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Lester Hooper
1887–1953
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Lester Hooper is commemorated at R2-001 with his wife Annabell MacLean Hooper and their son John Ralph. Other records identify the same family. Veterans Affairs identifies John Ralph as the son of Lester and Annabell, while Sidney Willard Hooper’s obituary likewise names Lester and Annabell (MacLean) Hooper as his parents and connects Sidney with brothers John Ralph and Theodore. Lester and Annabell’s family was a separate branch from the James–Dolina Hooper household. John Ralph is commemorated on the Island but actually buried at Groesbeek in the Netherlands. His death registration records his death on Pictou Island on 5 May 1953, describes him as a married crane driver in steelworks, reports a 20 June 1887 birth at Abney, PEI, and names his wife as Belle, maiden surname MacLean. It names his parents as Obidah Hooper and Louise Roberts. The father’s name differs from the uncertain Ulidah/Uldiah reading in the 1916 marriage entry and is not silently normalized to Ulrich. Abney, Murray Harbour and Albany are preserved as differing source place forms. Island burial is recorded on 7 May 1953, without an exact plot; the nurse informant is explicitly recorded as having no relationship to him. Their marriage registration records the wedding in Pictou on 23 April 1916. Lester was twenty-eight, an electrician born in Murray Harbour, PEI, and resident in New Glasgow; Annabell was twenty and born and resident on the Island. Isabel Louise’s 1944 marriage and Theodore Lester’s delayed birth application independently connect those children with Lester and Annabell. The marriage’s uncertain reading of Lester’s father remains qualified against the later death registration. The obituary of their son Theodore Lester (Ted) Hooper identifies Lester and Annabelle (MacLean) as his parents. Ted was born on Pictou Island and worked as a welding foreman at Ferguson Industries. The accompanying memorial notice gives his death as 18 February 1982, aged sixty-one in the obituary. His wife was Margaret Julia Patterson. The obituary also identifies his sisters Isabel, wife of Vernon Rankin, and Hazel, wife of Logan MacDonald; brothers Sydney and Howard; and predeceased brother Ralph.
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- Nova Scotia Archives death registration, ID 382259: https://archives.novascotia.ca/vital-statistics/death/?ID=382259
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- Family obituary clipping supplied by Susan Parker, PARL / Pictou County Roots Society, 26 October 2026. Newspaper unidentified; Theodore and Logan clippings carry handwritten EN date annotations.
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Sidney Willard Hooper
Sidney Willard Hooper
Sidney Willard Hooper is identified in family records as a son of Lester and Annabell MacLean Hooper and brother of John Ralph. His marriage to Delta Priscilla Thurber on 1 July 1943 at the First Presbyterian Church manse in Pictou describes him as twenty-five, a soldier at Camp Petawawa, born in New Glasgow and resident on Pictou Island. It explicitly names Lester Hooper and Annabell MacLean as his parents. A contemporary New Glasgow birth entry records Wilfred Sydney on 5 April 1918 to Lester and Anna Bell McLean. The matching parents, place and cohort support a candidate, but the given-name correspondence remains qualified; that birth date is not silently assigned to Sidney Willard. The marriage’s soldier occupation does not establish a specific military unit or service file.
Isabel Louise Hooper Rankin
Isabel Louise Hooper Rankin
Isabel Louise Hooper married Vernon Leslie Rankin on 6 July 1944 at the First Presbyterian Church manse in Pictou. She was nineteen, born and resident on Pictou Island; her parents are explicitly named as Lester Hooper and Annabelle MacLean. Vernon, twenty-two, was an Island-born and resident farmer, with parents John A. Rankin and Mary M. MacDonald. This original supports the existing Isabel–Vernon spouse identity and connects Isabel to the Lester–Annabell branch. The stated ages do not establish exact birthdays. Isabel’s 2011 obituary describes raising their family on the Island before moving to Pictou; its marriage-duration wording does not override the original wedding date.
Theodore Lester “Ted” Hooper
Theodore Lester “Ted” Hooper
Island-born son of Lester and Annabelle (MacLean) Hooper; welding foreman at Ferguson Industries. Wife Margaret Julia Patterson. Obituary gives age sixty-one; accompanying memorial gives death 18 February 1982. Burial announced for Seaview Cemetery, Pictou.
- Obituary and memorial clippings supplied by Susan Parker, PARL / Pictou County Roots Society, 26 October 2026.
Hazel Doreen Hooper MacDonald
Hazel Doreen Hooper MacDonald
Hazel Doreen Hooper MacDonald was born on Pictou Island on 1 August 1938 to Lester and Annabelle Hooper. Her obituary remembers her baking, knitting and welcoming home. She married Logan MacDonald, who predeceased her. She died on 20 September 2025, aged eighty-seven, at Aberdeen Hospital. Burial was announced for Seaview Cemetery. Her obituary confirms the identity of Hazel, Logan’s wife and Theodore Hooper’s sister, in the earlier family clippings.
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- Lester Hooper ↔ spouse of Annabell MacLean Hooper
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- Lester Hooper → parent of John Ralph Hooper
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- Annabell MacLean Hooper → parent of John Ralph Hooper
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- Lester Hooper → parent of Sidney Willard Hooper
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- Annabell MacLean Hooper → parent of Sidney Willard Hooper
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- John Ralph Hooper ↔ sibling of Sidney Willard Hooper
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- Lester Hooper → parent of Isabel Louise Hooper Rankin
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- Annabell MacLean Hooper → parent of Isabel Louise Hooper Rankin
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- John Ralph Hooper ↔ sibling of Isabel Louise Hooper Rankin
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- Sidney Willard Hooper ↔ sibling of Isabel Louise Hooper Rankin
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- Lester Hooper → parent of Theodore Lester “Ted” Hooper
- Annabell MacLean Hooper → parent of Theodore Lester “Ted” Hooper
- Theodore Lester “Ted” Hooper ↔ sibling of Isabel Louise Hooper Rankin
- Lester Hooper → parent of Hazel Doreen Hooper MacDonald
- Annabell MacLean Hooper → parent of Hazel Doreen Hooper MacDonald