See also
Name:
Emma Jane Voysey
Sex:
Female
Father:
Mother:
1883, Register Entry for Baptism of Emma Jane Voysey (2)
Birth:
20 Oct 1849
Census (living with parents):
30 Mar 1851 (age 1)
1851 Census - living with parents
Census (living with parents):
7 Apr 1861 (age 11)
1861 Census - living with parents
Occupation:
frm 1870 to 1883 (age 20-34)
Census:
3 Apr 1881 (age 31)
East Stonehouse, Devon5
Address: 16 Adelaide Street
7 families (households) totalling 22 people were occupying the same house including that of a Private in the RMLI and a RMLI Pensioner who also had a RMLI Pensioner as a lodger. Next door at 17 Adelaide St there was a RMLI Sergeant and his family. Emma was described as a tailoress and had been a machinist in her father's tailoring business before she was married. At No 14 there were also 2 tailoresses so presumably there was a tailoring business nearby and Emma may have worked for it.
She is shown as living by herself but it is thought that her husband Daniel was with her as he was listed as not being on board his ship H.M.S. Hibernia on the night of the Census.
Baptism:
17 Jul 1883 (age 33)
the District Chapelry of St Luke2
Address: Tavistock Place, Plymouth, Devon
Why she elected to be baptised at this time is not known but as the service was conducted by a Royal Marine chaplain it must have been connected in some way with he husband being in the Royal Marines.
Death:
6 Feb 1884 (age 34)
Cause: phthisis, which is now known as tuberculosis, and not in childbirth which is family oral history for the cause of her death
Address: 29 East Street
According to the Death Certificate she had been under treatment for 18 months. Her mother, Susan Voysey, was present at her death. At the time her husband Daniel Hawkins, who was in the Royal Marines, was stationed in Plymouth and had been since October 1881. It is therefore certain that he was aware of the progress of her fatal illness.
Although tuberculosis was fairly common in the crowded conditions in which most people lived (in the 1881 Census she is shown as sharing a house at 16 Adelaide Street with 20 other people in 7 families, although that was not the address at which she died) she may have caught it from her sister Minda before she moved to Stonehouse. As people tended to shun those who suffered from it is possible that Daniel said that his first wife died in childbirth not only because that would elicit sympathy but also conceal the fact that he has been in close contact with someone who had a contagious disease and could himself be infected.
Death Registration:
8 Feb 1884
Register Office9
Address: East Stonehouse, Devon
Spouse: Daniel Hawkins, c. 1875, age 32
Spouse:
Marriage:
11 Nov 1876 (age 27)
Address: East Stonehouse, Devon
Mary was Emma's sister and John was her husband. Daniel's father was dead and it is extremely unlikely that his mother who lived in Tiverton attended the wedding. Indeed one wonders whether they even knew as Daniel signed the register with his mark indicating that he could not write. Perhaps someone else wrote to his mother for him. It is fairly certain that Emma's parents attended the wedding as they lived in Stonehouse. Who else was at the wedding is not known.
. Sometime in the late 1860s or early 1870s Emma moved from Tiverton where she had been living with her parents to Stonehouse where she found work as a machinist. The fact that she was not recorded in the 1871 Census indicates that she had moved by that time. Judging from her future husband's, Daniel Hawkins', service record they must have met sometime between July 1873 and August 1874 when he was stationed ashore in Devonport. After August 1874 he was away until 1 October 1876 and they were married on 11 November 1876 - a month after his return.4 12
1851 England Census for Household of William Voysey in Tiverton, Devon, (Ancestry website). Custom Id: HO107/1889, Folio 263, Page 32, Schedule 148; Emma Voysey daughter of William and Susanna Voysey age 1 born in Tiverton, Devon. National Archives. Call Number: HO107/1889.
Parish Register for Baptism of Emma Jane Voysey wife of Daniel Hawkins, District Chapelry of St Like, Plymouth, Devon, 17 July 1883, Plymouth and West Devon Record Office.
1881 England Census for Emma J. Hawkins in East Stonehouse, Devon, (Ancestry image). Custom Id: RG11/2205, Folio 10, Page 13; Emma J. Hawkins working as a tailoress in East Stonehouse. National Archives. Call Number: RG11/2205.
Rev. P.R. Scott, Certified Copy of an Entry of Marriage for Daniel Hawkins and Emma Jane Voysey, (General Register Office on 16 December 2005 in response to Application Number COL040472). Custom Id: MXC369031; Date of Marriage11 Nov 1876Bride's NameEmma Jane VoyseyRank or ProfessionMachinistBride's ResidenceStonehouse. Pat Ward.
1881 England Census for Emma J. Hawkins in East Stonehouse, Devon, (Ancestry image). Custom Id: RG11/2205, Folio 10, Page 13; Cit. Date: 3 April 1881. National Archives. Call Number: RG11/2205.
G. Bignall, Registar, Certified Copy for an Entry of Death for Emma Hawkins, (General Register Office on 16 Dec 2005 in response to Application No. COL040472). Custom Id: DYA872185; Cit. Date: 6 February 1884. Pat Ward.
Jack Ward, Death of Sarah Hawkins, (18 Mar 2004). Cit. Date: 18 March 2004. Jack Ward, The Nook, Silver Street
Bampton
Tiverton
Devon
EX16 9NR. Tel: 01398332458, Email: familyhistory@blackwithies.demon.co.uk.
General Register Office, Civil Registration Index (England & Wales) for Death of Emma Hawkins, (FindMyPast website). Custom Id: Deaths 1884 Q1 East Stonehouse Vol. 5b, Page 216; Cit. Date: Q1 1884. General Register Office. Call Number: Deaths.
G. Bignall, Registar, Certified Copy for an Entry of Death for Emma Hawkins, (General Register Office on 16 Dec 2005 in response to Application No. COL040472). Custom Id: DYA872185; Date of Death6 Feb 1884Place of Death29 East StreetNameEmma HawkinsAge35OccupationWife of Daniel Hawkins, Private R.M.Cause of DeathPhthisis 18 monthsCertified ByS. J. Hamilton L.R.C.S. Cit. Date: 6 February 1884. Pat Ward.
Rev. P.R. Scott, Certified Copy of an Entry of Marriage for Daniel Hawkins and Emma Jane Voysey, (General Register Office on 16 December 2005 in response to Application Number COL040472). Custom Id: MXC369031; Cit. Date: 11 November 1876. Pat Ward.
General Register Office, Civil Registration Index (England & Wales) for Marriage of Daniel Hawkins & Emma Jane Voysey, (Period, Oct-Dec 1876). Quarter & Year Oct-Dec 1876Registration DistrictEast StonehouseGroom's NameDaniel HawkinsBride's NameEmma Jane Vosey. General Register Office.
R.M.L.I., Royal Marine Light Infantry Service Certificate for Daniel Hawkins, (Period, 17 Jan 1866 to 18 Jan 1887). Pte.Plymouth Division1 Oct 7631 Dec 76Pte.Plymouth Division1 Jan 7719 Jan 77To 2nd BadgeV.G.Pte.Plymouth Division20 Jan 776 Feb 78EmbarkedV.G.Pte.Indus7 Feb 7830 Sep 78Pte.Plymouth Division1 Oct 7831 Dec 78ExemplaryPte.Plymouth Division1 Jan 7919 Jan 79To 3rd BadgeExemplaryPte.Plymouth Division20 Jan 7926 Sep 79Embarked. Pat Ward.