Joel Richards HOOPER

  General Notes:

Marriages Jun 1840 St Thomas 10 371
DRAKE Elizabeth
HOOPER Joel

Deaths Mar 1885
Hooper Joel Richards 72 St. Thomas 5b 42

Burial index cards of Topsham cemetery (on Exeter City Council web site http://pub.exeter.gov.uk/asp/bereavement/ ) - page 109 of the "H" cards
HOOPER, Joel R, 72, Topsham, div 352, internment 1558, buried 29/3/1885, 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
...

1841 census
HO107/265/23 F19 P32
Lower Passage Lane, Topsham
Joel Hooper, 25, Carpenter
Elizabeth do, 20,
Eliza do, 3 months

Topsham Churchwardens census of 1841
Hooper Joseph 27 Carpenter
Hooper Elizabeth 23
Address Passage
Children - 1 - Eliza 10m
Parish Topsham
Note - Eliza 10 months 1842

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
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Joel R Hooper, Head, Mar, 36, Carpenter, Devonshire Topsham
Elizabeth do, Wife, Mar, 33, Dorsetshire Bridport
Henry do, Son, , 5, , Devonshire Topsham

1861 census
RG9/1386 F86 P8
Fore Street, Topsham, Devon
Joel R Hooper, Head, Mar, 49, Carpenter, Devon Topsham
Elizabeth do, Wife, Mar, 43, , Devon Bridporrt
Henry Drake, Father in Law, Widr, 83, Ships Carpenter, Devon Bow

1871 census
RG10/2051 F83 P7
Fore Street, Topsham
Joel R Hooper, Head, Mar, 57, Carpenter, Topsham Devon
Elizabeth do, Wife, Mar, 49, Carpenters Wife, Topsham Devon
Arthur F Sowden, Boarder, , 4m, , Exeter Devon

1881 census
Joel HOOPER Head M Male 68 Topsham, Devon, England Carpenter
Elizabeth HOOPER Wife M Female 60 Bristol No Occupation
Source Information:
Dwelling Hoopers Court
Census PlaceTopsham, Devon, England
Public Records Office Reference RG11
Piece / Folio 2142 / 81
Page Number 16

Joel was a witness, along with his future wife, at the marriage of Elizabeth's brother Henry
Topsham Marriage as provided by Topsham Museum
Henry Drake, mariner, & Sarah Pym (Witnesses: Joel Hooper, mark of Elizabeth Drake) 17 Jun 1837
- Joel Hooper later married Elizabeth Drake. Elizabeth is Henry's sister

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JOEL RICHARDS HOOPER
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Event(s):
Birth:
Christening: 27 JUN 1813 Topsham, Devon, England

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Parents:
Father: WILLIAM HOOPER Family
Mother: ANNE


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JOEL HOOPER
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Marriages:
Spouse: ELIZABETH DRAKE Family
Marriage: 15 JUN 1840 Topsham, Devon, England



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M051731 1837 - 1875 0917543 Film NONE

Transcription of Topsham Baptisms has
546 Joel Richards Hooper, son of William & Anne, carpenter 27 Jun 1813 B

Joel married Elizabeth DRAKE, daughter of Henry DRAKE and Charlotte LOCK, on 15 Jun 1840 in Topsham, Devon, England. (Elizabeth DRAKE was born circa 1818 in Bridport, Dorset, England, baptised on 8 Feb 1818 in Bridport, Dorset, England, died on 25 Apr 1891 in Topsham, Devon, England and was buried on 1 May 1891 in Topsham, Devon, England.)