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Roscommon / Re: Thomas Richard Hopkins b 1883
« on: Tuesday 28 February 12 00:09 GMT (UK) »
... and one never knows where the next lead will turn up. This picutre is a good example of our Hopkins family traits as well.
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Roscommon / Re: Thomas Richard Hopkins b 1883
« on: Monday 27 February 12 23:32 GMT (UK) »
The family research has gone on for many years, no records exist, or we have not found them yet. It is difficult as we do not even know his birth date for certain. We are calculating his birth month and year from the 1900 census (the first census that we find him in with his new adoptive family. That census list him as 12 years old born in Illinois in May, his parents both born in Ireland. We have a letter and a copy of the hand written log book from the orphanage, that and the census makes us believe that he was born in May of 1883. We are unable to find earlier records that match the information that we have. I am currently researching a Hopkins family in the LaSalle County Illinois area from Galway that lived near my Grandfather during this time. We are researching the Irish Catholic of Lasalle County Illinois. There are Whites, Egans, Flanagans, Finnigans, Moores, Hogans, Healys........and Hopkins. When you find one of these Irish families, you will find another. One day I will find a connection, however just found your site and thought I would post my mystery.
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Roscommon / Thomas Richard Hopkins b 1883
« on: Monday 27 February 12 23:03 GMT (UK) »
My Grandfather Thomas Richard was adopted at age 12 or 13 from an orphanage in Chicago (St Josephs, 35th street) Illinois in 1895, he kept his birth name of Hopkins. He believed that he may have had a sister who visited him in the orphanage. He was a half orphan, father living mother dead. His father was thought to be a streetcar operator who at some point died on the job. His mother was thought to have died during his childbirth. He didn't get dropped off at the orphanage until he was six years old. Recent DNA testing places our Hopkins line from Roscommon.
My Grandfather believed he was Irish, now we know he was and that we are. We believe that he was born in 1883 in Illinois. My profile picture is Thomas.
My Grandfather believed he was Irish, now we know he was and that we are. We believe that he was born in 1883 in Illinois. My profile picture is Thomas.
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