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Thanks Argyll G.

regards

Jen

A few mentions of him, in case you don't have these.
:

https://aif.adfa.edu.au/showUnit?unitCode=MED.FA1SA

https://vwma.org.au/explore/memorials/5878/people

https://vwma.org.au/explore/units/149/people

https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/awm-media/collection/RCDIG1067680/bundled/RCDIG1067680.pdf

He's number 30 on the list on that last link..

You may have seen this before.

His medals, photographed for auction in 2018, with a bit of info about him.

Just click on the link below


https://www.numisbids.com/n.php?p=lot&sid=2661&lot=4584

Jennifer

Hamidas post is a few years old. If you click on her name you will be able to send her a message. If she still has the same email address she should get it.

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Edit. There a number of trees on Ancestry with Thomas James Huckins born 1888, Bladon, oxon. it might be worth looking into them.

Hi Hamida. I am still in the dark regarding my grandfather Thomas James Huckins
born1888 . How can I find out if she left a will and if it went to probate please.
I am 82 now and not very good on the internet.
Thanks for your past help

Hi Jennifer,

I hope you see my post and message. Our local police posted something regarding Thomas James Hockins yesterday & I would love to share it with you.

Regards,
Hamida from
Sydney, Australia

No answer came from my letter of thanks to the nephew. So this is it now. I shall from time to time do a tree search and you never know!!!!

I wonder who had it altered to the correct spelling? Makes you wonder how much we are missing through incorrect spellings. As regards Brian Huckins being descended from a sister of my grandfather - if this is the case she must have not bothered marrying - or possibly intermarried another Huckins branch member? I am watching the postman every morning. He will begin to think I fancy him! Haha. We are off to Dorset for a week in a day or two so maybe when I get back there will be a letter? I recently saw that the Metropolitan Police Station on Rosslyn Hill Hampstead where Thomas served as a police constable from 1910 until he went to Oz has been sold to a developer who is turniing the beautiful building into luxury flats.

oops I had started to post the info above and wandered off, and by the time I came back and submitted it you had replied to the other :-)

it sounds like the person who visited his father's uncle, your Thomas, in Australia must have been the grandson of a sister of Thomas? that is Thomas's sister would have been the mother of the man whose uncle Thomas was

in 1930 and 1935 Thomas and Maud were on Clark St, for info, no number shown, and yes he was a constable

Births Jun 1888
HUCKINS Thomas James Woodstock 3a 840


household in 1901 in Buckinghamshire

James Hacking 37 gamekeeper
Elizabeth Hacking 37
Annie Hacking 15
Thomas Hacking 14
Edward Hacking 10
Mary Hacking 9
Rose Hacking 6
Morrell Hacking 4
Herbert Hacking 3
Violet Hacking 1

do you know the person who has corrected the name at Ancestry to Huckins?
(it actually says Huckings on the image)

there were no children after Viole, per the 1911 census

none of them seems to have emigrated to Australia under the name Huckins

Thanks JoonieCloonie. So the Wetherill Street address was his last home and the earlier ones were pre war. Maybe it was a move up the social ladder when he got to be sergeant or down when he retired?? Doesn't look like Maude had to work for a living - but no kids can be traced. The only person in ENgland that I managed to speak to was his nephew Thomas who was the son of Edward Huckins (my grandfather's brother). He well remembered his uncle Thomas coming to England in 1934 and wanting to take him back to Oz with him. He does not have any photos. I would have thought there would have been official police photos of all the officers in a nice group - but no. Maude's siblings have no traceable descendants. The only thing I could do - but I don't want to spend the money, is to order a copy of Maude's probate to see where all her stuff went. I suppose I must give up. My hopes are all hanging on this latest person Brian Huckins.
Thanks very much. Like a 1,000 piece jigsaw puzzle! Jennifer

Jennifer these are the electoral roll listings for Thomas James Huckins (seems to be only one person by that name)

Thomas James Huckins Male 1930 New South Wales Warringah Narrabeen
Thomas James Huckins Male 1933 New South Wales Warringah Narrabeen
Thomas James Huckins 1934 New South Wales Warringah Narrabeen
Thomas James Huckins Male 1935 New South Wales Warringah Narrabeen
Thomas James Huckins Male 1943 New South Wales Warringah Narrabeen
Thomas James Huckins Male 1949 New South Wales Mackellar Narrabeen
Thomas James Huckins Male 1958 New South Wales MacKellar Narrabeen
Thomas James Huckins Male 1963 New South Wales MacKellar Narrabeen

in 1949 the address is 18 Wetherill St Narrabeen and also at that address is Maude Lilliam (as it is spelled there)

he is sergt. police and she is home duties

so it seems that is indeed the right Thomas


also findmypast shows voyages for them to Australia, different years oddly

M L HUCKINS dob 1888 LONDON 1929 SYDNEY AUSTRALIA
T J HUCKINS dob 1888 LONDON 1934 SYDNEY AUSTRALIA

so it could be possible that family in England would have photos from his visit ...

Karin, I have had three responses to my mini mailshot.. " by email who cannot help. One of these people has passed my letter to her nephew who is researching the Huckins tree. Then - surprise a letter arrived from one of the letter recipients stating that he remembers being taken by his father in the 1950's to visit his father's uncle Thomas in Narrabeen, Sydney. That is the address on the death certificate. Then to make it even better he enclosed a little snapshot of the house with a car parked outside (no signs of grandad though) I have never been this near before! Of course it may be possible that it was a different Thomas. Needless to say I have replied to the letter asking for more info about his father and grandfather. Snail mail - so one of these days the postman may bring me something! Watch this space! Jen

Thanks Dea. Mystery solved. I am waiting for a reply from a GR member who has Maude's sister on his tree. regards
jen

1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
52 South St W, St George Hanover Square, London, England

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Household Members
First name(s) Last name Relationship to household head Marital condition Gender Age Birth year Birth place Occupation
Katherine Noble Head Married Female 47 1864 London Bayswater No Occupation Private Means

Maude Strong Servant Single Female 24 1887 Wallington Surrrey Cook Domestic

Ada Styles Servant Single Female 25 1886 Clerkenwell London House Parlourmaid Domestic

Dea x

Thanks Jacqueline. But where was Maude Lilian in 1911 - not in the Jaggard household. Maybe gone into service or to Australia. Thanks Jen

You must realise that taking photographs was not a normal occurrence in the past........

People had wedding photos, and very little else...............unless they were quite affluent

First name(s) MAY MARIA
Last name STREAK
Gender Female
Birth day 26
Birth month 1
Birth year 1900
Age -
Death quarter 4
Death year 1988
District SLOUGH
Register number 1188
County Buckinghamshire
Volume 19
Page 589

her siblings are shown in 1891.............

1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
3 Waltham Cottages Binfield Road Bracknell, Easthampstead, Berkshire, England

First name(s) Last name Relationship to household head Marital condition Gender Age Birth year Birth place Occupation
Henry Strong Head Married Male 57 1854 Wandsworth Surrey Bricklawyer Transcription
Annie Maria Strong Wife Married Female 53 1858 Ascot Berkshire - Transcription
John Jaggard Stepson Single Male 22 1889 Battersea Surrey Engine Steerer Tractoin Transcription
Harry Jaggard Stepson Single Male 16 1895 Battersea Surrey Ironmonger's Errand Boy Transcription
May Maria Strong Daughter Single Female 11 1900 Ascot Berkshire School Transcription
Maud Jaggard Grandchild Single Female 6 1905 Ascot Berkshire -#

As you can see, Henry married his landlady