Dear Hooker Researchers: My Hooker line is one of my biggest brick walls. If you recognize these names, please let me know. I've had one person give me some guesses, but can't confirm much. I am a descedant of Almon Hooker who, in the 1850 census for Vermontville, Eaton Co, MI lists his birthplace as Vermont. I know that he was living there at least as early as 1845 and that he had been in Essex Co, NY in 1830. If the census info is correct, he was probably born in the 1790s. In 1850, there is also another man, Ralph Hooker, living in his household. I have been trying for years to figure out who Almon's father might be. Any suggestions??? All help gratefully accepted, Jill [email protected] At 03:12 AM 7/4/00 -0400, you wrote: >Brenda; >As far as I can gather, my line came from Massachusetts to Vermont to >Ohio to Michigan. There were, I am told, however, two brothers. One >went south and his lineage is there. I had a website for that, but will >have to look in my files to see where it was. Some Hooker gal wrote >about her family in the south back in the 1800s and it was published >again in something like 1924. I will look for my disk with this and pass >it along. Meanwhile, I will also look on the cds I have for the other >names for you. >Lee >