Birth: April-June 1845 Shaftesbury, Dorset, UK
Father: James Elkins 1799-1852
Mother: Mary Roper c1818-a1891
Christening: 27 April 1845 St. James, Shaftesbury (Shaston), Dorset, UK
Marriage: 26 December 1872 St James, Shaftesbury, Dorset, UK
Wife: Emma Brickell (Buckell) 1845-1927
Death: October-December 1916 Shaftesbury, Dorset, UK
Sydney William Elkins 1873
Edwin James Elkins 1878-1958
Edith Annie Elkins 1882-1884
Birth of Charles Elkins in FreeBMD in April-June 1845 in Shaftesbury (8 87).
Entry in Ancestry England & Wales, Christening Index, 1530-1980 for Charles Elkins on 27 April 1845 in Shaftesbury, Dorset, parents James and Mary Elkins.
Entry in Ancestry England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 for Charles Elkins on 27 April 1845 in St. James, Shaftesbury, Dorset, parents James and Mary Elkins.
Entry in Ancestry Dorset, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906 for Charles Elkins on 27 April 1845 in Shaftesbury St James, Dorset, parents James and Mary Elkins. "Page 97 Baptisms folemnized in the Parish of Shaston St James in the County of Dorset in the Year 1845 [...] 1845 April 27 No. 769 Charles Son of James, a Carpenter, and Mary Elkins of St James".
In the 1851 census as Charles Elkins aged 8, born in Shaftesbury, Dorset, and living with his parents (James and Mary), two brothers (Edwin and William), half-brother (John) and two sisters (Elizabeth and Sarah) in the High Street, Shaftsbury St James, Dorset.
His father was buried at St James on 23 October 1852.
In the 1861 census as Charles Elkins aged 16, born in Shaftesbury, Dorset, a carpenter, and living with his widowed mother (Mary), two brothers (Edwin and William), and sister (Elizabeth) in the St James Street, Shaftsbury St James, Dorset.
In the 1871 census as Charles Elkins aged 26, born in Shaftesbury, Dorset, single, a carpenter, and living with his widowed mother (Mary), and two brothers (Edwin and William) in the St James Street, Shaston Holy Trinity St James, Dorset.
Marriage of Charles Elkins and Emma Bucknell (sic - on the typed original) in FreeBMD in October-December 1872 in Shaftesbury (5a 536).
There are two entries in Ancestry Dorset, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1813-1921 for Charles Elkins and Emma Bricknell on 8 December 1872 at Shaftesbury St James, Dorset "Banns of Marriage between Charles Elkins of this Parish and Emma Brickell of this Parish Spinster 1st Time, Sunday, Decr 8th, 2nd Time, Sunday, Decr 15th, 3rd Time, Sunday, Decr 22nd [no year given]" and on 26 December 1872 "Page 126 [...] 1872 Marriage solemnized at the Parish Church in the Parish of St James Shaftesbury in the County of Dorset No.252 Dec, 26 Charles Elkins of Full age, a Bachelor and Carpenter of St James Shaftesbury, fatherJames Elkins, a Carpenter, and Emma Brickell, a Spinster of St James Shaftesbury, father James Brickell, a Gardener. Married in the Parish Church according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Established Church after Banns [...] in the Presence of us Hannah Brickell and William Albert Brickell."
In the 1881 census as Charles Elkins aged 37, born in Shaftesbury, Dorset, carpenter out of employment, and living with his wife (Emma), and two sons (Edwin and Sydney) in the St James Street, Shaston St James, Dorset.
In the 1891 census as Charles Elkins aged 46, born in Shaftsbury, Dorset, a carpenter, married, and visiting his brother (William), sister-in-law (Emma), nephew (Ernest), and three neices (Annie, Edith and Elizabeth L) at 97 Dean Street, St Anne, Westminster, London. His wife and two sons were living in four rooms in St James Street, Shaftsbury St James, Dorset.
In the 1901 census as Charles Elkins aged 56, born in Shaftsbury, Dorset, a carpenter, and living with his wife (Emma), son (Sidney) and sister-in-law (Sarah - actually his sister) at 81 St James Street, Shaftsbury, Dorset.
In the 1911 census as Charles Elkins aged 66, born in Shaftsbury, Dorset, a carpenter working at home, and living with his wife (Emma) in four rooms at 81 St James, Shaftsbury, Dorset.
Death of Charles Elkins in FreeBMD in October-December 1916 aged 71 in Shaftesbury (5a 279).
Note - Shaston is the old name for Shaftesbury.
Charles Edkins was the father of Edwin James Elkins, husband of Florence Clara Luff, my half second cousin once removed.
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