Charles Harold Hopewell

Charles Harold was the son of Charles Hopewell and his first wife, Harriet (née Pollard).

Both his parents were born in Nottingham, Charles in 1857 and Harriett in 1858. They were married in 1883 (reg. Nottingham) and had four children who were all born in Nottingham; Harry b. 1884 (reg. JFM), Charles Harold b. 1886 (reg. JFM), Lily b, 1890 (JAS) and Gertrude Mary b. December 1894 (reg. 1895 JFM) who were all born in Nottingham,

In 1891 the family was living at 14 Hedderley Street, Union Road, Nottingham: Charles, a coach builder, Harriet, a hosiery hand, and their three children Harry, Charles and Lily (10m). The youngest child, Gertrude, was born two years later. The family was still living at the same address in 1901; Harry was employed as a bookkeeper and Charles as an errand boy while their sisters were school age. Also in the household were two lodgers, Elizabeth Searby (married), a midwife, and Ruby T Searby (10).

Harriet died in 1901 aged 43 and Charles married secondly Elizabeth Peet (née Gantley) in 1904. Elizabeth Gantley was born in Ireland (b. July 1872 and bap. RC, Meath, 1872). She married in New York, USA (Peet) and her son William was born in New York but had British citizenship. She and Charles had two sons, John Isaac (b. 1905) and Herbert Mercer (b. December 1911, reg. 1912 JFM)

Charles, Elizabeth, their son John and also William Peet (13) were living at 43 Edwin Street, in 1911. None of Charles' children by his first marriage were living with their father.

Charles Harold had married Eliza Ann Davis (b. 3 May 1887) in 1906. They had four daughters; Grace (b. 13 August 1906), Lily (b. 6 November 1907), Gertrude (b. 21 February 1910) and Winifred (b. 24 January 1913). They lived initially at 21 Stoneleigh Terrace, but by the time of the 1911 Census had moved to 21 Chaucer Terrace, Chaucer Street: Charles (25), a lace manufacturers assistant, Eliza Ann (20), a lace pattern girl, their three daughters, Grace, Lily and Gertrude, and Charles' sister, Lily (20), a plain net folder. Charles' fourth daughter, Winifred, was born two years later. The notice of Charles' death in the local paper in July 1915 gave his address as 21 Stoneleigh Terrace, Portland Road, Nottingham. His widow later moved to 32 Bramcote Street, Nottingham.

Harry, a lace warehouseman, and his wife Annie (née Ward, m. 1909) were living at 12 Pullman Road, Nottingham. Also in the home on the night of the census was his sister, Gertrude (16) a printer folder (Boots Co.). Harry and Annie later had two daughters, Annie and Marjorie.

Charles Hopewell died on 27 October 1920 and in 1921 his widow, an office cleaner (GPO Nottingham), was living with her three sons, William and his half-brothers John and Herbert, at 27 Lomas Street. Also in the household were two lodgers, Alfred and Linda May Butler. Elizabeth Hopewell may have been a patient at the Hucknall Road hospital in 1939 when the England and Wales Register was compiled. Her son, John Isaac, who worked for a chemical manufacturer, his wife Eleanor Theresa (m. 1932), their son Peter (b. 1937) and John's unmarried brother, Herbert, a Nottingham Corporation bus conductor, were living at 1 Foljambe Place, Nottingham. Elizabeth Hopewell died in June 1941 (burial 13 June).

Charles Harold's older brother, Harry, also served in the war (see 'Extra information'). He was discharged in March 1920 to 2 Ashfield Road, Sneinton, the family home from at least 1915 when he attested. Harry, his wife and two daughters together with his sister, Gertrude, were living at the same address in 1921; Harry was a bookkeeper for a bobbin and carriage maker, while Gertrude was still employed at Boots Co. as a printer folder. Harry, now working as a yarn warehouseman, and his wife were still at 2 Ashfield Road when the 1939 England & Wales Register was compiled. Harry's wife, Annie, died on 5 June 1966 and Harry on 11 December 1970; the probate record gave his address as 2 Ashfield Road, Sneinton.

Gertrude Mary had married Frank Price, a French polisher, at Sneinton St Christopher in June 1924 and they had one child, Irene, in 1925. They were living at 17 Pullman Road in 1939. Gertrude died in 1967 (reg. JAS) aged 72.

Gertrude's older sister, Lily, has not yet been traced after 1911.

Charles Harold's widow, Eliza Ann, married Gilbert John Linney (29), a bachelor, at Radford All Souls on 19 October 1918 and they had two sons, Harold (birth reg. 1919 JFM) and Raymond (birth reg. 1923 JFM). The couple were living at 32 Bramcote Street in 1921; Gilbert was formerly a steelworks labourer, Royal Army Ordnance Depot, but was presently out of work, while Eliza was a box maker. Also in the home on the night of the census were her four daughters Grace (14) an errand girl (lace manufacturer), Lily (13), Gertrude (11) and Winifred (8) and their son, Harold (2). Also in the household was a boarder, George Walter Davis (36, married). Raymond Linney was born two years later.

Eliza Ann was widowed in March 1937 and married a widower, Ernest Alonzo Hardy (b.1879), in 1938 (reg. JAS). Ernest had served in the war in the RAOC (044302 Private, discharged 4 October 1918). Eliza and Ernest, a colliery banksman, and her sons Harold and Raymond Linney, the former a textile worker and the latter a tobacco worker, were recorded on the 1939 England & Wales Register at 32 Bramcote Street. Ernest died in May 1952 and Eliza Ann on 14 April 1972.