Genealogy Y2003 Y2004 Newsletter Family History Biography Obituary Cleveland Hopkins

npleveland Hopkins was with his'family when he went to be with

the Lord at 5:50 pm, Wednes-day, September 17,2003.

Cleveland was born in Santa Rosa, Califor-nia on September 8, 1910 to CharlesBlodgett Hopkins and Lucia ClevelandHopkins. He was married to Lillian Chris-tine Hividas Mackenzie on August 11,1945 at Park Street Church in Boston,Massachusetts. They enjoyed 58 years to-gether.He was an active member and trustee atPark Street Church as well as at the Der-wood Alliance Church, Derwood, Mary-

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Cleveland Hopkins1910-2003

Christy peacock bio by Christy Regele Peacock

Christy is a seventh great granddaughter of John andElizabeth Randol Hopkins. She descends from MercyHopkins, daughter of George Hopkins/George Hop-kins/Henry Hopkins/John Hopkins

y name isChristy REGE-GELE PEA-COCK. I was

born to two wonderful parents,Charles Arthur REGELE and BeverlyJeanne COOPER REGELE on Febru-ary 18, 1951 in Ely, Nevada, USA. Ihave two living siblings, my sister,Donna REGELE GUBLER and my

half-brother, Jack REGELE, and abrother, Terry REGELE, who diedjust before my birth.

We lived in Ely until I was fivethen moved to Sebastopol, Califor-nia. We lived there for ten yearsbefore moving back to Nevada to asmall farming community thirtymiles from Ely, called Lund. Imag-ine my surprise when my schoolclass size went from forty students


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Janet Anne HopkinsEditor

Volume 3, Issue 3

July 20030H

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HOPKINS FAMILY RESEARCH

Cleveland hopkins obituaryby Lillian Hopkins, Janet Anne Hopkins, and John Char/es Hopkins

Inside this issue:

Cleveland hopkins 1obituary

Christy peacock bio 1

Robinson research in 2New Zealand

Birthdays & 4anniversaries

Picture of the quarter 5

Letter from the editor 5

Cocking traditions 8

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Robinsons at 331 Tuam Street, Christchurch, New Zealand. Left to right,Aunt Ciss (Ethel), Mrs. Hewertson (neighbor), Aunt Nell (Eleanor), Ida

Louie nee Voller (James Henry's wife), Spot, the cat, and Aunt Clark(Clara). Taken by Frank Robinson in 1831.

Robinson research in new zealandby Lyn Cottingham

Children of John and Elizabeth Randol Hopkins

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"When Frankwas in his twenties

he sailed out toChristchurch, NewZealand for a visit

with the NewZealand branch of

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Lyn'sFamily Line

Lyn Cottingham nee Robinson is a sixth greatgranddaughter of John and Elizabeth RANDOLHOPKINS. Lyn lives in Canberra, Australiawith her family.

M y father, JohnDesmondROBINSON,a descendant of

George and Maria Robinson, hadan older brother, Frank, born in1905. When Frank was inhis twenties he sailed out to Christ-church, New Zealand for a visitwith the New Zealand branch of the fam-ily.

We have letters about his trip thatcontain mentions of his manyAunts! Amazingly, he took a photo in1931, found in my father's old trunk inthe attic, with three of the Aunts, IdaLOTTIE ROBINSON nee VOLLERand a neighbor. Aunt Clara, to the farright looks as though she would havemade a big, strong nurse!! I have evi-

riCharles

Francis

English Holt/Hopkins line(see Editor's letter)

New ZealandRobinson Line

ROBINSON

dence to believe she was a nurse workingin Rotorua, New Zealand.

None of the sisters married andJames and Ida had no children, so thisbranch of the ROBINSON family linehas ended.

I discovered James ROBINSON(m. Elizabeth Stevens, 1873 in Islington,London, England) in New Zealand whenI read his brother John's will dated April


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Christy andand her best friend, husbandMonty Duane Peacock

Volume 3, Issue 3 trarkwaira

"I've been actively

involved with

genealogy, for years. I

tried to find my dad's

ancestors before he

passed away but didn't

have a lot of luck...

Christy peacock bio (cont'd)(Continued from page I)

in California to 13 students in Lund!

After high school and a year ofcollege, I married my best friendMonty Duane PEACOCK on March

24, 1972. Duane and I have threechildren. Our first born, KassandraAnn PEACOCK, age 30, lives in SaltLake City, Utah and works for an in-surance company. Our second child,Michael Duane PEACOCK, will be26 on his great grandmother's birth-day. He works for a tire company inLas Vegas, Nevada -- he has alwaysbeen the accident prone one, buthopefully he's finally outgrown it.Our third child is Derek CharlesPEACOCK, just turned 22, and cur-rently in the US Army, stationed atCamp Humphreys, Korea. He hasbeen there one year and we don'tknow when we will see him. Ourhouse is pretty quiet with just the twoof us and our two dachshunds!

I've been actively involved with

genealogy for years. I tried to findmy dad's ancestors before he passedaway but didn't have a lot of luck.One day my mom mentioned that hermom's side of genealogy was donethanks to her uncle, Chris JOCKUM-SEN. Why didn't I try to find someinformation on my Grandpa's side ashe never knew anything. I took thechallenge!

I started with my Grandpa, EddieBuehl COOPER. I had his birth cer-tificate, it had been a delayed birthcertificate but it still had plenty of in-formation. My mom didn't know a lotabout his parents and siblings, otherthan his dad, Wiley Clinton COO-PER, had died when Eddie was tenyears old.

Wiley had died in Kersey, Colo-rado. His wife, Laura GARNERCOOPER, and their six children livedthere for many years before moving toIdaho. It was there that son Eddiemet and married Danish emigrant,Anna Marie JOCKUMSEN on Sep-tember 28, 1928. Eddie Buehl COO-PER and Anna Marie had five chil-dren.

Laura GARNER and Wiley Clin-ton COOPER were both born andraised in Missouri. Wiley had ablacksmith shop in Maries Co, Mis-souri.

Wiley's parents were GeorgeBurton COOPER and Nancy RICHA-ARDSON. George and Nancy weremarried March 8, 1874 in Jasper Co,Missouri. Nancy's brother was ajudge and married them. George andNancy had three children, all born in


Birthdays & anniversariesJul 1 1834Jul 1 1901Jul 2 1866Jul 2 1892Jul 4 1862Jul 5 1738Jul 5 1863Jul 6 1867Jul 6 1940Jul 7 1832Ju19 1769Ju19 1895Jul 10 1865Jul 11 1774Jul 12 1856Jul 12 1861Jul 12 1901Jul 13 1824Jul 15 1869Jul 16 1846Jul 16 1846Jul 16 1854Jul 16 1945Jul 17 1833Jul 17 1946Jul 20 1947Jul 21 1901Jul 24 1925Jul 28 1782Jul 29 1830Jul 29 1910Jul 30 1821Jul 30 1900Jul 31 1861

Mercy HOPKINS (169)Louis William D. HOPKINS (102)George ANDREWS/Mary DABBS (137)Henry HOPKINS/Eliza STEVENS (111)William Walter HOPKINS (141)John HARRINGTON/Mary HOPKINS (265)David Lyon HOPKINS (140)Alfred SAUNDERS/Amy BLUNDEN (136)Charles REGELE & Betty FULLAGER (63)David BONE (171)Henry MANSER (234)Laura D STUCKEY (108)Rosa Emma ROBINSON (138)Richard HOLT/Olive HOPKINS (229)Mercy Jane HOPKINS (147)James Thomas HOLT (142)Ola GANT (102)Hezekiah HAMMOND/Jane WALDEN (179)Florence Lane WITTEN (134)Charles ROBINSON/Eliza ROGERS (157)Charles ROBINSON/Ruth ALLBERRY (157)George HOPKINS/Eliza. DILLON (149)Jean Ann NESBITT' (58)Mary Jane MCQUEEN (170)Douglas Cleveland HOPKINS (57)Stewart TWITE (56)Norris L. HOPKINS (102)Keith Kerley FRANKENFIELD (78)James MANSER (221)Joseph BONE (173)Peter STERN (93)Charles ROBINSON Jr. (182)Durwood E. WHEELER (103)Walter HOAD/Sarah BOXALL (142)

