Henry HOOPER
- Born: Cir 1845, Topsham, Devon, England
- Died: 29 Jul 1863 aged about 18
- Buried: 2 Aug 1863, Topsham, Devon, England
 General Notes:
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
RG9/88 F87 P28
4 Henry Street, Marylebone, Middlesex
Emanuel Hooper, Head, Mar, 50, Baker, Devon Topsham
Mary, Wife, Mar, 55, , Herts
Henry, Nephew, , 15, , Devon Topsham
Maria Wicks, Serv, Un, 20, Serv, Middx
Thomas Stanley, Shopman, Un, 28, Shopman, Middx
Henry Bryant, Shopman, Un, 30, Shopman, Wilts
Burial index cards of Topsham cemetery (on Exeter City Council web site http://pub.exeter.gov.uk/asp/bereavement/ ) - page 108 of the "H" cards
HOOPER, Henry, 18, Topsham, div -, internment 404, buried 2/8/1863, 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
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