Bram Stoker of whom was Sir Thornley Stoker, 1st Bt.. Abraham and Charlotte were members of the Church of Ireland Parish of Clontarf and attended the parish church with their children, who were baptised there, and Abraham was a senior civil servant. Stoker was bedridden with an unknown illness until he started school at the age of seven, when he made a complete recovery. Of this time, Stoker wrote, "I was naturally thoughtful, and the leisure of long illness gave opportunity for many thoughts which were fruitful according to their kind in later years." He was educated in a private school run
Norma Stoker Glasnevin Cemetery in Dublin. Norma Stoker Norma Stoker ( c.1905 - 21 August 1962) was an Irish Tennis and Badminton player. Norma Stoker was successful in both tennis and badminton. In tennis, she lost in the singles final of the Irish Open in 1931 and 1933. In badminton, she won the national singles titles from 1934 to 1937 and the women's doubles in 1937 and 1938 at the Irish Open. Norma Stoker was born around 1905 as the daughter of the Wimbledon champion tennis player and rugby international Frank Stoker. The writer Bram Stoker is a distant relative of hers.