Anna HOOKINS was the 4th child of 7 born to Robert HOOKINS and his wife Mary (nee Jeffery). Her birth took place in 1827 or 1828 in Plymouth. The first Census available after her birth was 1841 when she was living in East Street, Stonehouse, Plymouth with her parents and 6 siblings. She was still living with them in East Stonehouse in 1851 although now only 3 siblings were at home. Her occupation at that time is described as a Milliner. By 1861 she was living as HOSKINS as a Lady's Maid at the home of Edmund EYRE who was a Lieutenant Governor in the Colonial Service and who, judging by the birthplaces of his children, had served in New Zealand and the West Indies. Their home was Dean House near Spelsbury, Oxfordshire. When the Census was taken in 1871 Anna was a Lady's Maid with Frances ORMOND who was the mother-in-law of Edmund EYRE and who had been living as a Widow at Dean House when Anna was there 10 years previously. By this time Frances had moved to 28 Royal York Crescent in Clifton, Bristol pictured below.
By 1881 Anna was living as HOCKINS and as a Lady's Maid at 11 Osborne Street, St Andrews, Plymouth at the home of Eliza HEWKINS where Anna's mother is registered as a visitor at that time. In 1891 she is recored as being aged 63 and living as a Lodging House Keeper at 3 Castle View, Totnes with her unmarried sister Sarah and 10 years later, still with her sister she was living at a cottage in Totnes with Anna recorded as a Dressmaker and her sister as a Shirt Maker.
The Census record is completed in 1911 when Anna is living alone at 31 High Street, Totnes now 83 years of age but when she died on 25th August the following year she was living at 32 High Street, Totnes but died at 32 Oakfield Terrace Road, Plymouth which is pictured below:
