Fred Hopper
of F. Hopper and Co and Elswick-Hopper Cycle and Motor Co
1859 Q4. Born at Barton-on-Humber
1881 Living at King Street, Barton St. Peter: Robert Hopper (age 53 born Barton), a Tallow Chandler. With his wife Mary Hopper (age 43 born Kirton) and their children Fred Hopper (age 21 born Barton) and Annie Hopper (age 24 born Barton).[1]
1891 Married Hannah E. Jackson
1891 Living at Brigg Road, Barton-on-Humber: Fred Hopper (age 30 born Barton-on-Humber), a Cycle Manufacture and Employer. With his wife Hannah E. Hopper (age 19 born Barton-on-Humber).[2]
1901 Living at Elm Tree House, High Street, Barton-on-Humber: Fred Hopper (age 41 born Barton-on-Humber), a Cycle Manufacture and Employer. With his wife Hannah E. Hopper (age 29 born Barton-on-Humber) and their son Fred Hopper (age 9 born Barton-on-Humber). Also his sisters-in-law Edith A. Jackson (age 24 born Barton-on-Humber) and Beatrice M. Jackson (age 22 born Barton-on-Humber).[3]
1911 Living at Elm Tree House, Barton-on-Humber: Fred Hopper (age 51 born Barton-on-Humber), Cycle Manufacturer, Managing Director - F. Hopper and Co Ltd. With his wife (married 20 years with one child) Hannah Elizabeth Hopper (age 39 born Barton-on-Humber) and their son Fred Hopper (age 19 born Barton-on-Humber), a Student (Technical Engineering). Also his sister-in-law Edith Ann Jackson (age 34 born Barton-on-Humber), a Typist (Commercial) and Single; and his niece Margaret Ann Hare (age 19 born Barton-on-Humber), a Typist (Commercial) and Single.[4]
1912 Initiated scheme to provide electricity to the town. '...The Production, Storage and Supply of Electricity by Mr. Fred Hopper within the Area of the Urban District of Barton-on-Humber; the Laying Down and Erection of Electric Lines, Wires, Posts and Apparatus; the Taking and Recovering of Rates and Charges.....Mr. Fred Hopper (hereinafter called "the Applicant"), and whose address is at Elm Tree House, Barton-on-Humber, in the county of Lincoln, intends to apply to the Board of Trade, on or before the 21st day of December next, for a Provisional Order (hereinafter called "the Order") under the Electric Lighting Acts, 1882 to 1909....'[5]