Born 1842 in Temple parish (FM, 61C, 71C).
| 1842 | 13 Mar. Baptised (FM). |
| 1851 | Potter, 6 Queens Head Court, St Thomas’s parish (9), the son of James, a labourer (51C). |
| 1860-63 | Long Row, St Thomas’s parish (ThPR). |
| 1861 | 3 Long Row, St Thomas’s parish (19), living with his wife Elizabeth (19) born in Bristol (61C). |
| 1863 | 26 Jul. ‘Edwin Hopkins, potter, for that he is the son of James Hopkins, labourer. Father’s copy dated 13 Jun 1826, cert. of marriage dated 25 Aug. 1822, cert. of baptism dated 13 March 1842, produced and birth proved’ (FM). |
| 1864 | 4 Sep. 4 Long Row, St Thomas’s parish (ThPR). |
| 1866 | 6 Jun. 5 Long Row (ThPR). |
| 1867 | 31 Mar. 3 Long Row (ThPR). |
| 1869-72 | 3 St Thomas Lane, St Thomas’s parish (ThPR). |
| 1871 | 3 Thomas Lane, St Thomas’s parish (30), living with his wife Elizabeth (30), born in Temple parish and children (71C). |
| 1881 | Potter (stoneware), 3 Thomas Lane, St Thomas’s parish (40) (born in St Thomas’s parish), living with his wife Elizabeth (39) and children (81C). |
| 1891 | His wife was a widow (91C). |
| 1899 | 19 Mar. Noted as a potter, deceased, when his daughter Mary Ann Hopkins (29) a dressmaker of Cotswold Road, Bedminster, married Ernest Walter Cox (JBPR). |
| Children: Edwin James, bapt 10 Sep 1860 (privately) (ThPR) Edwin James, bapt 19 May 1861 (ThPR) Mary Ann, born 24 Nov 1861, bapt 1 Feb 1863 (ThPR) Elizabeth, bapt 4 Sep 1864 (ThPR) Mary Ann, bapt 6 Jun 1866 (privately) (ThPR) Alfred George, bapt 31 Mar 1867 (ThPR) Mary Ann, bapt 27 Jun 1869 (ThPR) Charles, born 19 Jul 1871 (ThPR) Alice Emma, bapt 10 Dec 1880 (ThPR) |