Discovered in the obituary of HENRY JONATHAN HOPKINSON, of Sherbrooke, the following information about his father. This is just an excerpt of obituary - I am waiting to see the entire item when I get it in the mail. Obit in the April 29, 1920 SDR. HENRY JONATHAN HOPKINSON born in London, England, the son of the late William Hopkinson who came to Canada as a representative of the British American Land Company. Also, it is noted that Orian Hopkinson of Waterville was a bearer. ===================== I have long speculated that my 2 great grandfather WILLIAM CUELL HOPKINSON and HENRY J. HOPKINSON were brothers, in fact twins, and both men had sons named WILLIAM and were born Dec. 21 & 22, 1830 in England. Both lived in Sherbrooke - and there are few HOPKINSON's around in Quebec let alone the Eastern Townships. HOWEVER, not knowing if these two men came to Canada alone or with parents I was unwilling to speculate on whether or not a HOPKINSON couple I found might be their parents, Now though......................... I believe the following: WILLIAM HOPKINSON (senior) and ANN PEARCE may well be the parents of HENRY JONATHAN HOPKINSON and WILLIAM CUELL HOPKINSON. "District of St. Francis from the Church Records of sixteen religious denominations, catholics not included, 1815-1879" published by the Eastern Townships Genealogical Society, Sherbrooke. DEATH HOPKINSON, ANN PEARCE (F) 60 years Sherbrooke 16-10-1870 / 18-10-1870 P: ( ) M: Anglican CONJ: W. HOPKINSON Sherbrooke TEM: ( ) & ( ) Note: born abt. 1810 =============== "District of St. Francis from the Church Records of sixteen religious denominations, catholics not included, 1815-1879" published by the Eastern Townships Genealogical Society, Sherbrooke. DEATH HOPKINSON, WILLIAM (M) 68 years 24-07-1872 / 26-07-1872 P: ( ) M: Anglican CONJ: ( ) Sherbrooke TEM: ( ) & ( ) Note: born abt. 1804 ====================== (Believe this listing may well be for WILLIAM HOPKINSON, Senior) Mackay, Robert W. Stuart The Canada directory : containing the names of the professional and business men of every description, in the cities, towns and principal villages of Canada : together with a complete post office directory of the province, a directory to public offices, officers and institutions, a variety of statistical and commercial tables, exhibiting the population, trade, revenue, expenditure, imports, exports, public works, etc., etc., of Canada, and a variety of other useful information brought down to November, 1851 Montreal: J. Lovell, 1851, 684 pgs. SHERBROOKE Page 354. HOPKINSON, W., bailiff, Wellington st. ================ In a 'partial' search of the 1851 Canada Sherbrooke census WILLIAM, Senior, was not found but his son WILLIAM, Junior, was found but not other son HENRY J. HOPKINSON. WILLIAM, Junior's occupation in that census was Paper maker. The same occupation he had when he married in that same year. ALSO, I wonder how I might do a lookup for the following cemetery? Would just be interested at first to find out if they are in fact buried there and then would like to know what their tombstones have to say. St. Peter's Cemetery, Prospect Street, Sherbrooke - Anglican As this couple was Anglican - they might be there. They are not at Elmwood where both sons are. I wonder too if St. Peter's might be an older cemetery. I seem unable to find just when Elmwood began operating. I have e-mailed JAMES SWEENEY at BISHOPS asking him to see what he can find for WILLIAM HOPKINSON and ANN PEARCE. [email protected] as he has the Anglican Records. I also asked him to check out the following HOPKINSON's found in the Dist. of St. Francis vital records (from a kind lookup - I do not own these volumes) and wondered if they might be the daughters of this couple. "District of St. Francis from the Church Records of sixteen religious denominations, catholics not included, 1815-1879" published by the Eastern Townships Genealogical Society, Sherbrooke. DEATH HOPKINSON, SALLY (F) Compton 24-07-1842 / 25-07-1842 Anglican CONJ: Vve. ANTHONY BOWEN (fermier) P: ( ) M: Canton Compton TEM: ( ) & ( ) "District of St. Francis from the Church Records of sixteen religious denominations, catholics not included, 1815-1879" published by the Eastern Townships Genealogical Society, Sherbrooke. MARRIAGE HOPKINSON, CLARISSA L, Anglican m. 05-09-1864 GORDEN, GEORGE HENRY - SHERBROOKE "District of St. Francis from the Church Records of sixteen religious denominations, catholics not included, 1815-1879" published by the Eastern Townships Genealogical Society, Sherbrooke. MARRIAGE HOPKINSON, MARTHA A., of Brompton, W. Meth. m. 22-05-1857, MITCHELL, JOHN HENRY - SHERBROOKE "District of St. Francis from the Church Records of sixteen religious denominations, catholics not included, 1815-1879" published by the Eastern Townships Genealogical Society, Sherbrooke. MARRIAGE HOPKINSON, VICTORIA of to. of Ascot Univ., 04-08-1854 m. MOULTON, JOSEPH - ASCOT ================ Thanks for any further research ideas. Jacqueline Sleeper Russell