Email received by Graham George Hawker on 27 November 2002 from John Wesley Hawker:
I thought you may be interested to know a
liitle side info on my G Grandfather, Arthur. In 1881, he was a servant in Evesham for
Herbert New, then on his Marriage Certificate with Maria Barnes in 1888, he is said to
be a Postman. Perhaps that is how he took a bride from Stafford. Then by 1893 and
on, he is a Milkseller-Shopkeeper (per my Great Aunt Ethels birth certificate). Also,
my Great Uncle Albert was in the Glo. Regiment 1st Bn. and was killed at the battle
of Aubers, May 9, 1915, PasdeCalais, France. My Grandfather, John, was also there
and survived obviously.
Email received by Graham George Hawker on 27 November 2002 from John Wesley Hawker:
I thought you may be interested to know a
liitle side info on my G Grandfather, Arthur. In 1881, he was a servant in Evesham for
Herbert New, then on his Marriage Certificate with Maria Barnes in 1888, he is said to
be a Postman. Perhaps that is how he took a bride from Stafford. Then by 1893 and
on, he is a Milkseller-Shopkeeper (per my Great Aunt Ethels birth certificate). Also,
my Great Uncle Albert was in the Glo. Regiment 1st Bn. and was killed at the battle
of Aubers, May 9, 1915, PasdeCalais, France. My Grandfather, John, was also there
and survived obviously.Email received by Graham George Hawker on 24 December 2002 from Annette Spurrell:
The following is James Vaile Hawker's Grandson, Albert.
He was the eldest son of Arthur. He was killed during the First World War. So obviously Albert had
no heirs. I do not know yet if Ethel or Florrie married and had any children. Albert's name also
appears on the memorial in Evesham.
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Debt of Honour Register
In Memory ofALBERT HAWKER
Private
7486
1st Bn., Gloucestershire Regimentwho died on
Sunday 9 May 1915 .
Cemetery: LE TOURET MEMORIALPas de Calais, France
Grave or Reference Panel Number: Panel 17
Location: Le Touret Memorial is located at the east end of Le Touret Military Cemetery,
on the south side of the Bethune-Armentieres main road. From Bethune follow the signs for
Armentieres until you are on the D171. Continue on this road through Essars and Le Touret village.
Approximately 1 kilometre after Le Touret village and about 5 kilometres before you reach the
intersection with the D947, Estaires to La Bassee road, the Cemetery lies on the right hand side of
the road. The Memorial takes the form of a loggia surrounding an open rectangular court. The court
is enclosed by three solid walls and on the eastern side by a colonnade. East of the colonnade is a
wall and the colonnade and wall are prolonged northwards (to the road) and southwards, forming a
long gallery. Small pavilions mark the ends of the gallery and the western corners of the court. The
names of those commemorated are listed on panels set into the walls of the court and the gallery,
arranged by Regiment, Rank and alphabetically by surname within the rank. Over 13,000 names are
listed on the memorial of men who fell in this area before 25 September 1915 and who have no known
grave.
Visiting Information: The Panel Numbers quoted at the end of each entry relate to the
panels dedicated to the Regiment served with. In some instances where a casualty is recorded as
attached to another Regiment, his name may alternatively appear within their Regimental Panels.
Please refer to the on-site Memorial Register Introduction to determine the alternative panel
numbers if you do not find the name within the quoted Panels.
Historical Information: The Memorial in Le Touret Military Cemetery, Richebourg-l'Avoue,
is one of those erected by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission to record the names of the
officers and men who fell in the Great War and whose graves are not known. It serves the area
enclosed on the North by the river Lys and a line drawn from Estaires to Fournes, and on the South
by the old Southern boundary of the First Army about Grenay; and it covers the period from the
arrival of the II Corps in Flanders in 1914 to the eve of the Battle of Loos. It does not include
the names of officers and men of Canadian or Indian regiments; they are found on the Memorials at
Vimy and Neuve-Chapelle
In Memory of
Private ALBERT HAWKER7486, 1st Bn., Gloucestershire Regiment
who died
on Sunday 9 May 1915.
