HEART ATTACK AT ST. JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL, GUELPH, ON. HE WAS 66 AND HAD SPENT 37 YEARS IN RELIGIOUS LIFE. THE FUNERAL MASS WAS HELD AT ST. JOSEPH'S CHURCH, GUELPH. MORE THAN 500 PEOPLE ATTENDED (SOME OUTSIDE), INCLUDING 150 PRIESTS. THE BISHOP ASSISTED MSGR. WALTER'S COUSIN, FR. MATTHEW CLIFFORD WHO WAS THE CELEBRANT. HE WAS INTERNED IN THE PRIEST'S SECTION OF MARYMOUNT CEMETERY, GUELPH, ON. |
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| MARIE HAWKINS & FRANK MURPHY |
| MARGARET MARIE, KNOWN AS MARIE WAS BORN ON JULY 11, 1897. HER SISTER MARGARET PASSED AWAY THIS SAME YEAR, SO HER PARENT'S LIKELY NAMED HER MARGARET IN HONOR OF HER SISTER (IF A CHILD DIED IT WAS COMMON TO REUSE THE NAME, AS WITH JOHN C HAWKINS & MARGARET DRISCOLL, WHERE WE FIND 2 THOMAS'). MARIE ALSO SETTLED IN TORONTO AND INITIALLY WORKED AS A STENOGRAPHER (LATER HOUSEWIFE AFTER HER MARRIAGE). SHE MARRIED FRANK, FRANCIS J. MURPHY AT ST. PETER'S CHURCH, AYTON ON JULY 2, 1928. A GATHERING FOLLOWED AT THE HAWKINS FARM. FRANK WAS BORN ON SEPT 23, 1893 IN BOGART, ON. FRANK WORKED AS A LAB TECHNICIAN FOR THE ONTARIO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH IN TORONTO. THEY HAD SIX CHILDREN: THERESE (1929), MARY (1930), JAMES JOHN (1931), JOHN CAMPBELL (1932), PAUL (1934)& PETER (1938). MARIE PASSED AWAY ON MAY 31, 1980 AT ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL IN TORONTO. ON. FRANK ALSO PASSED AWAY IN 1980. THEIR GRAVE IS LOCATED AT HOLY CROSS, CEMETERY, THORNHILL, ON: SECTION 21, RANGE 19, GRAVES 17 & 18. THERESE MARRIED JOSEPH STEINER & PASSED AWAY IN 1999 IN TORONTO. MARY MARRIED WILLIAM TIERNAY. JAMES MARRIED MARY MINOUGHAN AND WAS A LAWYER IN TORONTO BEFORE PASSING AWAY SUDDENLY IN 1999. JOHN ('JACK' ) PASSED AWAY IN 2006 IN MONTREAL. PAUL IS A RETIRED TEACHER. PETER MARRIED GENEVIEVE POIRIER. |
| BERNADETTE A. HAWKINS & NORMAN GILBERT |
| BERNADETTE A. WAS BORN ON DEC. 10, 1898. SHE LEFT HOME TO STUDY NURSING AT ST. MARY'S HOSPITAL, KITCHENER. SHE GRADUATED AND DUE TO A SHORTAGE OF NURSING WORK IN ONTARIO, SHE WENT TO BUFFALO, WHERE THE DEMAND WAS GREATER. SHE FIRST WORKED AT SISTERS HOSPITAL IN BUFFALO AND THEN IN PRIVATE HOME HEALTH CARE. SHE MET NORMAN GILBERT (BORN JAN 22, 1887) WHILE LOOKING AFTER HIS AILING FIRST WIFE WHO LATER PASSED AWAY. BERNADETTE AND NORMAN MARRIED ON AUG. 7, 1934 AT ST. PATRICK'S RC CATHEDRAL CHURCH, HAMILTON, ON. THE CEREMONY WAS OFFICIATED BY FR. WALTER WHO WAS ASSOCIATE PASTOR AT ST PATRICK'S DURING THIS TIME. THEIR BEST MAN