House by House: 8 Hawthorne Road

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1911
The first census recording the houses was taken in 1911, so these were probably the first tenants of the house.

• Alexander Cunningham Hawkes, head, 43, commercial traveller, born Birmingham.
• Jane Hawkes, wife, 38, ---, born Birmingham.
• Doris May Hawkes, dau, 14, school, born Kings Heath.
• Joseph Alec Hawkes, son, 11, school, born Sutton Coldfield.
• Janet Campbell Hawkes, dau, 4, ---, born Birmingham.
• Rose Adeline Hawkes, sister, 37, ---, born Birmingham.

1925

On the 1925 electoral register the residents at 8 Hawthorne Road were:
Ernest Gilmer Swann
Alice Gertrude Swann
(this register included men over 21 and women over 30)

Ernest G. and Alice G. Swann had been living at 32 Hawthorne Road on the 1911 census.