no image
Privacy Level: Open (White)

James Renfrey Hawke (1837 - 1899)

James Renfrey Hawke
Born in Kea, Cornwall, England, UKmap
Ancestors ancestors
Son of and
Brother of
Husband of — married 5 Nov 1859 in Kapunda, South Australia, Australiamap
Descendants descendants
Father of , , , , , and
Died at about age 62 in Launceston, Tasmania, Australiamap
Problems/Questions Profile managers: Lisa Thurston private message [send private message] and Wendy Barrett private message [send private message]
Profile last modified | Created 23 Feb 2015
This page has been accessed 1,196 times.

Contents

Biography

  • James Renfrey Hawke was born in Cornwall circa 1838. He was baptised at Kea, Cornwall, on 15 March 1838, son of Richard Hawke, miner, and Jane (Jenifer) Renfrey of Baldhu, the third of their eight children.[1][2]
  • James' family moved to Staffordshire around 1848, and appears in the 1851 census at Warslow:[3]
    Richard Hawke 43 copper miner (b Devonshire, Brinter Parish), Jane 43 (b Kea Cornwall), Richard 19 (b Kea), William 17 (b Kea), James 14 (b Kea), John 11 (b Kea), Mary Jane 7 (b Kea), Maria 11 (b Kea), Nathaniel 2 (b Warslow), Jane Renfrew 71 (wifes mother, b Kea).
  • Later in 1851, James migrated to South Australia, aged 14, aboard the Reliance.[4]
  • James worked as a miner at Kapunda, South Australia.
  • James married Elizabeth Trewartha on 5 November 1859 at the residence of Elisha Trewartha (her father) at Kapunda, South Australia. Both James and Elizabeth were recorded as 22 years old.[5]
  • Their children were:
    1. Richard (1861-1939)
    2. James Renfrey (1862-1930)
    3. Elizabeth Jane (1864-1945)
    4. William Albert (1868-1931)
    5. Mary Louisa (1868-1869)
    6. Mary Louisa (1870-1901)
    7. John (1872-1925)
  • By 1877 James Renfrey Hawke and his wife had moved to Launceston, Tasmania, and it appears that he wanted to leave to leave the colony and his family. Elizabeth took him to court and they came to an "amicable arrangement". The case of Elizabeth Hawke v. James R. Hawke was reported in the Launceston Examiner on 18 October 1877.[6]
  • James Renfrey Hawke of Sandhill, Launceston wrote a letter about mining to the editor of The Tasmanian (Launceston, Tas. : 1881 - 1895) on 30 April 1881.[7]
  • He was living in Launceston according to his son Richard's marriage notice in the Kapunda Herald (SA : 1878 - 1951), on Tuesday 20 October 1885:
    "MARRIED.
    HAWKE—BETTERMAN.—On the 13th October, at the Bible Christian Manse, by the Rev. F. W. Bullock, Richard, eldest son of James R. Hawke, of Launceston, Tasmania, to Matilda, second daughter of the late Henry Betterman, of Kapunda. No cake ; no cards."[8]
  • There is a Death notice in Launceston Examiner on 14 June 1899 for James Hawke at Sandhill:
"DEATHS.
HAWKE.-On the 13th June, at the residence of his wife, Walter-street, Sandhill, James Hawke, aged 60 years, leaving a widow and two sons to mourn their loss."[9]
  • His funeral notice was in the Launceston Examiner on 15 June 1899:
    "The funeral of the late Mr. James Hawke will leave the residence of his wife, Walter-street, Sandhill, on Friday at 3 o'clock. Friends are invited to attend.
    STORRER, Undertaker, St. John-street."[10]
  • His Tasmanian death registration has date of death 14 June 1899 and occupation gardener.[11]
  • Buried at Launceston Charles Street Cemetery.[12]
  • James' great grandson, Bob Hawke, served as of Prime Minister of Australia in the 1980s and 1990s.

Research Notes

  • The Find a Grave page at Kapunda (Find A Grave: Memorial #167315505) says that he died on 10 August 1906, at his residence on Clare Road, Kapunda, but this was the death date of his widow and the page does not have a headstone photo. As far as I can tell, ( Davis-42955 14:22, 7 July 2023 (UTC) ) this is a phantom entry. The double plot R34abc with no headstone seems to contain at least:
    • Elizabeth Hawke (nee Trewartha) died 1906 age 68
    • Mary Louisa Hawke, 1868-1869 age 2 months (Elizabeth's daughter)
    • Mary Louisa Hawke, 1870-1901 age 31 (Elizabeth's daughter)
  • The Launceston death notice mentions only two sons.

