The Hopkins Family
The Hopkins family is the family of my Grandmother.
Based in Southwark, South London.
Ada E B Hopkins
Born: 1916
Died: unknown
Father: Henry (Harry) Hopkins (b.1889)
Mother: Emily Randell
Lived in Valance Avenue, Dagenham.
Ann Rose Hopkins
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Ann Hopkins and Alan West |
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Born: 11/2/1944
Father: George Hopkins (1918-1997)
Mother: Henrietta
Dunwoodie (1913-1990)
Married: Alan Michael
West on 29/3/1975
No Children
Christopher Hopkins
Born: 1899
Died: unknown
Father: George William Hopkins (b.1861)
Mother: Elizabeth Walters (b. 1861)
Married: Margaret Vines in 1924
Children: Margaret (Peggy) (1925), Joan M (1929), and
Pamela (1938)
See photograph below
Christopher S Hopkins
Born: 1927
Died: unknown
Father: Henry (Harry) Hopkins (b.1889)
Mother: Emily Randell
Married: Jean Wright in 1952 in Romford
Lived in Valance Avenue, Dagenham.
Doris Catherine Hopkins
(known as Doll)
Born: 20/11/1931
Died: 10/4/1993
Father: William Hopkins
Mother: Sarah Ann Humphries
Married: John Baker (8/10/1929) in 1954
No Children
Doris, George,
Betty Hickman, Sis, Bert, Allen & Ann
Doris (left) and
her sister Hilda
Edward Hopkins
(known as ‘Blind Uncle Ted)
Born: 10/9/1859 at 15 Bland Street, Newington (birth
certificate)
Died: unknown
Father: Edward Soleman
Mother: Mary Ann Hopkins (nee Pockson)
Ellen Hopkins
(Known as Nell)
Born: 1886
Died: unknown
Father: George William Hopkins (b.1861)
Mother: Elizabeth Walters (b. 1861)
Occupation: Book Folder in 1901
First Marriage: Lance Corporal Herbert Bailey (born 18/5/1890) on the
11/8/1912 (birth & marriage certificate)
Herbert was of the 1st Battalion, Royal
Irish Rifles , and died in First World War on Wednesday 23rd October
1918 by a sniper. He is buried in Ingoyghem Military Cemetery, Anzegem,
Belgium. It is believed that my father Herbert Westray was named after him.
His mother was Louise Bailey (barmaid) of 34 Smyrks
Road, Walworth. There is no father registered.
At this time they lived at 76 Harris Street,
Camberwell, London.
Second Marriage: Sidney Spencer
Children: Sidney Spencer (1925-1997) married Olive –
no Children
Link to Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Commemorative Information
George Hopkins
Baptised: 20/10/1811 St Mary, Lambeth (IGI Record)
Died: unknown
Occupation: upholsterer
Father: William Hopkins
Mother: Sarah
Married: Jane Tickle 23/3/1835 Christ Church Southwark
(IGI Record)
Children: George (1835), and William
George Hopkins
Born: 5/7/1835
Baptised 11/10/1835 St Mary Newington, Southwark (IGI
Record)
Died: unknown
Father: George Hopkins
Mother: Jane Tickle
George William Hopkins
George and Till
Born: 1888
Died: unknown
Father: George William Hopkins (b.1861)
Mother: Elizabeth Walters (b. 1861)
Married: Matilda Bannister (known as Till) in 1913
Children: George (1920) and Lilly (1920)
See photograph below
George William Hopkins
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Henrietta Dunwoodie |
Born: 7/2/1918
Died: 28/10/1996
Father: William George Hopkins
Mother: Sarah Anne Humphries
Married: Henrietta Dunwoodie (29/7/1913–13/1/1990) on
8/3/1943
Children: Anne (1944) and William (1946)
George William Hopkins
Born: 19/2/1920
Died: 15/7/2009
Father: George William (1888)
Mother: Matilda
Bannister (1891)
Married: Emily
Elizabeth Asquith (1922) in St James, Hatcham, Deptford on 8/5/1943 (marriage
certificate)
He was in the Royal
Navy, then a Docker; she was a Bakelite Moulder
Children: Pauline
Carol (1946) and John G (1950)
George William Hopkins
Born: 12/3/1861, Borough Road, Southwark (birth certificate)
Died: unknown
Occupation: Roadside Labourer/ file grinder/Bricklayers labourer
Father: William Hopkins
Mother: Mary Ann Pockson (1834-1891)
Married: Elizabeth Walters (b. 1861) on 14/11/1881 in
St Paul’s Church, Southwark (marriage certificate) Marriage witnessed by Edward
and Mary Ann Bayley.
