Henry Charles HOOKINS (Tree G)

 Another Henry Charles HOOKINS biography details the life of a child born on 5 January 1894 at 1K Peabody Buildings in Holborn London.

Henry was the first of 11 children born to Henry Charles HOOKINS and his wife Amy Jane (nee TIGG). His baptism took place at St James Church in Clerkenwell on 8 July 1894.

By the time of the 1901 Census Henry was living at 27 Rosaman Street in Clerkenwell with his parents and 3 other siblings. By 1911 he was working as an Errand Boy in an Oil shop and was living at 1 Field Place, St John Street in Clerkenwell with his parents and 5 siblings.

On 20 October 1918 Henry married Jessie Beckingham ROGERS at St Marks Church in Clerkenwell.

At the time of his marriage Henry was identified as a Cook's Mate in the Royal Navy. His naval career shows that he served as a Cook's Mate and later a Cook at HMS VIVID in the Naval Barracks in Plymouth in 1914, 1915 and 1917, on HMS Impregnable, a training ship based in Plymouth in 1915 and 1918, on HMS Cumberland, an armoured cruiser in 1915/6, Diligence, a Scout and Depot ship in 1919, and the battleship Repulse in 1919. He was also a Cook's Mate on HMS Tiger. His total service lasted 12 years from 23 November 1914.

HMS Tiger

The couple do not appear to have had any children and unfortunately Henry died before 8 years of his marriage had elapsed in 1926 and his widow Jessie married again the following year, but it seems that she may also have died in 1931.