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Place of Birth
Georgia, US
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Place of Death
New York, US
Bishop Hawkins was born on March 10, 1901, in Georgia, the son of Mary and George. He had one son and five daughters with Beatrice Rossi Maul Lucas Myers (Hawkins). He died on September 16, 1936, in New York City, New York, at the age of 35.
From the records
Bishop Hawkins’s death certificate, filed in the Bronx, records his death on September 16, 1936, at Riverside Hospital. It gives his date of birth as March 10, 1901, and his age as 35 years, 6 months and 6 days, which agrees with that date. It names his wife as Beatrice Hawkins and his father as George, gives his occupation as demonstrator, and records his burial at Silver Mount Cemetery. The informant is given as “Decedent”, that is, Bishop himself.
Not yet settled. The certificate gives his mother’s maiden name as Mary Rawlins; the family tree has Mary Long. It gives his birthplace only as “U.S.A.” and says he had lived in New York City all his life, while the family tree says he was born in Georgia. The city’s online index lists his age as 36; the certificate itself says 35.
Sources for the records above
- Original record image. City of New York, Department of Health, certificate of death no. 8899 (Bronx, 1936), Bishop Hawkins; NYC Municipal Archives, Historical Vital Records, record D-B-1936-0008899. View the certificate (free).
- Government index. NYC Department of Records and Information Services, index to digitized death certificates, 1862–1948 (NYC Open Data dataset 797j-9xvg): Bishop Hawkins, Bronx, certificate 8899, September 16, 1936, age “36 y”. About this index. It was made from the same city records as the certificate, so it is not an independent confirmation.
All sources accessed October 23, 2026.
Family research reference
View this person in Tyson R. Mosby’s Ancestry family tree (exported October 18, 2026). This reference supplements the biography and family memories preserved above. Ancestry tree entries are family research; conflicting details remain subject to review.
Bishop Hawkins
(1901 - 1936)