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Rebecca Emily COOPER
1866 - 1966 (99 years) Has 53 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree. Loading...
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Name Rebecca Emily COOPER Relationship with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born 1 Oct 1866 Caterham, Surrey, England - GRO ref: Cooper, Rebecca E q4 1866 Godstone RD 2a 165; GRO online index shows forenames as Rebecca Emily and mother's maiden name as Goatham
Actual date from birth registration (GRO register entry) and 1939 register
Gender Female Died 28 Jan 1966 Horton Road Hospital, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England - Date and place from probate calendar entry
GRO ref: SMITH, Rebecca E q1 1966 aged 99 Gloucester C RD 7B 595
Probate 28 Feb 1966 Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England Calendar entry - "SMITH Rebecca Emily of Horton Road Hospital Gloucester died 28 January 1966 Probate Gloucester 28 February to Cordelia Meredith-Cooper spinster. £6602."
Siblings 5 brothers and 3 sisters Patriarch & Matriarch John COOPER, b. Abt 1812, West Wickham, Kent, England , d. 15 Jan 1891, Wickham Villa, Heathfield Road, Croydon, Surrey, England (Age ~ 79 years) (Grandfather)
Elizabeth BAYLEY, bur. 28 Jan 1780, St. John the Baptist Church, Mersham, Kent, England (2 x Great Grandmother)Notes - with parents 1871; not with father & s-mother, 1881
Person ID I3720 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 8 Aug 2023
Father William COOPER, b. 13 Nov 1839, West Wickham, Kent, England , d. 12 Feb 1931, 36, Moreton Road, Croydon, Surrey, England (Age 91 years)
Other Partners: Maria COLE m. 29 Jun 1878Mother Rebecca GOATHAM, b. Abt 1843, Bredgar, Kent, England , d. 28 Jul 1877, Lower Commbe Street, Croydon, 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: Goatham, Rebecca to Cooper, William q2 1863 Wandsworth RD 1d 703Details from PR entry (image on Ancestry, viewed 23 Feb 2018)
Family ID F345 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family 1 George GIST, d. 7 Feb 1923 Married Mar Q 1897 Barnstaple Reg Dist, Devon, England - GRO ref: Cooper, Rebecca Emily to Gist, George q1 1897 Barnstaple RD 5b 728a
By the time of the 1911 census Rebecca and George had been married 14 years and had had no children, so it seems safe to assume there was none.
Family This couple had no children together Last Modified 8 Aug 2023 Family ID F5137 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family 2 Robert Henry SMITH, d. 8 Nov 1940, The Royal Infirmary Leicester, Leicestershire, England Married Jun Q 1936 Croydon Reg Dist, Surrey, England - GRO ref: Gist, Rebecca E to Smith, Robert H q2 1936 Croydon RD 2a 1522
Clearly too old to have children in this marriage.
Family This couple had no children together Last Modified 8 Aug 2023 Family ID F5161 Family Group Page | Family Chart
- GRO ref: Cooper, Rebecca E q4 1866 Godstone RD 2a 165; GRO online index shows forenames as Rebecca Emily and mother's maiden name as Goatham
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Event Map Click to hide Married - Mar Q 1897 - Barnstaple Reg Dist, Devon, England Married - Jun Q 1936 - Croydon Reg Dist, Surrey, England Probate - Calendar entry - 28 Feb 1966 - Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England = Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install) Pin Legend