Joseph Hooper (1791 - 1857)

Born 13 Nov 1791 in Torpoint, Cornwall, England

Died Jul 1857 at age 65 in St. John, New Brunswick

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Biography

Joseph was born in 1791. He was the son of John Hooper and Elizabeth Little. Torpoint,Cornwall where Joseph was born is just across Plymouth Sound from Plymouth, Devon. Joseph settled in Devon, married and had at least one son, Edwin Hooper, born in Devonport. The Royal Navy's main training facility was located in Devonport Dockyard and son Edwin became a merchant Sea Captain, traveling between England and the port of St. John, New Brunswick. It seems likely that Joseph was just visiting his son in the colonies when he died in July 1857, rather than emigrating as two of his brother's ( John and Denzell ) had. (*) "d. At residence of his son Capt. E Hooper, Princess St. (St. John), Joseph Hooper of Plymouth, England, age 68." While the funeral was held in St. John, it then seems likely his body was shipped back to London for burial in Norwood Cemetery. This rural cemetery covering 40 acres in Lambeth was where his brother Dr. Robert Little Hooper was buried in 1851.

Sources

• England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975, Joseph Hooper, b. 13 Nov 1791, Bap 14 Dec 1791, Antony, Cornwall, parents John Hooper, Elizabeth Little
• Daniel F. Johnson's New Brunswick Newspaper Vital Statistics, July 18 1857, Saint John, New Brunswick Courier, (*)
• London, England, Church of England Deaths and Burials, 1813-2003, Joseph Hooper, b. abt. 1791, d. abt 1857, Burial 23 Sept 1857, Norwood Cemetery, Lambeth (London) England