She appears in her first Census in 1881 when she was living at 11 St Georges Mews in St Pancras with her parents and 3 younger siblings. By 1891 those siblings were now numbered at 4 and the family were at 5 Erskine Mews, St John in Hampstead.
Emma married George Joseph HOOKINS on 3 August 1896 at St Mary the Virgin Church which is believed to be in Hampstead - the marriage certificate copy I have is not easy to decipher. In May of the following year their first child, Ethel Ada Annie was born in Lonesome, Mitcham with Eva Florence Charlotte joining her 3 years later when born at 3 Rupert Terrace, London Road in Mitcham.
In the 1901 Census Emma is recorded as Emily and living with her husband and 2 children at 5 Smith Terrace, St Peter & St Paul, Mitcham. Living next door was George's widowed mother and 3 of his siblings.
The 1911 Census b
rought yet another incorrect name transcription as the family name is recorded as HACKINS but Emma and George are at St Mawes Cottages, Fernlea Road in Mitcham with their 2 daughters and also a couple of boarders.
George died on 3 August 1939 at the age of 70 so the 1939 Register shows Emma living as a widow at 42 Fernlea Road in Mitcham along with the widowed Amelia FROST and a lodger.
Emma was 75 years old when she died on 7 February 1948 and five days later she was buried in the Victoria/London Road Cemetery in Mitcham.
