Genealogy Chat

On your other thread, I advised that you read the threads of tips and advice at the top of the Find Ancestors board

They really will help you.....................make time to do it.

Just for helpers ref also

Frances when following one particular family, eg Hopkins as you are doing it is better to keep to one thread, that way people can see how you worked back or in this case, forward, that way no info is duplicated

http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards/board/ancestors/thread/1351721?page=1

You do not get certificates from the library... GRO is the best place they cost £9.25 each

https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/most_customers_want_to_know.asp#OrderingCertificates3

So I would just get that from the library wouldn't i?

The death certificate will have the name of the informant, who may be related:

Percy Arthur Hopkins
Birth Date: 12 Apr 1892
Date of Registration: Sep 1978
Age at Death: 86
Registration district: Surrey Northern
Inferred County: Surrey
Volume: 17
Page: 0209

It's sarah stone steptoe

I'm trying to find if I have any living relatives from Percy

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Death
Harriet Elizabeth Hopkins
Birth Date: 11 Apr 1899
Date of Registration: Mar 1978
Age at Death: 78
Registration district: Surrey Northern
Inferred County: Surrey
Volume: 17
Page: 0381

Ooooo they're the houses that dad said were awlful when his family lived there and are now worth 500k, very interesting thank you

Who or what are you trying to find, please?

Name: Percy Arthur Hopkins
Birth Date: 12 Apr 1892
Baptism Date: 27 Apr 1892
Archive Provided Parish: Weybridge, St James
Parish as it Appears: Weybridge
Father: William James Hopkins
Mother: Susan Stone Hopkins - middle name could be Stove ?
Reference Number: 2384/1/6



Marriages Mar 1890 (>99%)
Bendall John Staines 3a 16
Butler Christiana Staines 3a 16
Hopkins William James Staines 3a 16
Steptoe Sarah Stone Staines 3a 16




Name: William James Hopkins
Record Type: Baptism
Baptism Date: 4 May 1866
Father's name: James Jacob Hopkins - occupation of brickmaker
Mother's name: Mary Jane Hopkins
Parish or Poor Law Union: Shepperton
Register Type: Parish Registers

Army Service Records

Name: Percy Arthur Hopkins
Gender: Male
Birth Date: abt 1894
Enlistment Age: 21
Document Year: 1915
Residence Place: 31 Radnor Rd, Weybridge Surrey
Regimental Number: 056851
Regiment Name: Army Service Corps
Number of Images: 3
Form Title: Short Service Attestation
Other Records: Search for 'Percy Arthur Hopkins' in other WWI collections
Family Members:
Name Relation to Soldier
Percy Arthur Hopkins Self (Head)
Hopkins Mother



Occupation of butcher when he enlisted

Same address as on marriage cert

Percy's dad was William James but there must be a connection there

Yes I've been using that abit but I keep coming back to this one not sure why because the other one is better

Name: Harriet Elizabeth Boxley
Age: 22
Birth Year: abt 1899
Marriage Date: 5 Nov 1921
Archive Provided Parish: Weybridge, St James
Parish as it Appears: Weybridge
Spouse: Pery Arthur Hopkins
Spouse Age: 29
Father: Samuel Boxley - deceased, galvaniser
Spouse Father: Walter James Hopkins - occupation of painter
Reference Number: 6357/1/4


Witnessed by A C Boxley and F J Hopkins

Yes they married in 1921

Do you know about this site
http://www.freebmd.org.uk/


Possible marrige for Arthur in 1946, Iris L in 1948, Peter S in 1950 & 1960 and Howard S in 1963 all in Surrey

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Mr Arthur Desmond Hopkins
Gender: Male
Age: 84
Birth Date: 1924
Death Date: 20 Aug 2008
Residence Place at Death: Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, Wales
Postal Code District: SA31

No census records available after 1911, so nothing will show there.....

All the births registered with mmn of Boxley

Have you looked for a possible marriage for the parents ?

Could be this one
Marriages Dec 1921 (>99%)
Boxley Harriett E Hopkins Chertsey 2a 138
Hopkins Percy A Boxley Chertsey 2a 138
Pollard Archibald Sands Chertsey 2a 138
Sands Ruth E Pollard Chertsey 2a 138

What exactly do you want to find out?