occupation

Tanner

dates

Born: 15 Oct 1852 in Fulbrook, Oxon

Married: 20 Sep 1876, to Hannah DAWSON at Auckland, New Zealand

Died: 1932

residence

Fulbrook, Oxon; later Auckland, New Zealand

submitted by

Marion WILLIAMSON, née WILKINS (great-niece)

related faces

Sarah Eliza WILKINS, née HARDING (grandmother)

Ann WILKINS, née SLADE (mother)

Harriet MATTSON, née WILKINS (sister)

Emily SPARKS, née WILKINS (sister)

Background information

Joseph was one of four children born in England to William WILKINS and Ann (née SLADE). A further five children were born in New Zealand.

His wife was born c.1855 at Headingley, Leeds, Yorkshire. Together they had eight sons.  Joseph worked as a tanner and died as a result of an accident: while cutting branches from a pepper tree he was hit on the head and died soon after.

Hannah died 12 April 1948 aged 92, in Mount Albert, Auckland.

Joseph’s great-grandson Professor Richard John WILKINS is a scientist prominent in gene research.