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St John the Baptist Church Wellington
By the time of his first appearance in the Census records in 1841, Henry was living with his parents and 4 siblings at Pitt Cottages in Wellington. During the next 10 years, three more siblings were born, although one of these unfortunately died after just 2 years. So by the time of the 1851 Census Henry was still with his parents and 4 siblings as three others were living away with their work. Henry's home at that stage was 59 Rockwell Green in Wellington.
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59 Rockwell Green, Wellington
Sadly, Henry's mother was to die in 1859 very suddenly, and the following year another of his siblings also died. So in 1861 Henry is living at Rockwell Green with his widowed father and two of his siblings. Also present is a niece of Henry's who appears to be the illegitimate daughter of one of Henry's sisters who was herself not present at home at the time of the Census. One other sibling is by now serving in the Army and is also therefore not present. At this stage, too, Henry's occupation is described as Agricultural Labourer.
Henry's father was living alone at Rockwell Green in the 1871 Census and Henry himself has not been located at that time. This could be because he may have been at sea as by 1881 he was described as a Private Marine in Dartmouth. Also the Ashanti Medal was issued to a Henry HOOKINS in respect of the 3rd Ashanti War in 1873/4 on the African Gold Coast when he was serving on "Rattlesnake".
By 1891 he was classed as an Army Pensioner and was living with his nephew Walter HOOKINS and his family in Gloster Street, Cardiff.
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9 Gloster Street, Cardiff
No death record has been positively identified for Henry although a death was recorded in Cardiff in 1907 when Henry would have been 66. This record however shows an age of 61 so will need to be clarified, hopefully by an identifiable informant at death. It would appear that Henry never married.
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