I am trying to help a local friend who lives in Manchester with her HOPKINS ancestors. I have found a Joseph HOPKINS (1867) of Minsterley, married to Amelia Ann KELLY in Manchester in 1891, I have all details after that. Being a Yorkshire man, I am not very conversant with Shropshire, but have found the following...... The above Joseph HOPKINS (1867) appears to be the 4th child of a William HOPKINS and Elizabeth CROWTHER of Minsterley, (1837) who married at Atcham in 1856, if I am correct. All four children are born Minsterley. Can anyone help me with this HOPKINS family from Minsterly and confirming my findings and with any other earlier HOPKINS ? Thank you, Gordon.

Hello Gordon I presume the 1856 marriage you have found was in the Atcham Registration District (as distinct to the Atcham Parish) in which case you should be aware that Minsterley, together with quite a lot of Shropshire west of Shrewsbury, was in the Atcham Reg. Dist. but of course it is difficult to establish the actual place of marriage without buying a copy of the certificate. If you get chance to visit Shropshire Archives then it would of course be worth checking the Minsterley marriage register but you may have to also check the surrounding parishes and if the marriage took place in the Register Office itself then there is no way to get the details without buying a copy of the certificate. Mike Shropshire, UK ___________________________________ On 26/09/2010 22:37, gordon dyson wrote: > I am trying to help a local friend who lives in Manchester with her > HOPKINS ancestors. > > I have found a Joseph HOPKINS (1867) of Minsterley, married to Amelia > Ann KELLY in Manchester in 1891, I have all details after that. > > Being a Yorkshire man, I am not very conversant with Shropshire, but > have found the following...... > > The above Joseph HOPKINS (1867) appears to be the 4th child of a > William HOPKINS and Elizabeth CROWTHER of Minsterley, (1837) who > married at Atcham in 1856, if I am correct. All four children are > born Minsterley. > > Can anyone help me with this HOPKINS family from Minsterly and > confirming my findings and with any other earlier HOPKINS ? > > Thank you, > Gordon. > > REMEMBER - The question you are asking may have already been answered. > Threaded Archives at - > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/ENG-SHROPSHIRE-PLUS/Archives > > Searchable Archives at - > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/ENG-SHROPSHIRE-PLUS/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-SHROPSHIRE-PLUS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >