Hi,
My gt grandfather's family moved from Donaghadee, Co. Down at some point.
In 1861 they were at:
?Millbey/Willbay House, Plymouth
M.A. Hawkins Head Mar 51 Dressmaker b Ireland
Hugh Hawkins son 18 Baker Confectioner b Ireland
William son 30 Royal Navy b Ireland
Hugh is in fact Hugo Francis, but he used Francis as his known name. He also joined the RN and his service record shows his first ship 1871. He married Elizabeth Ann Crabb (see other entry) in 1862.
Does anyone know of this family? (Long shot, but if so, we could be related).
I would like to find my gt gt grandfather ... I am assuming that MA Hwakins was quite likely Margaret. Mary would be unlikely given the son's name of William. I would guess that perhaps the father was also William in the long standing tradition of naming first son ...
I would also like to trace son William, my gt uncle, as I have a photograph of him in his Sailor's uniform, from a newspaper article in 1945 when my father received his DSC.
Francis and wife settled in Portsea, and Elizabeth was known as Eliza. Their daughter Kate was my grandmother, who married Charles Fletcher.
It might be significant that their first child in Portsea, Francis, was born in 1871 about the time Hugo signed up.
TIA
Rob