WAS LEO HAWKINS. A WEDDING DINNER WAS HELD AFTER THE WEDDING AT BERNADETTE'S PARENT'S FARM. NORM & BERN RAISED 4 CHILDREN: RICHARD (1936), RAYMOND (1937), JANE & JULIE (twins - 1938). BERNADETTE DIED ON MAY 27, 1974 AND NORMAN ON SEPT. 21, 1951. THEY ARE BOTH BURIED IN BUFFALO, N.Y. RICHARD MARRIED DONNA ?? AND PASSED AWAY IN 1991 IN BUFFALO, NY. RAYMOND MARRIED CAROL DAVIS AND PASSED AWAY IN 1976 IN BUFFALO, NY. JANE MARRIED MICHAEL MULAWKA. JULIE MARRIED GERRY RENNER. |
| LEO A. HAWKINS |
| LEO ANTHONY WAS BORN ON NOV 8, 1902. AS A YOUNG MAN HE HAD AMBITIONS TO BE A DRUGGIST. HE ATTENDED THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO AND GRADUATED IN 1929 WITH HIS PHARMACY DEGREE (PH.B). LEO BEGAN WORKING AT ALEXANDER HAMILTON DRUGS AT 68 BLOOR ST W. IN TORONTO (BAY AND BLOOR STREETS AREA). LEO EVENTUALLY PURCHASED ALEXANDER HAMILTON DRUGS. AROUND 1970 THE BUILDING WAS TORN DOWN IN A REDEVELOPMENT OF THE AREA. A NEW DRUG STORE WAS OPENED ON BLOOR W. IN TORONTO WHICH LEO OPERATED UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT IN 1973. HE IS SAID TO HAVE HAD SOME WELL-TO-DO CUSTOMERS DURING HIS 40+ YEARS IN THE PHARMACY BUSINESS. HE WAS ALSO AN ACTIVE MEMBER IN BAY BLOOR BUSINESSMENS ASSOCIATION. LEO MARRIED NANCY DOYLE ON AUG 20, 1934 AT OUR LADY OF LOURDES RC CHURCH IN TORONTO, ON. REV. WALTER HAWKINS OF HAMILTON, ON SOLEMNIZED THE MARRIAGE AND MARGARET DOYLE (SISTER OF THE BRIDE) WAS MATRON-OF-HONOR AND JACK HAWKINS (BROTHER OF THE GROOM) WAS BEST MAN. THE COUPLE HONEYMOONED IN THE MUSKOKA AREA OF ONTARIO. 'NAN' WAS BORN IN 1903 IN COUNTY WICKLOW, IRELAND AND CAME TO CANADA AS A YOUNG CHILD - HER PARENTS WERE MR & MRS THOMAS DOYLE. NAN WAS RAISED IN KINGSTON, ON AND HER PARENTS LATER SETTLED IN PORTSMOUTH, ON. PRIOR TO HER MARRIAGE, NAN WORKED FOR THE ACCIDENT PREVENTION ASSOCIATION IN TORONTO. AT AGE 37 ON NOV 13, 1940 NAN PASSED AWAY AT HOME (ST JOSEPH'S ST TORONTO) OF HEART AND BREATHING PROBLEMS AND IS BURIED IN THE DOYLE FAMILY PLOT AT ST MARY'S CEMETERY IN KINGSTON, ON. LEO REMARRIED, MARION PATTERSON ON JUNE 14, 1943 IN TORONTO, ON . LEO AND MARION MET THROUGH THE LOCAL CHURCH LEAGUE. THEY HAD ONE DAUGHTER, MARGARET ELLEN (BORN 1944). AS MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY, LEO PURCHASED THE "BINGO" PROPERTY AFTER THE DEATH OF HIS BROTHER, FR. WALTER (THEN SOLD TO BROTHER JOHN F). LEO DIED IN JAN 12, 1975 AT AGE 72 OF A MASSIVE HEART ATTACK WHILE WALKING HOME FROM SUNDAY SERVICE. THE FUNERAL MASS WAS HELD AT ST. MARK'S CHURCH, TORONTO. HIS GRAVE IS LOCATED AT HOLY CROSS CEMETERY, THORNHILL, ON: SECTION 13, RANGE 20 & GRAVE 87. MARION & MARGARET CURRENTLY RESIDE TOGETHER IN TORONTO. |
