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 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:
  • 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
Sources: Kathy Miklovic; Historical atlas; KPL vertical file Hawke Family​

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. ​