Children: Mary Amelia (1883), Ellen (1886), George
William (1888), Henry (1889), William (1891), Melina Maud (1895), Christopher
(1899), and Louise (1901)
Listed as Living at 74 Webber Row, Southwark, London
in 1881 Census, 39 Ontario Street (Elephant & Castle) in 1895, and in
Harris Street (Camberwell) in photograph below. In 1901 census lived at 11
Farmers Road, Newington
George William Hopkins (top left) with sons
George (top right) & Christopher (bottom left) and son-in-law William
Harold Westray
George William Hopkins with grandchildren
William, Herbert and Lillian Westray
Henry (Harry) William Hopkins
Born: 1889
Died: unknown
Father: George William Hopkins (b.1861)
Mother: Elizabeth Walters (b. 1861)
Married: Emily Randell in 1915
Children: Ada E B (1916), Henry William (1920) William
G (1924), and Christopher S (1927)
Occupation: printer
Lived in Valance Avenue, Dagenham.
Henry W Hopkins
Born: 1920
Died: unknown
Father: Henry Hopkins (1889)
Mother: Emily Randell
Married: Beryl Elsie Hilder (1925) on 24/5/1944 in
Folkstone Kent (marriage certificate)
Henry Hopkins
Born: 1862
Died: unknown
Father: William
Mother: Mary Ann Pockson
Listed as Living at 74 Webber Row, Southwark, London
in 1881 Census
Hilda Hopkins
Born: 1924
Father: William Hopkins
Mother: Sarah Ann Humphries
Married: Edward Pedder on 27/3/1948
Children: Linda R (12/5/1950) and Julie I (1953)
Hilda (right)
with daughter Julie (third right), son-in-law Charles (left) and grandchildren
Greg, Sarah and Adam
Edward Pedder
Joan M Hopkins
Born: 1929
Died: unknown
Father: Christopher (1899)
Mother: Margaret
Vines
John G Hopkins
Born: 1950
Father: George (1920)
Mother: Emily Elizabeth Asquith
Lilly Hopkins
Born: 1920
Died: 2001
Father: George Hopkins
Mother: Matilda Bannister (1891)
Married: Arthur Nind (1913)
Children: Christine (1948) and Janice (1951)
Louise Hopkins
Born: 1901
Died: 1997
Father: George William Hopkins (b.1861)
Mother: Elizabeth Walters (b. 1861)
First Marriage: Charles Brown
Children: Christopher
Second Marriage: Harry Brinkman
Third Marriage: William Harrison
Lou with Sis (above left), Harry Brinkman
(right) and also see picture with Mary below
Margaret (Peggy) Hopkins
Born: 1925
Died: unknown
Father: Christopher (1899)
Mother: Margaret
Vines
Mary Hopkins
Born: 19/6/1883 (birth certificate)
Died: unknown
Father: George William Hopkins (b.1861)
Mother: Elizabeth Walters (b. 1861)
Occupation: Printers Layer On in 1901
Married: Earnest Hickman (1882-1956) in 1907
Children: Ernest (1909), Lillian (Sis) (1914), Louisa
Ellen (Nell) (1920), Elizabeth (1925) and Christopher (1922)
Born at 44 Webber Row, Southwark
Mary (left) with sisters Melina Maud
(centre) and Louise (right)
Melina Maud Hopkins
(Known as Lill)
Born: 23/1/1895 (birth certificate)
Died: 15/3/2001
Occupation: Seamstress (made workman’s trousers) then
handmade lampshades. Worked as a railway porter at Oxford station during the
Second World War.
