Charles Hawkins (1847)

Biography

Charles was born in 1847 in Biggin or Church Fenton, Yorkshire, England, where he lived with his parents, George Hawkin and Elizabeth Baker, in 1851^[1] and 1861.^[2]

At the time of the 1871 census, Charles boarded with the Richardson family while he worked as an agricultural labourer in Eastrington, Yorkshire.^[3]

In 1873 he married Annie Hewson in Aughton.^[4][5] She died in 1880 at the age of 32.^[6] In 1881 Charles and his son George lived with Ann's parents, John and Mary Hewson, in Ellerton, Yorkshire. Charles worked as a teazle labourer.^[7]

In 1891 he worked as a pit labourer, boarding with the Nicholson family in Allerton Bywater, Yorkshire.^[8] Charles was a colliery platelayer in 1901, when he lived in Featherstone, Yorkshire.^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1851," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SPMW-MJB : 12 September 2019), Charles Hawkin in household of George Hawkin, , Yorkshire,Yorkshire (West Riding), England; citing , Yorkshire,Yorkshire (West Riding), England, p. 13, from "1851 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
2. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1861," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M71K-93T : 24 October 2019), Charles Hawkin, Rufforth, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom; from "1861 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 9, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
3. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1871", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZLT-544 : 24 April 2019), Charles Hawkins in entry for Robert Richardson, 1871.
4. ↑ Aughton. 25 Nov 1873. Charles Hawkin (26; bachelor; labourer; of Eastrington; father [illegible], labourer) married Annie Hewson (25; spinster; servant; of Aughton; father John Hewson, labourer). Both signed. Witnesses George Hewson and Sarah Horsefield.
   findmypast.co.uk. Yorkshire Marriages Transcription. Accessed 26 May 2020
5. ↑ GRO civil registration marriage index entry. Charles Hawkin and Annie Hewson. Vol 9d p 175. Dec quarter 1873. Registration district Howden. FreeBMD.org.uk
6. ↑ GRO civil registration death index entry. Annie Hawkin. Vol 9d p 57. Dec quarter 1880. Registration district Howden. Age 32. FreeBMD.org.uk
7. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q27B-SCTN : 11 December 2017), Chares Hawkin in household of John Hewson, Ellerton, Yorkshire,Yorkshire East Riding, England; from "1881 England, Scotland and Wales Census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing p. 11, Piece/Folio 4736/9, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey; FHL microfilm 101,775,326.
8. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7J9Z-R3Z : 7 May 2019), Charles Hawkins in household of Jane Nicholson, Allerton Bywater, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom; from "1891 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 12, Yorkshire, Yorkshire (West Riding) county, subdistrict, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
9. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X95J-JS7 : 21 May 2019), Charles Hawkin in household of John Lowe, Featherstone, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing Pontefract subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.