William was born in 1871. He is the son of Walter Wilkins and Harriet Campkin. He married Alice Amelia Cotton in 1895 in Holborn, London, England.
Census
1881 England Census: Name: William Wilkins; Event Place: St Andrew Holborn Above The Bars And St George The Martyr, London,Middlesex, England; Registration District: Holborn; Residence Note: Lambs Conduit; Gender: Male; Age: 9; Marital Status: Single; Occupation: Scholar; Relationship to Head of Household: Son; Birth Year (Estimated): 1872; Birthplace: London, Middlesex, England
Walter Wilkins Head M 44 Salisbury, Wiltshire, England
Harriet Wilkins Wife F 41 Chislehurst, Kent, England
William Wilkins Son M 9 London, Middlesex, England
Harriett Wilkins Daughter F 7 London, Middlesex, England
1891 England Census: Name: William Wilkins; County: London; Parish: St Andrew Holborn Above The Bars And St George The; Ecclesiastical Parish: ST GEORGE THE MARTYR; Registration District: Holborn; Gender: Male; Age: 19; Marital Status: Single; Occupation: Letter Sorter; Relationship to Head of Household: Son; Birth Year (Estimated): 1872; Birthplace: London, England
Harriet Wilkins Head F 51 Kent, England
William Wilkins Son M 19 London, England
Hariet Wilkins Daughter F 17 London, England
Horace Wilkins Son M 12 London, England
Alfred Wilkins Son M 9 Bloomsbury, London, England
1901 England Census: Name: William Wilkins; Event Place: St Pancras, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom; County: London, Middlesex; Civil Parish: St Pancras; Ecclesiastical Parish: Saint Benet And All Saints; Sub-District: Kentish Town; Registration District: St Pancras; Gender: Male; Age: 29; Occupation: SORTER G P O; Relationship to Head of Household: Head; Birth Year (Estimated): 1872; Birthplace: Holborn, London
William Wilkins Head M 29 Holborn, London
Alice A Wilkins Wife F 26 Exeter, Devonshire
Winifred Wilkins Daughter F 4 St Pancras, London
Ruby D Wilkins Daughter F 2 St Pancras, London
Horace L Wilkins Son M 0 St Pancras, London
1911 England Census: Name: William Wilkins; Event Place: Islington, London, England, United Kingdom; Sub-District: Tufnell; Registration District: Islington; Gender: Male; Age: 39; Marital Status: Married; Occupation: SORTE: Industry: POST OFFICE; Birth Year (Estimated): 1872; Birthplace: London Sr George The Martye, London; Relationship to Head of Household: Head
William Wilkins Head M 39 London Sr George The Martye, London
Alice Wilkins Wife F 36 Exeter, Devonshire
Winifred Wilkins Daughter F 14 London Camden Town, London
Ruby Wilkins Daughter F 12 London Ish Town, Kent
Horace Wilkins Son M 10 London Ish Town, Kent
Stanley Wilkins Son M 8 London Ish Town, Kent
Alfred Wilkins Son M 5 London Ish Town, Kent
Walter Wilkins Son M 2 London Upper Holloway, London
Sources
WILKINS, WILLIAM; Mother’s Maiden Name: CAMPKIN; GRO Reference: 1871 S Quarter in HOLBORN Volume 01B Page 564
"England and Wales Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q27S-M32G : 8 December 2017), William Wilkins in household of Walter Wilkins, St Andrew Holborn Above The Bars And St George The Martyr, London,Middlesex, England; from "1881 England, Scotland and Wales Census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing p. 31, Piece/Folio 339/19, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey; FHL microfilm 101,774,243.
"England and Wales Census, 1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QWPN-YPZ : 1 May 2019), William Wilkins in household of Harriet Wilkins, London, England, United Kingdom; from "1891 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 12, London county, subdistrict, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
"England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X9ZG-PNZ : 20 May 2019), William Wilkins, St Pancras, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing Kentish Town subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
"England and Wales Census, 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XWLG-HGT : 1 August 2019), William Wilkins, Islington, London, England, United Kingdom; from "1911 England and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 14, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William: