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John Hunt Hedley                                 1858-1914
John was born on 1 February 1858, the son of Thomas Fenwick Hedley and Anne Hutchinson. He married Margaret Eveline "Eva" Doxford in 1883. He died on 10 February 1914.
Margaret Eveline "Eva" Doxford       1864-1960
Eva was born on 12 May 1864, the daughter of William Theodore Doxford and Margaret Wilkinson
I have identified the following children:
  Margaret Eveline "Madgie" Born 8 Oct 1884   Sunderland Died 31 Jan 1889, Age 4
Theodore Fenwick Born 2 Mar 1886   Sunderland Married Elizabeth Ethel Harkess
Eva Doxford Born 13 Nov 1890   Sunderland Married Percy Stanley Short
Wilhelmina Mary Doxford Born 17 Jul 1895   Sunderland Died 1 Dec 1895
John Hunt Born 25 Nov 1898   Sunderland Killed 8 Mar 1918, WW 1
Edwin Ernest Doxford Born 28 Sep 1900   Sunderland

Birth of Parents
John Hunt Hedley b: 1 Feb 1858  c: 24 Feb 1858         St. Thomas, Bishopwearmouth     1858 1Q Sunderland 10a 355
son of Thomas Fenwick Hedley and Ann Hutchinson, 2 Cambridge Street

Margaret Eveline Doxford b: 12 May 1864               Sunderland, County Durham     1864 2Q Sunderland 10a 462
daughter of William Theodore Doxford and Margaret Wilkinson

Marriage
8 Dec 1883
John Hunt Hedley
Margaret Eveline Doxford		 Christ Church, Bishopwearmouth       1883 4Q Sunderland 10a 873
Father: Thomas Fenwick Hedley, Valuer
Father:William Theodore Doxford, Shipbuilder

Children
Margaret Eveline Hedley b: 8 Oct 1884  c: 27 Dec 1884   Christ Church, Bishopwearmouth   1884 4Q Sunderland 10a 645
daughter of John Hunt Hedley and Margaret Eveline Doxford
Died 31 Jan 1889, Age 4      1889 1Q Sunderland 10a 343
Theodore Fenwick Hedley b: 2 Mar 1886             1886 2Q Sunderland 10a 647
son of John Hunt Hedley and Margaret Eveline Doxford
Died 7 Mar 1929      1929 1Q Darlington 10a 50
Eva Doxford Hedley b: 13 Nov 1890  c: 24 Dec 1890        
daughter of John Hunt Hedley and Margaret Eveline Doxford, 7 Ashbrook Terrace

1891 Census RG12-4134 6 April 1891 Bishopwearmouth, County Durham
5 Woodside
Edwin Vaux
Mary (Wife)
Ethel
 John H. Hedley (Visitor)
Plus Two Servants		 Age 46
Age 41
Age 15
 Age 33 		Brewer

Scholar
 Valuer 		Sunderland
Sunderland
Sunderland
 Sunderland 		Durham
Durham
Durham
 Durham 		15 Sep 1844
abt 1850
18 Feb 1876
 1 Feb 1858

1891 Census RG12-2331 6 April 1891 Great Malvern, Worcestershire
Bredon House
Esther Hunt (Widow)
Lizzie E. (Dau)
Alfred J. (Son)
 Margaret E. Hedley (Boarder)
Theodore F. Hedley (Boarder)
Eva D. Hedley (Boarder)
Plus 8 Other Boarders
Plus 3 Servants 		Age 55
Age 19
Age 15
 Age 26
Age 5
Age 4 Mos. 		Lodging House Keeper

Grocer's Appr.
 Living on own means 		Ledbury
Halvern
Halvern
 Sunderland
Sunderland
Sunderland 		Hereford
Worcester
Worcester
 Durham
Durham
Durham 		abt 1835
abt 1871
abt 1875
 12 May 1864
2 Mar 1886
13 Nov 1890

Wilhelmina Mary Doxford Hedley b: 17 Jul 1895  c: 18 Sep 1895   Christchurch, Bishopwearmouth   1895 3Q Sunderland 10a 684
daughter of John Hunt Hedley and Margaret Eveline Doxford
Died 1 Dec 1895      1895 4Q Sunderland 10a 369
John Hunt Hedley b: 25 Nov 1898  c: 17 Jan 1899   Christchurch, Bishopwearmouth   1899 1Q Sunderland 10a 607
son of John Hunt Hedley and Margaret Eveline Doxford       Killed 8 Mar 1918, WW 1
Edwin Ernest Doxford Hedley b: 28 Sep 1900  c: 6 Nov 1900   Christchurch, Bishopwearmouth   1900 4Q Sunderland 10a 632
son of John Hunt Hedley and Margaret Eveline Doxford, Ashbrook Terrace
Died 8 Dec 1985

1901 Census RG13-4716 1 April 1901 Sunderland, County Durham
6 Ashbrook Terrace
John Hunt Hedley
Mgt. Evelyne (Wife)
Eva Doxford
John Hunt
Edwin Ernest Doxford
Plus 4 servants 		Age 43
Age 37
Age 10
Age 2
Age 6 Mo.s 		Valuer Durham
Durham
Durham
Durham
Durham 		Sunderland
Sunderland
Sunderland
Sunderland
Sunderland 		1 Feb 1858
12 May 1864
13 Nov 1890
25 Nov 1898
28 Sep 1900

1901 Census RG13-607 1 April 1901 Godalming, Guildford, Surrey
Charterhouse Block
Theodore F. Hedley
Plus Many Others 		Age 14 School Boarder Durham Sunderland 2 Mar 1886

1911 Census RG14-315 3 April 1911 Sunderland, County Durham
1 Elms West   (12 Rooms)
John Hunt Hedley
Margaret Eveline (Wife)
Theodore Fenwick (Son)
Eva Doxford (Dau)
Edwin Ernest Doxford (Son)
Plus 2 Servants 		Age 53
Age 46
Age 25
Age 20
Age 10 		Valuer & Arbitrator

Valuer & Arbitrator

School 		Sunderland
Sunderland
Sunderland
Sunderland
Sunderland 		Durham
Durham
Durham
Durham
Durham 		1 Feb 1858
12 May 1864
2 Mar 1886
13 Nov 1890
28 Sep 1900

Death
John Hunt Hedley Died 10 Feb 1914, Age 56

The Times, Saturday, Feb 14, 1914                         DEATHS
  HEDLEY - On the 10th Feb. 1914, John Hunt Hedley, of 1 Elms West, Sunderland, sixth son of the late Thomas F. Hedley, aged 55 years.
LONDON   21 Aug 1915                         Probate
HEDLEY, John Hunt, of 1 The Elms, West Sunderland, died 10 February 1914, at Gimsgreen Gardens, Ayton, Berwick, Probate London, 21 August, to Margaret Eveline Hedley, widow, and Charles William Panton Barker, solicitor.   Effects £38 7s.

IN MEMORY OF
LANCE SERGEANT
JOHN HUNT HEDLEY
4th ATTD. 8th Bn., MIDDLESEX REGIMENT
WHO DIED
ON FRIDAY 8 MARCH 1918, Age 19

SON OF JOHN HUNT HEDLEY AND
MARGARET EVELINE HEDLEY,
of 1 Elms West, SUNDERLAND
REMEMBERED WITH HONOR
HOOGE CRATER CEMETERY
Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium

COMMONWEALTH WAR GRAVES COMMISSION

Death
Margaret Eveline (Doxford) Hedley Died 17 Feb 1960, Age 95,