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Elsie May Bennett

#20401, b. 8 August 1899, d. 21 April 1971

Last Edited=13 Feb 2008
Esie May Cooper née Bennett
     Elsie May Bennett was born on 8 August 1899 in Medway, Kent, England.1,2 She married Henry Alfred Cooper, son of Edward Thomas Cooper and Rhoda Elizabeth Gibbons, on 16 August 1924 in The Register Office, Medway, Kent, England, after a certificate was issued. The ceremony was witnessed by G E Lacey, F A Cooper and N E Bennett. Henry gave his address as 53 Queens's Road, Luton, Chatham and Elsie gave 71 Albany Road, Chatham. Henry was a labourer.3 Her husband Henry died on 8 March 1965 in All Saints Hospital, Chatham, Kent, England, aged 63 from chroic bronchitis. His usual address was 128 Hempstead Road, Hempstead, Gillingham, Kent.4 She died on 21 April 1971 in All Saints Hospital, Chatham, Kent, England, aged 71 from congestive cardiac failure and carcinoma rectum. She lived with her daughter Norah Christina Murray at 407 Capstone Road, Luton, Chatham , who registered her death.5

Children of Elsie May Bennett and Henry Alfred Cooper

Sources of Information

  1. [S5] Jan's thoughts based on information from GRO or Parish record entries.
  2. [S3] GRO Indexes - 1899/Q3 Medway Volume 2a Page 675.
  3. [S46000] General Register Office, I hold a copy of marriage certificate 1924/Q3 Medway Volume 2a Page 2030.
  4. [S47000] General Register Office, I hold a copy of death certificate 1965/Q1 Chatham Volume 58 Page 411 age 63.
  5. [S47000] General Register Office, I hold a copy of death certificate 1971/Q2 Chatham Volume 5f Page 643.

Richard George Cooper

#20402, b. 14 January 1921
Richard George Cooper|b. 14 Jan 1921|p817.htm#i20402|Henry Alfred Cooper|b. 8 Apr 1901\nd. 8 Mar 1965|p816.htm#i20400|Elsie May Bennett|b. 8 Aug 1899\nd. 21 Apr 1971|p817.htm#i20401|Edward T. Cooper|b. 26 Jul 1862|p777.htm#i19425|Rhoda E. Gibbons|b. 1869|p778.htm#i19426|||||||

Last Edited=13 Feb 2008
     Richard George Cooper was born on 14 January 1921 in 42 Magpie Hall Road, Chatham, Kent, England, Richard's birth was registered originally under his mother's maiden name of Bennett in 1921. It was reregistered by his father 18 July 1928, Henry was a brickmaker.1 He was the son of Henry Alfred Cooper and Elsie May Bennett. He married Louisa Nellie Cass on 26 March 1939 in Zion Baptist Church, Cloves Street, Chatham, Kent, England, after the banns had been read. The ceremonty was witnessed bymadeline Frances Sophia Cass and Alfred Thomas Payne. Both Louisa and Richard gave their address as 35 Institute Road, Chatham. Richard was employed as a paper mills labourer and Louisa a wool shop assistant.2

Sources of Information

  1. [S45000] General Records Office, I hold a copy of birth certificate 1921/Q1 Medway Volume 2a Page 1334 - 1928/Q3 Medway Volume 2a Page 1211(copy).
  2. [S46000] General Register Office, I hold a copy of marriage certificate 1939/Q1 Medway Volume 2a page 1495.

Louisa Nellie Cass

#20403

Last Edited=3 Feb 2008
     Louisa Nellie Cass married Richard George Cooper, son of Henry Alfred Cooper and Elsie May Bennett, on 26 March 1939 in Zion Baptist Church, Cloves Street, Chatham, Kent, England, after the banns had been read. The ceremonty was witnessed bymadeline Frances Sophia Cass and Alfred Thomas Payne. Both Louisa and Richard gave their address as 35 Institute Road, Chatham. Richard was employed as a paper mills labourer and Louisa a wool shop assistant.1

Sources of Information

  1. [S46000] General Register Office, I hold a copy of marriage certificate 1939/Q1 Medway Volume 2a page 1495.

