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Member Since: February 2007 Posts: 5,093 Send Message	littlelegs	Report	15 Jun 2014 15:26
	hi all if you have time please would you look for the following people on the 1911 census samuel copson 1850 nottingham annie 1850 doncaster mary 1890 nottingham thank you lorraine
Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 10,667 Send Message	greyghost	Report	15 Jun 2014 17:14
Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 10,667 Send Message	Just to check - is this your family in 1901? 1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital condition Gender Age Birth year Occupation Birth place Annie Copson Head Married Female 51 1850 Charwoman Bennington, Lincolnshire Jane Copson Daughter Single Female 22 1879 Silk Weaver Doncaster, Yorkshire George Copson Son Single Male 19 1882 Lace Threader Doncaster, Yorkshire Emma Copson Daughter Single Female 17 1884 Silk Weaver Doncaster, Yorkshire Samuel Copson Son Single Male 15 1886 Grocers Assistant Southwell, Nottinghamshire Richard Copson Son Single Male 14 1887 Lace Threader Southwell, Nottinghamshire Mary Copson Daughter Single Female 11 1890 Scholar Southwell, Nottinghamshire Annie Copson Daughter Single Female 2 1899 - Southwell, Nottinghamshire First name(s) Annie Last name Copson Relationship Head Marital condition Married Gender Female Age 51 Birth year 1850 Occupation Charwoman Birth town Bennington Birth county Lincolnshire House number - House name - Street Westgate Parish Southwell Town Southwell County Nottinghamshire Country England Municipal ward - Parliamentary borough Newark Registration district Southwell Enumeration district 5 Series RG13 Piece number 3192 Folio number 60 Page 2
Member Since: February 2007 Posts: 5,093 Send Message	littlelegs	Report	15 Jun 2014 17:17
	yes my family but i think richard and jane are together in the 1911 census but dont know what happened to the others
Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 10,667 Send Message	greyghost	Report	15 Jun 2014 17:22
Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 10,667 Send Message	Annie didn't make 1911 England & Wales deaths 1837-2007 Transcription First name(s) ANNIE Last name COPSON Gender Female Birth day - Birth month - Birth year 1850 Age 53 Death quarter 1 Death year 1903 District SOUTHWELL County Nottinghamshire Country England Volume 7B Page 251
Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 10,667 Send Message	greyghost	Report	15 Jun 2014 17:37
Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 10,667 Send Message	As you say, looks like Richard and Jane together in 1911 with Annie now described as niece rather than sister. Age 2 in 1901 so perhaps not the child of Annie (Senior) then aged 51 1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription First name(s) Last name Age Relationship to household head Marital condition Gender Birth year Birth place Occupation Richard Copson 24 Head Single Male 1887 Southwell Notts Threader Lace Jane Copson 31 Sister Single Female 1880 Doncaster Cotton Winder Lace Annie Copson 12 Niece - Female 1899 Southwell Notts School First name(s) Annie Last name Copson Age 12 Relationship to household head Niece Gender Female Birth year 1899 Birth place Southwell Notts Occupation School Address 5 Aston Terrace Hyson Green Nottingham Parish Nottingham County Nottinghamshire Country England Registration district Nottingham Registration district number 430 Subdistrict Nottingham North West Subdistrict number 4 Enumeration district 17 Piece number 20609 Schedule number 343 Census reference RG14 Census reference RG14PN20609 RG78PN1231 RD430 SD4 ED17 SN343
Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 10,667 Send Message	greyghost	Report	15 Jun 2014 17:43
Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 10,667 Send Message	George, now married for 2 years, 2 children born, 2 living. Also with him is Mary (Polly) 1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription First name(s) Last name Age Relationship to household head Marital condition Gender Birth year Birth place Occupation George Copson 29 Head Married Male 1882 Yorks Doncaster Curtain Twisthand Lizzie Copson 24 Wife Married Female 1887 Notts Hucknall George Copson 2 Son - Male 1909 Notts Hyson Green Harry Copson 0 Son - Male 1911 Notts Hyson Green Polly Copson 21 Sister Single Female 1890 Notts Southwell Collar Machinst Laundry First name(s) George Last name Copson Age 29 Relationship to household head Head Marital condition Married Gender Male Birth year 1882 Birth place Yorks Doncaster Occupation Curtain Twisthand Address 5 Carlingford Terrace Brown Street Nottingham Parish Nottingham County Nottinghamshire Country England Registration district Nottingham Registration district number 430 Subdistrict Nottingham North West Subdistrict number 4 Enumeration district 16 Piece number 20608 Schedule number 150 Census reference RG14 Census reference RG14PN20608 RG78PN1231 RD430 SD4 ED16 SN150
Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 10,667 Send Message	greyghost	Report	15 Jun 2014 17:51
Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 10,667 Send Message	Looks like Samuel (Junior) joined the Army 1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription Print individual transcription View image First name(s) Samuel Last name Copson Age 23 Relationship to household head - Marital condition Single Gender Male Birth year 1888 Birth place Nottingham Southwell Occupation Soldier Address Roberts Heights Pretoria Transvaal South Africa Parish - County Overseas Military Country Ships And Overseas Establishments Registration district number 641 Subdistrict number 2 Enumeration district 7 Piece number 34977 Schedule number 9999 Census reference RG14 Census reference RG14PN34977 RD641 SD2 ED7 SN9999
Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 10,667 Send Message	greyghost	Report	15 Jun 2014 17:53
Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 10,667 Send Message	Soldiers died in the Great War 1914-1919 Transcription First name(s) SAMUEL Last name COPSON Service number 8856 Rank PRIVATE Regiment Royal Scots Fusiliers Battalion 1st Battalion. Birth place SOUTHWELL, NOTTS Residence - Enlistment place NOTTINGHAM Death year 1917 Death day 3 Death month 5 Cause of death Killed in action Death place France & Flanders Theatre of war Western European Theatre Supplementary Notes - Category Military, armed forces & conflict Record collection First World War Collections from Great Britain
Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 10,667 Send Message	greyghost	Report	15 Jun 2014 17:58
Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 10,667 Send Message	British Army Service Records 1760-1915 Transcription Print individual transcription View image First name(s) SAMUEL Last name COPSON Birth year 1888 Birth parish ST MARYS Birth town SOUTHWELL Birth county NOTTINGHAMSHIRE Birth country ENGLAND Service number 1488 Rank - Regiment - Document Type Attestation Attestation year 1906 Attestation day 3 Attestation month 7 Attestation age years 18 Attestation age months 9 Attestation Corps 4TH SHERWOOD FORESTERS Attestation service number 1488 Series militia service records 1806-1915 Box 790 Box record number 428 Record set British Army Service Records 1760-1915 Category Military, armed forces & conflict Record collection Regimental & service records Collections from Great Britain Attested 1906 - NOK given as 1. Father Samuel Address unknown <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< 2 + 3. Brothers Goerge and Richard 8 Galloways Yard, Milton Street, Nottingham
Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 10,667 Send Message	greyghost	Report	15 Jun 2014 18:08
Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 10,667 Send Message	Initially Attested for Militia 3/7/1906 to 4th Sherwood Foresters, living at 8 Galloways Yard in Parish of Holy Trinity, Nottingham aged 19 years and 9 months and a Lace Hand. 5ft 3 3/4 inches tall, 104 lbs, Chest 34 inches with 3 in expansion. FResh complexion, grey eyes, brown hair, large scar left armpit, C of E. Transferred to Royal Scots Fusiliers ? 27.8.06
Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 10,667 Send Message	greyghost	Report	15 Jun 2014 18:10
Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 10,667 Send Message	UK, Commonwealth War Graves, 1914-1921 and 1939-1947 about Samuel Copson Name: Samuel Copson Death Date: 3 May 1917 Cemetery: The Arras Memorial at Faubourg-D´Amiens Cemetery, Arras Burial Country: France Service number: 8856 Region or Memorial: France Web: International, Find A Grave Index about Private Samuel S Copson Name: Private Samuel S Copson Death Date: 3 May 1917 Burial Place: Departement du Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France URL: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-... Private Samuel S Copson Memorial Photos Flowers Edit Share Learn about sponsoring this memorial... Birth: unknown Death: May 3, 1917 Inscription: Royal Scots Fusiliers Note: 8856 Burial: Arras Memorial Arras Departement du Pas-de-Calais Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France Plot: Bay 5. Created by: International Wargraves ... Record added: Feb 11, 2014 Find A Grave Memorial# 124947701
Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 10,667 Send Message	greyghost	Report	15 Jun 2014 18:17
Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 10,667 Send Message	Not seeing any military records post attestation and transfer to Royal Scots. There is just the Medal CArd annotated with date of entry into theatre of war 14.8.1914. Awarded the 1914 Star and the Victory and British Medals. Remarks KIA (Killed in Action)
Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 10,667 Send Message	greyghost	Report	15 Jun 2014 19:21
Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 10,667 Send Message	Child from earlier census shows as Elizbith on 1881 transcript but looking at other info could well be Zibiah b 1876 Nottingham 1881 - age 5 at Black Horse Yard, Doncaster and 1891 - age 15 (Beziah) at West Gate, Southwell ----------------------------------------- ?? birth registered as Zibiah 1876 Nottingham --------------------------------------- marr Southwell, Notts 1897 - 7b 707 Edward George Wilson. Other male Frank Spooner, female is Mary Maria Kemp - on 1901 census Southwell RD ------------------------------------------ England & Wales deaths 1837-2007 Transcription First name(s) ZIBIAH Last name WILSON Birth year 1876 Age 25 Death quarter 1 Death year 1901 District NOTTINGHAM County Nottinghamshire Country England Volume 7B Page 211 -------------------------------------------- Edward shows as Widower and Visitor on 1901 and remarried by 1911 but looks as though the daughters are Zibiah's children 1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription First name(s) Last name Age Relationship to household head Marital condition Gender Birth year Birth place Occupation Edward George Wilson 35 Head Married Male 1876 Notts Newark Confectioner Pastry Cook Alice Wilson 40 Wife Married Female 1871 Notts Newark Constance Copson Wilson 12 Daughter Single Female 1899 Lincoln Grimsby School Drois Mable Wilson 11 Daughter Single Female 1900 Lincoln Grimsby School Louie Annie Wilson 10 Daughter Single Female 1901 Notts Newark School <<<< Dec Qtr 1900 Arthur William Wilson 5 Son Single Male 1906 York Doncaster School Marriage year 1902 Years married 9 Address 2 Newnham Road Newark Parish Newark upon Trent County Nottinghamshire Country England Registration district Newark Registration district number 432 Subdistrict Newark Subdistrict number 3 Enumeration district 10 Piece number 20741 Schedule number 194 Census reference RG14 Census reference RG14PN20741 RG78PN1237 RD432 SD3 ED10 SN194
Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 10,667 Send Message	greyghost	Report	15 Jun 2014 20:11
Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 10,667 Send Message	Last but not least ??? Not finding Emma on 1911 census, nor a marriage or death. This record is dated after the 1911 England and Canada census were taken though. Passenger Lists leaving UK 1890-1960 Transcription First name(s) E Last name COPSON Title MISS Gender Female Age ADULT Marital status S Occupation COOK Departure year 1911 Departure day 8 Departure month 9 Departure port LIVERPOOL Destination port MONTREAL Destination MONTREAL Country CANADA Destination country CANADA Ship name TEUTONIC Ship official number 96334 Ship master's first name R W Ship master's last name JAMES Shipping line WHITE STAR DOMINION City LIVERPOOL Ship destination port MONTREAL Ship destination country CANADA Ship square feet 9989 Ship registered tonnage 4236 Number of passengers 931
Member Since: February 2007 Posts: 5,093 Send Message	littlelegs	Report	15 Jun 2014 22:17
	wow thank you very very much so much info :-D :-D <3

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