Earnest Franklin “Frank” Hopper

Brief Life History of Earnest Franklin “Frank”

When Earnest Franklin “Frank” Hopper was born on 4 June 1876, in Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, United States, his father, William P Hopper, was 44 and his mother, Lucy Adeline Ervin, was 42. He married Lillie Clodine Williamson on 18 June 1905, in Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. He lived in Randol Township, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, United States in 1940 and Maryville, Missouri, United States in 1940. He died on 12 June 1941, in Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Hobbs Chapel Cemetery, Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, United States.

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Family Time Line

Earnest Franklin “Frank” Hopper
1876–1941
May E Mullins
1892–1955
Marriage: 3 December 1921
Dale Hooper
1922–
Ernest Chesley Hopper
1922–2004
Bessie Jane Hopper
1924–2014
Wanda Ruth Hopper
1926–2020
Marilyn Ann Hopper
1936–1955

Sources (25)

  • Ernst Hopper, "Missouri State and Territorial Census Records, 1732-1933"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Franklin Hopper - birth-name: Franklin Hopper
  • Frank Hopper, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"

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1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act

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1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

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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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