Mary Matilda (Fanning) Bonter (1837 - aft. 1900)

Born 2 May 1837 in Sidney, Hastings, Upper Canada

Ancestors

Died after 1900 after age 62 in Little Rock, Arkansas, USA [uncertain]

Biography

Five of the siblings (Frederick, Mary Matilda, Margaret Jane, George W, Hannah Alzina) were all baptised in the Methodist Church on the same date -- 24 Feb 1854:

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According to W.F. Brooks in History of the Fanning Family (Vol.2, p.513), Mary Matilda married twice: 1) in 1856 to William Henry Bonter (issue: one son), and then after Bonter's death in 1863 she married 2) in 1869 to James Panton Hopkins of Dorset, England (issue: 1 daughter and 2 sons) and they moved to Little Rock, Arkansas.

Sources

• "Ontario, County Marriage Registers, 1858-1869," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2CB-HVJN : 17 March 2018), Mary Young in entry for James P Hopkins and Mary Bonter, 11 Jun 1869; citing Hastings, Ontario, Canada, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,030,058. 17:28, 3 February 2019 (UTC)

Name James P Hopkins

Event Type Marriage

Event Date 11 Jun 1869

Event Place Hastings, Ontario, Canada

Age 36

Birth Year (Estimated) 1833

Birthplace England

Father's Name Wm Hopkins

Mother's Name Elizth Panton

Spouse's Name Mary Bonter

Spouse's Age 32

Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated) 1837

Spouse's Birthplace Canada

Spouse's Father's Name Henry Fanning

Spouse's Mother's Name Mary Young