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Walter Cooper - Devonport

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Isabella

Isabella Report 5 Jan 2013 17:34

Please I would ask u to find Walter Cooper, birthplace of Devonsport and married Clara Emma L Lander in 1903. Anyway, Clara's parent's name and Walter's parent's name...and other thing.

hope u are hunting for Walter and Clara

thank

Isa

brummiejan

brummiejan Report 5 Jan 2013 17:45

Looks like them 1911:

1911 England Census
Name: Walter Cooper
Age in 1911: 29
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1882
Relation to Head: Head
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Bovil Forest, Nottinghamshire
Civil parish: Devonport
County/Island: Devon
Country: England
Street Address: 18 Erith Avenue, Devonport
Marital Status: Married
Years Married: 8
Estimated Marriage Year: 1903
Occupation: ship Plate Rivetter
Registration district: Devonport
Registration District Number: 278
Sub-registration district: Stoke

Walter Cooper 29
Clara Cooper 26
Winnie Cooper 7
Jack Cooper 6
Willie Cooper 4
Hurther Cooper 3
Alfred Cooper 1

brummiejan

brummiejan Report 5 Jan 2013 18:27


1891 England Census
Name: Clara E Lander
Age: 6
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1885
Relation: Daughter
Father's Name: William Lander
Mother's Name: Emma J Lander
Gender: Female
Where born: Devonport, Devon, England

Civil parish: Stoke Damerel
Ecclesiastical parish: St John
Town: Devonport
County/Island: Devon

Registration district: Stoke Damerel
Sub-registration district: St Aubyn

William Lander 35
Emma J Lander 35
Albert V Lander 8
Clara E Lander 6

brummiejan

brummiejan Report 5 Jan 2013 18:38

Not having much luck with Walter -there are a couple of possibles unfortunately.
If nobody else has any luck you might need his marriage cert.
Jan

patchem

patchem Report 5 Jan 2013 20:19

The 1911 that brummiejan posted does not have him born in Devonsport.
Where did you get that information from?
Thank-you

Added:
This Walter?
Walter Cooper
Birth Date: abt 1881
Date of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep 1945
Age at Death: 64
Registration district: Plymouth
Inferred County: Devon
Volume: 5b
Page: 275

and Clara
Clara E L Cooper
Birth Date: abt 1885
Date of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep 1936
Age at Death: 51
Registration district: Plymouth
Inferred County: Devon
Volume: 5b
Page: 254

Joy

Joy Report 5 Jan 2013 20:37

I would first of all send for their marriage certificate and then trace backwards, to be certain you have the right people.

From http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/
Marriages Mar 1903
Cooper Walter Devonport 5b 534
Lander Clara Emma L

Isabella

Isabella Report 5 Jan 2013 21:09

Thank you for helping while Walter Cooper and Clara Lander have son, Walter John 'Jack' Cooper born in 1904, married in 1928 in Dunfermline, Fife and died in 1978. Anyway I would thank again :)

Ozibird

Ozibird Report 5 Jan 2013 21:43

I think this may be your Walter.

Births Sep 1881 Cooper Walter Basford 7b 183 (registration district for Bulwell, and there is a Bulwell Forest)

1891 England Census
Name: Walter Cooper
Age: 9
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1882
Relation: Son
Father's Name: John Cooper
Mother's Name: Mary Anne Cooper
Gender: Male
Where born: Bulwell, Nottinghamshire, England
Civil parish: Eastham
Ecclesiastical parish: Eastham
Town: Eastham
County/Island: Cheshire
Country: England
Street Address: Manchester Ship Canal Works
Occupation: Scholar
Registration district: Wirral
Sub-registration district: Eastham
Piece: 2872
Folio: 30
Page Number: 52
Household Members: Name Age
John Cooper 33 - Railway Engine Driver; born Caerphilly, Monmouthshire
Mary Anne Cooper 32 - born Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire
Arthur J Cooper 12 - born Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire
Walter Cooper 9
Ernest Cooper 3 - born Southampton, Hampshire
Charles Hy Cooper 1 - born Salford, Lancashire
Frederick Wolland 32 - Lodger
Edwin Berry 45 - Lodger
Edward Berry 15 - Lodger
Peter Murphey 16 - Lodger


