On 15 July 1851 John Dalton Hooker married Frances Harriet (1825–1874), eldest daughter of John Stevens Henslow, the Cambridge professor of botany who had taught Darwin. Joseph and Frances* had four sons and two surviving daughters, but Hooker's favourite daughter, Minnie (Maria Elizabeth), died in September 1863 when she was just six years old. He wrote to Darwin (who had suffered a similar blow a dozen years earlier when his daughter Annie had died) that ‘It will be long before I cease to hear her voice in my ears, or feel her little hand stealing into mine; by the fireside and in the garden, wherever I go she is there’ (Turrill, 191). Hooker was close to his children and enjoyed playing with them. He also followed Darwin's suggestion and not only attended their births but gave his wife the anaesthetic chloroform during labour, as Darwin had done for Emma—a procedure the two men agreed was as soothing for themselves as for the mother. Frances died in 1874 and on 22 August 1876 Joseph married Hyacinth Jardine (1842–1921), only daughter of William Samuel Symonds, with whom he had two more sons.
Note: *They had four sons and three daughters:
William Henslow Hooker (1853–1942)
Harriet Anne Hooker (1854–1945) married William Turner Thiselton-Dyer
Charles Paget Hooker (1855–1933)
Maria Elizabeth Hooker (1857–1863) died aged 6.
Brian Harvey Hodgson Hooker (1860–1932)
Reginald Hawthorn Hooker (1867–1944) statistician
Grace Ellen Hooker (1868–1955)
Note: *They had four sons and three daughters:
William Henslow Hooker (1853–1942)
Harriet Anne Hooker (1854–1945) married William Turner Thiselton-Dyer
Charles Paget Hooker (1855–1933)
Maria Elizabeth Hooker (1857–1863) died aged 6.
Brian Harvey Hodgson Hooker (1860–1932)
Reginald Hawthorn Hooker (1867–1944) statistician
Grace Ellen Hooker (1868–1955)
On 15 July 1851 John Dalton Hooker married Frances Harriet (1825–1874), eldest daughter of John Stevens Henslow, the Cambridge professor of botany who had taught Darwin. Joseph and Frances* had four sons and two surviving daughters, but Hooker's favourite daughter, Minnie (Maria Elizabeth), died in September 1863 when she was just six years old. He wrote to Darwin (who had suffered a similar blow a dozen years earlier when his daughter Annie had died) that ‘It will be long before I cease to hear her voice in my ears, or feel her little hand stealing into mine; by the fireside and in the garden, wherever I go she is there’ (Turrill, 191). Hooker was close to his children and enjoyed playing with them. He also followed Darwin's suggestion and not only attended their births but gave his wife the anaesthetic chloroform during labour, as Darwin had done for Emma—a procedure the two men agreed was as soothing for themselves as for the mother. Frances died in 1874 and on 22 August 1876 Joseph married Hyacinth Jardine (1842–1921), only daughter of William Samuel Symonds, with whom he had two more sons.
Note: *They had four sons and three daughters:
William Henslow Hooker (1853–1942)
Harriet Anne Hooker (1854–1945) married William Turner Thiselton-Dyer
Charles Paget Hooker (1855–1933)
Maria Elizabeth Hooker (1857–1863) died aged 6.
Brian Harvey Hodgson Hooker (1860–1932)
Reginald Hawthorn Hooker (1867–1944) statistician
Grace Ellen Hooker (1868–1955)
Note: *They had four sons and three daughters:
William Henslow Hooker (1853–1942)
Harriet Anne Hooker (1854–1945) married William Turner Thiselton-Dyer
Charles Paget Hooker (1855–1933)
Maria Elizabeth Hooker (1857–1863) died aged 6.
Brian Harvey Hodgson Hooker (1860–1932)
Reginald Hawthorn Hooker (1867–1944) statistician
Grace Ellen Hooker (1868–1955)
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