Henry HOOPER
- Born: Cir 1845, Topsham, Devon, England
- Died: 29 Jul 1863 aged about 18
- Buried: 2 Aug 1863, Topsham, Devon, England
General Notes:
1851 census HO107/1866 F214 P31 Monmouth Street, Topsham, Devon Charles Lambert, Head, Mar, 60, Lieutenant R. N. (half pay), Lancashire Lancaster Sarah do, Wife, Mar, 54, , Devonshire Topsham Mary Ann Hooper, Visitor, U, 30, , Devonshire Topsham ------- Joel R Hooper, Head, Mar, 36, Carpenter, Devonshire Topsham Elizabeth do, Wife, Mar, 33, Dorsetshire Bridport Henry do, Son, , 5, , Devonshire Topsham
1861 census RG9/88 F87 P28 4 Henry Street, Marylebone, Middlesex Emanuel Hooper, Head, Mar, 50, Baker, Devon Topsham Mary, Wife, Mar, 55, , Herts Henry, Nephew, , 15, , Devon Topsham Maria Wicks, Serv, Un, 20, Serv, Middx Thomas Stanley, Shopman, Un, 28, Shopman, Middx Henry Bryant, Shopman, Un, 30, Shopman, Wilts
Burial index cards of Topsham cemetery (on Exeter City Council web site http://pub.exeter.gov.uk/asp/bereavement/ ) - page 108 of the "H" cards HOOPER, Henry, 18, Topsham, div -, internment 404, buried 2/8/1863, Con
The grave card (grave 352) states Exeter Corporation Cemeteries Cemetery : Topsham Grave No. 352 Denomination : Con Drake Henry, Topsham, 86, interment 392, interment date 17/5/1863 Hooper Henry, Topsham, 18, interment 404, interment date 2/8/1863 The accompanying email from the bereavement services at Exeter Council says that Henry Drake was a shipwright and that there is no memorial on the grave Apparently there was a thrid burial in the same grave - same emails states this was on the original Register of Graves Joel Hooper on 29th March 1885, aged 72
Headstone - inscription taken from photos that are not very clear Apparently although both inscriptions are on the same stone, Elizabeth (and an unnamed stillborn infant) is in this grave and the others are in an adjacent one side 1: ..... Elizabeth Hooper widow of Joel Hooper who died April 25th 1891 aged 75 years side 2: In Memory of Henry Hooper who departed this life July 29 1863 Aged 18 years His .... Also Henry Drake Grandfather of the above Died May 4th 1863 Aged 84 years Also in loving memory of Joel Richard Hooper Father of the above Died March 25th 1885 ...
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