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Old 07-12-09, 18:58
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Name: William Cooper
Date and place of birth: 1847 in Bishop Auckland, Durham
Names of parents: Peter Cooper and Frances ?
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Details of marriage: lst marriage..unknown wife who died; 2nd marriage 1877 to Jane Downing at Auckland Register Officer
Occupation: Innkeeper, then Gas worker
Military Service:
Addresses: High Bondgate, Bishop Auckland; 1891 - 2 Staincross Place, Bramley. 1901 75 Airedale View, Bramley.
Date place and cause of death, not yet known
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Details of Will:
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Old 07-12-09, 19:48
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Which censuses have you found him on, Sally? I just looked quickly at the 1851 but couldn't see him.
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Old 07-12-09, 19:55
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Maybe he's the one aged 1 b Heaton, Durham in 1851? Father Peter a widower, who was married to Frances on the 1841 census. They are living in Bishop Auckland in 1851.
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Is this his birth?

William Cooper
Reg dis: Auckland
Dec qtr 1848
Vol 24
page 9

It's the only one listed on FreeBMD between 1845 and 1850

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Can you tell us what census you have him on and where?
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Who did he marry?

Her maiden name will be on one of their childrens birth certs.

There are a few possibles on FreeBMD
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1901 census?

wife Jone (should be Jane I reckon)

RG13; Piece: 4205; Folio: 143; Page: 1
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1891 census?

wife Jane

RG12; Piece: 3672; Folio 114; Page 33
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1881 census?

RG11; Piece: 4896; Folio: 112; Page: 37
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I have found Jane in 1911, she is a widow

RG14PN26863 RG78PN1543 RD499 SD1 ED7 SN183

William's death?

1908
Bramley, Yorkshire

June qtr 9b 200 aged 59

They were in Bramley in 1901 and Jane is still there in 1911
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Old 07-12-09, 21:03
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Help help help.........have just come back in, and am overwhelmed. Give me a few ticks and I will answer what I can with what I have.
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