Thomas Richard COOPER

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]

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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1. Emily COOPER was born in Jan 1886 in Bath, Somersetshire, England, UK; died in Feb 1886 in Bath, Somersetshire, England, UK.
2. Albert Edwin COOPER was born on 7 Jan 1887 in Bath, Somersetshire, England, UK; died on 26 Feb 1950 in Bath, Somersetshire, England, UK; was buried in Feb 1950 in Locksbrook Cemetery, Bath, Somersetshire, England, UK.
3. Reginald Thomas COOPER 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.

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:

• _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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Notes:

https://maps.bristol.gov.uk/kyp/?edition=banes

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Birth:
As per census record.

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Died:
England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1837-1915
Name: Richard Cooper Registration Year: 1845 Registration Quarter: Apr-May-Jun Registration district: Bath
Volume: 11 Page: 38

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Buried:
Somerset, England, Church of England Burials, 1813-1914
Name: Richard Cooper Age: 84 Birth Year: abt 1761 Burial Date: 20 May 1845
Burial Place: Twerton, Somerset, England
Parish as it Appears: Twerton

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Richard married Anne POCOCK on 6 May 1782 in Twerton, Bath, Somersetshire, England, UK. Anne was born about 1760 in Somersetshire, England, UK; died on 1 Jun 1846 in Twerton, Bath, Somersetshire, England, UK; was buried on 2 Jun 1846 in Twerton, Bath, Somersetshire, England, UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
As per census record.

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Died:
England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1837-1915
Name: Ann Cooper Registration Year: 1846
Registration Quarter: Apr-May-Jun Registration district: Bath
Volume: 11 Page: 37

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Buried:
England, Select Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991
Name: Ann Cooper Gender: Female Age: 86
Birth Date: 1760 Burial Date: 2 Jun 1846
Burial Place: Twerton, Somerset, England
FHL Film Number: 1517606

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Notes:

Married:
Somerset, England, Marriage Registers, Bonds and Allegations, 1754-1914
Name: Richard Cooper Gender: Male Marriage or Bann Date: 6 May 1782
Spouse: Anne Pocock

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