HOOKAWAY -Bideford

[doug1]

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

[garstonite]

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

[doug1]

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

[doug1]

hi allen,
      yes it was my wife's ggfather william who married elizabeth o'meally.
         doug

[garstonite]

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

[doug1]

 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.

[Gibel]

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?

[doug1]

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

[andrewalston]

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.