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Aug 1 1960 Brian Philip GENT (43)Aug 2 1918 Ruth E. GEER (85)Aug 3 1902 Bertha Evelyn OWEN (101)Aug 3 1904 Mildred GANT (99)Aug 3 1921 Floyd Milford HOLT & Bertha OWEN (82)Aug 4 1860 Comlete Eugenia HOPKINS (143)Aug 4 1896 Charley Frank WILLIAMS (107)Aug 4 1919 James M. SCANTLIN (84)Aug 7 1894 Charles HOPKINS & Lucia CLEVELAND (109)Aug 10 1860 Thomas LAMBERT/Mary ROBINSON (143)Aug 11 1945 Cleveland HOPKINS/Lillian MACKENZIE (58)Aug 12 1901 Harold Edward MOSS (102)Aug 12 1956 Stanley HOLT & Fredith Ann KRASSER (47)Aug 15 1851 Harman J. ADAMS & Eliza Ann HOLT (152)Aug 15 1948 Milford Owen HOLT & Jane FOSTER (55)Aug 16 1939 Sheelah STERN (64)Aug 17 1832 Elizabeth Francis DILLON (171)Aug 18 1811 Elizabeth WALDEN (192)Aug 18 1921 Glenys REES (82)Aug 18 1992 Loki Alexander HOPKINS (11)Aug 19 1869 Arthur HOAD & Ann SHEPPERD (134)Aug 26 1929 Donald Wallace COOPER (74)Aug 27 1846 Issac HOPKINS (157)Aug 27 1958 John Charles HOPKINS (45)Aug 28 1933 Jack COOPER (70)Aug 31 1881 George Franklin KERLEY (122)Aug 31 1947 Jon Paul KOLB (56)Aug 31 1952 Rondal DOWNING & Virginia Joan HOLT (51)>ep 1 1881 Silas Milton SCANTLIN (122)iv 1 1949 Wesley DAVIS & Wilma Jean HOI,T (54)Sep 1 1970 Orin Estel NESBITT & Edna DEMING (33)

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Christy peacock bio (confd)(Continued from page 3) t

Jasper County, Missouri: Wiley Clinton COOPER, born May18, 1874; Jesse David COOPER born January 23, 1881; andLizzie May COOPER born December 20, 1883.

Nancy died June 20, 1926, in Purcell, Missouri. After herdeath husband George Burton COOPER moved to Coloradowhere he lived with their son Jesse and operated a gas station.He died January 29, 1936, in Hudson, Colorado. His death cer-tificate was pretty sad to read. His son Jesse didn't know any-thing about George's family and left many blanks.

George Burton COOPER'S parents were Robert WileyCOOPER and Mercy HOPKINS. This where the HOPKINSfamily comes in. If I hadn't been lucky enough to find Janet Iprobably would still be looking for Mercy. Thank You, Janet!

Robert Wiley COOPER was born in Bay, Missouri in 1834,to Burton COOPER and Mary Elvira BURGESS COOPER.Robert had 9 brothers and sisters. Mercy HOPKINS was bornJuly 1, 1834, near Portsmouth, England, in the small town ofHavant. Her parents were George HOPKINS and Jane KNILL.

George Burton COOPER appears to be the only child ofRobert Wiley and Mercy HOPKINS COOPER. I had been toldthere was another son but can't find any evidence to support thisclaim. I believe Robert Wiley COOPER died between 1874-1880. I cannot find proof, but am persistent and will find himeventually! Mercy died June 20, 1876, in Avilla, Missouri andis buried there.

I'm currently researching Laura GARNER COOPER'Smother. She went by several different names and married twiceafter her divorce from Laura's father, Wiley Clinton COOPER.Needless to say it hasn't been very easy!

k' I hope to pass my history and heritage to my kids and niecesand nephews. Perhaps one of them will have as much interest asI have for it! It is a wonderful hobby.

Christy lives in Lund, Nevada, USA, and can be reached byemail at: christy cands*webtv.net

Does anyone have information or contact with MauriceRobinson? He is the great great great grandson of James

Robinson, son of Nicholas Hopkins and CharlotteRobinson. Email contact has failed, mail has been

returned. Please let me know if you can offerinformation on his welfare!

Volume 3, Issue 3

Letter from the editors many of you know, thishas been a difficult sum-mer for my family and

A myself. From illness toinjury to the death of my beloved father,Cleveland HOPKINS. Yet through it all,blessing have been found, new connectionsmade and old friendships rekindled.

As I research our family history, it iscomforting to know that between the linesof the certificates, wills, census pages andother documents lie individuals whoselives encompassed the same joys and sor-rows as our lives. Though they are dead,exploring their lives yields rich secrets andrewards to those of us that enjoy the pas-time of genealogy. Gone but not forgot-ten!

I am continuing my research of parishrecords for towns in the vicinity of Cock-ing and Midhurst. This month I have corn-

pleted reviewing the parish records fromSelham, Easebourne and Iping. Please letme know of individuals you may be look-ing for and the towns they may have in-habited. Of course I always look for thecommon names in our lines and will sharethe results with you if they seem pertinent.

We have a new family member join-ing the subscription list. Jan Dabson,Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, con-tacted me with information concerningRichard HOLT and Olive HOPKINS. Iam hoping she will help with both theHOLT and HOPKINS lines. More tocome in our next issue!

Spend as much time as possible withyour loved ones and live each day to thefullest!

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land. When retirement brought he andLillian to Arizona, he became an elderat the First Baptist Church, Prescott,Arizona. He was a charter member ofthe Cornerstone Evangelical FreeChurch, Prescott.

Cleve had many hobbies includinghis computer, photography, wood-working, ham radio, geology, camp-ing, and hiking. Amateur astronomywas his favorite. During retirement,he constructed a 14-inch reflector tele-scope with its own observatory at hishome in Prescott.

He attended Redlands Universityin Redlands, California, and completeda BS in Electrical Engineering at Stan-ford University in Palo Alto in 1993.When World War II broke out, he wasrecruited for classified research at theMIT Lincoln Laboratory in Cam-bridge, Massachusetts. There he andseveral other scientists developedpulse radar technology which is stillused to guide landing aircraft.

In 1951 he took a position at thePentagon in the Office for OperationsAnalysis with the Air Force. At thattime, he developed plans for airborneearly warning systems to protect theUS from the threat of Soviet attack.With his knowledge of radar technol-ogy and operations analysis tech-niques, he was quickly promoted tothe head of the Operations Analysisoffice of the Alaskan Air Command,in charge of strategic planning for theDistant Early:Warning (DEW) radarsystem that was the first line of US airloc-defense.

Cleve continued his career in op-Oations research and analysis with avariety of government agencies includ-?Mr*.

ing the National Bureau of Standards(NIST), Office of Technology Assess-ment, Office of TelecommunicationsPolicy, the FAA, and the Naval Re-search Laboratory. In addition, he wasa life-member of TIMS/ORSA, a Sen-ior Member of the IEEE and the Soci-ety of Professional Engineers, a Fel-low of the American Association forthe Advancement of Science, a regis-tered Professional Engineer in the Dis-trict of Columbia, and a member of theNational Capitol Astronomers Asso-ciation and the American ScientificAffiliation. He authored or co-authored 57 articles in professionaljournals.

