Saturday, February 23, 2008

Celia Lillian Hopkins (Scott)

When lived
1896-1965

How related to Kieran
Great-great grandmother (mother of Juanita Ann Scott)

Parents
James H. Hopkins and Mary Ellen Cook (Hopkins)

Birth
July 12, 1896, in Sparta, Kent County, Michigan (alt. sources say June 12 and July 11)

Employment
NA

Marriage
g Married James L. Scott (b. 1892; d. 1971) on Oct. 21, 1918, in Mondovi, Buffalo County, Wis.; husband's name is listed on marriage record as James Grover Scott

Children
g Juanita Ann Scott (m. Abner Bignell; d. 1965)
g James Scott (lived in Minneapolis in 1965; had d. before Dec. 2004)
g George Washington Scott (b. 1925; lived in Minneapolis in 1965; d. 2004)
g William Scott (b. 1931; lived in Alma, Wis., in 1965; d. 1983)
g Fred Edgar Scott (b. 1932; lived in Alma in 1965; d. 1970)
g Katherine Mary Scott (aka Kathleen; b. 1919; m. Wallace Ellenberger; lived in Alma in 1965; d. 1976)
g Alma Scott (lived in Minneapolis in 1965; m. a Ceason; d. before Dec. 2004)

Interesting facts
g One of her parents apparently remarried as she has two stepbrothers; one of them is named William Leonard
g At age 4 and 14, living in Belvidere, Buffalo County, Wis., according to 1900 and 1910 censuses
g At age 24, living in Naples, Buffalo County, Wis., according to 1920 census
g Living in Alma in 1965
g Mother's name sometimes appears as "Marie" in records

Died
Dec. 22, 1965, at 2 a.m. at St. Benedict’s Community Hospital in Durand, Wis., of pneumonia


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