Alice Roxy Young
Born 7 Aug. 1856 in Salt Lake City.[1] Daughter of Brigham Young Jr. and Catherine Curtis Spencer.[2] EBW mentioned a surprise party held for Alice, commonly called Alibo, on her eighteenth birthday, 7 Aug. 1874.[3] Married Charles R. Hopkins, 7 Aug. 1876, in Salt Lake City; seven children.[4] EBW recorded the events surrounding Alice and Charles’s elopement in her diary, 7–12 Aug. 1876.[5] Moved to Frisco, Beaver Co., Utah Territory, by 1880.[6] Moved to Meadville Township, Silver Bow Co., Montana, by 1900.[7] Moved to Butte City, Silver Bow Co., by 1910.[8] Following the death of her husband in Oct. 1926, moved to Morro Township, San Luis Obispo Co., California, to live with her children.[9] Died 21 Mar. 1946 in San Luis Obispo Co.[10]
[1] “Endowments for the Living, 1851–1884,” The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Endowment House, vol. H, 1872–1879, p. 153, line 3259, Alice Roxy Young, 10 Aug. 1874, microfilm 183407 (restricted access), FHL. “Family Tree,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org, accessed 18 Mar. 2020), Alice Roxy Young (KWJZ-WRN).
[2] “Endowments for the Living, 1851–1884,” The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Endowment House, vol. H, 1872–1879, p. 153, line 3259, Alice Roxy Young, 10 Aug. 1874, microfilm 183407 (restricted access), FHL. 1860 U.S. Census, Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake Co., Utah Territory, p. 296, line 33, Alice Young.
[3] EBW, Diary, 7 Aug. 1874.
[4] EBW, Diary, 7, 10, and 12 Feb. 1876. 1880 U.S. Census, Frisco, Beaver Co., Utah Territory, p. 33, Alice Hopkins. 1900 U.S. Census, Meaderville Township, Silver Bow Co., MT, ED 87, p. 13, Alice Y Hopking.
[5] EBW, Diary, 10 and 12 Feb. 1876.
[6] 1880 U.S. Census, Frisco, Beaver Co., Utah Territory, p. 33, A R Hopkins. “Frisco, Utah—A Ten Year High,” Legends of America (https://www.legendsofamerica.com/ut-frisco/, accessed 19 Mar. 2020). “Frisco Mining Camp,” Utah History Encyclopedia (https://www.uen.org/utah_history_encyclopedia/f/FRISCO_MINING_CAMP.shtml, accessed 19 Mar. 2020).
[7] 1900 U.S. Census, Meaderville Township, Silver Bow Co., MT, ED 87, p. 13, Alice Y Hopking.
[8] 1910 U.S. Census, Butte City, Silver Bow Co., MT, ED 109, p. 12B, Alice Y. Hopkins.
[9] Silver Bow., Co., MT, Death Records, 1890–2004, record no. 32747, microfilm 2311840, DGS 5204266, image 960/2447, FHL. 1930 U.S. Census, Morro, San Luis Obispo Co., CA, p. 10A, line 49, Alice Y Hopkins. 1940 U.S. Census, San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo Co., CA, ED 40-23, p. 7A.
[10] “California Death Index, 1940–1997,” database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org/ark:61903/1:1:VPQZJG, accessed 26 Nov. 2014), Alice Young Hopkins, 21 Mar. 1946.