Sunday, October 13, 2024

Sidney Arthur HOOKINS (Tree 4A)

This Sidney Arthur HOOKINS was born in the December quarter of 1889 in New Brompton the 9th of 10 children born to William HOOKINS and his wife Emma (nee CANE).
He first appears in a Census 2 years later at 9 Station Road, Gillingham, Kent where he lived with his parents and 8 siblings together with his maternal grandparents.

9 Station Road, Gillingham, Kent

 For the 1901 Census the family including Sidney's parents and 5 siblings were living at the LCB railway station as Sidney's father was a Railway Inspector although he was to die in 1907. So in 1911 Sidney was living at 377 High Street, Rochester with his widowed mother, 3 siblings and a Servant with Sidney's occupation said to be a Dental Mechanic.
On 1 February 1919 Sidney married Ellen LAZELL at Orsett Register Office. By this time Sidney was a Dental Assistant and he moved into Ellen's address at 56 Whitehall Lane, Grays.
56 Whitehall Lane, Grays

Sidney's Army discharge papers were served on 6 February 1919 when he was transferred to Reserve. His medical records show that his appendix was removed at Great Hermitage, Higham near Rochester in 1917. He was said to be 6'1" tall with hammer toes on both feet which is where the middle joint of the toe bends.
The couple had no children and next appear in records in the 1939 Register where they live at 94 Clarence Road, Grays. 
94 Clarence Road, Grays

Sidney was now a Dentist and Ellen a Dentist's Clerk and Sidney is listed in the Dentists' Register in 1940. He had registered to practise on 9 August 1922 Certificate No 15836.
He died on 11 February 1959 at St Marys Hospital in Paddington.
St Marys Hospital, Paddington

Ellen remarried the following year to Reginald GODWARD and died in 1986 in Southend on Sea just 3 years after the death of her second husband.






Wednesday, April 10, 2024

Sidney Arthur HOOKINS (Tree I)

Sidney Arthur HOOKINS was born on 22 April 1897 in Oil City Pennsylvania. His parents were another Sidney Arthur HOOKINS and his Minnie Zora (formerly REESE). He is sometimes also referred to as Arthur Sidney.
In the 1900 US Census he was living in Cranberry, Venango County, Pennsylvania with his parents and sister Lucille although his father was to die just 2 years later.
By 1910 he was living with his widowed mother and his sister at the home of his maternal grandparents in Oil City but by 1920 he was with his mother, sister and cousin Dorothy. By this time he is classed as being a Machinist
He married Vesta Ines RUSSELL on 12 August 1925 in his home city and their first child, Jean Louise was born the following year followed by a second daughter, Ruth, 2 years after that.
By the 1930 Census he seems to have been known as Arthur S and is living with his family at Central Avenue in Oil City, his occupation being a Mechanic. This had changed to Repair Man (Electric Power) in the 1940 Census where he again used the Arthur name whilst living with his family at 3rd Street in Oil City.
He was recorded as Arthur Sidney on his death certificate on 1 April 1950 at Oil City Hospital when he was classed as an Auto Mechanic for the Pennsylvania Electric Company. His obituary states that he was employed by this Company for a period of 20 years. He was buried at Sunset Hill Memorial Cemetery in Venango County.
Both daughters married during the next 10 years and his Widow Vesta survived him by 27 years.
He had it seems had some enthusiasm for athletics if the only photo I have of him is anything to go by!!