Gladys May Cooper

#20404, b. 1929, d. 24 October 1929
Gladys May Cooper|b. 1929\nd. 24 Oct 1929|p817.htm#i20404|Henry Alfred Cooper|b. 8 Apr 1901\nd. 8 Mar 1965|p816.htm#i20400|Elsie May Bennett|b. 8 Aug 1899\nd. 21 Apr 1971|p817.htm#i20401|Edward T. Cooper|b. 26 Jul 1862|p777.htm#i19425|Rhoda E. Gibbons|b. 1869|p778.htm#i19426|||||||

Last Edited=24 Feb 2008
     Gladys May Cooper was born in 1929 in Medway, Kent, England.1 She was the daughter of Henry Alfred Cooper and Elsie May Bennett. She died on 24 October 1929 in 5 High Street, Luton, Chatham, Kent, England, from marasmus, external enteritis and acute brochitis. He was only nine months old.2

Sources of Information

  1. [S3] GRO Indexes - 1929/Q1 Medway Volume 2a page 1191.
  2. [S47000] General Register Office, I hold a copy of death certificate 1929/Q4 Medway Volume 2a Page 870.

Mary Cooper

#20405, b. about 1847
Mary Cooper|b. a 1847|p817.htm#i20405|Edward Cooper|b. 1811\nd. 29 Apr 1885|p777.htm#i19412|Mary Marsh|b. a 1811\nd. 2 Jul 1882|p777.htm#i19413|James Cooper||p777.htm#i19421|Elizabeth ...||p777.htm#i19422|||||||

Last Edited=3 Feb 2008
     Mary Cooper was born about 1847 in Milton, Kent, England.1 She was the daughter of Edward Cooper and Mary Marsh. In the census of 30 March 1851 at Funton Farm Cottages, Iwade, Kent, England, she was listed as the daughter of Edward Cooper.2

Sources of Information

  1. [S4] Jan's thoughts based on information from census enumeration sheets.
  2. [S41851] UK Census 1851 (HO107) - 30 March 1851 HO107 Piece 1627 Folio 462 Page 2.

Charles Blaxland

#20406, b. 6 April 1848

Last Edited=11 Feb 2008
     Charles Blaxland was baptized on 6 April 1848 in Milton, Kent, England.1 He married Mary Cooper, daughter of Edward Cooper and Mary Marsh, on 6 November 1875 in Parish Church, Milton, Kent, England, after the banns had been read. The ceremony was witnessed by Henry Vick Blaxland and Mary Ann Elizabeth Histed. Charles was a stone mason.2

Children of Charles Blaxland and Mary Cooper

Sources of Information

  1. [S40000] Www.angelfire.com/empire/blaxland/BLAXLAND.htm.
  2. [S46000] General Register Office, I hold a copy of marriage certificate 1875/Q4 Milton Volume 2a Page 1410.

Minnie Rose Ivory Rossiter

#20407, b. about 1874

Last Edited=3 Feb 2008
     Minnie Rose Ivory Rossiter was born about 1874. She married Raynard John Cooper, son of Edward Cooper and Jane Lockyer, on 9 October 1909 in Bobbing, Kent, England, after the banns had been read. The ceremony was witnessed by Mercy Cooper, Jarvis Henry Rose and John Thomas Cooper. Raynard lived at Cambray Farm and was a farmer. Minnie gave her address as 14 Terrace Road, Sittingbourne.1

Sources of Information

  1. [S46000] General Register Office, I hold a copy of marriage certificate 1909/Q4 Milton Volume 2a page 1933.

Henry Skuse

#20408

Last Edited=5 Feb 2008
     Henry was working as a shoemaker in 1890 when his son James married Emma.1

Child of Henry Skuse

Sources of Information

  1. [S46002] General Register Office, Information taken from Marriage certificate of son.

Charles Edward Stiff

#20409, b. 1873

Last Edited=5 Feb 2008
     Charles Edward Stiff was born in 1873 in Blything, Suffolk, England.1 He married Louisa Marie Pratt in 1899 in Stowmarket, Suffolk, England.2,3 Charles was listed as head of household in the census of 31 March 1901 in 74 Croft Street, Stoke St Mary, Suffolk, England, Charles was a domestic gardener.4 He and Louisa Marie Stiff emigrated on 19 March 1908 aboard the Allan Line Steamship Co Ltd called
Corsican bound for St John Nb, Canada from Liverpool.5

Children of Charles Edward Stiff and Louisa Marie Pratt

Sources of Information

  1. [S3] GRO Indexes - 1873/Q2 Blything Volume 4a Page 696.
  2. [S207] E-mails between Elizabeth and Jan Cooper 28 January 2008.
  3. [S3] GRO Indexes - 1899/Q2 Stow. S Volume 4a page 1513.
  4. [S41901] UK Census 1901 (RG13) - 31 March 1901 RG13 Piece 1776 Folio 23 Page 38.
  5. [S40000] Www.findmypast.com - passenger lists.

