Further information on these children –

1. Robert – all I  have on  him so far is a copy of a death in 1813.  Name & time would fit, but I have no  proof. I have looked but been unable to find a birth entry for Robert, either under the Hooker surname or under Cleaver.

2. Elizabeth – born 1813, christened on 8th October 1813 at St Albans, Wood St, London.  I have a copy of marriage registration for 1841 -she married William Judge,  (1812-1876 – unchecked). I cannot find her on the 1841 census, she was most likely working as a domestic servant somewhere. I have a copy of her whereabouts in the 1851 census, but by 1861 William is noted as a widower, so she died before then.  Sam has provided a death reference for 1858 (September quarter St Luke 1b 345), I will send for this certificate to confirm. The children of Elizabeth & William were – Elizabeth b. 1844, Sophia Ann b. 1846, Mary b. 1848, and Charles William Robert b. 1853 – he seems to have been known by various combinations of his name in different records. I cannot find another child noted by Sam ie William Joseph Judges b. 1849.

3. William Henry –  I have a copy of a birth entry for William (June 24th, 1815, St. Botolphs Aldersgate, London) and a copy of his marriage certificate to Mary Ann Smith (July 7th 1839 at Christ Church Newgate St City of London). I also have a copy of the 1841 census where he is living with his wife and infant son William  – the household also includes William Judge, future husband of his sister Elizabeth (& Christiana -see below). After that things seem to become a bit obscure.  In the 1851 census there is an excellent family almost fitting the bill, except that the parents were born in Croyden Surrey, so that is no good. (ps to that, I just found that family in the 1841 census, so definitely not ours – curses!)   I looked for the son William born 1841, but no luck.  There are a number of possibilities eg William Sr died and  Mary Ann remarried & changed her name, William was  transported to  Australia (I did find a likely candidate for that), the family emigrated to America (Sam did find an earlier William Henry Hooker who had gone to live and died in America, perhaps they joined his family over there) or they may still be in London and I just haven’t found them – more to do there obviously.  PS. I have now found a likely family in the 1861 and 1871 censuses, but it doesn’t clear things up.  Mary Ann is listed as the head of the household, but is noted as married, not widowed, so presumably William is around somewhere.  The children in the 1851 census  are listed as  Henry b. 1843, George b. 1846, Mary Ann b. 1849, Christiannah b. 1851, Ann (in 1871 listed as Sarah Ann) b. 1853 and Harriet b. 1856.  Now, if these children are William’s, then he must be around somewhere (not transported or emigrated) but where?  I guess my next move could be to send for a birth certificate of one or more of these children to see who the father was.  I usually send for a number of certificates in one go , so I’ll wait until I have finished exploring this family before sending away – hopefully, the increased cost of the certificates will be offset by the good exchange rate – ie if I ever get around to doing it !!

4. Christiana – well, I was way off with Christiana’s later movements. Some time after 1861 she moved in with William Judge (the widower of her older sister Elizabeth) and they produced a daughter, Christiana Louise , in 1865 (neither Sam nor I has been able to find any registration of her birth).  From the 1871 census on, she is shown as Judge, not Hooker, though neither Sam nor I could find a marriage.  By 1881 she was widowed and had moved to Chigwell in Essex with her daughter and is still there in 1891.  Sam has given me a death reference which is in 1898, so I will send for that certificate eventually. Her daughter in 1892 married a cousin George Henry Judge and the 1901 census shows them with 2 daughters living in Epping Essex.

5. James – not much more to report on him – have added a few details of some of his children (found in the wealth of material that Sam gave me) and will expound further on his wife, Elizabeth Evans at some stage.

6/7 – no further information on Robert and Sarah Ann as yet.