OBITUARY
MRS. J. HAWKEN,
The death is anounced of Mrs. J. Hawken, mother of the Hon. O. J. Hawken, Minister of Agriculture. A daughter of the late Mr. William Bayly, of Taranaki,. she was born in Devonshire/ England, in 1840, and came' to New Zealand with her parents when only a year old! She was married in 1861, and.resided with her husband at Kakaramea till about 25 years ago, when she returned to New Plymouth, shortly afterwards going to live in Wanganui. Mrs. Hawken, whose husband died some years ago, leaves a family of three sons an 4 six daughters, these being the Hon. O.;'J. ; Hawken, Mr. Cecil Hawken (HaweraJ, Mr. William Hawken (Stratford), and Covedale, Mrs. P. W. Wake, ■ Mrs. Wilkin (Auckland), Mrs. Gilbert Pearce, Mrs. France and Miss Hawken (Auckland).
The> death occurred at Wellington on, Sunday afternoon, after a brief illness, of Mr. lAlexandei- Gilmour, at the age of 78. Mr. Gilmour was a brother of the late Dr. James Gilmour, the famous,. Scottish medical missionary, whose work in the Far East, attracted notice thioughout the rc'.igious world, and'has "left the name "James Gilmour of Mongolia'' the theme* of many missionary voluines.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LII, Issue 16211, 8 December 1926, Page 14
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195OBITUARY Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LII, Issue 16211, 8 December 1926, Page 14
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