Hooper, Mary Jane

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

238 RIDYARD Mary Caroline

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

Death Details
1865/1027, Mary Jane Hooper, Aged: NR

Hutt Valley Cemetery Record Mary Jane Hooper, Date: 12 Oct 1865, Christ Church Anglican, Taita, Monumental Inscriptions, Reference: 12
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Burial Records Mary Jane Hooper, Date: 12 Oct 1865, St James Anglican, Lower Hutt

Could not see a Death or Funeral Notice

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