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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Devon => England => Devon Lookup Requests => Topic started by: doug1 on Thursday 12 April 12 21:49 BST (UK)
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hello every one, thanks for the info, on the howarths i have received a lot of info.
i would like to change the family name i am looking for if i can ? the mane is hookway or hookaway, my wife's ggdather was william hookway and was born in bideford 1837 but before the registration was started and a researcher told me that his parents name was hookaway in the parish records but he could not help me anymore. could anyone shed some light on the mystery.
Moderator comment: split from Howarth thread and moved from Lancashire board
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Hiya Doug
I see you are online
Did your William Hookway marry Bridgit O`Meally 11th August 1867 in North Yass ,New South Wales,Australia
died 16th May 1911.....??
if so he was born in 1836 and his father was Richard Hookway
born in Bideford,Devon England
go to
www.familysearch.org
then click on previous site
click on search
then advanced search
william hookway
baptism/birth
1837 +/ - 10 years
search
allan :)
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hello allen,
thank you for the info as i have not been able out any thing , i have a copy of the 1841 census and i deos not says thay his farther was a richard
and he was 4 yrs old if it was the wright wiiliam? and i have not been able to find out when he came to aus? he came with brother john,deos it say who his mother was? sorry about all these Questions.
regards doug
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hi allen,
yes it was my wife's ggfather william who married elizabeth o'meally.
doug
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OK Doug....William who married Brigit O`Meally has a Pedigree Resource File on www.familysearch.org
you say Elizabeth O`Meally - the official bishops transcript states BRIGIT ...
the 1841 census gave a leeway of 5 years - so William was born 1836 according to the Pedigree file...father Richard...so at least we know his year of birth and his dads name...let me see if I can find a marriage for a Richard Hookway in Bideford circa 1830 ish
allan
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hi allen,
i am sorry it was briget, sometime ago i contacted the devon family history and the chap said he looked up the parish registers and came back with a william born in1837 with
his parents being a william hookaway and mother elizabeth denniss so who do we believe?? and that's all he could for me.
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Who is given as the father on the marriage certificate in Australia?
Who are stated to be his parents on his death certificate in Australia?
Is there any further information on the passenger lists etc on entering Australia?
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hi allen again,
i don;t have a copy of his marriage cert but on his death cert it says that his father was richard and mothers name is on it, according to my wifes father william and his brother came out on the same boat to melbourne in the 1850s which i can't find any more details on the boat. i have received family trees from various people and the are split on who williams parents are -william and elizabeth according to the lds site or richard and no mothers name .
doug
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There's a William Hookway sailing from Melbourne to Sydney on the "Wonga Wonga" arriving 15 Nov 1866. Certainly easier to get to Yass from Sydney than Melbourne.
No sign of any other Hookways on the ship though.
Hookway seems to be quite a common name in Bideford. A William Hookway, wife Ann and ten children (including another William) arrived at New York on a direct sailing from there in 1837.
There are also at least two seamen, James & John Hookway, born Bideford c1840, listed several times as crew on ships arriving at Australian ports.
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hello, ?
according to my wife;s farther two brothers william and john came out to aus and when at melbourne
they jumprd ship, the bdm's says that a john hookway died in sydney in 1934 and his parents names are william and elizabeth and on the 1841 census in england there is a william aged 4 and a youger brother john and their
parents name's are william and elizabeth hookway, wether the james on the boat was supposed to williamor not ??
regards doug
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hello again allen,
i will order a copy of william and brigets marriage cert to see wether it says who the parents are ?? it will take a couple of weeks
to get it. have i spoken to you before allen??.
doug
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hello andrew,
would you have the names of the ships that the hookways came out on??
doug
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good morning every one,
it is a lovely day here today, i received a copy of william's marriage cert this week and it does not have the names of his parents on the cert .i also have a photo of william hookway .
doug
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Hi Doug,
William HOOKAWAY was baptised 7 May 1837 Bideford parents William a lab and Elizabeth
John HOOKAWAY was baptised 12 May 1839 Bideford parents William a lab and Elizabeth
William HOOKAWAY = Elizabeth DENNISS 21 Apr 1833 Bideford
It would pay you to follow up on the parish record of the marriage. Please see
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,546609.0.html
That record is a pedigree resource file so it has been submitted and may not be correct. The fathers name may have been taken from a death certificate. Information on death certificates is only as good as the person providing the information. These boys are not with their family in 1861 and I am not spotting them elsewhere. Suggest you try the Australia Board for any Australian records you are after.
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/board,165.0.html
Cheers Kris :)
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hi kris,
thank you for the info on the hookways, when the came to australia they dropped the a in hookaways and
became hookway, i also received an email from the devon family history and they came up with the same
names but no one else has come up with the name of hookaways?.