Gabriel Hawke /Hawk
Born: 1811
Died: 1880, Oct. 1
Municipality: Wellesley
Years on local council Deputy Reeve 1852
Years on County Council 1852
Occupation: Farmer; miller; first store owner in Hawkesville; postmaster 1852-58
Origin: Pennsylvania; England? (Historical Atlas)
Migration date: c1842-46
Spouse: Jane (7.1.1817 - 22.4.1892)
Children: Ann; George Washington; Amanda; Walter Henry; Emma; Mary Matilda; Almira; Selena; Henrietta [Araminta]; Jessie; Hannah; Sarah Francis; Harriet
Politics: Reformer?
Religion: son of Quakers
Notes:
Died: 1880, Oct. 1
Municipality: Wellesley
Years on local council Deputy Reeve 1852
Years on County Council 1852
Occupation: Farmer; miller; first store owner in Hawkesville; postmaster 1852-58
Origin: Pennsylvania; England? (Historical Atlas)
Migration date: c1842-46
Spouse: Jane (7.1.1817 - 22.4.1892)
Children: Ann; George Washington; Amanda; Walter Henry; Emma; Mary Matilda; Almira; Selena; Henrietta [Araminta]; Jessie; Hannah; Sarah Francis; Harriet
Politics: Reformer?
Religion: son of Quakers
Notes:
- opened the first store in Hawkesville
- 1846/47-sawmill built
- 1846/47-gristmill built
- 1852-1858-first postmaster of Hawkesville
- 1856-requested a map of Hawkesville to be drawn up by John Grant
- 1861-Hawke & Steiss are listed as general merchants on Tremaine map; but name spelled Hawk in County Council journal.
- there are discrepancies among sources as to which brother was older, Gabriel or John
- buried at Port Sanilac, MI
This information is excerpted from: "Waterloo County Councillors: A Collective Biography," researched and complied by Elizabeth Bloomfield and Linda Foster. (c) 1995 Caribou Imprints. It is reproduced by permission of Dr. Bloomfield. The full text of the book can be seen here.