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COOPER

Cooper Family - relevant links:
Wikipedia entry for Cooper
Plumstead Stories website - memories/photos sent in by readers

Starting with my grandmother and working backwards:


GENERATION 1

IVY FLORENCE COOPER

b. 17/12/1912 Woolwich, Kent, England
  m. William George Beresford 25/12/1935
St Margarets Church, Plumstead Common, Plumstead, England
d. 20/06/1967 Newcastle, England

Children: 3

Employment:
Worked in parachute factory during WW2

Addresses:
1913: 34 Tewson Road, Plumstead
1925: 32 Tewson Road, Plumstead (on death cert)


GENERATION 2

GEORGE FREDERICK COOPER

b. 16/01/1883 Crimea Road, Aldershot, Hampshire, England
m. Ada Eliza Tomkins 07/08/1910 Woolwich Register Office, Kent, England
d. 22/07/1925 Woolwich, Kent, England

Children: 6

George Cooper
Dorothy Cooper
Ivy Cooper
John Cooper
Gladys Cooper

incl
George F.
b. Apr-Jun 1911 Woolwich m. Hilda

Ivy Florence b. 17/12/1912 Woolwich m. William Beresford

Dorothy M b. Apr-Jun 1914 Woolwich m. Sid Huntley

Gladys Eileen b. Oct-Dec 1916 Woolwich m. Victor William Cooper (cousin)

John A b. Jan-Mar 1920 Woolwich m. Margie Huntley

Employment:
1901:
Labourer, War Dept.
1910: Labourer, Royal Arsenal
1911: Labourer, Arsenal Works Dept

1913: Arsenal Labourer
1925: Explosive Worker - Royal Arsenal (Danger Buildings)

Addresses:
1891:
29 Armstrong Place, Plumstead, Kent
1910: 27 Armstrong Place, Plumstead (on marriage cert)
1911: 34 Tewson Road, Plumstead
1913: 34 Tewson Road, Plumstead (on Ivy's birth cert)
1925: 32 Tewson Road, Plumstead (on death cert)

 

 


GENERATION 3

GEORGE FREDERICK COOPER

b. 03/03/1854 Paradise Row, Waltham Abbey, Essex, England
  m. Bridget Theresa Sheehan c1880 (Bridget b. 1860 Ireland d. 1929 Scotland)
d. 05/01/1929 Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland

Children: 10
John R. b. 1880 Ireland | Michael George b. Jul-Sep 1881 Aldershot
George Frederick
b. 16/01/1883 Aldershot | William C b. c1886 Plumstead | Harry J b. c1888 Plumstead
Annie Maud b. c1890 Plumstead | Alfred b. c1894 Plumstead
Thomas Edward b. Jul-Sep 1896 Plumstead (died WW1 - 25/08/1918. Driver, 119th Bty. Royal Field Artillery)
Buried in Achiet-Le-Grand Commumal Cemetry Extension
Margaret b. c1900 Plumstead | Florence b. 1901 Plumstead

Addresses:
1871:
On board War Dept Vessel Bomarsund, Woolwich, Kent
1881:
3 St James' Place, Woolwich, Kent
1891:
29 Armstrong Place, Plumstead, Kent
1901:
27 Armstrong Place, Plumstead, Kent
1929: 5 Kelly Street, Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland

Employment:
1871:
Ship's Boy | 1881: Driver in Royal H Artillery | 1891: General Labourer, Royal Arsenal
1901-1910: Labourer, Skilled, Royal Arsenal | 1929: Labourer


GENERATION 4

JOHN COOPER

b. c1832 Waltham Abbey, Essex, England
m (1): Matilda Smith 09/08/1852 Nacton, Suffolk, England
m (2): Margaret Catherine Ireland Apr-Jun 1859 Edmonton
d.

Children: 3 with Matilda Smith
John chr. 20/03/1853 Nacton, Suffolk | George Frederick b. 03/03/1854 Waltham Abbey, Essex
Alice Matilda b. 25/01/1857 chr. 22/02/1857 St Mary Magdalene, Woolwich m. Thomas William Wood

Children: 6 with Margaret Catherine Ireland
William Ireland b. Apr-Jun 1861
Charles Benson b. Apr-Jun 1864 m. 1886 to Clara Francis and 1912 to Elizabeth Harriett Cutler
Catherine M b. c1866
Florence Ireland b. Jan–Mar 1869 | Margaret Jemima b. Jan–Mar 1871 | Maude Jane b. Apr–Jun 1878
All born Woolwich

Addresses:
1841: Paradise Row, Waltham Abbey, Essex, England
1851: Nacton, Suffolk, England (living with Matilda Smith and her parents)
1871: 6 Thomas Street, Woolwich, Kent
1881: 44 St. Marys Street, Woolwich, Kent

Employment:
1851: Carpenter and Joiner
1871: Carpenter
1881: Carpenter


GENERATION 5

JOHN MICHAEL COOPER

b. c1789 East Dereham, Norfolk, England
m: Mary Ann ? c1828
d.

Children: 4
Jemima b. c1821 m. James Franklin (a carpenter) Apr-Jun 1850 Edmonton
1881: Living in Sewardstone Street, Waltham Abbey, with husband, and children John and Elizabeth
Susan b. c1826 m. Thomas Hayes Apr-Jun 1850 Edmonton
1881: Living in Jaspar Road, Enfield, Middlesex, with husband and children Mary and Alice.
Susan is employed at a laundry, and husband is pensioner, RSA Factory
Both Jemima and Susan got married in Apr-Jun 1850 Edmonton.
Mary b. c1829 m. James Miller 1856, Essex, England
John b. c1832 m. Matilda Smith 09/08/1852 Nacton, Suffolk
All born Waltham Abbey, Essex, England

Addresses:
1841:
Paradise Row, Waltham Abbey, Essex, England
1851: Paradise Row, Waltham Abbey, Essex
1861: 9 Paradise Row, Waltham Abbey, Essex (with James & Mary Miller & kids)

Employment:
1841: Millwright
1851: Millwright
1861: Pensioner, formerly Millwright