Edwin John HOOKINS (Tree D)

Edwin John HOOKINS was born in 1887 in Kentish Town and became a Fitter's Mate. In 1915 he married Elizabeth DUKE at St Matthew's Church in Ponders End with whom he had 3 children, one of whom was born in Ponders End and the other two in Chingford. Unfortunately Elizabeth died in 1922 at the age of just 33 very soon after the birth of her last child. Edwin then had 3 children under 6 to care for and he married again in 1923 to Ada RUMBLE with whom he had a further 5 children. Edwin died on Christmas Day in 1956 in Chingford and is buried at Enfield Crematorium. Ada died in 1985 in Kings Lynn at the age of 93.