James Alma Hooper

Brief Life History of James Alma

When James Alma Hooper was born on 1 January 1888, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, his father, James Hays Hooper, was 34 and his mother, Martine Concordia Celine Petersen Madsen, was 26. He married Robenia Sproul on 11 October 1911, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He died on 2 June 1973, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

James Alma Hooper
1888–1973
Robenia Sproul
1887–1972
Marriage: 11 October 1911
James Alma Hooper
1912–1912
Charlotte Robenia Hooper
1916–1996
James Sproul Hooper
1923–2014

Sources (41)

  • James Alma Hooper, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
  • James A. Hooper, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
  • James Alma Hooper, "Utah, World War I County Draft Board Registers, Name Index, 1917-1918"

World Events (8)

1890

Death by suicide of van Gogh.

1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.

1911 · Royal Liver Building Completed

On July 19, 1911, the Royal Liver Building opened officially. It was the first major structure in Britain and one of the first buildings in the world to be built using reinforced concrete.

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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