Florence MORGAN 1875 Littledean Found - (Previous thread) (General)

by Jefff , West London, Middlesex, Tuesday, September 25, 2012, 22:30 (4437 days ago) @ MJL

Good evening Margaret,
can only be a quick post for now...
I agree with your opening line, more of a crusade than a pleasure at the mo methinks ! ;-)

That find re Flo's second(so interesting ?) trip to the states on the Lusitania no-less is a real gem, bags of usefull info there, well done !

Your mention of "sister" Fanny reminded me of this PR I spotted t'other night, could they be one & the same I think so !

Please see your earlier thread for more detail/context;
http://forum.forest-of-dean.net/index.php?mode=thread&id=36422

Record ID 7230 & 7231
Entry Number 680
Year 1856
Month Dec
Day 14
Parents Surname MORGAN
Child Forenames Fanny AND Mary
Fathers Forenames John
Mothers Forenames Sophia
Mothers Surname
Residence Deans Hill
Occupation Collier
Officiating Minister J G Smythies
Event Baptism
Memoranda Daughters of
Notes
Register Reference P85 IN 1/1
Page Number 85
Parish Chapel Cinderford St John

(Yes I combined two PRs into one for brevity).
If this Fanny was born 1856 at the latest then by her marriage in 1883 she's aged abt 27 which seems fine. I see on GlosBMD, Samuel is a very popular Cooper name, but I still think this may be our man's birth looking at the date, also note his mother's maiden name!

Birth Details
Number of entries matching criteria entered: 1
Child Surname Child Forename Father Surname Mother Surname Mother's Former Name Year District Office Register Entry
COOPER Samuel COOPER COOPER MORGAN 1856 Forest of Dean Westbury on Severn, Newnham 16 423
http://ww3.gloucestershire.gov.uk/bmd/SimpleSearch.aspx

From FoD PRs Advanced Search can find several Cooper/Morgan marriages across Dean around the mid-late 1800s, but they were common names so may be unrelated.
This is ours;

Record ID 14443
Entry Number 232
Year 1851
Month Nov
Day 20
Grooms Surname COOPER
Grooms Forenames James
Grooms Age 24
Groom Condition Bachelor
Grooms Occupation Collier
Grooms Residence Pillowell
Grooms Fathers Surname Cooper
Grooms Fathers Forenames James
Grooms Fathers Occupation Miner
Brides Surname MORGAN
Brides Forenames Eliza
Brides Age 19
Brides Condition Spinster
Brides Occupation [not stated]
Brides Residence Whitecroft
Brides Fathers Surname Morgan
Brides Fathers Forenames William
Brides Fathers Occupation Engine Man
Licence or Banns Banns
Date of Banns
Signature or Mark both mark
Witness 1 Mark of Thomas G[illegible]s
Witness 2 Mark of George Benfield
Other Witnesses
Officiating Minister Henry Poole
Event Marriage
Memoranda
Notes
Register Reference P145 IN 1/20
Page Number 116
Parish Chapel Parkend

Giving (as per GlosBMD above):

Record_ID: 7211
Entry_Number: 661
Year: 1856
Month: Aug
Day: 31
Parents_Surname: COOPER
Child_Forenames: Samuel
Fathers_Forenames: James
Mothers_Forenames: Eliza
Mothers_Surname:
Residence: Ruspidge
Occupation: Collier
Officiating_Minister: J G Smythies
Event: Baptism
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P85 IN 1/1
Page_Number: 83
Parish_Chapel: Cinderford St John
Soundex: C160