Henry Willis HAWKINS
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Name Henry Willis HAWKINS Birth 28 Mar 1899 Stafford Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada
[1] Gender Male photo* Abt 1905 with sister Edna photo* 1910 children of Thomas & Jemima - Alton, Edna, Russell, Willis photo* 1937 with Willis Hawkins cousin Death 9 Feb 1977 Pembroke, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada
Burial Westmeath Union Cemetery, Westmeath Twp., Renfrew Co., Ontario
Person ID I10609 Whitewater Region Early Families Last Modified 6 Jan 2025
Father Henry Thomas HAWKINS, b. 10 Jul 1860, Beckwith Twp., Lanark, Ontario, Canada
d. 8 Aug 1943 (Age 83 years) Mother Jemima LEACH, b. 11 Jul 1857, Stafford Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada
d. 8 Dec 1910 (Age 53 years) Marriage 19 Dec 1883 St. Stephen's Church, Stafford Twp., Renfrew Co., Ontario
[2] Family ID F5800 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Jessie Beryl REID, b. 3 Oct 1900, Westmeath Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada
d. 31 Oct 1986 (Age 86 years) Marriage 31 Aug 1925 Children 1. Donald Norman HAWKINS, b. 19 Feb 1926 d. 7 Feb 1993 (Age 66 years) 2. Jean Claudia HAWKINS, b. 2 May 1927 d. 21 Sep 2013, Kingston, Frontenac, Ontario, Canada
(Age 86 years)Family ID F5815 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 25 Jun 2015
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Photos 
Hawkins siblings - Willis and Edna c1905
from files of Garnet Hawkins
Cousins - Charlie Rath & Willis Hawkins
from files of Garnet Hawkins
Family Photograph - Children of Thomas Henry Hawkins & Jemima nee Leach L-R: Alton, Edna, Russell; Willis (front). 1910
from the files of Garnet Hawkins
McKeracher, Umpire behind plate and his base Umpire buddies, Willis Hawkins & Fred Truelove Hawkins, Willis & Jessie nee Reid home - 44 Crawford St., Cobden; currently owned by Ken & Helen Francis (2017)
photographed by Ken Francis c1982BUSINESS-HAWKINS HARDWARE with Willis Hawkins (owner) standing in doorway
Photograph from the collection of Norah Love
Henry Willis HAWKINS
Photograph from the collection of Norah Love
Documents 
1960 Ross Twp. Community Day Men's Softball players Photo from Kay Coleman
from the scrapbook of Gladys Francis - clipping from The Cobden Sun
CHx-Hawkins Hardware Store sold
The Cobden Sun, July 1, 1954 p. 1
CHx-Hawkins Hardware store - Announcement
The Cobden Sun, July 1, 1954 p. 1
BHx-Hawkins Hardware opens in Beachburg, 1953
The Cobden Sun, Mar 26, 1953 p. 1
CHx-Hawkins, Willis is back in business
The Cobden Sun, Sept 2, 1954 p. 1
Properties change hands
Newspaper Clipping from the collection of James Parro
The Cobden Sun, Aug 5, 1943 p. 1

Hawkin's Hardware advertisement
The Cobden Sun, July 5, 1951
CHx-Cobden High School Board, 1947
from the Cobden High School yearbook 'Scarlet and Gold', 1947 in the collection of Gladys Francis
Hawkins, H. W. appointed secretary treasure of Cobden High & Public Schools
The Cobden Sun, Nov 22, 1962
CHx-Cobden Veterans attend drill
Newspaper clipping from the scrapbook of Harold Bennett
Hawkins, Henry Willis obituary
Newspaper clipping from the scrapbook of Harold Bennett
CHx-Cobden Town Planning and Industrial Committee looking forward to attracting new businesses.
Newspaper article in The Evening Citizen, Mar 13, 1953 p. 21
Chx-Hawkins Hardware purchases Merkley & Gibbs TV business
The Cobden Sun, July 20, 1961Hawkins, Willis leaves principal job to re-enlist
The Cobden Sun, May 1, 1941
Hawkins Hardware Closing Sale
The Cobden Sun, Jun 8, 1961
Nine Veterans attend drill of Renfrew Home Guards
The Cobden Sun, July 28, 1990
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