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Lydia Okie Van Dyke Hopkins

21 June 1803—14 October 1859

1 Born at New York City; daughter of Elizabeth Penier and Abraham Okie. 2 Married first Nicholas Van Dyke, 1827; two children. 3 Baptized, 1838. 4 Widowed, 1839. 5 Married second Charles Hopkins, 1840; one child. 6 Migrated to the Salt Lake Valley, 1849. 7 Settled at Dry Creek, Utah County, Utah Territory, 1850; moved to Cedar City, Iron County, Utah Territory, 1856. 8 Served as president of the Cedar City Relief Society, 1856–1859. 9 Died at Cedar City. 10 (See Document 2.6)

Footnotes

  1. 1 Patriarchal Blessing Index, 1833–1971, reel 60, vol. 11, p. 248, Lydia Okie Hopkins (Apr. 8, 1851), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, CHL. “Died,” Deseret News [weekly], Nov. 9, 1859, 288. “U.S., Federal Census Mortality Schedules Index, 1850–1880,” Lydia Hopkins (1860); database, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com, accessed Oct. 2014); AIS Mortality Schedules Index, comp. Ron V. Jackson, Accelerated Indexing Systems, Provo, UT; from U.S. Federal Decennial Census, territorial/state censuses and/or census substitutes.

  2. 2 Patriarchal blessings, 1851, Lydia Okie Hopkins. “Family Tree,” database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org, accessed Oct. 2014), Lydia Okie LHZ5-77B.

  3. 3 “Nicholas Van Dyke Jr, 1800–1839,” Individual Record, Family Tree database (Ancestor ID: L1Z8-WPH), FamilySearch, accessed 17 Nov. 2023, familysearch.org. Edward W. Tullidge, “William Vandyke,” Tullidge’s Quarterly Magazine (Salt Lake City, Star Printing Co., 1883), 2:224.

  4. 4 Tullidge, “William Vandyke,” 2:224.

  5. 5 Tullidge, “William Vandyke,” 2:224. “Family Tree,” database, Nicholas Van Dyke Jr.

  6. 6 Tullidge, “William Vandyke,” 2:224. “Family Tree,” database, Lydia Okie.

  7. 7 “Lydia Okie,” Church History Biographical Database (history.churchofjesuschrist.org/chd/landing, accessed Nov. 2023.

  8. 8 Tullidge, “William Vandyke,” 2:224.

  9. 9 Cedar City Ward, Parowan Stake, Relief Society Minute Book, 1856–1875, CHL, entry for Nov. 20, 1856. “Iron County,” Deseret News [weekly], Dec. 24, 1856, 333.

  10. 10 “Died,” 288. “U.S., Federal Census Mortality Schedules Index, 1850–1880,” Lydia Hopkins.