John Edmund Gawin

John Gawin is the proprietor of Gawin Bros/ hardware store, 709-11 Windlake avenue, one of the most important hardware establishments on the South side. He is a native of Milwaukee, son of John and Appolonia (Martin) Gawin, both of whom were of Polish birth. John Gawin, senior, came to Milwaukee from Poland in 1869 and was employed by the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad as foreman of a section gang of painters. In this occupation he remained some years, and upon leaving it engaged in the hardware business on the South side with his brother-in-law. The firm was known as Gawin Bros., and until his death, Jan. 18, 1908, Mr. Gawin continued this business with marked success and built up a large and profitable trade. He left a family of six children : Stacey, who married Lawrence Gizella ; Mary, Lena, John, Catherine,, and Henry. John Gawin, the subject of this sketch, was born in Milwaukee, Oct. 25, 1886, attended both public and parochial schools, graduated- from Marquette College, and entered the employ of his father, to whose business he has succeeded. He became thoroughly conversant with all the details of the hardware business under his father's instruction and carries a complete and up-to-date stock of all kinds of hardware. Mr. Gawin is a young man of absolute integrity and honest business principles and merits a continuance of the confidence which the house enjoyed during the life of his father. The family are devout members of St. Stanislaus Polish Roman Catholic church. Mr. Gawin belongs to the Polish National Alliance and to the Fraternal Order of Eagles. He adheres loyally to the principles of the Democratic party and takes an active interest in the political questions of the day.

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