Zelphia Hooker

21 November 1875–9 January 1947 (Age 71)
Big Creek, Clay, Kentucky, United States

The Life of Zelphia

When Zelphia Hooker was born on 21 November 1875, in Big Creek, Clay, Kentucky, United States, her father, James Hooker, was 49 and her mother, Emaline "Emily" Hacker, was 41. She died on 9 January 1947, in Kentucky, United States, at the age of 71.

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Family Time Line

Robert Jackson Livesay
1869–1959
Zelphia Hooker
1875–1947

Spouse and Children

Parents and Siblings

    James Hooker

    Male1826–1903Male

    Emaline "Emily" Hacker

    Female1834–1879Female

siblings

(14)

    Mary Hooker

    Female1852–Female

    Clinton C Hooker

    Male1854–1946Male

    William Franklin Hooker

    Male1855–1917Male

    Margaret Martha Hooker

    Female1857–1923Female

    Catharine Hooker

    Female1858–Female

+9 More Children

World Events (8)

1876 · The First Worlds Fair in the U.S.

Age 1

The First official World's Fair, was held to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia. 37 Countries provided venues for all to see.
1892 · The Radio is invented

Age 17

Kentucky native Nathan Stubblefield invented the radio in 1892
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

Age 21

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

Name Meaning

English (mainly southeastern): variant of Hook (in the occupational or topographic and habitational senses), with the addition of the agent suffix -er.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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Sources (1)

  • Zilphy Hooker in household of James Hooker, "United States Census, 1880"

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