Cleveland is survived by his wife,Lillian, two daughters, Janet AnneHopkins of Chino Valley and NancyJohnson Haan of Livermore, Califor-nia; and two sons, Douglas of NewYork City, New York, and John ofBoulder, Colorado. He is also sur-vived by 5 grandchildren, LawrenRichards of Vancouver, Canada; JasonBabcock of Phoenix, Arizona; Caseyand Dana Johnson of Livermore, Cali-fornia; and Loki Hopkins of Reykja-vik, Iceland. Called "Great Father" byhis devoted great-grandchildren, he issurvived by Alexandria, Trey and An-nabelle Babcock.

A memorial was held at the FirstBaptist Church, 148 South MarinaStreet, Prescott, on Monday, Septem-ber 22nd, 2003 at 4 PM. with the Rev.Gary Carman officiating. Intermentwill be at a later date in the Clevelandfamily plot, Russian River cemetery,Ukiah, California, USA.

irises World nurii broke, out,

he was re.cruheu

classified research at the MuLIncoln Laboratory in

Cambridge. Massachusetts.'there he and several other

scientists developed pulse radar

guide landing aircraft. . . .

O. 911"The 'oldest living brat

William :ROBINSON,and his wife, Elizabeth ??,

has been found in the1851 census, but the

not in the 1881 census.Could it be thatthis brother also

emigrated?"

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Robinson research in new zealand (continued)

(Continued from page 2)

2, 1895. Brother John ROBINSON, ageneral practitioner medical doctor,was raised by his Aunt and Uncle, MaryHOPKINS HICKS and Joseph HICKS,also a doctor. To quote, "... And to paythe remaining one third part or share tomy brother James Robinson of number 16Tuam Street, Christchurch, N.Z." Broth-ers Charles and James had money left tothem as well, showing that they werelikely still alive in 1895. The will also in-dicates that money was left to ". . . thechildren of my late brother Georgeand late brother William and late sisterCharlotte." No mention of sister Hannah,from which one might conclude that she isno longer living. •

EDITORS NOTE: Lyn's sister, CarolTWITE has brother George's will whichbegins thusly, "This is the last Will andTestament of me George ROBINSON ofHeyshott in the County of Sussex, Grocerand Dealer in Underwood."

He had property freehold which isauctioned in parcels. Carol believes whenhe died he owned one of the 'new houses,attractive old cottages beyond Field cot-tage on Peace Road. He called his house,'Hope Cottage', as found in the 1891 cen-sus. This house is in the middle of the row

of new houses. The first house was occu-pied by the ATTFIELDS, George'sdaughter, Emily, married to Tom ATT-FIELD; and ending up with the MILESfamily in the last house.

George himself a widower in1891, isdescribed as age 80 years, working as ahired horse carrier. Living with him is hisyoung grandson, Charles ATTFIELD age13 years.

The oldest living brother, WilliamROBINSON, and his wife, Elizabeth ??,are found in the 1851 census, but not in the1881 census. Could it be that this brotheralso emigrated? Or were he and Elizabethboth deceased. More research is neededto track down William, Elizabeth and theirchildren.

I have done some poking around andsuspect that the couple had at least threechildren, William (b. 1842 in Willsden),Elizabeth (I). 1847 in Brighton) and JohnJames (b. 1848 in Brighton). Son JohnJames apparently stayeetn444yland, mar-rying Ellen GOSDEN, daughterm&Lohnand Philadelphia BLUNDELL GOS,-.1fw.;„DEN, at St. Peter's Church in Brighton. 'wThey had at least three children in Brigh-ton, John (b. 1875), Clara L. (b. 1877) andAlbert G. (b. 1879). This family is found inboth the 1881 and 1901 Censes.

Let's keep exploring!!

Birthdays & anniversaries (continued)(Continued from page 4) Sep 9 1988 Thomas HUPPERT & Lesley GENT (15)Sep 2 1832 Edmond YEATES & Jane WALDEN (171) Sep 10 1884 James HOLT & Josephine GRIMES (119)Sep 3 1832 George ROBINSON/Maria BROADBRIDGE (171) Sep 10 1901 Roy A. GNADT (102)Sep 3 1869 John ANDREWS & Sarah Ann JUPP (134) Sep 12 1967 Lawren Anne RICHARDS (36)Sep 3 1877 Luella May HOWARD (126) Sep 13 1853 Edward HOPKINS/Emma BLUNDEN (150)Sep 4 1777 Francis MASON & Hanah HOPKINS (226) Sep 15 1897 William Harold GANT (106)Sep 4 1853 Charles HOPKINS (150) Sep 16 1863 Annie Caroline "Amelia" POPE (140)Sep 4 1879 Henry KERLEY & Eliza WILLIAMS (124) Sep 16 1868 Albert Henry POPE (135)Sep 4 1917 Norman FRANKENFIELD/Ellen KERLEY (SO Sep 17 1793 Thomas WALDEN & Mary MANSER (210)Sep 4 1946 Daniel WARD/Encie Alice FRANKENFIELD (57) Sep 19 1880 Unknown SANDS (123)Sep 4 1976 Billy John BRIDGES/Kathryn WARD (27) Sep 20 1958 Susan Frances GENT (45)Sep 6 1856 Emma Jane WILLIAMS (147) Sep 23 1865 Charles Edmond "Charley" HOLT (138)Sep 6 1906 Guy Overton GANT (97) Sep 24 1771 Francis BUDDALL & Mary HOPKINS (232)Sep 7 1858 Laura Marietta HOPKINS (145) Sep 25 1870 Marten Albert "Ben" ADAMS (133)Sep 7 1962 Karen C. FREEMAN (41) Sep 30 1770 John MANSER (233)Sep 8 1910 Cleveland HOPKINS (93) Sep 30 1799 Henry NOTINGAM & Elizabeth HOPKINS (204)Sep 9 1894 William GANT & Mary WILLIAMS (109)

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Cocking traditionsThis article can be found at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.cotru%7Evillages/sussex/cockinq.htm. Sussex villages and churchesare the subject of wonderfully informative articles.

c4 ocking, or as the locals, were heard to pro-

nounce it "Kokkun", issituated in a gap in the

Downs on the Midhurst to Chichesterroad. Some of the buildings areowned by the Cowdray Estate, so theWoodwork is painted a cheerful yel-low, a color much used by the Estatepainters.

The countryside about the villageis wooded, and the pond has the oddname of Bumblekite. A natural phe-nomenon seen in the area was knownas 'Foxes-Brewings'. This was mist inthe trees which was supposed to fore-cast rain if it was seen to drift west-wards towards Cocking.

Cocking had its own mumming ortipteers play, in which Father Christ-mas plays a slightly more prominentpart than in many of the plays. Itopens with the usual entrance speechfrom Father Christmas, and then theoddly named Mince Pie has a fightwith St. George.

The former is killed, and FatherChristmas calls for a doctor who then

appears on the scene. Father Christ-mas bargains with him, and eventuallythe doctor gives in to the extent of re-ducing his fee by one farthing. Thedoctor then exclaims:

'I have a little bottle by my side,The fame of which spreadeth

far and wide,The stuff therein is called

Hallecumb pain.It will rise the dead to life again-

It will cure theHipsey Pipsey Paulsey

and the gout, Painsinside and pains out.

Drop a drop on the poor man's nose.Arise, young man,

and show the gentle folks around,What a noble doctor there is to be found.'

