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Hello, I am trying to trace any relatives of William Hawkins. He married Mary Ann. They came to Plymouth around 1860. Children, William 1833, Anna Matilda 1840, Hugo Francis 1842. William snr was a ships carpenter, Willaim son was a seaman injured in the 2nd Opium Wars and became a gunnery trainer on the shore based "ships" in Plymouth. Hugo, known as Francis was ships cook on HMS Himalaya as well as Victory I. Anna married a Met Police Officer and lived in Plymouth area. Francis ended up in Portsea.

Can't find any children of Anna and William Henry Taylor (1881 has her mistranscribed as Tayor).

It would be useful to find anything about these Irish roots. I think they came from Belfast originally as William son was born Belfast, and the other 2 children in Donaghadee, just up the road.

Some churchyard records form Belfast suggest perhaps some other children were born and died - I think there was a bad measles epidemic at the time. This may be why they moved away.

Any help and/or pointers most welcome.

Thanks for reading.

Rob

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William Hawking
England and Wales Census, 1881

birth: 1813 —Ireland
residence: 1881 —Devonport Stoke-Damerel, Devonshire, England
census: 1881 —Devonport Stoke-Damerel, Devonshire, England
spouse: Mary Hawking

record title: England and Wales Census, 1881
name: William Hawking
age: 68
gender: Male
birth year: 1813
birthplace: Ireland
relationship to head of household: Head
marital condition: Married
profession/occupation: Greenwich Pensioner
address: 110 Albert Road
census place: Devonport Stoke-Damerel, Devonshire, England
disability: Blind
record type: Household
family history library film: 1341533
the national archives reference: RG11
piece/folio: 2213 / 78
page number: 58

Yes, thanks, this is my gt gt grandfather. I have details for him once he came over to Plymouth (Mary, William and Francis came first, followed by William snr and Anna.) I did find this mis-transcribed record - ta.

What I think happened is that William son came back from the wars injured and mum and son came over to look after him and when he got the job as a gunnery trainer in Plymouth, father and daughter decided to up sticks and come over as well. Well, it's a good story ;-)

It's finding anything about them in Ireland and ancestors which is/will be difficult. Also, anything about Anna Matilda - I'm surprised there's no sign of any births.

Rob

William HAWKINS . Donaghadee of Shore St, Donaghadee; keeper of the public baths in 1846
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~rosdavies/SURNAMES/H/HavHaz.htm

Ellen

Anna Matilda Hawkins

Birth 1840 in Donaghadee, County Down, Ireland
Death Dec 1905 in St Germans

William Henry Taylor

Birth 1836 in Tiverton
Death Mar 1920 in St Germans


From a tree on Ancestry

Hugo Francis Hawkins

Birth 4 Jun 1842 in Donaghadee, County Down, Ireland
Death 1915 in Portsmouth

Eliza Crabb

Birth 21 Jul 1840 in North Tawton (Okehampton 10/161)
Death Jun 1900 in Portsea

Same tree in Ancestry

William Hawkins

Birth 1831 in Donaghadee, County Down, Ireland
Death

Same tree

Who would have signed William H Taylors death certificate?

Thanks Ellen,

I have all the above info, but I wonder who has a tree with my rellies on Ancestry? I'm not on Ancestry .. so can't check.

Not sure if the public bath owner would have been my William as he was a Ship's Carpenter and continued in the service of the Navy until he got his pension. Mind you, still not impossible.


Hmmm

Rob

The Ancestry trees from what I can see are "public" and I would guess they are mine! So, not a lot of use ...

Regards

Rob