COOPER family from Littledean/Cinderford (General)

by ChrisW , Friday, February 22, 2008, 09:55 (6189 days ago) @ laurie bean

I see your problem Laurie! You have two Anthony Cooper's who both married Sarah's a year apart in Little Dean (1818 & 1819). Which one is yours??
There are 8 children that I have found so far belonging to Ant & Sarah. They are evenly spread out so look like they are from the same couple. I will jot down some of the info we have so that others can help.

On FreeBMD: Birth Registration
Ephraim George Cooper March 1879 Westbury-on-Severn Vol 6a Page 270

Marriage in 1908:

record_id 19906
Entry No 199
Year 1908
Month Aug
Day 26
Groom Surname COOPER
Groom Forename Ephraim
Age at marriage 29
Groom Condition Bachelor
Rank or Profession Collier
Groom Residence Collafield
Groom Father's Surname Cooper
Groom F.F. Thomas
Rank or Profession Collier (deceased)
Bride Surname BAYLISS
Bride Forename Emily
Age at marriage 19
Bride Condition Spinster
Bride Residence Green Bottom
Bride Father's Surname Bayliss
Bride F.F. William
Rank or Profession Collier
Licence or Banns Banns
Signature or Mark both sign
Witness 1 William Bayliss
Witness 2 Rose Reynolds
Officiating Minister H E Barney Curate
Event Marriage
Register Ref P109 in 1/9
Page 100
Parish/Chapel Drybrook
Soundex Groom C160
Soundex Bride B420

Baptism of Thomas Cooper 1842

record_id 32718
Entry No 290
Year 1842
Month Mar
Day 29
Parents Surname COOPER
Child Forename Thomas
Father's Forename Anthony
Mother's Forename Sarah
Palce of Residence Little Dean
Occupation Coalminer
Officiating Minister J Parsons Curate
Event Baptism
Register Reference P110 in 1/6
Page 37
Parish/Chapel Littledean
Soundex C160

Marriage of Thomas Cooper & Barbara Sadler on FreeBMD:
June 1865 Westbury-on-Severn Vol 6a Page 431

Sarah Cooper (daughter of Thomas & Barbara) c1865

record_id 214278
Entry No 230
Year 1865
Month Jun
Day 18
Parents Surname COOPER
Child Forename(s) Sarah Louisa Jane
Father's Forename Thomas
Mother's Forename Barbara
Place of Residence Little Dean
Occupation Collier
Officiating Minister C Brockbank
Event Baptism
Register Reference P50 in 1/3
Page 29
Parish/Chapel Blakeny
Soundex C160

Ephraim George Cooper 1879

Fred Cooper (son of Thomas & Barbara) c1881

record_id 33688
Entry No 463
Year 1881
Month Sep
Day 12
Parents Surname COOPER
Child Forename Fred
Father's Forename Thomas
Mother's Forename Barbara
Place of Residence Little Dean
Occupation Miner
Officiating Minister William Lockett
Event Baptism
Register Reference P110 in 1/7
Page 58
Parish/Chapel Littledean
Soundex C160

Possible Baptism for Anthony Cooper snr 1787

record_id 184769
Year 1787
Month Apr
Day 8
Parents Surname COOPER
Child Forename Anthony
Father's Forename William
Mother's Forename Mary
Event Baptism
Register Ref P110 in 1/4
Page 2
Parish/Chapel Littledean
Soundex C160

Burial 07/03/1858 age 71

(Anthony named his first child William)

Two marriages to choose from so far:

13/05/1818 to Sarah Cooper

or this one that I like the look of (probably wrongly) because he is named as Anthony junior, and because the extra witness is A. Cooper!

record_id 8605
Entry No 46
Year 1819
Month Aug
Day 12
Groom Surname COOPER
Groom Forename Anthony Jun(io)r
Groom Residence Little Deane
Bride Surname PETERS
Bride Forename Sarah
Bride Residence Little Deane
Licence or Banns Banns
Signature or Mark He marks she signs
Witness 1 Mark of William Meredith
Witness 2 Ann Meredith
Other Witness A. Cooper
Officiating Minister Tho(ma)s Housman
Event Marriage
Register Ref P110 in 1/9
Page 16
Parish/Chapel Littldean
Soundex Groom C160
Soundex Bride P362

The 8 children of Anthony & Sarah - so far! (all baptised at Little Dean) were:

William 18/06/1820
Anthony 12/05/1822
Harriet 25/07/1824
Anne 18/06/1826
John 08/08/1828 Burial 24/04/1901 age 72
Mary Anne 20/02/1831 Burial 22/04/1832 age 1 and a quarter
Griffith 06/03/1833
Jane 13/12/1837 Burial 21/12/1848 age 11

William Cooper possibles baptised at Little Dean:

15/03/1750 to Thomas & Sarah
22/12/1754 to Anthony & Mary

Guess which one I am drawn to?

All these records are on the FOD site.

What worries me is that one of my Aunts (Morse) married a Bill Cooper from these parts - I might actually be related to this lot!