Robert HOOKINS (Tree A)

 My namesake Robert HOOKINS appears on my own Family Tree and was baptised in the church at Brompton Ralph.

Brompton Ralph Parish Church

He was the 6th of 13 children born to William HOOKINS and his wife Anne (nee KNOWLES).

He married Mary Ann FOXWELL at the Wellington Parish Church of St John in Somerset on 9 April 1827.

St John the Baptist Church Wellington

5 children were born before the first Census in 1841. These were Samuel in 1830 (recorded as HOOKINGS), James in 1833, Caroline in 1835, John in 1838 and Henry in 1840, all born in Wellington. In that Census in 1841 the family were living recorded as HOOKINGS at Pitt Cottages in Wellington and Robert is recorded as being a Husbandman up to this time.

Further children followed in the form of Elizabeth in 1843, George in 1845 (although he died 2 years later), and Mary Ann in 1850, all born in Wellington. From here on Robert's occupation is stated as Labourer. Like their previous siblings all were baptised at St John the Baptist Church in Wellington.

By the 1851 Census Robert had moved to the Rockwell Green area of Wellington where he lived with Mary and children James, John, Elizabeth, Henry and Mary Ann. Daughter Caroline was living elsewhere and Samuel has not been traced as yet although he had married 3 years earlier.

On 20 February 1859 Robert's wife Mary died at Rockwell Green so in the Census for 1861 Robert is living with his children John, Henry and Mary and his granddaughter Sarah although the location of her mother Caroline has not yet been established.

By 1871 Robert was alone at Rockwell Green and just 3 years later on 13 February 1874 he died in the Wellington Workhouse.

Wellington Workhouse

He was buried in the churchyard of the church where he was married and where each of his children were baptised.