The Hooker Family from Early Settlers of Essex County Book 4

William Henry Hooker was born 25 Mar 1793 in London England where he married Ann Whittal on 1 Apr 1822.  They travelled to Canada shortly after their marriage and their children were born in Quebec.  George Henry Hooker , their youngest, obtained 125 acres on Concession 7, Lot 12 in Blytheswood, Ontario and he and his wife Ruth Reid had eight children.  Their children married into the Tilden, Willan, Parker, Srigley and McMullin families.  William Henry died 9 May 1905 and Ruth died 5 Mar 1932.  They are both buried in Albuna Cemetery in Mersea Twp..  Jerry Hooker of Walled Lake, Michigan prepared the section about this Hooker family  in 1990.  He obtained his material from various sources including: the 1881 Census, the Albuna Cemetery records, the family bibles of both Jennie Hooker and William Henry Hooker, as well as parish records from London, England. This post contains only part of the record and Book 4 of Early Settlers of Essex county has 45 such stories.  The indexes to all 5 books is posted on our Publications Indexes page.  See if your ancestor has been studied in the past!