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Humphrey Richard Hopkins 1920-2014

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margaret

margaret Report 23 May 2021 17:41

Looking for relatives of Humphrey Richard Hopkins,born in 1920 to William and Elsie Hopkins who migrated to Canada in 1920. Humphrey was married to Joyce Elizabeth in 1947 and they had children Peter,Sally,Elizabeth and Sue and grandchildren Jennifer, Geoffrey and Michael. Humphrey and Joyce migrated to Canada from New Zealand. Grateful for any help.

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 23 May 2021 18:46

Look in ‘search all member trees’

nameslessone

nameslessone Report 23 May 2021 18:48

Margaret has also posted this question on Find Ancestors.

ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 23 May 2021 20:16

Welcome to the boards, Margaret.

as ErikaH suggests, the first thing for you to do is to look at "Search all member trees", under "Search" at the top right of this page.
Enter the names of any of those people, and if you find any results which look like the right ones on anyone's tree, you can contact the tree owner by clicking on "Find out more" and sending a message to explain your interest.

If you're lucky, the tree owner may reply, but there's no guarantee.

Did Humphrey and Joyce move to NZ on their own, or did any of their children go too?

ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 23 May 2021 20:19

He seems to have been Richard Humphrey - not Humphrey Richard:

Richard Humphrey Hopkins
in the Canada, Obituary Collection, 1898-Current
Name: Richard Humphrey Hopkins
Gender: Male
Death Age: 94
Birth Date: 2 Apr 1920
Residence Place: New Zealand
Death Date: 7 Nov 2014
Spouse:
Joyce Elizabeth Hopkins
Child:
Sally
Sue
Peter
Elizabeth


Richard Humphrey Hopkins
in the U.S., Cemetery and Funeral Home Collection, 1847-Current
Name: Richard Humphrey Hopkins
Gender: Male
Death Age: 94
Birth Date: 2 Apr 1920
Residence Place: New Zealand
Death Date: 7 Nov 2014
Obituary Date: 20 Nov 2014
Spouse:
Joyce Elizabeth Hopkins
Child:
Peter
Sally
Elizabeth
Lester
Sue

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Click ADD REPLY button - not this link! Report 23 May 2021 20:22

Obituary lists him a Richard Humphrey:

https://newediukfuneralhome.com/book-of-memories/1980027/hopkins-richard-humphrey/obituary.php

Rose

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Click ADD REPLY button - not this link! Report 23 May 2021 20:24

Born in Sussex:

Births Jun 1920
Hopkins Richard H Rhodes Battle 2b 80

Marriages Dec 1917
Hopkins William Rhodes Chelsea 1a 974
Rhodes Elsie Hopkins Chelsea 1a 974

Rose

ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 23 May 2021 20:34

Sally Ann was born in 1952, Judy Maria in 1956, Peter D in 1949,.

Travelling with their parents:

Richard H Hopkins
in the UK and Ireland, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960
Name: Richard H Hopkins
Arrival Age: 40
Birth Date: 2 Apr 1920
Port of Departure: Southampton, England
Arrival Date: 10 Aug 1960
Port of Arrival: Liverpool, England
Ports of Voyage: Southampton; Port of Spain; Papeete; Balboa; Wellington; Auckland; Suva; Sydney; Melbourne; Fremantle; Durban and Cape Town
Ship Name: Southern Cross
Shipping Line: Shaw, Savill and Albion Company Ltd
Official Number: 8338/01


Joyce was born 1926

ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 23 May 2021 20:45

In "Search all member trees", someone called Neil has a Judy Hopkins 1956 - but gives no biirthplace,and doesn't have Sally , Peter or Richard in his tree, so probably that's a different Judy Hopkins.

In fact, I'm afraid "Search all member trees" looks like a dead end for all the family that we know about, after all.

ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 23 May 2021 20:55

Richard was in NZ at least from 1946s, per ERs (in Hutt, Wellington), so the children must have been born in NZ.

Richard Humphrey Hopkins
in the New Zealand, Electoral Rolls, 1853-1981
Name: Richard Humphrey Hopkins
Electoral Year: 1946
District: Hutt
Region or Province: Wellington

Joyce isn't listed with him in 1946 or 1949, but is listed with him in 1954 and later.


She is listed in 1949, but at a different address, in Lower Hutt:

Joyce Elizabeth Hopkins
in the New Zealand, Electoral Rolls, 1853-1981
Name: Joyce Elizabeth Hopkins
Electoral Year: 1949
District: Onslow
Region or Province: Wellington