AITKEN to WHAITE - Person Sheet
AITKEN to WHAITE - Person Sheet
NameEmma Elizabeth BENNEWITH 
Birth Dateca 1845
Birth PlaceFoulness Isle, Essex, England
Reside Date7 Apr 18615167 Age: 16
Reside PlaceFoulness, Essex, England
MemoElizabeth Bennewith, 12 was a general servant to Morley family at the Great Shelford Farm House, Old Terrace, Foulness. This is likely to be Emma who married as Emma Elizabeth but is a some 4 years younger than indicated in 1881 census.
Occupationservant (1861)
Alias/AKAEmma Hawks, Hawkes
FatherJonathan HAWKES (ca1826-)
MotherSarah BENNEWITH (ca1830-)
Spouses
Birth DateMar 18475166
Birth PlaceToppesfield, Essex, England
Memolocation from 1861 census
FatherJoseph DORKING (-1847)
MotherHannah ALLEN (ca1826-1912)
Marr PlaceSt. Saviour, Southwark, London, England
Reside Date3 Apr 18815169
Reside PlaceEast Ham, Newham, London, England
MemoWalter Dorking, 34, general labourer and his wife Emma, 36, lived with their children Walter, 8, Elizabeth,6 and Harry, 4 at 6 Johnstones Cottage, East Ham. Living with them were George Barber, a half brother of Walter and Daniel Stanley also recorded as brother probably via Emmas family.
Reside Date5 Apr 18915170
Reside PlaceEast Ham, Newham, London, England
MemoWalter Dorking, 44, general labourer and his wife Emma, 46 lved at 113 Boleyn Road East Ham. With them were their children Walter, 18, brick layer, Elizabeth, 16 and Harry, 14,milk boy. Also staying there were George Hawkes,25 & Harry Hawkes, 21, brother-in-laws and George Dorking, 24, a nephew. It is likely that George & Harry Hawkes relate via Emma’s mother Sarah who married a Jonathan Hawkes in 1848 four years after Emma’s birth. Sarah would have been only 15 when Emma was born.
Notes for Emma Elizabeth BENNEWITH
The only birth registration near Emma’s birth date was a Jane Bennewith in Rochford Q1 1846 [vol 12 page 203]. As Emma’s mother appeared to be only 15 & single, at time of birth, perhaps Emma’s birth was not registered.