Gladys May BESSANT

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1921, 18 Albert Rd, Portishead, Somerset, England, UK
• Census: 1939, 18 Albert St, Portishead, Somerset, England, UK

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Birth:
England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008
Name: Gladys May Bessant Event Type: Birth Registration Registration Quarter: Oct-Nov-Dec Registration Year: 1891
Registration District: Bedminster County: Somerset Event Place: Bedminster, Somerset, England
Volume: 5C Page: 680 Line Number: 219

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Died:
England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007
Name: Gladys May Cooper Death Age: 93 Birth Date: 29 Nov 1891
Registration Date: Nov 1984 Registration district: West Super Mare Inferred County: Somerset
Volume: 22 Page: 1225

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Gladys married Reginald Thomas COOPER on 27 Dec 1914 in Widcombe Parish Church, Bath, Somerset, England. Reginald (son of Thomas Richard COOPER and Emily HERRING) was born on 22 Jan 1889 in Bath, Somersetshire, England, UK; died on 6 Oct 1955 in Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England, UK; was buried in Oct 1955 in St Peter and St Paul, Weston in Gordano, Somerset, England, UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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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.