George D Hooker

Brief Life History of George D

When George D Hooker was born on 3 July 1847, in Indiana, United States, his father, Andrew J Hooker, was 39 and his mother, Mary Ann Bacon, was 30. He married Lucinda Stokes on 20 March 1873, in Taylorville, Christian, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 daughters. He lived in Clay Center, Clay, Kansas, United States in 1880 and Manhattan, Riley, Kansas, United States in 1900. He died on 28 March 1912, in Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Mount Washington Cemetery, Independence, Jackson, Missouri, United States.

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Family Time Line

George D Hooker
1847–1912
Lucinda Stokes
1856–1915
Marriage: 20 March 1873
Mabel C. Hooker
1875–
Isla M. Hooker
1879–
Ada B. Hooker
1883–1960
Isla Hooker Frank
1889–
Georgia Ione Hooker
1892–1962

Sources (12)

  • George L Hooker in household of Andrew Hooker, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Legacy NFS Source: George D. Hooker - Government record: Census record: birth-name: George D. Hooker
  • George D Hooker, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1934"

World Events (8)

1851 · Constitution of 1851

Due to the state’s financial crisis during the previous decade and growing criticism toward state government. Voters approve the Constitution of 1851 which forbade the state government from going into debt.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1865

Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

Name Meaning

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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