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Thank you for your PM Brigette.

It was my pleasure, honestly.

Wonderful news and i am absolutely thrilled and delighted for you.

I wish you and your Dad many years of happiness together.

Brilliant!! <3 <3 <3

Hi, yes , both the above :-)

Both things worked together beautifully :-)

well done Brigette, did you make contact through the people with the family trees showing your dad, or did other members send you info privately from this thread?

(just curious to know what works, for future reference!)

Well, thanks to some very special people on this site, Ive found my Dad and we are in contact :-D

Thankyou to everyone who helped make this possible, youve made me very happy :-)

Have edited out some of the posts that may seem " insensitive" :-)

Hi jooniecloonie :-)
Yes i see what you mean, i will try to delete any controversial posts of mine..if I can work out how.? ( im not at all savvy on a computer) and thanks for your help, I have now sent private messages to some of the people in your link. Thanks for posting that for me.

To pricklyholly, you arent spoiling any surprises for me, lol, you are helping me hugely and I wouldnt have most of this info if not for you, so thankyou! :-)

Surrey, England, Baptisms, 1813-1912
about George Henry Hankins Name:George Henry Hankins
Birth Date:8 Feb 1870
Baptism Date:23 Mar 1870
Archive Provided Parish:Dorking, St Paul
Parish as it Appears:Dorking, St Paul
Father:George Hankins (Labourer)
Mother:Amelia Hankins
Reference Number:DOP/1/1



Surrey, England, Marriages, 1754-1937
about George Hankins (Bachelor) Sawyer
Age:21
Birth Year:abt 1848
Marriage Date:16 May 1869
Archive Provided Parish:Dorking, St Paul
Parish as it Appears:Dorking
Spouse: Amelia Scragg
Spouse Age:18
Father:Charles Hankins (Labourer)
Spouse Father:John Scragg (No occupation given)
Reference Number:DOP/2/1
Witnesses: John Botting and Ann Scragg



1911 England Census
about George Hankins Name:George Hankins
Age in 1911:63
Estimated Birth Year:abt 1848
Relation to Head:Head
Gender:Female
Birth Place:Ewshott, Hampshire, England
Civil Parish:Feltham
County/Island:Middlesex
Country:England
Street address:Clyde Villa, 31 Cromwell Rd, Feltham, Middx
Marital Status:Married 42 Years
Occupation: Sawyer Retired
Registration district:Staines

Household Members:

George Hankins 63
Amelia Hankins 60
Maria Hankins 27
Ellen Hankins 22
John Hankins 25
Richard Hankins 23

11 children born and living.

In the last column under Infirmity.........Paralyses 52 years old.

The 1901 census also states Paralysed.

actually Brigette if what you are wanting to do is contact your father's family,

it would probably be better to do that, rather than to talk about them on the internet :-)

(you never know when he or one of his family members might google the names too, and find this thread, and how they might feel about it ... his parents' circumstances when they married being somewhat recent personal info, for instance ... personally I wouldn't want to see someone talking about my 'illegitimate' mother if I googled my family's names) (and I would never talk about someone that way, in an online tree, who was not a direct ancestor of mine, either! ... but of course I've never felt the need to refer to any person as 'illegitimate' ...)

you can find Derek's mother's surname by finding his birth here

http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl

(although of course you know it now from the info PricklyHolly sent you privately)

and if you search there for births with that surname combination you'll see he was the only child (there was another marriage with the same surnames) so unfortunately you can't make contact through a brother or sister which would sometimes be an idea to consider


here's the big thing though

http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/tree/results/hankins/derek?memberkey=0&yearofbirth=1938&yearofbirthrange=2

Derek appears to have two trees here at GenesReunited with his name in them, and several other people have him in their trees

if all else fails, you could work out what those people's relationship is with him and contact one of them perhaps

Brigette...........I know you are new at researching and I don't want to spoil the excitement of you discovering information yourself.

I just wanted to give you a head start. :-)

Take time to digest the information..........and post back on here if you get stuck!!

Happy researching...........Prickles. x

This is incredible!

I cant believe you have found all this, Im in awe of your research skills lol :-)

Am going to read and re-read it all over and over, my heads swimming a bit! :-S

Thankyou so very much for all your work, it really does mean a lot to me and will give me lots of answers Im sure. :-)

This looks good..........


England & Wales, Marriage Index, 1916-2005
about Amy Allen Name:Amy Allen
Spouse Surname:Wagg
Date of Registration:Apr-May-Jun 1920
Registration district:Thornbury
Inferred County:Gloucestershire
Volume Number:6a
Page Number:752

Edit: There is a tree on Ancestry.......

Amy Mary Allen (Born 1888 Gloucestershire) married Michael Wagg.

