J. H. M. Hawkes

John Henry Mason Hawkes (1851 – 5 May 1944) was a businessman in the early days of Adelaide, South Australia

History

Hawkes was born in Adelaide, the eldest surviving son of John Henry Mason Hawkes (c. 1827 – 14 October 1858) and his wife Frances Sarah Ann Hawkes, née Symonds (c. 1831 – 15 February 1902). Frances arrived in South Australia in February 1849 aboard the ship Marion; they married later that same year. She was in 1880 to marry again, to the recently widowed William Henville Burford.

Hawkes grew up in Port Adelaide, .

married Rosina Brooks (1856 – 1937) of Oakbank on 7 July 1878. He had own manufacturing business, then was manager of Fowler's "Lion" factory. .

Family

Robert Hawkes (c. 1803 – 30 August 1866) married to Sarah ; he was land agent of King William Street; home on Magill Road, Norwood. Arrived SA August 1848 aboard Gratitude

• John Henry Mason Hawkes (c. 1827 – 14 October 1858) married Frances Ann Symonds (c. 1831 – 15 February 1902)

• Robert Symonds Hawkes (1850–1850)
• John Henry Mason Hawkes (1851 – 5 May 1944) married Rosina Brooks (1856 – 1937) of Oakbank on 7 July :1878.

• Bessie Symons? Hawkes (1879–
• Robert Glandfield Hawkes (1881–1941)
• Mabel Brookes Hawkes (1884– ) had child Owen Thomas Hawkes (1905–); father was Thomas Paterson
• Ethel Frances Annie Hawkes (1885– ) married Owen Thomas Fordham in 1909
• Owen Centennius Hawkes (1888– )
• Emily Florence Hawkes (1890– ) married Leonard William Peglar in 1913
• Percy John Hawkes (1894–1985)
• Ada Preston Hawkes (1896– ) married William Henry Mongan in 1917
• Ronald George Hawkes (1898–1898)

• Elizabeth Ann Hawkes (1853 – 29 October 1939) married William Walter Humpherys (c. 1850 – 2 February 1928) in 1876. They had four children.
• James Symonds Hawkes (15 March 1856 – 11 July 1919) married Jane Codling (1859 – ) on 19 July 1878;

• Elizabeth Ann Hawkes ( – 1923) married Edward B. W. Glandfield on 14 September 1848
• Charles Flaxman Hawkes (c. 1832 – 19 February 1875) married Frances Annie Johns in 1857. Killed himself with a chisel.

• George Austin Hawkes (1857–1892) married Alice Atkins Martin in 1880
• Charles Robert Hawkes (1859–1907) married Lucy Webb Fidler in 1882

• Robert Joseph Hawkes (c. 1836 – 10 October 1861)
• Jonathan Lea Hawkes (c. 1839 – 3 July 1932)

References

Category:1851 births Category:1944 deaths Category:Australian manufacturers Category:Australian businesspeople