David Hooley MA, DipEd (1932 - 2019)

Born 27 Feb 1932 in Bolsover, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom

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Died 17 Apr 2019 at age 87 in Coventry, West Midlands, Angleterre, United Kingdom

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Biography

Born in Bolsover, Derbyshire, in 1932. Educated at Chesterfield Boys' Grammar School and Christ Church, Oxford. English teacher at Secondary Grammar and Comprehensive Schools in Cheshire, Leicestershire, and Coventry between 1954 and 1967, and lecturer in English Literature and the Teaching of English, in Coventry College of Education [1967-76] and in the University of Warwick [1976-1998]. Married to Valerie [now a retired head-teacher] in 1958, and we now spend our time in the UK, or with our sons and their families in France and Germany. Interests have included:-1.Choral Music -singing [tenor] in a variety of large and small choirs including the University of Warwick Chamber Choir over many years. 2. Politics - "Labour League of Youth" [1946 +] Sole Labour Councillor on Warwick Rural District Council 1962-64. 3.DIY and Antiques from 1944 onwards. 3. Gardening. 4. Genealogy from 1953 onwards. 5. School Governorships 1963 onwards. David passed away on Thursday 17th April 2019 in Coventry hospital surrounded by his family, at the age of 87 years old.

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• First-hand information. Entered by David Hooley at registration.

My Hooley ancestors were not given to travel, and can be traced back to around the year 1600 nearly always in the area between Derby and Nottingham. My Fennell ancestors, however, developed itchy feet; I have traced them back to the 1670's when one Griffin Fennell appeared in mid-Warwickshire. In 1958 I married my wife, Valerie Platt, whose ancestors, along with mine, are included in the following list:-

ASTLE, ASTON, BENTLEY, BROWN, BY, CARTER, CASTLEDINE, CLARE,COOPER, COXON,CROSSLAND, CUBBIN, DIBLEY,DICKENS, DINGMAN, EDEN, FARRER , FENNELL, GOLDBY GREEN,HALSEY, HAMPSON, HENLEY, HESLOP, HILL, HOAD, HUTCHINS, JOWETT, KIRKHAM, LEE, MARSDEN, MARTIN, MASON, MEDLOCK, MORDIKE, PETERS, PLACKET, PLATT, PLATTS, QUAYLE, SHILTON, SMEDLEY, SOARE, STRUTT, TAYLOR, THEOBALD, THORNLEY, THORPE, WALKER, WARD ,WHYMAN, WILLIAMS, WINTERBOTTOM.