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Yeah, thats the one I found. It must be my William...... he would have been 14 in 1839.

Edit - its definatly him. Im erasing what I have before he married and researching again.

There's this record at the National Archives which says that he joined 1839 - perhaps the record from documentsonline is for a different man?

ADM 29/59/476 More information Original page number: 476 William COOTER; Rank: Coastguard; Born: [Not Given]; Age on entry: 14; Dates served: 10 August 1839-30 September 1860; Date and Type of Application: Greenwich 21 January 1861 1858 Feb-1861 July

This is his marriage cert I found online - It also says occupation sailor

http://cityark.medway.gov.uk/query/results/?Mode=ShowImg&Img=/cityark/Scans/Ecclesiastical_Rochester_Archdeaconry_Area_Parishes/P150_FRINDSBURY_1669_1984/01_Incumbent_Registers_1669_1984/P150_01_15.html/00000015.jpg

Im now questioning whether the naval records are correct.

I obtained them from another ancestry member who had been to KEW.

This is the only record that says he was born in BATH.

Have had another look on NA (not really sure how to use) and found a record for a William Cooter who joined the coast guards at 14. Im really just not sure :-S

The thing is. If this is the right person and he wasnt in the navy. Why does his marriage cert say that his father was Richard? This would contradicct SAFC's finding of father Robert, Mother Elizabeth.

Help :-(

safc - where did you find that record?

His Naval records say he was born in bath

His Marriage cert says his fathers name was Richard

If he was born in Bath then this may be his record at the NA

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/details-result.asp Edoc_Id=7859934&queryType=1&resultcount=4

Chris

Name: William Edwin Cooter
Gender: Male
Baptism/Christening Date:
Baptism/Christening Place:
Birth Date: 10 Jul 1825
Birthplace: Davington, Kent, England
Death Date:
Name Note:
Race:
Father's Name: Robert Cooter
Father's Birthplace:
Father's Age:
Mother's Name: Elizabeth Cooter
Mother's Birthplace:
Mother's Age:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I00829-2
System Origin: England-EASy
Source Film Number: 1786325
Reference Number: p. 5, No. 38
Collection: England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975

heres where i found the info erika
http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#start

Why do you think he was born in Bath?

1881 England Census

Name: William Cooter
Age: 56
Estimated birth year: abt 1825
Relation: Head
Spouse's name: Susannah Cooter
Gender: Male
Where born: Dav...Ton, Kent, England

Civil Parish: Ramsgate
County/Island: Kent
Country: England

Street address: 28 La Belle Alliance Sq


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Occupation: Greenwich Pensioner

Registration district: Thanet
Sub-registration district: Ramsgate

William Cooter 56
Susannah Cooter 50
Kate Cooter 16
Ellen Cooter 13
Alice Cooter 9

Im looking for information about WILLIAM EDWIN COOTER's time as a coast guard.

WILLIAM was born on the 19th June 1825 in ?Bath?. He joined the navy in 1945 (aged 20) and was based in Kent.

He married SUSANNAH COLLINS in 1845. The first Census I have of his residence in in 1861, he was a Coastguard living in COASTGUARD HOUSE in Ramsgate.

Name: William E Cooter
Age: 35
Estimated birth year: abt 1826
Relation: Head
Spouse's name: Susanna Cooter
Gender: Male
Where born: Daventon, Kent, England
Civil Parish: Thanet St Peter
Ecclesiastical parish: Broadstairs
County/Island: Kent
Country: England
Street address:
Occupation: Coastguard/ Boatman
Condition as to marriage:
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Registration district: Thanet
Sub-registration district: Ramsgate
ED, institution, or vessel: 27
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 117
Household Members:
Name Age
William E Cooter 35
Susanna Cooter 29
Ann E Cooter 11
William F Cooter 9
Henrietta A Cooter 5
Rose H Cooter 2
John J Cooter 2
Edward G Cooter 1 MO

So, by this time i'm guessing he'd left the navy.

Can anybody help me find any information about his time as a COASTGUARD. He was however a greenwich pensioner but 1871.

Thanks :-)