Robert Hope
ID # 9143, (1843-1911)
| Birth | Robert Hope was born on 12 August 1843 at England. |
| Marriage | He married Mary Ann Foster, daughter of Thomas Foster and Martha Wilson, on 29 November 1870 at Toronto, York Co., Ontario. Mrge reg. Toronto, York Co. Robert Hope, 24, bachelor, carpenter, Church of England. Born England, residing Toronto. Parents William and Ann Hope. Mary Ann Foster, 24, spinster, Church of England. Born and residing Toronto. Parents Thomas and Martha Foster. Witnesses John Robinson and Mary Ann illeg., both of Toronto. On November 29, 1870, at Toronto, by Rev. H. J. Grassett. |
| Death | He died on 3 December 1911 at Toronto, York County, Ontario, at age 68. |
| Burial | He was buried on 6 December 1911 at St. James Anglican Cemetery, Toronto. |
| Note | Death reg. 006631-11 Toronto, York Co. Robert Hope died Dec. 3, 1911, at 41 Ontario Street. Age 66, born England. Trunk Maker. Married. Physician W. O. Simpson. Informant illeg., 180 Sherbourne Street. The December 4, 1911, issue of the Toronto Daily Star, page 5, shows a death notice for Robert Hope. Robert's death registration shows his date of death as December 3, 1911. The death notice repeats this. The death registration locates his place of death as 41 Ontario Street in Toronto. The death notice states that this is his residence. The death notice has a printing flaw on his street's number, but we may take it to be that he died at his residence. The 1912 Toronto city directory shows Robert Hope as living at 41 Ontario Street. the 1913 directory shows Mrs. Mary Hope as living there. The alphabetical name list shows Mary A. (wid Robt) 41 Ontario Street. The 1914 directory has Nelson A. Dicks at 41 Ontario Street and we must believe him to be no relation to the Hope-Foster family. At number 39 Ontario, however, is John Foster. Mary Ann's brother? The newspaper death notice goes on to tell that his funeral and burial will be on December 6 and that he is to be buried at St. James Cemetery (Anglican) in Toronto. The 1901 census in Toronto East dates Robert's birth to August 12th, 1843. Correspondence with the office of St. John's Norway Cemetery does indeed indicate that Mary Ann Foster, the wife of Robert Hope, is buried in their cemetery, but that her husband definitely is not. We may take it that he is buried in St. James Anglican. |
| Last Edited | 10 Jun 2022 |