The Earnshaw Line

This page contains the line of a step-relations to the Haskins, through Hilda Earnshaw, the second wife of Cecil Frederick Haskins (1894-1959).

1. James Benton (1786-?)
   m. Elizabeth Earnshaw (1787-?)
   Yorkshire
   1 or more chn
   1. William Earnshaw (c.1813-1857) (presumably born out of, or before, wedlock)
      Yorkshire
      A stonemason
      m. Mary Brook (c.1815?-)
      3 chn b. in Yorkshire, and 5 more in NSW (sequence uncertain)
      In the 1841 Census as a Stonemason, of Underbank, Holmfirth (5mi S of Huddersfield)
      Emigrated to NSW Australia on the Joseph Cunard, in Nov 1841, aged 28, with 3 young children
      William d.1857
      1. John Earnshaw (1836-), Yorkshire to NSW aged 5
      2. Elizabeth Earnshaw (early 1839-), Yorkshire to NSW aged 2
      3. Catherine Earnshaw (c.1 Jan 1840-), Yorkshire to NSW aged 11mths on arrival
      4. Joshua Earnshaw (>1840-), NSW
      5. Thomas Earnshaw (>1840-), NSW
      6. Lydia Mary Earnshaw (>1840-), NSW
      7. William Earnshaw (>1840-), NSW
      8. James Alexander Earnshaw (1843-1877), NSW
         b. 29 Jul 1843, NSW
         m. Jane Mitchell (1849-) of Clackmannan (5mi E. of Stirling), 1867
         m. Sydney, Marriage Registry 671/1867
         At least 1 child
         Apparently resident in Balmain at least 1870-77
         James d.1877, Balmain, Death Registry 2114/1877
         Jane's death not found, unless as Jane H. in Waverley 9582/1926
         1. William James Earnshaw (1870-?), b. Balmain
            Birth Registry 3023/1870 (as William, no James)
            WJ returned to Clackmannanshire c.1881
            m. Elizabeth Bessie Love c.1896
            6-8 children (sequence uncertain)
            
            1. Mona Love Earnshaw
            2. Lileen Earnshaw
            3. Frederick (Freddie) William Love Earnshaw
            4. Herbert Earnshaw
            5. Sidney Earnshaw
               Stricken with Scheuermanns disease (cf. scoliosis, and wheelchair bound). Keri has a photo
            6. ?Lionel James Earnshaw
            7. ?Maud Earnshaw
            8. William Victor Earnshaw (1900-1933), b. Scotland
               m. Hilda Treacher (1898-)
                  Hilda's father's name had been Tuscher
                  Hilda's mother's name was Hester Keziah / Ester Kezia nee Mears
               2 chn
               Victor d.c.1933, Lagos, of malaria
               Hilda m2. Cecil Haskins, 1942
               They may have travelled immediately post-war?
               Cecil d. 1959, aged 65
               Hilda remained in Gosport, d.(1980s?)
               Both are buried in Ann's Hill Cemetery, Gosport
               
               1. Raymond Edwin Earnshaw (c.1923-), b. Scotland
                  Vet school in Ireland 1939-44
                  Emigrated to Canada c. 1955-56
                  m. June Wallis (of Wiltshire)
                  1 Child
                  1. Richard Earnshaw (1957/58-)
                  2. John Earnshaw (1961-)
                  3. Keri Earnshaw (1964-)
                  4. Tarisa Sheri Earnshaw (1969-)
               2. Desmond Gilbert Earnshaw (c.1925-), b. Scotland
                  Vet school in Ireland 1939-44
                  2nd Lt in Inniskilling Fus. (NI, 60km SE of Donegal) wef 1 Oct 1944: 14431913 Desmond Gilbert EARNSHAW (337239)
                  Emigrated to Australia (late 40s - early 50s?)
                  m.
                  2 children
                  Lived mostly in Byron Bay
                  But also MRCVS, 135 Darley Street, Mona Vale (1966)
                  1. Rachel Pearce Earnshaw (c.1955-)
                     Lives at Mona Vale
                  2. Antony Earnshaw (c.1958-)

The inforation on this page was provided by Keri Earnshaw of Vancouver BC in February 2021.

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Created: 22 February 2021; Last Amended: 22 February 2021