Marianne (o/w Mary Anne) Thomson

Marianne (o/w Mary Anne) Langham Thomson 

Born: 15 April 1876, Rugby 

Baptised: 27 August 1876, Rugby 

Father: William Thomson (b. 1852)

Mother: Fanny Thomson (b. 1851)

Brothers: Frederick Thomson (b. 1878), George William Thomson (b. 1879), William J Thomson (b. 1887)

Sisters: Fanny Elizabeth Thomson (b. 1880), Kate Phebe Thomson (b. 1883), Anneitte Thomson (b. 1893)

Marriage:        18 December 1905, Lorenco Marquez, South Africa 

Husband:         Heinrich Wilhelm Adolphus Hopf (o/w Henry William Adolphus Hopford)

                        b. 10 January 1879, Germany 

                        Teacher 

                        Wrote ‘Twice Interned’ in 1919, England. 

Issue –

#1 Ronald Thomson Hopf (b. 17 October 1909)

#2 Katie Lydia Thomson Hopford (b. 6 October 1912) 

In 1881 –

She is at 21 Round Street, Rugby. Her father is listed as ‘Joiner’. Mary, her mother and siblings (Frederick, George and Fanny) are unlisted. 

In 1891 –

She is at The Half Moon, Lawford Street, Rugby. Her father is listed as ‘Carpenter’. Mary is listed as ‘School Teacher’. Her mother and siblings (Frederick, George, Fanny, Kate and William) are unlisted. 

In 10/96 – 

PT at S. Matthew's Infant School, Rugby.

In 10/98 – 

Appointed to Rhiw Castell Church School, Usk. Salary £70.

In 1901 – 

She is at 28 Lawford Road, Rugby, Warwickshire. Her father is listed as ‘Beer Retailer’. Mary is listed as ‘Governess’. Her mother, siblings (Fanny Kate, Anniett and William) and her niece, Evelyn K Jordan (b. 1885), are unlisted. 

In 04/02 – 

Appointed to Concentration Camps, South Africa.

In 10/02 – 

Writes letter about life in concentration camp and the Boer War.

In 04/04 – 

Address is 30 Lawford Road, Rugby. 

In 10/06 –

Marries Heinrich Wilhelm Hopf on 18.12.05 in Lorenco Marquez.

In 04/07 – 

Letter describing experience in Transvaal. 

In 04/09 – 

Letter describing life in Elsburg. 

In 04/10 – 

Birth to Ronald Thomson on 17.10.09 in Elsberg, Transvaal.

In 1939 – 

She is at 10 Sandcroft Drive, Houghton-le-Spring. She is listed as ‘Teacher (Retired)’. Her son, Ronald, is listed as ‘Teacher Assistant at Secondary School’.

d.         7 February 1965, Southampton

HOPFORD Mary Annie Langham of 28 Winn Road Southampton died 07 February 1965. Probate Winchester 28 February to Percy William Fanner, optician. £1483.