Amy Mary's illegitimate daughter.....Amy Blanche Allen



England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
about Amy Mary Allen Name:Amy Mary Allen
Registration Year:1888
Registration Quarter:Apr-May-Jun
Registration district:Thornbury
Inferred County:Gloucestershire
Volume:6a
Page:220



England & Wales, Death Index, 1916-2007
about Amy Mary Wagg Name:Amy Mary Wagg
Birth Date:10 May 1888
Date of Registration:Jun 1969
Age at Death:81
Registration district:Pontypool
Inferred County:Monmouthshire
Volume:8c
Page:1274



1911 England Census
about Amy Allen Name:Amy Allen
Age in 1911:22
Estimated Birth Year:abt 1889
Relation to Head:Daughter
Gender:Female
Birth Place:Oldbury On Severn, Gloucestershire
Civil Parish:Oldbury on Severn
County/Island:Gloucestershire
Country:England
Street address:Lower Farm, Cowhill, Thornbury, Gloucetershire RSO
Marital Status:Single
Occupation:Help in Business
Registration district:Thornbury
Sub-registration district:Thornbury

Household Members:

Frederick Allen 54 (Farmer) Married 28 Years......4 children born and living.
Jane Allen 53
Robert Allen 27
Amy Allen 22
William Allen 20
Elizabeth Allen 15

England & Wales, Birth Index, 1916-2005
about Amy B Allen Name:Amy B Allen
Mother's Maiden Surname:Allen
Date of Registration:Jan-Feb-Mar 1916
Registration district:Bath
Inferred County:Somerset
Volume Number:5c
Page Number: 752

According to information on Ancestry, Amy Blanch Hankins nee Allen died 5th Jan 2011 in Shrewsbury, Shropshire.

Looking at Amy's birth.......mothers maiden name Allen.......it might be that Amy was illegitimate and "Wagg" was the name she took from a stepfather.

To give you a start..........

Name: Harold J Hankins
Spouse Surname: Allen Or Wagg, Amy B
Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1937
Registration district: Southampton
Inferred County: Hampshire
Volume Number: 2c
Page Number: 190

This would indicate that Amy B Allen had been married before?

I am not seeing an earlier marriage, so it might be that it didn't take place in England or Wales.


England & Wales, Death Index, 1916-2007
about Harold Joseph Hankins Name:Harold Joseph Hankins
Birth Date:31 Mar 1907
Date of Registration:Dec 1970
Age at Death:63
Registration district:Southampton
Inferred County:Hampshire
Volume:6b
Page:1764



England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
about Harold Joseph B Hankins Name:Harold Joseph B Hankins
Registration Year:1907
Registration Quarter:Jan-Feb-Mar
Registration district:Paddington
Inferred County:London
Volume:1a
Page:53


1911 England Census
about Harold Joseph Hankins Name:Harold Joseph Hankins
Age in 1911: 4
Estimated Birth Year:abt 1907
Relation to Head: Son
Gender: Male
Birth Place:London, United Kingdom
Civil Parish:Paddington
County/Island:London
Country:England
Street address: 22 Fourth Avenue, Queens Park, Paddington W
Registration district:Paddington
Sub-registration district:Paddington North


Household Members:

George Henry Hankins 41 (Insurance Agent) Dorking Surrey (Married 16 Years)
Alice Mabel Lucy Hankins 40 (10 children born, 7 living, 3 had died)
Winifred Alice Hankins 15
Albert Edward Hankins 13
Henry George Hankins 10
Cecil Alfred Hankins 6
Harold Joseph Hankins 4
Ernest Burry Hankins 2
Florence Irene Hankins 0

Parents marriage.......

(Transcribed as Hawkins.........but clearly reads Hankins on the image.


London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921
about George Henry Hawkins (Bachelor...Gardener....1 Darley Road
Estimated Birth Year:abt 1870
Age: 20
Spouse: Alice Mable Lucy Burrie (Spinster) 1 Swaby?? Road
Spouse Age:19
Record Type:Marriage
Event Date:23 Oct 1890
Parish:St Michael, Wandsworth Common
Borough: Wandsworth
Father Name:George Hawkins (Sawyer)
Spouse Father:Joseph Burrie (Lead Worker)
Register Type:Parish Register
Witnesses: Joseph (Possibly Veuser or Keuser?? and Amelia Hankins


England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966
about George Henry Hankins Name:George Henry Hankins
Probate Date:13 May 1949
Death Date:10 Mar 1949
Death Place:Southampton, England
Registry:Winchester, England

Of 1 Delius Avenue, Sholing, Southampton.

To Harold Joseph Hankins electrician.

Effects: £234 8s 7d

Thankyou so so much!! :-)

Info of possible birth and marriages sent by PM.

Wow fast response, thanks so much!

Yep Ive done that, it does give an address but I dont really want to appear like a stalker, lol, and contact that address directly. I thought it might be best to ask here if anyone knew anything about the family, as I googled the name and it brought me here, I can see there are a few Hankins posting here so thought I would gain more info by posting here.


Id like any general info at all, however small, just to know a bit about my background really. :-)

Hi Bridget

Check out the one on the currant electoral roll in Southampton.

Hi all

Im trying to find any information on a family from Sholing, I believe, name of Hankins. any info appreciated.

The family lived in Sholing in the 1950s.

I have no other info but any help anyone can give me on the Hankins family,however small, would be great. Thanks in advance :-D