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Husband: | Arthur Fawkes (1778-1825) | |
Wife: | Mary Hopkins (1786-1850) | |
Children: | John Fawkes (1814-1846) | |
Arthur Fawkes (1816-1867) | ||
William Hopkins Fawkes (1818-1884) | ||
Thomas Fawkes (1819-1895) | ||
George Fawkes (1822-1896) | ||
James Fawkes (1824-1884) | ||
Marriage | 29 Mar 1813 | All Saints Parish Church, Dunton Bassett, Leicestershire |
Witnesses | 29 Mar 1813 | William Hopkins, Joseph Barrs |
Name: | Arthur Fawkes | |
Sex: | Male | |
Father: | John Fawkes (1746-1827) | |
Mother: | Elizabeth Higgs (1751-1815) | |
Birth | 1778 | Claybrooke, Leicestershire |
Baptism | 17 Feb 1778 (age 0) | Claybrooke, Leicestershire |
Occupation | Miller (on son Arthur's marriage cert, 10.1.1847) | |
Occupation | 29 Mar 1813 (age 34-35) | Miller, of Claybrooke (marriage register) |
Death | 30 Jul 1825 (age 46-47) | Ashby Folville, Leicestershire |
Name: | Mary Hopkins | |
Sex: | Female | |
Father: | William Hopkins (1730-1819) | |
Mother: | Amelia Higgs (1760- ) | |
Birth | 1786 | Dunton Bassett, Leicestershire |
Baptism | 10 Mar 1786 (age 0) | Dunton Bassett, Leicestershire |
Fact1 | 22 Jun 1836 (age 49-50) | Mentioned in will of brother William Moore Hopkins |
Census | 1841 (age 54-55) | Mill House, Ashby Folville, Leics |
Death fact | 1842 (age 55-56) | 1842 Sep Q, Melton Mowbray, 15/126 |
Death | 17 Sep 1850 (age 63-64) | Regent Street, Leicester, Leicestershire |
Name: | John Fawkes | |
Sex: | Male | |
Spouse: | Mary Smith (c. 1821-1842) | |
Birth | 1814 | Ashby Folville, Leicestershire |
Baptism | 28 Feb 1814 (age 0) | Ashby Folville, Leicestershire |
Death | 10 Sep 1846 (age 31-32) | Ashby Folville, Leicestershire |
Name: | Arthur Fawkes | |
Sex: | Male | |
Spouse: | Ann Black ( - ) | |
Birth | 1816 | Ashby Folville, Leicestershire |
Baptism | 23 Mar 1816 (age 0) | Ashby Folville, Leicestershire |
Census | 1841 (age 24-25) | Miller, Mill House, Ashby Folville, Leics (living with mother) |
Occupation | 10 Jan 1847 (age 30-31) | Miller, Ashby Folville (on marriage cert.) |
Census | 1851 (age 34-35) | Miller & farmer (35 acres), Ashby Folville (married) |
Census | 1861 (age 44-45) | Miller, baker & grazier, Ashby Mills, Ashby Folville, Leics (married) |
Death | 30 Mar 1867 (age 50-51) | Ashby Folville, Leicestershire |
Name: | William Hopkins Fawkes | |
Sex: | Male | |
Spouse: | Ann Marriott (1822-1896) | |
Birth | 12 Jun 1818 | Ashby Folville, Leicestershire |
Baptism | 24 Jun 1818 (age 0) | Ashby Folville, Leicestershire |
Emigration | 1837 (age 18-19) | from Emigration to Virginia |
Census | 1850 (age 31-32) | Farmer, Edwards, Illinois, USA |
Census | 1860 (age 41-42) | Farmer, Albion, Edwards Co, Illinois |
Census | 1870 (age 51-52) | Farmer, Albion, Edwards Co, Illinois (Value of real estate $8, 000) |
Death | 31 Oct 1884 (age 66) | Bone Gap, Edwards Co., IL, USA |
Name: | Thomas Fawkes | |
Sex: | Male | |
Spouse 1: | Harriet Attfield (1824-1886) | |
Spouse 2: | Harriet Martin (c. 1836-1898) | |
Birth | 1819 | Ashby Folville, Leicestershire |
Baptism | 5 Mar 1819 (age 0) | Ashby Folville, Leicestershire |
Occupation | 22 Apr 1848 (age 28-29) | Plumber, Camberwell (on marriage cert.) |
Census | 1851 (age 31-32) | Plumber, with wife, living with John & Ann Attfield, Whetstone |
Census | 1861 (age 41-42) | Gas fitter, 21 High St, Lambeth |
Census | 1871 (age 51-52) | Builder & decorator, 6 Camberwell Green (married, wife absent) |
Census | 1881 (age 61-62) | Retired builder, "Ashby Folville", Penge, Surrey |
Occupation | 12 Oct 1887 (age 67-68) | Gentleman, Sunnyside, Queen Adelaide Road, penge |
Census | 1891 (age 71-72) | Retired builder, 17 Adelaide Road, Penge (married) |
Death fact | 1895 (age 75-76) | 1895 Dec Qtr, Chelmsford, 4a/263 |
Residence | 1895 (age 75-76) | Queen Adelaide Road, Penge (on will) |
