TOMLINS, Florence Ruth

1884 - 1977  (93 years)

• Name	TOMLINS, Florence Ruth
  	Wedding notice in Wairarapa Daily Times gives surname as "Miller", daughter of Mrs J. M. McCarthy. Birth certificate confirms Tomlins.
  Birth	1884	Nelson
  Gender	Female
  Death	11 Oct 1977	Papatoetoe, Auckland
  Burial	14 Oct 1977	Hautapu Cemetery
  Person ID	I3557	Main Tree | Hooper Ancestors
  Last Modified	16 May 2014

  
  

  Father	TOMLINS, William,   b. 1859, Pontesbury, Shropshire, England d. 24 May 1936, Queensland, Australia (Age 77 years)
  Mother	MATHEWS, Margaret Julia,   b. c. 1855, Tonyrefail, Glamorgan, Wales d. 7 Oct 1936, Wanganui, New Zealand (Age 81 years)
  Marriage	7 Apr 1883	Wellington
  Notes	I found a timeline of Margaret Julia, that asserts that William Tomlins was charged with "wife desertion" 6 Jul 1889. Source is given as "paper". See notes on William Tomlins.
  Family ID	F1130	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	HOOPER, Alfred,   b. 18 Jul 1877, New Zealand d. 28 Jan 1963, Hautapu, Waikato, New Zealand (Age 85 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.
  Children	+ 1. HOOPER, Alban Edwin,   b. 6 Oct 1907, Ngaire d. 16 Sep 1981, Morinsville (Age 73 years)   2. HOOPER, Vivian Alfred,   b. 1906   3. HOOPER, Herbert Alec,   b. 1911   4. HOOPER, William   5. HOOPER, Hazel Margaret,   b. 1903   6. HOOPER, Nancy   7. HOOPER, Elizabeth
  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
  Last Modified	15 May 2014

  
  

• Photos

  Gran and Grandad Hooper Back of photo: "50th Wedding Anniversary. 27.1.1903 - 27.1.1953 Love from Mum & Dad"

  
  

• Notes

  From Annette Poucher (sister of Peter Hooper): "All I know of Gran's family was that her Mother operated a Boarding house in Nelson. She was tiny, converted to Catholicism; was influential in setting up Netball in Cambridge; was an excellent cake maker and decorator. She did not attend Mum and Dad's wedding (Out of the Faith and not held in a Church) but did make the cake. She was feisty and Grandad converted so they could be buried together. Buried in Cambridge."