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Posts : 2101 Join date : 2010-07-30 Age : 55 Location : North London
Subject: Mrs Henry Hook Sat Jun 11, 2011 5:38 pm
Dave wrote on another thread:
"Came across this on the web. Not sure if it's true. Can anyone confirm.
Even Hook, who survived Rorke's Drift, had a price to pay. When he returned to Wales he found that his wife, thinking he was dead, had sold all his belongings and remarried. Private Henry Hook, VC, ended his career as a cloakroom attendant in the British Museum."
Thought this was interesting and deserved its own thread. Thanks to Dave for this. Anyone know what became of Mrs Hook and her subsequent marriage?
I have searched the internet too and can find no more info on Hook's wife over and above the superficial info above.
1879graves
Posts : 3205 Join date : 2009-03-03 Location : Devon
Subject: Re: Mrs Henry Hook Sat Jun 11, 2011 5:45 pm
Married Ada Letitia Taylor at St. Andrew's Church, Islington, London 10/4/1897 and had issue, two daughters, Victoria Catherine and Letitia Jean.
tasker224
Posts : 2101 Join date : 2010-07-30 Age : 55 Location : North London
Subject: Re: Mrs Henry Hook Sat Jun 11, 2011 5:56 pm
thanks Graves, I have read about Henry's later marriage.
I was wondering if anyone knew what became of the erstwhile Mrs Hook's marriage/life after she remarried, illegally as it turns out.
(Wonder how she and Mr X felt when Henry barged in thru the front day shouting, "Honey, I'm home!")
John
Posts : 2558 Join date : 2009-04-06 Age : 59 Location : UK
Subject: Re: Mrs Henry Hook Sat Jun 11, 2011 7:20 pm
Gents. I don't know why. But I thought his wife died in South Africa.
littlehand
Posts : 7077 Join date : 2009-04-24 Age : 53 Location : Down South.
Subject: Re: Mrs Henry Hook Sat Jun 11, 2011 7:27 pm
This might help if anyone is interested. It appears the answers could lay in here. [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]
90th
Posts : 10482 Join date : 2009-04-07 Age : 66 Location : Melbourne, Australia
Subject: Mrs. Henry Hook. Sun Jun 12, 2011 12:46 am
Hi All . I have the book ' The Life Of Henry Hook ' by Barry .C. Johnson , I've quickly looked through it and no mention of what we are looking for . I will try another book and see what turns up . cheers 90th..