Can anyone find their marriage please?

[Joan of Archives]

So I have looked for this marriage for ages & no joy.

Margaret CAMPBELL born Edinburgh approx. 1848/49, marries either George William COOPER b 1843 Arlesey Beds or William George COOPER b 1845 Arlesey Beds around 1866-68 if we are to believe what she put on the 1911 census

George W & William G were brothers & the sons of George & Hannah COOPER living in Arlesey Bedfordshire where the Coopers have lived since the early 1450's (that bit was bizarrely easy!) Obviously they didn't have much imagination naming their sons! Unfortunately they seem to sometimes drop one of their first names on subsequent censuses!

Their first child I can find registered to Margaret CAMPBELL COOPER was in 1866 March Q Hannah Cooper, mmn CAMPBELL in Wandsworth.

I've tried every combination I can think of for this CAMPBELL/COOPER marriage but never found it, so either they had 15 kids without bothering or they could have married in Scotland or abroad?

Any ideas welcome!

Thanks

[Merry]

If I search Marg* Cooper b Scotland 1848+/-5 the two matches on the 1911 census don't seem to be yours, so could you please post a link?

[Olde Crone]

I've looked on SP for marriages and the only (remote) possibility is betwen George Cooper and Margaret COOPER in 1881. Doesn't really seem likely they'd nip up to Scotland to marry though.

OC

[ElizabethHerts]

Perhaps this wasn't Margaret's first marriage?

[Merry]

I thought that, or George/William had already married and didn't want to be a bigamist!

[kiterunner]

Originally Posted by Merry

If I search Marg* Cooper b Scotland 1848+/-5 the two matches on the 1911 census don't seem to be yours, so could you please post a link?

I think this is her, Merry, but Ancestry have transcribed her birthplace as Edinborough, Essex! I will submit a correction:

https://www.ancestry.co.uk/imageview...e&pId=55924864

[Merry]

Thanks Kate. I just looked at the 1891 census (searched Ernest Cooper b Putney). I don't think I've ever seen a family with such diverse places of birth!!

[Joan of Archives]

Originally Posted by kiterunner

I think this is her, Merry, but Ancestry have transcribed her birthplace as Edinborough, Essex! I will submit a correction:

https://www.ancestry.co.uk/imageview...e&pId=55924864

My sub has run out but if she's showing as living with Emma & Ernest & she is 62, been "married" for 44 years with 15 kids that's her!

[Joan of Archives]

Originally Posted by Olde Crone

I've looked on SP for marriages and the only (remote) possibility is betwen George Cooper and Margaret COOPER in 1881. Doesn't really seem likely they'd nip up to Scotland to marry though.

OC

Does that give any father's details please? Do you have access to SP ? Thank you

[Joan of Archives]

Originally Posted by Merry

Thanks Kate. I just looked at the 1891 census (searched Ernest Cooper b Putney). I don't think I've ever seen a family with such diverse places of birth!!

George W Cooper was a Foreman of Public works so I guess he moved around a lot! I know, it's amazing considering with such a ruddy common name they didn't move from Bedfordshire since records began!