Brief Life History of John Wilkie
When John Wilkie Hooper was born on 10 September 1848, in Bristol, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Hooper, was 32 and his mother, Mary Wilkie, was 35. He married Elizabeth Anne Douglas on 27 January 1873, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Utah, United States in 1870 and Hooper Election Precinct, Weber, Utah, United States in 1900. He died on 14 March 1908, in Hooper, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 59, and was buried in Hooper City Cemetery, Hooper, Weber, Utah, United States.
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- John Hooper in household of John Hooper, "United States Census, 1870"
- John Hooper, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- John Wilkie Hooper, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
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1850
Historical Boundaries: 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Weber, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Weber, Utah, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
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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The Weekly Sun, 17 March 1908, page 1
PIONEER OF HOOPER DIED LAST EVENING John W. Hooper died last evening at his home in Hooper, Weber County, after an illness of some time from stomach trouble, aged 59 years, 6 months and 4 days. Dec …
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