After searching off and on for 2 Cooper marriages, i MAY have made a partial break through with both,
Thomas Cooper born abt 1766 is only on the 1841 census, So Leicestershire is the only birthplace i have, he dies in 1848 and buried in Burton Lazars.
He married twice, first to Alice ? with 7? children and then Mary ? with 3 children, all the children born Burton Lazars
Today i found a marriage on Free Reg in Stathern, Thomas Cooper of Harby married Alice Geezing 9 Jan 1788, a child Thomas is baptised 11 Feb 1788 in Stathern, the only child of theirs born there and would make it 8 children with Alice
IF this couple are my Thomas and Alice they moved to Burton Lazars and the next child is baptised 23 Aug 1789,
Their youngest child is my 2x great grandmother, born 1804
Alice dies in 1805
Thomas marries Mary ? where? when ?
Mary is on the 1851 census as born Stathern, their first child Ruth born 12 July 1812
I have found a submitted entry on IGI, giving a marriage of 1811 and looking at the family group record, the baptism of a Elizabeth Harris on 29 Aug 1813 with Thomas Cooper and Mary as parents.
Now Harby and Stathern are pretty close on the map and Stathern and Burton Lazars are around 3 hours walking distance according to Google
Questions
!) Do you think i am on the right track ?
2) Is Elizabeth Harris, Thomas`s child, i only know of 3 Ruth (1812-1815), Ruth (1816) and Ann (1817)
3) Could Marys previous name be Harris either maiden or from another marriage ?
4) How do i proove this Thomas and Alice are mine, please ? (have already discounted a Alice Shuttlewood marriage with other children elswhere)
Thank you for your opinions and any help you can give me
Sylvia
Appologies for going to bed, its about 1-30 am here and i`ve been up since 6.
Thomas Cooper born abt 1766 is only on the 1841 census, So Leicestershire is the only birthplace i have, he dies in 1848 and buried in Burton Lazars.
He married twice, first to Alice ? with 7? children and then Mary ? with 3 children, all the children born Burton Lazars
Today i found a marriage on Free Reg in Stathern, Thomas Cooper of Harby married Alice Geezing 9 Jan 1788, a child Thomas is baptised 11 Feb 1788 in Stathern, the only child of theirs born there and would make it 8 children with Alice
IF this couple are my Thomas and Alice they moved to Burton Lazars and the next child is baptised 23 Aug 1789,
Their youngest child is my 2x great grandmother, born 1804
Alice dies in 1805
Thomas marries Mary ? where? when ?
Mary is on the 1851 census as born Stathern, their first child Ruth born 12 July 1812
I have found a submitted entry on IGI, giving a marriage of 1811 and looking at the family group record, the baptism of a Elizabeth Harris on 29 Aug 1813 with Thomas Cooper and Mary as parents.
Now Harby and Stathern are pretty close on the map and Stathern and Burton Lazars are around 3 hours walking distance according to Google
Questions
!) Do you think i am on the right track ?
2) Is Elizabeth Harris, Thomas`s child, i only know of 3 Ruth (1812-1815), Ruth (1816) and Ann (1817)
3) Could Marys previous name be Harris either maiden or from another marriage ?
4) How do i proove this Thomas and Alice are mine, please ? (have already discounted a Alice Shuttlewood marriage with other children elswhere)
Thank you for your opinions and any help you can give me
Sylvia
Appologies for going to bed, its about 1-30 am here and i`ve been up since 6.
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