John Moreton HOPKINS
Date of Birth:
10 May 1902
Date of Death:
2 Oct 1967
John was born at Invercargill.
He married Doreen Athfield (born at Mataura in 1908) in 1935.
They had one son & one daughter. Both were born in Levin.
John started as a farm manager at Parnassus, then a meat inspector in Auckland and finally he became an agricultural instructor in Lairdvale & New Plymouth before moving to Levin around 1943.
Doreen started a womenswear business called 'Dianne Louise', initially in the "Haswell Building" in Oxford St. It eventually moved from that building and was taken over by others.
Relatives mentioned in profile:
John Moreton Hopkins, William John Moreton Hopkins, Edith Laura Staggall, Louise Doreen (Doreen) Athfield, James Arthur Athfield, Mary Louise Painter, Bruce John Hopkins, Dianne Noleen Hopkins.