Ellen "Ella" Virginia (Smith) Hawkins, 1864-1935
ELLEN “ELLA” VIRGINIA (SMITH) HAWKINS was born on 25 July 1864 in Ardwick, County Lancaster, England to parents John Smith and Sarah (Priest) Smith. [1] Prior to finding her England birth registration, the only document with her month and date of birth is her death certificate, for which her son Alfred was the informant, so it is likely that July 25 is the correct birth date. [2] Her marriage license also shows July as the birth month. [3] This information was used, in conjunction with the information for her brother Joshua’s birth [4] , to locate her England birth registration, which identified her birth as 25 July 1864 to parents John Smith, engine fitter, and Sarah Smith formerly Priest. [5] Figure 1 – Ellen Smith’s birth registration Ella’s family moved back and forth across the Atlantic between England and Philadelphia. This is evidenced by the fact that both her parents identified that they were born in England, their oldest child Annie was born in Ph...