Foster Lee Hawkins, <

1879 - 1966  (86 years)

• Name	Foster Lee Hawkins  [1]
  Suffix	<
  Birth	15 Jun 1879	Setauket, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	1966	Port Jefferson, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [2]
  Burial	Port Jefferson (Cedar Hill Cemetery), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [2]
  Person ID	I6715	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	17 Sep 2023

  
  

  Father	John Foster Hawkins, <,   b. 7 Jan 1846, Nassakeag (now South Setauket), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY d. 24 Feb 1922, Port Jefferson, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Irene Maria Lee, <,   b. 19 Oct 1852, Coram, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY d. 26 Apr 1891, Port Jefferson, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY (Age 38 years)
  Marriage	27 Feb 1878  [1]
  Family ID	F3119	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Eva Lodema Southard,   b. 24 Apr 1878   d. 21 May 1917, Bridgeport, Fairfield, CT (Age 39 years)
  Marriage	11 Dec 1898  [2]
  Children	1. Irene Lodema Hawkins, <,   b. 22 Jan 1900, Port Jefferson, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY d. Apr 1985 (Age 85 years)
  Family ID	F3166	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 May 2026

  
  

  Family 2	Gertrude Estelle Turner,   b. 22 Mar 1891   d. Dec 1975, Port Jefferson, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY (Age 84 years)
  Marriage	2 Apr 1918	Boston, Suffolk, MA   [2]
  Children	1. John Augustus Hawkins, <,   b. 13 Jun 1919, West Newton, Middlesex, MA d. 20 Nov 2005, Honolulu, HI, USA (Age 86 years)   2. Mary Estelle Hawkins, <,   b. 13 Aug 1920, Port Jefferson, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY d. Yes, date unknown   3. Lee Turner Hawkins, <,   b. 22 Dec 1932, Port Jefferson, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY d. 16 Sep 1981 (Age 48 years)
  Family ID	F3167	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 May 2026

  
  

• Notes

  Foster Lee Hawkins worked with the Port Jefferson shipyard (formerly the John T. Mather Shipyard). After his public schooling and three year apprenticeship in his father's shipyard, he took a four year course in naval architecture and resumed work with his father. From 1901 to 1914 he managed the shipyard of the Lake Torpedo Boat Company in Bridgeport, CT. From 1914 to 1918 he was President of the New Haven Shipyard and Yacht Builders, Inc. In 1918, he organized and directed the Housatonic Shipbuilding Company of Stratford, CT. During WWI he was Senior Marine Engineer with the U.S. Government designing and building Army Transport Vessels. Following WWI, he sold his interests in the shipyards. He retired in 1927 for reasons of health. He subsequently sold life insurance, was a welfare investigator and a reporter for the Long Island News. He ended his working career as a watchman for Saint Paul's School, Garden City, NY.

  
  

• Sources

  [S12] p. 124. [S12] p. 191.