The very abbreviated play endedwith a further character, Little SaucyJack, makes this closing speech:

'Incomes I little Jack,With all my family at my back,

Christmas comes but once a year,And when it comesit brings good cheer:

Roast beef, plum pudding and mince pies,Who takes all these things better than I?

Christmas fairs makes us dance and sing,And money' purseis a capital thing.'

Hopkins Family Research

My Summer Vacation byJanetili Hopkins

be former Methodist Episcopal Church,Carl Junction, Missouri


September 2004

I. Volume 4, Issue 3

NASA Ames Award

As some of you know, mymother, Lillian HOPKINS, andI took a whirlwind genealogytrip to Missouri in August.Next time I will know better... The trip will need to be atleast three weeks long!!

Our first stop was Joplin, Jas-per County, Missouri, hometo many George HOPKINSand Henry/Jane HOPKINSHOLT descendants. I suspectthere may be hundreds ofdescendants living in thearea. My search began inCarl Junction, a small townon the northwestern side ofJoplin.

We visited with some helpfuland friendly women at thepresent United Methodist

Nancy Johnson is a fifth greatgranddaughter of John andElizabeth Randol Hopkins.

Nancy HOPKINS JOHNSO-SON (pictured at right)and her daughter, DanaChristine JOHNSON, wereawarded the NASA AmesHonor Award for their

Church on thesoutheast side oftown. The churchwas rebuildingafter a tornado thisyear destroyedtheir sanctuary.David HOPKINSwas the minister ofthe Carl JunctionMethodist Episco-pal Church, nowcalled the UnitedMethodist Church.

Ramona DONNELL, volun-teer church secretary, and avisiting parishioner, BarbaraLUNDIEN RUSSELL droppedwhat they were doing andnot only talked genealogywith us, but also took us on a

participation in a largesimulation project at theNASA research facility inNorthern California. Theproject was designed totest a new traffic displayfor use in commercial air-craft. The display will pro-vide information to the

tour of the town, pointing outvarious sites of interest Bar-bara's ancestors were friendsof my family members, all at-tending the same church.

With their help we found theTwin Groves Cemetery, which


pilot about other air traffic

in the area, potential con-


Inside this issue:

My Summer Vacation 2continues

Ames Award 2continues

Subscriber Enjoys 5Visitors

Gary Anson McCona- 6ghy Bio

Birthdays and Anniver- 8caries

Robinson Census 8Sheets

Editor's Note 9

Holt Discovery 9

Close Call I 0

Special points ofinterest:

• This newsletter is dedicatedto research on the paternaland maternal descendants ofJohn and Elizabeth RandolHOPKINS and any auxiliarylines.

• This HOPKINS line originatedin the small English town ofCocking W. Sussex, Englandin the late 1600's.

• While some descendantsremained in England, othersemigrated to the UnitedStates, Australia, Africa,Canada and New Zealand

Hopkins Family ResearchPage 2

My Summer Vacation (cont'd)(Continued from page 1)

several of our readers have also visited.I took the prerequisite picture behindthe David Larr headstone. You mightremember that other subscribers havesubmitted similar photos! We were alldisturbed at the disrepair of the ceme-tery. The recent tornado had wreakedhavoc in the resting place of our forefa-thers. Grass had not been cut and thelarge HOLT monument was broken offand laying on its side along with otherdamaged memorials. The cemetery isfinal rest to related lines of HOLT, LARR,STUCKEY, POAGE, OLIVER, CLARK,HARTMAN, DILL and HOPKINS burials.

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The next day, to my delight, I tracked down the 1876 location ofthe Holt and Hopkins homes in Carl Junction. At least one ofwhich is still occupied. The others were back too far off theroad to see. A stranger stopped and helped me find them. Hehad lived there all his life and knew immediately where to takeus! To get to this area, take Fir Road off Rt 171. The blocks justbefore and just past Black Cat Road, on the left, comprise Sec-tions 19 and 20, TWP 44N, Range 7W. Across the street fromthe Sherwood Cemetery (on the right), is a home I believe mighthave been David HOPKINS' home, pictured below. Perhaps the

Milford HOLTScan validate myassumptions?

You might notethat the 1876plat map indi-cates theHOLTS, HOP-

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WITTENS, WHEELERS and other related lines lived quite close toeach other. The WITTEN family cemetery (which I was unableto visit) is a short distance southwest of this section, I believe onDogwood Lane. Next time I visit the area, 1 plan to verify theselocations more thoroughly.

Oswego, Labette County, Kansas

A few trips to the Joplin Genealogical Society at the Joplin Li-brary rounded out my whiz bang search in Jasper County. Iwas on to my focus of the trip, the MCDANIELS in Owego, Kan-sas. This small town is about 45 miles east of Joplin, so we did-n't have to change motels. That was a relief!


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flicts with that aircraft and ways toresolve the conflicts should the needarise. Twelve professional pilotswere recruited to test the display onindividual PC stations located atNASA. Currently, the UPS fleet of767's uses a modified version of thedisplay in their line operations.Dana (pictured at right) participated

as a pilot, flying numerous aircraft tosimulate current levels of backgroundair traffic. Nancy was responsible forthe design of the experiment, observ-ing the pilots as the interacted withthe display and the analysis of thedata.

Nancy and Dana are grateful for thisopportunity and wish that ClevelandHOPKINS, father and grandfather to

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My Summer Vacation (cont'd)(Continued from page 2J

Tornado damage from a July storm wasquite severe and folks were still cleaning upthe mess. The Oswego Historical Museumhad lost its roof and sustained serious wa-ter damage to its huge collection of arti-facts. This didn't detain local genealogists,who were hard at work handling researchfor numerous queries and a massiveamount of cleanup!

I could have stayed there several days, butonly had two afternoons. Fortunately thefilm reader wasstill working(though they hadlost one of thecomputers) and Iwas able to re-view local col-umns in the townnewspaper.While I didn't findanything earthshattering, I was able to confirm my specu-lations about the Jesse and Amelia HOLTMCDANIEL family. I was also able to iden-tify a few more surnames attached to thisfamily. I am still not anywhere near pin-pointing present day descendants, but I amcloser!

I have discovered that one of JesseMCDANIEL's parents was a Quaker. Hisfather, Elias MCDANIEL married PhebeBOSWELL in a civil service resulting inPhebe being removed from the Chester-field Quaker Meeting, Athens County,Ohio. Elias is reputed to have died in theCivil War. He appears to have served withhis son, Jesse, in the 33rd Regular IllinoisInfantry Volunteers. I have found no traceof Elias or Phebe after 1850.

Amelia HOLT MCDANIEL's parents, Johnand Malona ROBINSON HOLT lived in Neo-desha, Wilson County, Kansas. Both ofthem were faithful workers in the Method-ist Episcopal Church and are buried therein the churchyard. John's obituary notes,7t is not necessary to make any eulogiesregarding this devout and faithful servantof God, who since 1871 has been a con-

stant resident of this community. A moresimple minded, meek and humble followerof the principles Lord Jesus Christ it falls tothe lot of few people to know (NeodeshaRegister, 22 March, 1895)." In the yearfollowing his wife's death (9 March 1894)he had little interest in life. When she de-parted for glory he felt that there was noth-ing more here for him to live for andthough accepting the decree of Providencewith humble submission he yet longed forthe summons."

Linn, Osage County, Missouri

On Wednesday, Momand I headed for Linn,Osage County, Missouriwhere my Grandfather,Charles Blodgett HOP-KINS, was born andraised to the age of 12.His grandfather,George Hopkins, set-tled outside of Linn

near a crossroads town called Fredericks-burg. I hoped to find the burial site forGeorge Sr. and his wife, Jane Knill.

