Tonkin William Married Sarah Hocking 1859
Information Journal.
Groom: William TONKIN.
Bride: Sarah Ann HOCKING.
Year married: 1859.
Place: Victoria, Australia.
Deaths for William and Sarah not located at time of posting.
Ten Children located Victoria for William and Sarah.
[1]
Robert Henry TONKIN.
Born: 1862 Epson, Victoria.
Died: 1892 Bendigo, Victoria
Age: 29 years.
[2]
William TONKIN.
Born: 1864 Epsom, Victoria.
Died: 1938 Wedderburn, Victoria.
Age: 73 years.
Married: Mary Eliza LETHLEAN.
Year: 1887.
Place: Victoria.
[3]
Eliza Ann TONKIN.
Born: 1867 White Hill, Victoria.
Died: 1931 East Ballarat, Victoria.
Age: 63 years.
Buried: New Ballarat Cemetery, Victoria.
Area: Methodist E.
Section: 08.
Row: 02.
Grave number: 13.
Service date: 15 January 1931.
Married: Alfred Felix PENGLASE.
Year: 1885.
Place: Victoria.
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[4]
Elisha TONKIN.
Born: 1869 White Hill, Victoria.
Died: -
Married: Sarah ECLES.
Year: 1900.
Place: Victoria.
[5]
Amelia TONKIN.
Born: 1871 White Hill, Victoria.
Died: 1963 Bendigo, Victoria.
Age: 91 years.
Buried: White Hills Cemetery, Victoria.
Area: Mon M1.
Grave number: 20142.
Service date: 16 April 1963.
Married: James John EGAN.
Year: 1900.
Place: Victoria.
[6]
Edith Mary TONKIN.
Born: 1874 White Hill, Victoria.
Died: -
Married: Albert Churchill PUGSLEY.
Year: 1901.
Place: Victoria.
[7]
Arthur George TONKIN.
Born: 1875 White Hill, Victoria.
Died: -
[8]
Albert Paul TONKIN.
Born: 1878 Mitiamo, Victoria.
Died: -
Married: Wilhamina GIBSON.
Year: 1902.
Place: Victoria.
[9]
John Alfred TONKIN.
Born: 1881 Mitiamo, Victoria.
Died: -
[10]
Susan TONKIN.
Born: 1883 Mitiamo, Victoria.
Died: -
Married: James COMINI.
Year: 1905.
Place: Victoria.
Sources:
Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages Victoria.
Ballarat Cemetery Records, Victoria.
White Hills Cemetery Records, Victoria.
JN 22519
I believe that Sarah Ann Hocking came to Australia in 1852 (aged 11). On ship Augusta Schneider. With her was her mother: Sally (Sarah?) Hocking aged 40. Father Robert Aged 37 and sister Eliza Jane Aged 8
Thank you for your reply Lynette.
I appreciate this information and it will now allow me to do further research on this line. If you are connected to this line please let me know and I will pass on my findings to you. It will also allow me to update this post to assist others.
Thanks again.
My name is Denise and I am a Hocking Descendant and also the Research Director for the Hocking Descendants Society and I am based in South Australia. The family you are looking for are on our database. Let me know if I can help further. We currently have over 35,000 names on our database and over 300 family trees. Kind regards Denise