Reginald Thomas COOPER

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1891, 2 Argyle Yard, Grove Street, Bathwick, Bath, Somersetshire, England, UK
• Census: 1901, 22 Regent Terrace, Bath, Somersetshire, England, UK
• Census: 1911, 18 South View, Elder Stubbs, Portishead, Somerset, England, UK
• Census: 1921, 18 Albert Rd, Portishead, Somerset, England, UK
• Census: 1939, 18 Albert St, Portishead, Somerset, England, UK

Notes:

Birth:
England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915
Name: Reginald Thomas Cooper Registration Year: 1889 Registration Quarter: Jan-Feb-Mar Registration district: Bath
Volume: 5c Page: 568

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Census:
1891 census for 2, Argyle Yard, Grove Street, Bathwick, Bath, Somersetshire
RG number: RG12 Piece: 1931 Folio: 13 Page: 20
Mary Ann COOPER, Head Widow F 62 1829 Bath Somersetshire
Reginald COOPER, Grandson Single M 2 1889 Bath Somersetshire

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Census:
1911 census ref Class: RG14; Piece: 14821; Schedule Number: 287
Reginald Thomas Cooper, male, 22, boarder, baker, born Bath, Somersetshire.

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Census:
1921 Census Of England & Wales
18, Albert Road, Portishead, Somerset, England
First Last name Rel. to head Sex Born Age in years Birth place Occupation Employer
Reginald Thomas Cooper Head Male 1889 32 Somerset, England Commercial Motor Driver J Coles & Son General Carriers
Gladys May Cooper Wife Female 1891 29 Portishead, Somerset, England Home Duties -
Fredrick Roy Cooper Son Male 1915 6 Portishead, Somerset, England - -
Not Yet Named Cooper Daughter Female 1921 - Portishead, Somerset, England - -

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Census:
18 Albert Street , Portishead U.D., Somerset, England
Reginald T Cooper 22 Jan 1889 Male General Labourer Married 79 1
Gladys M Cooper 29 Nov 1891 Female Unpaid Domestic Duties Married 79 2
Frederick R Cooper 06 May 1915 Male Boiler Cleaner (Heavy Wo?) Married 79 3
Two other records on entry unavailable.
Ref: RG101/7036E/007/31 Letter Code: WOLD

Died:
England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995
Name: Reginald Thomas Cooper Death Date: 6 Oct 1955 Death Place: Somerset, England Probate Date: 11 Jan 1956
Probate Registry: Bristol

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Reginald married Gladys May BESSANT on 27 Dec 1914 in Widcombe Parish Church, Bath, Somerset, England. Gladys was born on 29 Nov 1891 in Bedminster, Somerset, England; died in Nov 1984 in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England, UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
1914 marriage solemnized in the parish church, Widcombe in the county of Bath.
No 188, twenty seventh December 1914. Reginald Thomas Cooper, aged 25, bachelor, baker, of 22 Regent Terrace, son of Thomas Richard Cooper, deceased, butcher and Gladys May Bessant, aged 23, spinster, of 18 Albert Road, Portishead, dau of Joseph James Bessant, deceased, labourer. Witnesses: Herbert Bessant and Elsie Evelyn Gibbons*.
*Elsie was Reginald's half-sister from his mother second marriage.

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1. Frederick Roy COOPER was born on 6 May 1915 in Long Ashton, Somerset, England, UK; died in Jan 1997 in Bristol, England, UK.
2. Evelyn COOPER was born on 17 Jun 1921 in Long Ashton, Somerset, England, UK; died in UNKNOWN.
3. Margaret Joan COOPER was born on 12 Apr 1933 in Long Ashton, Somerset, England, UK; died in Jan 1980 in Weston Super Mare, Somerset, England, UK.