I was to start historical delving at the Ze-wicki House, home of the Osage CountyHistorical Society. Mary Lou SCHULTE hadput me in touch with Roberta SCHWINKE, afellow historian living in Section 1, Town-ship 44N, Range 7W, where I suspected thecemetery was lo-cated. I had anappointment laterin the afternoonwith Roberta.

I decided to reviewsome newspaperarticles, but washaving troublegetting the ma-chine working.Another womanarrived to do re-search and hap-pened to hear that I was looking for HOP-KINS information. It just so happened thatshe, Betty Chillington, had been puttingtogether the letters about the town of Linnthat an E. HOPKINS had sent to the Linn

newspaper in the early 1900's. It was aserendipitous moment for us!

E. Hopkins was, of course, Ebenezer HOP-KINS, youngest son of George and JaneKNILL HOPKINS and my great-great uncle.His letters back to his hometown are price-less remembrances of small town livingduring the Civil War and earlier. I was ableto fill Betty in on my family history andmore about the man who's letters she hadcompiled.

My Mom and I met Roberta SCHWINKE atthe old church on Rt. 244 and "J". Fromthere we traveled together to meet withAndrew WOLF, whom she was interview-ing for a book on the history of the localMethodist Church.

It was to be a magical afternoon! Andrewand his wife welcomed us into their homeat Morrison Station. We sat around theirkitchen table for a couple of hours listeningto the stories this amazing 86 year old mantold of people who had lived in the areaover the past 100+ years. Tales of his youthand memories of various other families,customs and events.

Thank goodness Roberta had her tape re-corder going! We could have recordedhim for days, but we wanted to go out tothe former HOPKINS farm, once owned byMr. Wolfs father. Olan STEMME now ownsthe farm. He doesn't live there, but grows

soy and runs cattleon the land.

Andrew accompa-nied us to thecemetery I sus-pected might bethe HOPKINS fam-ily plot. Head-stones were nolonger visible inthe tangled under-growth. Mr. Wolfexplained thatwere of a soft na-

tive sandstone. There were no remaining

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Pam Hadley, Donald and June Blunden visiting InPam's Heyshott garden


Subscriber Enjoys VisitorsPam Hadley, our adopted cousin in Hey-shott, England, sent a note and picture ofa recent visit from our B/unden cousins.

Have just spent a lovely couple of hourswith June and Donald BLUNDEN. Wediscovered that Mike & I know several ofthe BLUNDENS and LAMBERTS that theyhave met over the years. In fact I havetaught some of them and one of theBLUNDENS is my window cleaner so al-though I have no HOPKINS connections Isomehow feel connectedititit

a list of the grave inscriptions are inthe church so Donald has been able togo back to Whittlesey with the informa-tion. It was also wonderful becausewent to school with people from Whittle-sey where June and Donald live and Icaught up with some news.

I have just retired from teaching afterbeing at the same school for 30 yearsand am hoping to sort out my familytrees during the winter months. I'mtaking advantage of a late summer (after aterrible August) to catch up withgardening.

did a lot for the Heyshott book - Doug-las Clayton. The village Old Timers arefast disappearing with lots of newcom-

ers now in the village.

We went to Heyshott Church to find theHOPKINS grave that I sent details of toyou. Since I last looked, the inscription has Have just attended the funeral of an-

become more difficult to read. Fortunately other of the village stalwarts who

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inscriptions when he was a boy.

The burial site is named the "Miller Ceme-tery" in the County cemetery book. It liesjust past the original hand bricked spring,between two smallstreams. Cedar treesonce surrounded thesmall glade. Mosthave been cut down.

Thickets of poison ivyand overgrownbushes blocked explo-ration, but still visiblewere the remains ofan 80 foot hand hewnbarn built by the Hop-kins family. The weath-ered, rough-hewn beams are enormous.Mr. Wolf said it was once a magnificentstructure. He marveled at the persistenceof the oldest three Hopkins boys and theirfather clearing 75 acres of heavily timberedland, as well as building a barn and housein three years time.

The next day I scoured the library and ex-

changed information with Betty Chilling-ton. So much to see and so little time!

library copying newspaper articles relatedHolt and Hopkins family de-scendants. At six o'clock, myresearch time ended. Mygenealogical glass carriageturned back into a pumpkinand I was again a middle-aged woman on a trip in theMidwest with my mom.

We took off in the morningfor Mesquite, Texas, about aday's drive. We visited withMom's friends and found ahotel for the night. Nextmorning we met with Bonnie

Thomas of Bon Chance Australian Shep-herd kennel, Premont, Texas, to pick up theother reason for the trip ...

A PUPPY! BonChance Bella Mia at Fireskye,or "Bella" for short. Miss Bella was just over2 months old and as cute as could be. Sheprovided entertainment and a bit of work

on the two day trip home. She is my Fire-skye's Cu Grianach's (Sunny Dog's) in-tended bride in a couple of years.

toreshows mylittle cutiewinningBest ofShowPuppy atan Austra-lian Shep-herd dogshow held in Prescott, Arizona. Note theproud owner!

We had a warm time of fun and fellowshiptogether. We met some wonderful folksand were reminded that our country isfilled with good people that don't oftenmake the morning news!

I plan another trip next year ... And hopeto have time to visit with some newslettersubscribers. Perhaps take a side trip to-gether to some dusty old reading room!

Friday morning we left Linn and headed forJoplin, where I spent the afternoon in the This pic-

Gary and Naomi JAM/SON McCONAGHY

Scott and Harriett HOLT S77ERS


Gary Anson McConaghy by Naomi McConaghy

Gary is a sixth great grandson of Jo/7n and Elizabeth RANDOLHOPKINS (Gary, Anson MCCONAGHY, Lucy ST/ERS, HarriettHOL T, Thomas HOL T, Jane HOPK/NS, George HOPK/NS, HenryHOPKINS, John and Elizabeth RANDOL HopKii7s1

GARY ANSON MCCONAGHY was born 25 Dec 1940, in Wins-low, Navajo County, Arizona. He was aised primarily in Califor-

nia, mostly in and aroundthe Modesto area. Hegraduated from ModestoHigh School in 1959, andsoon after joined the USNavy in July, 1959. Heserved until 1978, when heretired as a Senior Chief HullTechnician. He specializedin welding. After retiring, heworked for Gallo Winery foralmost 18 years then retiredfrom there. He enjoyedteaching advanced welding

at Modesto Junior College. He holds a lifetime CaliforniaTeaching Credential. He enjoys people, hunting, fishing, horse-back riding and being outdoors.

He married Naomi P. JAMISON on September 26, 1959 inReno, Washoe County , Nevada. They are the parents of 6children: Evelyn Marie, b. 1960; Pamela Alene, b. 1963;Roberta Anne, b 1964, d. 1990; Gary Anson Jr., b. 1967;Sharon Leah, b. 1968; and Rebecca Jane, b. 1973.

Gary and his family have lived all over the United States, includ-ing: Texas; Virginia; Maine; Florida; San Diego, California; .

Washington State; and back to Modesto, California, after retir-ing from the US Navy. When he retired from Gallo they movedto 10 acres in the country in Utah where he has his horses andweld shop. Working when he chooses and traveling when hiswife can talk him into it. He prefers to tinker in his shop, workin his garden and ride his horse. He and his wife, Naomi have17 grandchildren.

