Walter Joseph William Hawes

Original 1911 census evidence

The original 1911 census clarifies Walter’s occupation as Traveller in the Tea Trade, employed as a worker. Frances’s birthplace is entered as Usk, Monmouthshire. The supplied index identifies the household address as 125a Croydon Road, Anerley. Inspect the original return and house photograph →

1921: 46 Gipsy Hill

Recorded as Walter Hawes, aged 42 years 8 months, a boarder in Charles S. Bradley’s household, with Walter, Nellie and the four Hawes children. His occupation is Traveller. The employer’s name is not securely read. This age differs from his 1911 age; the discrepancy remains documented. View the original census and household transcription →

1911: visiting the Hawes household in Anerley

A supplied 1911 census transcript lists Walter Hawes, married, age 30, born Thornton Heath, Surrey, working as a Traveller, at 125a Croydon Road, Anerley S E. Walter, Frances (27), Eric (2) and George (three months) are all recorded as visitors. Their usual residence is not established by this entry. Walter’s age implies a birth around 1880–1881, differing from the c.1879 date currently in the family tree; the discrepancy remains open.

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Choir portrait

A family-held photograph, identified by Antony Greenfield as Walter as a chorister, shows him wearing choir robes and holding a book. A closer original photograph shows MENDELSSOHN and LOBGESANG on the book cover. The date, church or choir, and location are not yet established. The original photograph and a clearly labelled digital restoration are preserved in the archive.

Work and pension records

The family records describe Walter as a tea expert; earlier family recollection describes clerical work. A family-held Pension Particulars card separately states his occupation as Salesman & Staff Trainer, gives regimental number B/14275 and pension number B.M. 1156, and records a 40% allowance. These descriptions may refer to different periods of his working life.

Marriage

A family-held pension particulars card identifies his spouse as Francis Ellen Creese (spelled Frances in other records) and says they married on 15 August 1907, consistent with the family records. The original marriage register has not yet been examined.

Children

Family information identifies four children of Walter and Frances: Eric William Valentine (1909), George W. (1911), Gladys Madeline (1913), known as Madeline and called Sally by friends and husbands, and Mary (1919). Birth registrations have been supplied for all four; the earliest index extract does not state a maiden surname.

Unresolved handwritten note

An entry reading Mary, Feb. 17th. 1919 appears crossed out on the pension card. That is compatible with the first-quarter 1919 birth registration, but it cannot be accepted as her exact birthday without corroboration.