Brief Life History of Mary Rebecca
When Mary Rebecca Hopper was born on 29 October 1860, in Fannin, Georgia, United States, her father, Zachariah G Hopper, was 41 and her mother, Catherine A German, was 28. She married Daniel Cicero Ray on 6 May 1883, in Dial, Fannin, Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in District 844, Fannin, Georgia, United States in 1880 and Stock Hill, Fannin, Georgia, United States for about 10 years. She died on 29 August 1911, in Newport, Fannin, Georgia, United States, at the age of 50, and was buried in Oldenburg, Germany.
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- Mary Hopper in household of Catharin Hopper, "United States Census, 1880"
- Mary Hopper, "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950"
- Mary Rebecca Hopper Ray, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1864
War: Prussia and Austria vs. Denmark.
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
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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