Is this the same Francis Ellis as the witness on the Marriage Certificate of Thomas Hawker and Jane Ward? Seems probable.
Initial information on his children came from two sources:Sarah Haddon's Will and George Hawker, father of Graham George and John.
For details see notes on Sarah Haddon (nee Ward) and notes on Thomas Hawker, father of Reginald Thomas HawkerKelly's Staffordshire Directory for 1880 lists Francis Ellis, Baker, 51 Caldmore, Walsall
There is a conflict here. The mariage certificate of Francis Ellis and Ellen Lockley shows her father's name as Joseph. Tony Tomkins says that Ann Dyke married Samuel Lockley in the June quarter of 1847. The birth certificates of Ellen and Sarah Lockley are needed together with the marriage certificate of Ann Dyke and Samuel Lockley plus the census return for 1851 which should show Sarah who was born in 1849 in Bromstead Heath, Shropshire, England. The 1861 census for Walsall Coalpool shows Ellen Dike aged 6 as a visitor in the house of Thomas and Ann Ward with their daughters Ann and Jane. All very confusing.
Also note that Ellen is not mentioned in Sarah Haddon's (nee Lockley) will and therefore presumably died before 28 February 1914.
In FreeBMD I found a death of Ellen Ellis in Walsall in the September quarter of 1885. Full reference is:
Ellen ELLIS . Walsall. SEP 1885. 6b. 324
Needs checking
Email from Jennifer England to Graham Hawker 19 December 2010:
Dear Graham,
I too have Hawker ancestors in Gloucestershire and have been tracing them with help
from the transcribed registers. My ancestor, Elizabeth Hawker, was born c1743,
married John Crees in Chaceley, 1769. They had three children in Chaceley and a
further three in Forthampton, where John was buried in 1786. In 1787, Elizabeth
married Isaac Davies in F'n and they had daughters Honor (my ancestor) and Esther.
Elizabeth was buried in F'n in 1818, age 75.
Although I cannot find her baptism, I consider it most likely that Elizabeth was a
daughter of Giles Hawker and Mary nee Hodges. They were the only Hawker family
having children in Chaceley around 1743. There are gaps in the transcription: no
entries for 1745 and the burial of 'Edward son of Giles and Mary Hawker' in 1752 but
no baptism. Further evidence - a Giles Hawker, probably her brother, was witness to
Elizabeth's second marriage.
I had come to a halt with Giles Hawker and Mary nee Davis, who are listed in your
records, but have recently traced a further generation. I found a document on the A2A
website, which referred to Giles Hawker and his mother Elizabeth Otter and so I
decided to purchase a copy. It proved to be a long-winded but clearly written (
thankfully not in Latin!) legal document: an indenture, concerning a piece of land in
Chaceley, dated 1696. It includes some information on the relationships and forebears
of the participants. If you are interested, I should be glad to send you a copy of my
transcription of the document and could add more details re Elizabeth's family,
although I realise it is rather distant from your line.
Sincerely, Jennifer England
In his will dated 23 April 1859 left evrything to wife Elizabeth and nephew Charles Coates. Will handled by Badham and Brookes, Solicitors, Tewkesbury.
There is a Bayliss family in Severn Stoke in the 1851 census on page 1-12 of Gordon Beavington's scans.
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