GARY'S FAMILY TREE

HARRIET ELIZABETH HOLT (Hattie) was born 5 April 1852 inDresden, Muskingum County, Ohio. She was raised in Iowaand Illinois and married Scott STIERS (STIERS), December 23,1870, in Carl Junction, Jasper County, Missouri. She died Jan.27, 1915, in Joplin, Missouri and is buried next to her husbandin the Joplin Cemetery.

OB1TURARY

Mrs. Hattie E. ST/ERS, aged 6.2 years, died at the home of herdaughter, Mrs. Lucy MCCONAGHY, of Joplin, Wednesday/770n7/17g January 27th, 19/ 5 Her death? was due to a com-plication of diseases, super induced by asthma of long dura-tion. At the time of the demise of her husband Scott ST1E/?S,in October, she was too to attend the funeral. Since thenher condition gradually grew worse and for sometime herdemise was hourly expected Mrs. ST/ERS is survived by fourdaughters and three sons - all grown. Also, three brothersand two sisters. She has resided in this community since herearly childhood Funeral services were held in the MethodistChurch of this city this afternoon, conducted by the pastor,Rev. J.W. MOORE. /ntem7ent in the city cemetery

SCOTT STIERS was born October 16, 1836, in GuernseyCounty, Ohio and died October 17, 1914, in Nevada,

VernonCounty, Mis-souri, USA. Hewas the son ofJohn STIERS, Jr.and RachelKLINE. Grand-son of JohnSTIERS, Sr. ofBedfordCounty, Penn-sylvania andMary

(Catherine?) KNIGHT SHROUD of New Jersey.

SCOTT AND HATTIE STIERS were the parents of 9 children:Lucy Jane - born 28 Jan. 1872, Lehi (Smithfield)*, JasperCounty, Missouri. Married 30 Aug 1901, to AlexanderMCCONAGHY - Morelton, Conway County, Arkansas. Died 3Mar 1955, in Williams, Coconino County, Arizona and wasburied 6 Mar 1955, in Winslow, Navajo County, Arizona.She died from food poisoning on a train trip from Californiato her home in Arizona. They were the parents of 5 chil-dren: James Scott, Hattie Jane, Lucy Esther, Matilda Ireneand Anson Alexander.Vinnie (Vena) Reams - born 30 Jan 1874, Lehi, JasperCounty, Missouri. She married Alexander Stephens RICH-ARDS 1, 25 Apr 1900. She died 29 Nov 1945. They were theparents of 4 children: Lola, Charles Frederick, Rosina and

* Lehi /Smithfield) is a part of Car/ Junction. At the time the Stiersand Holts lived there it was the name of their closets post office.

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Lucy Jane Stiers and Alex McConaghy


Gary Anson McConaghy (cont'd)(Continued from page 6)

Alexander Stephens II.David Charles - born 14 Apr 1876, Lehi,Missouri and died 11 Nov 1876.Esther Amy - born 12 Apr 1878, Lehi,Missouri. Esther married Albert EdwardALLEN, August 28 1899, Smithfield, Jas-per County, Missouri. She died Oct 5,1923. They had two children: WalterScott Allbert Ellijah.Lola Lee - born 9 Dec 1880, in Lehi,Missouri. She married Milton MILLER.George Frederic - born 9 Dec 1882,Lehi, Missouri. He married LenoraKOONS. They had one son - Harold.Then he married Anna Emily WHEELERand they had 11(8 who lived to adult-hood) children: Karl Orrel, Rebecca,Estella, Kenneth Wheeler, Aurl V.,Evan, Erstel V., James Richard, Geraldine (Genie), Helen and Donald Roger.George died Nov. 8, 1948, in Los Ange-les County, California.John Thomas - born 29 Aug 1885, Lehi,Missouri. He married VivaSMITH and he died 16 Jul 1955. Theyhad two sons: Ray Thomas and WilliamWestley.Anson James - born 20 Oct. 1888, Lehi,Missouri. He married Myrtle Flora HOW-ARD and died 30 June 1958. They had 3daughters: Cleta Mae, Vera L. and Mar-garet A.Ezra Scott - born 29 Feb 1891 or 92, Lehi,Missouri and died 15 May 1892.

LUCY JANE STIERS AND ALEXANDERMCCONAGHY had the following chil-dren:James Scott McConaghy - born 28 Oct1902, Morelton, Conway, Arkansas anddied 12 April 1963, Kansas City, Kansas.He married Eunice Alfreda BURMAN Aug1927, and they had 4 children: JamesAlexander, John Alfred, Martha Joanneand Marie Joyce.Hattie Jane McConaghy - born 22 Jan

1904, Joplin, Jasper County, Missouriand died of old age on 30 Jan 2004, inGig Harbor, Pierce County, Washington.She was just over 100 years old. She isburied in Gig Harbor. She married Tho-mas Conley WOOD, 6 Dec 1935, inGallup, McKinley County, New Mexico.They had one daughter, Esther Jane,

who still lives in Gig Harbor, Washington.Lucy Esther McConaghy - born 16 Apr1907, in Joplin, Jasper County, Missouriand died 20 Jun 1993, in Avondale,Phoenix, Arizona of Alzheimers. She isburied in Winslow, Arizona. She marriedFredrick Corthel MOREY, 11 Jun 1930, inFlagstaff, Coconino County, Arizona andthey are the parents of 4 children: Mar-garet Lucy, Georgia Irene, Fredrick Alex-ander and Lloyd James Morey. Theydivorced and she married Robert W.HARTMAN,Matilda Irene McConaghy - born 17 Feb1910, Sapulpa, Creek, Oklahomaand died of Alzheimers 30 Mar 1998, inPortland, Oregon. She married WilliamWarren WAY,13 Nov 1935, Winslow,Arizona. He died in 1976. She marriedBruce R. BATES, 12 Dec 1987, in Scap-poose, Columbia County, Oregon.There were no children.Anson Alexander McConaghy - born 11Jun 1915, Joplin, Jasper County, Missouriand he died of colon cancer on 26 Aug2001, in Venice, Sevier

County, Utah at the home of his son,Gary. He is buried in the Venice, UtahCemetery.

He was baptized in the MethodistChurch as an infant and was raised inthe Joplin, Missouri area until theymoved to Arizona. He would tell of help-ing his father run a service station severalmiles out from Leupp, AZ.

He worked for the railroad as a con-ductor, but primarily he was a truckdriver and mechanic for Ryder Trucks.He married Delta Alene JONES, 7 Nov1939, Holbrook, Navajo County, Ari-zona. They divorce in 1959, and heremarried five more times, each timethose marriages ending in his wife'sdeath due to varied causes, mostly heartand cancer problems.

ANSON ALEXANDER MCCONAGHYAND DELTA ALENE JONES had the fol-lowing children:Gary Anson McConaghy - born 25 Dec1940, in Winslow, Navajo County, Ari-zona. (Our subscriber and contributor toHOL T research .

Christeene Jane McConaghy - born 15Aug 1942, in Oakland, Alameda County,California. She died 5 Dec 1971, of com-plications following surgery in Page, Co-conino County, Arizona. She marriedGarrett Eugene COLLINS, 7 Mar 1961,Reno, Washoe County, Nevada and theywere the parents of four children.Thomas Frank McConaghy - born 5 May1944, in Needles, San BernardinoCounty, California.

