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Annie Elizabeth Hawkless & William Woodcock

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Roy

Roy Report 18 Aug 2024 02:09

Can anyone help me with the family of Annie Elizabeth Hawkless, 1851-1934 and William Woodcock 1846-1918.
I know they were from the Ryde, Sydney, N.S.W., Australia area. I believe they had 8 children, 3 male and 5 female. All I believe born in Ryde, but this is all I really know. My wife is a Hawkless so it is her tree I am working on. Annie is not a close relative but a limb I am trying to sort out.
Any help would be appreciated.

Roy

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 18 Aug 2024 08:27

According to your tree on GR, William Woodcock was born in St Mary’s, Scilly Isles..so NOT ‘from Ryde, NSW’ although that is where he was in later years

Which websites have you accessed when researching these people?

What do you mean by ’family’? Antecedents - or descendants?

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 18 Aug 2024 08:31

1851 census shows William’s parents to be Stephen and Jane, nee Cumming, both born c1813 in the Scilly Isles

nameslessone

nameslessone Report 18 Aug 2024 09:01

Where do you think Annie was born?

I thought Australian death certificates had a lot more information on them than we do in the UK.

Presumably all those children are in Australian records.

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 18 Aug 2024 10:01

Presumably, Annie is connected to the people named Hawkless mentioned in your other threads on here?

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 18 Aug 2024 10:04

The marriage was in 1874 in NSW - have you obtained a copy of the cert?

Births of children in Ryde, NSW are on FMP……….look there for their names etc

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 18 Aug 2024 10:31

From familysearch -FREE site

Name Annie Elizabeth Hawkless Woodcock
Birth Date 1853
Death Date Aug 1933
Event Type Burial
Event Place East Ryde, Ryde City, New South Wales, Australia
Cemetery Field of Mars Cemetery

Use the following link...................

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/123747152/annie-elizabeth-woodcock

AND......................

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/123636633/sarah-ann-hawkless

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 18 Aug 2024 10:38

Confirmation of the death year!

Woodcock
Annie E
1933
New South Wales Deaths 1788-1945
Ryde, New South Wales, Australia

1913 ER shows her at Church Street, Ryde, with the following people named Woodcock also in Church Street:
Ada Florence
Annie
Lottie
Stephen
Thomas Alfred
William

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 18 Aug 2024 11:03

As referenced earlier

1851 England, Wales & Scotland Census
Hugh Street, Scilly Isles, Scilly Islands, Cornwall, England
John Cumming Head Widower Male 68 1783 Boot & shoemaker Cornwall, England
Stephen Woodcock Son-in-law Married Male 38 1813 Seaman Cornwall, England
Jane Woodcock Wife Married Female 38 1813 - Cornwall, England
John Woodcock Grand son - Male 10 1841 Scholar Cornwall, England
Jane Woodcock Grand daughter - Female 7 1844 Scholar Cornwall, England
William Woodcock Grand son - Male 5 1846 Scholar Cornwall, England
George Woodcock Grand son - Male 0 1851 - Cornwall, England

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 18 Aug 2024 11:05

From Ancestry

Name Rebecca Woodcock
Marriage Date 29 Aug 1917
Marriage Place Queensland
Registration Date 1917
Registration Place Queensland, Australia
Spouse Thomas James Knox
Registration Number B 020550
Page number 2172

Maddie

Maddie Report 18 Aug 2024 11:33

from a tree 0n ancestry, a number of photographs included

annie
Birth
1851 • Belfast (Port Fairy), Victoria, Australia

18532
Age 2 — Birth of sister Charlotte Hawkless (1853–1882)
1853 • Belfast (Port Fairy), Victoria, Australia

18543
Age 3 — Birth of sister Maria Matilda Hawkless / Woodcock (1854–1943)
3 Dec 1854 • Ryde, New South Wales, Australia

18576
Age 6 — Birth of sister Rebecca Hawkless (1857–1942)
1857 • Ryde, New South Wales, Australia

186514
Age 14 — Birth of sister Sarah J Hawkless ( Twin ) Hawkless (1865–1903)
23 Jun 1865 • Gladesville, New South Wales, Australia

186514
Age 14 — Birth of sister Emily ( Twin ) Hawkless (1865–1882)
23 Jun1865 • Gladesville, New South Wales, Australia

187423
Age 23 — Death of brother James Hawkless (1845–1874)
1 Apr 1874 • Gladesville, New South Wales, Australia

187423
Age 23 — Marriage
1874 • Sydney, New South Wales
William Woodcock
William Woodcock

1846–1918

187726
Age 26 — Birth of son Thomas Alfred Woodcock (1877–1956)
1877

187928
Age 28 — Birth of daughter Rebecca Woodcock/ Knox (1879–1954)
1879 • Ryde, New South Wales, Australia

188029
Age 29 — Death of sister Amy ( Eliza ) Hawkless (1846–1880)
1880 • Parramatta, New South Wales

188130
Age 30 — Death of father Thomas Hawkley Hawkless (1799–1881)
8 Mar 1881 • Ryde, New South Wales, Australia

188231
Age 31 — Death of sister Charlotte Hawkless (1853–1882)
26 Feb 1882 • Gladesville, Paramatta River, New South Wales, Australia

