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Hi, I'm trying to trace Isabella Hopper, born about 1874 probably in Co. Durham or Northumberland, died after 1953. As far as I know she was unmarried and owned or part owned a sweet factory in possible North Shields. She died without leaving a will and her estate was divided between her direct family who included the Carr family from Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, (previously Co Durham) My father and his siblings received a 1/360th share. Any help would be much appreciated.

Have you found her on any censuses?

I can't find an Isabella Hopper described as confectioner, or similar.

This one may be a possibility - unmarried. (Ancestry mistakenly includes a family called Storey in the record - but they're at a different address).:

Isabella Hopper
in the 1911 England Census

Name: Isabella Hopper
Age in 1911: 38
Estimated birth year: abt 1873
Relation to Head: Sister
Gender: Female
Birth Place: North Shields, Northumberland, England
Civil Parish: Tynemouth
County/Island: Northumberland
Country: England
Street address: 53 Collingwood View, North Shields
Marital Status: Single
Registration district: Tynemouth
Registration District Number: 559
Sub-registration district: Tynemouth
ED, institution, or vessel: 25
Piece: 30757
Household Members:
Name Age

Isabella Hopper 38
Edwin Hopper 22 - brother

IF (and only IF !) that's her, then here she is in 1891 with parents and siblings:

Isabella Hopper

in the 1891 England Census
Name: Isabella Hopper
Age: 19
Estimated birth year: abt 1872
Relation: Daughter
Father's name: George Hopper
Mother's name: Margaret Hopper
Gender: Female
Where born: North Shields, Northumberland, England
Civil Parish: Chirton
Ecclesiastical parish: Western Town
Town: North Shields
County/Island: Northumberland
Country: England
Registration district: Tynemouth
ED, institution, or vessel: 7
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 4224
Folio: 20
Page Number: 34
Household Members:
Name Age
George Hopper 42
Margaret Hopper 45
George Hopper 21
Isabella Hopper 19
William Hopper 16
Mary Hopper 13
Joseph Hopper 11
Edwin Hopper 2

Isabella Hopper
England and Wales Birth Registration Index
Name Isabella Hopper
Event Type Birth Registration
Registration Quarter Apr-May-Jun
Registration Year 1874
Registration District Tynemouth
County Northumberland
Event Place Tynemouth, Northumberland, England
Volume 10B
Page 190
Line Number 213

You say she died "after 1953".

When did your father receive his share of her estate?

Could this possibly be her death? It's quite a while after 1953. If so, the death cert might provide clues as to her family.

Isabella Hopper

in the England & Wales, Death Index, 1916-2007
Name: Isabella Hopper
Birth Date: abt 1874
Date of Registration: Jun 1962
Age at Death: 88
Registration district: Durham North Western
Inferred County: Durham
Volume: 1a
Page: 499

1881 census


Name Isabella Hopper
Event Type Census
Event Date 1881
Event Place Preston, Northumberland, England
Registration District Tynemouth
Gender Female
Age 8
Marital Status (Original) Single
Occupation Scholar
Relationship to Head of Household Daughter
Birth Year (Estimated) 1873
Birthplace North Shields, Northumberland, England
Page Number 64
Registration Number RG11
Piece/Folio 5077/95
Affiliate Record Type Household
HOUSEHOLD

ROLE

GENDER

AGE

BIRTHPLACE

George Hopper Head M 33 North Shields, Northumberland, England
Margaret A Hopper Wife F 34 North Shields, Northumberland, England
George Hopper Son M 10 North Shields, Northumberland, England
Isabella Hopper Daughter F 8 North Shields, Northumberland, England
William Hopper Son M 6 North Shields, Northumberland, England
Mary Hopper Daughter F 3 North Shields, Northumberland, England
Joseph Hopper Son M 1 North Shields, Northumberland, England
CITING THIS RECORD

Welch's (now no more) is the only sweet factory I can find online mention of in North Shields.
Can't find any history of it, though.

http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/sweet-factory-jobs-at-risk-1601742

