4th June 2006
Contact: Joyce, Switzerland
drhjstruck@aol.com
Researching Henry HOOPER: Birth: August 1, 1794 at London, Sea Captain. Death: October 27, 1830, at Pasoeroean on Java Island; Indonesia.
The following information concerning Henry Hooper (my great-great-grandfather) was received from the Netherlands (www.genealogie.nl):
Henry Hooper married - when and where is not known - Sara Charlotte Israel. Beside her name I have no further data. They might have married in
Surabaya where their first child, a boy, was born. That child, Johannes H. Hooper (my great-grandfather)was born in Surabaya (Java) in 1822. Therefore, Henry Hooper must have arrived on Java before 1821 i.e. latest at the age of 27. Their second and last child was also a boy with the
name Henry Hooper jr.—He was born in Batavia (now Jakarta) on 16th September 1830 (appr. one month before his father died at the age of 36).
I also have all later data of the Hooper family tree.
Questions:
- When and as what did Henry Hooper travel from Great Britain to Java?
- Did he get his training as captain in England?
- Was he perhaps a member of the British naval forces or employed on a merchant ship?
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