Jill; When I go tomorrow I will check for him. He is most likely a relative of mine as my mother once lived in Vermontville, Michigan. I am going to Lansing, Michigan tomorrow, which is not far from there. My family came from Mass, to Vermont, to Ohio to Michigan, and some were born on the way in Vermont and Ohio, and your timeline is right for that. Lee On Tue, 4 Jul 2000 07:18:03 -0700 Ken/Jill Parry <[email protected]> writes: > 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 > > > @->->@->-> I believe in everything until it is disproved. So I believe in fairies, myths, dragons. Who's to say that dreams and nightmares aren't as real as the here and now? John Lennon http://homestead.juno.com/leefinkle1/STORIES.html ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.