Possible marriage of George and Margaret ???:

Marriages Sep 1869 (>99%)
HOPPER George Tynemouth 10b 308 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Robinson George Tynemouth 10b 308
SCOTT Isabella Tynemouth 10b 308
WEAR Margaret Tynemouth 10b 308 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

There is this one:


Name:Isabella Hopper
Probate Date:9 Jul 1959
Registry:Newcastle Upon Tyne
Death Date:26 Apr 1959
Death Place:Newcastle Upon Tyne

She was a spinster, living at 21 Coniston Avenue, West Jesmond. Administration to Mary Jane Morley, widow, and Lily Coates (wife of Andrew Coates). Effects £5477 7s 9d.

Death Reg for the above:


Name:Isabella Hopper
Birth Date:abt 1869
Date of Registration:Jun 1959
Age at Death:90
Registration district:Newcastle upon Tyne
Inferred County:Northumberland
Volume:1b
Page:145

Thank you all for your help, the one I can definitely connect to my Isabella Hopper is yours Potty as I have a copy of the final distribution showing the Trustees as Mrs M J Morland and Mrs L Coates. I should be able to trace her and confirm the connection to my family was through my gggrandfather. Once again thanks for all your quick replies and information x x

I can only see two unmarried Isabella Hoppers born 1869, in 1911:

This is perhaps the more likely of the two:

Isabella Hopper
in the 1911 England Census
Name: Isabella Hopper
Age in 1911: 43
Estimated birth year: abt 1868
Relation to Head: Daughter
Gender: Female
Birth Place: Walker, Northumberland, England
Civil Parish: Heaton
County/Island: Northumberland
Country: England
Street address: 46 Wandsworth Road Heaton Newcastle on Tyne
Marital Status: Single
Registration district: Newcastle upon Tyne
Registration District Number: 558
Sub-registration district: Byker
ED, institution, or vessel: 36
Piece: 30692
Household Members:
Name Age
Isabella Hopper 83 - widow
Elizabeth Hopper 45 - shop manageress
Isabella Hopper 43 - no occupation listed



Isabella Hopper
in the 1901 England Census
Name: Isabella Hopper
Age: 33
Estimated birth year: abt 1868
Relation to Head: Daughter
Gender: Female
Father: Thomas Hopper
Mother: Isabella Hopper
Birth Place: Walker, Northumberland, England
Civil Parish: Heaton
Ecclesiastical parish: St Silas
Town: Newcastle upon Tyne
County/Island: Northumberland
Country: England
Registration district: Newcastle upon Tyne
Sub-registration district: Byker
ED, institution, or vessel: 38
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 4793
Folio: 61
Page Number: 39
Household schedule number: 258
Household Members:
Name Age
Thomas Hopper 72 - retired sawyer
Isabella Hopper 73
Elizabeth Hopper 35 - dairymaid
Isabella Hopper 33 - no occupation listed



Isabella Hopper
in the 1891 England Census
Name: Isabella Hopper
Age: 23
Estimated birth year: abt 1868
Relation: Daughter
Father's name: Thomas Hopper
Mother's name: Isabella Hopper
Gender: Female
Where born: Walker, Northumberland, England
Civil Parish: Elswick
Ecclesiastical parish: St Stephens
County/Island: Northumberland
Country: England
:Registration district: Newcastle Upon Tyne
ED, institution, or vessel: 19
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 4194
Folio: 82
Page Number: 10
Household Members:
Name Age
Thomas Hopper 62 - sawmill foreman
Isabella Hopper 63
Elizabeth Hopper 23 - rubber stamp business
Isabella Hopper 23 - ditto



Isabella Hopper
in the 1881 England Census
Name: Isabella Hopper
Age: 13
Estimated birth year: abt 1868
Relationship to Head: Daughter
Father: Thomas Hopper
Mother: Isabella Hopper
Gender: Female
Where born: Longbenton, Northumberland, England
Civil Parish: Longbenton
County/Island: Northumberland
Country: England
Street address: 78 Mitchell Street
Occupation: Scholar
Registration district: Tynemouth
ED, institution, or vessel: 3
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 5084
Folio: 82
Page Number: 58
Household Members:
Name Age
Thomas Hopper 52 - sawyer
Isabella Hopper 53
Elizabeth Hopper 15 - dressmaker
Isabella Hopper 13 - scholar



