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William COOPER



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Name William COOPER Relationship with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born Dec Q 1839 West Wickham, Kent, England - From the 1841 census where shown as aged 1 and the 1851 census where shown as aged 11
GRO ref: Cooper, William q4 1839 Bromley RD 5 43; GRO online index shows mother's maiden name as Newman
Gender Male Occupation Mason 1871 Residence 1881 Lower Coombe Street, Croydon, Surrey, England - With his second wife and 3 children (by his 1st wife, Rebecca), a servant and a visitor: Eliza Goatham (his sister-in-law by his first marriage) at the time of the census.
Occupation Commercial traveller in boot trade From 1881 to 1891 Residence 1891 7, South Park Hill Road, South Croydon, Surrey, England - With his wife and just his youngest daughter, Lillie, and a servant at the time of the census
Died 12 Feb 1931 36, Moreton Road, Croydon, Surrey, England - GRO ref: Cooper, William q1 1931 aged 91 Croydon RD 2a 462
(probate calendar entry shows the death was of this William)
Actual date and place from the calendar entry.
Probate Calendar entry 1 Apr 1931 London, England - "Cooper William of 36 Moreton-road Croydon Surrey died 12
February 1931 Probate London 1 April to Lily Hillier Cooper
and Alice Hillier Elcomb spinsters. Effects £1549 1s. 8d."
Lily (Lillie) was one of his children (with first wife Rebecca Goatham) whilst Alice was a niece, daughter of his sister Charlotte.
Notes - Was executor to his sister-in-law (by his 1st wife), Eliza Goatham, in 1907 - unless it was his son who was the executor.
Person ID I446 All | England: Kent Group (in Go(a)tham One-Name Study), All in the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study , The descendants (and other halves) of George Goatham and Ann née Winch Last Modified 23 Jul 2019
Father John COOPER, b. Abt 1812, West Wickham, Kent, England , d. 15 Jan 1891, Wickham Villa, Heathfield Road, Croydon, Surrey, England
(Age ~ 79 years)
Mother Ann Hillier NEWMAN, b. Abt 1815, d. Sep Q 1850, Bromley Reg Dist, Kent, England (Age ~ 35 years)
Married Est 1837 - From oldest living child being shown as aged 3 in the 1841 census (but there could have been children who had not survived)
Children
5 children Family ID F10147 | Family Chart
Family 1 Rebecca GOATHAM, b. Abt 1843, Bredgar, Kent, England , d. Sep Q 1877, Croydon Reg Dist, Surrey, England
(Age ~ 34 years)
Banns of marriage From 15 Mar 1863 to 29 Mar 1863 St. John the Baptist Church, Bredgar, Kent, England - "Banns of Marriage, between William Cooper Bachelor of the Parish of Battersea and Rebecca, Spinster of this Parish ..."
From register (image on FMP, viewed 5 April 2019)
Married 6 Apr 1863 St. George’s Church, Battersea, London, England - GRO ref: q2 1863 Wandsworth RD 1d 703Details from PR entry (image on Ancestry, viewed 23 Feb 2018)
Children
9 children Last Modified 5 Apr 2019 Family ID F345 | Family Chart
Family 2 Maria COLE, b. Dec Q 1849, Keston, Kent, England , d. Jun Q 1915, Croydon Reg Dist, Surrey, England
(Age ~ 66 years)
Married Jun Q 1878 Croydon Reg Dist, Surrey, England - GRO ref: Coooper, William to COLE, Maria q2 1878 Croydon RD 2a 323
Last Modified 27 Nov 2017 Family ID F78 | Family Chart
- From the 1841 census where shown as aged 1 and the 1851 census where shown as aged 11
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Event Map Click to hide Born - Dec Q 1839 - West Wickham, Kent, England Child born - Annie Elizabeth COOPER - Sep Q 1863 - Battersea, London, England Banns of marriage - From 15 Mar 1863 to 29 Mar 1863 - St. John the Baptist Church, Bredgar, Kent, England Child born - Kate Hillier COOPER - Jun Q 1871 - Croydon, Surrey, England Child born - Arthur Stanley George COOPER - Jun Q 1872 - Croydon Reg Dist, Surrey, England Child born - Wallace Vincent COOPER - Mar Q 1874 - Croydon Reg Dist, Surrey, England Child born - Lillie Hillier COOPER - Mar Q 1875 - Croydon Reg Dist, Surrey, England Child born - Arnold COOPER - Jun Q 1876 - Croydon Reg Dist, Surrey, England Married - Jun Q 1878 - Croydon Reg Dist, Surrey, England Residence - 1891 - 7, South Park Hill Road, South Croydon, Surrey, England Died - 12 Feb 1931 - 36, Moreton Road, Croydon, Surrey, England Probate - Calendar entry - 1 Apr 1931 - London, England = Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install)
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