Died very young
Family information taken from the Will of John Hawker dated 20 December 1828 held at Hereford and Worcester Record Office.John was of the parish of Eldersfield and the will was witnessed by Charles Coates.
Free BMD shows under the December quarter of 1840 the death of a Mary Hwker in Upton on Severn district (which includes Eldersfield) in Volume 18 page 33
Eldersfield, Worcestershire
Volume 3 - Baptisms & Burials 1790-1812
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wrag44/eldersfield/eldersfieldvol3.htm
George son of John & Mary Halker 25 November
Could he possibly be related to Mary Everis who married William Hawker in 1765.
John mentions his grandsons in his will so probably this daughter died before the will (28 December 1828) having married a Mr Dark and having two sons. The name of this daughter was found by inference from Boyds Marriage Index (see source notes for the marriage) which itemises the marriage of Elizabeth Hawker and John Darke and the entry in Chaceley Parish Register for this marriage..
John mentions his grandsons in his will so probably this daughter died before the will (28 December 1828) having married a Mr Dark and having two sons. The name of this daughter was found by inference from Boyds Marriage Index (see source notes for the marriage) which itemises the marriage of Elizabeth Hawker and John Darke and the entry in Chaceley Parish Register for this marriage..
Name found from the will of his grandfather John Hawker
Name found from the will of his grandfather John Hawker
WILL dated 14 April 1819:Thomas Hawker 27 MAY 1820 Castlemorton;Worcester Record Office Mentions his son and daughter, Giles and Ann, his mother Mary and the marriage of his sister Milborough to Charles Coates. He left his premises, consisting of Tenement, Barn Stable, Mill House Garden and several pieces of arable and pasture land at Castlemorton under the trusteeship of his brother Giles Hawker and his (Thomas') good friend William Mann of the Upper Lode in the parish of Tewkesbury. There is no mention of a wife.
Graham George Hawker received the following email from Richard Fitzgerald on 14 February 2002:
My mother's uncle and aunt were Charles and Louisa Hawker from Lower Apperley ( Deerhurst).
They had a son by the name of ARTHUR WILLIAM HAWKER. He was a Lance Corporal in the 1st Bn., Royal Welch Fusiliers. He died on Friday, 5th May 1944, aged 24. He is buried at IMPHAL WAR CEMETERY, INDIA. His commemorative information is on the Commonwealth War Graves Commision web site as follows:
http://www.cwgc.org.uk/commemoration.asp?casualty=2674665The commemoration reads:
In Memory of
Lance Corporal ARTHUR WILLIAM HAWKER
5186723, 1st Bn., Royal Welch Fusiliers
who died age 24
on Friday 5 May 1944.
Lance Corporal HAWKER, Son of Charles A. and Louisa Hawker, of Lower Apperley, Gloucestershire.
Remembered with honour
IMPHAL WAR CEMETERYFor details on the location of the cemetery see:
http://www.cwgc.org.uk/detailed.asp?casualty=2674665A further email on 31 January 2003 included a copy of an article, which appears here in Arthur's Scrapbook. The transcription is as follows:
"DEATH OF APPERLEY SOLDIERMr. and Mrs. C. Hawker of Lower Apperley have received news that their son, Arthur, has died of wounds in Burma. L/Cpl Arthur William Hawker was in his 25th year and at the outbreak of war was working for the Gloucestershire County Council. He joined up in 1939 in the Gloucestershire Regiment and came through Dunkirk. Later he was transferred to another Unit with which he was serving at the time of his death. L/Cpl Hawker was educated at Deerhurst C of E School and was well known throughout the district and much sympathy will be extended to his parents.
From Tewkesbury Journal, June 1944"
Email dated 3 March 2003 from Richard Fitzgerald states:
"Hello Graham, I have managed to get hold of a photocopy of Arthur William
Hawker. Also I have found out that his brother was Frank Alfred Charles
Hawker from Apperley. I thought you might like to see it."
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