William Hotchkiss

Personal and Family Information

William was born on 4 JUN 1819 in Stone, Staffordshire, England, the son of Arthur Hotchkiss and Ellen.

He died about 1894. The place is not known.

His wife was Mary Taylor, who he married in 1844 in Stoke, St. Peter, Stoke-On-Trent, Staffordshire, England. Their nine known children were Ann Taylor (c1837-?), Maria Taylor (c1841-?), Sarah (c1845-?), James (c1845-?), John (c1848-?), Harriett (c1851-?), James (c1852-?), Harriet (c1852-?) and Sarah Ann (c1854-?).

Pedigree Chart (3 generations)

Events

Attributes

Notes

Note 1

!Alias: recorded as Hodgkisson, Hodgkiss

!Source: http://www.genesreunited.com/ John Silverman & Eppie Silverman

!Source: IGI

WILLIAM HODGISSON, Male

Birth: 04 JUN 1819

Christening: 09 JUN 1819 St. Michael, Stone, Stafford, England

Father: ARTHUR HODGISSON Family

Mother: HELEN

!Source: www.ancestry.com 1841 England Census, Stone, Staffordshire

Church Street

William Hodkis, male 25, Beesom maker, born in Staffordshire

Mary Taylor, female 20, shoe maker, born in Staffordshire

Ann Taylor, female 4, born in Staffordshire

Maria Taylor, female 2 months, born in Staffordshire

!Note: Arthur Hodkis family on same page.

!Note: A Besom is a broom, consisting of a bundle of twigs tied to a handle.

!Source: www.ancestry.com 1851 England Census, Stone, Staffordshire

Church Street

William Hodgkiss, Head, Married, Male, 31, Railway Labourer, born Staffordshire, Stone

Maria Hodgkiss, Wife, Married, Female, 35, , born Staffordshire, Stone [deaf]

Maria Hodgkiss, daughter, female, 10, scholar, born Staffordshire, Stone

James Hodgkiss, son, male, 5, scholar, born Staffordshire, Stone

Mary Hodgkiss, daughter, female, 1 day, born Staffordshire, Stone

Barbara Robinson, nurse, Widow, 65, Charwoman, born Staffordshire, Stone

!Source: www.ancestry.com 1861 England Census, Stone, Staffordshire

Abbey Court

Henry Burke, Head, married, male 28, Coordwain, born Lancashire, Liverpool

Maria Lycett, daughter, married, female 20, Shoe Binder, born Staffordshire, Stone

James Hodgkiss, Lodger, unmarried, male 16, Coordwain, born Staffordshire, Stone

Harriett Hodgkiss, Lodger, unmarried, female 10, born Staffordshire, Stone

!Notes: It appears that James and Harriet may have been learning a trade. A Cordwainer is a worker in Cordovan Leather, or an old word for a shoemaker.

!Source: www.ancestry.com 1871 England Census, Stone, Staffordshire

Church St. or Road

William Hodgkiss, Head, married, male 50, Labourer and Sexton at Parish Church, born Staffordshire, Stone

Mary Hodgkiss, Wife, married, female 50, Sempsress, born Staffordshire, Stone

Harriet, Hodgkiss, daughter, unmarried, female 20, Shoe Fitter, born Staffordshire, Stone

Mary Ann Hodgkiss, grand daughter, unmarried, 1 year, born Staffordshire, Stone

!Source: Staffordshire Marriage indexes for the years: 1844

Surname Forename[s] Surname Forename[s] Church / Register Office Registers At Reference

HODGKISS William TAYLOR Mary Stoke, St. Peter Stoke-On-Trent 31/4/215.