Mason Irving Hawkins, <

1889 - 1968  (79 years)

• Name	Mason Irving Hawkins  [1]
  Suffix	<
  Birth	25 Jan 1889	CO   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Death	15 Jun 1968	Seattle, King, WA   [6, 7, 8]
  	Cause: He was cremated.
  Burial	Seattle (Lake View cemetery), King, Wa   [6]
  Person ID	I1217	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	17 Sep 2023

  
  

  Father	Erastus Corning Hawkins, ^,   b. 8 Sep 1860, South Haven, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY d. 9 Apr 1912, New York, New York, NY (Age 51 years)
  Mother	Emma Augusta Sullivan,   b. Abt 1859, NY d. 13 Jan 1925, Seattle, King, WA (Age 66 years)
  Marriage	9 Jun 1887  [9, 10]
  Family ID	F648	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Marguerite Beckwith Gaffney,   b. 14 Aug 1880, Boulder, Broadwater, Montana, United States d. 9 Apr 1983, King, Washington, United States (Age 102 years)
  Marriage	19 Sep 1917	Seattle, King, WA   [11, 12]
  Children	1. Nancy Hawkins, <,   b. 23 Dec 1921, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F652	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 May 2026

  
  

• Notes

  While some early documentation records his name as Irving Mason Hawkins, he seems to have used the formulation Mason Irving Hawkins in later life.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2] p. 137. [S115] Roll: 2497; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 89; Image: 385.0. [S409] . Indicates year of birth as 1888. [S169] http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=16597826. Grave is marked 1889. [S12] p. 180. Footnote indicates that year may be 1889. [S169] http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=16597826. [S402] 20 June 1968, p. 28. At his request, there were no funeral services for Mason I. Hawkins, 1115 Federal Ave. E, who died Monday at his home. There was cremation. Born in Denver, Mr. Hawkins came here in 1898. He attrended the University of Washington. He worked for the Copper River & Northwestern Railway Co. in Alaska before joining the Navy during World War I. He assisted in production of the NC-4 which in 1919 became the first plane to cross the Atlantic non-stop. He returned here in the late 1920s and became civilian inspector of naval aircraft at the Boeing Co. In 1934 he became director of inspection of naval aircraft at Hartford, Conn., and returned here to become civilian director-inspector of naval material, retiring in 1955. Surviving are his wife, Marguerite; daughter, Mrs. Arnold Wisbeck, Mercer Island; a sister, Mrsd. John F. Collins, Seattle, and a brother, Howard H. Hawkins, Vashon Island. [S112] SS #535-44-2815. [S2] p. 78. [S396] p. 15. [S169] http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=16597826. FindAGrave entry included image of marriage certificate. [S12] p. 180.