After the death of his father, William move to Breage, Cornwall with his mother and sister.
Sources
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDC8-2PN : 14 January 2022), Wm. Tonkin in household of W. M. Tonkin, Gold Hill, Storey, Nevada, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
"England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XSHX-MFR : 21 May 2019), William Tonkin in household of Emily Tonkin, Breage, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing Breage subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
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