HOOPER, Alban Edwin

1907 - 1981  (73 years)

• Name	HOOPER, Alban Edwin
  Nickname	Joe
  Birth	6 Oct 1907	Ngaire
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1947	Bowers Cement Factory
  	Cement worker
  Occupation	1947	Mangaaiti, Paeroa
  	Farm Labourer
  	Moved off the farm when Peter was 3 months old because someone set fire to a hay barn.
  Residence	1947	107/109 Studholme Street, Morinsville
  	Originally 121, street number were changed around 1962.
  Occupation	1960	Morinsville
  	Kiwitahi Fertalizer works
  Education	1962	Morinsville College
  Death	16 Sep 1981	Morinsville
  	Died of emphasima and heart disease, in his sleep. Had a smokers cough, could not give up smoking until doctors told him he had emphasima in his sixties.
  Burial	Piako Lawn Cemetery, Seales Rd, Morinsville
  Person ID	I3554	Main Tree | Hooper Ancestors
  Last Modified	26 Jan 2015

  
  

  Father	HOOPER, Alfred,   b. 18 Jul 1877, New Zealand d. 28 Jan 1963, Hautapu, Waikato, New Zealand (Age 85 years)
  Mother	TOMLINS, Florence Ruth,   b. 1884, Nelson d. 11 Oct 1977, Papatoetoe, Auckland (Age 93 years)
  Marriage	27 Jan 1903	St Patrick's Church, Masterton, New Zealand
  	Papers Past: Wedding Bells (Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 7371, 27 January 1903, Page 2) A very pretty wedding was solemnised at St. Patrick's Church, Masterton, this morning, Mr Alfred Hooper, of Masterton, being united to Miss Florence Ruth Miller, daughter of Mrs J. M. McCarthy, of this town. The ceremony was performed by the Rv. Father Molloy. The bride, who was attired in a white cashmere dress, strapped with white sateen and insertion, and wearing tho orthodox veil, etc., was attended by Misses Grace and Mabel Hooper (nieces of the bridegroom) and Miss "Cissy" Miller (sister of the bride), dressed respectively in ? and pink flowered muslin. Mrs McCarthy, mother of the bride, was dressed in silver gray poplin, handsomely trimmed, and wore a black hat trimmed with black and white ostrich feathers. The gift of the bridegroom to the bride was a valuable gold brooch, and to the bridesmaids gold and silver brooches. The wedding breakfast was laid at the residence of Mr Robert Hooper (brother of the bridegroom), and there were a large number of guests. The happy couple left in the afternoon for the South, where the honeymoon is to be spent, carrying with them hearty good wishes from a large circle of friends.
  Photos		Hooper Family Family group portrait with Alfred and Florence Ruth Hooper and four children. By the ages the children must be Hazel (girl standing), Alban (boy sitting), Vivian (boy standing) and Herbert (baby).
  Family ID	F1121	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	SPICE, Gertrude May,   b. 26 Apr 1915   d. 21 Feb 1979 (Age 63 years)
  Marriage	15 Oct 1936	Te Puninga Morinsville
  Children	1. HOOPER, Rosemary,   b. 13 Feb 1957 (Age 68 years)   2. HOOPER, Annette,   b. 22 Nov 1952 (Age 72 years) + 3. HOOPER, Peter Edwin,   b. 12 Mar 1947, Te Aroha (Age 78 years)   4. HOOPER, Tom,   b. 16 Apr 1939 (Age 86 years)   5. HOOPER, Mary,   b. 12 Sep 1937 (Age 87 years)   6. HOOPER, Bill,   b. 11 June1942   7. HOOPER, John,   b. 28 Dec 1944 (Age 80 years)   8. HOOPER, Clare,   b. 20 Dec 1940 (Age 84 years)   9. HOOPER, Richard,   b. 19 Dec 1948   d. 13 Mar 2004 (Age 55 years)   10. HOOPER, Roy,   b. 13 Feb1946   bur. 16 Feb 1946
  Family ID	F1120	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	6 May 2014

  
  

• Notes

  Was smart with numbers and mathematics.