Caroline Ann Hooper

Brief Life History of Caroline Ann

When Caroline Ann Hooper was born on 24 June 1844, in Ontario, Canada, her father, William Richard Hooper, was 24 and her mother, Elizabeth Rundle, was 21. She had at least 4 sons and 2 daughters with Thomas Walker Sonley. She lived in Ontario, Ontario, Canada in 1911 and Reach, Ontario, Ontario, Canada in 1921. She died on 2 November 1936, in Utica, Durham, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 92, and was buried in Port Perry, Durham, Ontario, Canada.

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Family Time Line

Thomas Walker Sonley
1843–1915
Caroline Ann Hooper
1844–1936
George Herbert Sonley
1869–1903
Thomas Walter Sonley
1871–1903
Ann Sarah Alice Sonley
1872–1962
Richard Francis Sonley
1873–
William Luther Sonley
1876–1911
Elizabeth Constance Sonley
1885–1948

Sources (26)

  • Caroline Sonley in household of Thomas Sonley, "Canada Census, 1881"
  • Caroline Ann Sonley, "Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947"
  • Caroline Ann Hooper in entry for Elizabeth Constance Souley, "Ontario Births, 1869-1912"

World Events (5)

1867 · Ontario Founded

On July 1, 1867, the province of Ontario was founded. It is the second largest province in Canada. A third of the population of Canada live here. Before it was Ontario it was called Upper Canada and had a Governor.

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1883 · Mining Boom

In 1883, there was a mining boom in Northern Ontario when mineral deposits were found near Sudbury. Thomas Flanagan was the blacksmith for the Canadian Pacific Railway that noticed the deposits in the river.

Name Meaning

English (southwestern): occupational name for a cooper, someone who fitted wooden or metal hoops on wooden casks and barrels, or a barrel-maker, from Middle English hoper, an agent derivative of hop ‘hoop, band’. Compare Cooper .

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

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