Isabella Hopper
in the 1871 England Census
Name: Isabella Hopper
Age: 3
Estimated birth year: abt 1868
Relation: Daughter
Father's name: Thomas Hopper
Mother's name: Isabella Hopper
Gender: Female
Where born: Northd, Longbenton
Civil Parish: Walker
Ecclesiastical parish: Walker
Town: Walker
County/Island: Northumberland
Country: England
Registration district: Tynemouth
Sub-registration district: Longbenton
ED, institution, or vessel: 2
Household schedule number: 235
Piece: 5123
Folio: 48
Page Number: 44
Household Members:
Name Age
Thomas Hopper 42 - timber frame sawyer
Isabella Hopper 43
Elizabeth Hopper 5
Isabella Hopper 3

On the other hand, the other single Isabella Hopper is living on private means in 1911:


Isabella Hopper
in the 1911 England Census
Name: Isabella Hopper
Age in 1911: 43
Estimated birth year: abt 1868
Relation to Head: Sister
Gender: Female
Birth Place: Berwick On Tweed, Northumberland, England
Civil Parish: Berwick upon Tweed
County/Island: Northumberland
Country: England
Street address: 6 Castle Terrace Berwick On Tweed
Marital Status: Single
Registration district: Berwick
Registration District Number: 567
Sub-registration district: Berwick upon Tweed
ED, institution, or vessel: 1
Piece: 31113
Household Members:
Name Age
Frances Hopper 45 - private means
Isabella Hopper 43 - sister, private means



The private means were presumably inherited from their father, who was an innkeeper:

Isabella Hoppe
in the 1901 England Census
Name: Isabella Hoppe
[Isabella Hopper]
Age: 33
Estimated birth year: abt 1868
Relation to Head: Daughter
Gender: Female
Father: Christopher Hoppe
Mother: Isabella Hoppe
Birth Place: Berwick, Northumberland, England
Civil Parish: Berwick upon Tweed
Ecclesiastical parish: Berwick upon Tweed Holy Trinity
County/Island: Northumberland
Country: England
Registration district: Berwick
Sub-registration district: Berwick upon Tweed
ED, institution, or vessel: 1
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 4844
Folio: 14
Page Number: 19
Household schedule number: 106
Household Members:
Name Age
Christopher Hoppe - retired keeper of refreshment rooms
Isabella Hoppe 72
Frances Hoppe 35
Isabella Hoppe 33
Eliza Thompson 16 - servant



Isabella Hopper

in the 1891 England Census
Name: Isabella Hopper
Age: 23
Estimated birth year: abt 1868
Relation: Daughter
Mother's name: Isabella Hopper
Gender: Female
Where born: Berwick, Northumberland, England
Civil Parish: Berwick upon Tweed
Ecclesiastical parish: Holy Trinity
County/Island: Northumberland
Country: England
Street address:
Registration district: Berwick
ED, institution, or vessel: 2
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 4267
Folio: 14
Page Number: 1
Household Members:
Name Age
Isabella Hopper 61
Christopher Hopper 24 - son
Jane Hopper 19 - daughter-in-law
Christopher Hopper 10/12 - grandson
Isabella Hopper 23
Margaret S Wallace 18 - servant



