The following family history has been compiled from various sources, such as the "ARAM FAMILY BOOK", the I.G.I., a number of Birth, Death & Marriage Certificates and the personal stories of elder members of the ARAM & HOPKINSON families. I would also like to thank my distant cousins Ray HENRY (of the ARAM/SYKES line) and Cheryl WATT & Gail HOPKINSON (both descendants of Samuel HOPKINSON & Mary ARAM as am I).
Please Email me if you would like to add some more details or if you have found an error. Thank you.

Raelene RYAN

HOPKINSON


1.    Thomas HOPKINSON (son of Joseph HOPKINSON & Martha LITTLE ?)
Christened:- 30th. June 1799, Bradford, Yorkshire, England.
Died:- Sept. Qtr. 1875, Bradford, Yorkshire, England.
Occupation:-    Weaver.
Married:- 17th. July 1820, Parish Church, Bradford, Yorkshire, England.
Spouse:-    Betty MITCHELL (daughter of Reuben MITCHELL & Sarah BINNS ??)
    Christened:- 7th. Feb. 1796, Bradford, Yorkshire, England.

    2.     Rebecca HOPKINSON
    Christened:- 5th. March 1823, Bradford, Yorkshire, England.
    Died:- Dec. Qtr. 1905, North Bierley, Yorkshire, England.
    Married:- 10th. May 1847, Calverley , Yorkshire, England.
    Spouse:-    James JENNINGS
        Born:- circa 1823
        Died:- Sept. Qtr. 1859, Bradford, Yorkshire, England.

        3.    Mary Ann JENNINGS (born circa 1852)
        3.    Ann Elizabeth JENNINGS (born circa 1854) sp: Zacariah FIRTH
        3.    John William JENNINGS (born circa 1857)

    2.     William HOPKINSON
    Born:- circa. 1823, Bradford, Yorkshire, England.

    2.     Samuel HOPKINSON
    Born:- 11th. October 1826, Undercliffe, Bradford, Yorkshire, England.
    Christened:- 18th. Feb. 1829, Bradford, Yorkshire, England.
    Died:- 26th. July 1887, South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
    Married:- 14th. Oct. 1848, Leeds Parish Church, Yorkshire, England.
    Spouse:-    Mary ARAM (daughter of Francis Aaron ARAM & Hannah GRUNDY)
        Born:- 31st. Mar. 1829, Bolton By Bradford, Yorkshire, England.
        Died:- 28th. Mar. 1899, South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

        3.    Francis Aram HOPKINSON (1853-1905) sp: Theresa BROCKWELL

            4.    William Henry Brockwell HOPKINSON (1873-1949) sp: Helenor DOBELL
            4.    James Albert Brockwell HOPKINSON (1876-1876)
            4.    Albert Edward HOPKINSON (1878-1958) sp: Mary Elizabeth QUINSEE
            4.    Helen HOPKINSON (1880-1882)
            4.    Florence May HOPKINSON (1881-1966) sp: John Edward CHAMBERS
            4.    Alice Helen HOPKINSON (1884-1954) sp: Cyril John Walter McGRATH
            4.    Lily Elizabeth HOPKINSON (1887-1918) sp: Arthur Bernard DAVIS
            4.    Francis Samuel HOPKINSON (1892-1950)
            4.    Charles Frederick HOPKINSON (1895-1900)
            4.    Ronald Roy HOPKINSON (1898-1981) sp: Eva Pearl HALL

        3.    Joseph Frederick HOPKINSON (1855-1934) sp: Florence DICKENSON

            4.    Joseph Frederick HOPKINSON (1883-1947) 1st. sp: Jessi Lydia PORTEUS
                                                                                                                           2nd. sp: Alice Beatrice Victoria COLE
            4.    William Arthur HOPKINSON (1884-1938) sp: Thelma Christina BEAL
            4.    Elsie Cecilea HOPKINSON (1889-1970) sp: Howard Scott NEIL
            4.    Dorothy Freida HOPKINSON (1900-1984) sp: Robert McGraw ALLEN

        3.    William Arthur HOPKINSON (1857-1903)

        3.    Hannah Elizabeth HOPKINSON (1859-1885) sp: Moses LESLIE

        3.    Samuel HOPKINSON (1861-1941)

        3.    Lily HOPKINSON (1863-1937) sp: Clifford ASHLEY

            4.    Clifford Gordon ASHLEY (1892-1981) sp: Sylvia Maisie Eileen DARK
            4.    Stanley Trevor ASHLEY (1894-1962)
            4.    Lily Muriel Sylvia ASHLEY (1898- ) sp: John Franklin BRIGGS

