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http://www.denisonfamily.on.ca/FamilyTree/Dir03/25180874.htm
http://www.archive.org/stream/cihm_00470/cihm_00470_djvu.txt
Dr. James Acland De La Hooke Was born at Plymouth, England, November, 1814. His father, James Hooke (properly and anciently De La Hooke), was an attorney, and was married to Augusta Dillon, of Cornwall, England. Some years afterwards he went to Cambridge, and was ordained a minister of the Church of England, and became the Rector of Upper and Lower Gravenhurst, Bedfordshire, It may be mentioned that one of his ancestors, whose name was James De La Hooke, took a fancy to have his name on the dial of his watch ; but the " De La " was omitted, leaving only "James Hooke." For a long time after, the famil)' went by the name of Hooke, until the doctor's father, in 1825, restored the original name, and since then the family has been known both in England and Canada as " De La Hooke." In 1830, young De La Hooke became an articled student of William Wooton, M.R.C.S., at Harold, County Bedford, and his indentures were transferred to W. M. Tracey, M.R.C.S,, St. James' Square, London, with whom he remained until the expiration of his indentures. During that time he attended lectures on chemistrj^ at the Royal Institution, delivered by Brande and Faraday ; Anatomj'^ at the Hunterian Theatre, Windmill Street ; Practice of Medicine, Midwifery and Hospital Practice at St. George's Hospital ; Surgery, Forensic Medicine, Materia Medica and Botany at King's College ; and Surgical Practice at Vniyersity Coilege Mospita* under Robert Liston. In 1836 he obtained his license from Apothecaries' Hall. In 1837 he was admitted a member of the Royal College of Sur- geons, England. On his arrival in Toronto, 1839, he applied to the Governor for a provincial license, and was told by the Secretary to make application to the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Upper Canada, and undergo an examination before he could practise, which, with reluctance and a natural feeling of injured pride at such an ordeal, possessing as he did diplomas from England, he submitted to, and was granted a license. It will be seen in the proceedings of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Upper Canada, that Dr. De La Hooke was the first person to receive its Diploma. On June 1, 1839, Dr. De La Hooke landed at Toronto, where BiouRAPHicAL Sketches. 325 he remained a week, and then located at Weston, Ontario, and commenced practice. The following spring he removed to Goderich and practised for throe years, when he took up his residence on the London Road, near the Bayfield River, a mile from the now village of Clinton, formerly called Reid's Corners, a tavern being, at that time, the only building there. In 1844, he married Miss Sarah England, a native of Canterbury, Eng- land, who had been on a visit to her brother-in-law, James Gordon. Dr. De La Hooke, after marriage, went to Ohio and commenced practice at Cumminsville, on the Miami Canal. Owing to bad health he soon returned to Weston, where his wife died, January, 1845. In 1847, he married Maria Loui.sa Denison, daughter of Captain Thomas John Denison, of Retire- ment Vale. In 1870, he removed to Toronto, where he now (1894) resides. His wife died, July 1, 1887. They lived to- gether forty years, and had six sons and one daughter. Three of the sons are now alive, James Acland, Edwin Dillon Alex- ander, and Thomas Denison Auley.
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1814 - 1897 (82 years)