Other Events and Attributes:

• _FGRAVE: 222798138
• Census: 1861, 1 Millers Court, St Michaels, Bath, Somersetshire, England, UK
• _MILT: 22 Aug 1876; 1/17th regiment British Army 1876-1883
• Occupation: 1890; Wheelchairman

Notes:

The Bath & Cheltenham Gazette, 19th March 1890
THE SUICIDE OF A WHEELCHAIRMAN - Mr. B. H. Watts, Deputy Coroner, held an inquest on Thursday on the body of Thomas Richard Cooper, wheelchairman, of 6 Henrietta Buildings, who drowned himself in the river at the back of his house, and whose body was recovered in about 24 hours. - Emily Cooper, widow, said her husband was 36 years of age. He came home between a quarter to nine and nine o?clock, and said that he had stayed out late in hopes of getting a job as there had been nothing doing. He went out and got some beer and provisions. When he returned he had his supper. He drank about half-a-pint. She put her eldest child to bed and deceased went up with her. He undressed and got into bed. He complained that she had not done some washing which he wanted. She told him she would go down and do it before going to bed. He was a little annoyed, but not very angry. There was no altercation. She went down to do the washing and he came down from three to five minutes afterwards. He had on his drawers, shirt, and undershirt. He asked her to come to bed, and she replied that she would when she had finished what she wanted to do. He picked up the lamp off the mantel piece and said he would throw it down if she did not come to bed. She noticed that he looked strange. She picked up the baby with the intention of going up to bed. He dashed the pipe from this mouth on the ground and said, "Good bye, I am going; goodbye." He had been to bed with the pipe. She put the baby on the sofa and rushed after him, but before she got into the yard he was in the river. She took a clothes prop, jumped down onto the bank and touched him with it. She begged him to take hold of it and come back to his little children, but he neither moved nor spoke. She called for help and her next door neighbour came instantly, but could do nothing as he had floated out of reach. She did not hear him make any noise after he had jumped into the water. Three years ago last September he threatened to commit suicide. Then he was not sober and seized a razor to cut his throat, and she snatched it out of his hand. He would give no reason why he would do it; they had had no dispute. He had served six years and five months in the army in India. She had not noticed anything strange in his manner lately. The children had been ill for some time, and deceased had been worried because work was slack. She denied having worried her husband or had any dispute with him. - The jury returned a verdict of suicide while temporarily insane.

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Birth:
From http://www.bathbmd.org.uk/cgi/birthind.cgi - COOPER Thomas Richard at Abbey, Bath, mother's surname BANCROFT, ref ABB/11/468

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Name Thomas Richard Cooper Registration Date 1854 [1854] Quarter of the Year Jul-Aug-Sep Registration Place Bath, Somerset, England Volume 5c Page 657

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_MILT:
Notes from army records:
22 Aug 1876. Thomas Cooper born St Michael's, Bath, Somerset, aged 21 years. Labourer. Unmarried. Member of Royal Monmouth Militia.
Description. Aged 21 years. Five feet, seven inches. Sallow complexion, grey eyes, light brown hair. Orange scar below right lower maxilla.
No 1168 in 1/17th regiment British Army. Posted to East Indies from 6th October 1876.
Awarded fourth class cert 3 Apr 1877.
Service history. Home 24 Aug 1876 to 4 October 1876, 42 days. India 5 October 1876 to 11 Mar 1883, six years, 158 days. Home 12 Mar 1883.
Next of Kin. Richard Cooper (father), Walker Street, Bath.
Medical history while in India includes seven bouts of ague (malaria) for which he was prescribed quinine. Also had balanitis (inflammation of penis), fehricula (abscess?), jaundice, dyspepsia and phymosis (a condition where, in men, the foreskin cannot be fully retracted over the glans penis).
NOTE: At top of page of his proceedings of attestation form, there is a note that he has younger brothers named William, James and Henry.

