When Eurath Hooker was born on 6 October 1736, in Gunpowder, Baltimore, Maryland, United States, her father, Richard Hooker, was 29 and her mother, Martha Barney, was 22. She died on 17 September 1826, in East Ringgold, Pickaway, Ohio, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Peters-Tallman Cemetery, East Ringgold, Pickaway, Ohio, 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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