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A Look up for Thomas Cooper Please.

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Hapiun

Hapiun Report 26 Oct 2007 17:40

Please
Can anyone find Thomas Cooper b1839 Burley Derbyshire, I am trying to find his parents. I have him in 1881 with wife but can’t locate him before. He married Elizabeth Swallow in 1869 so before that would be great!
Thanks Pamx

This is him in 1881

1881 England Census
about Thomas Cooper
Name: Thomas Cooper
Age: 42
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1839
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Elizabeth
Gender: Male
Where born: Burley, Derbyshire, England

Civil Parish: Wath On Dearne
County/Island: Yorkshire
Country: England

Street address: 35 Station Lane
Condition as to marriage: Married
Education:


Occupation: Coal Miner

Registration district: Rotherham
Sub-registration district: Wath
ED, institution, or vessel: 2

Household Members: Name
Elizabeth Cooper
36
Friend Cooper
4
Kate Cooper
7
Robert Cooper
1
Sam Cooper
9
Thomas Cooper
42
Wm. Cooper
16


Thanks Again Pamx

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 26 Oct 2007 17:50

The ages of the children would suggest two marriages...........I'm assuming Wm is a son?.

Reg

Hapiun

Hapiun Report 26 Oct 2007 17:52

So sorry Reg thought i put that on message
Elizabeth had sons out of marriage "Swallow" and called them "Cooper" after she married Thomas

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 26 Oct 2007 17:52

Maybe not..............second marriage, that is.....

1871

Name: Willm Alfred Cooper
Age: 6
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1865
Relation: Son
Father's Name: Thomas
Mother's Name: Elizabeth
Gender: Male
Where born: Elsecar, Yorkshire, England

Civil Parish: Handsworth
Town: Woodhouse Mill
County/Island: Yorkshire
Country: England

Registration district: Sheffield
Sub-registration district: Handsworth
ED, institution, or vessel: 2
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 58
Household Members: Name Age
Elizabeth Cooper 27
Thomas Cooper 31 b. Beighton, Derbys
Walter Cooper 4
Willm Alfred Cooper 6

Reg

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 26 Oct 2007 17:53

That will teach me to read ALL of the request!!

Reg

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 26 Oct 2007 17:55

1861 perhaps?

Name: Thomas Cooper
Age: 22
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1839
Relation: Boarder
Gender: Male
Where born: Newbold, Derbyshire, England

Civil Parish: Newbold and Dunston
Ecclesiastical parish: Newbold St John
County/Island: Derbyshire
Country: England


Registration district: Chesterfield
Sub-registration district: Chesterfield
ED, institution, or vessel: 19
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 13
Household Members: Name Age
Thomas Cooper 22
Ann Doe 67
Isaac Doe 69

The marriage cert will give you his father's details............

Reg

Hapiun

Hapiun Report 26 Oct 2007 17:58

Thanks Reg
Her Son before marriage was Walter Swallow b1866 . He lived with grandma but she called him Cooper later on. Sorry to be cheeky but could you find Thomas Cooper before his marriage to Elizabeth. Thanks Pamx

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 26 Oct 2007 17:58

Without info about his father, this is all speculative...........1851

Name: Thomas Cooper
Age: 12
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1839
Relation: Son
Father's Name: John
Mother's Name: Martha
Gender: Male
Where born: Linton, Derbyshire, England

Civil Parish: Linton
County/Island: Derbyshire
Country: England


Registration district: Burton Upon Trent
Sub-registration district: Tutbury
ED, institution, or vessel: 4
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 20
Household Members: Name Age
James Cooper 10 Mo
John Cooper 41
John Cooper 8
Martha Cooper 40
Martha Cooper 3
Mary Cooper 5
Thomas Cooper 12
William Cooper 11

This looks like the one from 1861............in 1851

Name: Thomas Cooper
Age: 13
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1838
Relation: Son
Father's Name: George
Mother's Name: Dorothy
Gender: Male
Where born: Newbold, Derbyshire, England

Civil Parish: Eccleshill
County/Island: Yorkshire
Country: England


Registration district: Bradford
Sub-registration district: Shipley
ED, institution, or vessel: 3e
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 28
Household Members: Name Age
Dorothy Cooper 52
Eliza Cooper 23
Emma Cooper 11
George Cooper 61
Henry Cooper 29
Thomas Cooper 13
William Cooper 22

Reg

Hapiun

Hapiun Report 26 Oct 2007 18:00

That's great Reg
That seems to be on the right track. Will order marriage cert now! Thanks so much Pamx