Is Meets Was

Olive, Eulie, and Cedric Hopkins October 1897 I am pleased to introduce you to Winifred Eulalie Hopkins. Everyone called her Eulie. She was born on September 3, 1894, in Milverton, England .  Eulie's father, George, was the son of an Irish merchant and minister from Wicklow, Ireland.  Eulie's mother, Emily Ruth Draper, was the daughter of a coach smith and livery stable keeper of Hackney, London, England.  Eulie, December 1901 Garry, Edith, Harold, Lance, Maz, Cedric, Eulie, Olive, and John c. 1918 Eulie was the 8th of 10 children.  While Eulie passed into adulthood, the Great War, now known as World War I, was raging in Europe. It began on 28 July 1914, when Eulie was approaching her 20th birthday, and lasted until 11 November 1918, when Eulie was 24 years old. More than 9 million people who fought in the war, mostly men, were killed. Possibly the vast carnage is the reason that Eulie and two of her sisters never mar...

Thank you to Nancy at  My Ancestors and Me  for honoring me with the One Lovely Blog Award. I am passing the award onto the following blogs: Wendy for  Shanghai Wen Wen ,  Susie for  Little Susie Homemaker Sarah at  Unshoveling the Past Ms.Genealogist at  Who Does She Think She Is? Wendy's blog and Susie's  blog provide delightful insights into the lives of two contemporary young women who have chosen such different paths.  For a whimsical look at Wendy's reality, recently uprooted and transplanted from San Francisco to China, visit Shanghai Wen Wen .  To discover how to live and laugh while raising and homeschooling six children on a very moderate income, take a gander at Little Susie Homemaker 's stories.  Unshoveling the Past    and  Who Does She Think She Is?   are both blogs that explore the author's family histories, one from a very personal perspective and the other from a more academic viewpoint....