Hooper, John

Christ Church''s Web Site
9 HOOPER Caroline Wadman
9 HOOPER Henry Richard
9 HOOPER John
9 HOOPER Mary Jane
9 HOOPER William Wadman

238 HOOPER George
238 HOOPER George Ian
238 HOOPER Eliza Jane

Listed under Taita
NZPO 1880 - 81 Hooper J. farmer

NZPO 1890 - 91 Hooper J. & George, farmers

NZSG mircofiche has date of death from headstone as 25 Dec 1893

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~blebleysgen/hooper_george_desc/pafg06.htm
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19. John HOOPER was born on 23 Jul 1805 in Horsington, Somersetshire, England. He was christened on 23 Mar 1806 in Horsington, Somerset, England. He died on 25 Dec 1892 in Taita, Lower Hutt, New Zealand. He was buried on 28 Dec 1892 in Christ Ch''yard, Taita, Lower Hutt, New Zealand.

[Notes]
John married Jane Ann THOMAS on 15 Oct 1825 in Horsington, Somerset, England. Jane was born about 1807 in Somersetshire, England. She died about 1838.

[Notes]
They had the following children:

27 F i Sarah HOOPER was born about 1826 in Horsington, Somerset, England. She was christened on 27 May 1827. She died on 14 Jul 1841 in "Arab" on way to New Zealand. She was buried in At sea. [Notes]
28 M ii Robert HOOPER was born on 15 Jul 1829 in Horsington, Somerset, England. He was christened on 05 Jul 1829. He died 2 on 09 Sep 1832 in England. [Notes]
+ 29 F iii Eliza HOOPER
+ 30 F iv Caroline HOOPER
+ 31 M v Robert (Bob) HOOPER

John married Caroline WADMAN daughter of William WADMAN and Elizabeth SHEPHARD on 12 Mar 1839 in Wincanton, Dorset, Somerset, England. Caroline was born on 10 Sep 1815 in Horsington, Somerset, England. She was christened on 10 Dec 1815 in Horsington, Somerset, England. She died on 16 Jun 1903 in Sanson, New Zealand. She was buried 4 on 19 Jun 1903.

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They had the following children:

+ 32 M vi William Wadman HOOPER
33 F vii Elizabeth HOOPER was born on 09 Jul 1841 in "Arab" on way to New Zealand. She died on 16 Jul 1841 in "Arab" on way to New Zealand.
34 F viii Mary Jane HOOPER was born on 29 Nov 1843 in New Zealand. She died on 12 Oct 1865 in Taita, Lower Hutt, New Zealand. She was buried in Christ Ch''yard, Taita, Lower Hutt, New Zealand. [Notes]
35 F ix Emma HOOPER was born on 08 Apr 1844 in New Zealand. She died on 04 Sep 1932 in Taita, Lower Hutt, New Zealand. [Notes]
Emma married John EATON about 1865 in Taranaki, New Zealand. John was born about 1840 in Taranaki, New Zealand.
+ 36 F x Selina Ann (Annie) HOOPER
+ 37 F xi Elizabeth Wadman HOOPER
38 M xii Samuel HOOPER was born in Jan 1850 in New Zealand. He died in Jan 1850 in New Zealand.
39 F xiii Ellen HOOPER was born on 17 Oct 1850 in Taita, Lower Hutt, New Zealand. She was christened 1 on 10 Nov 1850 in St James'' Church, Lower Hutt, New Zealand.
Ellen married 1 Benjamin RAYNER on 11 Aug 1869 in Taita, Lower Hutt, New Zealand.
40 F xiv Harriet HOOPER was born on 27 Dec 1852 in New Zealand. She died on 12 Nov 1854 in New Zealand.
41 F xv Mary HOOPER was born on 07 Dec 1855 in New Zealand. She died on 30 Nov 1922 in New Zealand.
Mary married Joseph WALL.
+ 42 M xvi George HOOPER
43 M xvii Henry Richard HOOPER was born about 1859 in New Zealand. He died on 11 Oct 1871 in New Zealand.
- Note plus before the name means they had children

Also found from Beverley

HOOPER family:
John Hooper was born/christened on 23 July 1805. In 1825 he married Jane Ann THOMAS and together they had five children, the second child dying at the age of three. Jane died June Quarter 1838 and on 12 March 1839 John married Caroline WADMAN (b Sept 10th 1815). They had one child, William Wadman Hooper, before leaving on the "Arab" for New Zealand. John and Caroline settled at Te Marua where they raised their family - in total 17 children. John died on December 25th 1892 in Taita and Caroline died 11 years later on June 16th 1903 in Sanson. Both John and Caroline are buried in the famous Churchyard at Christ Church, Taita.
Of these 17 children I know the following:-
Sarah b abt 1826, died at sea 14 Jul 1841
Robert b 15 Jul 1829, died 08 Sep 1832
Eliza b 10 Jun 1832, married George WHITEMAN from Whiteman''s Valley. Eliza is reputed to have lived a ''colourful'' life, leaving George, living sometime in Wanganui, then Ashburton where she died 16 Sep 1912.
Caroline b/c 07 Dec 1834, married Charles ASHTON, stayed in Hutt area
Robert (Bob) b 06 Feb 1837, married Emily Rebecca Louisa FELLINGHAM. Emily died 1913 and Robert 1926.