Gary and Naomi can be reached byemail: [email protected]

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Birthdays and AnniversariesJul 1 1834Jul 1 1901Jul 2 1866Jul 2 1892Jul 4 1855Jul 4 1862Jul 5 1738Jul 5 1863Jul 6 1867Julio 1940Jul 7 1832Jul 7 1855Jul 9 1769Jul 9 1895Jul 10 1865Jul 11 1774Jul 12 1856Jul 12 1861Jul 12 1901Jul 13 1824Jul 15 1869Jul 16 1846Jul 16 1846Jul 16 1854Jul 16 1945Jul 17 1833Jul 17 1946Jul 20 1947Jul 211901Jul 21 1952Jul 24 1901Jul 24 1925Jul 27 1862Jul 28 1782Jul 29 1830Jul 29 1910Jul 30 1821Jul 30 1900Jul 31 1861Aug 1 1709Aug 1 1960Aug 2 1918Aug 3 1902Aug 3 1904Aug 3 1921

Aug 4 1860Aug 4 1896Aug 4 1919

Mercy HOPKINS (170)Louis William D. HOPKINS (103)George ANDREWS/Mary DABBS (138)Henry HOPKINS/Eliza STEVENS (112)William ROWE/Lydia DIDYMUS (149)William Walter HOPKINS (142)John HARRINGTON /Mary HOPKINS (266)David Lyon HOPKINS (141)Alfred SAUNDERS /Amy BLUNDEN (1371Charles REG ELE /Betty FULLAGER (64)David BONE (172)James DIDYMUS /Jane ROE (149)Henry MANSER (235)Laura D STUCKEY (109)Rosa Emma ROBINSON (139)Richard HOLT/Olive HOPKINS (230)Mercy Jane HOPKINS (148)James Thomas HOLT (143)Ola GANT (103)Hezekiah HAMMOND/Jane WALDEN (180)Florence Lane WITTEN (135)Charles ROBINSON /Eliza ROGERS (158)Charles ROBINSON /Ruth ALLBERRY (158)George HOPKINS/Elizabeth DILLON ( I 50)Jean Ann NESBITT (59)Mary Jane MCQUEEN (171)Douglas Cleveland HOPKINS (58)Stewart TWITE (57)Norris L. HOPKINS (103)Monty Duane PEACOCK (52)Marion Ressa NEEF (103)Keith Kerley FRANKENFIELD (79)John HEDGES/Catherine ROE (142)James MANSER (222)Joseph BONE (174)Peter STERN (94)Charles ROBINSON (183)Durwood E. WHEELER (104)Walter HOAD /Sarah BOXALL (143)John HOPKINS/Elizabeth RANDOL (295)Brian Philip GENT (44)Ruth E. GEER (86)Bertha Evelyn OWEN (102)Mildred GANT (100)Floyd HOLT & Bertha OWEN (83)Com/ete Eugenia HOPKINS (144)Charley Frank WILLIAMS (108)James M. SCANTLIN (85)

Aug 7 1894 Charles HOPKINS /Lucia CLEVELAND (110)

Aug 7 1898 Ada M.UNDERWOOD (106)Aug 7 1900 Sidney B. LONG (104)Aug 8 1877 Harriett ROWE (127)Aug 10 1833 William ROWE/Harriet KNIGHT (171)Aug 10 1860 Thomas LAMBERT/Mary ROBINSON (144)

Aug 10 1870 Anne ROWE (134)Aug 11 1945 Cleveland HOPKINS/Lillian MACKENZIE (59)

Aug 12 1901 Harold Edward MOSS (103)Aug 12 1923 James Richard STIERS (81)Aug 12 1956 Stanley HOLT/Fredith KRASSER (48)Aug 14 1873 Charly J. YARYAN (131)Aug 15 1851 H. J. ADAMS/Eliza HOLT (153)Aug 15 1948 Milford HOLT/Jane FOSTER (56)Aug 16 1939 Sheelah STERN (65)Aug 17 1832 Elizabeth Francis DILLON (172)Aug 17 1953 Patricia Ann LETTS (51)Aug 18 1811 Elizabeth WALDEN (193)Aug 18 1921 Glenys REES (83)Aug 18 1992 Loki Alexander HOPKINS (12)Aug 19 1869 Arthur HOAD/Ann SHEPPERD (135)Aug 20 1856 William ROWE (148)Aug 22 1852 Ellen GOSDEN (152)Aug 24 1907 Charles Frederick RICHARDS (97)Aug 26 1929 Donald Wallace COOPER (75)Aug 27 1846 Issac HOPKINS (158)Aug 27 1958 John Charles HOPKINS (46)Aug 28 1933 Jack COOPER (71)Aug 29 1885 John Thomas STIERS (119)Aug 31 1881 George Franklin KERLEY (123)Aug 31 1912 Kenneth Wheeler STIERS (92)Aug 31 1947 Jon Paul KOLB (57)Aug 31 1952 Ronda! DOWNING/Virginia HOLT (52)Sep 1 1881 Silas Milton SCANTLIN (123)Sep 1 1949 Wesley DAVIS/Wilma HOLT (55)Sep 1 1970 Orin NESBITT/Edna DEMING (34)Sep 2 1832 Edmond YEATES/Jane WALDEN ( 1 72)Sep 2 1918 Herbert LETTS/Ada UNDERWOOD (86)Sep 3 1832 George ROBINSON/Maria BROADBR1DGE 1 t 721

Sep 3 1869 John ANDREWS/Sarah Ann JUPP ( 135)Sep 3 1877 Luella May HOWARD (127)Sep 4 1777 Francis MASON/Hanah HOPKINS (227)Sep 4 1853 Charles HOPKINS (151)Sep 4 1870 Henry George KNIGHT (134)Sep 4 1879 Henry KERLEY/Eliza WILLIAMS ( 1 25)Sep 4 1917 Norman FRANKENFIELD/Ellen KERLEY (87)Sep 4 1946 Daniel WARD/Encic FRANKENFIELD (58)

Sep 4 1976 Billy BRIDGES/Kathryn WARD (28)

Sep 5 1921 William Westley STIERS (83)Sep 6 1856 Emma Jane WILLIAMS (148)Sep 6 1906 Guy Overton GANT (98)Sep 7 1858 Laura Marietta HOPKINS (146)

Sep 7 1962 Karen C. FREEMAN (42)Sep 8 1817 John HOPKINS (187)Sep 8 1910 Cleveland HOPKINS (94)Sep 9 1894 William GANT/Mary WILLIAMS (1 10)Sep 9 1988 Thomas HUPPERT/Lesley GENT ( 1 6)Sep 10 1884 James HOLT/Josie GRIMES (120)Sep 10 1901 Roy A. GNADT (103)Sep 11 1814 Sarah WHEELER (190)Sep 12 1967 Lawren Anne RICHARDS (37)Sep 13 1853 Edward HOPKINS/Emma BLUNDEN (151)

Sep 13 1868 Alfred William KNIGHT (136)Sep 13 1956 Richard John LETTS (48)Sep 15 1897 William Harold GANT (107)Sep 16 1863 Annie Caroline POPE (141)Sep 16 1868 Albert Henry POPE (136)Sep 17 1793 Thomas WALDEN /Mary MANSER (211)Sep 19 1880 John A. SANDS (124)Sep 20 1958 Susan Frances GENT (46)Sep 23 1864 Fanny ROWE (140)Sep 23 1865 Charles MOLT (139)Sep 23 1878 George T. YARYAN (126)Sep 24 1771 Francis BUDDALLiMary HOPKINS (233)

Sep 25 1847 Sarah L. HOLT (157)Sep 25 1870 Marten ADAMS (134)Sep 30 1770 John MANSER (234)Sep 30 1799 Henry NOTINGAM/Elizabeth

HOPKINS (205)

Robinson Census SheetsRUTH ROBINSON (Daughter of George Robinson and Maria Broadbridgej

BORN: 22nd Feb 1845 in Heyshott /Found entry in Family Bible) MARRIED : April-June 1870 to Richard Walter Riches in MaryleboneLIVED : Heyshott with parents - 1851 Census Kith Grove Stables, Hammersmith - 1871 Census

2 Euston Villa Stables, Uxbridge Rd, Hammersmith - 1881 Keith Grove, Ackerhouse Stables, Hammersmith - 1891Kidman, Hampstead Road, Watford - 1901 Census

CHILDREN : All children born in Hammersmith Richard Walter Riches born Jan-Mar 1871George Henry Riches born 1873Alfred Riches born 1878 Charles Frederick Riches born Apr-June 1874

INFORMATION: Ruth's brother Charles Robinson and his daughter Pollie Robinson visited Watford and sent postcards home . SonRichard W Riches born 1871 in Hammersmith was found in the 1901 census married with a family living at Stables at 32 Sutton Rd,Chiswick, occupation, Coachman. Wife was Nellie aged 32 with son Richard 5, and daughters Winifred 4 and Ruth 1.