Marriages Dec 1897
Cooper Mary Ann Swansea 11a 1469 <<<<
Davies David Henry Swansea 11a 1469
Sellick James Swansea 11a 1469 <<<<
Smale Rose Swansea 11a 1469


1901 Wales Census
Name: Walter Cooper
Age in 1901: 14 (19, not 14 - there is a heavy stroke through the number)
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1887
Relation: Stepson
Mother's Name: Mary Ann Sellick
Gender: Male
Where born: Bullwell, Nottinghamshire, England
Civil parish: Swansea
Ecclesiastical parish: St Thomas
Town: Swansea
County/Island: Glamorgan
Country: Wales
Street Address: 101 Port Tennant Road
Occupation: Dock Labourer
Registration district: Swansea
Sub-registration district: Swansea
Piece: 5079
Folio: 174
Page Number: 26
Household Members: Name Age
James Sellick 48 - Coal Dealer
Mary Ann Sellick 42 - born Chipping Norton
Ellen Elizabeth Sellick 2 - born Swansea
Walter Cooper 14
Ernest Cooper 13 - born Southampton
Charles H Cooper 11 - born Salford
Florance Mabel Cooper 8 - born Eastrun, N.R. (See below)
Winifred Matilida Cooper 6 - born Chesterfield, Yorkshire

This fits with John's age in 1891, and birth place of his last child.
Deaths Dec 1893 Cooper John 36 Chesterfield 7b 433

Probably Florence - same district as 1891.
Births Jun 1892 Cooper Florence Mabel Wirral 8a 475

Chris Ho :)

Chris Ho :) Report 5 Jan 2013 21:44

Baptisms (Find My Past website)

Forename(s):Walter John
Surname:Cooper
Year:1906
Month:Aug
Day:23
Father's Forename:Walter
Mother's Forename:Clara
Mother's Surname:
Birth Day:9
Birth Month:Aug
Birth Year:1904
Dedication:Ford, St Mark
Place:Plymouth
County:Devon
Page:261
Archive Ref:
Notes:
Record source:Baptism Register - Transcripts
Data provider:Plymouth & West Devon Record Office Collection

Forename(s):Clara Winifred
Surname:Cooper
Year:1906
Month:Aug
Day:23
Father's Forename:Walter
Mother's Forename:Clara
Mother's Surname:
Birth Day:22
Birth Month:May
Birth Year:1903
Dedication:Ford, St Mark
Place:Plymouth
County:Devon

Forename(s):William Ernest
Surname:Cooper
Year:1906
Month:Aug
Day:23
Father's Forename:Walter
Mother's Forename:Clara
Mother's Surname:
Birth Day:13
Birth Month:Apr
Birth Year:1906
Dedication:Ford, St Mark
Place:Plymouth
County:Devon

Forename(s):Arthur Albert Edward
Surname:Cooper
Year:1908
Month:Apr
Day:1
Father's Forename:Walter
Mother's Forename:Clara
Mother's Surname:
Birth Day:14
Birth Month:Mar
Birth Year:1908
Dedication:Ford
Place:Plymouth
County:Devon


Forename(s):Clara Emma Louise
Surname:Lander
Year:1888
Month:Jun
Day:24
Father's Forename:William
Mother's Forename:Emma
Mother's Surname:
Birth Day:18
Birth Month:Sep
Birth Year:1882
Dedication:Devonport, St Mary
Place:Plymouth
County:Devon

Chris :)

Ozibird

Ozibird Report 5 Jan 2013 21:59

1911 Wales Census
Name: Mary Ann Tellick
Age in 1911: 52
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1859
Relation to Head: Wife
Gender: Female
Birth Place: C Norton, Oxfordshire, England
Civil parish: Swansea
County/Island: Glamorgan
Country: Wales
Street Address: 101 Port Tennant Road Swansea
Marital Status: Married
Years Married: 13
Estimated Marriage Year: 1898
Registration district: Swansea
Registration District Number: 594
Sub-registration district: Swansea
Piece: 32796
Household Members: Name Age
James Tellick 57
Mary Ann Tellick 52
Ellen E Tellick 12
C H Cooper 21
Winfred M Cooper 16
Thomas Davis 23 - Boarder