William Carl HOOKINS (Tree D)

This is William Carl HOOKINS whose own family has been mentioned before with photos of 2 of his sons. William Carl was born in September 1895 at Caroline Street in Camden Town. He had 5 brothers and 2 sisters and they were the children of Edwin Alfred HOOKINS and Jessie (nee JEFFERY). Edwin was a Carman from the 1880s (which could be a driver of a horse and cart for deliveries or even a horsedrawn tram) but in 1915 was defined as a Horse Keeper and in 1919 as a General Labourer. Although William Carl was born at No 37 both in the 1891 and 1901 Censuses 25 Caroline Street and judging from the borth of William's other siblings the family also lived at Preston Street, Camden Street and Bayham Street within Camden Town. William Carl was a Compositor and died in Rainham Essex towards the end of 1974.