Individual Details
Al (John Alfred) Hawkinson
(19 Aug 1892 - 4 Jan 1964)
Minnie and Al grew up in Harris, Minnesota where they were born in the 1890's. Minnie taught school for a few years and after their marriage they moved to Montana, where they homesteaded on Snow Creek, about 35 miles north of
Jordan. They had a large ranch with much acreage, cattle, hogs, chickens, etc., and that is where Woody and I spent our childhood.
In about 1938 they moved to Jordan and Al first worked for the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture and then went into the insurance and real estate business in Jordan (Garfield Title & Insurance Co.), which he owned until his passing
in 1964 of a heart attack while fishing at Fort Peck Lake.
Minnie was busy in many activities in the church and the schools while a Jordan resident. She passed away in 1951 of cancer.
In June 1952 Al married Lea Morgan, who owned a ranch nearby and did business at his office. Lea passed away in Febraury 2001.
25 Years of Garfield County High School, 1914 thru 1939, ca 1974, p182.
Al Hawkinson came here in 1917 and homesteaded in the Snow Creek area, he worked at Fort Keogh [trained horses] during WWI. After the war he came back to his homestead in Garfield Co. with his wife, Minnie Carlson. They lived on the ranch for several years, then moved to Jordan where Al worked at various jobs and then worked in the A.A.A. office for a number of years.
Al later set up the Hawkinson Title and Insurance office. Al and Minnie have two children; Woodrow of Circle and Verna of Munlo Park, Calif. Minnie died in 1951.
Al later married Mrs. Lea Morgan of Cohagen. Lea still lives here in summer and spends the winters in California.
North Branch Review, 11 May, 1917, Harris News, p3, c3
Mr. Alfred Hawkinson and Miss Minnie Carlson were quietly married at Rush City Saturday evening, May 5. We all wis them happiness and success.
North Branch Review, 25 May, 1917, p3, c2, Harris news
Mr. and Mrs. Alf. Hawkinson made an auto trip to St. Cloud Sunday.
NBR, 25 May 1917, p3, c3, Harris news
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Hawkinson wish to thank their many friends for the gifts they received at their wedding dance Friday.
NBR, 25 May 1917, p3, c3, Harris news
Fred Hals, Robert Coste and Alfred Hawkinson left recently for an extended tour of Montana and points west. They are making the trip by auto.
NBR, 25 May 1917, p3, c3, Harris news
The wedding dance by Alfred Hawkinson Friday evening was much enjoyed by all who attended. Mr. and Mrs. Hawkinson will soon leave for their future home in Montana, carrying with them the best wishes for happiness and success from a large host of friends.
The Jordan Tribune, 9Jan1964, p4
Al Hawkinson, Prominent Businessman Dies Suddenly While Ice Fishing
John Alfred (Al Hawkinson), 71, prominent Jordan businessman, and town official, was fatally stricken with a heart attach early Saturday afternoon while ice fishing on a reservoir near Jordan.
Mr. Hawkinson and a companion, Emanuel Sturtz, left Jordan Saturday morning to ice fish on the Engdahl Reservoir 19 miles northwest of Jordan. Sturtz left Hawkinson for a short time and later found Hawkinson collapsed at one of the
fishing holes when he returned. Coroner Chet Wilson attributed death to a heart attack.
Mr. Hawkinson was born Aug. 18, 1892 in Harris, Minnesota. He married Minnie Carlson in 1916. The couple homesteaded northwest of Jordan in the Snow Creek area where they were engaged in ranching until 1936, when they moved to Jordan. He operated the AAA office here for a period of two years. In 1939 he opened an insurance and accounting office in Jordan, and later purchased the Garfield Abstract business in 1947, which is now operating as the Garfield Title and Insurance Company.
Mrs. Hawkinson died in 1951 and in 1952 Mr. Hawkinson was united in marriage to Mrs. Lea Morgan. He was a member of the Miles City Elks Lodge, a director of the Garfield County Commercial Club, Jordan Lion's Club and has served with distinction as City Clerk of Jordan for several years. He was elected to the office of Public Administrator on the Democratic ticket and has been in that office for 20 years. Mr. Hawkinson was also an ardent fisherman and a lover of wildlife. He planted the Bob White Quail and Squirrels in this area and took great pride in his hobby of feeding them and watching them in their daily habits. He contributed much of his time to those things which were an improvement to the town of Jordan.
Survivors, in addition to his wife, Lea, are a son, Woodrow, of Circle, Montana; and a daughter, Mrs. Jack Valencia of California, and four grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at 2:00 p.m. in the Presbyterian Church in Jordan, with the Rev. John B. Fitz of Miles City officiating.
In duet, Mrs. Vaughn Newland and Miss Verna Schmidt sang, accompanied by Mrs. Laura Patterson at the organ. Pallbearers were: J.E. Stanton, Leo Morgan, Don Woolhiser, William Stanton, Ed Morgan and Elmer Hawkinson. Interment was in the family plot at Pioneer Cemetery in Jordan under the direction of Stevenson's Miles City funeral home.
Jordan. They had a large ranch with much acreage, cattle, hogs, chickens, etc., and that is where Woody and I spent our childhood.
In about 1938 they moved to Jordan and Al first worked for the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture and then went into the insurance and real estate business in Jordan (Garfield Title & Insurance Co.), which he owned until his passing
in 1964 of a heart attack while fishing at Fort Peck Lake.
Minnie was busy in many activities in the church and the schools while a Jordan resident. She passed away in 1951 of cancer.
In June 1952 Al married Lea Morgan, who owned a ranch nearby and did business at his office. Lea passed away in Febraury 2001.
