Ellen Matilda Hawkins 1865 - 1925 married John Wilson and George Wilson

Ellen Matilda Hawkins was the fifth child of Susan Wilson and Joseph Hawkins. She was born at Kurrajong in 1865 and died in 1925 at her home in Westmead. She is buried in Rookwood Cemetery as Helen Wilson.  

Ellen was married twice. She married John Wilson (1854 -1899) in 1885.

John had previously been married to her older sister Margaret. When Margaret died young, Ellen married John and reared his and Margaret's two daughters (Priscilla and Amelia) as her own. With John, Elsie had 8 children.

1. Elsie Jane (1885 - ?) married Cyrus Wilson in 1905.

2. Fanny (1886 - 1886)

3. Harold (1887 - 1887)

4. Elwin Alfred (1890 - 1966) married Jessie Pearce in 1920. In this newspaper article Elwin had a bit of trouble with his cousin Thomas Wilson. 

5. Reuben (1893 - 1918) died in France during WW1 a few weeks before his brother Melbourne.

6. Ada (1894 -1976) married Darcy Pye (son of 

7. Melbourne (1897 - 1918) died of pneumonia in France during WW 1.

8. John Darcy (1899 - 1969)

Following John's death in 1899 from Typhoid, Ellen married George Henry Wilson (1871 - 1959). She had two children from this marriage. 

1. Daisy Miriam 1901 - 1976 married George Quartermain in 1923. Charles died in 1947. 

2. Brinsley Bruce Septimus 1903 - 1972 married Beryl Wilson (descendant of Edward Wilson and Emily Jane Hurst) in 1934 at Richmond.