Elizabeth Hopper

Brief Life History of Elizabeth

When Elizabeth Hopper was born in 1790, in Hucking, Kent, England, her father, John Hopper, was 26 and her mother, Mary George, was 25. She married James Whitehead on 26 October 1807, in Stockbury, Kent, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 19 October 1822, in Stockbury, Kent, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 32.

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Family Time Line

James Whitehead
1789–1853
Elizabeth Hopper
1790–1822
Marriage: 26 October 1807
Christiana Nelson Whitehead
1808–
Judith Whitehead
1809–
William Whitehead
1810–
James Whitehead
1811–
Cecilia Whitehead
1814–1883
George Whitehead
1816–
David Whitehead
1818–1888
Moses Whitehead
1819–1905

Sources (21)

  • Elizabeth Hopper, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
  • Elizabeth Hopper, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "
  • Elizabeth Whitehead in entry for Celia Whitehead, "England, Kent, Parish Registers, 1538-1911"

World Events (3)

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 dancer, from an agent derivative of Middle English hoppen ‘to dance, hop, leap’ (Old English hoppian). See Hoppe 4.

English: topographic name from Middle English hoper, hopper, in Sussex and Kent denoting someone who lived at a remote place, probably an enclosed piece of land in marsh. The name derives from Middle English hop (see Hope ) + -er, and was interchangeable with (atte) hope.

English: possibly a variant of Hooper .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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