John Tonkin, *

1805 - 1876  (70 years)

• Name	John Tonkin  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11]
  Suffix	*
  Birth	21 Apr 1805	St Issey, Cornwall, England   [9, 10, 12]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1810	St Marylebone, England   [11]
  Residence	1851	Shoreditch, Middlesex, England   [10]
  	Relation to Head of House: Head
  Death	Apr 1876	Shaftesbury Street, Hoxton, Shoreditch, London, ENG   [9]
  Person ID	I5307	Ancestrees
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

  Father	Richard Tonkin,   b. 1764, St Breoch, Cornwall, England d. Sep 1814, St Issey, Cornwall Unitary Authority, Cornwall, England (Age 50 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Ann Pearce,   b. 21 Sep 1763, St Columb Major Cornwall, England d. 10 Jul 1844, St Issey, Cornwall Unitary Authority, Cornwall, England (Age 80 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	28 Mar 1786	Saint Mabyn, Cornwall, England   [13]
  Family ID	F2749	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Isabella Strangeways, *,   b. 4 Jul 1805, Lambeth, , Surrey, England d. Oct 1890, St. George, Hanover Square, London, England (Age 85 years)
  Marriage	5 Nov 1826	St. Luke Parish, Middlesex, ENG   [1]
  Children	1. Richard John Tonkin,   b. 22 Jan 1839, Finsbury, London, ENG d. Yes, date unknown  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Sarah Tonkin,   b. Abt 1842, Chiselhurst, Kent, England d. Yes, date unknown  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Isabella Tonkin,   b. 9 Nov 1828, Finsbury East, Finsbury, Middlesex, England d. Mar 1850, London, United Kingdom (Age 21 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Margaret Eliza Tonkin,   b. 9 Nov 1834, Finsbury, London, ENG d. Aft 1871, Of Hoxton, Middlesex, ENG (Age > 38 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Ann Tonkin, *,   b. 15 Sep 1832, Finsbury, Middlesex, England d. 1910, Of Lambeth, Surrey, ENG (Age 77 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F304	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

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• Notes

  John is listed as a carpenter in his daughter's marriage record and again in the 1871 census for Shoreditch, London, England. In that census, he is 67 years of age, living with his wife, Isabella, age 64 and his granddaughter, Margaret E. Lowe, age 8 who was born in Hoxton, Middlesex Co., ENG.</line><line /><line>There are several more John Tonkins in the 1871 census records born at similar times with different wives. There is one John Tonkin that was imprisioned for beating up another man of Crowan, UK. That was 38 miles from where our John was born and 277 miles from Finsbury, London, England where he lived when and had children from the John that was in jail. It's not likely to be him.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1380] John Tonkin, Isabella Strangeways Marriage Record, Nov. 5, 1826. (Saint Luke Parish, Old Street, Finsbury, London, Middlesex, ENG, p. 185, LDS Film # 585449). [S503] I.G.I. Files, British Isles, c 2003+ (LDS # 1042161). [S4] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Ancestry Family Tree, 1,1030::0. [S1381] Ann Tonkin's birth record, City Road Chapel Wesleyan, Finsbury, Shoreditch Parish, London, ENG (Sep 15, 1832, LDS film #0597087). [S1386] Baptismal Record for John Surger Tonkin (Sep. 27, 1807). [S744] Ancestry.com, England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Date:2014 Place:Provo, UT, USA;), 1,9841::0. [S13] Ancestry.com, England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;). http://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JW8K-9X5 [S1382] Ancestry.com, England & Wales, Non-Conformist and Non-Parochial Registers, 1567-1936, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2013;), The National Archives (United Kingdom); Kew, Surrey, England; Registers of Births, Marriages and Deaths surrendered to the Non-parochial Registers Commissions of 1837 and 1857; Class Number: Rg 4; Piece Number: 4388. England & Wales, Non-Conformist and Non-Parochial Registers, 1567-1936 [S585] FreeBMD, England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1837-1915, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;). England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1837-1915 [S852] Ancestry.com, 1851 England Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2005;), Class: HO107; Piece: 1535; Folio: 6; Page: 4; GSU roll: 174765. [S1387] Ancestry.com, London, England, Land Tax Records, 1692-1932, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2011;). [S831] 1871 Census, St. John the Baptist Hoxton Parish, Shoreditch, London, ENG. [S1610] Ancestry.com, England, Select Marriages, 1538-1973, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Date:2014 Place:Lehi, UT, USA;), 1,9852::0.