Caroline Bateham1

b. 27 October 1848, d. 4 September 1943
FatherGeorge Washington Bateham2 b. Apr 1811, d. 17 Jul 1887
MotherCelestia Hoover2 b. 1813, d. 19 Apr 1859
Birth27 Oct 1848 Caroline Bateham was born on 27 Oct 1848 in Portland, Jay County, Indiana.1 
Marriage21 Sep 1874 She married Fountain Beaty Hawk, son of William Henry Hawk and Margaret Edmiston Davis, on 21 Sep 1874 in Liscomb, Marshall County, Iowa.1 
  Caroline and Fountain spent their married lives farming in Felix township (Grundy County) where they raised 4 children.3,4 
  Fountain's half brother John Hawk also lived in Felix township. His wife was Isabelle Bateham. She was Caroline's sister. 
Widowed9 Nov 1901  Fountain died in the fall of 1901. He was only 52.1 
Cens-191021 Apr 1910  Caroline's son Thomas married between 1900 and 1910. By 1910 he lived in Minneapolis. Caroline and her daughter Meg were enumerated in 1910 boarding in the home of the Edgar Wilson family in Benton County (Iowa) where Meg was employed as a school teacher.5,1 
Cens-19206 Jan 1920  Meg married in 1917. In 1920 Caroline and her other daughter Tura were recorded boarding at a home in Berkeley, California.6,1 
Cens-19308 Apr 1930  In the years that followed Tura purchased a home at 1106 Glendora Avenue in Oakland, California. She taught for many years in the Oakland public schools and also provided a home for her mother.7 
Death4 Sep 1943 Caroline died on 4 Sep 1943 in Oakland, Alameda County, California, at age 94.1 
Burial She was buried at Mountain View Cemetery in Oakland.1 

Family

Fountain Beaty Hawk b. 26 Sep 1849, d. 9 Nov 1901
Children
  • Thomas Everett Hawk8 (6 Nov 1876 - )
  • Tura A. Hawk8 (Aug 1882 - 21 Sep 1955)
  • Fred Duward Hawk8 (31 Mar 1885 - 16 Apr 1966)
  • Meg May Hawk8 (1 Nov 1886 - Nov 1969)
Last Edited17 May 2010

Citations

  1. [S2373] Thomas Hawk, "Fountain Beaty Hawk family group sheet", compiled Jan 2010.
  2. [S2374] Thomas Hawk, "George Washington Bateham family group sheet", compiled Jan 2010.
  3. [S1317] F. Hawk household, 1880 U.S. cens., Grundy Co., IA, pop. sched., Felix township, ED 230, page 14B, dwelling 121, family 121, viewed online at Ancestry.com, May 2008, image 14 of 21. Household includes F. Hawk, 31, farmer, b. IL, father b. VA, mother b. IN; Carrie 31, wife, b. IN, father b. England, mother b. __; T.E., son, 3, b. IA, father b. IL, mother b. IN; Ed Miller, 19, laborer.
  4. [S1968] Fountain B. Hawk household, 1900 U.S. cens., Grundy Co., Iowa, pop. sched., Felix township, ED 42, sheet 1B, dwelling 18, family 18, viewed online at Ancestry.com, May 2008, image 2 of 14. Household includes Fountain B. Hawk, 50, b. Sept. 1849, marr 25 yrs, b. IL, father b. VA, mother b. IN, farmer, owns home; Caroline, wife, 51, b. Oct. 1868, marr 25 yrs, mother of 4 children, all living, b. IN, father b. VA, mother b. PA; Thomas E., son, 23, b. Nov. 1877; Vitura _, dau, 17, b. Aug. 1882, school teacher; Fred D., son, 15, b. Mar 1885; Maggie _, dau, 12, b. Nov. 1887; all children b. IA.
  5. [S2420] Edgar V. Wilson household, 1910 U.S. cens., Benton Co., Iowa, pop. sched., Shellsburg, ED 20, sheet 3B, dwelling 92, family 93, viewed online at Ancestry.com, May 2010. Household includes: Edgar V. Wilson, 72, b. Mass, postmaster (and family); Caroline Hawk, boarder, 59, wid, mother of 4 children, all are living, b. IN; Meg M. Hawk, boarder, 22, sgl, b. IA, public school teacher.
  6. [S2063] Adelaide W. Marquand household, 1920 U.S. cens., Alameda Co., California, pop. sched., Berkeley, ED 184, sheet 4A (p. 52 stamped), dwelling 40, family 66, viewed online at Ancestry.com, May 2010. Enumeration included residents of a boarding house at 2223 Chapel St. run by Mrs. Marquand. The boarders included: Carolyn Hawk, 70, wid, b. IN; Tura A. Hawk, 30, b. IA; neither indicated an occupation.
  7. [S2421] Tura Hawk household, 1930 U.S. cens., Alameda Co., California, pop. sched., Oakland, ED 1-203, sheet 8B, dwelling 177, family 185, viewed online at Ancestry.com, May 2010. Household includes: Tura Hawk, 43, b. IN/Eng/VA, public school teacher, owns home worth $6,000, owns radio; Caroline, mother, 81, wid, marr at 22, b. CA/Germ/CA [Note: the birth info for these entries is not correct]; resid at 1106 Glendora Ave.
  8. [S1966] "Fountain Hawk Dead", Conrad (Iowa) Record, 15 Nov. 1901.