Brief Life History of Mary
When Mary Draper was born on 1 November 1768, in All Saints, Belgrave, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Joseph Draper, was 31 and her mother, Mary Middleton, was 29. She married William Hopewell on 28 May 1787, in Leicester, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Leicester St Margaret, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom in 1841 and England, United Kingdom in 1846. She died on 29 October 1846, in Leicester, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 77, and was buried in Leicester, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom.
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- Mary Hopewell in household of Chas Hopewell, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
- Mary Draper, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Mary Hopewell in entry for William Hopewell, "England, Lincolnshire, Parish Registers, 1538-1990"
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1801 · The Act of Union
The Act of Union was a legislative agreement which united England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland under the name of the United Kingdom on January 1, 1801.
1808 · The British West Africa Squadron
The British West Africa Squadron was formed in 1808 to suppress illegal slave trading on the African coastline. The British West Africa Squadron had freed approximately 150,000 people by 1865.
1815
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
Name Meaning
English: occupational name for a maker and seller of woolen cloth, from Anglo-Norman draper (Old French drapier, an agent derivative of drap ‘cloth’). The surname was introduced to Ulster in the 17th century. Draperstown in County Londonderry was named for the London Company of Drapers, which was allocated the land in the early 17th century.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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