William Stickland, Steeple - No Show After 1841

[TheOnlyRogueAngel]

And the strange thing, for me anyway, is that Hannah, Jesse and William are back with William Hopkins in the 1881, 1891 and 1901 census for England.

[LizzieL]

And the strange thing, for me anyway, is that Hannah, Jesse and William are back with William Hopkins in the 1881, 1891 and 1901 census for England.

Yes I saw that too, I wonder where William Hopkins was in 1871, when William Stickland, Hannah and the children were in Jersey. I can't find any of WH, WS, Hannah or children in 1861. But Harriet was born in Jersey about 6 months before the 1861 census, so you would expert to find some of them there. I wonder which William was Harriet's father. If WH he was probably in Jersey at some time too. Did WS die between 1871 and 1881 and Hannah then returned to her legal husband? All very confusing

[TheOnlyRogueAngel]

@LizzieL, William Hopkins is Harriet's father...  I just found the baptism entry in St. Helier... she is registered as Harriet Hopkins. Which begs the question why were the Hopkins family named Stickland in the 1871 census.? I'm sure the William Stickland is actually William Hopkins.. and that there was no William Stickland.

Which means I'm back to square one. 

[LizzieL]

It certainly looks like the William Stickland in Jersey is really William Hopkins from Anstey / Hilton and his wife was Hannah Churchill. This William's father was Samuel according to 1849 marriage record. A likely baptism is of a William Hopkins bapt 13 Mar 1825 Hilton s/o Samuel and Anne
William Hopkins married Anne Pitman (widow) on 01 Jan 1816 at Hilton. I think Anne's maiden name was Paddock and her first husband was Matthew Pitman. Can't obviously see why he should use the Stickland surname.

But if your your William was born as a Stickland in Steeple this must be a different family