        3.    Harriet Ellen HOPKINSON (1865-1953) sp: Alfred RUGLEN

            4.    Alfred Reginald RUGLEN (1891-1899)
            4.    Gladys Mortimer RUGLEN (1892-1968) sp: Charles HAMILTON
            4.    Ivy Lilias RUGLEN (1896-1979) sp: Michael KEAMY
            4.    Nellie Martha Dorothy Daisy RUGLEN (1898-1985) sp: Rupert DAWBORN
            4.    Nelgur Marguerita Daphne RUGLEN (1903-1977) sp: Percy HEDLEY
            4.    Frederick John RUGLEN (1907-1976) sp: Mavis Alma BALL
            4.    Ellen Gwendoline RUGLEN (1910-1995) sp: Alec George WATT

        3.    Eva HOPKINSON (1867-1867)

        3.    Mary Eva HOPKINSON (1868-1870)

        3.    Unnamed Female HOPKINSON (1870-1870)

        3.    Mabel May HOPKINSON (1872-1950) No Issue

    2.     Martha HOPKINSON
    Christened:- 1st. Nov. 1829, Bradford, Yorkshire, England.
    Married:- June Qtr. 1852, Bradford, Yorkshire, England.
    Spouse:- John SELLICK

        3.    Sarah Jane SELLICK (born Mar. Qtr. 1853) sp: Alfred HORN

    2.     Jane HOPKINSON
    Christened:- 12th. June 1831, Bradford, Yorkshire, England.

    2.     Ann HOPKINSON
    Christened:- 29th. May 1833, Bradford, Yorkshire, England.
    Died:- Mar. Qtr. 1841, Bradford, Yorkshire, England.

    2.     John HOPKINSON
    Born:- circa. 1835, Bradford, Yorkshire, England.
    Died:- June Qtr. 1887, Bradford, Yorkshire, England.
    Married:- Sept. Qtr. 1859, Calverley, Yorkshire, England.
    Spouse:-    Ann Elizabeth HOLLINGS
        Born:- 18th. July 1836, Calverley, Yorkshire, England.

        3.    Emily HOPKINSON (born circa 1860) sp: Matthew ELAND
        3.    Thomas William HOPKINSON (born 1862 )

    2.     James HOPKINSON
    Born:- circa. 1837, Bradford, Yorkshire, England.
    Died:- 20th. June 1893, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
    1st. Marriage:- circa. 1859, Yorkshire, England.
    1st. Spouse:- Caroline Sellers Gwynne HUTCHINSON
        Christened:- 23rd. July 1834, Pudsey, Yorkshire, England.
        Died:- pre. 1872 in Yorkshire, England.
     (One Son & Four Daughters, all died pre. 1883 in Yorkshire, England).
    2nd. Marriage:- June Qtr. 1872, Bradford, Yorkshire, England.
    2nd. spouse:- Eliza DUFTON
        Born:- Sept. Qtr. 1845, Bradford, Yorkshire, England.
        Died:- 16th. Aug, 1883 At Sea on route to Australia.

        3.    Elizabeth Alice HOPKINSON (1873-????)

        3.    Samuel Dufton HOPKINSON (1876-1928) sp: Minnie HUNTER

            4.    Estelle Mabel Hunter HOPKINSON (born 1901) sp: Cyril Carlyle BAILEY
            4.    Edwin Grosvenor Hunter HOPKINSON (1903-1954)
            4.    James S. H. HOPKINSON (1905-????)
            4.    Ralph Ernest Dufton HOPKINSON (1910-1945)
            4.    Alwynne Yvonne HOPKINSON (1913-1996) sp: Sydney Richard TINDALE

        3.    James Wilfred HOPKINSON (1877-????)

        3.    Ernest John HOPKINSON (1880-1884)

        3.    Female Child HOPKINSON (????-pre. 1883)

    2.     Emma HOPKINSON     Born. c. 1840, Bradford, Yorkshire, England.
    Married:- Dec. Qtr. 1861, Bradford, Yorkshire, England.
    Spouse:-    William OGDEN