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Died:
By suicide/drowning. As per newspaper report The Bath & Cheltenham Gazette, 19th March 1890

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Thomas married Emily HERRING in JAN-MAR 1886 in Somersetshire, England, UK. Emily (daughter of William HERRING and Esther PHILLIPS) was born about 1865 in Winforton, Herefordshire, England, UK; died on 31 Dec 1931 in Cotford Mental Hospital, Cotford, Somersetshire, England, UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1871, Hurstley, Letton Huntley, Herefordshire, England, UK
• Census: 1881, Lower Welson, Eardisley, Herefordshire, England, UK
• Census: 1901, 22 Regent Terrace, Bath, Somersetshire, England, UK
• Census: 1911, Bath, St Michael, Somerset, England, UK
• Census: 1921, 22 Regent Terrace, Bath, Somerset, England, UK
• Probate: 24 Feb 1932, Bristol, Somersetshire, England, UK

Notes:

After Thomas Cooper's death, on 24 Apr 1892, in Winsley, Wiltshire, Emily remarried to a Albert Gibbons, butcher, who born C1851 at Frome, Somerset.
This is her second family on 1911 census:
1911 census for 22 Regent Terrace Dolemeads Bath, Bath, Somerset, England
First name(s) Last name Relationship to head Marital status Sex Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
Albert John Gibbons Head Married Male 60 1851 Butcher Somerset Frome
Emily Gibbons Wife Married Female 44 1867 - Herefordshire Winforton
Beatrice May Gibbons Daughter Single Female 16 1895 - Somerset Bath
John Bernard Gibbons Son - Male 14 1897 Boot repairer Somerset Bath
Leonard Gibbons Son Single Male 9 1902 - Somerset Bath

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Birth:
Unclear from census records. 1921 census indicated 1867, but it may have been earlier than that.

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Census:
1871 census for Hurstley, Letton Huntley Herefordshire
RG number: RG10 Piece: 2706 Folio: 52 Page: 27
HERRING, William Head M 52 1819 Herefordshire
HERRING, Esther Wife F 49 1822 Herefordshire
HERRING, John Son M 23 1848 Herefordshire
HERRING, Mary Ann Daughter F 15 1856 Herefordshire
HERRING, Richard Son M 10 1861 Herefordshire
HERRING, Elizabeth Daughter F 7 1864 Herefordshire
HERRING, Emily Daughter F 3 1868 Herefordshire

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Census:
1881 census for Lower Welson, Eardisley, Herefordshire
RG number: RG11 Piece: 2608 Folio: 20 Page: 7
William HERRING, Head Married M 63 1818 Farm Labourer Eardisley Herefordshire
Ester HERRING, Wife Married F 57 1824 Eardisley Herefordshire
Mary HERRING, Daughter Single F 25 1856 Winforton Herefordshire
Emily HERRING, Daughter Single F 14 1867 Winforton Herefordshire
Mary Emily HERRING, Grand Daughter Single F 2 1879 Eardisley Herefordshire
Margt Marie HERRING, Grand Daughter Single F 0 1881 Eardisley

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Census:
1921 Census Of England & Wales 22 Regent Terrace, Bath, Somerset, England
First name(s) Last name Relationship to head Sex Birth year Age in years Birth place Occupation Employer
Albert Gibbons Head Male 1851 70 Frome, Somerset, England Butcher W Cornish Butcher Cheap Street Boot Out Of Work
Emily Gibbons Wife Female 1867 54 - Winforton, Herefordshire Cleaner Bath Corporation

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Probate:
GIBBONS Emily of Louvain Baker-street Weston-super-Mare (wife of Albert Gibbons) died 31 December 1931 at Cotford Mental Hospital, Cotford, Somersetshire Probate Bristol 24 February to Albert Gibbons* civil servant and Nellie Gallop widow. Effects £809 10s 2d.
*Presumably her son from second marriage.