Death | 7 Oct 1895 (age 75-76) | Chelmsford, Essex |
Will | 26 Nov 1895 (age 75-76) | Probate London folio 1242 to Frank Attfield Fawkes |
Name: | George Fawkes | |
Sex: | Male | |
Spouse: | Jane Stableford Scott (1823-1899) | |
Birth | 1822 | Ashby Folville, Leicestershire |
Baptism | 7 Feb 1822 (age 0) | Ashby Folville, Leicestershire |
Census | 1841 (age 18-19) | Miller, Mill House, Ashby Folville, Leics (living with mother) |
Census | 1851 (age 28-29) | Miller & baker, Attkin Street, Leicester St Mary |
Census | 1861 (age 38-39) | Mechanic, 55 Colton St, Leicester |
Census | btw 1871 and 1881 (age 48-59) | Machinist, 13 St James Street, Leicester ("father", living in son's household) |
Occupation | 14 Jun 1874 (age 51-52) | Mechanic (on son Walton's marriage cert.) |
Census | 1891 (age 68-69) | Shoe machinist, 69 Berners St, Leicester St Margaret |
Death fact | 1896 (age 73-74) | 1896 Dec Qtr, Leicester, 7a/142 (aged 73) |
Death | 1896 (age 73-74) | Leicester, Leicestershire |
Name: | James Fawkes | |
Sex: | Male | |
Spouse: | Martha Warrington (c. 1832-1917) | |
Birth | 1824 | Ashby Folville, Leicestershire |
Baptism | 8 Mar 1824 (age 0) | Ashby Folville, Leicestershire |
Census | 1841 (age 16-17) | Miller, Mill House, Ashby Folville, Leics (living with mother) |
Fact1 | 10 Jan 1847 (age 22-23) | Witness at marriage of Arthur Fawkes & Ann Black |
Census | 1851 (age 26-27) | Miller, unmarried, living with brother Arthur |
Census | 1871 (age 46-47) | Miller, 18 Walpole Street, West Derby, Liverpool |
Census | 1881 (age 56-57) | Corn miller, 35 Forbes Street, West Derby, Liverpool |
Death fact | 1884 (age 59-60) | 1884 Dec Q, Toxteth Park, 8b/193 (aged 59) |
Death | 1884 (age 59-60) | Toxteth Park, Lancashire |
Will of Arthur Fawkes. I Arthur Fawkes being in possession of my reason do will and bequeath that my lawful Wife Mary Fawkes be provided for out of all my property whatsoever, that is my landed and personal property according to the wishes of my brother Marmaduke Fawkes and Thomas Berridge of Dunton in the County of Leicester. I do moreover will and desire that the aforesaid Marmaduke Fawkes & Thomas Berridge be my Executors for all my property aforesaid, and that they do divide my said property after such provision as they shall award to the said Mary Fawkes be subtracted, into seven equal portions, two portions of which I bequeath to my eldest son John Fawkes, and the other several portions I bequeath to such of my other sons Arthur, William and Thomas, George and James, and I do further bequeath that in the event of any of my sons aforesaid dying while in their minority that such portion as should have belonged to such son be equally divided among the other surviving sons. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this thirtieth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty five.
Arthur Fawkes
Witnesses: John Cask, JN Noble, George Woodman
14th January 1826. Let a Probate be made to Marmaduke Fawkes of Claybrook Mill in the Parish of Claybrook in the County of Leicester Miller and Baker and Thomas Berridge of Dunton Bassett in the said County Farmer and Grazier the said Executors named in the Will of the deceased who died on the 30th day of July last, they having been first duly sworn as well to the faithful execution of the Will as that the Testator’s Goods Chattels and Credits as they were at his death without deducting anything on account of debts due and owing by him therefrom do not amount in value to the sum of Three hundred pounds.
Before me, George Berkeley Mitchell, Surrogate to the Official
Same day Probate paper the seal of the Official, JT Harrison, Actuary
Thanks and acknowledgements to Philip Duke for kindly providing this transcript and permission to reproduce it.