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i wonder if anyone can help me. Im trying to trace my great great grandfather's parents. My great great grandfather's name was Henry Charles Hookins. he was born in 1872. He has a some with the same name.

1881 England Census
about Henry Hookings
Name:
Henry Hookings
[Henry Hookins]
Age:
9
Estimated Birth Year:
abt 1872
Relation:
Son
Father's Name:
Henry Hookings
Mother's Name:
Caroline Hookings
Gender:
Male
Where born:
Whitechapel, Middlesex, England
Civil Parish:
St Botolph Aldgate
County/Island:
London
Country:
England
Street Address:
12 Worley CT :
Scholar
Registration District:
London City
Sub-registration District:
St Botolph

Henry Hookings 42
Caroline Hookings 40
Rose Hookings 11
Henry Hookings 9
Eliza Hookings 7
Maude Hookings 2
William Hookings 1

London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921
about Henry Charles Hookins
Name:
Henry Charles Hookins
Estimated Birth Year:
abt 1870
Age:
23
Spouse Name:
Amy Jane Tigg
Spouse Age:
27
Record Type:
Marriage
Event Date:
21 May 1893
Parish:
Spitalfields Christ Church with St Mary and St Stephen
Borough:
Tower Hamlets
Father Name:
Henry Charles Hookins
Spouse Father Name:
Robert Joseph Tigg
Register Type:
Parish Register

His parents marriage


London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921
about Henry Charles Hookins
Name:
Henry Charles Hookins
Estimated Birth Year:
abt 1840
Age:
26
Spouse Name:
Caroline Baker
Spouse Age:
24
Record Type:
Marriage
Event Date:
15 Oct 1866
Parish:
Spitalfields Christ Church with St Mary and St Stephen
Borough:
Tower Hamlets
Father Name:
William Hookins
Spouse Father Name:
John Baker
Register Type:
Parish Register

Looks like the baptism of the Henry Charles who married 1866, but the father's occupation is different:

Surrey, England, Baptisms, 1813-1912

Name: Henry Charles Hookins
Birth Date: 24 Jun 1839
Baptism Date: 1 Sep 1839
Archive Provided Parish: Mitcham, St Peter and St Paul
Parish as it Appears: Mitcham
Father: William Hookins - labourer
Mother: Sarah Hookins
Reference Number: P40/1/11

EDIT: On the 1866 marriage Henry Charles' father William is listed as a silk dyer (deceased). HC is a packer of 96 Brick Lane. The witnesses were Henry Charles Long and Eliza Hookins.

1851 for the elder Hanry Charles:

HOOKINS, Sarah Head Widow F 40 1811 Laundress London, Middlesex
HOOKINS, Caroline Daughter Unmarried F 22 1829 Laundress Mitcham, Surrey
HOOKINS, Emily Daughter Unmarried F 20 1831 Laundress Mitcham, Surrey
HOOKINS, Ellen Daughter Unmarried F 18 1833 Mitcham, Surrey
HOOKINS, Agatha Daughter Unmarried F 16 1835 Stocking Grafter Mitcham, Surrey
HOOKINS, Francis Son M 14 1837 Labourer In Print Works Mitcham, Surrey
HOOKINS, Henry Son M 12 1839 Scholar Mitcham, Surrey
HOOKINS, Eliza Daughter F 7 1844 Scholar Mitcham, Surrey
HOOKINS, Frederick Son M 2 1849 Mitcham, Surrey

Piece: 1602 Folio: 111 Page: 3
Registration District: Croydon
Civil Parish: Mitcham

Address: Bull Yard, Mitcham County: Surrey

1841, census has been mistranscribed for the 3 youngest children:

Henry Dockins
[Henry Hookins]
Age: 2
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1839
Gender: Male
Where born: Surrey, England

Civil Parish: Mitcham
Hundred: Wallington (Second Division)
County/Island: Surrey
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation: View Image

Registration District: Croydon
Sub-registration District: Mitcham
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 1079
Book: 6
Folio: 32
Page Number: 16
Household Members: Name Age
William Hookins 45
Sarah Hookins 35
Caroline Hookins 12
Amelia Hookins 11
Ellen Hookins 9
Agatha Dockins 8
Francis Dockins 5
Henry Dockins 2

Burial of Henry Charles father

Surrey, England, Burials, 1813-1987

Name: William Hookins
Birth Year: abt 1794
Burial Age: 55
Burial Date: 11 Nov 1849
Archive Provided Parish: Mitcham, St Peter and St Paul
Parish as it Appears: Mitcham
Reference Number: P40/1/35

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