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Died:
England & Wales Deaths 1837-2007 Taunton, Somerset, England
Emily Gibbons
County Somerset Volume 5C Sex Female Page 423 Birth year 1863 Country England
Age 69 Record set England & Wales Deaths 1837-2007
Death quarter 1 Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records Death year 1932
Subcategory Civil Deaths & Burials District Taunton

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Notes:

Married:
Name: Thomas Richard Cooper Date of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1886 Registration district: Bath Inferred County: Somerset Volume Number: 5c
Page Number: 909 Thomas Richard Cooper and Emily Herring

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Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1841, Chapple St, Twerton, Bath, Somerset, England, UK
• Census: 1851, 1 Northgate Street, Saint Michael, Bath, Somerset, England, UK
• Occupation: 1851; Porter
• Census: 1861, 1 Millers Court, St Michaels, Bath, Somersetshire, England, UK
• Census: 1881, 3 Trim Street, Bath, Somersetshire, England, UK
• Occupation: 1861, 1881; Butcher

Notes:

Census:
1841 census for Chapple St, Twerton, Bath, Somerset:
RG number: HO107 Piece: 961 Book/Folio: 13/21 Page: 34
Ambrose COOPER, M 45 born 1790 Somerset
Sarah COOPER, F 45 born 1796 Somerset
Mary Ann COOPER, F 13 born 1828 Somerset
Martha COOPER, F 12 born 1829 Somerset
Richard COOPER, M 11 born 1830 Somerset
Sarah Ann COOPER, F 8 born 1833 Somerset
Thomas BUD M 50 1791 Somerset

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Census:
1851 census for 1 Northgate Street, Saint Michael, Bath, Somerset:
RG number: HO107 Piece: 1941 Folio: 335 Page: 19
Richard GULLY, Head Married M 49 1802 Butcher Wick & Absone, Gloucestershire
Mary Ann GULLY, Wife Married F 43 1808 Walcot Somerset
Ann Cousin ALLEN, Visitor Married F 50 1801 House Proprietress Bitton, Gloucestershire
Mary Ann CRABB, Serv Unmarried F 32 1819 Road Wiltshire
Richard COOPER, Porter Unmarried M 21 born 1830 Twerton, Bath, Somerset

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Census:
1861 census for 1 Millers Court, St Michaels, Bath:
RG number: RG09 Piece: 1687 Folio: 80 Page: 38
Richard COOPER, head, married, aged 31, Butcher, born 1830, Twerton, Somerset
Hannah COOPER, wife, aged 30 born 1831 Bath, Somerset
Catherine A COOPER, daughter, aged 7, born 1854 Bath, Somerset
Thomas R COOPER, son, aged 6, born 1855 Bath, Somerset
William COOPER, son, aged 4, born 1857 Bath, Somerset
James COOPER, son, aged 3, born 1858 Bath, Somerset
Henry COOPER, son, aged 1, born 1860 Bath, Somerset
Elizabeth COOPER, daughter, aged 1 month, born 1861 Bath, Somerset

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Census:
1881 census for 3 Trim Street, Bath, St Michael:
RG number: RG11 Piece: 2437 Folio: 102 Page: 19
Richard COOPER, head, married, aged 51, butcher, born 1830 Twerton on Avon, Somerset
Mary A COOPER, wife, aged 51, charwoman, born 1830, born Bath, Somerset
Henry COOPER, son, journeyman poulterer, single, aged 21, born 1860, Bath, Somerset
Annie COOPER, granddaughter, aged 10, born 1871 Bath, Somerset

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Occupation:
Confirmed on son William's death cert

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Died:
From http://www.bathbmd.org.uk/cgi/deathind.cgi - COOPER Richard aged 59, at Bathwick Bath ref BWK/13/421

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Richard married Hannah BANCROFT on 29 Sep 1851 in St Swithins, Walcot, Bath, Somersetshire, England, UK. Hannah (daughter of George BANCROFT and Jane ANGEL) was born about 1829 in Somersetshire, England, UK; died about 1868 in Bath, Somersetshire, England, UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1830, Sams' Court, Bath, Somersetshire, England, UK

Notes:

Died:
From http://www.bathbmd.org.uk/cgi/deathind.cgi - COOPER Hannah, aged 39, at Abbey Bath, ref ABB/21/371

