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 married Robert Jackson Livesay on 19 November 1925, in Harlan, Harlan, Kentucky, United States. She lived in Bell, Kentucky, United States in 1930. She died on 9 January 1947, in Kentucky, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Loyall, Harlan, Kentucky, United States.
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1875–1947 Female
1826–1903 Male
1834–1879 Female
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English (southeastern):
occupational name for a hook maker, from Middle English, Old English hōcere, possibly also used for an agricultural laborer who used hooks. In some cases the name may have become Hocker .
topographic name for a ‘dweller by a hill spur or bend’, from Middle English hoke ‘hook, river bend, hill spur’ + -er (see Hook 1).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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