Fonds 633 Hawkesworth Family fonds

63 photographs

2 negatives

Date: 1921-2012 (date of creation)

Scope and content:

The series consists of copies of personal papers of the Hawkesworth family.

Physical description: 0.5 cm of textual records

Access points:

•                Textual record (documentary form)

Date: 1925-1994 (date of creation)

Scope and content:

The series contains photographs of the Hawkesworth family and friends.

Physical description: 63 photographs

2 negatives

Access points:

•                Graphic material – photograph (documentary form)

•                Graphic material (documentary form)

Aubrey Hawkesworth standing by his team of horses at Hodgson’s saw mill on the Cutbank.

Aubrey Hawkesworth clearing snow with horses Doe & Princer at Hodgson’s mill on the Cutbank. The buildings at the mill can be seen behind them.

Aubrey Hawkesworth and Ed Armstrong standing on a load of logs being pulled by a team of horses.

Ed Armstrong standing high up on a big load of logs being pulled by horses named Red and Major.

A crew of eleven men, probably the work crew at Hodgson’s saw mill. Aubrey is fourth man from the right.

Aubrey sitting in a homemade sleigh. The back of the photograph reads “The boss with ponies ready for town. Can you see Betty’s ribs reckon not. Lottie and me there. That’s tulips colt on the other side Reg(?) broke her in to driving, she’s faster than Betty the bay.”

The family of Ingram Parker Hawkesworth and Jannett Hirtle arranged on a wood pile The Parker Hawkesworth family were living in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. The back of the photograph reads “the ‘upper’ row are from left to right Jim & Parker & Cecil & Enes (?) The second third and fourth are Bruce Robert & Earl and on the end is Jeanetta & myself the others are cousins of my family. Jennie”

Aubrey, Dessie, ? And their daughters Violet and Charlotte standing outside. A log home with a sod roof as well a cream can and a wagon is are also in the farm yard.

Violet and Charlotte wearing toques and holding hands.

John Fulton Hodgson, Charlotte and Violet with their mother Dessie Hawkesworth, standing beside John’s vehicle.

Violet & Charlotte Hawkesworth standing in front in matching dresses, John Fulton Hodgson is on the far right. The other people in the photograph are unidentified.

Aubrey Hawkesworth kneeling with Violet and Charlotte with a man and a young girl and everyone is holding a kitty.

Image shows Aubrey Hawkesworth posing with four girls identified on the back of the photograph as Violet, Charlotte, Alice [?], and Verna Homme.

Violet & Charlotte Hawkesworth playing outside with other students at West Hythe School.

Image shows Grandma Hawkesworth sitting in a chair in front of a house. The back of the photograph identifies her as Letitia.

Charlotte and Charlotte sitting on the wheels of a vehicle, and two other girls behind them. On the back of the photograph is written “Oct.13, 1929 Hello Girls Do you remember your last Sunday in Edmonton? Aunt Ila.”

John Fulton Hodgson, Susan Armstrong, Gertrude Hodgson, Ila Armstrong standing with their new landlord in Edmonton, Alberta.

Sisters Charlotte & Violet Hawkesworth sitting with their baby sister Marie on a wagon in a field.

Charlotte and Violet Hawkesworth, ages 12 & 13, dressed in toques and scarves knitted by their grandmother Susan Armstrong.

Two ladies working on the garden at the Hawkesworth homestead. The photograph shows the side of the log cabin with the extension.

Letitia (Lohnes) Hawkesworth seated outside. Letitia was Aubrey Hawkesworth’s mother and resided in Scarsdale, Nova Scotia with her son Parker.

Violet Hawkesworth on a dapple horse.

Charlotte Hawkesworth. A caption on the front of the photograph reads “Lottie.”

Charlotte Hawkesworth standing in a farm yard.

A studio portrait of Aubrey and Dessie Hawkesworth.

Pat & Bob Spragg and their family, Joe & Florence Churcher and their family and the Hawkesworth family at a friendly gathering.

The Hawkesworth family standing by a wooden building. L-R Aubrey, Charlotte, Violet and Dessie Hawkesworth.

