Notes for: Helen (Nellie) Earl Bodine
I am guessing that the Nellie mentioned in an 1870 Census in New Jersey is the same as this Helen. That could very well be incorrect, though. The date on the marriage return seems to say 1880, but it is hard to read. She and Frederick were both twenty years old at the time.
I did have her death date as February 9, but M. W. said it was February 19, 1934. That must be wrong however. Her obit gives her death date as January 13, 1930 in Seabring, FL.
From Ronny Bodine:
Her birth in Trenton, Mercer County was recorded as Elenora Bodine, daughter of Jediah H. and Martha Bodine (Mercer County Birth Records). In 1900, Benjamin and Helen Hopper, with her 3 children of her 1st marriage and son of her 2nd, lived in Manhattan, New York City, where Benjamin was manager of the Adams Express Company. In 1910, Benjamin and Helen Hopper lived in Jersey City, Hudson County where Benjamin worked as foreman of an express company. He reported that he and Helen had been married 15 years and that it was Helen's 2nd marriage and that out of 4 children she had borne, 3 still lived. Benjamin Hopper was buried in Mercer Cemetery, Trenton on 10 July 1912. Nellie Hopper, widowed, was living 1920 with her son-in-law and daughter Fred and Daisy Curdt in Manhattan, New York.
Obituary, Trenton Evening Times (Trenton, N.J.) of 10 July 1912.
"Benj. C. Hopper is Dead"
LONG BRANCH, N.J.---July 10.---Benjamin Clements Hopper, foreman of the Adams Express Company dock in Jersey City, is dead. He was 52 years old. He came here last week to visit his sister, accompanied by his wife and son, Walter. Hopper had been with the express company thirty-three years. He was a messenger on the road for many years.
Obituary, Trenton Evening Times (Trenton, N.J.) of 14 Jan 1930.
"Mrs. Hopper Dies at Florida Home"
Word was received today of the death at her home, in Seabring, Fla. yesterday, of Mrs. Nellie E. Hopper, widow of Benjamin C. Hopper, at the age of 69 years. She was the sister of David M. Bodine, Sr., manufacturer of pork products, of 812 Berkeley Avenue. The body will be brought by train to Trenton for services at the Funeral Home, 415 Greenwood Avenue, on Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Interment will be in Mercer Cemetery under direction of Swayze & Margerum. In addition to her brother, Mrs. Hopper is survived by three children, Mrs. Fred Curdt, Mrs. Leah Bazin and Walter Hopper.
Children of Helen Bodine and Frederick Birk: Daisy Henrietta (12 June 1882), Leah (Jan 1885), Helen (Jan 1887).
Children of Helen Bodine and Benjamin Hopper: Walter B. (Jan 1898).