In 1796 [his step-father] Dawson Turner [aged 20] and [his mother] Mary Palgrave [aged 52] were married. They had eleven children, some sources say twelve, of which eight survived to adulthood. The difference in their ages was 31 years; she, unusually, being older than him.
In June 1815 [his father] William Jackson Hooker [aged 29] and [his mother] Mary Palgrave [aged 71] were married. They had five children. The difference in their ages was 41 years; she, unusually, being older than him.
On 30th June 1817 John Dalton Hooker was born to William Jackson Hooker [aged 31] and Mary Palgrave [aged 73].
In 1847 John Dalton Hooker [aged 29] was elected Fellow of the Royal Society.
In 1847 John Dalton Hooker [aged 29] was elected President of the Royal Society.
In 1850 [his mother] Mary Palgrave died.
In 1851 John Dalton Hooker [aged 33] and Frances Harriet Henslow [aged 25] were married. They had seven children.
On 12th August 1865 [his father] William Jackson Hooker [aged 80] died.
On 13th November 1874 [his wife] Frances Harriet Henslow [aged 49] died.
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Before 21st November 1874 William Jardine 7th Baronet [aged 74] and [his future wife] Hyacinth Symonds Lady Jardine were married.
In 1876 John Dalton Hooker [aged 58] and Hyacinth Symonds Lady Jardine were married. They had two sons.
1880. John Collier [aged 29]. Portrait of John Dalton Hooker [aged 62].
On 14th January 1893 [his step-son] Alexander Jardine 8th Baronet [aged 63] died.
On 10th December 1911 John Dalton Hooker [aged 94] died.
father: William Jackson Hooker
Grandfather: William Palgrave
mother: Mary Palgrave