William John Hunkin (1869 - 1869)

Born 1 Dec 1869 in Nerring, Victoria, Australia

Ancestors

Died 9 Dec 1869 at age 0 in Nerring, Victoria, Australia

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Biography

William John Hunkin was born on December 1, 1869 in Nerring, Victoria, Australia. His parents were Thomas Albert Hunkin (1841 - 1899) and Elizabeth (Bassett) Hunkin (1850 - 1884). ^[1]

His siblings were...

1. Elizabeth Mary Hunkin (1871 - 1944)
2. Albert Edward Hunkin (1873 - 1908)
3. Martha Ann Hunkin (1875 - 1950)
4. Thomas William Hunkin (1877 - 1923)
5. Ada Jane (Hunkin) Veale (1879 - 1951)
6. Beatrice Maud Hunkin (1881 - 1975)
7. Mabel Hunkin (1884 - 1885)

William died on December 9, 1869 at the age of 9 days of convulsions in Sailor Gully, Victoria, Australia.^[2] .

William is buried with his grandparents in Eaglehawk Cemetery, Victoria, Australia, He was interned in Burial Plot 50, Monumental Section G of the Eaglehawk Cemetery,^{[3] [4] [5] [6]}

Buried in the same grave are:

1. William Bassett
2. Martha Bassett (William's wife)
3. Mary Bassett (William's daughter)
4. William J Hunkin (Son of Thomas Hunkin and Elizabeth Bassett)

Records and Facts

Burial

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Sources

1. ↑ Victoria State Government, Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages Victoria, Australia (index database without images); Entry for the Birth of unnamed male child of Thomas HUNKIN & Elizabeth BASSETT at NERRING1869 Registration number 22020 / 1869 (https://www.bdm.vic.gov.au/ accessed 26 January 2021) [original not sighted]
2. ↑ Victoria State Government, Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages Victoria, Australia (index database without images); Entry for the Death of unnamed male child of Thomas HUNKIN & Elizabeth BASSETT at NERRING1869 Registration number 8969 / 1869 (https://www.bdm.vic.gov.au/ accessed 26 January 2021) [original not sighted]
3. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 26 January 2021), memorial page for William John Hunkin (unknown–10 Dec 1869), Find A Grave: Memorial #211214571, citing Eaglehawk Cemetery, Eaglehawk, Greater Bendigo City, Victoria, Australia; Maintained by woowoo (contributor 49949980) .
4. ↑ Compiled by the Bendigo Group of the G.S.V, "Eaglehawk Cemetry Register, 1864-1969" (Photocopy (Typescript)198-?]), p. 137.
5. ↑ "Bendigo Cemeteries Trust Website" (https://www.rpcv.com.au/), HUNKIN, WILLIAM JOHN Interment Number: 000598 Cemetery: EAGLEHAWK, grave 50 section Mon G.
6. ↑ Eaglehawk & District Pioneer Register Volume 2 -D~I, Maiden Gully, Vic. : A.M. O'Donohue, 1995-1998, Pioneer # 3929 page 530
7. ↑ * Family Search: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:DMSP-DB6Z : 6 March 2021), William John Hunkin, ; Burial, Eaglehawk, Greater Bendigo City, Victoria, Australia, Eaglehawk Cemetery; citing record ID 211214571, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

Acknowledgements

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 25 September 2021, 13:53), entry for William John Hunkin (PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LJ2S-GVM ); contributed by various users.

• WikiTree Profile Hunkin-709 Added By Merryl Hunkin; 26 July 2017