1901 Census of Canada Page Information District: ON WELLINGTON (Centre) (#124) Subdistrict: Garafraxa (East/Est) D-1 Page 13 family #122
Haws Martin M Head M Apr 20 1861 39 
Haws Mazie F Wife M Jan 3 1868 33 
Haws Merriot R M Son S Jul 2 1892 8

Martin's obituary was in the Jan. 24, 1929 edition of the Erin Advocate, a copy is on file and it reads as follows:  Hawes  On January 11th, a highly respected citizen passed quietly to his rest in the person of Martin Hawes.  With great grace and Christian fortitude he bore his illness for nearly five years.  He was born on Lot 7, Con. 11, East Garafraxa, April 20th, 1861, the third son of the late Horace Hawes, who came to Canada in the year 1886 from England, and cleared out of the dense forests, the farm still being held by the family.  He was one of a family of ten and in 1889, untied in marriage with Maisie Smith of Erin Township.  To this union there were born two sons; M. Ross and Horace Martin, the latter dying in childhood.  Mr Hawes farmed for several years after his marriage in East Garafraxa and in 1903 moved with his family to New Ontario, settling in the Dryden Clay Belt in the district of Kenora.  He began making a home out of the wilderness and had made a success of farming in that new country when there were no roads, no schools or churches, and helped in every way to make that part of the country what is now a prosperous and progressive farming community.  He was a councillor for several years in the municipality of Machin, and by his kind and gentle manner, made a host of friends.  In 1922 he disposed of his farm, in Sanford and came back tot he scene of his childhood and bought a residence in Hillsburg, where he lived until his death.  He leaves to mourn the loss of a devoted husband and father, his wife, one son and two grand-children; four brothers, four sisters; John F and George of East Garafraxa; Holly and Allison of Meaford; Mrs Geo. Simpson, Waldemar; Mrs. W. E. Nodwell, Mrs R. Nodwell, Mrs. R. Mann of Hillsburg.  One brother Wm., predeceased him.  Friends from a distance who attended the funeral were his son Ross, station agent at McConnell Manitoba; H. Hawes Meaford and friends from Guelph, Fergus, Grand Valley and Everton.  The pall bearers were his nephews, J. Hawse, W. Hawse and H. Hawse.  H. Simpson, W. Nodwell, and E. Mann.  The funeral took place from his late residence on January 15th, his pastor, Rev. C. Jolliffe of the United Church conducted the services at the home and grave, when a large concourse of friends assembled to pay the last respects to the departed.  The floral tributes were mute evidence of the esteem in which the deceased was held.

Vital Statistics Index HAWES, Marten, m, January 11, 1929, 67 years 3 months 20 days, Ontario, cause – broncho pneumonia & paresis, burial Prices Corners, farmer, infm Wm NODWELL brother in law, parents Horace HAWES born England & Ann REDMAN born Ontario, Hillsburg, Erin Twp (Wellington Co.) 037187-29

Ontario, Canada Deaths, 1869-1932 Record info about Martin Hawes
Name: Martin Hawes Death Date: 11 Jan 1929 Death Location: Wellington Gender: Male Estimated Birth Year: abt 1862 Birth Location: On  William Nodwell, his brother in law, was the informant on his death.