Martha A. Hopkins
Martha A. Hopkins (maiden name: Foster) was born on May 17, 1835, in Salem, Massachusetts, to Solomon and Martha Foster. Her father was a currier who owned $50 of personal property by 1860. The family moved several times as she was growing up: first to Weston, Vermont, then to Charlestown, Massachusetts, in the 1840s, and finally to Abington, Massachusetts, in the 1850s.
She married Isaac Hopkins on April 27, 1855, and they had at least three children: Clara, born around 1857; Edwin, born around 1859; and Nathan, born around 1867. They lived next door to her parents in Abington, and her husband worked as a shoemaker. By 1860, they owned $100 of real estate and $75 of personal property. A decade later, they owned $500 of personal property. The family moved to Rockland, Massachusetts, in the 1870s. She was a prominent member of Rockland society, and she was the first president of the local Woman’s Relief Corps. She died in Rockland on July 4, 1906, “after a long illness.”
Image: Martha A. Hopkins (The Boston Globe, 5 July 1906)
DATABASE CONTENT
| (3275) | Hopkins, Martha A. ~ Foster, Martha A. | 1835-05-17 | 1906-07-04 |
- Conflict Side: Union
- Role: Civilian
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- Gender: Female
- Race: White
Documents - Records: 1
- (3814) [recipient] ~ William E. Foster to Martha A. Hopkins, 14 August 1863
People - Records: 2
- (3275) Hopkins, Martha A. is the [sibling of] (3274) Foster, William E.
- (5484) Foster, Martha is the [parent of] (3275) Hopkins, Martha A.
Places - Records: 2
SOURCES
1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, and 1900 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Massachusetts Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, available from Ancestry.com; The Boston (MA) Globe, 5 July 1906.
