Brief Life History of Jane Wilkie
When Jane Wilkie Hooper was born on 2 May 1845, in Southampton, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, John Hooper, was 29 and her mother, Mary Wilkie, was 32. She married William Blood on 9 September 1861, in Kaysville, Davis, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Phillack, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom in 1851 and Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States in 1860. She died on 7 September 1898, in Kaysville, Davis, Utah, United States, at the age of 53, and was buried in Kaysville City Cemetery, Kaysville, Davis, Utah, United States.
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- Jane Hooper in household of Jno Hooper, "United States Census, 1860"
- Jane Wilke Blood, "Utah, County Birth and Death Records,1892-1951"
- Jane Wilkie Hooper Blood, "BillionGraves Index"
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1849
Historical Boundaries: 1849: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Davis, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Davis, Utah, United States
1854 · The Crimean War
The Crimean War was fought between Russia and an alliance of Britain, France, Sardinia and Turkey on the Crimean Peninsula. Russia had put pressure on Turkey which threatened British interests in the Middle East.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
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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Biography of Jane Wilkie Hooper
Jane Wilkie Hooper is the daughter of John Hooper (1815-1903) and Ann Wilkie Galbraith Hooper (1813-1875). Jane was born the first of four children on May 2, 1845 At Southampton, Hants, England. When …
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