looking for info on marion f hopkins in chesterfield and kershaw counties in s.c. usa

Question

marion f. hopkins was my ggrandfather and i can find no information about him other than birthdate prior to 1910.

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I find one born in Texas

Name:	Marion F Hopkin [Marion F Hopkins]
Age:	8
Birth Year:	abt 1912
Birthplace:	Texas
Home in 1920:	Ashworth, Kaufman, Texas
Race:	White
Gender:	Male
Relation to Head of House:	Son (Child)
Marital Status:	Single
Father's name:	Jule Hopkin
Father's Birthplace:	Mississippi
Mother's name:	Minnie Hopkin
Mother's Birthplace:	Mississippi
Able to Speak English:	Yes
Attended School:	Yes
Able to Read:	No
Able to Write:	No
Neighbors:	View others on page
Household Members:	Name Age Jule Hopkin 47 Minnie Hopkin 29 Lillie M Hopkin 12 Rosa M Hopkin 10 Marion F Hopkin 8 Bessie T Hopkin 6 Julies C Hopkin 3 [3 1/12]  Etta Hopkin 0 [5/12]  Bell Reed 48 Andy Reed 12 Manual Reed 10 Frank Reed 6 Gertrude Hopkin 26 Pearlie Hopkin 9 Jessie B Hopkin 1 [1 2/12]  [12]

 

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Marion Franklin Hopkins

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Birth:  Aug. 29, 1910 Death:  May 16, 1994 Van Zandt News May 22, 1994 M. F. Hopkins Services for Marion Franklin Hopkins, 83, Van, were held at 10 a.m. in the Hilliard Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Mark Turman officiating. Burial was in Marvin Chapel Cemetery. Mr. Hopkins died May 16, 1994, in Tyler. He was born August 29, 1910, in Van Zandt County to the late Jule and Minnie B. McClain Hopkins and lived in Van most of his life. A U. S. Army veteran of World War II, he was retired from the Union Oil Company and was a farmer and rancher. He was a member of the First Baptist Church, of Van. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Effie Hopkins, September 12, 1993. Pallbearers were grandsons Mike Sitton, Russell Hopkins, David Hopkins, Shane Hopkins, Billy Hopkins, and Shelby Wayne Tucker. (Obituary courtesy of Andrea Dodd Brockway)    Family links:   Parents:   Julius Hopkins (1875 - 1934)   Minnie Beatrice McClain Hopkins (1888 - 1961)    Spouse:   Effie Moore Crocker Hopkins (1913 - 1993)    *   *Calculated relationship   Inscription: married 9-8-1928

 

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thank you. This isn't the Marion Hopkins I'm looking for. Mine died in Chesterfield co. sc more than 40 years ago.

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I would say forget your great grandfather at the moment.  You need to develop your grandfather's profile.  As it stands now on the Wikitree, your great grandfather shows he got a 13 year old girl pregnant when he was 60 years old, and then he had another child with this girl 19 years later and that would be your grandfather.  Not likely.

Your grandfather's place of birth and death are blank.  Can you fill in those blanks?

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look I'm new to this and I'm entering the information that I have. what I've been able to find is on the tree. I know it sounds out there thats why I'm asking for help

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That's the way it works.  You added the birthplace and changed the year of birth.  Now it's starting to look more like a possible reality and it will be more likely the details can be further enhanced (added to).  Before not.  Good work, a little at a time.  Genealogy is a sort of puzzle and puzzles always have those pieces of blue sky that don't have any criteria on them to fit them into the picture, but they are a part of the puzzle and need to be fit in somewhere.

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Ok Amanda,

    I applied records for this family like I would have done it for myself.  The age of Marion F varies from 1846 - 1861 but usually towards 1846.  The age of Easter, Esther varies from 1884 - 1892. If could be that Marion F. had another wife or at least Mollie Queen is the child of another mother than Esther.  Records indicate a child named Elizabeth was born 1909/1910 but wasn't there for the 1920 census, probably died because they recycled the name for another Elizabeth born about 1922/23.  There is the last child, Billy E. for which I made a profile but since he could be a living person the profile needs a manager and I hope you would like that.  Just click to be on the trusted list for his profile and I can hand him over to you.  Now you will want to look for the marriage record for Marion F and Esther.  I think her last name may be Langley instead of Laney (that can be changed if you find some proof).

That's how it works.  Of course now you need to look at the information and make sure the records are indeed them.  It all seems to be them.  There are also a few profiles of the extra siblings which are now orphaned profiles and you can click the link for ADOPT THIS PROFILE and you can develop them or at least watch to see if any new information is added to them.

Besides the marriage record, Marion F should be on a census from 1850?, 1860?, 1870 and 1880.  Esther Laney (Langley) as well.  And when you're really serious you could probably ask for a birth certificate from the State of South Carolina.

Good luck hunting!

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THANK YOU !!!!!!  Just  one question now- How or where did you find all this? I looked for two days before I joined this site and found next to nothing.

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Oh by the way I have found ester's maiden name spelled both ways. I'm not entirely sure that her first name isn't Easter, thats the way my dad always pronounced it.

Answer 1

 

 

Marion Hopkins

mentioned in the record of Mollie Queen Bryson

 

Name: Marion Hopkins

gender: Male

 

Wife: Ester Laney

 

Daughter: Mollie Queen Bryson

Other information in the record of Mollie Queen Bryson

from North Carolina, Deaths

Name: Mollie Queen Bryson

Event Type: Death

Event Date: 30 Jun 1990

Event Place: Laurinburg, Scotland, North Carolina

Birth Year: 1905

Burial Place: Lancaster, Sc

Cemetery: Bethlehem Bapt. Ch. Cem.

Residence Place: Gibson, Scotland, NC

Address: P.O. Box 413, Hwy. 79

Gender: Female

Age: 84

Marital Status: Widowed

Race (Original): White

Occupation: Homemaker

Birth Date: 16 Aug 1905

Birthplace: Chesterfield Co., Sc

Father's Name: Marion Hopkins

Mother's Name: Ester Laney

 

Reference and Citing the Record: familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FGGV-5V8

 

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thank you! This was my grandfather's sister.  I still have nothing on their parents other than names. I think Marion and Ester were both born in Georgia, but not sure.