Edwin Alfred HOOKINS (Tree D)

Edwin Alfred HOOKINS was the son of John and Charlotte HOOKINS and his mother's biography was listed on the blog in October last year. Edwin was born on 27 February 1863 at 123 Grove Street in Camden Town and was the youngest of the 5 children.
Eight years later in the 1871 Census where he and his family are indexed as HORKINS (!!), he was living at Caroline Place in Pancras with his parents and 2 siblings. One other sibling is thought to have died before Edwin was born.
By 1881 he was at 20 Caroline Street in St Pancras with his parents + his married sister Charlotte and her daughter. His occupation at his stage was a Van Guard.

Bayham Street, Camden Town

In 1885, indexed as HOSKINS, he married Jessie JEFFERY in Pancras and at the beginning of the following year their first child, Jessie Charlotte was born at Bayham Street in Camden Town.

50 Camden Street, Camden Town

Their second child, Edwin John, was born at 36 Preston Street, Kentish Town, followed by Jeffery Charles in 1889 at 50 Camden Street, Camden Town which is situated only one street away from where Jessie Charlotte was born. Edwin Alfred still had the same job as Carman. Unfortunately young Jessie Charlotte, at 4 years of age, was to die the following year.




By 1891 Edwin Alfred was living at 25 Caroline Street, Camden Town with his wife and Edwin and Jeffery and in October of that year John Henry was born at that address, followed by William Carl in September 1895 at 37 Caroline Street, Ellen Elizabeth in 1898 in Camden Town and Harry Frederick in Tottenham in 1900.

31 Elizabeth Road, Tottenham

In the 1901 Census there was an error by the Census Enumerator who, instead of entering the HOOKINS surname on the Census form for the Head of the Household, inserted ditto marks. Consequently the whole of this family was indexed under the name of the next door neighbour listed above them who was MUNN - not the first name you think of when you're trying to find a HOOKINS family!! But indeed Edwin and Jessie were there at 31 Elizabeth Road in Tottenham with all of their 6 surviving children and Edwin was listed as a Bus Horse Keeper.

26 Elizabeth Road, Tottenham

By 1911 all the family had moved down the road to number 26 - they did move around a lot this family! - although John, who would have been 19 by this stage, was not with the family and his whereabouts at that time to date are unknown.
However the family seems to have stayed put after that as Edwin Alfred died there on 28 February 1925. Jessie was to following him in 1932 when she died at the Middlesex Hospital in Tottenham on 31 January.