May Hopper

May Hopper 

Born: 24 May 1885, Prestwich 

Father: James Hopper (b. 1851)

Mother: Hannah Hopper (b. 1851)

Brothers: Thomas Knighy Hopper (b. 1877), George Hopper (b. 1879), James Arthur Hopper (b. 1884)

Sisters: Alice Hopper (b. 1880), Edith Hopper (b. 1883)

In 1891 – 

She is at 30 Victoria Avenue, Whitley, Northumberland. Her father is listed as ‘Insurance Manager’. May, her mother and siblings (Thomas, George, Alice, Edith and James) are unlisted.

In 1901 – 

She is at 30 Victoria Avenue, Whitley, Northumberland. Her father is listed as ‘Insurance Secretary’. Her brother, Thomas, is listed as ‘Commercial Clerk’. Her brother, George, is listed as ‘Colliery Overman’. Her brother, James, is listed as ‘Auctioneers Pupil’. Her mother and sisters, Alice and Edith, are unlisted. May is listed as ‘Pupil Teacher’. 

In 10/05 – 

PT at S. Paul's, Whitley Bay.

In 10/07 – 

Appointed to Birtley, Newcastle. £80.

In 04/09 – 

Address is 30 Victoria Avenue, Whitley Bay, R.S.O, Northumberland. 

In 1911 – 

She is at 30 Victoria Avenue, Whitley Bay, Northumberland. Her sisters, Alice and Edith, are unlisted. Her brother, James, is listed as ‘Valuer and Estate Agent’. May is listed as ‘Assistant School Mistress’.   There is a servant, Rhoda Sowerby (b. 1890).

In 1921 – 

She is at 30 Victoria Avenue, Whitley Bay, Northumberland. Her father is listed as ‘Insurance Official Retired’. Her mother and sisters, Alice and Edith, are unlisted. May is listed as ‘Assistant Elementary School Mistress’. 

In 1939 – 

She is at 55 Brier Dene Crescent, Whitley Bay, Northumberland. Her sister, Alice, is unlisted. May is listed as ‘Teacher Incapacitated’. Her birth date is recorded as ’24 May 1888’. 

d.         27 November 1975, South Glamorgan 

HOPPER, May of Redesdale, Constitution Hill, Llanblethian, Cowbridge, South Glamorgan died 27 November 1975. Probate Llandaff 1 March £69.878