User: Hooper
My name is Hooper. That is my full legal and real name, not a online handle. BookHipsters can rightfully say that they followed the series before it was cool, but I can not. I am thankful to HBO for letting me discover the series, of which I have now read all released novels and am anxiously awaiting the next release. I am fond of Tyrion, but, then again - who isn't?
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House Hooper
House Hooper | |
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"Our Way is the Old Way"
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Seat | Paducah |
Region | The Midwest |
Title | N/A |
Heir | Hooper |
Overlord | House Targaryen |
Cadet branch | House Cossey |
Ancestral weapon | N/A |
Founder | George the Elder |
Founded | c. 1540 |
House Hooper is a house in the midwest United States, which traces its decent from George the Elder and his son, Arch Bishop George Hooper. The house has birthed numerous members of the clergy, and is unique in that it's male line is a rare western mononymous family.
History
The Hoopers began as apprentice smiths, creating barrel hoops and other accessories in the early sixteenth century in the rural areas of Frome, England. The family eventually grew in prosperity under George Hooper, known as George the Elder. His son, also named George, became Arch Bishop and in a bid to end confusion between him and his father, began going by his surname as simply Hooper. This created a tradition, and for centuries male members of the family were not given a birth name. In the last century, a birth name has been given but is always disused when the male becomes a man, as deemed so by his father. Thus, the Hooper line is one of the few true mononymous lines, and this practice has found its way into modern pop culture which characters with the surname in numerous films and novels also being referred to simply as Hooper.
Family Lineage
The following is the ancestral line at-a-glance, using birth names. Starting with John Hooper in 1681, the family has not used birth names past adolescence.
Possibly a Thomas Hooper Unknown - Unknown, Batcombe, Somerset, South West England
- George "the Elder" Thomas Hooper c.1627 - 1698, Frome, Somerset, South West England
- Hugh Hooper c. 1651 - Unknown, Frome, Somerset, South West England
- John Hooper c.1681 - Unknown, Merriott, Somerset, South West England
- Col. George Hooper 1734 - c. 1800, Moved from Merriott to Buckingham County, Virginia
- James Hooper Unknown - Unknown, Hooper's Mountain, Buckingham, Virginia
- William Hooper 1802 - Unknown, Hooper's Mountain, Buckingham, Virginia
- William Hooper 1836 - 1867, Moved from Hooper's Mountain to Hickman Country, TN
- Unknown Hooper Unknown - Unknown, Hickman County, TN
- John Franklin Hooper 1868 - 1927, Moved from Hickman County to Hohenwald, Lewis County, TN
- Blanche B. Hooper 1903 - Unknown, Hohenwald, Lewis County, TN - Unmarried Female, Children kept Maternal name
- Billy Frank Hooper 1933 - 1994, Moved from Hohenwald to Benton, Kentucky.
- James Hollis Hooper 1958 - Present, Moved from Benton/Savannah (mother's residence) to Paducah, Kentucky.
- Brian Keith Hooper 1985 - Present, Paducah, McCracken County, Kentucky
- William James Riley Hooper 2010 - Present, Paducah, McCracken County, Kentucky
- Brian Keith Hooper 1985 - Present, Paducah, McCracken County, Kentucky
- James Hollis Hooper 1958 - Present, Moved from Benton/Savannah (mother's residence) to Paducah, Kentucky.
- Billy Frank Hooper 1933 - 1994, Moved from Hohenwald to Benton, Kentucky.
- Blanche B. Hooper 1903 - Unknown, Hohenwald, Lewis County, TN - Unmarried Female, Children kept Maternal name
- John Franklin Hooper 1868 - 1927, Moved from Hickman County to Hohenwald, Lewis County, TN
- Unknown Hooper Unknown - Unknown, Hickman County, TN
- William Hooper 1836 - 1867, Moved from Hooper's Mountain to Hickman Country, TN
- William Hooper 1802 - Unknown, Hooper's Mountain, Buckingham, Virginia
- James Hooper Unknown - Unknown, Hooper's Mountain, Buckingham, Virginia
- Col. George Hooper 1734 - c. 1800, Moved from Merriott to Buckingham County, Virginia
- John Hooper c.1681 - Unknown, Merriott, Somerset, South West England
- Hugh Hooper c. 1651 - Unknown, Frome, Somerset, South West England
Current members
Hooper
- Birth Name
- James
- Father of this user, family patriarch
Hooper
- Birth Name
- Brian
- This user, heir
Hooper
- Birth Name
- William James Riley
- Toddler, son of this user
Aimee
- Maiden Name
- Taber
- Wife of this user
Katherine
- Full Name
- Katherine Elizabeth Renee Alexandra
- Toddler, daughter of this user
Past and Historical Members
George the Elder
Keeper of the King's Woods
George Hooper
Bishop of Bathe and Wells
Sworn Houses
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