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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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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