Hawkesworth Family of Leeds
Scope
My research, through necessity, must be very restricted. It is possible that they were
descended from the noble family of Hawksworth of Hawksworth.
Therefore looking only for ancestors of -
Joseph Hawkesworth, a Great-Grandfather of the Webmaster. I have found him on the 1881
and the 1901 Census ; see below
Please contact me if you have any information.
Ducatus Leodiensis: or The Topography of the ancient and populus Town and the Parish
of Leeds and Parts Adjacent, in the West Riding of the County of York.
By Ralph Thoresby, London, 1715. Second Edition, Leeds, 1816, by Thomas Dunham Whitaker.
Hawksworth of Hawksworth
Pedigree of family back to Battle of Hastings, 1066.
Supplement to the Biographia Leodiensis, by the Rev. R. V. Taylor, B.A. (London : Simpkin, Marshall, and Co. Leeds: John Smith)
Mr. John Hawksworth, currier of Leeds, died on Sunday evening, Feb. 9th, 1817, in the 92nd year of his age, It was a remarkable fact the business had been carried on by the family upwards of a century.
Child's Name - Samuel Hawksworth
Parent's Name - Joseph & Martha Hawksworth
Place of Abode - Leeds
When Born - February 8th. 1797
When Baptised - February 26th. 1797
White's Leeds Directory 1847.
Hawkesworth John, compositor, 4 Alfred place
Hawkesworth Richard, tailor, 92 Castle street
Hawkesworth Thomas, currier, South market ; house 10 Whitechapel yard
Hawkesworth Timothy, currier & leather cutter, 39 Kirkgate ; house 43 Trafalgar street
Webmaster Note - All Hawkesworth entries listed above. Abbrevations used in Directory (eg. Rd. for Richard).
White's Leeds Directory 1853.
Hawkesworth James, shopr., 11 Chapeltown road
Hawkesworth Jonathan, printer, 4 Alfred place
Hawkesworth Joseph, ditto, 8 Sheepscar terrace
Hawkesworth Joseph, warehouseman, 12 Airedale place
Hawkesworth Richard, tailor, Little Queen street
Hawkesworth Thomas, tanner & currier, 9 Whitechapel yard
Hawkesworth Timothy, currier & leather cutter, 39 Kirkgate ; house 97 Byron street
Webmaster Note - All Hawkesworth entries listed above. Abbrevations used in Directory (eg. Jph. for Joseph).
Yorkshire Marriage indexes for 1854
Registers at - Leeds. Reference CE44/405
1854. Marriage solemnized at the District Church in the District
of St. George's Church, Leeds in the County of York
Transcribed here from microfiche copy of the Original Register,
produced by the West Yorkshire Archive Service
[Register] Page [?]
No. - 405
When Married. - November 11th
Name and Surname. - Joseph Hawkesworth ; Eliza Haigh
Age. - full age ; full age
Condition. - Bachelor ; Spinster
Rank or Profession. - Currier
Residence at the Time of Marriage. - Fountain Street ; Fountain Street
Father's Name and Surname. - Samuel Hawkesworth ; David Haigh
Rank or Profession of Father. - Ostler ; Cloth Dresser
Married in the District Church according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the
Established Church, after Banns, by me
R. C. Weston
This Marriage was solomnized between us - [Signatures]
in the Presence of us - [Signatures of] William Haigh ; Joseph Graham
Borough of Leeds Burgess Roll
West Ward. Township of Leeds - 1861
2191.....Hawkesworth Joseph.....house.....5, Westminster place
2192.....Hawkesworth Joseph.....house.....West street
2196.....Hawksworth Richard.....house.....Little Queen street
Baptisms solemnized in the Parish of St. George, Leeds
in the County of York, in the Year 1863
Transcribed here from microfiche copy of the Original Register,
produced by the West Yorkshire Archive Service
[Register] Page 49[?],
No. - 325
When Baptised. - 1863, August 23
Child's Christian Name. - Joseph
Parents Name. (Christian./Surname.) - Joseph & Eliza Hawkesworth
Abode. - West Street
Quality, Trade or Profession. - Currier
By whom the Ceremony was performed. - A. H. Kelk, Curate
Borough of Leeds, Register of Electors 1868
Polling District, No. 26. - West Ward, No. 2 Division
614.....Hawkesworth Joseph.....house.....17, Caroline street (the Place of Abode)
.....and house.....5, Westminster place
615.....Hawkesworth Thomas.....house.....43, Bedford place
.....and house.....11, Bedford place
Borough of Leeds, Register of Electors 1877
Polling District, No. 29. - West Ward, No. 2 Division
40849.....Hawksworth Joseph.....house and office.....35, Caroline street
40850.....Hawkesworth Richard.....house.....16, Tonbridge street
40851.....Hawkesworth Thomas.....house.....3, Bedford place
Borough of Leeds, Register of Electors 1881
Polling District, No. 30. - West Ward, No. 3 Division
43294.....Hawksworth Arthur.....dwelling house.....9, Croppergate
43295.....Hawkesworth Charles Owen.....house and shop.....47, Burley road
43296.....Hawkesworth Joseph.....house and office.....Caroline street
43297.....Hawksworth William.....part mill (joint).....Wellington street (Place of Abode - Horsforth)
Webmaster Note - Having viewed a number of Register of Electors (Leeds Central Library have
a good selection) they would appear to be subject to a high level of error.
Webmaster Note - Joseph Hawkesworth was the Manager for 'The New West End Loan Society'
Webmaster Note - Both Arthur and Joseph Hawkesworth do not appear in this area in the 1881 Census
1881 Census, County: Yorkshire, Leeds.
[Entries for 8 Croppergate 4533/22/1/24089. Forename ; Relationship to Head,
Status, Age, Sex, Occupation and Birth Place]
Hawkesworth, Eliza ; Head, Widow, 49, F, Cloth Weaver ; Leeds YKS
Hawkesworth, John ; Son, Married, 23, M, Tile Layer ; Leeds YKS
Hawkesworth, Mary Ann ; Daur., Unmarried, 21, M, Boot Machinist ; Leeds YKS
Hawkesworth, Joseph ; Son, Unmarried, 17, M, Boot Machinist ; Leeds YKS
Eastburn, George ; Lodger, Unmarried, 41, M, Turner Me[r]chant ; Leeds YKS
Yorkshire Marriage indexes for 1881
[Surname, Forename ; Surname, Forename ; Church / Register Office ; Registers At ;
Reference]
Hawkesworth, Joseph ; Haste, Rachel ; St. Peter, Leeds ; Leeds ; CE46/92/420
1901 Census, County: Yorkshire, County Borough: Leeds,
Ward: Bramley, Ecclesiastical Parish: Bramley, St. Peter.
Joseph Hawkesworth and family are shown as living at 15, Newcastle Place.
Hauxworth, Hawkesworth and Hawksworth family links -
Hawksworth Org
..... with much of interest on the Surname
Glenn and Donna Roberts
..... with links to their Hawkesworth pages
Voyages In Time
..... with some interesting Hawkesworth information
Special thanks to -
Brian Hawkesworth (a distant relation)
Brian Jones
delete '.nospam.' to e-mail
Information not apparently relating to my own ancestors -
To be put on a new page in due course.
Kelly's Leeds Directory 1901.
Hawkesworth Joseph, tailor, 222 Kirkstall road
Webmaster Note - A John Hawkesworth, tailor, previously (1898) at 210 Kirkstall road
