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Author: NascarfanN
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My grandmother's name was Frances T. Hopkins (aka Lula/Lulu). She was born in Georgia,
either Canton, Cherokee Co. or Marietta, Cobb Co. I first found her in Starke Co. IN in
the 1870 census listed as "Emma Hopkins", age 5. She was living with Sarah F.
and Harvey Goon. In 1880 they were in Starke Co. and "Lulu" was age 15 and
listed as a "House Servant". I don't believe that Sarah Goon was Lulu's
mother. I could not find any record in GA where Sarah was married to a Hopkins. Lulu may
have been a child of Sarah's sister, or other kin. When Sarah and Harvey were married
her name was listed on the marriage record as Sarah Thompson.
(Sarah's first husband was killed in the Civil War. Also, on Harvey's Civil War
records he listed his wife as Sarah Francis Thompson.) I assume Lulu came to Starke Co.
with Sarah Thompson and her other two daughters sometime between Lulu's birth in Feb
1865 and the 1870 census.
Sarah and Harvey Goon were married in Starke Co. in 1866.
Does anyone have any ideas how I can find my grandmother's father?
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