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Thomas Hooper, son of Clement Hooper (1700-1778) and Mary Stillwell, was born in 1734 in New Jersey. He married and had seven children. After the Revolutionary War they settled in Bedeque, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
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Island of Saint John is now Prince Edward Island.
Strupac, fornenst, trappy, scriss, kippy, snool, flying axehandles, from across - these and hundreds of other fascinating and colourful words and phrases give the English language as it has been spoken in Canada's smallest province a flavour all its own. With the Dictionary of Prince Edward Island English, T.K. Pratt makes a major scholarly contribution to the growing list of regional dictionaries that enable us to discover the rich heritage of the language as spoken throughout North America; at the same time it offers a splendid general introduction to the historical and sociological life of the island. There are approximately 1000 entries of non-standard or dialect words, past and present....
Second supplement to original 2 vol. set.
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Island of Saint John is now Prince Edward Island.