| MATHEW I. HAWKINS & PHYLLIS PEARSON |
| MATHEW IGNATIUS ('MATT') WAS BORN ON OCT 16, 1904. HE SETTLED IN AJAX, ONTARIO. MATT MARRIED PHYLLIS WESLEY PEARSON (BORN MAR 18, 1909 IN ENGLAND) ON APRIL 14, 1930. MATT WORKED IN MANUFACTURING. THEY HAD 7 CHILDREN: EDWIN, JULIE, PATRICIA, JOAN, JACKIE (died at ~5yrs), MICHAEL JOHN (1949) & ? (died at birth). MATT DIED ON FEB 28, 1987 (84) IN WHITBY, ON AND PHYLLIS DIED ON NOV 27, 1997 (88) AT OSHAWA GENERAL HOSPITAL, OSHAWA, ON. THEIR FUNERAL MASSES WERE HELD AT ST. BERNADETTE'S R.C. CHURCH, AJAX, ON. THEY ARE BOTH BURIED AT RESURRECTION CEMETERY, WHITBY, ON . LOCATION: SEC. 4, ROW 34 & GRAVE 46. EDWIN MARRIED ESTELLE ?? JOAN MARRIED RUDY PILNIUK. JULIE MARRIED RON BARRIAGE PATSY MARRIED ?? MICHAEL DIED ON JUL 24, 1975 (AGE 26) & IS BURIED AT RESURRECTION CEMETERY, WHITBY, ON NEXT TO HIS PARENTS (GRAVE 45). |
| PATRICIA J. HAWKINS |
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| PATRICIA JULIA (''PAT') WAS BORN ON FEB. 19, 1906. PAT LEFT HOME FOR TORONTO TO ATTENDED BUSINESS COLLEGE. HERE SHE WAS TRAINED AS A COMPTOMETER OPERATOR (EARLY ADDING MACHINE). SHE WAS A LONGTIME EMPLOYEE WITH CENTRAL MORTGAGE AND HOUSING IN TORONTO, ON. THE POSITION SHE HELD THERE PRIOR TO HER RETIREMENT WAS AS AN APPRAISER (SHE WAS THE FIRST WOMEN TO HAVE THIS POSITION). PAT NEVER MARRIED, BUT IN HER LATER YEARS SHE HAD A CLOSE MALE COMPANION, LEWIS J. JONES (LOU): 1922-1985. PAT LIVED IN TORONTO ALL HER ADULT LIFE, AT MANY DIFFERENT LOCATIONS. PRIOR TO 1978 PAT LIVED AT MAIN SQUARE (MAIN AND DANFORTH) AND IN AUG 1978 MOVED INTO BROADVIEW MANOR AT DANFORTH AND BROADVIEW. HER FINAL YEARS WERE SPENT AT ROTARY-LAUGHLIN RETIREMENT CENTRE IN DOWNTOWN TORONTO. PAT DIED ON JULY 10, 1998 OF NATURAL CAUSES AT THE AGE OF 92. HER FUNERAL MASS WAS HELD AT OUR LADY OF LOURDES RC CHURCH. PAT AND LOU ARE BURIED NEXT TO EACH OTHER AT HOLY CROSS CEMETERY, THORNHILL. THEIR GRAVES ARE LOCATED AT: SECTION 21, RANGE 20, GRAVES 18 & 19. |
| ANNE H. HAWKINS & PETER DOYLE |
| ANNA HAZEL (ANNE) WAS BORN ON OCT 28,1910. ANNE MARRIED PETER EDWON DOYLE AT ST. BASIL'S RC CHURCH, TORONTO, ONT ON JULY 28, 1944. FR. WALTER HAWKINS ALSO OFFICIATED THIS CEREMONY ASSISTED BY FR. CLIFFORD (ANNE'S FIRST COUSIN). PETER WAS BORN ON MAR 14, 1910 IN THE MT FOREST, ON AREA (CONN), THE SON OF RICHARD & BRIDGET DOYLE. THEY HAD THREE CHILDREN: MARY 'MARCIA' (1947), MONICA ANNE (1950) & RICHARD 'MICHAEL' (1952). ANNE'S FATHER, JOHN J. HAWKINS PURCHASED A HOME ON ARTHUR ST., AYTON, ON. FOR HER, AS SHE WAS THE YOUNGEST AND STAYED HOME TO LOOK AFTER HER PARENTS IN THEIR ELDERLY YEARS AND DIDN'T RECEIVE A SPECIALIZED EDUCATION AS SOME OF HER SIBLINGS DID. THEY LATER LEFT AYTON FOR TORONTO WHERE PETER WAS AN EMPLOYEE OF THE ONTARIO GOVERNMENT WORKING AT QUEEN'S PARK IN TORONTO WHERE HE HELD MANY DIFFERENT JOBS DURING HIS TIME THERE AND AT THE TIME OF HIS RETIREMENT HE WAS IN CHARGE OF THE LOADING DOCKS. ANNE AND PETE ALSO LIVED IN WHITBY, ON AFTER RETIREMENT, BEFORE RETURNING BACK TO TORONTO. PETE PASSED AWAY ON DEC. 21, 1990 IN TORONTO AND ANNE PASSED AWAY ON MARCH 30, 2001 IN HER 91ST YEAR. ANNE WAS THE LAST OF HER GENERATION TO PASS. ANNE'S FUNERAL MASS WAS HELD AT ST. BASIL RC CHURCH, TORONTO (THE SAME CHURCH ANNE AND PETE WERE MARRIED IN). ANNE AND PETE ARE BURIED AT HOLY CROSS CEMETERY, THORNHILL, ON: SECTION 21, RANGE 20, GRAVE 20 & 21 (NEXT TO PAT & LOU). MARCIA MARRIED JAMES SAMUEL. MONICA DIED ON NOV 24, 1950 (LESS THAN 2 MONTHS OLD) AND IS BURIED AT ST PETER'S CEMETERY, AYTON IN HER GRANDPARENT'S PLOT (JOHN & JULIA HAWKINS). MICHAEL MARRIED CAROLYN CLARIDGE. |
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| NORM & BERN'S WEDDING c. 1934 |
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| PAT'S 92nd (1998) |
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| ANNE & PETE'S WEDDING c. 1944 |
| JOHN F. HAWKINS & RITA BUNYAN SEE NEXT PAGE |
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| CHILDREN OF JOHN J. & JULIA HAWKINS |
| THEIR FAMILY HISTORIES... |
| WILLIAM'S GRAVE ST PETER'S CEMETERY, AYTON, ON |
| GRAVES OF PAT & LEWIS AT HOLY CROSS CEMETERY, THORNHILL, ON |
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| LEO & NANCY'S HONEYMOON PHOTO AT HONEY HARBOUR 1934 |
| LEO & MARION'S WEDDING 1943 SHOWN WITH FR WALTER & ANNE & PETE DOYLE |
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| HELENA HAWKINS & RUSSELL FOX |
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| NELL & RUSSELL'S WEDDING 1931 |
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| MARGARET HAWKINS |
| 'MAGGIE' WAS BORN ON MARCH 2, 1891. ON JAN 19, 1897 (AGE 6) MAGGIE PASSED AWAY FROM WHOOPING COUGH WHICH SEE HAD FOR 3 WEEKS. MAGGIE IS BURIED IN ST PETER'S CEMETERY, AYTON IN THE CHILDREN'S SECTION (UNMARKED GRAVE). |
| JOSEPH HAWKINS |
| JOSEPH WAS STILLBORN ON FEB 7, 1909 AND IS BURIED AT ST PETER CEMETERY, AYTON, ON IN THE CHILDREN SECTION (UNMARKED GRAVE). |