James Sullivan Hooppell

Brief Life History of James Sullivan

When James Sullivan Hooppell was born in 1840, in Kingston, Frontenac, Ontario, Canada, his father, John Hooppell, was 43 and his mother, Jeannette McIntosh, was 28. He married Mary MacLean on 30 January 1865, in Avoca, Grenville, Argenteuil, Quebec, Canada. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Harrington, Argenteuil, Quebec, Canada in 1881. He died on 19 June 1885, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, at the age of 45, and was buried in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

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Family Time Line

James Sullivan Hooppell
1840–1885
Mary MacLean
1843–1918
Marriage: 30 January 1865
Jenette "Jessie" Hooppell
1866–1950
Mary Elinora Hooppell
James Alexander "Jim Alex" Hooppell
1867–1937
Christina Hooppell
1869–1957
John McLean Hooppell
1871–1926
Duncan Hooppell
1873–1899
William Henry Hooppell
1874–1954
Daniel Donald Hooppell
1877–1903
Barbara Catherine Hooppell
1879–1971
Rachel May Hooppell
1882–1979
Martha Elizabeth Hooppell
1885–1941

Sources (3)

  • James Hooppill, "Canada Census, 1881"
  • James Sullivan Hooppell, "Find A Grave Index"
  • James Hooppell in entry for Wm H Hooppell and Alice Staring, "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927"

World Events (3)

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.

1871

British Columbia joins the confederation.

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

form of the name borne in the New Testament by two of Christ's disciples, James son of Zebedee and James son of Alphaeus. This form comes from Late Latin Iacomus, a variant of Iacobus, Latin form of Greek Iakobos. This is the same name as Old Testament Jacob (Hebrew Yaakov), but for many centuries now they have been thought of in the English-speaking world as two distinct names. In Britain, James is a royal name that from the beginning of the 15th century onwards was associated particularly with the Scottish house of Stewart: James I of Scotland ( 1394–1437 ; ruled 1424–37 ) was a patron of the arts and a noted poet, as well as an energetic ruler. King James VI of Scotland ( 1566–1625 ; reigned 1567–1625 ) succeeded to the throne of England in 1603 . His grandson, James II of England ( 1633–1701 ; reigned 1685–8 ) was a Roman Catholic, deposed in 1688 in favour of his Protestant daughter Mary and her husband William of Orange. From then on he, his son (also called James), and his grandson Charles (‘Bonnie Prince Charlie’) made various unsuccessful attempts to recover the English throne. Their supporters were known as Jacobites (from Latin Iacobus), and the name James became for a while particularly associated with Roman Catholicism on the one hand, and Highland opposition to the English government on the other. Nevertheless, it has since become one of the most perennially popular boys' names.

Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.

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