Hugh Glewis Tonkin (1813 - 1896)

Born 1813 in Redruth, Cornwall, England

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Ann (Hosken) Tonkin — married 11 Mar 1840 in St Gluvias, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom

Died 1896 at about age 83 in Sanson, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand

Biography

Hugh Tonkin migrated from Cornwall to New Zealand.

This profile is part of the Tonkin Name Study.

Hugh was baptised on October 10, 1813 in Redruth, Cornwall, England. He is the son of Stephen Tonkin and Susanna Harris.^[1]

Cornwall Online Parish Clerks
Institution Inmates database has the description of Hugh Gluvias Tonkin:

28 Apr 1838

Bodmin Debtor Institution

Insolvent Court

Hugh Gluvias Tonkin

carpenter

abode Redruth

age 24

height 6-0

grey eyes

brown hair

fresh complexion

plaintiff Richard Hosken

officer Joseph Tregoning

He married Mary Anne Hoskin 11 Mar 1840 in St Gluvias ^[2]

Hugh G Tonkin 59 carpenter and Mary A 59 emigrated to New Zealand on the Douglas, arriving in Wellington 22 Oct 1874 ^{[3] [4]}

Mary Ann Tonkin died on Somes Island quarantine facility on 2 Nov 1874 ^[5]

New Zealand electoral roll 1880-81 and 1885-86: Hugh Glavis Tonkin residence Manawatu, Wellington occupation carpenter ^{[6] [7]}

Hugh Tonkin died 1896 in Sanson, New Zealand ^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N5DF-B57 : 21 March 2020), Hugh Gluyas Tonkin, 1813.
2. ↑ "England Marriages, 1538–1973 ", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NVRG-46L : 13 March 2020), Hugh Glavis Tonkin, 1840.
3. ↑ Cornwall Online Parish Clerks Emigrants database
4. ↑ "New Zealand, Archives New Zealand, Passenger Lists, 1839-1973," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FSYD-Q6L : 9 March 2021), Hugh G Tonkin, 22 Oct 1874; citing ship , Archives New Zealand, Wellington; FHL microfilm 004412822.
5. ↑ Births Deaths and Marriages New Zealand registration number 1874/14461
6. ↑ "New Zealand, Electoral Rolls, 1865-1957", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6ZF3-4XLS : 11 June 2021), Hugh Glavis Tonkin, 1880-1881.
7. ↑ "New Zealand, Electoral Rolls, 1865-1957", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:D42R-RM6Z : 1 September 2021), Hugh Glavis Tonkin, 1885.
8. ↑ Ancestry.com. New Zealand, Death Index, 1848-1966 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.

• "England and Wales Census, 1871", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VFVD-PJ2 : 12 July 2021), Hugh G Tonkin in entry for Jane Hosken, 1871.