Robert Hopkins and Elizabeth Evans

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Husband Robert Hopkins ¹

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           Born:  - Birmingham, England
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           Died:  - Allegheny City, Allegheny Co, PA
         Buried: 

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         Father: Robert Hopkins (      -      ) 1
         Mother: 

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       Marriage: 

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Wife Elizabeth Evans ²

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           Born:  - Kidderminster, England
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         Father: Thomas Evans (      -      ) 2
         Mother: 

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Children

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1 M Charles W. Hopkins ³

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           Born: 10 Nov 1856 - Worcester, Worcestershire, England 2
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         Spouse: Elizabeth Stoker (      -1893) 4
           Marr: 1880 5

         Spouse: Emelia Ashbaugh (      -      ) 5
           Marr: 15 Nov 1894 5

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General Notes: Husband - Robert Hopkins

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It was on the Hopkins farm in Birmingham, England, where Robert Hopkins was born, that the material for the first Atlantic cable was manufactured. Robert Hopkins was a farmer in his native land and was also the proprietor of the Vaux Hall Inn, about one mile from Worcester on the Cemetery Road. Seized with a desire to visit the United States, he made all necessary arrangements and when his ship was about to sail sent a message to his family telling of his intended departure and containing directions as to the management of his business affairs while he should be away. One of his brothers, astonished at his unusual conduct, hastened to the wharf to deter him from taking his departure, but as he reached the dock the liner got under way. He managed to board the ship before it left the harbor, but could not persuade his brother to abandon the trip. Mr. Hopkins was most favorably impressed with life in the United States, despite the fact that he obtained his first view of it while the country was suffering and bleeding during the most terrible Civil War in history. He located in Sewickley, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, being placed in charge of the cemetery at that place. In 1865 his family disposed of his business interests in the home land and joined him at Sewickley, later moving to Alliance, Ohio, then to Canton, Ohio, and finally returning to Allegheny County. After leaving Sewickley, Mr. Hopkins followed farming as an occupation, his death occurring at the home of one of his daughters, who married Henry Miller, of Allegheny City (Pittsburgh, North Side).

He and his wife had nine children.

1 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 339.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 340.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 340, 930.

4 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 341, 930.

5 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 341.