Silas
Dildine
Hopkins
Born in Upper Canada
Ancestors 
Son of Ephraim Hopkins
and Martha Dildine
Brother of
Sally Margret (Hopkins) Simons, Mariah Jane (Hopkins) Phillips, Maria Jane Hopkins [half], Jemima Ann (Hopkins) Fitch, William Sweazey Hopkins, Hannah Loranah (Hopkins) Fitch, Joseph Alan Hopkins, John Wesley Hopkins [half], Eliza Catharine Hopkins [half], Mary Martha Hopkins [half], Hester Hopkins [half], Abner Griffis Hopkins [half], Daniel Everitt Hopkins [half] and Lucinda Victoria Hopkins [half]
Husband of
Catherine A Davis
— married
18 Jan 1849 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
William Bates Hopkins and Charles Edward Hopkins
Died
at age 74
in Saltfleet, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada
Profile last modified
| Created 14 Mar 2011
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Biography
Silas was born on 1 September 1813. He was the son of Ephraim Hopkins and Martha Dildine.[1]
He married Catherine Davis in 1849.
Silas died in an accident on the Grand Trunk Railway in Saltfleet Ontario, on 25 June 1888.[2] He is buried at Stoney Creek Cemetery in Stoney Creek Ontario. His stone has his life dates as 1812–1889.[3]
Sources
- ↑ Hopkins Family Bible, Held by W. R. Cummins; July 29 1996. Notes: First wife's family (Martha Dilldine 1788).
- ↑ "Ontario, Canada, Deaths and Deaths Overseas, 1869-1948", Archives of Ontario; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Collection: MS935; Reel: 52, Ancestry Record 8946 #1699207 (accessed 15 September 2023), Silas Hopkins death 25 Jun 1888 in Saltfleet, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada.
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/161045228/silas-dildine-hopkins: accessed 15 September 2023), memorial page for Silas Dildine Hopkins (1815–1889), Find a Grave Memorial ID 161045228, citing Stoney Creek Cemetery, Stoney Creek, Hamilton Municipality, Ontario, Canada; Maintained by LMK (contributor 47573469).
- "1871 Census of Canada", Year: 1871; Census Place: Saltfleet, Wentworth South, Ontario; Roll: C-9923; Page: 1; Family No: 5, Ancestry Record 1578 #1816564 (accessed 15 September 2023), S D Hopkins (57), married in Saltfleet, Wentworth South, Ontario. Born in Ontario.
- "1881 Census of Canada", Year: 1881; Census Place: Ward 6, Hamilton City, Ontario; Roll: C_13257; Page: 63; Family No: 309, Ancestry Record 1577 #3462879 (accessed 15 September 2023), Silas D Hopkins (67), widowed, Farmer, in Ontario. Born in Ontario.
- Sharon Forrester, worldconnect.rootsweb
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Silas by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Silas:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Silas by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Silas:
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~1.56%
Dean Oldershaw
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~1.56%
Vicki Cullis :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A850790 [compare], Ancestry member Figtoria
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~0.78%
Adri Oldershaw :
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~0.78%
Robert Baber :
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~0.78%
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