William Hawkins
(1845-1933)
William Hawkins was the second of five children of John Hawkins and his wife Ethel Rowell of Witcham, Cambridgeshire, England.
Like his father, William worked the fenland, and he is noted as a 'Labourer' at the time of his marriage to Elizabeth Newell in 1868.
By 1881 he was named as a 'Farm Servant', becomming a 'Publican and Farmer' by the 1891 census.
William and Elizabeth set up home at Hillrow - an area of Cambridgeshire's fenland to the West of the village of Haddenham where they raised seven children.
William was the Publican of The Two Pot (Public House), on Hillrow, Haddenham for a number of years.
Elizabeth out-lived William by 11 years, eventually dying in Lincolnshire where some of the children had re-located to.
Life Events
Born
- 22nd January 1845 at Witcham, Cambridgeshire, England.
Baptised
- 1st August 1847 at St. Martin's Church, Witcham, Cambridgeshire, England.
Married
- Elizabeth Newell (1850-1944) on 8th April 1868 at St. Martin's Church, Witcham, Cambridgeshire, England.
Children
- Ellen Hawkins (1869-?)
- Frederick Hawkins (1872-?)
- Agnes Hawkins (1874-1965) married Joseph Arthur Moden (1873-1962)
- Arthur Hawkins (1879-?)
- Charles Hawkins (1883-?) married Elizabeth Ann Lant (1883-1916)
- William Hawkins (1886-?) married Elizabeth Pope (18??-?)
- Walter Hawkins (1890-?)
Census and Residence
- 1851: 5yrs, Backside, Witcham, Cambridgeshire, England.
- 1861: 15yrs, Back Street, Witcham, Cambridgeshire, England.
- 1871: 26yrs, Hillrow, Haddenham, Cambridgeshire, England.
- 1881: 35yrs, Hillrow Causeway, Haddenham, Cambridgeshire, England.
- 1891: 45yrs, The Two Pot Public House, Hillrow, Haddenham, Cambridgeshire, England.
- 1901: 55yrs, Hillrow, Haddenham, Cambridgeshire, England.
Employment
- 1868: Labourer
- 1871: Agricultural Labourer
- 1881: Farm Servant
- 1891: Publican at The Two Pot (Public House), Hillrow
- 1901: Farmer
Death
- 5th October 1933 in Cambridgeshire, England.
Burial
- October 1933, Haddenham, Cambridgeshire, England.