John Hopley

• Birth Notes
  • Only one possible illegitimate birth record:
    
    HOPLEY, JOHN        - 
    GRO Reference: 1848  S Quarter in WREXHAM 
    Volume 27  Page 266
    
    Names:    John Hopley
    Sex:    Male
    Christening Date:    06 Aug 1848
    Mother's Name:    Mary Hopley
    Fathers Name (not given)
    Record Group:    Part 1 - 1
    Record Number:    864
    City or Town:    Shocklach, Cheshire
    Record source:    Diocese of Chester parish registers of baptisms 1538-1910
    Data provider:    Cheshire Archives and Local Studies

• General Notes
  • John cannot be the son of William (as too young to be his father), but instead, an illegitimate child of Mary Hopley.
    
    John, a Grandchild (12), was a servant for William and Mary in 1861.  John (2) was with grandmother Mary while William was working away in 1851.
    
    John Hopley was an illegitimate son of William's daughter Mary Caldercott, and was left £50 by William in 1883.