Jesse HOOKINS (Tree A)

I have provided photographs of Jesse before but this is a lovely picture of the whole family possibly taken in the grounds of the house where Jesse was employed probably in the early 1920s. Jesse's wife Alice had died in 1915 at which stage Jesse was left with these 7 children aged then between 2 and 14 years. He seems to have done a good job in caring for them and bringing them up alone as well as fulfilling his duties to his employers.

William & Susan HOOKINS (Tree A)

William HOOKINS was born in Pawlett in 1857 and married Susan MASON at the Parish Church in that village on Christmas Day 1880. All of their children were born and baptised there and William and Susan were both eventually buried in the village churchyard as were some of their children. This picture of the village was taken in 1908 and was on the reverse side of a postcard sent by William's son Samuel to his cousin Beatrice who was born in 1887 in Cardiff where her father had migrated to from Somerset before 1881 and her married there in 1884. Unfortunately his wfe Alice died in 1891 it is thought during the birth of Beatrice's twin siblings' birth in 1891.

Jesse HOOKINS (Tree A)

Several previous posts have related to Jesse HOOKINS and his family and Jesse's move to South Wales to work as a coachman for the Crawshay family based in Llantwit Major at Dimlands House. The picture below shows the road entrance to the Lodge where Jesse lived as well as the entrance to the estate. The top picture shows an advertisement which appeared in

recent years when the Lodge came up for sale. This highlights the prime location of their home with views over the Bristol Channel and the accommodation even boasted an en-suite bathroom at the time of sale - surely not a luxury which Jesse would have enjoyed. It is good to know though that the dwelling where Jesse made his home with his family still remains standing even if, as I understand it, the rest of the estate has been turned into housing.

Samuel HOOKINS (Tree A)

This I know is a picture of a Samuel HOOKINS and I believe him tp be the Samuel who was a son of William who has been referred to on a number of other posts. Samuel was born in Huntspill on Boxing Day of 1881 and at the time of his marriage to Alice Lily PHELPS in 1909 he was a gardener and Alice was a dressmaker. They had one daughter Violet Lilian who had been a teacher and who lived in Weston super Mare. She was the lady who porvided me with the one page newspaper cutting about the Hookins family in uniform on which Samuel was featured. Unfortunately Alice and Samuel separated and Alice died in 1954 before Samuel in 1974. Violet died in a Care Home in Weston-super-Mare in 2004.