Louisa Marie Pratt1

#20410, b. about 1869

Last Edited=5 Feb 2008
     Louisa Marie Pratt was born about 1869 in Layham, Suffolk, England.2 She married Charles Edward Stiff in 1899 in Stowmarket, Suffolk, England.1,3 In the census of 31 March 1901 in 74 Croft Street, Stoke St Mary, Suffolk, England, she was listed as the wife of Charles Edward Stiff.4 She and Charles Edward Stiff emigrated on 19 March 1908 aboard the Allan Line Steamship Co Ltd called
Corsican bound for St John Nb, Canada from Liverpool.5

Children of Louisa Marie Pratt and Charles Edward Stiff

Sources of Information

  1. [S207] E-mails between Elizabeth and Jan Cooper 28 January 2008.
  2. [S4] Jan's thoughts based on information from census enumeration sheets.
  3. [S3] GRO Indexes - 1899/Q2 Stow. S Volume 4a page 1513.
  4. [S41901] UK Census 1901 (RG13) - 31 March 1901 RG13 Piece 1776 Folio 23 Page 38.
  5. [S40000] Www.findmypast.com - passenger lists.

Arthur Albert Stiff1

#20411, b. 1900
Arthur Albert Stiff|b. 1900|p817.htm#i20411|Charles Edward Stiff|b. 1873|p817.htm#i20409|Louisa Marie Pratt|b. a 1869|p817.htm#i20410|||||||||||||

Last Edited=5 Feb 2008
     Arthur Albert Stiff was born in 1900 in Ipswich, Suffolk, England.2 He was the son of Charles Edward Stiff and Louisa Marie Pratt.1 In the census of 31 March 1901 in 74 Croft Street, Stoke St Mary, Suffolk, England, he was listed as the son of Charles Edward Stiff.3 Charles Edward Stiff and Louisa Marie Stiff emigrated on 19 March 1908 aboard the Allan Line Steamship Co Ltd called
Corsican bound for St John Nb, Canada from Liverpool.4

Sources of Information

  1. [S207] E-mails between Elizabeth and Jan Cooper 28 January 2008.
  2. [S3] GRO Indexes - 1900/Q1 Ipswich Volume 4a Page 1006.
  3. [S41901] UK Census 1901 (RG13) - 31 March 1901 RG13 Piece 1776 Folio 23 Page 38.
  4. [S40000] Www.findmypast.com - passenger lists.

Stanley Luther Stiff1

#20412, b. 1901
Stanley Luther Stiff|b. 1901|p817.htm#i20412|Charles Edward Stiff|b. 1873|p817.htm#i20409|Louisa Marie Pratt|b. a 1869|p817.htm#i20410|||||||||||||

Last Edited=5 Feb 2008
     Stanley Luther Stiff was born in 1901 in Ipswich, Suffolk, England.2 He was the son of Charles Edward Stiff and Louisa Marie Pratt.1 Charles Edward Stiff and Louisa Marie Stiff emigrated on 19 March 1908 aboard the Allan Line Steamship Co Ltd called
Corsican bound for St John Nb, Canada from Liverpool.3

Sources of Information

  1. [S207] E-mails between Elizabeth and Jan Cooper 28 January 2008.
  2. [S3] GRO Indexes - 1901/Q3 Ipswich Volume 4a Page 1033.
  3. [S40000] Www.findmypast.com - passenger lists.

