Ernest James HOOKINS was born in August 1887 at 3 Bath Road Mitcham and Bath Road was to be the home of various HOOKINS families in the years to come. He was the 6th of 11 children of George and Caroline (nee TRASH) HOOKINS. The family lived in Bath Road at No.3 (1885), No.21 (1890), No.41 (1895) and No.6 (1900). The family was a little elusive in a couple of Census returns being found in 1881 as HOSKINS and in 1901 as HOOKIN with Caroline being recorded as Clara! Ernest married twice, firstly to Mary Ann (nee BULL) with whom he had 3 children. There is a record of an Ernest James as a Private in WW1 with the Army Service Corps. When his wife was only 38 she died leaving Ernest with a 6 year old son and 2 other children in their teens. He then married Sarah May (nee BROOKER) at St Mary's Walton on Thames with whom he had another son the following year. Ernest is recorded as a Packer in a Varnish Works at the time of his second marriage and later as a Factory Hand. His youngest son was however less than 2 when Ernest himself died leaving Sarah to presumably care for the still young family as she survived her husband by another 30 years before her death in 1966 at the age of 70. Ernest was buried in Church Road Cemetery.
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