The Hawkesworth family outside in the winter. L-R Charlotte, Aubrey, Dessie and Violet.

Violet standing by a wooden building. Captioned “This is me taken at Sexsmith last summer…Violet”

Violet wearing a hat and holding gloves. Captioned “This was taken last June. I’ll send ____that was taken at the camp next time but its was not developed as yet”

Aubrey Hawkesworth with his grandson Aubrey Greber feeding the horses.

A group of students from West Hythe School. The photograph has some damage and not all the children’s faces are visible. Captioned “Merry Xmas to Violet, Miss Jameson”

Siblings Eldon, Iris and Jarvis Shail sitting outside on a sleigh.

A series of three photographs of Aubrey working with a team of horses.

Charlotte holding her baby Laurie Olson who is 4 months old in January 1943.

Lester Olson in his WWII uniform standing with his wife Charlotte and their young baby girl Laurie.

A studio photograph of the Olson family, Lester, Charlotte & Laurie taken February 1943.

Portrait of Lester Olson’s mother Minnetta Olson.

Charlotte (Hawkesworth) Olson standing outdoors.

A float advertising Sexsmith Frontier Nites on Oct. 20-21. The floats signs read “Even Women Are Bearded” and “See The Manless Heads”.

Family photographs showing Mr. Negard, Art & Billy, my [?], Alice Negard Carpenter, Steve Sharkey, Alice (infant), Dessie Hawkesworth, Laurine, Elenor Greber, Aubrey Hawkesworth, Aubrey Greber. These were taken June 11, 1950, Allen’s birthday. The second photograph includes Violet Greber. Individuals are identified in captions on the backs of the photographs.

Image shows a pickup truck. The caption on the back of the photograph reads “Grandpa Hawkesworth’s truck.”

Copy of an aerial photograph of the Hawkesworth farmyard (SW 28 T73 R11 W6) visible is the house, barn, various sheds, vehicles in the driveway and surrounding fields.

A meeting of the first county council. Aubrey Hawkesworth is standing in the back 5th from right. The photograph is stamped on the back “Herald-Tribune Staff Photo”

Image shows Charlotte (Hawkesworth) Olson and daughter Laurie. “Laurie & Charlotte” is written on the back.

Image shows Dessie Hawkesworth holding baby Allyson. “Grandma Hawkesworth & Alyson” is written on the back.

Image shows Aubrey Hawkesworth pitching hay into a trailer hitched to a tractor. The back of the photograph reads “1959 Aubrey Hawkesworth.”

Aubrey Hawkesworth getting water from a pump at the Greber farm.

Image shows Charlotte, Allyson, Dessie, Aubrey, and an unidentified girl posing outdoors behind what appears to be a hay bale. The back of the photograph reads “Me, Allyson, Grandma & Grandpa Hawkesworth.”

Matted studio portrait of Aubrey and Dessie Hawkesworth. A caption on the mat reads “Grandma & Grandpa Hawkesworth Charlotte Tolton’s parents.”

Photographs of the head table and Aubrey and Dessie at their 50th wedding anniversary inside the Hythe Legion. 0633.02.53a is an original; the other two are more recent copies of different photographs of the same occasion.

Copies of photographs showing Aubrey Hawkesworth and two unidentified women signing papers at an office. There is a clerk behind the desk in one of the photographs. This is probably to do with the Hythe Pioneer Home.

Photographs of the turning of the sod by Aubrey Hawkesworth before the construction of the Hythe Pioneer Home. 0633.02.55a is a b&w original; 0633.02.55b is a b&w copy made more recently; 0633.02.55c is a more recent colour copy.

Three unidentified members of the Hythe Pioneer Club.

A gathering of the old-timers Pioneer club in Hythe as identified on page 334 of the book “Pioneer Round-Up”. Back row right – Delphine Borden, peeking over her right shoulder Irene Cook.

Aubrey Hawkesworth in the back ground at a cheque presentation presumably for the Hythe Pioneer Club.

Image shows Dessie and Aubrey Hawkesworth sitting on a sofa.

Copy of a photograph of Al and Charlotte (Hawkesworth) Tolton on their 40th wedding anniversary, July 2, 1994.