John Hender HOOPER

1867 - 1945  (~ 78 years)

• Name	John Hender HOOPER
  Born	Sep Qtr 1867	Lezant, Cornwall, England
  Gender	Male
  Died	31 Jul 1945	Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia
  Person ID	I15390	Young Kent Ancestors
  Last Modified	7 Oct 2018

  
  

  Father	Arthur Foreman HOOPER,   b. Abt 1833, Devonport, Devon, England
  Mother	Catharine Rickard HOCKING,   c. 28 Sep 1834, Linkinhorne, Cornwall, England
  Married	16 Jul 1863	Linkinhorne, Cornwall, England   [1]
  Family ID	F4154	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Emily Mercy LAWRENCE,   b. 1875, Margate, Kent, England ,   d. 1950, North Sydney District, Australia  (Age 75 years)
  Married	Jun Qtr. 1900	Orsett District, Essex, England (vol. 4a, p. 843)
  Children	1. George Lawrence HOOPER,   b. 1901, Mucking, Essex, England ,   d. 1980  (Age 79 years)   2. Irene May HOOPER,   b. 1904, Mucking, Essex, England   3. Winifred Gladys HOOPER,   b. 1907, Mucking, Essex, England   4. Alfred Henry HOOPER,   b. 1911, Chadwell, St. Mary, Essex, England
  Last Modified	20 Mar 2022
  Family ID	F4674	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Family emigrated to Australia in 1913 DEATH HOOPER.-31st July, 1945, at a private hos pital, John Hender, beloved husband of Emily Mercy Hooper, of 78 Marlborough Road, Willoughby, 'loving father of George, Irene; Winnie, Alf and Vie, father-in-law of Naomi (Pat) and Irene. and grand. father of John. Aged 78 years. [Source: The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate (Parramatta, NSW : 1888 - 1950) View title info Wed 1 Aug 1945 Page 12 Family Notices http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/106133330?searchTerm=%22emily%20mercy%20hooper%22&searchLimits=] Possible 1901 Name John Hy Ander? Hooper Event Type Census Event Date 31 Mar 1901 Event Place Mucking, Essex, England County Essex Civil Parish Mucking Ecclesiastical Parish Mucking St John The Baptist Sub-District Orsett Registration District Orsett Residence Note Tilbury Road Gender Male Age 33 Occupation ENGINE DRIVER & STOKER STATIONARY CEMENT WORKS Relationship to Head of Household Head Birth Year (Estimated) 1868 Birthplace Lezant, Cornwall Schedule Type 85 Page Number 16 Household Role Sex Age Birthplace John Hy Ander? Hooper Head M 33 Lezant, Cornwall Emily M Hooper Wife F 26 Margate, Kent George L Hooper Son M 0 Mucking, Essex Reginald S Collis Nurse Child M 3 London Citing this Record "England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X9J3-T8Z : 8 April 2016), John Hy Ander? Hooper, Mucking, Essex, England; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing Orsett subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1911 Name John Hender Hooper Event Type Census Event Date 1911 Event Place Chadwell St Mary, Mary, Essex, England County Essex Parish Chadwell St Mary Sub-District Orsett Registration District Orsett Gender Male Age 43 Marital Status (Original) MARRIED Occupation LABOURER LOCS DEPT RAILWAY CO Birth Year (Estimated) 1868 Birthplace Sezant, Cornwall Relationship to Head of Household Head Line 1 Page 1 Household Role Sex Age Birthplace John Hender Hooper Head M 43 Sezant, Cornwall Emily Mercy Hooper Wife F 37 Margaret, Kent George Lawrence Hooper Son M 10 Mucking, Essex Irene May Hooper Daughter F 7 Mucking, Essex Winifred Gladys Hooper Dad F 4 Mucking, Essex Alfred Henry Hooper Son M 0 Chadwell St Mary, Essex Citing this Record "England and Wales Census, 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XWF1-787 : 2 August 2017), John Hender Hooper, Chadwell St Mary, Mary, Essex, England; from "1911 England and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 14, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.stcatherinesthurrock.org.uk/October%20Pewtalk.pdf (This links to October, 2017 but the following excerpt is from the cached copy of October, 2016.) Tales of the reach of the Internet Page 7 Like all new inventions and uses of technology the internet has both good and bad effects on our lives. It has become a vehicle for the publication of material that many of us would rather was not so readily available and made a ready communication system for criminals and terrorists. However it also has brought people together in a way that would have been hard to imagine when first devised. Here are some examples, with the first from Marian Kuyper. As many of you know I am married to a computer whizz kid but unfortunately for me I was for most of our married life a total techno phobe. I can remember a conversation