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- Martin is the son of Emma C Greenman & Edward C Hooker, both born Michigan.
. Michigan Marriage Registration #3533, Oct 10, 1885, Grand Rapids,
Martin Hooker, xx, Kent Co. MI., Farming, age 22, b 1863, resided Grand Rapids, MI.,
Hattie Hill, (Hull), b. Wayland, MI, Res. M City, age 19, b. 1866, Res. Grand Rapids, MI.
. Mrs. Jennie MacMillan (nee Janna DeVos.),
d/o Pieternella Deregter & Levinus Devos), born 1869 in Holland & was previously married 25 Jan 1893, Grand Rapids, to Martin Hooker.
. 1910 June 8th Divorce Granted at Wexford, Michigan
Martin B Hooker married Jennie on 20 Jan 1893 at Grand Rapids;
Wife filed 1910 Mar 31 for Cruelty & non-support, uncontested.
* 1910 Apr 23 Census Grand Rapids
Martin Hooker, age 47 1863 Michigan, Odd Jobs, married twice, Present marriage 17y /1893, Married 17 years [ =1893].*
Mary Hooker, age 240, b1870 Mich., married twice, Present marriage for 17 years
Inis Matand, Step Daughter, Age 10, b 1900.
Note1: Married 17 years to 'Mary' but wife number 2 was Jennie. Verify various previous marriages. Is Rebecca Proctor Lawrence really wife three or four?
. 1913 May 26, A petition is being circulated this week asking the board of pardons to refuse a pardon to Oscar Lyle, who sin the state penitentiary connoted of attempt to kill, Martin Hooker, the college janitor. About 200 Emporia's have signed the petition.
Ref: Emporia Gazette, Kansas.
. 1917 Dec 27 - Michigan Marriage #4000, at Grand Rapids, Kent Co.
Rebecca Proctor Lawrence, Age 63 /born 1853 in Canada, Residence Grand Rapids, daughter of Richard D. Lawrence & Mary E. Simons, Time previously married TWICE,
married MARTIN HOOKER, born Kent Co., MI., Age 53, born 1863, Residence Grand Rapids, son of Edward Hooker & Emma Greenman; Time previously married TWICE*;
Married by Harry L Rosswell, J of. P.
Wit: Arthur H Jones & Dana Kirk, both of Gd. Rapids.
Note: As we see from the 1910 Census Martin Hooker was married TWICE at that time. ... Rebecca was also married three times before.
Grand Rapids Press:
. 1916 Dec 4 - Man is charged with attack. The arrest of Martin B Hooker, age 53 [b. 1863]
412 Gilbert St. S. E. was ordered by Prosecuting Attorney Ed. N Barnard, Monday. XX swore to the complaint against Hooker.
. 1916 Dec 5 - Martin Hooker who waived examination Monday when arraigned in Police Court on advice of Attorney C C Colburn, Tuesday, demanded examination, which Judge Hess set for Dec 12 at 9 o'clock. Bond was fixed at $3,000. Hooker was arrested on a serious charge, complaint against him having been made by a small girl.
. 1916 Dec 4 Man Is Charged With Attacks On Little Girls. Charged with mistreating 4 little girls one age 4 & the other 3 & 11 years of age, the arrest of Martin Hooker, age 43, 412 Gilbert St. SE, was ordered by Pros. Attorney Ed.N Barard Monday. Earl F Vosburg, 414 Glbert St SE swore to the complaint againstHooker.
. 1916 Dec 5 - Hooker Demands Examination, Martin Hooker, who waived examination Monday when arraigned in Police court, on advice of Attorney CC Coburn, Tuesday demanded examination the Jude Hess set for Dec. 12 at 9 o'clock.Bond was fixed at $3,000. Hooker was arrested on a serious charge, complain against hm having been made by a small girl.
. 1917 Aug 27 - Martin Hooker Alleged to Have ยป Mistreated Girl of Twelve Years.
following a week's investigation, during which time it was reported t the police that a number of little girls residing in the vicinity of Garfield park hand been molested by an elder man, Special officer Samuel Slater, sundar arrested Martin Hooker, aged 60 & Monday formally charged the man with a statutory offense. Hooker it is alleged, enticed a 12 year old girl from the Garfield park playgrounds a week ago & took her to Reeds lake. The girl old her story to Ass. Prosecuting Attorney Bartel Yonkman. Hooker, the polices, was arrested last fall on a similar charge, but the car was dropped. Souter arrested Hooker as he was in the act of again asking the little girl to accompany him to Rees Lake it is said.
Ref: Grand Rapids Press.
. 1917 Oct 17 - Martin V Hooker was sentenced by Judge John S McDonald in Circuit court Tuesday to serve from 2 to 10 years in the Ionia reformatory for the statutory offense, the court recommending that Hooker serve 8 years.
. 1919 Sept 3 - Wants Her Boy To Know She Didn't Give Him Away, Seeks son after 22 Years (1897).
"22 years I have trying to find my boy. I don't want him to think I gave him away because I didn't want him. I was robbed of the boy when he was 6 weeks old. All the time I have been trying to find him, but no one seemed willing to help me.
This is the story of Mrs. Jennie McMillen, 324 Grandville Ave.,
Mrs. McMillan came to the US from the Netherlands 26 years & lived in Grand Rapids & later was married to MARTIN HOOKER, but before the birth of the son the pair was divorced. For the first 2 weeks she lived with her sister, but the sister turned her away.
...placed the boy in children's home & paid $2 weekly with the understanding that when she was able to care fore him the boy was to be returned to her.
"At first the superintendent let me see him twice a week; then only once a week. Then the boy was given away & had been adopted by a family in LA. This was done without my consent & I never signed any papers....I could not speak English at that time. I remarried but longed all the years for my first boy. ...advertised in a Holland, Michigan paper, but you did not see it. Then last summer I went to the Blodgett home to ask about him.... different management. Records show his was as LAVERNUS HOOKER, adopted Dec 1807 by a family in Casnovia. Probate court records show nothing. I just want to know where he is.
. 1919 Sep 6 - Press finds son sought by mother 22 years, Happy Reunion results:
She has found her boy, 22 years of kisses saved up were bestowed upon Harley Chase, young farmer residing in Chester Twp., Ottawa County. On Friday she is also a grandma now.
Photo: Group photo with Mrs. Jennie McMillen & Harley Chase, the missing son & grandchild. Also the mother does some sharing too, for her son has found a brother he didn't know he had, Ed. L Hooker. I never was so happy in my life. Due to stringent rules governing the home names of persons adopting the child were withheld, but Mrs. McMiller, formerly Mrs. Hooker, was certain her son had been taken into a family residing in western Michigan. The mother-in-law saw the story & phoned Mrs. McMillin right away. The message was given, but the mother did not hang up the receiver, for she had fainted. It was half an hour before she had fully regained consciousness. Mrs. McM. took the first train to Conklin She was met at the station by her son, grandson, daughter in law & grandson's other grandmother.'
The young man's father, Martin Hooker, was divorced from his wife before the birth of the 2nd child. Unable to care for both, she placed the baby in the children's home. Without knowledge of the English language, she could not make known her wants & the child was given away.
Ref: Grand Rapids Press.
. exwife, Jennie Janna Devos McMillan, b. 1876 Holland - 1945.7.12 Grand Rapids, Michigan.
. son, Harley Louis Chase, 1897-1951 Dec 21, Muskegon, MI.
Research & all transcriptions by PJ Ahlberg. Thank you. - - -
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1863 - 1944 (81 years)