The Family of
Elizabeth Hooker formerly Challis of Ousden, Depden
and Ramsgate
The picture is of Elizabeth and William Hooker.
Elizabeth Challis was born 8 October 1858 at Ousden and baptised 7 November 1858 at Ousden, a daughter of George Challis (of Little Ousden, labourer) and Sarah formerly Crack.
She was married at Depden, on 5 October 1880, to William Hooker. He was aged 27, a bachelor and cooper, of Ramsgate, a son of James Hooker. Elizabeth was 23, a spinster of Depden. Father George was a labourer. The witnesses were Eliza Sarah Challis (sister) and George Challis (X) (father).
In 1871 at Miller's House, Depden, in the household of Richard Green, miller, Elizabeth was aged 12, a nursemaid, born at Ousden.
In the 1881 census of 13 Meeting Street, Ramsgate, she was aged 23 and born at Ousden Suffolk. Her husband, William Hooker, was aged 29, a brewer’s cooper, born at Tottenham, Middx. With them was Kate Challis, aged 9, a scholar, born at Ousden, Suffolk.
In 1891 at 32 Prospect Cottages, Ramsgate, Elizabeth was aged 33 and born at Ousden. Her husband, William, was aged 37, a brewer's cooper (employee) and born at Tottenham, Middx. Their children were Ellen Elizabeth aged 9, William George aged 7, Edith Kate aged 4 (all born at 'Ramsgate'), Susan Annie aged 4 and Florence Rose aged 2 (both born at Kent, 'St Lawrence').
William’s death was registered in the June quarter 1900 in the Thanet district. He was aged 46.
In the 1901 census of 32 Alma Road, Ramsgate, Elizabeth Hooker was a widow, aged 43, born Ousden with her children, William G. aged 17, a cooper (worker), Kate aged 14, Annie aged 14, Florence aged 12 and John S. aged 6. All were born in Ramsgate. With them was an unmarried boarder, Frank D. Pilcher, aged 21, born at Swanton, Kent.
Elizabeth married again, to Samuel Joseph Ambrose, in the Thanet district in the June quarter 1906.
In 1911, at 32 Alma Road, Ramsgate in 5 rooms, Elizabeth Ambrose was aged 53 and born in Ousden, Suffolk, with Samuel Ambrose aged 45, a dredging master and born in Ramsgate. They had been married for 4 years and 10 months and there were no children of the marriage. With them were two of Samuel’s sons and his stepson John Hooker, aged 16 a shipwright born in Ramsgate.
William and Elizabeth's children were:
Ellen Elizabeth Hooker,
born 1881 at Ramsgate (registered September quarter 1881 in the Thanet
district). She married Sydney
Foreman in the March quarter 1902 in the Thanet district.
In 1911 (Index), in Thanet, Ellen was aged 29 and born in
Ramsgate, Sydney was aged 32, Sydney William George was aged 8, Violet Frances
was aged 6, Eric was aged 4 and Nellie Florence Hooker was aged 1. Ellen and Sydney’s children were
Sydney William George Foreman, born 1902/3.
Violet Frances Foreman, born 1904/5.
Eric Foreman,
born 1906/7.
Nellie Florence Hooker Foreman,
born about 1909/10.
William George Hooker, born about 1883/4 at Ramsgate (registered in the March quarter 1884 in the Thanet district). He may have married in the June quarter 1906 in the Thanet district to Ellen Florence Ashby or Francis Alice Hunt.
Edith Kate Hooker, a twin born 1886/7 at Ramsgate (registered in the March quarter 1887 in the Thanet district).
Susan Annie Hooker, a twin born 1886/7 at Ramsgate (registered in the March quarter 1887 in the Thanet district).
Florence Rose Hooker, born 1888/9 at Ramsgate (registered in the March quarter 1889 in the Thanet district).
In 1911 (Index) she appears to be with no other Hookers,
aged 22, in Thanet and born in Ramsgate.
John Stanley Hooker, born 1895 at Ramsgate (registered March quarter 1895, Thanet district). He married Mona E. Bushell in the Thanet district in the December quarter 1917. In 1939 (register) he (born 1895) was living in the Ramsgate MB with Mona E Hooker and 3 others whose records are officially closed.
Posted December 2016