Brief Life History of Dorothy Leah
When Dorothy Leah Hook was born on 26 March 1929, in Temple, Bell, Texas, United States, her father, Robert E Hook, was 27 and her mother, Leah Lee Gray, was 19. She married William Virgil Morgan Jr on 25 December 1948, in Dallas, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Justice Precinct 5, Bell, Texas, United States in 1930. She died on 19 May 1967, in Winnsboro, Wood, Texas, United States, at the age of 38, and was buried in Rock Hill Cemetery, Rock Hill, Wood, Texas, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (9)
- Dortha L Hook in household of Robert E Hook, "United States Census, 1930"
- Dorthy Leah Hook, "Texas Birth Certificates, 1903-1935"
- Dorthy Hooks Morgan, "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976"
Spouse and Children
1929–2005 Male
1929–1967 Female
Children (1)
1959– Male
Parents and Siblings
1901–1979 Male
1909–1979 Female
Siblings (1)
1929–1967 Female
World Events (8)
1931
Age 2
1932
Age 3
1941
Age 12
Name Meaning
English: from Middle English hoke, Old English hōc ‘hook, bend in a river, hill spur’. The surname may be topographic, for someone who lived at or near a river bend or hill spur, or habitational, from any of various places called with this word, such as Hook in Devon, Hampshire, Lancashire, Surrey, Wiltshire, and Yorkshire, as well as Hooke in Dorset.
English: nickname from Middle English hok ‘hook’, perhaps for someone with a hooked or crooked nose or bent back, or from the Old English personal name Hōca or Hōc, probably originally a nickname for a man with a hook nose or bent figure.
Swedish (Höök): nickname, soldier's name, or ornamental name from hök ‘hawk’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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