some years ago when Bob asked me in sheer frustration when I would become interested in computers to which I replied “When I can type in my shopping list and the shopping gets delivered to the door”, I never in my wildest dreams thought this would happen but it has and I am delighted. Another delight for me is email, so instant and so easy, no buying stamps no trips to the post box, no rushing to catch the last post and knowing it would take at least a day to reach the intended person. The internet is indeed a wonderful invention.You can imagine my delight when out of the blue a few weeks ago I received the following email from a total stranger in Australia. “I notice from your church's website that you are the Church Secretary of Linford Methodist Church and I've taken the liberty of emailing you to see if you or anyone there can shed any light or background on my grandfather, John Hender Hooper. My name is Wes Hooper and I live about 100 kms north of Sydney in Australia.I have in my possession a copy of the Grays Circuit Plan of Public Religious Services from 1906, showing my grandfather listed as a Chapel Steward at your Linford church. I was pleasantly surprised to read on the church history summary on the website that he was also Sunday School Superintendent at the time of building your church (laying one of the memorial stones) and, from a Sunday School bookprize of one of his daughters (ie, one of my aunts), he was also (or still) Superintendent in 1907. The family emigrated to Australia in 1913. Page 8 I am also curious that the minister from 1929 - 1932 was a Rev E H Lawrence - I am wondering whether he was a relative of John Hender Hooper’s wife (Emily Mercy Lawrence before her marriage), althoughI've not been able to find him or any link between them on Ancestry.com. Perhaps you may know or be able to readily find out his Christian names.I realise that this is a VERY long time ago but I am wondering if there is any readily accessible information that you may be aware of that gives any further background on any of this. By the way, I am Church Secretary of our local (in Australia) Baptist church, having also been Church Treasurer and also been on our church's Eldership for a 6 year term. Also, the aunt that I mentioned above became a senior Salvation Army Officer in Australia, from the1930s till her retirement in the 1960s, so obviously the Sunday School lessons at your church stayed with her and impacted the rest of the family over the years! Kind regards Wes Hooper ”It is marvellous to see that seeds of faith that were sown in the small village of Linford all those years ago travelled the world and survive to this day. Marian ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.stcatherinesthurrock.org.uk/November%20Pewtalk.pdf Some of you may remember last month the news of our new friend in Australia, Wes Hooper. I took the liberty of sending him the link for the St. Catherine website so he could read Pewtalk. Pleased to report back that he did and he was very pleased to see that St. Catherine’s support the Samaritans Purse as well. His Church has just sent off 395 boxes their best effort ever. Although it was some 14 years ago Bob and I were in Australia we were surprised on our travels that, even if the town we were driving through only had a handful of properties, every town had a police station and at least one large thriving Church

  
  

• Sources

  [S118] Parish Register, Church of England, (Not published), Linkinhorne, Cornwall, England, FHL Film #1595782, p. 141., 16 Jul 1863. 1863 Marriage solemnized at the parish Church in the Parish of Church [error by clergy, should have read Linkinhorne], in the County of Cornwall No. 282 When Married 16 July 1863 Groom: Arthur Foreman Hooper, 29, bachelor, labourer, residing at Trefrize Mill, father Arthur Foreman Hooper, sailor Bride: Catherine Rickard Hocking, 29, spinster, no occupation, residing at Trefrize Mill, father James Hocking, labourer Married in the Parish Church according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Established Church after Banns by me E. Marshall Kempe, Vicar. This Marriage was solemnized between us, Arthur Foreman Hooper [signature], the sign of Catherine Rickard Hocking in the presence of us, William Olver, William Rowell [both of these men are likely church wardens or other officials in the church as they have signed on other marriages as witnesses] Original online at https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-67QY-WF?i=1570&cc=1769414&cat=47249, image 1571.