Whitby Gazette 1903 Hannah Breckon

[Nikki in Melbourne]

Hi Ray,

Wow! Thanks so much for making contact – it’s great to hear we apparently have the same ancestor!

I haven’t done any research for over a year now, but I am happy to share what I have. For now, I’ll just cut and paste from my files and see if this is useful to you.

The small copyright symbol simply means that I have the certificate. I have summarised those certificates I possess, and corrected any obvious errors. As you can see, I’m missing her birth certificate. From memory, I did try to find it, but had no luck.

#27. ELIZABETH JANE WALKER (nee BRECKON)
Summary:
Born: c. 1829 or 1825, Whitby, Yorkshire, England.
Married: 11th Feb. 1853, to MATTHEW WALKER, Hartlepool, Durham ©
Died: 28th September 1901, Charters Towers, Queensland. ©

Details:
#27. ELIZABETH JANE WALKER (nee BRECKON) – BIRTH CERT. – 1827? - 1829? (-4 G) (Certificate #27a).
c. 1829 (from marriage cert.) or 1825 (from death cert.), Whitby, Yorkshire, England.

#27. ELIZABETH JANE WALKER (nee BRECKON) / #26. MATTHEW WALKER – MARRIAGE CERT. – 1853 (-4 G) (Certificate #27b) ©
1853, 11th February, United Presbyterian Chapel, Hartlepool, District of Stockton in Counties of Durham and York, England.
Groom: MATTHEW WALKER, 26 y.o., Mariner, of Everard St., Hartlepool; Father: JOHN WALKER, Mariner.
Bride: ELIZABETH JANE BRECKON, 25 y.o., of Alfred St., Hartlepool; Father: THOMAS BRECKON, Butcher.

#27. ELIZABETH [JANE] WALKER (nee BRECKON)- DEATH CERT.-1901(-4 G)
(Certificate #27c). ©
1901, 28th September, 76 y.o, married, Bride [Brisk] Street, Charters Towers, Qld.
Born: Whitby, Yorkshire, England, 46 years in Qld.
Parents - Father: BRECKE

• N, Butcher; Mother: -.

Marriage: Whitby, Yorkshire, England at 25 years, to MATTHEW WALKER.
Children: JOHN THOMAS (40), HANNAH JANE COATES (37), MATTHEW (34), ELIZABETH (31).
Burial or cremation: 28th September 1901, Charters Towers Cemetery.

Censuses:
I did also find her on the 1841 Census aged 13 and born in Yorkshire. She is living with her father Thomas (butcher aged 60) and what I presume is her mother Hannah (the ages show some discrepancy) and a host of seven siblings. I could not find her in the 1851 census where she still would have been single, not marrying until 1853 and thereafter, she would have been in Australia. (I did manage to find some of her siblings in one or two later censuses).

So, I hope this of use. I’m curious as to how you descend from her, so please write details!

Cheers,

Nikki.

P.S., What part of Australia are you in? Most of my family descended from the Breckons are in Queenland.

[hrat]

Hi Nikki,
I live in Canberra. I am descended from John Thomas Walker - Eldest son of Matthew Walker and Elizabeth Jane Breckon.
Contact me direct via email and I can supply many more details.
Ray

[Dorothy G]

Nikki, I've just come across your post from Nov 2010.  I am interested in one of Thomas Breckon's daughters, Hannah, who married william Sleightholm WHITE in 1860.  Elizabeth Jane was one of the witnesses.  Did you know about 32 year old Thomas Breckon who died in September 1846 when he was run over by a railway wagon (I have his Death Certificate)?

[Nikki in Melbourne]

Hi Dorothy!
Thanks so much for your reply. This Breckon family has got me totally stumped - far too many children and wives (23 or 26 kids and 2 wives!) and people with the same names.

I have three generations of Thomas Breckons, but none of them seem to match with your dates: (Yours would have been born in 1814, yeah?).

1. Born: 1781, Egton; Died: after 1851.
2. Born: 1825, Whitby; Died: ?
3. Born: 1844, Whitby; Died: 1859.

Do you connect with any of these?

I also have two generations of Hannahs:

1. Born: c. 1812, Scarborough.
2. Born: 1832, Whitby.

Does this resonate with your information? I'd still love a copy of your certificate, if that's OK; I don't think I can offer you much in return though! I'm sure our families tie in somewhere, but for now, I'm still stumped.

Cheers,

Nikki.

[Dorothy G]

Hi Nikki.  I'm going away for a week and don't have much time before I go but will get back to you when I return.  Sorry to keep you in suspense!!!

[Dorothy G]

Hi Nikki

I have tried to email you several times on the address you gave me, but they keep bouncing back.  :-(

I found your Elizabeth Jane in the 1851 census, living at 5 Victoria Place, Whitby (I think that's just off Baxtergate) in the household of 60 year old Hugh SCOTT, a blind unmarried proprietor of houses, and his two sisters - Eleanor CHARLTON, 70, and Margaret WALKER, 62.  They are both widows.  (I wonder if the name Walker is significant, given that Elizabeth Jane was to marry Matthew in 1853.)  EJ is 23, a niece of Hugh Scott, and a House servant.

I also notice in FamilySearch that Thomas Breckon married Hannah Scott on 17 July 1820 in Whitby - his first wife I guess?

Happy hunting - I look forward to hearing from you.

[marlenejoan]

Hi Nikki

I am not related but am researching the Walker and Hoffman families for a friend. I live in Burrum HeadsQld
Marlene