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Gerald Wells Hopkins

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, United States
Death: June 03, 1940 (64)
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, United States
Place of Burial: Kings County, New York, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Henry Coman Hopkins and Susan Wells Hopkins
Husband of Georgiana Washington Hopkins
Father of Edna F. Hopkins
Brother of Henry Kent Hopkins, Sr. and Ethel Graham

Occupation: Cashier, manager -- brokerage
Managed by: Jessica Marie German
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About Gerald Wells Hopkins

HENRY AUGUSTUS,8 son of Zenas,7 Zenas,6 moved to New York City in 1835, where, as a wholesale grocer, he became a prominent business man. He mar. 1st, June 2, 1845, Sarah M. Wells, who d. May 11, 1856, aged 32. He mar. 2d Amelia C., widow of Geo. O. Russell of Middletown, Ct.

Henry A. and Sarah M. Wells Kent had children :

I. Susan Wells, b. Jan. 20, 1846 ; mar. Oct. 10, 1872, Henry C. Hopkins, a banker and broker.

They had chil. :

  • 1. Henry Kent. b. Aug. 16, 1873.
  • 2. Gerald Wells, b. Oct. 8, 1875.
  • 3. Ethel Hopkins, b. Nov. 28, 1881.

II. Henry A.,9 b. Apl. 28, 1848 ; d. San Francisco June 6, 1878 ; unmarried ; aged 30.

III. Fanny E., b. Dec. 2, 1850; mar. Dec. 27, 1877, Col. Joseph P. Sanger, U.S.A. and had chil. :

  • 1. Edith Kent, b. Jan. 1, 1879.
  • 2. Walter Prentiss, b. Aug. 14, 1881.

IV. Sheldon L.,9 b. Jan. 25, 1853; mar. Dec. 25, 1882, Sarah Faster. He is a broker, and member of the N.Y. Stock Exchange, 1897.

V. Walter L.,9 b. Aug. 11, 1855; an accountant; mar. Nov. 17, 1880, Caroline Humphreys. They have children:

  • 1. Percy George,10 now a manufacturer.
  • 2. Sarah Wells.
  • 3. Henry Augustus.10

Bibliographic information:

  • Genealogies of the Different Families Bearing the Name of Kent in the United States Together ...
  • by Lloyd Vernon Briggs
  • Published 1898
  • Publisher Rockwell & Churchill press
  • Year 1898
  • Pages 387
  • Possible copyright status NOT_IN_COPYRIGHT
  • Language English
  • Digitizing sponsor Google
  • Book from the collections of Harvard University
  • Collection americana
  • Page 217
  • Identifier-access http://www.archive.org/details/genealogiesdiff00briggoog

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79. Henry Coman Hopkins 6 (Alicia H.,5 Samuel M.,4 Samuel,3 Henry, 2 Henry 1), son of Alicia Harriet Blatchford and Nathaniel Fuller Hopkins, was born May 2, 1845, at New York; married October 10, 1872, at Brooklyn, New York, Susan Wells Kent, born January 20, 1846, at Brooklyn, New York, died May 18, 1910, at Brooklyn, New York, daughter of Henry Augustus Kent, Esq., of Brooklyn.

Children :

146. I. Henry Kent Hopkins, bom Aug. 16, 1873 ; married Louise Amelia de Gard. +

147. II. Gerald Wells Hopkins, born Oct. 3, 1875; married Georgianna Washington Grunthol.+

148. III. Ethel Hopkins, born Nov. 28, 1881, at Brooklyn, New York.

147. Gerald Wells Hopkins7 (Henry C.,6 Alicia H.,5 Samuel M.,4 Samuel,3 Henry ,2 Henry, 1), son of Henry Coman Hopkins and Susan Wells Kent, was born October 3, 1875, at Brooklyn, New York; married August 21, 1900, at Brooklyn, Georgianna Washington Grunthol, born February 22, 1872, at New York City, daughter of George Grunthol, of Brooklyn.

Bibliographic information:

  • Blatchford memorial II : a genealogical record of the family of Rev. Samuel Blatchford, D.D., with some mention of allied families, also autobiographical sketch of Rev. Dr. Blatchford from "The Blatchford memorial".
  • by Blatchford, E. W. (Eliphalet Wickes), 1826-1914
  • Published 1912
  • Topics Blatchford, Samuel, 1820-1893, Blatchford family
  • Publisher [s.l.] : Privately printed
  • Pages 192
  • Possible copyright status NOT_IN_COPYRIGHT
  • Language English
  • Call number b5238957
  • Digitizing sponsor MSN
  • Book contributor New York Public Library
  • Collection newyorkpubliclibrary; americana
  • Scanfactors 10
  • Full catalog record MARCXML
  • Pages 74, 85, and 98
  • Identifier-access http://www.archive.org/details/blatchfordmemori00blat

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Gerald Wells Hopkins's Timeline

1875
October 3, 1875
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, United States
1894
1894
New York, New York, United States
1940
June 3, 1940
Age 64
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, United States
1940
Age 64
Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, United States