When George Hopkins was born on 29 June 1839, in Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom, his father, William Hopkin, was 47 and his mother, Mary Morgan, was 26. He married Gwenllian Williams on 7 September 1861, in Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Middle, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom in 1871 and Ystrad, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom for about 20 years. He died on 14 September 1917, in Bridgend and Cowbridge, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom, at the age of 78.
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Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
Like the iron and copper mines, the coal fields in South Wales were very important to the industrial revolution. Many of those that worked in the coal mines were part of the Merthyr uprising.
The Great Reform Act of 1867 gave males the right to vote. This also helped to form the Welsh Liberal Party. It was the second of three reforms that would take place.
English and Welsh (Glamorgan): variant of Hopkin with genitival or excrescent -s. In Ireland, where the name is also frequent, it is sometimes Gaelicized as Mac Oibicín.
History: Stephen Hopkins (c. 1580–1644) was a pilgrim on the Mayflower in 1620 and one of the founders of Plymouth Colony. At his death he left seven children and eighteen grandchildren.
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