JOHN JOSEPH HAWKINS & JULIA TONE (C. 1888 Wedding Photo - Taken at Dixon's, Yonge & Alelaide St., Toronto)

JOHN JOSEPH (JJ) MARRIED JULIA TONE ON NOVEMBER 5, 1888, AT ST. PETER'S RC CHURCH, AYTON (WHICH THEY ATTENDED ALL THEIR LIVES). JULIA WAS THE DAUGHTER OF MATTHEW AND MARY (DOYLE) TONE, ALSO OF NORMANBY TOWNSHIP.

JULIA TONE AGE 16

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JULIA WAS BORN ON NOVEMBER 9, 1864 IN NORMANBY TOWNSHIP.  SHE WAS RAISED ON THE FAMILY FARM, LOCATED AT LOT 21, CONCESSION 7 OF NORMANBY TOWNSHIP.  JOHN AND JULIA CONTINUED OPERATION OF THE HAWKINS FARM AND THOMAS HELPED OUT AS THE FARMHAND UNTIL HE LEFT FOR SASKATCHEWAN. THIRTEEN CHILDREN WERE BORN TO JOHN J AND JULIA: HELENA (1889), MARGARET (1891), MAE CATHARINE(1892), WILLIAM JOSEPH (1894), WALTER JAMES (1895), MARGARET  MARIE (1897), BERNADETTE A. (1898), JOHN FRANCIS (1900), LEO ANTHONY (1902), MATTHEW  IGNATIUS(1904), PATRICIA JULIA (1906), JOSEPH (1908) AND ANNA HAZEL (1910).  MARGARET DIED AT 5 YEARS OLD OF WHOOPING COUGH AND JOSEPH DIED IN INFANCY.

JOHN & JULIA'S CHILDREN   C.1912~ L-R: ANNE. PATRICIA, MATTHEW, LEO, JOHN F, BERNADETTE, MARIE, WALTER, WILLIAM, MAE & HELENA.

JOHN J. OPERATED A MIXED FARMING OPERATION (COWS, PIGS, HENS, CHICKENS, ETC) AS WELL AS WORKING AS A MAIL CONTRACTOR.  HE DELIVERED MAIL (BY HORSE AND BUGGY) ON A 26 MILE ROUTE THAT COVERED R.R. # 2 AYTON (CONCESSION 6 AND 7).  HE DELIVERED THIS ROUTE FOR 11 YEARS, FROM 1921-1932 ACCORDING TO POSTAL RECORDS.  HE IS ALSO SAID TO HAVE WORKED AS A SCHOOL BOARD CHAIRMAN. THE CHILDREN ATTENDED SSS # 10 ON CONCESSION 9.  A LONG WALK EAST ALONG COUNTY ROAD 6, THEN SOUTH AT THE NEXT SIDEROAD. ON THE 1891 ONTARIO CENSUS RECORD FOR NORMANBY TOWNSHIP, A 10 YEAR OLD BOY, MICHAEL KELEY (A SPELLING ERROR AND SHOULD BE KEALY) IS LISTED AS LIVING ON THE JOHN HAWKINS FARM.  UNDER RELATION TO HEAD OF FAMILY, 'L' IS WRITTEN.  THIS IS THE SON OF JOHN J'S SISTER, KATE, AS MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY  SHE HAD A BREAKDOWN AND WAS HOSPITALIZED. THE CURRENT HOUSE WAS BUILT 1897 AND THE CURRENT BARN WAS BUILT, 1898. AT THE BEGINNING OF THE 1900'S TO HELP WITH THE FARMING, JOHN J. EMPLOYED A 'BLACK SERVANT'.  HIS NAME WAS GEORGE WILLIAMS.  HE WAS BORN AUGUST 1, 1850.  ACCORDING TO THE 1901 CENSUS RECORD, HE WAS AGE 50, EMPLOYED FOR THE PREVIOUS 12 MONTHS AND EARNED $60/YEAR ($5/MONTH).  HE WAS BORN IN ONTARIO, WAS SINGLE AND COULD NOT READ OR WRITE.  ON A NEARBY FARM, THE KENNA'S, A SERVANT WAS ALSO EMPLOYED BY THE NAME OF SIAM WILLIAMS (AGE 30), LIKELY A BROTHER OF GEORGE'S. ON APRIL 2, 1933 JOHN J. (NOW 65) DECIDED IT WAS TIME TO SELL THE FARM TO JOHN F., WHO HAD BEEN HELPING TO OPERATE THE FAMILY FARM..  IT WAS SOLD FOR $3500.   JOHN J. AND  JULIA CONTINUED TO LIVE ON THE FARM AFTER RETIRING. IN THE AGREEMENT OF SALE, THE FOLLOWING DETAILS ARE STATED: " JOHN J. RESERVES FOR HIS OWN USE, 2 HORSES: 7 HEAD OF CATTLE: PART OF HOUSE FOR USE OF PARENTS DURING NATURAL LIFETIME: PART OF GARDEN: POTATOE PLOT: FEED FOR 2 COWS AND FIRE WOOD FURNISHED FOR PARENTS USE IN THEIR PART OF THE HOUSE".   THIS AGREEMENT WAS WITNESSED BY THE HOUSEKEEPER, LORETTA LYNETT. JOHN AND JULIA CELEBRATED THEIR 50TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY IN THE SUMMER OF 1938.  ALL OF THEIR CHILDREN GATHERED AT THE FARM TO CELEBRATE.  JOHN J'S SISTERS HANNA AND MARGARET ALSO ATTENDED. ON DEC 11,1938, JULIA PASSED AWAY AND JOHN J. ON DEC 27,1944.  BOTH ARE BURIED AT ST. PETER'S CEMETERY, AYTON.

JOHN & JULIA WITH HANNA HYNES (CENTRE)  1938

JOHN & JULIA     c. 1937

JOHN & JULIA'S 50TH ANNIVERSARY   c. 1938 BACK L-R: MATT, LEO. NELL, SR. THEOPHANE, MARIE, BERNADETTE, PATRICIA & ANNE FRONT L-R: BILL, JOHN J., JULIA, FR. WALTER & JOHN F.

FR. WALTER'S SILVER JUBILEE - 1949 B. l-r: WILLIAM, JOHN F., FR. WALTER, LEO & MATTHEW F l-r: HELENA, MARIE, SR. THEOPHANE, BERNADETTE, PATRICIA & ANNE

ST. PETER'S CEMETERY, AYTON

ST. PETER'S CHURCH AYTON, ON c. 1988

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