DENING

Emma Geraldine Henrietta Hamilton ( dau. of Thomas Clarence Hooper ). b. Paris 30 March 1841, ed. at Bath; converted by Rev. Wm. Haslam; commenced a prayer meeting at Avon st. Bath 1861; preached in Temperance hall, Widcombe, Bath to large congregations 1862; popular preacher in country districts and in tent services; preached about 4500 sermons. ( m. 2 Oct. 1868 T. Henry Dening of Ottery St. Mary, Devon, farmer). Mr. and Mrs. Dening by their efforts built St. James’s hall, Bath 1871 where they preached, hall burnt down 1878. d. Green park, Bath 12 Aug. 1872. bur. Locks brook cemetery 16 Aug. when 6000 people were present. Mrs. G. Guinne ’ She spake of Him (1873), portrait ; S. D. Major’s Notabilia of Bath (1879) 90, 194.