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Help please Looking for further info on Thomas Hooper 27.11.1818 born Oxfordshire
Married Dorcas Meadows 22.11.1841
I have him as a boatman at time of marriage
I have him on 1961 census in Aston
DOD before 1873 because Dorcas remarries
Believe his father is John hooper mother unsure

Thanx

1851. Wales, Kings Sutton, Northamptonshire
Dorcas Hooper, head, Mar, 31, Boatmans wife, Kings Sutton
Mary, daur, 5, Oxford, Dumb
Emily, daur, 4, Oxford
John, son, 1, Kings Sutton

1851. Hythe? Bridge Road, St Thomas Oxford
Thomas Brown 43
Mary Brown 49
Mary A Brown 8
Mary Ann Christie 32
William Moody 25
Ann Crawford 20
Hannah Willis 30
Thomas Hooper U, 36, Boatman, Oxon Oxford
Richard Barton 24
Joseph Clement 17
John Williams 32

This says unmarried but Dorcas has wife of boatman.

Theres this one too?
1851. Turnpike Road, Napton on the Hill, Warwickshire
Charles Eadon 36
Abigail Eadon 31
William Eadon 8
Ann Eadon 5
Charles Eadon 2
Fanny Bailiss 17
Edmund Eason 22
George Gregory 24
Thomas Hooper, Lodger, Mar, 33, Lab, Oxon Oxfordshire

1871. 8 Henly Street, Deritend, Aston
Dorcas Hooper, head, head, 47, Laundress, Kings Sutton
Henry, son, 19, Engine Cleaner, Kings Sutton

Those Boatman got around and had children baptised all over the place, there are some Canal Lists you can join if you are stuck Mjay. Linell.

Is there any 1841 census available
trying to find his father etc on.

From others censuses it looks like children stayed with Dorcas
Thanx all

Poss
1841
St Thomas Street, Oxfordshire
Bailey Wakelin 35 - Publican
Ann Wakelin 25
Malelda Wakelin 4 Mo
Elizabeth Prico 5
Thomas Hooper 25 - Lab
John Clark 50 - Lab - n b in c
Thomas Snow 20 - Slater? - n b in c
others b in c

Trees on Ancestry have his parents as
John Hooper 1781-1842
Elizabeth Rankin 1777-1832

Their marriage
Dumfries-shire, Scotland, United Kingdom
John Hooper - Oxford Light Dragoons

Thomas christened
22 Jul 1818 son of John & Elizabeth Hooper, Ox Street, Oxford, occ Boatman

Father John on 1841
Lower Kidlington, Oxfordshire, England
Living with his daughter - Mary Ashley, her husband & children.

linell wrote:Those Boatman got around and had children baptised all over the place, there are some Canal Lists you can join if you are stuck Mjay. Linell.

Thanx
Could you send me a link please for the canal lists

And it looks like John, Thomas's father was born in Oxford too

Thanx for the help everyone

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