| Sources:
1. Timothy Hopkins. 1932. John Hopkins of Cambridge,
Massachusetts, 1634, and Some of His Descendants. Stanford Univ. Press,
Stanford, CA (available as a facsimile reprint from Higginson Books and
online by subscription at GenealogyLibrary.com):
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EDWARD WHITING9 (SAMUEL FREDERICK,8
MARK,7 MOSES,6 SAMUEL,5 TIMOTHY,4
JOHN,3 STEPHEN,2 JOHN1), b. at China,
Michigan, 26 April 1848; m. (1) at San Francisco, 25 October 1876, Georgina
Caroline Smith, b. 1855, daughter of Stephen Henry, b. 1817, and Mary Henrietta
([Higgenson], b. 1820) Smith. She d. at San Francisco, 7 May 1920.
He m. (2) 7 Jun 1920, Mrs. Helen Maria Tourtillette, b. at Toledo, Ohio,
16 July 1850, widow of Arthur de Forrest Tourtillette, and daughter of
Isaac Pierson and Emeline (Wilkison) Thompson. He d. 19 January 1926.
Removing to California in 1870, he became connected with the Central
Pacific Railroad at Sacramento. He held the office of Assistant Treasurer
when his uncle, Mark Hopkins, died in 1878, and succeeded him as Treasurer.
In 1882 he resigned and was prominent in the business and financial affairs
of San Francisco. An Episcopalian and a Republican.
Children:
HELEN,10 b. 20 August 1877; m. at Menlo Park, California,
26 September 1900, Augustus Taylor, b. at San Francisco 25 April 1868,
son of William Henry Taylor, b. 22 February 1824, and Mary Ellen Frost,
b. at Philadelphia 20 May 1843.
Mr. Taylor and his brother, William Henry, succeeded their father
in the ownership and management of the Risdon Iron Works, a large engineering
and shipbuilding plant of San Francisco. He is an officer of the
Federal Wireless Telegraph Company. An Episcopalian and a Republican.
Children surname Taylor:
I. AUGUSTUS, b. 16 February 1904.
II. EVELYN, b. 22 April 1909.
EDNA,10 b. 19 February 1879; m. (1) 16 February 1901, William
Henry Taylor, Jr., b. 1 August 1869, brother of Augustus Taylor.
He d. 14 September 1920. She m. (2) 12 October 1921, Stewart Samuel
Lowery, b. at Utica, New York, 14 September 1883, son of James L. and Emily
Gale (Marklove) Lowery. |
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Mr. Taylor was associated with his brother Augustus
in the Risdon Iron Works of San Francisco. An Episcopalian and a
Republican. Mr. Lowery is associated with and an officer of a prominent
bond company in San Francisco.
Children surname Taylor:
I. EDNA HOPKINS, b. 25 August 1902; m. 18 October 1924, Harold
Bliss Rucker.
II. WILLIAM HENRY, b. 27 May 1907.
GEORGINA,10 b. 30 September 1880; m. 5 March 1902, Frederick
William McNear, b. at San Francisco, 24 March 1870, son of George Washington
McNear, b. 27 March 1834, and Amanda Maria McNear, b. 20 Jun 1837.
She d. 21 February 1920.
Mr. McNear is a lawyer of San Francisco. He graduated from
the University of California, 1890; Harvard, 1891; and Harvard Law School,
1896.
Children surname McNear:
I. EDWARD HOPKINS, b. 20 September 1903; m. 15 January 1927,
Dorothy Caldwell; d. 20 April 1929.
II. FREDERICK WILLIAM, b. 15 October 1908.
SAMUEL,10 b. 27 April 1887, m. (1) Elyse Carol Schultz;
(2) Mrs. Margaret Walsh.
FLORENCE,10 b. 23 April 1889; m. (1) at Menlo Park, 5
June 1912, John Cheever Cowden, b. at New York City, son of John Elliot
and Gertrude (Cheevy) Cowden. Divorced in 1926. She m. (2) at New York,
5 April 1929, Edward E. Hills.
Child surname Cowden:
I. JOHN CHEEVER, JR., b. 4 June 1913, at San Francisco.
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2. Marriage Records:
3. LDS. Family Search: Census Records: 1880 United States
(online
at FamilySearch.org):
| Census Place: San Francisco,
San Francisco, California |
| Source: FHL Film #1254075; NARA
Film #T9-0075; Pg 204A |
| |
Relation |
Sex |
Marr |
Race |
Age |
Birthplace |
Occupation |
Fa |
Mo |
| Edward HOPKINS |
Self |
M |
M |
W |
32 |
MI |
R.R. Treasurer |
MA |
CT |
| Georgia HOPKINS |
Wife |
F |
M |
W |
24 |
CA |
Keeping House |
ENG |
ENG |
| Helen HOPKINS |
Dau |
F |
S |
W |
2 |
CA |
|
CA |
CA |
| Edna HOPKINS |
Dau |
F |
S |
W |
1 |
CA |
|
CA |
CA |
| Elizabeth GARRY |
Other |
F |
S |
W |
25 |
IRE |
Servant |
IRE |
IRE |
| Mary HARMON |
Other |
F |
S |
W |
45 |
IRE |
Servant |
IRE |
IRE |
| Mary SIEGFRIED |
Other |
F |
S |
W |
28 |
PRUSSIA |
Servant |
PRUSSIA |
PRUSSIA |
4. 1890 Census destroyed.
5. 1900 Census Index/Microfilm (online at Genealogy.com):
Third Township, San Mateo Co., CA, p. 229A, SD 2, ED 40, SN 4, enumeratd
8 Jun 1900 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):
| 1900: for an explanation of the
column headings, please see What
the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained
no data). |
| 1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
13 |
14 |
15 |
19 |
20 |
21 |
22 |
23 |
24 |
25 |
26 |
27 |
| 56 |
56 |
Hopkins Edward W |
Head |
W |
M |
May 1849 |
51 |
M |
22 |
|
|
MI |
ME |
ME |
Capitalist |
0 |
|
Y |
Y |
Y |
O |
F |
H |
| |
|
_______ Helen |
Wife |
W |
F |
Feb 1854 |
46 |
M |
22 |
4 |
4 |
ME |
ME |
ME |
|
|
|
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
|
|
| |
|
_______ Helen |
Daughter |
W |
F |
Jan 1879 |
20 |
S |
|
|
|
CA |
MI |
ME |
|
|
|
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
|
|
| |
|
_______ Edna |
Daughter |
W |
F |
Apr 1881 |
19 |
S |
|
|
|
CA |
MI |
ME |
|
|
|
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
|
|
| |
|
_______ Georgiana |
Daughter |
W |
F |
July 1883 |
16 |
S |
|
|
|
CA |
MI |
ME |
|
|
|
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
|
|
| |
|
_______ Samuel |
Son |
W |
M |
Mar 1885 |
15 |
S |
|
|
|
CA |
MI |
ME |
At School |
0 |
10 |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
|
|
| |
|
Gaynor Maggie |
Servant |
W |
F |
Jan 1877 |
23 |
S |
|
|
|
CA |
Ire |
Scot |
Servant |
0 |
|
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
|
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There are many anomalies in this record. Who was the informant, the servant?
Living four households from Timothy
NOLAN-HOPKINS.
6. Arthur Wilmot Ackerman. 1928. "Memoirs of Deceased
Members of the New England Historic Genealogical Society." New
England Historical and Genealogical Register 82(Jan): 99-121. Memoir
of Edward Whiting Hopkins.
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