J. H. M. Hawkes
John Henry Mason Hawkes (9 July 1851 – 5 May 1944) was a businessman in the early days of Adelaide, South Australia
History
Hawkes was born in Goodwood, South Australia, 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, and like his brother James attended Adelaide Educational Institution,[1] but unlike him was not a prize-winning student.
In 1871 he began marketing writing ink and branding inks (used with a stencil for labelling bales of wool etc.), manufactured at premises at 88 Currie Street,[2] then the following year moved to Coromandel Place, off Grenfell Street, where his four or five employees also produced animal charcoal for filtering water and a washing powder.[3]
When the South Australian Government adopted a protectionist policy around 1880, the management of D. & J. Fowler, Limited, decided to begin manufacturing groceries, and began offering farmers a market for products such as chicory, which had previously been imported. Around 1885 they appointed Hawkes manager of that side of their Adelaide business, with a staff of eight, which forty years later had grown to ninety.[1]
Other interests
Hawkes represented D. & J. Fowler at the SA Chamber of Manufactures
He was a member of the Church of Christ, and helped found churches at Maylands and Nailsworth, was a leader of the Men's Bible Class at Norwood and was for 25 a reader, in rotation with John Verco and W. C. Brooker.
He was a member of the St. Peters Model Parliament, and the Chapel Street (Norwood) Literary Society, of which he was president in 1893.
Around 1881 he purchased 464 acres (188 ha) in the Hundred of Davenport.
Other activities
In October 1921 he and Alexander H. Dobbie were appointed to the State Advisory Council on Science and Industry.
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 "Rose" Brooks (1856 – 12 August 1937) of Oakbank on 7 July 1878. Their children were:
- Bessie Symonds Hawkes (1879– )
- Robert Glandfield "Bert" Hawkes (1881 – 5 October 1941) married to Ethel May Hawkes; they had five children, lived Magill Road, Tranmere.
- Mabel Brookes Hawkes (1884– ) had child Owen Thomas Hawkes (1905–); father was Thomas Paterson
- Ethel Frances Annie "Sissie" Hawkes (1885– ) married Ernest George Fordham on 29 April 1909, lived at Burnside
- Owen Centenous Hawkes (1888 – 28 September 1917) with 13th Machine Gun Company, died of wounds in France.
- Emily Florence Hawkes (1890–1985) married Leonard William Peglar in 1913, lived in Walkerville
- Percy John Hawkes (1894–1985) lived in Clarendon
- Ada Preston Hawkes (1896–1980) married William Henry Mongan in 1917, lived in Leabrook.
- Ronald George Hawkes (1898–1898)
- Which daughter died in New Zealand?
- Which daughter married J. Black of Woodville?[1]
- 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.[4]
- 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
- ^ a b c "Young at Seventy Five". The News (Adelaide). Vol. VII, , no. 932. South Australia. 9 July 1926. p. 8. Retrieved 24 April 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) - ^ "Ink Manufacture". South Australian Register. Vol. XXXVII, , no. 7936. South Australia. 24 April 1872. p. 4. Retrieved 24 April 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) - ^ "South Australian Industries". South Australian Register. Vol. XLI, , no. 9137. South Australia. 26 February 1876. p. 3 (Supplement to the South Australian Register.). Retrieved 25 April 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) The soap factories of J. Tidmarsh, W. H. Burford and Walker Brothers, brush factory of J. Strawbridge and jam factory of George McEwin are also mentioned in some detail. - ^ "Coroners' Inquests". South Australian Chronicle And Weekly Mail. Vol. XVII, , no. 862. South Australia. 20 February 1875. p. 7. Retrieved 24 April 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
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Category:1851 births Category:1944 deaths Category:Defunct manufacturing companies of Australia Category:Australian businesspeople