Ninth Generation (Continued)
Florence Phillips HOOKEY (Jane Hannah BOORMAN8, Thomas7, Thomas6, William5, William4, William3, Thomas2, William1).
Born on 26 Aug 1875 in Welton, Oundle Reg Dist, Northamptonshire, England. Florence Phillips died in Canada in 1934; she was 58.
- From "Notes on the Life and the Descendants of Thomas Boorman" (as of 1953) :
Florence emigrated to Canada with a friend who was setting up a Nursing Home in Canada. After some years, and rather late in life, she married Walter Green as his second wife. She had no chilren and died of cancer in 1934.
- 1875 England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
Name: Florence Phillips Hookey
Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1875
Registration district: Oundle
Inferred County: Northamptonshire
Volume: 3b
Page: 207
- 1901 England Census
Name: Florence Hookey
Age: 25
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1876
Relation: Servant
Gender: Female
Where born: Weldon Northants
Civil parish: Croydon
Ecclesiastical parish: St Matthew
Town: Croydon
County/Island: Surrey
Country: England
Street Address: [6 Park Hill Rd]
Occupation: [Nurse Dom]
Registration district: Croydon
Sub-registration district: Croydon
ED, institution, or vessel: 32
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 80
Piece: 639
Folio: 181
Page Number: 19
Household Members:
Name Age
Herbert Carty 36
Annie Carty 35
Kathleen Carty 11
Norah Carty 9
Dorothy Carty 7
Russel Stanifer 22
Florence Hookey 25
Annie Sawyer 36
Harriet Goldspink 25
Source Citation: Class: RG13; Piece: 639; Folio: 181; Page: 19.
- 1913 Canadian Passenger Lists, 1865-1935
Name: Florence Hookey
Gender: Female
Age: 37
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1876
Date of Arrival: 7 May 1913
Vessel: Royal Edward
Port of Arrival: Quebec
Port of Departure: Avonmouth, Englandw
Roll: T-4795
[ Ticket No. 13325, stamped: “British Bonus Allowed.” position, destined for Winnipeg Man., was a Governer, will be a governer.]
Florence Phillips married Walter GREEN in Canada. Born ca 1875.
- married twice; Florence was his second wife
Herbert William HOOKEY (Jane Hannah BOORMAN8, Thomas7, Thomas6, William5, William4, William3, Thomas2, William1).
Born on 18 Sep 1876 in Whaplode, Holbeach Reg Dist, Lincolnshire, England. Herbert William died in Brentford Reg Dist, Middlesex, England, on 27 May 1934; he was 57. Occupation: Draper.
- From "Notes on the Life and the Descendants of Thomas Boorman" (as of 1953) :
Herbert was in the drapery and outfitting business all his life. He married Hilda ..... and they had 1 son, Arthur Hookey. Herbert died of cancer in 1934. Their son served in the RAF during the war and was for some time in India. He is unmarried and lives with his mother at Ealing. He is in the wholesale outfitting business and is doing well.
- 1876 England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
Name: Herbert William Hookey
Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1876
Registration district: Holbeach
Inferred County: Lincolnshire
Volume: 7a
Page: 400
- 1909 Marriages Sep 1909
HOOKEY Herbert William W. Ham 4a 221
NEEDHAM Hildica Emma W. Ham 4a 221
The district W. Ham is (West Ham) spans the boundaries of the counties of Essex and Greater London
- 1934 England & Wales, Death Index: 1916-2005
Name: Herbert W Hookey
Birth Date: abt 1877
Date of Registration: Apr-May-Jun 1934
Age at Death: 57
Registration district: Brentford
Inferred County: Middlesex
Volume: 3a
Page: 261
- 1934 England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1861-1941
Name: Herbert William Hookey
Probate Date: 28 Feb 1936
Death Date: 27 May 1934
Death Place: Middlesex, England
Registry: London
[Transcription of index entry: HOOKEY Herbert William of 89a Loveday-road Ealing Middlesex died 27 May 1935 Administration London 28 February to Hildica Emma Hookey widow. Effects 184 pouinds 14s. 9d.]
