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Stephen Elkins & Mary Hill
3rd Great Grandparents
Husband:
 
Stephen Elkins
Born:
  1825
in:
  Westbury, Wiltshire
1st Marriage:
  24 Oct 1844
in:
  Westbury, Wiltshire
2nd Marriage:
  03 April 1877
in:
  St Marks Church, Bath, Somerset
Died:
  December 1898
in:
  Westbury, Wiltshire
Father:
 
Mother:
 
     
Occupation:
  Thatcher
 
Wife:
 
Mary Hill
Born:
 
1824
in:
 
Dilton Marsh, Westbury, Wiltshire
Died:
 
March 1875
in:
 
Westbury, Wiltshire
Father:
 
Mother:
 
     
Occupation:
  Cloth Weaver
 

Stephen Elkins was born in 1825 in Westbury, Wiltshire and was one of at least three children from his father's first marriage. He worked as a Thatcher like his father. Stephen and died in 1898 aged 73.

Mary Hill was born in 1824 in Dilton Marsh, part of Westbury, Wiltshire and was one of ten children (six confirmed). She worked as a Cloth Weaver, similar to her father who was a Silk Weaver. Mary died in 1875 aged 51.

Stephen remarried in 1877 to another Mary, also a widow.

 

2nd Wife:
 
Mary Ann Ranger Hasker nee Hoddinott
Born:
 
1842
in:
 
Crockerton, Wiltshire
Christened:
 
18 Oct 1844
in:
 
Crockerton, Wiltshire
1st Marriage:
 
Sep 1864
in:
 
St Pancras, Middlesex
Husband:
 
Edward Walter Hasker (1840-1870)
Died:
 
13 Mar 1913
in:
 
Warminster, Wiltshire
Father:
 
John Hoddinott
Mother:
 
Eliza Ranger
     
Occupation:
  Laundress & Cook

Children
From 1st marriage to Mary Hill
Stephen and his first wife Mary had eleven children, my 2nd Great Grandfather being the fourth. Their last child died when he was only 6 months old. I have only found christening records for their first four and last child. Frank emigrated to America in 1870, closely followed by Luke. Frank stayed but Luke returned back to Westbury with his wife Lucy and their first two children (my Great Grandfather).

1
Name:
 
John Elkins
M
Born:
  December 1845
in:
  Chalford, Westbury, Wiltshire
 
Christened:
  30 August 1846
in:
  Chalford, Westbury, Wiltshire
 
Marriage:
  06 June 1865
in:
  Westbury, Wiltshire
 
Spouse:
 
Rebecca Taylor (1845-1923)
 
Died:
  29 June 1911
in:
  Westbury, Wiltshire
             
 
Occupation:
  Thatcher & Inn Keeper

John lived in and ran the Crown Hotel, Market Place, Westbury, Wiltshire with his wife and five children. He died in 1911 aged 66 and his wife in 1923 aged 78.

2
Name:
 
Honor Elkins
F
Born:
  1846
in:
  Chalford, Westbury, Wiltshire
 
Christened:
  15 January 1850
in:
  Chalford, Westbury, Wiltshire
 
Marriage:
  1868
in:
  Westbury, Wiltshire
 
Spouse:
 
John Grearson (1848-)
             
 
Occupation:
  Servant (prior to marriage)

Honor's husband John was an Engine Driver, they had four children.

3
Name:
 
Frank Stephen Elkins
M
Born:
  March 1849
in:
  Chalford, Westbury, Wiltshire
 
Christened:
  15 January 1850
in:
  Chalford, Westbury, Wiltshire
 
Marriage:
  1868
in:
  Westbury, Wiltshire
 
Spouse:
 
Theresa Collier (1850-1936)
 
Died:
  15 November 1938
in:
  Bath, Steuben County, New York, America
             
 
Emigration:
  Arrived in New York, America on 24 September 1870
 
Occupation:
  Farmer & School Janitor

Frank, his wife Theresa and their first son Henry emigrated to America in the early 1870's. They made their home in Mexico, Oswego County, New York, America and had seven children. He was a much respected part of the community. Theresa died in 1936 aged 86 and Frank followed two years later aged 89.

4
Name:
 
M
Born:
  1852
in:
  Chalford, Westbury, Wiltshire
 
Christened:
  7 December 1857
in:
  Chalford, Westbury, Wiltshire
 
Marriage:
  16 July 1873
in:
  Mexico, Oswego, New York, America
 
Spouse:
 
Lucy Annie Goddard (1851-1910)
 
Died:
  1931
in:
  Westbury, Wiltshire
             
 
Occupation:
  Labourer in Private Gardens

Luke and Lucy had seven children. In 1870 Luke's brother Frank emigrated to America and the following year Luke traveled over with his sister-in-law Theresa and nephew, Lucy followed on in 1873. Lucy and Luke married six days after she arrived and they had two children before returning to England in 1877/78. Their youngest child died when only a few months old and they lost two more son's during WW1. Lucy died in 1910 aged 58 and Luke died in twenty one years later in 1931 aged 80.

5
Name:
 
Stephen Elkins
M
Born:
  1854
in:
  Chalford, Westbury, Wiltshire
 
Marriage:
  1885
in:
  Bath, Somerset
 
Spouse:
 
Eliza Morgan (1860-1918)
 
Died:
  19 August 1912
in:
  Bath, Somerset
             
 
Occupation:
  Tailor      

Stephen and Eliza had two sons, and he worked as a Tailor with his brother Edward in Bath, Somerset. Stephen died in 1912 aged 58, then their eldest son died in 1915 aged 28 followed by Eliza in 1918 also aged 58.

