William Buell Hoops (1890 - 1963)

Born 10 Nov 1890 in Clearwater, Ste. Genevieve, Missouri, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Katherine (Wakefield) Hoops — married 2 Sep 1915 in Van Buren, Carter, Missouri, United States

Husband of Laura Margaret (Goggin) Hoops — married 14 Aug 1920 (to before 1940) in St. Louis, Missouri, United States

Husband of Nellie Alta (Hon) Sullivan — married 12 Sep 1942 in St. Louis, Missouri, United States

Died 15 May 1963 at age 72 in St. Louis, Missouri, United States

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Biography

William Buell Hoops was born on November 10, 1890 in Clearwater, Wayne, Missouri.^[1][2] His parents were Alvis Hoops and Margaret Bennett. William attended school through the eighth grade. Following the death of his father in 1902, Margaret remarried and moved the family to Carter, Missouri. As a young man, William worked for his step-father as a farm laborer^[3]. Later in life, he worked as a street car conductor, and a laborer for the WPA^[4][2]

William married Mary "Katie" Wakefield in 1915. Together they had two children: Beulah Madeline Hoops and Margaret Lucille Hoops. Katie died just a month after their second child was born in 1918. He married Laura Goggin on August 14, 1920 in St. Louis, Missouri.^[5] Together they had two children: George Elbert Hoops and Evelyn L Hoops. The pair divorced sometime prior to 1940, and he returned to live with his now widowed mother.^[6] At the age of 51, he married for a third time. He married Nellie Sullivan on September 12, 1942 in St. Louis, Missouri.^[7]

William died on May 15, 1963 in St. Louis, Missouri.^[8] His cause of death is listed as meningitis. He was 72 years old. He is buried in Memorial Park Cemetery in Jennings, St. Louis County, Missouri.^[9]

Research Notes

Census Detail:

1900 United States Census – Webb Township, Reynolds, Missouri, United States^[10]

1900 United States Census – Mill Spring Township, Wayne, Missouri, United States^[11]

1910 United States Census – Carter, Carter, Missouri, United States^[3]

1930 United States Census –St. Louis, St. Louis City, Missouri, United States^[4]

1940 United States Census – Ward 3, St. Louis, St. Louis City, Missouri, United States^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3RC-81V : 22 February 2021), William Buell Hoops, 1917-1918.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} The National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; Draft Registration Cards for Fourth Registration for Missouri, 04/27/1942 - 04/27/1942; NAI Number: 598884; Record Group Title: Records of the Selective Service System; Record Group Number: 147 Source Information Ancestry.com. U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2TV-KPG : accessed 15 November 2021), Burl Hoops in household of Ulysses G Chilton, Carter, Carter, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 12, sheet 8A, family 127, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 775; FHL microfilm 1,374,788.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHJQ-93B : accessed 15 November 2021), Williams Hoops, St Louis (Districts 251-500), St Louis (Independent City), Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 265, sheet 376B, line 68, family 123, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1228; FHL microfilm 2,340,963.
5. ↑ "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WP9N-J4T2 : 20 September 2021), W B Hoops, 14 Aug 1920; citing Marriage, St. Louis, Missouri, United States, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City; FHL microfilm 007515651.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K74J-PHK : 23 December 2019), Wm Buell Hoops in household of Anna Chilton, Ward 3, St. Louis, St. Louis City, St. Louis City, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 96-65, sheet 1B, line 64, family 20, 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, roll 2183.
7. ↑ "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q5Y8-DSN2 : 21 April 2021), Buell Hoops and Nellie Sullivan, 12 Sep 1942; citing Marriage, St. Louis, Missouri, United States, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City; FHL microfilm 005832104.
8. ↑ Ancestry.com. Missouri, U.S., Death Certificates, 1910-1962 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Original data: Missouri Death Certificates. Missouri Secretary of State. http://www.sos.mo.gov/records/archives/archivesdb/deathcertificates/: accessed 24 August 2014.
9. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #97924118
10. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M38D-KGC : accessed 15 November 2021), Buel Hoops in household of Frank Bennett, Webb Township, Reynolds, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 86, sheet 4B, family 53, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,885.
11. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3D2-WBY : accessed 15 November 2021), Buell Hoops in household of Alvis Hoops, Mill Spring Township, Wayne, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 155, sheet 5B, family 103, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,907.

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