Josiah Hunkin



S. of William Hunkin & Mary Cloke

Josiah Hunkin
Born 19.5.1807 at Wesleyan, St. Austell, Cornwall, England (Bap. 12th July)
Occ. Fisherman/Cordwainer (Shoemaker)
Marr. Betsey Rosevear (Jenkins) 27.6.1831 at Mevagissey, Cornwall
Died 2nd March 1873 at Mevagissey, Cornwall
Buried at Mevagissey, Cornwall


Children

Elizabeth (Betsey)
William Jenkins
Walter Giles
Eliza
Josiah
Edward


NOTE

Betsey (b. 1802), of St. Ewe, Cornwall. Witnesses to marr. Thomas C. Hunkin & Mary Ann Rosevear. Betsey was a widow. Liv. with son (Walter) at Cliff St., Mevagissey, Cornwall (1881) as a Housekeeper. Eliza marr. Shipwright James Harris (they liv. with Eliza's parents in 1881 at Mevagissey).


Bessie Hunkin 77 Widow of Joshia Hunkin 23rd June 1889 (Could this be the above Betsey ?)


Bur 29-Oct 1843 Mevagissey HUNKIN Josiah 3


The Bible Christians November 7, 1838 Childs Name: Eliza Parents Name: Josiah & Betsy Hunkin Abode: Mevagissey Fathers Occupation: Cordwainer By Whom: James Thorne.


Liv. at Cliff St., Mevagissey, Cornwall (1841) as a Shoemaker with wife & children Betsy, 14, Walter, 5 & Eliza, 2.


1851 census of 32 Cliff St., Mevagissey, Cornwall
32,Cliff Street,Josiah Hunkin,Head,M,43,,Shoemaker,Mevagissey Cornwall,, ,,Betsy Hunkin,Wife,M,,49,,Mevagissey Cornwall,, ,,Elizth. Jenkin,Dau,U,,23,,Mevagissey Cornwall,, ,,Walter Hunkin,Son,U,15,,Fisher Boy,Mevagissey Cornwall,, ,,Eliza Hunkin,Dau,,,12,Scholar,Mevagissey Cornwall,,

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