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b. about 1822/3 in Irvine, Ayr

d. 5 February 1908, Saltcoats, Co. Ayr

Walter was a pilot on the River Clyde, whose work took him from his native Irvine to the harbour town of Ardrossan, five miles (eight kilometers) away, and later to Govan by 1881, though he returned to Saltcoats, next to Ardrossan, where he died. He was named after Sir Walter Scott, said to be a relative, but more likely simply because the family enjoyed reading Scott’s novels.

Walter’s death shows that he complimented ‘the four Walters’ by having four wives of his own! The death record provides his age – 85 – and takes us back a generation before the photograph, to his parents Edward Hooks, a muslin weaver of Irvine, and his wife Janet Elder. Edward’s own death record from 1868 names his parents as David Hooks, a tidewaiter (see p. 111), and Susan Ball. The family were pretty local to the area, for Black’s The Surnames of Scotland refers to Adam de Huke, a tenant in Moffat, Dumfriesshire, which is only about 60 miles (96 kilometers) south-east of Irvine, right back in 1376.