Elizabeth Bruyn (Decker) Hawkins (1821 - 1908)

Born 24 Mar 1821 in Shawangunk, Ulster, New York, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Parker R Hawkins — married 1855 in United States

Died 7 Mar 1908 at age 86 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States

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Biography

Elizabeth Bruyn Decker was born on March 24, 1821 in Shawangunk, Ulster, New York, United States. Her parents were Cornelius Johannes Decker and Gertrude Bruyn.^[1][2]

She married Parker Robinson Hawkins in 1855. He had children from a previous marriage. They had two children together.

1. Ferdinand Hawkins was born on April 26, 1857 in Macomb, McDonough County, Illinois.^[3][4]
2. Oscar Hawkins was born on June 28, 1859 in Macomb.^[5]

Elizabeth passed away on March 7, 1908 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States. She is buried in the Oakwood Cemetery in Macomb, McDonough County, Illinois.^[6][7]

Sources

1. ↑ "New York Births and Christenings, 1640-1962", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FDBX-W85 : 14 February 2020), Elizabeth Decker, 1821.
2. ↑ "New York, Church Records, 1660-1954," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGP2-5N85 : 10 October 2019), Elixabeth Decker, 24 Mar 1821; citing Birth, Ulster, New York, United States, multiple churches, New York.
3. ↑ "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XJFP-N9W : 3 September 2017), Elizabeth Decker in entry for Ferdinand Hawkins and Mary M. Mowen, 09 Sep 1880, Polk, Iowa, United States; citing reference p 78, county courthouses, Iowa; FHL microfilm 1,014,766.
4. ↑ "Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24D-CJVD : 8 November 2017), Elizebeth Decker in entry for Ferdinand Hawkins, 24 May 1936, Maxwell, Story, Iowa, United States; citing certificate #8575, State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines; FamilySearch digital folder 101821062.
5. ↑ "Nebraska Marriages, 1855-1995," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q298-2V8S : 18 January 2020), Elizabeth Deckes in entry for Oscar Hawkins, 9 Aug 1881; citing Marriage, Blue Springs, Gage, Nebraska, United States, Nebraska State Historical Society, Lincoln; FHL microfilm 1,940,546.
6. ↑ "Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1878-1994," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q237-84S6 : 8 March 2018), Elizabeth Bruyn Hawkins, 07 Mar 1908; citing Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, source reference 6724, record number , Cook County Courthouse, Chicago; FHL microfilm 1,239,772.
7. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 01 August 2020), memorial page for Elizabeth Bruyn Decker Hawkins (1820–7 Mar 1908), Find a Grave Memorial no. Find A Grave: Memorial #209754538, citing Oakwood Cemetery, Macomb, McDonough County, Illinois, USA ; Maintained by Kate (contributor 46929739) .

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX48-JLN : 19 March 2020), Macomb Township, McDonough, Illinois, United States, Elizabeth Hawkins in entry for P R Hawkins, 1860.

• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6HD-MYH : 19 March 2020), Macomb Township, McDonough, Illinois, United States, Elizabeth Hawkins in entry for Peter Hawkins, 1870.

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXVX-GLX : 19 February 2021), Eliza Hawkins in household of Letch Hawkins, Sciota, McDonough, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district ED 168, sheet 524C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,228.