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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Essex => Topic started by: Kriti on Saturday 08 October 11 13:14 BST (UK)
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Returning to the fray and trying to find more about my Hawkins ancestors.
I have census problems.
I have the family in the 1881 and in the 1891 census. My Great-grandfather George and his wife Eliza and a heap of children, including my grandfather William.
I cannot find William again for a long time, until he re-appears in Colchester in August 1911 when he marries Florence Pritchard.
I have done a general census search for each family member and I found Willliam's mother and 2 of his brothers in 1911, but none of the others.
I want to find where William was. Can anyone advise me on more places to look please.
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Hi
He may have been serving in the military in 1901 in which case it is less likely you will find him on the 1901 census given that country was at war - Boer War 1899-1902.
Regards
Valda
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Ta. I did have a gander at the Boer War records, but couldn't find a match.
Would he have shown on the census if he was in prison?
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Returning to the fray and trying to find more about my Hawkins ancestors.
I have census problems.
I have the family in the 1881 and in the 1891 census. My Great-grandfather George and his wife Eliza and a heap of children, including my grandfather William.
I cannot find William again for a long time, until he re-appears in Colchester in August 1911 when he marries Florence Pritchard.
I have done a general census search for each family member and I found Willliam's mother and 2 of his brothers in 1911, but none of the others.
I want to find where William was. Can anyone advise me on more places to look please.
Hi Do you live in colchester You could try the poll books in the library or the absent voters lists The family are in my tree on ancestry as they are rellies
Regards Ronnie :)
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No I live south of Bristol and that complicates matters. I have quite a few Hawkins's who've cropped up on census returns and tying them all together is a nightmare. ::)
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Returning to the fray and trying to find more about my Hawkins ancestors.
I have census problems.
I have the family in the 1881 and in the 1891 census. My Great-grandfather George and his wife Eliza and a heap of children, including my grandfather William.
I cannot find William again for a long time, until he re-appears in Colchester in August 1911 when he marries Florence Pritchard.
I have done a general census search for each family member and I found Willliam's mother and 2 of his brothers in 1911, but none of the others.
I want to find where William was. Can anyone advise me on more places to look please.
Hello again
in 1901 William is living at 59 military road colchester with his widowed mother and his siblings he is working as a Boot Laster There were quite a few Boot Factories in Colchester then as it was a very big industry in the town along with tailoring Colchester is a Garrison Town The marriage was 5th august 1901 in colchester and they had at least 5 children Grace emily 1905 Frederick walter 1907 Galdys Hilda 1910 George william 1911 Ernest Victor 1913
Rosetta Hawins his sister is the wife of my Great Grand Uncle
Ronnie :)