Job Willis Hawkins 1872 to 1940 married Hanorah Duggan and Idalia Peck

Job Willis Hawkins was the seventh child of Susan Wilson and Joseph Hawkins. He was born in Kurrajong in 1872 and died there in 1940. He married firstly to Hanorah Duggan in 1895 and after Hanorah's death in 1928, he married Idalia Dulcie Peck (daughter of Robert and Emily Peck) in 1935. Known as 'Aunty Dulcie', she was the sister of Job's daughter in law, Emily Edith Peck.

Job worked for Colo Shire Council and also carted timber to Richmond including Black Wattle called 'Kurrajong Wool'. Later Job worked for Phillip Charley at Belmont North Richmond where he met his first wife Hanorah. Hanorah was a young widow who left Sydney with her first child, Dora Priscilla.

Job is mentioned in a number of newspaper articles which you can read here


With Hanorah Duggan, Job had eight children.

1. Glen Willis 1895 - 1946 married Alice Butler in 1920. They had ten children.

2. Norman Joseph Bruce 1898 - 1898. He is buried at St Gregory's Catholic Church Kurrajong

3. Eileen 1900 - 1960 married William Beck in 1918. They had three children.

4. Athol John Edward 1902 - 1934 married Clorine Coady in 1925. They had three children.

5. Reginald William Gregory 1905 - 1975 married Emily Edith Peck in 1927. They had eleven children.

6. Norah 1907 - 1994 married Robert Peck in 1925 and Darcy Upton in 1946. She had three children with Robert Peck.

7. Margaretta 1911 - 1911 died as an infant. She is buried at St Gregory's Catholic Church Kurrajong.

8. Ellen Yulabah Kathleen 1913 - 1992 married Ernest Bottle in 1930 and Thomas Delaney in 1961. She had three children with Ernest Bottle.