Remembered with honour
LE TOURET MEMORIAL
Email to Graham George Hawker from Anette Spurrell 24Dec2002"I am enclosing copies of the ships registries for your perusal. These are the ships that John
Arthur Hawker and Edna Saunders immigrated to Canada on. I thought this might be of general
interest to you.
Immigration Records (1925-1935)
Surname: Hawker
Given name: Edna Kath.
Age: 24
Sex:F
Nationality: En
Date of arrival: 1928/07/08 (YYYY/MM/DD)
Port of arrival: Quebec, Quebec
Ship: ALBERTIC , White Star
Reference: RG76 - IMMIGRATION, series C-1-a
Volume: 1928 volume 13 Page: 143
Microfilm reel: T-14744
Surname: Hawker
Given name: John Arthur
Age: 33
Sex: M
Nationality: En
Date of arrival: 1928/07/08 (YYYY/MM/DD)
Port of arrival: Quebec , Quebec
Ship: ALBERTIC , White Star
Reference: RG76 - IMMIGRATION, series C-1-a
Volume: 1928 volume 13 Page: 143
Microfilm reel: T-14744
Note: John married Edna Saunders"
Email to Graham George Hawker from Anette Spurrell 24Dec2002
"I am enclosing copies of the ships registries for your perusal. These are the ships that John
Arthur Hawker and Edna Saunders immigrated to Canada on. I thought this might be of general
interest to you.
Immigration Records (1925-1935)
Surname: Hawker
Given name: Edna Kath.
Age: 24
Sex:F
Nationality: En
Date of arrival: 1928/07/08 (YYYY/MM/DD)
Port of arrival: Quebec, Quebec
Ship: ALBERTIC , White Star
Reference: RG76 - IMMIGRATION, series C-1-a
Volume: 1928 volume 13 Page: 143
Microfilm reel: T-14744
Surname: Hawker
Given name: John Arthur
Age: 33
Sex: M
Nationality: En
Date of arrival: 1928/07/08 (YYYY/MM/DD)
Port of arrival: Quebec , Quebec
Ship: ALBERTIC , White Star
Reference: RG76 - IMMIGRATION, series C-1-a
Volume: 1928 volume 13 Page: 143
Microfilm reel: T-14744
Note: John married Edna Saunders"
Email received by Graham George Hawker on 27 November 2002 from Annette Hawker-Spurrell:
My name is Annette Hawker-Spurrell. I am remarried as my husband Lester Nigel Hawker
passed away in 1985.
My family have been working research on and off for the past few years without much success
but this year we have made considerable progress.
We have birth and marriage certificates back to 1838, which brings me to you. ( I believe that
you have also spoken with my son John-Wesley)
We have a birth certificate for James Vaile Hawker (the family bible spells it James Vale
Hawker) He was born in Dumbleton on September 25, 1838 to the parents of John Hawker and
Maria Hawker formerly Vaile. The father's occupation was agricultural labourer. If you go to
the 1851 census for Dumbleton (#81) and if the census was done in April, his age would have
been 12, he would have turned 13 on his birthday in September. So I am fairly certain that we
are talking about the same James as you are. Also if you go to #30 you will find that another
Hawker family member, Mary Ann is also living with her grandmother. So they had a sister as
well. I am not certain if the John in #6 is a brother, but the age is right.
Getting back to James. James married Ann King in 1863 and had a son named Arthur in
1863, I am assuming that she must have died shortly after their marraige and James must
have remarried. If you look at the 1881 census James was living at 85 High Street in
Evesham. In the 1901 census James was living with Millicent at 34 High Street and Arthur
was now living at 69 High Street. A coincidence. I don't think so. I really think they were father
and son living close to each other. In 1881 Arthur was working as a servant and was still
single. He later became a postman, and then a milkseller with his own shop.