Children of Frederick John & Emma Selina HOOKINS (Tree A)

Fred and Emma HOOKINS produced 6 children born between the middle of 1906 and the beginning of 1920. Their youngest was Jesse and his exlusion from this photograph either means he had not yet been born or was considered too young to be included. Consequently the dating of this photograph is either 1920 itself or perhaps more likely a few years later in that decade. A date of 1922 would make young Bert on the front left 4 years old, my father Fred (front right) aged 8, Daisy (middle left) aged 12, Bill (middle right) aged 14 and Grace at the back aged 16. These children eventually married with Fred and Daisy both staying in the village in Somerset where their parents lived. Grace moved to Swindon, Bert to Devon and Bill into Bath although later returning to the same village as Daisy and Fred. Incidentally Fred and Emma lived in a house for a large part of their lives called "Dilkusha" which apparently is a Hindi word meaning "Peace in the Heart" but who named the house I don't know.