In Q3 1909 when Herbert William was 32, he married Hildica Emma NEEDHAM in West Ham Reg Dist, London/Essex, England. Born in Q3 1880 in Hackney Reg Dist, London, England.
- Births Sep 1880
NEEDHAM Hildica Emma Hackney 1b 551
- possible death (only entry under this name)
Deaths Jun 1955
HOOKEY Hilda Spen Valley 2d 417
The district Spen Valley is in the county of West Riding of Yorkshire
Albert Edward HOOKEY (Jane Hannah BOORMAN8, Thomas7, Thomas6, William5, William4, William3, Thomas2, William1).
Born in Q2 1878 in Hitchin Reg Dist, Hertfordshire, England. Albert Edward died in Hitchin Reg Dist, Hertfordshire, England, in Q3 1878; he was <1.
- From "Notes on the Life and the Descendants of Thomas Boorman" (as of 1953) :
Albert died in infancy.
RESEARCH NOTES
- 8 possible birth registrations between 1874 and 1890. If birth order is correct, he would have been born between 1876 and 1879, narrowing it down to one or two choices:
*** 1) Births Jun 1878
Hookey Albert Edward Hitchin 3a 354
The district Hitchin spans the boundaries of the counties of Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire
2) Births Dec 1879
Hookey Albert James I. Wight 2b 603
3 infant death registrations might be applicable:
*** 1) Deaths Sep 1878
HOOKEY Albert Edward 0 Hitchin 3a 216
2) Deaths Sep 1888
HOOKEY Albert 0 Camberwell 1d 462
3) Deaths Mar 1890
Hookey Albert Henry 0 Camberwell 1d 678
The district Camberwell spans the boundaries of the counties of Greater London, London and Surrey
As other siblings born in Hitchin Reg Dist, the 1878 registrations are most probable.
Beatrice Maude* HOOKEY (Jane Hannah BOORMAN8, Thomas7, Thomas6, William5, William4, William3, Thomas2, William1).
Born on 16 Oct 1879 in Baldock, Hitchin Reg Dist, Hertfordshire, England. Beatrice Maude* died in England in 1958; she was 78.
- From "Notes on the Life and the Descendants of Thomas Boorman" (as of 1953) :
Maude is unmarried. She was originally apprenticed to the stationery business and worked at that till after the first World War, but her health became not very good and she took up other work. She is still working though now very frail. She retired in 1955, living in Wimbledon.
- England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
Name: Beatrice Maud Hookey
Date of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep 1879
Registration district: Hitchin
Inferred County: Hertfordshire
Volume: 3a
Page: 379
- 1901: not living with parents.
1901 England Census
Name: Beatrice M Hookey
Age: 21
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1880
Relation: Assistant
Gender: Female
Where born: Baldock, Hertfordshire, England ***
Civil parish: Madeley
Ecclesiastical parish: Iron Bridge St Luke
County/Island: Shropshire
Country: England
Street Address: [Market Sq]
Occupation: [stationer’s assistant]
Condition as to marriage: [single]
Education:
Employment status: [worker]
Registration district: Madeley
Sub-registration district: Madeley
ED, institution, or vessel: 5
Household schedule number: 116
Piece: 2526
Folio: 55
Page Number: 17
Household Members:
Name Age
Joseph B Slater 40 [employer, at home]
Eliza Marian Slater 43
Florence M C Slater 2
Arthur E C Slater 8 Months
Beatrice M Hookey 21 [assistant, single, stationer’s assistant, worker]
Eva Richers 17
Source Citation: Class: RG13; Piece: 2526; Folio: 55; Page: 17.
Alice Daisy HOOKEY (Jane Hannah BOORMAN8, Thomas7, Thomas6, William5, William4, William3, Thomas2, William1).
Born on 16 Jul 1881 in Baldock, Hitchin Reg Dist, Hertfordshire, England.
- From "Notes on the Life and the Descendants of Thomas Boorman" (as of 1953) :
Daisy is unmarried. She never trained for any particular work but was for some years companion-help to an elderly couple and, after the wife's death, kept house and was like a daughter to the old gentleman till he died at 90 or so years of age. Daisy is now living in a 1 room flat at Wimbledon, and is rather a frail little person. She is a Spiritualist. From 1955, Maude living in rooms in same house.