Father: George William Hopkins (b.1861)
Mother: Elizabeth Walters (b. 1861)
Married: William Harold Westray (1895-1962) on 27th
November 1915 in the Parish Church of St George, Camberwell. He was listed as a
lithographic printer, she as a silk lampshade maker. The wedding was witnessed
by George William Hopkins and Mabel Lilian Jenkins. He was living at 152 New
Church Road, she at 76 Harris Street (marriage certificate).
Melina Maud with children William and
Herbert
Children: William Harold (1916-1993), Herbert Claude
(b 1919), Lillian Ellen (1924-1997), Joan Margaret (b 1927), John Richard (b.
1931)
Lived in 39 Ontario Street (Elephant & Castle) at
birth, Wells Way & Addington Square (Camberwell), Berryfield Road
(Walworth) and Crystal Palace Road (East Dulwich), South London
Melina Maud taken on her 101st
birthday
… and below a few years earlier
Link to Grandma's birthday telegrams
Minnie Mary Ann Hopkins
(known as Polly)
Born: 22/4/1858 in Boilingbroke Road, Walworth (birth
certificate)
Died: unknown
Father: William
Mother: Mary Ann Pockson
Married: Francis Graham (b. 1857) on 8/2/1876 St
Steven’s Camberwell. (marriage certificate)
Married: James C Walters (b.1857)
Children: Marion Walters 1879
Listed as Living at 74 Webber Row, Southwark, London
in 1881 Census
Pamela Hopkins
Born: 1938
Died: unknown
Father: Christopher (1899)
Mother: Margaret
Vines
Pauline Carol Hopkins
Born: 1946
Father: George William (1920)
Mother: Emily
Elizabeth Asquith
Married: Michael
Henry Joseph Purss (1942) on 4/6/1966 (marriage certificate)
Children: Clare Emma
(1974) and Loraine Joanne (1976)
He was a Stockbrokers
Clerk, she a copy typist
Rosina Alice Hopkins
Born: 1920
Father: William Hopkins
Mother: Sarah Ann Humphries
Married: Thomas Henry Welch in 1941
Children: Joan May (31/12/1946) and Kay (3/10/1953)
William Hopkins
Born: unknown
Died: unknown
Father: unknown
Mother: unknown
Married: Sarah
Children: George Hopkins (1811)
William Hopkins
Born: unknown
Died: unknown
Occupation: Tailor, Oilman
Father: George Hopkins
Mother: Jane Tickle
Married: Mary Ann Pockson (sometimes stated as
Marianne) 2/8/1858 St John’s Southwark (marriage certificate)
Children: Minnie Mary Ann (Polly), George William, and
Henry
Lived at 1858 in Boilingbroke Road, Walworth and 22
Cornwell Road in 1858. 25 Francis Place, Southwark in 1861
William Hopkins
Born: 13/11/1948
Father: George Hopkins (1918-1997)
Mother: Henrietta
Dunwoodie (1913-1990)
William George Hopkins
Born: 1891
Died: unknown
Father: George William Hopkins (b.1861)
Mother: Elizabeth Walters (b. 1861)
Married: Sarah Ann Humphries in 1914
Children: George (1918-1996), Rose (1920), Hilda
(1924) and Doris (1931)
Second Marriage: Emily
Third Marriage: Elsie
Emily, Bill and
Mary Hopkins
William G Hopkins
Born: 1924
Died: unknown
Father: Henry (Harry) Hopkins (b.1889)
Mother: Emily Randell
Lived in Valance Avenue, Dagenham.
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