Individual Details

George Robert HOPKINS

(2 July 1917 - 1 November 1997)

When George was a baby, he suffer from Polio, from which he almost died. As a child he had to wear a leg iron. All his life he walked with a pronounced limp. Maybe this is why he was not christened for so long.

Events

Birth2 July 191766 Stanley Road, Stratford, Essex, England
Baptism5 September 1923St Aidens, Carpenters Road, Plaistow, Essex, England
Residence193966 Stanley Road, West Ham, Essex, England
Occupation1939Cooper & Vat Maker - West Ham, Essex, England
Marital Condition1939Single
Census (family)-shared1939(Charles William HOPKINS and Mary Ann KEENS) 66 Stanley Road, West Ham, Essex, England
Marriage22 August 1942Registry Office, West Ham, Essex, England - Mary Ann Elizabeth "Polly" ROMER
Death1 November 1997Newham General Hospital, Glen Road, Plaistow, Essex, England
OccupationCooper,

Families

SpouseMary Ann Elizabeth "Polly" ROMER (1911 - 1993)
ChildElsie Ivy HOPKINS
ChildRosemary HOPKINS
FatherCharles William HOPKINS (1864 - 1939)
MotherMary Ann KEENS (1884 - 1978)
SiblingCharles Joseph HOPKINS (1910 - 1940)
SiblingElizabeth Rose HOPKINS (1918 - 2000)
SiblingArthur HOPKINS (1920 - 1996)
SiblingElsie Ada HOPKINS (1923 - 1980)
SiblingDorothy HOPKINS ( - )
FatherCharles William HOPKINS (1864 - 1939)

Notes

Marriage

George Robert Hopkins is Charles Joseph Hopkins' brother. George promised his dying brother that he would look after his daughter, Joyce. To that end he married his bothers widow in August 1942, 2 years after Charles Joseph died.

Occupation

George Robert was a Cooper by trade. He was responsible, along with Albert Edward Way, for the installation of the vats at Buckstone Abbey in Devon. Both George and Alfred worked with Herbert William Keens in the 1930's at the Cooperage. George and Alfred finished their working lives as Coopers in the London Docks.

Endnotes

1. 1939 Register, UK & Wales, , RG101/1015F/016/12 Letter Code: CBAE, ; document images, The National Archives (http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ : accessed 22 September 2017).

2. 1939 Register, UK & Wales, , RG101/1015F/016/12 Letter Code: CBAE, ; document images, The National Archives (http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ : accessed 22 September 2017).

3. 1939 Register, UK & Wales, , RG101/1015F/016/12 Letter Code: CBAE, ; document images, The National Archives (http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ : accessed 22 September 2017).

4. 1939 Register, UK & Wales, , RG101/1015F/016/12 Letter Code: CBAE, ; document images, The National Archives (http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ : accessed 22 September 2017).

5. 1939 Register, UK & Wales, , RG101/1015F/016/12 Letter Code: CBAE, ; document images, The National Archives (http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ : accessed 22 September 2017).