Samuel Proudfoot Hawkins (1819 - 1867)

Born 30 Apr 1819 in Dumfries, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Husband of Jeanie (Hutcheson) Hawkins — married 1849 in Victoria, Australia

Husband of Mary Ann (Adamson) Hawkins — married 1 Aug 1865 in Victoria, Australia

Descendants

Died 27 Apr 1867 at age 47 in Coleraine, Victoria, Australia

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Biography

Samuel Proudfoot Hawkins was born on April 30, 1819 in Dumfries, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, son of Robert Hawkins (~1770–1841) and Penelope Carruthers (~1765–~1845).^[1]

Samuel (29) married Jeanie Hutcheson (24) (born in 1824 in Abernethy, Perthshire, Scotland; daughter of David Hutcheson and Isabella (Taylor) Hutcheson) in 1849 in Victoria. Their children were:

1. Isabella Hawkins (1849–1916)
2. Penelope Bell Hawkins (1851–1898)
3. Robert James Hawkins (1853–1854)
4. Robert Hawkins (1854–1893)
5. Georgina Hawkins (1856–1944)
6. David Hawkins (1858–1922)
7. Janet Hawkins (1860–1944)
8. Jeanie Hawkins (1862–1941)

Samuel (46) married Mary Ann Adamson (21) (born in 1843 in New York, United States) on August 1, 1865 in Victoria.^[2] Their children were:

1. Mary Hawkins (1866–1866)
2. Samuel Melville Hawkins (1867–1947)

Samuel died on April 27, 1867 at Melville Forest near Coleraine, Victoria, Australia, aged 47. Samuel was buried in North Portland Cemetery, Portland, Glenelg Shire, Victoria, Australia.^[3]

From the Portland Guardian and Normanby General Advertiser, Monday 29 April 1867, page 2:

Death of S. P. Hawkins, Esq. News reached Portland yesterday evening that S. P. Hawkins, Esq., died at half-past twelve p.m. on Saturday night Mr. Hawkins had been ailing for a fortnight past, but no immediate danger was apprehended. Late on Saturday a change for the worse took place, the patient gradually sank, and died at the hour stated.^[4]

From the Portland Guardian and Normanby General Advertiser, Monday 6 May 1867, page 2:

TABLE TALK.

THE LATE S. P. HAWKINS, ESQ.-The last issue of the Guardian contained an obituary notice of the late S. P. Hawkins Esq., who died on the 27th ult., at his residence, Melville Forest. A number of the towns-people, friends of the deceased, met the funeral at the forest Inn on Thursday, at 2.30 p.m., and followed the remains to the last resting place in the North Cemetery. The Rev. S. Kelso officiated at the grave. The deceased was a very old colonist and well known in the district; he was charitable without ostentation, and some of our public institutions will feel his loss.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ *"Ancestry.com. Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
2. ↑ Marriage: "Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950"
   Pioneer Index Victoria 1836-1888; Registration Number: 2710
   Ancestry au Record 1780 #4349172 (accessed 16 January 2023)
   Samuel Proudfoot Hawkins marriage to Mary Ann Adamson in 1865 in Victoria.
3. ↑ Memorial: Find a Grave (has image)
   Find A Grave: Memorial #188999668 (accessed 7 July 2023)
   Memorial page for Samuel Proudfoot Hawkins (30 Apr 1819-27 Apr 1867), citing North Portland Cemetery, Portland, Glenelg Shire, Victoria, Australia; Maintained by Ron M (contributor 48458376).
4. ↑ TABLE TALK. (1867, April 29). Portland Guardian and Normanby General Advertiser (Vic. : 1842 - 1843; 1854 - 1876), p. 2 (EVENING). Retrieved January 16, 2023, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article64637763
5. ↑ TABLE TALK. (1867, May 6). Portland Guardian and Normanby General Advertiser (Vic. : 1842 - 1843; 1854 - 1876), p. 2 (EVENING). Retrieved January 16, 2023, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article64637812

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