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    by Janet McNeilly  © 2002

10 August 2009      

               John Donkin

Born in Reeth, Yorkshire c1812.

Married Jane Frankish.

1851 census for Sewerby cum Marton, Yks folio 276 shows-
John Donkin, head, married, 39, groom, born Reeth, Yks
Jane Donkin, wife, married, 37, grooms wife, born Bridlington
Sarah Ann Donkin, daughter, 15, scholar, born Sewerby
Mary Jane Donkin, daughter, 11, scholar, born Sewerby
Robert Donkin, son, 9, scholar, born Sewerby
Henry Donkin, son, 5, scholar, born Sewerby

1861 Seweby with Marton Yks
30 North Side
John Burrell head married 41 labourer agricultural born Burton Agnes Yks
Betsy Burrell wife 36 born Sewerby Yks
Eliza Burrell daughter 5 born Sewerby Yks
Jane Ellen Burrell daughter 3 born Sewerby Yks
31 North Side
John Donkin married 52 groom born Reeth Yks
Jane Donkin wife 49 born bridlington Yks
William Donkin 7 scholar born Sewerby Yks


1871- Greenhow Yks
Henry G Donkin head married 25 railway shunter born Sowerby Yks
Hannah Donkin wife 25 born East Ness? Yks
Mary Jane Donkin daughter 5 born Eaglescliffe Durham
John Henry Donkin son 1 born Ingleby Greenhow Yks
Jane Donkin mother widow 60 visitor born Bridlington Yks
Albert William Donkin brother unmarried 17 scholar born Sowerby Yks
 

John and Jane had at least 6 children:

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Sarah Ann Donkin - born in Sewerby, Yks in 1835

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Rosie Donkin - born in Sewerby c 1836. The 1841 census for Sewerby shows -
Jane Donkin 30 born Yks, Sarah Donkin 5 born Yks, Rosie Donkin 4 born Yks +
Jane Donkin 1 born Yks. Rosie does not appear with the family on the 1851 census.

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Mary Jane Donkin - born in Sewerby, Yks c1840.

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Robert Burrell Donkin - born in Sewerby, Yks January 30, 1842. Click for more.

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Henry George Donkin - born in Sewerby, Yks June 23, 1845. Click for more.

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Albert William Donkin - born Sewerby, Yks c1853. Died in 1874. 15 July 1874 Albert William Donkin 21 yeas old buried at St Andrews Anglican Church Ingleby Greenhow, Yks

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