When Rosemary Elder was born on 10 March 1933, in Vigo, Vigo, Indiana, United States, her father, Rev Norman Eugene Elder, was 18 and her mother, Ruth Florence Shaw, was 18. She married James Curtis Hopkins on 27 July 1957, in Vigo, Indiana, United States. She lived in Greencastle, Greencastle Township, Putnam, Indiana, United States in 1935 and Greencastle Township, Putnam, Indiana, United States in 1940. She died on 7 September 2016, in Vigo, Vigo, Indiana, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Rockville, Parke, Indiana, United States.
Sources
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/171000038/rosemary-hopkins: accessed 30 November 2022), memorial page for Rosemary “Rosie” Elder Hopkins (10 Mar 1933–7 Sep 2016), Find a Grave Memorial ID 171000038, citing Memory Garden Cemetery, Rockville, Parke County, Indiana, USA; Maintained by Emery Scheriger (contributor 47222831).
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89MB-NQNY?cc=2000219&wc=QZXT-W4P%3A790104101%2C798709701%2C796806601%2C799577102: accessed 30 November 2022), Indiana > Putnam > Greencastle Township > 67-11 Greencastle Township outside Greencastle City E of State Road 43, Greencastle Orphans Home > image 2 of 35; citing Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012.
"Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV99-DLD5: 3 August 2022), James Curtis Hopkins and Rose Mary Elder, 20 Jul 1957; citing Vigo, Indiana, United States, Marriage License, Indiana Commission on Public Records, Indianapolis; FHL microfilm 007578374.
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