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Notes:

Married:
From http://www.bathbmd.org.uk/marriages.html - COOPER Richard and BANCROFT Hannah married Bath, St Swithin's Walcot (Paragon) Bath ref C17/5/067

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Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1871, Hurstley, Letton Huntley, Herefordshire, England, UK
• Census: 1881, Lower Welson, Eardisley, Herefordshire, England, UK

William married Esther PHILLIPS on 21 Aug 1847 in Eardisley, Hereford, England, UK. Esther was born about 1822 in Eardisley, Hereford, England, UK; died in UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1871, Hurstley, Letton Huntley, Herefordshire, England, UK
• Census: 1881, Lower Welson, Eardisley, Herefordshire, England, UK

Notes:

Married:
IGI entry

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Other Events and Attributes:

• _FGRAVE: 203207486
• Census: 1841, Chapple St, Twerton, Bath, Somerset, England, UK
• Occupation: 1841; Butcher

Notes:

Census:
1841 census for Chapple St, Twerton, Bath, Somerset:
RG number: HO107 Piece: 961 Book/Folio: 13/21 Page: 34
Ambrose COOPER, M 45 born 1790 Somerset
Sarah COOPER, F 45 born 1796 Somerset
Mary Ann COOPER, F 13 born 1828 Somerset
Martha COOPER, F 12 born 1829 Somerset
Richard COOPER, M 11 born 1830 Somerset
Sarah Ann COOPER, F 8 born 1833 Somerset
Thomas BUD M 50 1791 Somerset

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Died:
http://www.bathbmd.org.uk/cgi/deathind.cgi - COOPER Ambrose age 56 at Twerton - First Series Bath ref TW1/4/009

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Buried:
UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current
Name: Ambrose Cooper Gender: M (Male) Birth Date: 1791 Death Date: 1848
Cemetery: St Michael and All Angels Churchyard
Burial or Cremation Place: Twerton, Bath and North East Somerset Unitary Authority, Somerset, England
Has Bio?: N Children: Martha Cooper Sarah Ann Cooper Mary Ann Luton

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Ambrose married Sarah JONES on 29 Sep 1823 in Twerton, Bath, Somersetshire, England, UK. Sarah was born about 1796 in Somersetshire, England, UK; died in UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1841, Chapple St, Twerton, Bath, Somerset, England, UK

Notes:

Note found on 1851 census

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Notes:

Married:
Somerset, England, Marriage Registers, Bonds and Allegations, 1754-1914
Name: Ambrose Cooper Gender: Male
Marriage or Bann Date: 29 Sep 1823
Marriage Place: Twerton, Somerset, England
Spouse: Sarah Jones

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Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1830, Sams' Court, Bath, Somersetshire, England, UK

Notes:

Died:
Somerset, England, Church of England Burials, 1813-1914
Name: George Bancroft Age: 44 Birth Year: abt 1789 Burial Date: 21 Aug 1833
Burial Place: Bathwick St Mary, Somerset, England
Parish as it Appears: Bathwick

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George married Jane ANGEL on 18 Jul 1819 in Bath, St Michael, Somerset, England, UK. Jane was born about 1800 in England, UK; died in UNKNOWN in Bath, Somersetshire, England, UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1830, Sams' Court, Bath, Somersetshire, England, UK

Notes:

Likely burial:
Name: Jane Bancroft Gender: Female Age: 63 Birth Date: 1785 Burial Date: 26 Nov 1848
Burial Place: Bathwick, Somerset, England
FHL Film Number: 1526166 Reference ID: p176 1404

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Residence:
According to baptismal entry.

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Died:
There is a possible death in 1848 but age doesn't fit.

Notes:

Married:
George Bancroft
in the Somerset, England, Marriage Registers, Bonds and Allegations, 1754-1914
Marriage or Bann Date: 18 Jul 1819
Marriage Place: Bath, St Michael, Somerset, England
Parish as it Appears: St Michael Bath
Spouse: Jane Angel

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