I am searching for the ancestral line of Charles Hawkey born about 1821 probably in Liverpool but I am wondering whether his father, named James in his marriage record, came from the Cornwall Hawkeys?
Charles married Ann Waterhouse in 1838 in Liverpool. They had two boys: John in 1840 and Charles in 1841 both in Liverpool.
I think (though not sure) that this particular family fell apart after the death of head of the household, Charles sr who might have been the death recorded in Liverpool of 1843 (under Haukey). I find the boys in the 1851 census attending an Industrial Poor School in Liverpool both under the name Hanley and with odd ages (probably guessed at) and both separated from each other. No trace of their mother, Ann but I think she might be an emmigrant to US in 1845, without the boys, obviously.
Later the younger boy, Charles, appears in the 1881 census as a servant in Glass House Farm, Wolstanton, Staffs.
I have dismissed a census from 1861 with a widowed fishmonger Ann because of the presence of another very young Charles (7 yo). Surely she would not have given the same name to another child?
Anyway - any help tracing this family to its roots would be very happily received.
Best wishes
Amanda Stone-Williams
