Email dated 2 November 2000 from Marcy Petersen Carthage, MO, USA
"Kent Petersen"
Graham,
I received your letter dated September 09. I searched through your website
and found you had a little bit on my Eagles and Margrate lines-which are two
of my main lines. I found this below. The Hannah here is Hannah Margrate.
William Eagles married Hannah.
Hannah married William Eagles.
They had the following children:
F i Elizabeth Eagles was christened on 4 Jul 1786.
But, what I am hoping you have is information on a Gyles Hawker. Actually,
I have atleast 2 Giles/Gyles Hawker in my lines. In Mrs. Elizabeth
Greening's 1625 will at Deerhurst, (the main line I am working on) she asks
that Gyles Hawker, my kinsman..."
On 1 June 2003 the web site http://www.users.bigpond.com/williamr/ was consulted. The site, created by William Good, contains information on the Eagles family of Deerhurst. Information relating to the ancestry of William Eagles comes from those web pages.
The 1863 Post Office Directory for Gloucestershire contains a Henry Hakwer. He is shown on page 257 of the Directory as:
"Hawker Henry, Shoemaker" in Deerhurst Walton. The Directory explains that:
"Deerhurst Walton is also a hamlet of Deerhurst, 2 miles east from Apperley and 6.5 north-west from Cheltenham. Notcliff, the residence of Joseph Barnard, Esq., J.P., is situated here."
WILL: Went to New Zealand according to Will of Henry
There are several mentions of a William Hawker in the
New Zealand newpaper archives on
http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
The first is in the Daily Southern Cross, Volume XV, Issue 1124, 6 April 1858, Page 2
in which is recorded the arrival at the Port of Auckland on April 5 of the boat
Sporting Lass from Plymouth. The passengers were Captain, Mrs and Master Morhead,
Mr and Mrs Rowe and 7 children, Joseph and Jane Caddy and son, George Janson,
Mr and Mrs Hawker and 5 children, H. Caddy, John Walters, and William Hawker.
The second mention of a William Hawker is in the Otago Witness, Issue 943, 25 December 1869, Page 14
where a William Hawker won a prize for grammar at the Classical And Commercial Academy, Stuart Street,
Otago.
The third mention is reported in the Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXVI, Issue 4131, 9 November 1870, Page 5
where a William Hawker was elected Highway Trustee for Whau Whau district
The fourth mention of a William Hawker is in the Otago Witness, Volume 17, Issue 1020, 17 June 1871, Page 13
in which is recorded the conviction, in Napier on 9 June, of a William Hawker for having in his posession in Wharepanga
an illicit still. He was sentenced to 6 months imprisonment with hard labour. The story also appears in
Evening Post, Volume VII, Issue 105, 10 June 1871, Page 2 and
Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXVII, Issue 4317, 15 June 1871, Page 5
Finally, a William Hawker suffered an ankle injury in a work accident at New Plymouth harbour works.
He is stated in one report (New Plymouth, Evening Post, Volume XVIII, Issue 40, 15 August 1879, Page 2)
as being "recently arrived per Oreti". The story also appears in:
North Otago Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2277, 16 August 1879, Page 2 and
Otago Witness, Issue 1448, 23 August 1879, Page 4
FAMILY:Appears at Fowlers Building, Eldersfield in the 1841 Census Ref HO107/1204 Book5 Folio9 Pages 13-14
At LinkEnd, Eldersfield in 1851 Census
Ref HO107/2043 Folio 354 Page 2-3
At Linkend Lane, Eldersfield in 1861 Census
Ref RG9/2098 Folio 73 Page 27
Ditto in 1871 Census
Ref RG10/3056 Folio 77 Page 27
The 1841 mention of Fowlers Building may be connected with the marriage recorded in the Utah Index for Worcester "Ann Hawker married John Fowler 21/4/1829 Eldersfield."
IGI:Worcester
There was a Harriet of about the right age, born in Eldersfield, appearing in the 1851 census for Cheltenham as a
servant to the Brandt family in Cheltenham.
91
BRANDT Charlotte 59 Annuitant Manchester
Harriet 58 Manchester
WAITE Mary Servant 34 Barnwood
WELCH Mary Servant 24 Oadley Leics
HAWKER Harriet Servant 28 Eldersfield
An Emma Hawker of the right age born in Eldersfield appears in the 1851 census for Tredington:
P.R.O. Reference # HO 107/1974
21
HONE Henry 37 Farmer 375 ac Southam
Lucinda 34 Insworth
Sarah 10 Stoke Orchard
George 8 Stoke Orchard
Mary 6 Stoke Orchard
Henry 4 Stoke Orchard
Lucinda 3 Stoke Orchard
Edward 1m Stoke Orchard
NEW Mary 20 Governess Beckford
MARSHALL Eliza Servant 19 Eldersfield
HAWKER Emma Servant 19 Eldersfield
NICHOLS Peter Servant 23 Stoke Orchard
Sarah Ann Hawker not found in the 1881National Index to the 1881 Census. She either died or moved out of the area. There was only one Sarah born in Eldersfield in 1871 that appears in the 1881 census in the West Midlands. She was called Sarah Mayo, living at Corse Lawn Eldersfield with the Mayo family. There was a Sarah Ann Simpkins born 1869 and a Sarah Ann Halling born 1874, both living in Corse Lawn with their families.
In an email to Graham Hawker on 18 December 2007 Pat Edwards wrote:
"I believe we are researching the same Harriett Hawker who was married to Frederick Bartlett between 1871-1881. I haven't been able to access any Marriage entries but Sarah A Hawker became Sarah A Bartlett on the 1881 census! Source citation Class RG11 Piece 2015 Folio119 Page 38 GSUroll1341486"
On 29 December 2007 Pat Edwards added:
"The Bartlett family are in Daniel St Cardiff on the 1901 cencus and Harriett Bartlett is
shown as from Eldesbury Worcs as is Harriett Hawker. Source citation:Class: RG13; Piece: 4978: Folio: 30; Page:52.
I bought a Birth Certificate for Thomas Henry born in Swindon 31
May 1880 and his mother is recorded as Harriett Bartlett formely Hawker.
He married Emily Louisa Bryant in 1905 and named a son Thomas Henry born in
1913.
I can't find a marriage reg for Frederick and Harriett as I mentioned earlier but it
could be that Harriett was a widow when they married.
There is a Harriett Hawker who married a James Hyde in1875 (I sent for the cert)
but her father was William. Coincidentally when Thomas Henry married Emily Louisa (as above) there is a
witness called Robert Hyde."