George Henry Hawkins and Wife

Married

Child 1:   John Hawkins Born: 1838 Died:   Spouse: Marion Marshall Children: Blanche Isabel Hawkins, Vernon John Charles Hawkins, Harry Frederick Hawkins, Eva Gertrude Hawkins Occupation: Varied At the time of his marriage to Marion (1863), John's age is recorded as 24, and his occupation is entered as "Cloth Presser". His address is written as Buckingham Street. At time of his son Vernon's birth, 1867, his occupation was recorded as "Railway Warehouse Man". Again here the family are living on Buckingham Street. At the time of the 1871 census, John's age is entered as 32, and his occupation is entered as "Porter Railway". His place of birth is entered as "Paddington Middlesex". At the time of his daugher Eva's birth, 1874, his occupation is recorded as "Soda Water Makers Clerk". At the time of the 1881 census, he lived his wife, two sons, and two daughters. His occupation was then recorded as "Coachman Dom Serv". His age was recorded as 42, which would suggest he was born between 4th April 1838 and 3rd April 1839. His place of birth is recorded as Paddington, Middlesex. At the time of the 1891 census, age entered as 53, his occupation is recorded as Carriage Proprietor. Here, inconsistent with the other two census records, his birthplace is recorded as "Hants Portsmouth". By the time of the 1901 census his occupation was "Cab Proprietor", working from home, and was living with his wife, daughter, and two grandchildren. His age was recorded as 62, consistent with the 1881 census, which would suggest he was born between 31st March 1838 and 1st April 1839. Again his place of birth is recorded as Paddington. John appears in the Kelly's Portsmouth Directory for 1902, first of all in the street directory, again living at 5, Villiers Road, with a note that he is a "fly proprietor". He also appears in the "Jobmasters" section of the trade directory, a jobmaster being someone who supplied carriages, horses and drivers for hire.