Robert Hooker was another ggg grandfather.  He married Elizabeth Cleaver in 1812 and had  a daughter, Christiana, in 1819 and a son, James, in 1821.  On his son’s marriage certificate in 1851 he was named as a mathematical instrument maker .  I need to do the following-

1. try to find evidence of parents and birth

2. try to find proof of death – his wife remarried in 1847 , so presumably he was dead by then.  I cannot find him in the 1841 census, perhaps he died before that .  There is an Elizabeth Haines in the 1841 census, so possibly Robert was already dead and she was living with Thomas Haines already and assumed his name (but did not marry him until 1847).   The more I think about it, the more feasible that sounds.  Check it out!!

3. Check the whereabouts of James and Christiana in the 1841 census – and look for other children, possibly William (b. 1816) and Robert (b. 1823) .

ps. just thought of a couple more jobs pertinent to this research –

1. find death of James Hooker – there are two possibilities, one in 1885 and one in 1890, need to send for death certificates to ascertain which is the one

2. curiosity compels me to look up Thomas Haines, although he is not directly in the family line. I have a likely candidate for his death in 1849 and also a marriage  (to Elizabeth Cleaver/Hooker)  in 1847. More certificates to order, if only my bank’s mad online security system will allow – at the moment it is so secure it won’t let me do anything!