Dennis Alan HopkinsAge: 79 years1919–1999
- Name
- Dennis Alan Hopkins
- Given names
- Dennis Alan
- Surname
- Hopkins
Birth | September 26, 1919 28 25 Address: Cadoxton |
Baptism | November 23, 1919 (Age 58 days) |
Census | September 29, 1939 (Age 20 years) Address: 1 Francis Terr |
Occupation | Electrical Engineer 1950 (Age 30 years)Address: Metropolitan Vickers |
Death of a maternal grandmother | Elizabeth Grace Phillips June 5, 1958 (Age 38 years) Address: 22 Rugby Ave |
Occupation | Electrical engineer about 1959 (Age 39 years)Address: MANWEB |
Occupation | Lecturer about 1960 (Age 40 years)Address: Harris College |
Death of a maternal grandfather | Charles Drury January 20, 1969 (Age 49 years) Address: Camrose,
Bryncoch |
Death of a mother | Daisy May Drury February 8, 1974 (Age 54 years) Address: Port Talbot Hospital |
Death of a father | Arthur Hopkins October 1982 (Age 63 years) Address: Mor-a-Welan |
Occupation | Lecturer to 1984 (Age 64 years)Address: The Polytechnic |
Death | February 6, 1999 (Age 79 years) Address: Riverside |
Reminiscences | April 12, 1999 (2 months after death) |
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Arthur Hopkins Birth: January 7, 1891 — Aberdulais, Glamorganshire, Wales Death: October 1982 — Port Talbot, Glamorganshire, Wales |
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Daisy May Drury Birth: October 28, 1893 20 21 — Wolfsdale, Pembrokeshire, Wales Death: February 8, 1974 — Neath, Glamorganshire, Wales |
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Dennis Alan Hopkins Birth: September 26, 1919 28 25 — Neath, Glamorganshire, Wales Death: February 6, 1999 — Warrington, Cheshire, England |
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Dennis Alan Hopkins Birth: September 26, 1919 28 25 — Neath, Glamorganshire, Wales Death: February 6, 1999 — Warrington, Cheshire, England |
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Dennis Alan Hopkins Birth: September 26, 1919 28 25 — Neath, Glamorganshire, Wales Death: February 6, 1999 — Warrington, Cheshire, England |
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Census | 1939 England - Census transcript - Arthur Hopkins - Household 1 Francis Terr,Cadoxton,Neath, Neath R.D., Glamorganshire, Wales
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Reminiscences | Memories of my fatherStudied at U.C. Swansea. Went into REME at end of war, but on the way to China (?) the war ended, and he was sent to India. Called in at Capetown on the way there. Made a ramble in the Himalayas in Sikkim about 1947, and wrote a diary of this (which Glenys has). My dear father died after suffering Alzheimer's disease for about three years. During this time his mental faculties declined progressively, so it was very painful for those who loved him to see this. However, almost up to the end he retained his jollity, and he seemed more or less like a happy small boy. Perhaps his suffering was less than our pain, but it must have been very hard for Glenys, who looked after him most devotedly and lovingly. In the end he stopped swallowing, and wasted away over a couple of months. One of the last cogent things that he said in my presence was to tell Glenys 'This is my son'. I think that he might have forgotten my name by this time. This was about three months before he died. Written by Tony Hopkins 12 April 1999. |