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Well lets hope the family memory of "dragged up in Yorkshire" was another of those things that change over the years. Fingers crossed.

Hello all,

Well, the marriage certificate has arrived, Job is listed as being 26 when he was married in Dewsbury Register Office, 3 October 1896. That gives him a birth date of 1870ish (it may be a 'best guestimate', as he may not have known any different), his occupation is given as Navvy, so he would have travelled around, following the work, he was living in Queen Street, Moreley at the time of his marriage. His father is listed as Ben Deacon, a general labourer, so with no other evidence to the contrary I am going with the Hooper/Deacon theory. I will now purchase his birth certificate, but if he was registered Job Hooper, I doubt if Bens name will be on it.
I believe that his mother, Harriets', first husband was John Hooper, an army pensioner from the 13th Light Hussars, who was aged 66 in the 1861 census. There is a John Hooper death registered in Q2 1865 Westbury, I think that is him, as Harriet is a widow in the 1871 census and Benjamin Deacon, aged 30, is a boarder in her household. It also means that, as John died in 1865, he cannot be the father of Job if he was born in 1868, it also brings into doubt the parentage of Jobs brother, Benjamin Q1 1870 and his sister Clara Q3 1865.
In the 1891 census, Benjamin Deacon is a widower, living with Harriets children, the eldest two, William and Frank, are listed as step-sons, but Clara, Job and Benjamin are listed as a daughter and two sons. Benjamins brother, Job Deacon c1850, an army pensioner, is also living with them.
I believe that Benjamins brother Job Deacon c1850 later marries his (possibly) niece Clara Hooper, Q2 1891 Melksham.
I have also found there is the death of a Clara Deacon registered Q2 1891 Westbury, she was 26 at the time of her death, the same age that Clara Hooper would have been, did she commit suicide when she found that her husband was also her uncle? Mills & Boon here we come!!

What do you all think?

Regards

Mike

But from the dates you have given it would seem that Ben was not Clara's father unless mum was dallying before her husband died. But then you have a gap after her for 3 years so I am hoping that that isnt the case.

In the 1861 census, John(66) and Harriet Hooper(31) and their family are living next door to the Three Horse Shoes Inn, Southwick Street, North Bradley.
The Inn keeper is a John Deacon, he has a number of children, one is called Benjamin, age 17, another is named Job, aged 10.
Do you think it possible that Ben had his eye on her for all that time?
Is it possible that Ben 'popped round' to see Harriet while her old man was in his fathers pub getting sloshed? I put it to you that any 17 year old male would, given the chance!

We will never know!

Regards
Mike

You dont know what Harriet looked like at that time pmsl

Luckily we can be pretty certain that your direct ancestor was the fruit of Bens lust and loins.

Just a thought though :) How old was Job Deacon when Job jnr was born? Perhaps the Deacon boys kept it in the family??

Oooo! Really Heather, your mind is worse than mine!!