HAWKE

This is the earliest home of the HAWKE family that I have traced so far, it was called "Hillside House" and is now in 1998 called "Island House" and is situated at the top of the hill in a small village called Cornworthy, near Totnes, Devon.

My mothers maiden name  was Barbara Catherine Glanville HAWKE born 15 January 1923 in Plymouth. She lived in Plymouth and then married my father Noel Richard THOMPSON. Both served in the Royal Air Force during World War 2. My mother served as a cook and my father in the Air Sea Rescue branch of the RAF, both served in Plymouth for a short period.

Her father was Charles Graham HAWKE born born 11th March 1899 at Cornworthy near Totnes.
 This picture shows from left to right, my grandfather Charles Graham HAWKE, his three children, Pamela, Barbara, & Patrica, then his wife Rose HAWKE nee GOARD . Photo taken about 1936..  During the time that Charles lived in Plymouth, he lived in Lower Compton, then Beacon Park just off Mutley Plain, and finally near Roborough on the outskirts of the city.
During this time he had built up a reliable reputation as a Master Butcher, a trade that ran in his family.

Charles HAWKE had several brothers, Albert Frederick, William Alfred, Edgar Ernest and John Leonard HAWKE. All were born at Cornworthy, Albert went to Ireland about 1920, Edgar was also believed to be a butcher, John  died of his wound received in France in World War 1.
Charles had one sister Mary Eveline HAWKE.

The earliest HAWKE that I have found so far is Ann HOKE (most likely recorded wrongly) born about 1775, we know that she had 2 sons, Richard b 1795 and Edward 1804.
Richard  has a recorded occupation of "Thatcher", Edward was an agricultural labourer and appears to have been disabled through some kind of farming accident.
This is the occupations that are prominent throughout the HAWKE name  living in and around Cornworthy, there were some variations, some were labourers, then butchers and later Master Butchers.

The family(s) lived at Hillside House until about the time of death of Albert HAWKEs wife Mary Catherine (nee BROWN) in 1909.  Somewhere around the start of World War 1 in 1914, members of the family started to move further out to Dartmouth, Paignton and Totnes.
Albert eventually moved out from Hillside House and moved to the bottom of the village in to a small premises called Wisteria Cottage, he lived there till his death in 1935.
For many years there was little said amongst the surviving brothers and offspring, it transpired that at Albert's funeral, they all fell out over the ownership of a good quality coal scuttle !

Charles HAWKE moved to Plymouth, Ernest HAWKE moved to Totnes and others spread to Dartmouth. There are indications that the Hawkes that went to South America in the early 1900's, later returned and descendants now work in London.  The HAWKE's that went to Ireland eventually returned to England both had careers in the nursing profession.

Rose HAWKE nee GOARD was born in Plymouth on 2 October 1900 at 12 Baring St, Plymouth. Her parents were Charles Prout GOURD born Plymouth and Florence GOARD nee GLANVILLE.
Charles GOURD/GOARD was a Police Constable in the Plymouth Borough Force and both variations of the surname are recorded on his police file.  There is a record of Charles GOURDs parents coming from Mylor in Cornwall.

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