April Hackman

April Maggie Hackman (b. 24th March 1903 - d. 30th November 1992) was the mother of Roger Hackman, who was a resident of North Grove from 1970 to his death.

April only visited North Grove five times during her life, choosing to live in Devon where her and her husband Alfred retired to in 1965.

Childhood and Marriage
April grew up in London with her parents and older brother. Her family had a small business on Oxford Street selling every-day household items and they all worked in the shop.

During World War One, the shop was temporarily closed as her father and brother, who was seventeen, signed up for military service. Her brother returned from the war, but her father died at the First Battle of the Marne in 1914.

Having not much choice, the family re-opened the shop in 1915 and started handing out propaganda posters supporting the troops and also supporting the suffragette movement.

In 1924, April was at a meeting to try and sell their shop space as her and her family had decided to shut up shop and move to the countryside where it was more peaceful and met Alfred Hackman.

Alfred kept making up excuses which meant April would have to meet up with him more and soon the two began dating and finally married in 1926.

Motherhood and Later Life
Alfred Hackman was a businessman who sold soaps and other toiletries and when April married him, the two started to get their products to a wider audience around England. The first time April Hackman visited North Grove was when she gave birth to her son Roger Hackman in their hospital as she was passing by.

April had a hard time giving birth and so her and Alfed decided to not have anymore children.

April doted on Roger, knowing it would be her only chance to experience all the moments in his life while Alfred carried on the business and started to work away from home for longer and longer periods of time which made her extremely upset.

In 1965, the couple gave the much larger company over to Roger and they both settled down into a cottage in Devon. She visited her son in North Grove four more times. This was for, May and Roger's wedding, John and Elise's wedding, to tell Roger about his father's death and when Roger first moved there.

Family
Mother: Unknown Name

Father: Unknown Name

Brother: Unknown Name

Spouse: Alfred Hackman (1926 - 1986; his death)

Child: Roger Hackman

Grandchild: John Hackman

Great-Grandchild: Dennis Hackman

Daughter-In-Laws:
 * Missy Hackman
 * May Porter