81 years of age. Death certificate has 3/22/1870 as birthdate & newspaper obituary says she's 81 years however, gravestone has birthdate 3/22/1872 which is 79 years old, 1900 census says she's 26 which would make her 77 years old (her son Fred 10 years old, he was born 6/9/1890 when she was 16? But if 1870 her birthdate then she was 20 when Fred born or if 1872 birthdate then 18 when Fred born)
Sadly her father died in 1886 when she was @ 14 or 16 years old & her mother died in 1894 when she was @ 22 or 24 years old @ 5 years after she married and moved to PA.
Married August 24, 1889 to Frank Ezra Hoopes (1861-1942) by Campbell Fair Rector of St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Witnesses Mary Fair (Rector's wife?) & ? Calkins. Frank was 28 years old so 9 or 12 years her senior. She was 19 years old (according to marriage record) or 17 when she married (maybe they fudged it to 19 because she was underage). Marriage record says Frank was a Furniture Finisher. Son born 6/9/1890, @ 9 months after she married.
Her father born in Ireland @ 1830 and mother was born in Ireland @ 1835, her parents lived in NY and her oldest brother was born there in 1854 & then family moved to Grand Rapids when he was young. Father may have 5/28/1849, age 20, been aboard the ship Lesmahagan from Liverpool England to Boston MA. OR 1851 about Andrew Foster Liverpool to NY.
See census info under her father John Renihan:
1860 • Grand Rapids Ward 5, Kent, Michigan, United States
1870 Walker, Michigan.
Was her father in the Civil War? Possibly Union Private 9th Regiment Michigan Cavalry Unit K
Sadly her father died in 1886 when she was @ 14 or 16 years old & her mother died in 1894 when she was @ 22 or 24 years old @ 5 years after she married and moved to PA.
Married August 24, 1889 to Frank Ezra Hoopes (1861-1942) by Campbell Fair Rector of St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Witnesses Mary Fair (Rector's wife?) & ? Calkins. Frank was 28 years old so 9 or 12 years her senior. She was 19 years old (according to marriage record) or 17 when she married (maybe they fudged it to 19 because she was underage). Marriage record says Frank was a Furniture Finisher. Son born 6/9/1890, @ 9 months after she married.
Her father born in Ireland @ 1830 and mother was born in Ireland @ 1835, her parents lived in NY and her oldest brother was born there in 1854 & then family moved to Grand Rapids when he was young. Father may have 5/28/1849, age 20, been aboard the ship Lesmahagan from Liverpool England to Boston MA. OR 1851 about Andrew Foster Liverpool to NY.
See census info under her father John Renihan:
1860 • Grand Rapids Ward 5, Kent, Michigan, United States
1870 Walker, Michigan.
Was her father in the Civil War? Possibly Union Private 9th Regiment Michigan Cavalry Unit K
81 years of age. Death certificate has 3/22/1870 as birthdate & newspaper obituary says she's 81 years however, gravestone has birthdate 3/22/1872 which is 79 years old, 1900 census says she's 26 which would make her 77 years old (her son Fred 10 years old, he was born 6/9/1890 when she was 16? But if 1870 her birthdate then she was 20 when Fred born or if 1872 birthdate then 18 when Fred born)
Sadly her father died in 1886 when she was @ 14 or 16 years old & her mother died in 1894 when she was @ 22 or 24 years old @ 5 years after she married and moved to PA.
Married August 24, 1889 to Frank Ezra Hoopes (1861-1942) by Campbell Fair Rector of St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Witnesses Mary Fair (Rector's wife?) & ? Calkins. Frank was 28 years old so 9 or 12 years her senior. She was 19 years old (according to marriage record) or 17 when she married (maybe they fudged it to 19 because she was underage). Marriage record says Frank was a Furniture Finisher. Son born 6/9/1890, @ 9 months after she married.
Her father born in Ireland @ 1830 and mother was born in Ireland @ 1835, her parents lived in NY and her oldest brother was born there in 1854 & then family moved to Grand Rapids when he was young. Father may have 5/28/1849, age 20, been aboard the ship Lesmahagan from Liverpool England to Boston MA. OR 1851 about Andrew Foster Liverpool to NY.
See census info under her father John Renihan:
1860 • Grand Rapids Ward 5, Kent, Michigan, United States
1870 Walker, Michigan.
Was her father in the Civil War? Possibly Union Private 9th Regiment Michigan Cavalry Unit K
Sadly her father died in 1886 when she was @ 14 or 16 years old & her mother died in 1894 when she was @ 22 or 24 years old @ 5 years after she married and moved to PA.
Married August 24, 1889 to Frank Ezra Hoopes (1861-1942) by Campbell Fair Rector of St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Witnesses Mary Fair (Rector's wife?) & ? Calkins. Frank was 28 years old so 9 or 12 years her senior. She was 19 years old (according to marriage record) or 17 when she married (maybe they fudged it to 19 because she was underage). Marriage record says Frank was a Furniture Finisher. Son born 6/9/1890, @ 9 months after she married.
Her father born in Ireland @ 1830 and mother was born in Ireland @ 1835, her parents lived in NY and her oldest brother was born there in 1854 & then family moved to Grand Rapids when he was young. Father may have 5/28/1849, age 20, been aboard the ship Lesmahagan from Liverpool England to Boston MA. OR 1851 about Andrew Foster Liverpool to NY.
See census info under her father John Renihan:
1860 • Grand Rapids Ward 5, Kent, Michigan, United States
1870 Walker, Michigan.
Was her father in the Civil War? Possibly Union Private 9th Regiment Michigan Cavalry Unit K
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