John HAWKINS b. c. 1815 Somersetshire, England, son of John HAWKINS and ____ was married to Frances "Fanny" LAMB b. c.1810. Frances LAMB may have been the daughter of William LAMB and Mary OSBORN from Corton Denham, Somersetshire, England.

It appears the family was in Van Diemen's Land where a daughter was born c.1844 and then another at Portland, Victoria in 1845.

John & Fanny HAWKINS both died at Digby, Victoria, John in 1865 and Frances in 1858 and both are buried in the Digby Cemetery.

John HAWKINS c1815-1865 & Frances "Fanny" LAMB had the following known children:

1. Eli HAWKINS b. 1839 ______, d. 1910, Digby, Vic;

2. Elizabeth HAWKINS b. c.1844, Van Diemen's Land, m. Thomas Ernest McEVOY;

3. Frances "Fanny" HAWKINS b. 1845, Portland, Vic, m. William HIDE;

4. John HAWKINS b. 1848, Heywood, Vic m. Catharine FARLEY, b. 1856, Vic and they had the following family...
   1. Kate Elliott Elizabeth HAWKINS b. 1877, Digby, Vic, m. John Buckley FYFE;
   2. John William Henry HAWKINS b. 1879, Digby, Vic, d. 1894;
   3. Frances Eliza Harvey HAWKINS b. 1882, Digby, Vic, m. Charles Thomas WOOD;
   4. Claribel Alice HAWKINS b. 1885, Digby, Vic, m. _____ ANDERSON;
   5. Maud Margaret Elaine HAWKINS b. 1888, Digby, Vic, m. James Patrick McDONALD;
   6. Myra Gladys Clarice HAWKINS b. 1892, Digby, Vic;
   7. Ruby Carla HAWKINS b. 1894, Digby, Vic, m. _____ COGHLAN.

E. HAWKINS was listed as one of the buyers of the first Digby town allotments.

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