Isabella Happer
in the 1871 England Census
Name: Isabella Happer
[Isabella Hopper]
Age: 3
Estimated birth year: abt 1868
Relation: Daughter
Father's name: Christopher Happer
Mother's name: Isabella Happer
Gender: Female
Where born: Berwick-Upon-Tweed, Northumberland, England
Civil Parish: Berwick
Ecclesiastical parish: Berwick
County/Island: Northumberland
Country: England
Registration district: Berwick
Sub-registration district: Berwick Upon Tweed
ED, institution, or vessel: 3
Household schedule number: 3
Piece: 5181
Folio: 22
Page Number: 1
Household Members:
Name Age
Christopher Happer 36 - innkeeper, Railway Hotel
Isabella Happer 40
Grace Happer 64
Jessie M Happer 10
Grace Happer 8
Frances Happer 5
Christopher Happer 4
Isabella Happer 3
(plus several servants)

U.K., City and County Directories, 1600s-1900s

Professional & Organisational Directories Berwick Upon Tweed

Name: Christopher Hopper <<Refreshment rooms. railway station
Residence: 1894 - Northumberland, England

just in case this helps, this seems the most likely Lily as one of the administrators of the estate that Potty posted the probate of

Marriages Jun 1911
Coates Andrew L Newcastle T. 10b 68
Wood Lily Newcastle T. 10b 68

Name: Lily Coates
Birth Date: abt 1883
Date of Registration: Sep 1967
Age at Death: 84
Registration district: Newcastle upon Tyne

Name: Andrew L Coates
Birth Date: abt 1882
Date of Registration: Dec 1964
Age at Death: 82
Registration district: Newcastle upon Tyne

Lily may be just a friend, of course, and not a relation of Isabella:


???
Lily Wood
in the 1911 England Census

Name: Lily Wood
Age in 1911: 28
Estimated birth year: abt 1883
Relation to Head: Daughter
Gender: Female
Birth Place: Newcastle On Tyne, Northland
Civil Parish: All Saints
County/Island: Northumberland
Country: England
Street address: 12 Copland Terrace Shieldfield Newcastle On Tyne
Marital Status: Single
Occupation: Printer's Feeder
Registration district: Newcastle upon Tyne
Registration District Number: 558
Sub-registration district: All Saints
ED, institution, or vessel: 4
Piece: 30643
Household Members:
Name Age
Henry Wood 73
Mary Wood 72
Lily Wood 28 - printer's feeder
William McAlwane 22 - boarder


???
Lily Wood
in the England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
Name: Lily Wood
Gender: Female
Birth Date: 3 Jun 1885
Baptism Date: 4 Jul 1885
Baptism Place: St John, Dukinfield, Cheshire, England
Father: Henry Wood
Mother: Mary Jane
FHL Film Number: 1655859
Reference ID: item 3 p 98

Lily Wood
in the 1901 England Census
Name: Lily Wood
Age: 18
Estimated birth year: abt 1883
Relation to Head: Daughter
Gender: Female
Father: Henry Wood
Mother: Mary Wood
Birth Place: Newc-on-Tyne
Civil Parish: All Saints
Ecclesiastical parish: Christchurch
County/Island: Northumberland
Country: England
Registration district: Newcastle upon Tyne
Sub-registration district: All Saints
ED, institution, or vessel: 11
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 4786
Folio: 63
Page Number: 45
Household schedule number: 257
Household Members:
Name Age
Henry Wood 63
Mary Wood 62
Emily J Wood 28
Lily Wood 18
Benjamin Plevin 25 - boarder
Herbet A Plevin 21 - boarder

Aha!
This could be the Carr link you mentioned, June.

Marriage of Lily's parents?? (Married 49 years in 1911)

Marriages Mar 1863 (>99%)
BRIDGE Mary Gateshead 10a 649
CARR Mary Gateshead 10a 649 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Johnson Christopher Gateshead 10a 649
WOOD Henry Gateshead 10a 649 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

Just to confirm the pairing in the marriage above:

England, Marriages, 1538–1973
Name: Henry Wood
Gender: Male
Age: 24
Marriage Date: 18 Jan 1863
Marriage Place: Gateshead,Durham,England
Spouse: Mary Carr, age 24

Once again thank you all for the wonderful help you've all given me, I now have enough info to not only confirm that I have the correct Isabella Hopper but also establish the link between her and my father. I'm overwhelmed at the response I've had, thank you GR for providing this facility x