25 Years of Garfield County High School, 1914 thru 1939, ca 1974, p182.
Al Hawkinson came here in 1917 and homesteaded in the Snow Creek area, he worked at Fort Keogh [trained horses] during WWI. After the war he came back to his homestead in Garfield Co. with his wife, Minnie Carlson. They lived on the ranch for several years, then moved to Jordan where Al worked at various jobs and then worked in the A.A.A. office for a number of years.
Al later set up the Hawkinson Title and Insurance office. Al and Minnie have two children; Woodrow of Circle and Verna of Munlo Park, Calif. Minnie died in 1951.
Al later married Mrs. Lea Morgan of Cohagen. Lea still lives here in summer and spends the winters in California.
North Branch Review, 11 May, 1917, Harris News, p3, c3
Mr. Alfred Hawkinson and Miss Minnie Carlson were quietly married at Rush City Saturday evening, May 5. We all wis them happiness and success.
North Branch Review, 25 May, 1917, p3, c2, Harris news
Mr. and Mrs. Alf. Hawkinson made an auto trip to St. Cloud Sunday.
NBR, 25 May 1917, p3, c3, Harris news
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Hawkinson wish to thank their many friends for the gifts they received at their wedding dance Friday.
NBR, 25 May 1917, p3, c3, Harris news
Fred Hals, Robert Coste and Alfred Hawkinson left recently for an extended tour of Montana and points west. They are making the trip by auto.
NBR, 25 May 1917, p3, c3, Harris news
The wedding dance by Alfred Hawkinson Friday evening was much enjoyed by all who attended. Mr. and Mrs. Hawkinson will soon leave for their future home in Montana, carrying with them the best wishes for happiness and success from a large host of friends.
The Jordan Tribune, 9Jan1964, p4
Al Hawkinson, Prominent Businessman Dies Suddenly While Ice Fishing
John Alfred (Al Hawkinson), 71, prominent Jordan businessman, and town official, was fatally stricken with a heart attach early Saturday afternoon while ice fishing on a reservoir near Jordan.
Mr. Hawkinson and a companion, Emanuel Sturtz, left Jordan Saturday morning to ice fish on the Engdahl Reservoir 19 miles northwest of Jordan. Sturtz left Hawkinson for a short time and later found Hawkinson collapsed at one of the
fishing holes when he returned. Coroner Chet Wilson attributed death to a heart attack.
Mr. Hawkinson was born Aug. 18, 1892 in Harris, Minnesota. He married Minnie Carlson in 1916. The couple homesteaded northwest of Jordan in the Snow Creek area where they were engaged in ranching until 1936, when they moved to Jordan. He operated the AAA office here for a period of two years. In 1939 he opened an insurance and accounting office in Jordan, and later purchased the Garfield Abstract business in 1947, which is now operating as the Garfield Title and Insurance Company.
Mrs. Hawkinson died in 1951 and in 1952 Mr. Hawkinson was united in marriage to Mrs. Lea Morgan. He was a member of the Miles City Elks Lodge, a director of the Garfield County Commercial Club, Jordan Lion's Club and has served with distinction as City Clerk of Jordan for several years. He was elected to the office of Public Administrator on the Democratic ticket and has been in that office for 20 years. Mr. Hawkinson was also an ardent fisherman and a lover of wildlife. He planted the Bob White Quail and Squirrels in this area and took great pride in his hobby of feeding them and watching them in their daily habits. He contributed much of his time to those things which were an improvement to the town of Jordan.
Survivors, in addition to his wife, Lea, are a son, Woodrow, of Circle, Montana; and a daughter, Mrs. Jack Valencia of California, and four grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at 2:00 p.m. in the Presbyterian Church in Jordan, with the Rev. John B. Fitz of Miles City officiating.
In duet, Mrs. Vaughn Newland and Miss Verna Schmidt sang, accompanied by Mrs. Laura Patterson at the organ. Pallbearers were: J.E. Stanton, Leo Morgan, Don Woolhiser, William Stanton, Ed Morgan and Elmer Hawkinson. Interment was in the family plot at Pioneer Cemetery in Jordan under the direction of Stevenson's Miles City funeral home.
Events
| Birth | 19 Aug 1892 | Harris, Chisago, Minnesota | |||
| Marriage | 5 May 1917 | Rush City, Chisago, Minnesota - Minnie Eleanor Carlson |  | ||
| Marriage | 13 Apr 1952 | Lewistown, Montana - Ludmila (Lea) Pluhar | |||
| Death | 4 Jan 1964 | Jordan, Garfield, Montana | |||
| Burial | 7 Jan 1964 | Jordan, Garfield, Montana, Pioneer Cemetery | |||
| Christen | Harris, Chisago, Minnesota, Lutheran |
Families
| Spouse | Minnie Eleanor Carlson ( - 1951) |
| Child | Woodrow Evans "Woody" Hawkinson (1918 - 1998) |
| Child | Verna Alene Hawkinson (1923 - 2009) |
| Spouse | Ludmila (Lea) Pluhar (1900 - 2001) |
| Father | Charles Oliver Hawkinson ( - 1918) |
| Mother | Christine A. Swenson ( - ) |
| Sibling | Wilhelm Oliver "Willie" Hawkinson ( - 1948) |
| Sibling | Carl Emil Hawkinson (1896 - 1973) |
| Sibling | Isabelle Anna "Belle" Hawkinson ( - 1981) |
| Sibling | Mamie Elvira Hawkinson ( - 1954) |
| Sibling | Harry Goodwin Hawkinson (1902 - ) |
| Sibling | Gilbert Valentine Hawkinson (1904 - 1984) |
| Sibling | Clifford Godfred Hawkinson ( - ) |
| Sibling | Baby Boy Hawkinson (1909 - ) |
Endnotes
1. Marriage Records: Minnesota, Chisago County.