Otie C. Hopper

Brief Life History of Otie C.

When Otie C. Hopper was born on 8 January 1894, in Kentucky, United States, her father, Abijah Blackgrove Hopper, was 37 and her mother, Susan A Gilbert, was 33. She married Gilbert Cordle Corey on 22 April 1911, in Campbell, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Knox, Kentucky, United States in 1950 and Fount, Knox, Kentucky, United States in 1971. She died on 18 July 1976, in London, Laurel, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Barbourville Cemetery, Barbourville, Knox, Kentucky, United States.

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Family Time Line

Gilbert Cordle Corey
1891–1954
Otie C. Hopper
1894–1976
Marriage: 22 April 1911
Myrtle Lovelace Corey
1912–2000
Harry John Corey
1918–2004
Grover Cleveland Corey
1922–2002
Arnold Gilbert Corey
1931–1992
Walter William Corey
1933–2020

Sources (29)

  • Odie Corey in household of Gilbert Corey, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Otie Hopper - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Otie Hopper
  • Ottie Hopper, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"

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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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