6
Name:
 
William Elkins
M
Born:
  1856
in:
  Chalford, Westbury, Wiltshire
 
Marriage:
  30 May 1883
in:
  Westbury, Wiltshire
 
Spouse:
 
Elizabeth Jane Newman (1859-)
 
Died:
  1923
in:
  Bristol, Gloucestershire
             
 
Occupation:
  Saddler      

William and Elizabeth had six children and worked as a Saddler all his life. He died in 1923 aged 67.

7
Name:
 
Martha Elkins
F
Born:
  1859
in:
  Chalford, Westbury, Wiltshire
 
Marriage:
  1886
in:
  Westbury, Wiltshire
 
Spouse:
 
Joseph Rogers (1861-)
 
Died:
  1919
in:
  Westbury, Wiltshire
             
 
Occupation:
  Domestic Cook (prior to marriage)

Martha's husband Joseph was a Labourer and they had eight children. She died in 1919 aged 60.

8
Name:
 
Mary Elkins
F
Born:
  March 1861
in:
  Chalford, Westbury, Wiltshire
 
Marriage:
  4 June 1892
in:
  Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire
 
Spouse:
 
Frederick Arthur Kidby (1867-)
 
   
   
 
Occupation:
  Domestic Nurse ((prior to marriage)

Mary worked as a Domestic Servant before marrying Frederick, a Surveyor's Clerk. They had three sons.

9
Name:
 
Edward Elkins
M
Born:
  1863
in:
  Chalford, Westbury, Wiltshire
 
Marriage:
  26 December 1895
in:
  Melksham, Wiltshire
 
Spouse:
 
Mary Ann Lewis (1867-)
             
 
Occupation:
  Tailor

Edward and Mary had one surviving daughter, loosing their second child shortly after she was born. He worked as a Tailor with his brother Stephen in Bath, Somerset and died barely three years after their daughter in 1901 aged 38.

10
Name:
 
Anna Maria Elkins
F
Born:
  1865
in:
  Chalford, Westbury, Wiltshire
             
 
Occupation:
  Domestic Servant (1881 census)

I have yet to discover if Anna married or died after 1881.

11
Name:
 
Hyam Elkins
M
Born:
  1869
in:
  Chalford, Westbury, Wiltshire
 
Christened:
  21 November 1869
in:
  Chalford, Westbury, Wiltshire
 
Died:
  10 May 1870
in:
  Chalford, Westbury, Wiltshire

Hyam sadly died at only six months old.

Children
From 2nd marriage to Mary Hasker (nee Hoddinott)
Stephen and his second wife Mary, seventeen years his junior, had four children together. Mary also had a daughter from her first marriage to Edward Hasker called Emma Eliza Hasker (b.1867).

1
Name:
 
Henry George Hasker Elkins
M
Born:
  1878
in:
  Westbury, Wiltshire
 
1st Marriage:
  1899
in:
  Farnham, Surrey
 
Spouse 1:
 
Amy Jane Rowe (1857-1935)
 
2nd Marriage:
  1941
in:
  St Michael with Paul, Broad Street, Bath, Somerset
 
Spouse 2:
 
Edith Augusta Harvey (1876-1948)
 
3rd Marriage:
  1948
in:
  Bath Register Office, Bath, Somerset
 
Spouse 3:
  Edith Alexina Twissell (1905-1993)
 
Died:
  1959
in:
  Bath, Somerset
             
 
Occupation:
  Gardener and Soldier in Royal Army Medical Corps

Henry got his middle name of Hasker from his mothers first marriage to Edward Hasker. Following in both his parents footsteps as he not only married twice but three times. Henry and his first wife appeared to have only had one child (1911 census), however on his army enlistment form in 1914 he is noted as married but with no children, if their daughter died inbetween 1911-1914 I can find no record of it.
Henry's first wife Amy died in 1938 aged 78, he then remarried in 1841 to a Edith Augusts, a widow the same age as him. His second wife died only a few years later in 1948 aged 71 and Henry very swiftly remarried only a few months later (still in 1948) to another Edith,  who was a mere twenty seven years his junior (taking after his father again)! The spinster Edith Alexina was 43 when she married Henry and they had no children together. Not surprisingly she outlived Henry who died in 1959 aged 81. Edith Alexina died thirty four years later in 1993 aged 88, she never remarried after Henry's death.

2
Name:
 
Ernest James Elkins
M
Born:
  29 July 1879
in:
  Westbury, Wiltshire
 
Marriage:
         
 
Spouse:
  Lilian Susan Watson (1883-)      
 
Died:
  ?
in:
  Haileybury, Ontario, Canada
             
 
Occupation:
  Shopkeeper (veg, fruit, meat etc)       

Ernest and Lilian had two children before emigrating to Canada in 1914, where they had two more children.

3
Name:
 
Arthur Ranger Elkins
M
Born:
  06 August 1882
in:
  Westbury, Wiltshire
 
Marriage:
  June 1909
in:
  Croydon, Surrey
 
Spouse:
 
Joyce Maria Herring (c.1882-)
             
 
Occupation:
  Hospital Nurse [1901 Census]      

I have only found one child for Arthur and Joyce, born eleven years after they married.

4
Name:
 
Alice Louise Elkins
M
Born:
  1883
in:
  Westbury, Wiltshire
 
Christened:
  12 October 1883
in:
  Dilton, Westbury, Wiltshire
             
 
Occupation:
  General Domestic Servant [1901 Census]

I have yet to discover if Alice married and when she died.

 
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