Adam Hawthorne (1889 - 1933)

Born 28 Jul 1889 in Belfast, Ireland

Died 5 Jul 1933 at age 43 in Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada

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Biography

Adam Hawthorn was born in 1889, the son of miller Samuel Hawthorn and his wife Martha Fulton.^[1] He was born at 24 Benwell Street, Belfast,

In the 1901 Census, 11-year-old Adam was living in the family home on Fourth Street.^[2] He was still attending school at the time.

In 1911, Adam was a boarder in the Islandbawn Street home of Mary Ann Nutt.^[3] He was employed as a labourer.

Adam emigrated to Canada at some point in the next few years.

In 1916, Adam was living in Toronto and joined the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force.^[4] The date of birth he gave (12 Jul 1890) was wrong but he lists his sister Isabella as his next of kin.

In December 1916, he married Alice Elizabeth Smith in Toronto.^[5] Alice died in 1920.^[6]

In 1924 he married Edith May Herring in Toronto.^[7]

Adam died in 1933 in Toronto.^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ Births (CR) Ireland. Belfast Urban No.3, Belfast, Co Antrim. 28 July 1889. HAWTHORN, Adam. Entry no. 266. https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1889/02466/1915971.pdf : accessed 12 October 2022.
2. ↑ 1901 Census of Ireland. Fourth Street, Woodvale Ward, Co Antrim. 31 March 1901. Adam HAWTHORN (Son). Household no. 41. http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Antrim/Woodvale_Ward/Fourth_Street/1006730/ : accessed 12 October 2022.
3. ↑ 1911 Census of Ireland. Islandbawn Street, Falls, Co Antrim. 02 April 1911. Adam HAWTHORNE in the household of Mary Ann NUTT. Household no. 11. http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Antrim/Falls/Islandbawn_Street/173690/ : accessed 14 October 2022.
4. ↑ "Canada, World War I CEF Personnel Files, 1914-1918", database with images, Ancestry (Ancestry Record 61084 #1174821 : accessed 14 October 2022), imaged Attestation Paper for Adam Hawthorne, Regimental No. 273399, dated 08 April 1916; citing "Library and Archives Canada; Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; CEF Personnel Files; Reference: RG 150; Volume: Box 4173 - 40"
5. ↑ "Canada, Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKM5-SNN2 : 8 March 2021), Adam Hawthorne and Alice Elizabeth Smith, 23 Dec 1916; citing registration , Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 2,079,606.
6. ↑ "Canada, Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JDLK-S9B : 2 March 2021), Alice Elizabeth Hawthorne, 06 Jan 1920; citing Toronto, York, Ontario, yr 1920 cn 1159, Registrar General. Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,862,970.
7. ↑ "Canada, Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FMF8-S39 : 8 March 2021), Adam Hawthorne and Edith May Herring, 25 Nov 1924; citing registration , Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,838,200.
8. ↑ "Canada, Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JKKC-JJQ : 2 March 2021), Adam Hawthorne, 05 Jul 1933; citing Toronto, , Ontario, 004973, Registrar General. Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 2,358,593.