Robert Little Hooper Esq (1796 - 1851)

Born 2 Jan 1796 in Torpoint, Antony, Cornwall, England

Husband of Elizabeth (Richardson) Hooper — married 6 Oct 1827 in Westminster, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom

Descendants

Died 8 Nov 1851 at age 55 in London, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

Robert Little Hooper was the son of John Hooper and Elizabeth Little. He moved from Cornwall to London, England and became a physician (surgeon) there. In 1827 he married Eliza Richardson Stevens and they had four children (Robert Richardson Hooper, Aelaide Charlotte Hooper, Eliza Hooper, John Henry Hooper). Eliza was a spinster in their marriage record therefore her likely surname was Stevens. Robert died from a tragic accident as reported in a New Brunswick newspaper in 1851:" d. London, 8th inst., Robert L. Hooper, Esq. M.D. of 5 High St., Newington Butts, brother of John Hooper of (St. John) city, N.B. He was thrown from his carriage 5th Nov. and died from the injuries he then received."

Sources

• England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975, Robert Little Hooper, birth 2 Jan 1796, Baptism 21 Mar 1797, Antony, Cornwall, parents, John Hooper, Elizabeth Little
• London, England, Church of England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1932, Robert Little Hooper, Eliza Richardson Stevens, 6 Oct 1827, St George, Hanover Square, Westminster, England (one of the witnesses was Thomas W. Hooper, meaning Dr. Thomas Watkins Hooper, a brother of Robert and John Hooper who emigrated to Canada)
• London, England, City Directories, 1736-1943, Robert Little Hooper, 1845, 6 London Road, Southwark, London, Surgeon
• 1851 England Census, Newington, Surrey, Robert L. Hooper 55, Eliza Hooper 48, wife, Eliza Hooper 18, dau, John H. Hooper 16, son, Alfred Gabriel 23, medical pupil, Margaret Norton 40, servant, Eliza Warren 25, servant, Edwin Slade 22, servant
• Daniel F. Johnson's New Brunswick Newspaper Vital Statistics, Dec 20 1851, Saint John, New Brunswick Courier
• London, England, Church of England Deaths and Burials, 1813-2003, Robert Little Hooper, age 55, burial 12 Nov 1851, Norwood Cemetery, Lambeth, England
• Publications

Medical Directories, London, England 1845

Hooper, Robert Little, 6, London-road, Southwark-- General Practitioner; Qualification M.R.C.S.E. April 26, 1826; L.A.C. Jan 19, 1823, Assistant Surgeon to the Queen's Prison; District Surgeon to the parish of St. George the Martyr Southwark; Surgeon to the National Guardian Institution, Bedford-row, and to the Yorkshire School, Westminster-road; Fell. London Med. Soc., and one of the Council of the British Association, Exeter Hall.