Résumé

Principal, Arthur W. Hawes, Surveyor, Canada, 1915. Hawes worked as a surveyor in Nanaimo, Canada, on 03/08/1915, according to his mililtary service paperwork of that date. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Library and Archives Canada; Ottawa, Canada; Soldiers of the First World War (1914-1918) Source Information: Canada, World War I CEF Attestation Papers, 1914-1918 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006. Images are used with the permission of Library and Archives Canada. Original data: Canada. "Soldiers of the First World War (1914-1918)." Record Group 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 4930 - 35. Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, accessed 05/14/2025.)

Service, Canadian Over-Seas Expeditionary Force, 03/08/1915- . He belonged to a military militia operating in Nanaimo at the time. Just before 1915, Nanaimo experienced significant labor unrest in its coal mines, as Anglo-Canadian workers organized for better wages. These colliers staged strikes in 1912 and 1913 and coal mine owners responded by hiring lower-cost workers from China, Italy and Ukraine, then under Austro-Hungarian control. Militias were formed to maintain order during the strikes beginning in 08/1913. By summer of the following year, strikers' union benefits had been exhausted and they were forced to end their walkout., although coal operators did not hire many back, relying on the Eastern European replacements. After Canada's official entry into World War I, the tide turned against the Eastern European immigrants, some of whom wished to return home to fight for the Central Empires. To prevent this, an internment camp for "enemy aliens" developed in Nanaimo during later 1914 and was expanded by 04/1915. It continued to operate, on an increasingly small scale, until 1920. (See On This Spot.ca, "Nanaimo's WWI Internment Camp," accessed 05/14/2025.)

Relocation

Born in England on 09/03/1873 in Brighton, England. his family continued to live in that city when the 1881 English Census was taken. He resided in the ward of Saint Nicholas at 58 Buckingham Place with his paternal grandmother, Helen Hawes (born c. 1864 in London, England), his parents and elder brother.

At the time of his marriage, Hawes resided in London, at Saint Barnabas, Clapham Common. His wife Susannah lived 124 Saint James Street in Brighton.

In 1901, Hawes, his wife and daughter lived at 27 Schubert Road in the Wandsworth civil parish of London, England. The family could afford to maintain a household servant, Esther M. Slaughter (born c. 1882 in Wimbledon, Surrey, England). (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Class: RG13; Piece: 481; Folio: 153; Page: 39 Source Information: 1901 England Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005, accessed 05/07/2025.)

Arthur W. Hawes resided at 10589 Rochester Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, in 1940. He lived here with his wife Suzanne and their daughter F. Mary Hawes, who worked as a secretary at an advertising agency. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1940; Census Place: Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California; Roll: m-t0627-00407; Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 60-222, accessed 05/07/2025.)

Parents

His father Henry Hawes (born 1852 in Lewes, England-d. 03/1892 in England), appears to have been in the English military in 1881. The 1881 English Census listed his occupation to have been "Lieut 1st Sux R.M.C," suggesting that he was a Lieutenant in either the 1st Sussex Rifle Volunteers (formed in 1859) or the Royal Sussex Regiment (formed in 1881). "R.M.C." likely indicated that Hawes had attended the elite Royal Military College at Sandhurst. A wedding certificate of 08/10/1898 indicated that Henry Hawes had died by that time, and had worked as an architect previously.

Fanny Jane Monk (born c. 1838 in Lewes, England-d. 09/1907 in Sussex, England), Arthur's mother, was about 15 years older than her husband. After her husband's death in 1892, the 1901 English Census indicated that Fanny Hawes resided in Lewes, England, with three other widows. Two of the women "lived on their own means" while two others worked as miliners. Each woman had her own income at the time. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Class: RG13; Piece: 935; Folio: 110; Page: 3 Source Information:1901 England Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005, accessed 05/14/2025.)

He had an elder brother, Harold Lionel Hawes (born c. 03/1872 in London, England-d. c. late 11/1889 in Sussex, England), who died at age 17.

Spouse

He wed Susannah (Suzanne) Rollinson (born 11/29/1879 in Hawkedon, Saint Edmundsbury Borough, England-d. 12/23/1958 in Los Angeles County, CA) on 08/10/1898 in Brighton, England. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation East Sussex Record Office; Brighton, England; Sussex Parish Registers; Reference: PAR 266/1/3/1, accessed 05/07/2025. The California Death Index listed her date of birth at 11/29/1881. Her birth date was given as 11/29/1879 on US naturalization forms of 07/25/1952. See Ancestry.com, Source Citation National Archives at Riverside; Riverside, California; Petitions For Naturalization, 1887 - 1991; NAI Number: 594890; Record Group Title: Records of District Courts of the United States, 1685-2009; Record Group Number: 21, accessed 05/07/2025.)

Her father was George John Rollinson. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation East Sussex Record Office; Brighton, England; Sussex Parish Registers; Reference: PAR 266/1/3/1, accessed 05/14/2025.)

Children

Suzanne and Arthur had two children: Florence Mary Hawes (born 06/21/1899 in London, England) and Norman Hawes (born 09/24/1906 in London, England).