Help Wanted: LOVEGROVE,
WAIT & HOPKINS
- Mrs. Monica Baker,
Billericay, Essex
I have
a problem in my family that needs to be solved.
When I obtained the birth certificate of my great
grandfather George HOPKINS it said his mother was
Charlotte Ann LOVEGROVE. With this 1 tried to
find a marriage but could not match up the two
surnames. Eventually I obtained the birth
certificate of one of George's siblings only to
find that the mother was Charlotte Ann WAIT. This
combination of names led me to find the marriage
in 1842 at Boxford of John HOPKINS and Charlotte
Arm WAIT. As two of John and Charlotte's sons
have the middle name of Lovegrove, I think that
somehow Charlotte gave her mother's maiden name
by mistake. Her mother, according to the 1881
census is Ann Maria WAIT, aged 82, born in
Thatcham. So far I have not been able to locate
any records that confirm this WAIT/LOVEGROVE
family.