(Ed: John and Caroline''s children)

William b 29 Dec 1839, married Susannah HIRST - the Hirsts were ''neighbours''
Elizabeth born and died at sea 1841
Mary Jane b 29 Nov 1843, d 12 Oct 1965 in Taita
Emma b 08 Apr 1844, married John EATON
Selina Ann (Annie) b 17 May 1847, married John William HIRST
Elizabeth Wadman b 28 Jan 1849, married George Henry HIRST
Samuel b & d Jan 1850
Ellen b 17 Oct 1850, married Benjamin RAYNER
Harriet b 1852, d 1854
Mary b 07 Dec 1855, married Joseph WALL
George b 28 Apr 1857, married Eliza Jane KING
Henry Richard b abt 1859, d 11 Oct 1871.
Beverly''s main interest is in Robert (Bob) as he was her Great Gandfather. Beverley has quite a lot of information in addition to the above. If you have a connection with this family or would like to know more please contact Beverley
email blebleysgen&yahoo.co.nz
- http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ourstuff/Arab.htm accessed 1 Jan 2012

Free BMD Records show Date Marriage Registered March 1839, District: Wincanton, Names: John Hooper and Caroline Wadman, Volume: 10, Page: 771
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The district Wincanton spans the boundaries of the counties of Dorset and Somerset

The Arab sailed from England 5 June 1841 arrived Port Nicholson 16 October 1841
Names as on passenger list
Hooper John, Aged: 37, Labourer
Hooper Caroline, Aged: 26, John''s second wife
Hooper Sarah, Aged: 14, Died at sea
Hooper Elisa (sic), Aged: 8
Hooper Caroline, Aged: 6
Hooper Robert, Aged: 4
Hooper William, Aged: 9 mths
Hooper Elizabeth, Born and Died at Sea

Death Details
1892/4844, John Hooper, Aged: 88Y - Date of Death 25/12/1892 from Death Registration

Hutt Valley Cemetery Record John Hooper, Date: 25 Dec 1893 (sic), Christ Church Anglican, Taita, Monumental Inscriptions, Reference: 12
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Burial Record Date: 25 Dec 1892

Evening Post 27 December 1892
Hooper - On the 25th December, 1892, at the Taita, after a long and painful illness, John Hooper, aged 88 years
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Funeral Notice
The Friends of the late Mr. John Hooper are respectfully invited to attend his Funeral, which will leave his late residence, Taita, on Wednesday, 28th December, at 2.30 p.m.
Collett Bros.,
Undertakers, Hutt and Petone

Evening Post 29 December 1892
The funeral of the late Mr. John Hooper took place at the Taita yesterday and was attended by a very large assemblage of old settlers and more recent neighbours. Mr. Hooper was in many respects a remarkable man, and despite want of education and a certain roughness of manner, he possessed many high and noble qualities. He was held in the greatest respect by all who knew him, and stories illustrative of his high sense of honour and kindness of heart were freely recounted yesterday by the old friends who stood around his grave to pay their last tribute of respect to him. Mr. Hooper was 88 years of age when he died. He was first married in England at the age of 19 years, but when he arrived in Port Nicholson by the Arab, in 1841, he was accompanied by his second wife, who now survives him after some 53 years of wedded life. Mr. Hooper was noted as one of the strongest and lustiest men in the infant settlement, and although weighing nearly 17 stone he was extremely active and industrious. Many stories are told of his physical prowess. He settled at the Hutt soon after arrival, and of course went through the troublous times of the early days of Wellington. His industry and perseverance were, however, amply rewarded, and in his later days he enjoyed a competence. He is survived by five daughters and two sons, who reside in different parts of the colony, and his descendants of the third and fourth generations actually number upwards of 160. Mr. Hooper was in every sense a good colonist, and his death is sincerely regretted by all who knew him.

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Death Details
1903/249, Caroline Hooper, Aged: 87Y - Date of Death 16/6/1903 from Death Registration

Hutt Valley Cemetery Record Caroline Wadman Hooper, Date: 16 Jun 1903, Christ Church Anglican, Taita, Monumental Inscriptions, Reference: 12

Evening Post 18 June 1903
Funeral Notice
The Friends of the late Caroline Hooper are respectfully invited to attend her Funeral, which will leave the residence of her son, George Hooper, of the Taita, for the Church of England Churchyard, Taita, To-morrow (Friday), 19th June, 1903, at 2 p.m.
G. McIlvride and Son,
Undertakers, Lower Hutt and Petone

Feilding Star 18 June 1903
Mrs Hooper, a very old resident of Sandon, died on Tuesday in her eighy-eighth year.

Fielding Star 20 June 1903
Mrs Caroline Wadman Hooper, who died the other day at Sandon, came to tbe colony in 1840, in the ship Arab, with some 350 other emigrants. With her husband she at once settled in the Taita, where she lived until ten years ago. The old lady had a vivid recollection of all the native troubles. And often with her children did she seek the shelter of the stockades from armed bands of Maori marauders. It is worthy of notice that Mrs Hooper leaves behind her six children, seventy nine grandchildren, and one hundred and ten great grandchildren.

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Christ Church Cemetery Headstone Reads
In affectionate Remembrance
OF MY PARENTS
JOHN HOOPER, DIED DEC. 25. 1893. (SIC) AGED 88.
CAROLINE WADMAN HOOPER. DIED JUNE 16. 1903.
ALSO THEIR CHILDREN
MARY JANE. DIED OCT. 12 1865. AGED 22
WILLIAM WADMAN. DIED MAY. 26. 1869 AGED 29.
HENRY RICHARD. DIED OCT. 11. 1871. AGED 11.
COMMANDMENT V PSALM 23
ERECTED BY THEIR SON GEORGE


Christ Church Cemetery Plaque Reads
IN MEMORY OF JOHN HOOPER (1805 - 1892)
WHO WAS AN EARLY PARISHIONER AND
SUPPORTER OF CHRIST CHURCH.
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PLANTED IN 2004 BY HIS DESCENDANTS,
THE RENOUF FAMILY.