Trying to trace my William

[DeniseJo]

I am trying to trace my 3x g granddad and wondered if anyone could find him for me after 1841. This is what I have so far

William Hodgkins Christening 26 march 1837 Priors Marston
Father James Hodgkins Mother Sarah

1841 folio 7 page 7 The Falcon Inn Burton Dasset

James 40 plumber + Glazier born warwickshire
Sarah 40 outside county
Ann 15
Thomas 14
James 12
Robert 10
Edwin 8
Sarah 6
William 4
Susan 2
John Fathers 15 Carpenter

London road burrials
7/10/1886 Hodgkins William 49 Bond st Holy Trinity

Can anyone help me fill in the big gap I have in his life?

Thanks in advance
Denise

[lizdb]

1851
HO107 2077 304 10

Falcon Inn Priors Maston

Sarah 49 widow Inn Keeper bn Nor Ayhoe
Ann 25 dtr Innkeepers dtr
Robert 20 son Plumber and Glazier
Edwin 18 son servant
Sarah 16 dtr
William 14 son
Elizabeth 9 dtr
Frederick 7 son       all children bn Priors maston
Ellen Borton visitor 17 bn Cheltenham

[lizdb]

1861
RG9 17 28 57

19 Queens Gate, Kensington

a large houshold, Head seems to be John Fleming, an east India Merchant. Has family, visitors, full complement of staff (footmen, maids etc)
then, as a separate household within the same address is:

William Hodgkins housekeeper 24 carpenter bn Priors Marston
Harriett wife 23 bn Abington Berks
Robert 4 son bn Oxford
Kate Louise 2 bn Kensington
Sarah Fox 27 housemaid

The 'housekeeper' bit is strange! If he is a carpenter ...
He is not described as 'Head', as if a separate household.

[lizdb]

1871
RG10 261 15 30
 
10 Vittoria Street Kensington

William 34 carpenter bn Warwicks Priors MArston
Harriett wife 33 bn Berks Abingdon
Robert W 13 bn Oxford
Kate L 12 bn Kensington

[lizdb]

Are you sure that is his death?
Harriett seems to be widowed by 1881

RG11 270 111 39
12 Asby's Row islington

Harriett Hodgkins widow 43 Charwoman bn Abingdon Berks
Robert William 23 son unm Carpenter and Joiner bn Oxford
Kate Louisa Longford wid dtr 22 bn Kensington
Charles Robert Longford g/son 1 bn Leics Ashford
Henry Edwin Hodgkins 19 son of nephew Store Keeper bn ?
Robert Edward Hodgkins 16 grandnephew Printer machine worker bn iddx St Pancras

[DeniseJo]

I dont think it is the same William Hodgkins

So all I relly have is born 1837 birmingham

death 1886 Coventry age 49

also have him possibly bording with a family in coventry 1881

Jackson Josiah head 48 bicyle maker
Jackson Emma wife 44
Jackson Leonard 19
Jackson Clara 17
Jackson Rosina 15
Hodgkins William Border married 42 driller

all born birmingham

its a pity but I dont think the family you found me links to the William Hodgkins buried in Coventry
Thanks for trying 

[lizdb]

So he wasnt christened Priors Marston then?

Lets take it a step at a time!

If he is your 3 x grt grandad, then what do you know about the child who is your 2 x grandparent. Lets work back to William from there. Who is the mother of this person(Williams wife) ? Have you got them on any censuses?

[DeniseJo]

I just found a possible birth for him 2nd Q 1838 Wolverhampton fits in with where he says he was born and close to where he ended up

[lizdb]

So where did the info about where he was born come from?

Do you have him on a census with the son/dtr who is your 2x grt grandparent?