The eighth of the nine children of Irish immigrants John Jordan (1805-1892) and Ellen Millen Jordan (1807-1870), Mary Jane was born about five years after the family emigrated to their first home in Haverstraw, NY. Her father was a textile printer there and (later) a homestead farmer in Minnesota. See her parents' memorials for more details about their eventful lives.
Mary Jane remained in Red Wing, MN from the age of seven until her death and married George Washington Hawkins, son of emigrants from England, there on 1 January 1873. The couple had five children: Caroline M. (1872-1955; married Charles Erhart Beckmark), George Henry, 1874-1955; married Helen Maud Church), Mabel P. (1878-1930; married Harold Hanwell Lucas), John G. (1881-1898), and Harry C. (1885-1930; married Delia D.). Mary's husband worked in the painting business (painting and operating a retail store with his brother William Edward Hawkins, who had preceded him to Red Wing. Like Mary Jane, he was a child of emigrants who first settled in New York. In 1862, George joined the U.S. Navy and was discharged in 1865 after the Civil War but re-enlisted and served until 1868., after which he moved to Red Wing, MN.
Mary Jane remained in Red Wing, MN from the age of seven until her death and married George Washington Hawkins, son of emigrants from England, there on 1 January 1873. The couple had five children: Caroline M. (1872-1955; married Charles Erhart Beckmark), George Henry, 1874-1955; married Helen Maud Church), Mabel P. (1878-1930; married Harold Hanwell Lucas), John G. (1881-1898), and Harry C. (1885-1930; married Delia D.). Mary's husband worked in the painting business (painting and operating a retail store with his brother William Edward Hawkins, who had preceded him to Red Wing. Like Mary Jane, he was a child of emigrants who first settled in New York. In 1862, George joined the U.S. Navy and was discharged in 1865 after the Civil War but re-enlisted and served until 1868., after which he moved to Red Wing, MN.
The eighth of the nine children of Irish immigrants John Jordan (1805-1892) and Ellen Millen Jordan (1807-1870), Mary Jane was born about five years after the family emigrated to their first home in Haverstraw, NY. Her father was a textile printer there and (later) a homestead farmer in Minnesota. See her parents' memorials for more details about their eventful lives.
Mary Jane remained in Red Wing, MN from the age of seven until her death and married George Washington Hawkins, son of emigrants from England, there on 1 January 1873. The couple had five children: Caroline M. (1872-1955; married Charles Erhart Beckmark), George Henry, 1874-1955; married Helen Maud Church), Mabel P. (1878-1930; married Harold Hanwell Lucas), John G. (1881-1898), and Harry C. (1885-1930; married Delia D.). Mary's husband worked in the painting business (painting and operating a retail store with his brother William Edward Hawkins, who had preceded him to Red Wing. Like Mary Jane, he was a child of emigrants who first settled in New York. In 1862, George joined the U.S. Navy and was discharged in 1865 after the Civil War but re-enlisted and served until 1868., after which he moved to Red Wing, MN.
Mary Jane remained in Red Wing, MN from the age of seven until her death and married George Washington Hawkins, son of emigrants from England, there on 1 January 1873. The couple had five children: Caroline M. (1872-1955; married Charles Erhart Beckmark), George Henry, 1874-1955; married Helen Maud Church), Mabel P. (1878-1930; married Harold Hanwell Lucas), John G. (1881-1898), and Harry C. (1885-1930; married Delia D.). Mary's husband worked in the painting business (painting and operating a retail store with his brother William Edward Hawkins, who had preceded him to Red Wing. Like Mary Jane, he was a child of emigrants who first settled in New York. In 1862, George joined the U.S. Navy and was discharged in 1865 after the Civil War but re-enlisted and served until 1868., after which he moved to Red Wing, MN.
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