Daughter of Orren Winfield Hopkins and Hannah Chasta Mae Draper (never married)
Adoptive father was William Richard Kingwell
Married Benjamin William Mifflin, 3 Jul 1921, Norfolk, Norfok, Virginia
Married Ralph Howard McKenna, 14 August 1948, Las Vegas, Clark, Nevada
History - Ethel Mae Hopkins was the daughter of Orren Winfield Hopkins and Hannah Chasta Mae Draper.
When Ethel was still a toddler her mother married William Richard Kingwell. The Kingwell's lived in Allentown, Pennsylvania where William was a nurse. Hannah was a seamstress.
Ethel was adopted by William Kingwell and was known as Ethel Mae Kingwell most of her life until she was married. When she let her father, William, know she was in love with Benjamin and they wished to marry and wanted his blessing, William was angry. He did not want her to marry Benjamin for some reason. When Ethel made it clear that she was going to marry Ben, William let her know that he was not her biological father. Ethel then learned about her biological father.
Ben and Ethel married in 1921 in Virginia where Ben was stationed with the US Navy. They lived in Utah and migrated to California in the late 1930's.
Daughter Ethel Audrey was born in 1929. Ethel passed away two months before her 5th birthday in 1929 from blood poisoning from an infected chicken pox sore. They could not get the penicillin to her as it was not widely available at the time.
While in Utah after Ben retired from the Navy after WWI. He became a postmaster in the town and drove a horse drawn mail wagon. They had a farm and raised their own animals and food. Ethel would can and dry the food to preserve their bounty. She was a machinist mate at Mare Island in the late 1930's and early 1940's where worked as a machinist pattern maker and cut out the steel to make ships. Ethel was also an avid seamstress and sewed many clothes, wedding dress, prom dresses, and baby clothes with the addition of her special aprons and pot holders she made later in her life.
Ethel's funeral was on Tuesday, August 28, at 1:15 pm at Driscoll's Mortuary chapel, 1096 S. Van Ness at 22nd Street. Scripture reading service Monday at 8 PM.
She was preceded in death by her half brother, William Richard Kingwell, born in 1907, passed away in 1908. Ethel's biological father was also the father of Leota and several other children from his other marriage. Ethel's stepfather, William Richard Kingwell, also remarried after he divorced her mother. He had a son and two daughters.
Adoptive father was William Richard Kingwell
Married Benjamin William Mifflin, 3 Jul 1921, Norfolk, Norfok, Virginia
Married Ralph Howard McKenna, 14 August 1948, Las Vegas, Clark, Nevada
History - Ethel Mae Hopkins was the daughter of Orren Winfield Hopkins and Hannah Chasta Mae Draper.
When Ethel was still a toddler her mother married William Richard Kingwell. The Kingwell's lived in Allentown, Pennsylvania where William was a nurse. Hannah was a seamstress.
Ethel was adopted by William Kingwell and was known as Ethel Mae Kingwell most of her life until she was married. When she let her father, William, know she was in love with Benjamin and they wished to marry and wanted his blessing, William was angry. He did not want her to marry Benjamin for some reason. When Ethel made it clear that she was going to marry Ben, William let her know that he was not her biological father. Ethel then learned about her biological father.
Ben and Ethel married in 1921 in Virginia where Ben was stationed with the US Navy. They lived in Utah and migrated to California in the late 1930's.
Daughter Ethel Audrey was born in 1929. Ethel passed away two months before her 5th birthday in 1929 from blood poisoning from an infected chicken pox sore. They could not get the penicillin to her as it was not widely available at the time.
While in Utah after Ben retired from the Navy after WWI. He became a postmaster in the town and drove a horse drawn mail wagon. They had a farm and raised their own animals and food. Ethel would can and dry the food to preserve their bounty. She was a machinist mate at Mare Island in the late 1930's and early 1940's where worked as a machinist pattern maker and cut out the steel to make ships. Ethel was also an avid seamstress and sewed many clothes, wedding dress, prom dresses, and baby clothes with the addition of her special aprons and pot holders she made later in her life.
Ethel's funeral was on Tuesday, August 28, at 1:15 pm at Driscoll's Mortuary chapel, 1096 S. Van Ness at 22nd Street. Scripture reading service Monday at 8 PM.
She was preceded in death by her half brother, William Richard Kingwell, born in 1907, passed away in 1908. Ethel's biological father was also the father of Leota and several other children from his other marriage. Ethel's stepfather, William Richard Kingwell, also remarried after he divorced her mother. He had a son and two daughters.
