Brief Life History of John Lambeth
When John Lambeth Hopkins was born on 7 May 1862, in Perry, Alabama, United States, his father, John Alexander Hopkins, was 28 and his mother, Rosanna Emeline Cannon, was 22. He married Alma Vance Whitehead on 14 February 1889, in Rockwall, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Justice Precinct 3, Polk, Texas, United States in 1880. He died on 25 August 1903, in Jefferson, Texas, United States, at the age of 41, and was buried in Magnolia Cemetery, Beaumont, Jefferson, Texas, United States.
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- J L Hopkins, "United States Census, 1900"
- J L Hopkins, "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965"
- John L. Hopkins, "Find A Grave Index"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1865 · Juneteenth (Slaves Were Freed)
"On June 19, 1865, Gordon Granger (Union Major) read General Orders, No. 3 to the people of Galveston. The statement was written as follows: ""The people of Texas are informed that, in accordance with a proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all slaves are free. This involves an absolute equality of personal rights and rights of property between former masters and slaves, and the connection heretofore existing between them becomes that between employer and hired labor. The freedmen are advised to remain quietly at their present homes and work for wages. They are informed that they will not be allowed to collect at military posts and that they will not be supported in idleness either there or elsewhere."""
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 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.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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