188231
Age 31 — Death of sister Emily ( Twin ) Hawkless (1865–1882)
6 Aug 1882 • Gladesville, Ryde, New South Wales, Australia

188231
Age 31 — Birth of daughter Lottie Woodcock (1882–1971)
1882 • New South Wales

188332
Age 32 — Death of half-sister Mary Ann Hawkless (1825–1883)
1883 • St Helens, Victoria, Australia ( Yambuk )

188433
Age 33 — Birth of daughter Annie Woodcock/ Thorpe (1884–1963)
1884 • New South Wales

188736
Age 36 — Birth of daughter Ada Florence Woodcock (1887–1963)
1887 • New South Wales

189140
Age 40 — Death of half-brother John HAWKLESS (1821–1891)
07 May 1891 • Darlimurla, Mirboo North, Victoria, Australia

189241
Age 41 — Birth of son George Woodcock (1892–1915)
1892 • Ermington, New South Wales, Australia

189443
Age 43 — Death of brother Robert Hawkless (1849–1894)
1894 • Gladesville , New South Wales, Australia

189544
Age 44 — Birth of daughter Alma Woodcock (1895–1979)
20 Jul 1895 • New South Wales

190251
Age 51 — Death of mother Elizabeth Sloan (1818–1902)
24 Nov 1902 • Hunters Hill, New South Wales

190352
Age 52 — Death of sister Sarah J Hawkless ( Twin ) Hawkless (1865–1903)
Sep 1903 • Holbrook, New South Wales

191160
Age 60 — Death of brother Thomas Hawkless (1849–1911)
25 Jul 1911 • Water Fall, late of Gladesville, New South Wales, Australia

191564
Age 64 — Death of son George Woodcock (1892–1915)
28 August 1915 • Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey

191867
Age 67 — Death of husband William Woodcock (1846–1918)
20 May 1918 • Ryde, New South Wales, Australia

193281
Age 81 — Residence
1932 • Ryde, Martin, New South Wales, Australia

193382
Age 82 — Death
14 Aug 1933 • New South Wales, Australia

1933
Funeral
16 Aug 1933 • Field of Mars Cemetery, East Ryde, Ryde City, New South Wales, Australia
Burial
Field of Mars Cemetery
Residence
Ryde, New South Wales, Australia

parents

Thomas Hawkley Hawkless
Thomas Hawkley Hawkless
1799–1881
Elizabeth Sloan
Elizabeth Sloan
1818–1902

william
Birth
1846 • St Marys, Isles Scilly, Cornwall, England

187428
Age 28 — Marriage
1874 • Sydney, New South Wales
Annie Elizabeth Hawkless
Annie Elizabeth Hawkless

1851–1933

187731
Age 31 — Birth of son Thomas Alfred Woodcock (1877–1956)
1877

187933
Age 33 — Birth of daughter Rebecca Woodcock/ Knox (1879–1954)
1879 • Ryde, New South Wales, Australia

188236
Age 36 — Birth of daughter Lottie Woodcock (1882–1971)
1882 • New South Wales

188438
Age 38 — Birth of daughter Annie Woodcock/ Thorpe (1884–1963)
1884 • New South Wales

188741
Age 41 — Birth of daughter Ada Florence Woodcock (1887–1963)
1887 • New South Wales

189246
Age 46 — Birth of son George Woodcock (1892–1915)
1892 • Ermington, New South Wales, Australia

189549
Age 49 — Birth of daughter Alma Woodcock (1895–1979)
20 Jul 1895 • New South Wales

191569
Age 69 — Death of son George Woodcock (1892–1915)
28 August 1915 • Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey

191872
Age 72 — Death
20 May 1918 • Ryde, New South Wales, Australia

191872
Age 72 — Funeral
20 May 1918 • Field of Mars Cemetery, East Ryde, Ryde City, New South Wales, Australia
Burial
Field of Mars Cemetery, East Ryde, Ryde City, New South Wales, Australia


children
Thomas Alfred Woodcock
1877–1956
Rebecca Woodcock/ Knox
Rebecca Woodcock/ Knox
1879–1954
Lottie Woodcock
1882–1971
Annie Woodcock/ Thorpe
1884–1963
Ada Florence Woodcock
Ada Florence Woodcock
1887–1963
George Woodcock
George Woodcock
1892–1915
Alma Woodcock
Alma Woodcock
1895–1979

Name William Woodcock
Birth Date 1846
Death Date May 1918
Cemetery Field of Mars Cemetery
Burial or Cremation Place Ryde, Ryde City, New South Wales, Australia
Has Bio? N
Father Stephen Woodcock
Mother Jane Elizabeth Woodcock
Spouse Annie Elizabeth Woodcock

nameslessone

nameslessone Report 18 Aug 2024 12:04

Roy would probably find it worthwhile investigating if his local library service has access to Ancestry.

It is common in the UK, seems probable in Australia - not sure about NZ. But either of those countries , and many more, would have guidance on local records.

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 19 Aug 2024 11:20

https://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards/board/ancestors/thread/1383256
AND OTHERS........................................