Notes

  1. ↑ http://www.cornwall-opc-database.org/search-database/more-info/?t=baptisms&id=3727688
  2. ↑ Tertiary source updated so death matches this profile on 17 July 2023. James Renfrey HAWKE:

    "HAWKE Jas Renfrey par: Richd and Jennifer (Jane) b: c1837 STS ENG arr: 1851 RELIANCE 0cc: Miner, Farmer res: Ross Ck, Kapunda rel: Prot
    in: 5.11.1859 Kapunda SA Eliz nee TREWARTHA b: Kapunda? SA d: 10.8.1906 Kapunda SA
    ch: Jas Renfrey (1862-1930), John, Wm, Richd"
  3. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1851," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SGL1-TVH : 10 November 2017), Richard Hawke, , Staffordshire, England; citing , Staffordshire, England, p. 21, from "1851 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
  4. ↑ Cummings, Diane; The Ships List South Australia 1851 Reliance
  5. ↑ HAWKE, James Renfrey, South Australian Marriage registrations index, Kapunda 40/272, accessed 4 July 2023 via Genealogy SA
  6. ↑ 1877 'POLICE COURT.', Launceston Examiner (Tas. : 1842 - 1899), 18 October, p. 5. , viewed 07 Jul 2023, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article37151786
  7. ↑ 1881 'MINING SPECULATION—A VOICE OF WARNING.', The Tasmanian (Launceston, Tas. : 1881 - 1895), 30 April, p. 399. , viewed 07 Jul 2023, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article199527312
  8. ↑ 1885 'Family Notices', Kapunda Herald (SA : 1878 - 1951), 20 October, p. 2. , viewed 07 Jul 2023, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article106573791
  9. ↑ 1899 'Family Notices', Launceston Examiner (Tas. : 1842 - 1899), 14 June, p. 7. , viewed 07 Jul 2023, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article39807578
  10. ↑ 1899 'Family Notices', Launceston Examiner (Tas. : 1842 - 1899), 15 June, p. 1. , viewed 07 Jul 2023, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article39807682
  11. ↑ Tasmanian Archives, Death registration, Hawke, James, Date of death: 14 Jun 1899, Record ID: NAME_INDEXES:1219375 Resource: RGD35/1/68 no 176 https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Record/NamesIndex/1219375
  12. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/232762092/james-hawke: accessed 06 July 2023), memorial page for James Hawke (1839–14 Jun 1899), Find A Grave: Memorial #232762092, citing Charles Street Cemetery, Launceston, Launceston City, Tasmania, Australia; Maintained by Arlene Michelle (contributor 49266525).

Sources

  1. The Ships List South Australia
  2. BMD & census index FindMyPast
  3. Certificates, English census.




Is James your ancestor? Please don't go away!
 star icon Login to collaborate or comment, or
 star icon contact private message private message a profile manager, or
 star icon ask our community of genealogists a question.
Sponsored Search by Ancestry.com

DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with James: Have you taken a test? If so, login to add it. If not, see our friends at Ancestry DNA.


Comments: 4

Leave a message for others who see this profile.
There are no comments yet.
Login to post a comment.
Stevens-18395 Heather Stevens
I have discovered that his death was in Launceston Tasmania in 1899. I will change his date of death and add sources. Please contact me privately if you have any concerns,

Regards, Heather

posted by Heather Stevens
Champion de Crespigny-8 Anne (Champion de Crespigny) Young
Death registration 523/425 refers to a 1930 death. No 1906 death found for James Hawke in SA death index
posted by Anne (Champion de Crespigny) Young
Lisa Thurston
Looks like these citations were made in error sometime in the past. Good pick up. There is no primary or good secondary source for date or location of death now.
posted by Lisa Thurston
McEvoy-527 Ken McEvoy
Hawke-987 and Hawke-518 appear to represent the same person because: Appear to be the same person (even though there are different dates of death) .. but they are married to the same person (Trewartha-15).
posted by Ken McEvoy

Rejected matches › James Hawkes (1837-)

Featured German connections: James is 24 degrees from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 22 degrees from Dietrich Bonhoeffer, 24 degrees from Lucas Cranach, 24 degrees from Stefanie Graf, 23 degrees from Wilhelm Grimm, 26 degrees from Fanny Hensel, 30 degrees from Theodor Heuss, 21 degrees from Alexander Mack, 35 degrees from Carl Miele, 18 degrees from Nathan Rothschild, 23 degrees from Hermann Friedrich Albert von Ihering and 23 degrees from Ferdinand von Zeppelin on our single family tree. Login to see how you relate to 33 million family members.

H  >  Hawke  >  James Renfrey Hawke

Categories: Migrants from Cornwall to South Australia | Reliance, Arrived 13 Sep 1851 | Kea, Cornwall | Kapunda, South Australia | Launceston, Tasmania | Charles Street Cemetery, Launceston, Tasmania