Joseph Paul Hoskins
Joseph Paul Hoskins (c1838-1904) of Hoskins and Son
Born the son of William Hoskins, a Baker.
1861 Living at Rack Street, Exeter. With his parents and family.[1]
1861 Married at Exeter to Matilda Langman
1871 Living at 109 Sidwell Street, Exeter: Joseph Paul Hoskins (age 33 born Exeter), Baker. With his wife Matilda Hoskins (age 34 born Bow, North Devon) and their three children; Joseph J. Hoskins (age 9 born Exeter); Bertha Hoskins (age 7 born Exeter); and Charles Hoskins (age 5 born Exeter). Also his mother Grace Hoskins (age 60 born Bovey Tracy) and his brother Henry Hoskins (age 20 born Exeter), Stonemason.[2]
1881 Living at 18 Sidwell Street, Exeter. With family.[3]
1891 Living at 25 Sidwell Street, Exeter. With family.[4]
1904 Died. '...Joseph Paul Hoskins, an upright citizen, a thorough man of business, and a good Christian....was a hero who, his younger days, had served Queen and country with distinction, and had been decorated for his bravery. During the Russian War, on board H.M.S. "Cornwallis," displayed, gallantly the Baltic, and some few years later, the Indian Mutiny, was one that brave and devoted band Englishmen who relieved Lucknow....'[5]