Walter H Hawkins

[Phoenix]

In the 1861 census: RG09 piece 640 folio 150 page 15

Walter is with his parents in Portsea, Hants.

Born Dorset, aged 5 (though a stroke after the 5)

This is not him: Deaths Dec 1884 (>99%)
HAWKINS Walter Henry 25 Portsea 2b 274

I note that there is this birth:

Births Jun 1856 (>99%)
HUTCHINGS Walter Hamlin Portsea 2b 391

and this death:
March 1899
Hawkins Walter Hutchins H 39 Portsea 2b 308

Do you think he is an illegitimate grandchild?

[Phoenix]

Ho Hum:

Name Hawkins, Walter Hutchins Hamilton. Official Number: 46658. Place of Birth: Landport, Hampshire. Date of ...

Admiralty: Royal Navy Registers of Seamen's Services. Registers. Name Hawkins, Walter Hutchins Hamilton. Official Number: 46658. Place of Birth: Landport, Hampshire. Date of Birth: 1 April 1854.

Collection: Records of the Admiralty, Naval Forces, Royal Marines, Coastguard, and related bodies
Date range: 01 January 1873 - 31 December 1873
Reference:ADM 188/16/46658
Subjects:Armed Forces (General), Navy

[Phoenix]

Possibly illiterate:

Name Hawkins, Walter Hutchens Hamell. Place of Birth: Landport, Hampshire. Continuous Service Number: 8874B. Date ...

Admiralty: Royal Navy Continuous Service Engagement Books. C.S. NUMBERS. Name Hawkins, Walter Hutchens Hamell. Place of Birth: Landport, Hampshire. Continuous Service Number: 8874B. Date of Volunteering: 20 April 1869. Date of Birth: 01 April 1854.

Collection: Records of the Admiralty, Naval Forces, Royal Marines, Coastguard, and related bodies
Date range: 01 January 1853 - 31 December 1872
Reference:ADM 139/889/8874
Subjects:Armed Forces (General), Navy, Labour

[Phoenix]

There is an Ancestry Tree for the family of Walter Frederick Hamilton Hutchings.

He is an optician and a traveller.
Born 1830 in Somerset.
Marries 1852 in Worcester.
First known child Walter Frederick Hamilton Hutchings b 1854 in Southwark
Next known child b 1858 Birmingham, where the rest of the family were born.

But... I can't find the family in 1861.

[Phoenix]

Hmm 11 Severn St Birmingham. Perhaps a damaged piece?

[kiterunner]

What was his wife's name, Phoenix?

[Phoenix]

Harriet

[kiterunner]

Ah, they are at 11 Severn St but under the name Hamilton:
1861 census on Findmypast (http://search.findmypast.co.uk/record/browse?id=gbc%2f1861%2f2139%2f00631a)

and on ancestry (http://interactive.ancestry.co.uk/8767/WARRG9_2137_2140-0629?pid=20966857&backurl=//search.ancestry.co.uk//cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc%3DWHR2298%26_phstart%3DsuccessSourc e%26usePUBJs%3Dtrue%26indiv%3D1%26db%3Duki1861%26g ss%3Dangs-d%26new%3D1%26rank%3D1%26msT%3D1%26MS_AdvCB%3D1%26 gsfn%3Dwal*%26gsfn_x%3D1%26gsln%3Dham*ton%26gsln_x %3D1%26mssng%3Dhar*t%26mssng_x%3D1%26MSAV%3D2%26ui dh%3Dvm5%26pcat%3D35%26fh%3D0%26h%3D20966857%26rec off%3D%26ml_rpos%3D1&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=WHR2298&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true)

[Phoenix]

Brilliant! Thank you, Kite. I had hoped there might be a clue as to where they were mid 1850s, but Dad is safely at home.