Caroline HOOKINS (Tree G)

Caroline was born, I believe, in the September quarter of 1841 as Caroline BAKER, daughter of Builder and Bricklayer John BAKER and his wife Caroline. In the 1851 Census she is found living with her parents and 2 siblings at 4 Palmers Mews, Finsbury. By 1861 she was engaged as a Housemaid at the home of a Brewer, John TURNER, and his family at Honeage Street, Spitafields in London.

Christ Church Spitafields

5 years later she married Henry Charles HOOKINS at Christ Church, the Parish Church in Spitafields, on 15th October 1866, at which time she had been living at 10 King Street, Spitafields.
They were living at 162 Central Street, St Luke when their first child was born, followed 2 years later (almost to the day) by a second daughter, by which time the family were at 32 Rahire Street, St Lukes.









In the 1871 Census the family of 4 is indexed as HOCKINS and living at 19 Britannia Street in Shoreditch. By 1881 Caroline is described as a Laundress. The family now comprises 5 children although one of them is away at the John Cass School in Botolph and one other had been born and had died during the intervening 10 years. The family is here indexed as HOOKINGS and are living at 12 Worley Court in St Botolph, Algate. In 1891 the family is at 7 Royal Albert Buildings in St Botolph. There are 6 children present - the eldest daughter had by now married and another child was away as a Servant in Bromley.
By 1901 Caroline was widowed and is living in Newington at 11 Tarow Street with just her youngest son and 10 years later she is living alone at 29 Bedford Street in Walworth.
She appears to have died in Uxbridge at the age of 85 although 13 years previously in the 1911 Census she is recorded as being 68 years old, neither of which seem to tie up with her assumed birth year which can be the subject of further investigation at some point. During her married life she had given birth to 9 children, 5 boys and 4 girls