Ella Mathilda "Tillie" Hooper

Brief Life History of Ella Mathilda "Tillie"

When Ella Mathilda "Tillie" Hooper was born on 9 December 1863, in Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, United States, her father, Edward Hooper, was 27 and her mother, Sarah Parcell, was 26. She died on 27 January 1869, in Grand Island, Hall, Nebraska, United States, at the age of 5, and was buried in Grand Island, Hall, Nebraska, United States.

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Family Time Line

Edward Hooper
1836–1906
Sarah Parcell
1837–1922
Annie Sophia Hooper
1857–1942
Henry John Hooper
1859–1859
William H. Hooper
1860–1938
Sarah Jane Hooper
1862–1862
Ella Mathilda "Tillie" Hooper
1863–1869
Alice Emmeline Hooper
1866–1938
George Hooper
1867–1897
Charles A Hooper
1868–
Twin Son A Hooper
1874–1874
Twin Son B Hooper
1874–1874
Lillian Blanche Hooper
1878–1968

Sources (2)

  • Tillie Hooper, "BillionGraves Index"
  • Ella Matilda Hooper, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (6)

1865

Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

1865 · The Assassination of a President

"While attending the play ""Our American Cousin"" in Ford's Theatre, actor John Wilkes Booth climbed up the stairs to the suite that President Abraham Lincoln and his wife resided. Once inside the suite Booth pulled out his pistol and shot The President in the head. In critical condition The President was carried out of the theatre for urgent medical attention. Unfortunately, Lincoln died the following day. Abraham Lincoln was the first American president to be assassinated, and his death caused a period of national mourning both in the North and South."

1866 · The First Civil Rights Act

The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.

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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