Joseph Henry Hunkin (1861 - 1949)

Born 4 Jun 1861 in Port Elizabeth, South Africa

Ancestors

Husband of Ellen Magdalena (Wilson) Hunkin — married 6 Jan 1887 in St. Michaels, Kimberley, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa

Descendants

Died 13 Jan 1949 at age 87 in Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa

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Biography

Joseph Hunkin is genealogies verbind aan Suid Afrika /is genealogically connected to South Africa

Joseph Henry Hunkin was born on 4 June 1861 in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, son of Edwin Richard Hunkin (1826– ) and Ann Whickam Mountstephens (~1829– ). He was baptized on 8 June 1861 in Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Port Elizabeth, South Africa.

His siblings were:

1. Ann Maria Hunkin (1846 – unknown)
2. Philippa Jane Hunkin (0 June 1850 – 24 March 1920)
3. Louisa Nellie Hunkin (0 June 1852 – 31 October 1911)
4. Angelina Hunkin (about 0 June 1854 – 4 September 1933)
5. Edward Robert William Samuel Hunkin (1 May 1859 – 15 December 1900)
6. Caroline Hunkin (14 July 1862 – unknown)
7. Rachel Hunkin (25 September 1863 – unknown)
8. Margaret Bertha Hunkin (6 April 1864 – 6 May 1904)
9. Mary Ann Hunkin (12 June 1865 – unknown)
10. Agnes Augusta Hunkin (5 September 1866 – unknown)

In 1888 he was a Storekeeper. In 1895 Joseph was a Stock Farmer. He was also a diamond digger and a miner at some point.

Joseph (25) married Ellen Magdalena Wilson (22) (born on 2 September 1864 in Cape Province, South Africa; daughter of James Wilson and Ellen Magdalina (Matthews) Wilson) on 6 January 1887 in St. Michaels, Kimberley, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa. Their children were:

1. Edwin James Henry Hunkin (16 February 1888 – 25 August 1958)
2. Alfred Robert Charles Hunkin (12 August 1889 – 22 April 1971)
3. James Joseph Hunkin (24 April 1891 – 19 September 1926)
4. William Richard Hunkin (23 July 1893 – 30 August 1972)
5. Joseph Hunkin (10 June 1894 – unknown)
6. Peter Augustus Hunkin (5 August 1895 – 16 May 1973)
7. Monday Walter Hunkin (6 August 1895 – unknown)
8. Thomas Jurd Hunkin (7 August 1898 – 4 August 1944)
9. Ellen Annie Hunkin (2 June 1902 – unknown)

Joseph died on 13 January 1949 in Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa, aged 87.^[1]

Records and Facts

Birth

Date: 4 June 1861^[2]

Place: Port Elizabeth

Baptism

Date: 8 June 1861^[3]

Place: Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Port Elizabeth, South Africa

Marriage

Date: 6 January 1887^[4]

Place: St. Michaels, Cape of Good Hope, Kimberley, South Africa

Spouse: Ellen Magdalena Wilson

^[5]

Occupation

Date: 1888; Storekeeper

Date: 1895; Stockfarmer

Diamond Digger - Miner

Death

^[6]

FamilySearch Facts

• Fact: BAPTISM (08 JUN 1861) Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Port Elizabeth, South Africa
• Fact: Occupation (1888) Storekeeper
• Fact: Occupation (1895) Stock Farmer
• Fact: Probate (from 1900 to 1901) Grahamstown, Albany, Cape Province, South Africa
• Fact: Probate Transvaal, South Africa
• Fact: Probate Kimberley, Cape Province, South Africa

Sources

1. ↑ * "South Africa, Transvaal, Civil Death, 1869-1954," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WMLB-GTMM : 31 October 2019), Joseph Henry Hunkin, 13 Jan 1949; citing Death, Transvaal, South Africa, Department of the Interior. Registrar of Births, Marriages, and Deaths, Transvaal.
2. ↑ Family Bible
3. ↑ Provided by William Jervois: Resident Genealogist; Albany Museum; Somerset Street; Grahamstown 6139; South Africa
4. ↑ "South Africa, Church of the Province of South Africa, Parish Registers, 1801-2004," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-23580-21058-76?cc=1468076 : 21 May 2014), South Africa > Cape of Good Hope > Kimberley, Phokwani and Taung, St Michael > Marriages 1875-1894 > image 56 of 115; William Cullen Library, Wits University, Johannesburg.
5. ↑ *FamilySearch: "South Africa, Church of the Province of South Africa, Parish Registers, 1801-2004", database with images, FamilySearch (FamilySearch Record: 6FLR-RDWP : 8 June 2022), Joseph Hunkin, 1887.
6. ↑ * "South Africa, Transvaal, Civil Death, 1869-1954," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WMLB-GTMM : 31 October 2019), Joseph Henry Hunkin, 13 Jan 1949; citing Death, Transvaal, South Africa, Department of the Interior. Registrar of Births, Marriages, and Deaths, Transvaal.

Acknowledgements

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 14 September 2021, 04:58), entry for Joseph Henry HUNKIN (PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LJK6-735 ); contributed by various users.

• WikiTree Profile Hunkin-102 Added By Merryl Hunkin; 5 April 2015

• William Jervois: Resident Genealogist; Albany Museum; Somerset Street; Grahamstown 6139; South Africa