In 1872, Joseph Edward Hoppen (advertising as J. E. Hoppen) of 146 Centre Street in New York City was manufacturing foot lathes as well as doing machinist and locksmithing work. By 1884 he had moved to Newark, N. J. That year, and again in 1896, Hoppen was granted a patent on a shaft hanger. By 1909 the business had relocated to Belleville, N. J., was operating as J. E. Hoppen & Sons, and was manufacturing grindstone arbors and frames. J. E. Hoppen died in 1910 but the business continued until at least 1922.

From a cira 1872 advertisement

Information Sources

• 1870: Ancestry.com lists an 1870 census record showing Joseph E. Hoppen, born about 1844, living in Essex, New Jersey.
• 1872 Boyd's New York State Directory. "J. E. Hoppen, Manufacturer of Foot Lathes and practical machinist, Bell-hanging and locksmithing, 146 Centre Street, New York."
• 1879 patent for a grinding-wheel frame.
• 1880 Documents of the Assembly of the State of New York, One Hundred and Third Session, in a list of expenses: "J. E. Hoppen, locks and keys $9.45".
• 1884 patent for shaft hangers granted to Joseph E. Hoppen of Newark.
• January-June 1899 Real Estate Record and Builders' Guide lists a conveyance granted by W. F. Hattersley to J. E. Hoppen, 8th Av, in the amount of $1086. The same man was mortgagor to Hoppen in the amount of $1500. The building in question was in Newark, N. J. at "226 8th av, one 3-sty frame dwell'g, 23x26, with extension".
• 1891 Annual Report of the Committee on Fire Patrol, to the New York Board of Fire Underwriters, lists a fire on 1890-09-22 at 6:30 PM, at 508 Pearl st. the 4-story brick building included "J. E. Hoppen, Machinery" among its tenants.
• 1896 patent for shaft hanger with lubricator granted to Joseph E. Hoppen of Newark.
• 1897-10-13 article in the New York Times, abstract.

  THIS RICH MAN LIBERAL; Andrews Soher Refused to Contest the Cancellation of an Ancient Mortgage He Held. HE HAD FORGOTTEN ABOUT IT When the Attorney for the Owner of the Property Told Him the Facts He Declined to Press His Legal Claim.
  An order has been entered in the Supreme Court by Justice McLaughlin, discharging a mortgage held by Andrews Soher against the property 508 Pearl Street, owned by Joseph E. Hoppen, in an action brought by Hoppen against Soher, behind which is a story of a millionaire's liberality and carelessness.

• January 1902 Evening Post Record of Real Estate Sales in Greater New York lists a quit-claim conveyance for 508 Pearl St., "19.10x 88.6x n. w. s. x 29.10x 22.9x n. s. x 94 s. e. s". The quit-claim was grnated by Mary McF. Jones to Joseph E. Hoppen on July 2 of 1901.
• January-June 1903 Real Estate Record and Builders' Guide lists a mortgage granted by John A. Weekes and Bernard Golden to Joseph E. Hoppen, in the amount of $2800, for "Pearl st. No. 508, n s. 40.1 e Centre st, runs n 80.1 x n e 21.7 x s e 30.10 x s w 94.3 to st. x w 18.9 to beginning. P M. Mar 2, 1903. 5 years, 4½%. 1:166." Also listed is a conveyance for the above-mentioned 508 Pearl street, from Hoppen to Weekes and Golden, on the same date.
• 1909 Industrial Directory of New Jersey, under Belleville, NJ: "J. E. Hoppen & Son, iron grindstone frames."
• 1910-01-27 American Machinist, in a listing of trade catalogs.

  J. E. Hoppen & Sons, 75-79 Main street, Belleville, N. J. Catalog describing grindstones. Illustrated, 16 pages, 5x6½ inches, paper.

• The 1910-03-28 New York Times apparently had an obituary for Joseph E. Hoppen but we are not able to view the article.
• February 1912 Annals of the Propagation of the Faith, under "Obituary / The following deceased persons are recommended to the prayers of our Associates:... Mr. Joseph E. Hoppen, Diocese of Newark."
• 1922 Engineering Directorylists J. E. Hoppen & Sons of Belleville, N.J., as makers of grindstone arbors, grindstone truing devices, grindstones, and shaft hangers.
• Ancestry.com lists a New Jersey birth record for one Elias Joseph Hoppen, whose father was Joseph E. Hoppen. A genealogy page lists Elias Joseph Hoppen as born in September 1878 to Joseph Edward Hoppen and Margaret A. Hoppen
• A genealogy.com page lists Joseph Edward Hoppen, son of Francis J. Hoppen and Catharine, was born August 1847 in New Jersey. He married Margaret A. in 1878. The children, all born in New Jersey, were
  • Elias Joseph Hoppen, b. September 1878
  • Edward R. Hoppen, b. July 1880
  • Francis Hugh Hoppen, b. June 1883
  • Andrew Harold Hoppen, b. September 1886
  • Jerome Donald Hoppen, b. May 1890, d. January 1970, New Jersey.