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Editor's NoteIn between taking some trips, beingsick and having a great summer, Ihave managed to build a new websiteat: ihttp://users.c nspercl.tlet/liteskye.

I wish I had done it years ago! Ithought it would be a huge and mind-

bogglingtask. It actu-ally turnedout to bequite easy.And fun. Iwill probablybe revising it

for the rest of my life. I hope one dayto have the newsletter accessible viathe website. It would save time andmoney.

I would be happy to host links and orpages for any of you who would likesome of your research online. I hopeyou all will take a visit and see what Ihave done so far. I decided not topost all my research as so much seemsto get "lifted" and used in money-making schemes. I would rather shareit with those who are related andleave it at that.

I sure would like some submissionsfrom those of you that have not yetcontributed an autobiography or re-search. I always feel guilty when I fillthe issue with mostly what I am work-ing on! Though I hope you enjoy itanyway. Please consider sendingsomething along for the next issue.

This issue will be going out to quite afew new people. I gathered addresseseverywhere I went and hope to trackdown a couple of Holt and Hopkinsdescendants in Missouri.

BTW, did I mention in the last newslet-ter that Jan DABSON has almostpinned down our Henry HOLT as thechild of Richard and Olive HOPKINSHOLT? (See article below). We doneed a bit more documentation, but allis pointing in that direction. Whichmakes a double connection betweenthe lines ... All for now.

200-- . a.

Holt DiscoveryNew information is surfacing re-

garding the English roots of the HOLTFamily line. Jan DABSON went to theHampshire Record Office in Portsmouth,Hampshire, England. While there shelooked at Richard HOLT's will, husbandof Olive HOPKINS HOLT.

She unfortunately didn't manageto get all of it, but what she did find isthat he was a Blacksmith and he leftthe bulk of his estate to his son HENRY,also a Blacksmith. The will notes Rich-ard was of Shidfield, Droxford Parishand mentions some of his daughters.

The editor's reading of the Drox-ford Manor records notes an entry on6/8/1861 to John HOPKINS with thefollowing note, "Indenture dated 15April 1861 made between ThomasHOLT, Mary HOL T, George HOL T, JohnHolt, and Harriett HOLT of the one partand Harman ADAMS and Eliza AnnADAMS his wife (formerly Eliza AnnHOLT Spn) of the other part is involved,0.2.6 (tax amount?), I 15 July 1825,Harman Adams & us, M 1871." I don'tknow what it all means, but indicates aconnection with the Richard HOLT land,which earlier passed to Olive HOLT.

No christening records have beenlocated for Henry, who gave his age as50 in the 1850 Ohio Federal Census.This conflicts with the supposition thatOlive had him around 1790. By 1800,

10 she would have been 53 years old.

Robinson Census. Sheets submitted by Carol Twite

(Continued from page 8J

CHILDREN OF CHARLES ROBINSON, JR.

1851 Census Address: School House, HeyshottCharles Robinson

Head 29 yrs Heyshott

Farm LabourerRuth Robinson

Wife 27 yrs CockingWilliam Robinson

Son 3 yrs Heyshott1861 Census Address: Polecats, Heyshott, SussexCharles Robinson

Head 39 yrs Heyshott Woods

LabourerRuth Robinson

Wife 37 yrs Graffham

School MistressWilliam Robinson

Son 13 yrs Heyshott

ScholarThomas Robinson

Son 9 yrs Heyshott

ScholarAnn Robinson

Dau 5 yrs Heyshott

Scholar1871 Census Address: Heyshott, SussexCharles Robinson Head 49 yrs Heyshott Ag LabRuth Robinson Wife 47 yrs GraffhamThomas Robinson Son 19 yrs Heyshott GroomJohn Robinson Son 9 yrs Heyshott Scholar1881 Census Address: 2 Befladrum, Kiltarlity, Inverness, ScotlandThomas Robinson Sery Unm 29 yrs Hayshotts, Sussex CoachmanIWe know that Thomas married El/en and they are they were buried together in Heyshott in 1907.They lived in Warbleton, Sussex.)

1871 Census Address: Graffham, SussexMaria Betsey Un 43 yrs Graffham

School Mistress

Ann Robinson Sery 15 yrs Heyshott

General Servant1881 Census Address: 5 Elm Park, Lambeth, SurreyHenry R Martin Head 23 yrs Borough

Letter Carrier (C S Mess)

Annie Robinson Martin Wife 25 yrs HeyshottAlice Ruth Martin Day 1 yrs Lambeth1891 Census Address: 96, Hazelbridge Rd, Clapham, LondonHenry Richard Martin Head 32 yrs Borough

Head Postman

Annie Robinson MartinWife 35 yrs Heyshott, Sussex(Continued on page

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Young Emily, granddaughter of Donald

Blunden was knocked down by a car on

Friday night, 8 October, at 6.55 pm. She

and mom, Angie, were rushed to Adden-

brooks Hospital. Emily had many mor-

phine injections and 3 times into surgery,they were so concerned about infection.

Emily had the front half of her foot am-

putated. You can guess how devastated

the whole family is and the "rallying of

the troops" is just as a perfect family

should be. Poor Angie cracked up at the

hospital and just broke her heart The

three children are her and husband's life,their WORLD. Sadly you can cushion

them as much as you like — but it's

that one moment" and your world is

torn apart.

Emily had just won her gold for dancing.

From all reports, this little one will be

back to dancing in no time.


HOPKINSShaking the family

tree together

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Robinson Census Sheets (cont'd) Close Call(Continued from page 91

Alice Ruth Martin Dau 1 1 yrs Brixton, LondonNellie Agnes Martin Dau 4 yrs Briston, London1901 Census Address: Clapham, LondonHenry A Martin Head 43 yrs Borough, LondonAnnie Robinson Martin

Wife 45 yrs Heyshott

Alice R Martin

Dau 21 yrs BrixtonWalter Martin

Son 8 yrs ClaphamGeorge Martin

Son 6 yrs Clapham

1881 Census Address: Heyshott Green, SussexCharles Robinson inr Head 59 yrs HeyshottRuth Robinson Wife 57 yrs GraffhamJohn Robinson Son 19 yrs Heyshott1901 Census Address: 2, Helvetia Street Lewisham, KentJohn Robinson Head 38 yrs HeyshottAlice Robinson Wife 34 yrs Westminster, LondonGeorge Robinson Son 9 yrs Lewisham, KentWilliam Robinson Son 8 yrs Catford, KentRuth Robinson Dau 6 yrs Catford, KentFrederick Robinson Son 5 yrs Carford, KentEllen Robinson Dau 4 yrs Catford, KentAmy Robinson Dau 2 yrs Catford KentAlbert Robinson Son 2 mths Catford, Kent(Now that is one busy mother/I Seven children, nine and under/0

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