Daughter of Orren Winfield Hopkins and Hannah Chasta Mae Draper (never married)
Adoptive father was William Richard Kingwell
Married Benjamin William Mifflin, 3 Jul 1921, Norfolk, Norfok, Virginia
Married Ralph Howard McKenna, 14 August 1948, Las Vegas, Clark, Nevada
History - Ethel Mae Hopkins was the daughter of Orren Winfield Hopkins and Hannah Chasta Mae Draper.
When Ethel was still a toddler her mother married William Richard Kingwell. The Kingwell's lived in Allentown, Pennsylvania where William was a nurse. Hannah was a seamstress.
Ethel was adopted by William Kingwell and was known as Ethel Mae Kingwell most of her life until she was married. When she let her father, William, know she was in love with Benjamin and they wished to marry and wanted his blessing, William was angry. He did not want her to marry Benjamin for some reason. When Ethel made it clear that she was going to marry Ben, William let her know that he was not her biological father. Ethel then learned about her biological father.
Ben and Ethel married in 1921 in Virginia where Ben was stationed with the US Navy. They lived in Utah and migrated to California in the late 1930's.
Daughter Ethel Audrey was born in 1929. Ethel passed away two months before her 5th birthday in 1929 from blood poisoning from an infected chicken pox sore. They could not get the penicillin to her as it was not widely available at the time.
While in Utah after Ben retired from the Navy after WWI. He became a postmaster in the town and drove a horse drawn mail wagon. They had a farm and raised their own animals and food. Ethel would can and dry the food to preserve their bounty. She was a machinist mate at Mare Island in the late 1930's and early 1940's where worked as a machinist pattern maker and cut out the steel to make ships. Ethel was also an avid seamstress and sewed many clothes, wedding dress, prom dresses, and baby clothes with the addition of her special aprons and pot holders she made later in her life.
Ethel's funeral was on Tuesday, August 28, at 1:15 pm at Driscoll's Mortuary chapel, 1096 S. Van Ness at 22nd Street. Scripture reading service Monday at 8 PM.
She was preceded in death by her half brother, William Richard Kingwell, born in 1907, passed away in 1908. Ethel's biological father was also the father of Leota and several other children from his other marriage. Ethel's stepfather, William Richard Kingwell, also remarried after he divorced her mother. He had a son and two daughters.
Adoptive father was William Richard Kingwell
Married Benjamin William Mifflin, 3 Jul 1921, Norfolk, Norfok, Virginia
Married Ralph Howard McKenna, 14 August 1948, Las Vegas, Clark, Nevada
History - Ethel Mae Hopkins was the daughter of Orren Winfield Hopkins and Hannah Chasta Mae Draper.
When Ethel was still a toddler her mother married William Richard Kingwell. The Kingwell's lived in Allentown, Pennsylvania where William was a nurse. Hannah was a seamstress.
Ethel was adopted by William Kingwell and was known as Ethel Mae Kingwell most of her life until she was married. When she let her father, William, know she was in love with Benjamin and they wished to marry and wanted his blessing, William was angry. He did not want her to marry Benjamin for some reason. When Ethel made it clear that she was going to marry Ben, William let her know that he was not her biological father. Ethel then learned about her biological father.
Ben and Ethel married in 1921 in Virginia where Ben was stationed with the US Navy. They lived in Utah and migrated to California in the late 1930's.
Daughter Ethel Audrey was born in 1929. Ethel passed away two months before her 5th birthday in 1929 from blood poisoning from an infected chicken pox sore. They could not get the penicillin to her as it was not widely available at the time.
While in Utah after Ben retired from the Navy after WWI. He became a postmaster in the town and drove a horse drawn mail wagon. They had a farm and raised their own animals and food. Ethel would can and dry the food to preserve their bounty. She was a machinist mate at Mare Island in the late 1930's and early 1940's where worked as a machinist pattern maker and cut out the steel to make ships. Ethel was also an avid seamstress and sewed many clothes, wedding dress, prom dresses, and baby clothes with the addition of her special aprons and pot holders she made later in her life.
Ethel's funeral was on Tuesday, August 28, at 1:15 pm at Driscoll's Mortuary chapel, 1096 S. Van Ness at 22nd Street. Scripture reading service Monday at 8 PM.
She was preceded in death by her half brother, William Richard Kingwell, born in 1907, passed away in 1908. Ethel's biological father was also the father of Leota and several other children from his other marriage. Ethel's stepfather, William Richard Kingwell, also remarried after he divorced her mother. He had a son and two daughters.
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Ethel was buried in the same grave as her husband, Benjamin Mifflin. Her name appears on the back of his gravestone.
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