Eliza Ann (Hopkins) Walker (1852 - 1915)

Born 3 Jun 1852 in North Carolina, United States

Ancestors

Wife of James T Walker — married 24 Nov 1870 in Montgomery Co, NC

Descendants

Died 31 Aug 1915 at age 63 in Montgomery, North Carolina, United States

Biography

1860 census - she shows up as Eliza 9 living with Jo Hopkins b 1810 and and wife Rebecca b 1825 living in Randolph Co, NC

1870 census for Randolph, New Hope shows Q Anna age 20 living with father Joseph aged 62 - census taken in September before her marriage

Initials on grave are Q A

Marriage record says Eliz Q Hopkins^[1]

Burial: Lanes Chapel Church Cemetery Montgomery County North Carolina, USA ^[2]

Death record says birth June 31, 1862 - mentions parents as Joseph Hopkins and Elizabeth Brewer both from Randolph Co, NC. An Elizabeth Hopkins age 50 was living with her father Joseph in 1880 - so, the death record some 30 years later could have mistakenly named her as Queen's mother^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ "North Carolina Marriages, 1759-1979", database, FamilySearch [1] : 14 February 2020, Eliza Q Hopkins in entry for James Walker, 1870.
2. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 29 February 2020), memorial page for Queen Ann Hopkins Walker (3 Jun 1852–31 Aug 1915), Find A Grave: Memorial #63959240, citing Lanes Chapel Church Cemetery, Montgomery County, North Carolina, USA ; Maintained by Blueroses (contributor 47371824) .
3. ↑ "North Carolina Deaths, 1906-1930," database with images, FamilySearch [2] : 16 August 2019, Queen A. Walker, 31 Aug 1915; citing Candor Mines, Biscot, Montgomery, North Carolina, reference 204, State Department of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,877,963.

Acknowledgments

Thanks to Jim Vondrak for starting this profile.

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