- 1881 England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
Name: Alice Daisy Hookey
Date of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep 1881
Registration district: Hitchin
Inferred County: Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire
Volume: 3a
Page: 408
- 1931 Canadian Passenger Lists, 1865-1935
Name: Alice Daisy Hookey
Gender: Female
Age: 50
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1881
Birth Country: England [Baldock]
Date of Arrival: 5 Sep 1931
Vessel: Doric
Port of Arrival: Montreal, Quebec
Port of Departure: Liverpool, England
Roll: T-14775
[no relationship, single, self employed, housework; destination: sister Mrs. Bessie Hamley, Grange Rd, Marigold PO, Victoira BC; nearest relative in England: brother - Herbert Hookey, 89a Loveday Road, West Ealing. Identification card 252588 London 25 Aug 1931 [hand writing on top of this - hard to read]; stampled: Landed Immigrant]
Bessie Jane HOOKEY (Jane Hannah BOORMAN8, Thomas7, Thomas6, William5, William4, William3, Thomas2, William1).
Born on 29 Sep 1882 in Baldock, Hitchin Reg Dist, Hertfordshire, England. Bessie Jane died in Nov 1966; she was 84. Occupation: Nurse.
- From "Notes on the Life and the Descendants of Thomas Boorman":(as of 1953) :
Bessie trained as a nurse at the Middlesex Hospital, London, and became a fullly qualified State Registered Nurse. She went out to W. Australia in 1914 before the war started and was nursing for some time at a tuberculosis hospital in Woolaroo. From there she went to Canada to visit her sister Florence and she took a nursing post out there in Winnipeg. There she married George Handby, a sanitary inspector, as his second wife. She had no children of her own, but 2 step daughters. When George retired they removed to Victoria, Vancouver Island, BC, but after her husband died, Bessie decided to sell up her bungalow there and come to England. This was in 1936, and she took up private nursing again til the war was over, when she felt not strong enough to keep on any longer. She is now living in a home for edlerly people in Abbey Road, St. John's Wood, NW 8, where she seems very comfortable.
- 1882 England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
Name: Bessie Jane Hookey
Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1882
Registration district: Hitchin
Inferred County: Hertfordshire
Volume: 3a
Page: 424
- 1917 Canadian Passenger Lists, 1865-1935
Name: Bessie Hookey
Gender: Female
Age: 34
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1883
Birth Country: England
Date of Arrival: 29 Jun 1917
Vessel: Makura
Port of Arrival: Victoria, British Columbia
Port of Departure: Sydney, Australia
Roll: T-4872
[born in: England; destination: Winnipeg Man, to nurse; C.E. [church of england]]
Bessie Jane married George HANBY. Born ca 1880 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. George died in Canada abt 1936; he was 56.
RESEARCH NOTES
- last name listed as Hanby and Hamley
- previously married with 2 daughters
Ethel Kate Boorman “Katie” HOOKEY (Jane Hannah BOORMAN8, Thomas7, Thomas6, William5, William4, William3, Thomas2, William1).
Born in Q1 1885 in Newmarket, Newmarket Reg Dist, Cambridgeshire, England. Ethel Kate Boorman “Katie” died in Women's Hospital, Clapham Common, Wandsworth Reg Dist, Surrey England, in Aug 1933; she was 48.
- From "Notes on the Life and the Descendants of Thomas Boorman" (as of 1953) :
Katie was unmarried and kept house for her mother and fatheer til they died. After that she had several posts and finally kept house for some friends in Leicester til she became too ill. She died in the Women's Hospital, Clapham Common of cancer in August, 1933.
- 1885 England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
Name: Ethel Kate B Hookey
Date of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1885
Registration district: Newmarkt
Inferred County: Cambridgeshire, Suffolk
Volume: 3b
Page: 573
- 1933 England & Wales, Death Index: 1916-2005
Name: Ethel K B Hookey
Birth Date: abt 1885
Date of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep 1933
Age at Death: 48
Registration district: Wandsworth
Inferred County: Greater London
Volume: 1d
Page: 420