Arnold Charles Stiff1

#20413, b. 1904
Arnold Charles Stiff|b. 1904|p817.htm#i20413|Charles Edward Stiff|b. 1873|p817.htm#i20409|Louisa Marie Pratt|b. a 1869|p817.htm#i20410|||||||||||||

Last Edited=5 Feb 2008
     Arnold Charles Stiff was born in 1904 in Ipswich, Suffolk, England.2 He was the son of Charles Edward Stiff and Louisa Marie Pratt.1 Charles Edward Stiff and Louisa Marie Stiff emigrated on 19 March 1908 aboard the Allan Line Steamship Co Ltd called
Corsican bound for St John Nb, Canada from Liverpool.3

Sources of Information

  1. [S207] E-mails between Elizabeth and Jan Cooper 28 January 2008.
  2. [S3] GRO Indexes - 1904/Q1 Ipswich Volume 4a Page 1062.
  3. [S40000] Www.findmypast.com - passenger lists.

Harold Stiff1

#20414
Harold Stiff||p817.htm#i20414|Charles Edward Stiff|b. 1873|p817.htm#i20409|Louisa Marie Pratt|b. a 1869|p817.htm#i20410|||||||||||||

Last Edited=5 Feb 2008
     Harold Stiff was born in Canada.1 He was the son of Charles Edward Stiff and Louisa Marie Pratt.1

Sources of Information

  1. [S207] E-mails between Elizabeth and Jan Cooper 28 January 2008.

William Brown1

#20417

Last Edited=6 Feb 2008
Appears on charts:
Chart 28: Francis Greathead
     William Brown married Elizabeth Lodge Blenkhorn, daughter of Adam Blenkhorn and Catherine Greathead, in 1855.1,2

Sources of Information

  1. [S4] Jan's thoughts based on information from census enumeration sheets.
  2. [S3] GRO Indexes - 1855/Q1 Reeth Volume 9d Page 627.

Thomas Blenkhorn1

#20418, b. about 1835, d. 1897
Thomas Blenkhorn|b. a 1835\nd. 1897|p817.htm#i20418|Adam Blenkhorn|b. a 1804\nd. 1840|p308.htm#i7676|Catherine Greathead|b. 21 Oct 1807\nd. 7 Jun 1895|p307.htm#i7675|||||||Thomas Greathead|b. 10 Jun 1768\nd. 29 Oct 1850|p671.htm#i16763|Ruth Whitelock|b. 27 May 1770\nd. 24 Nov 1847|p150.htm#i3733|

Last Edited=6 Feb 2008
Appears on charts:
Chart 28: Francis Greathead
     Thomas Blenkhorn was born about 1835 in Yorkshire, England.1 He was the son of Adam Blenkhorn and Catherine Greathead.1 In the census of 6 June 1841 in Ellerton, Yorkshire, England, he was listed as the son of Catherine Blenkhorn.2 He died in 1897 in Leeds, Yorkshire, England.3

Sources of Information

  1. [S4] Jan's thoughts based on information from census enumeration sheets.
  2. [S41841] UK Census 1841 (HO107) - 7 June 1841 HO107 Piece 1253/10 Folio 3 Page 1.
  3. [S3] GRO Indexes - 1897/Q1 Leeds Volume 9b Page 296 age 62.

John Lodge1

#20419, b. about 1765, d. 1849
John Lodge|b. a 1765\nd. 1849|p817.htm#i20419|James Lodge||p817.htm#i20420|Mary ...||p817.htm#i20421|||||||||||||

Last Edited=3 Jun 2008
     John Lodge was born about 1765 in Yorkshire, England.1 He was the son of James Lodge and Mary ....2,3 He was baptized on 7 July 1765 in Emley, Yorkshire, England.3 He married Jane Cruddace in 1787 in Coniscliffe, Durham, England.4 In the census of 6 June 1841 in Ellerton, Yorkshire, England, John seemed to maybe be the head of the household rather than Catherine. He is clearly related as she gives her daughter his surname as one of her forenames. He is listed as a farmer.5 He died in 1849 in Reeth, Yorkshire, England.6

Child of John Lodge and Jane Cruddace

Sources of Information

  1. [S4] Jan's thoughts based on information from census enumeration sheets.
  2. [S10] IGI Family Record Family Search International Genealogical Index v 5.0 British Isles/Africa.
  3. [S10] IGI Family Record Family Search International Genealogical Index v 5.0 British Isles/Africa - The parish register of Emley in the county of York, 1600-1836 Church of England. Parish Church of Emley (Yorkshire) Film 0844557.
  4. [S77] E-mails between Joan Whitfield and Jan Cooper from 1 October 2004.
  5. [S41841] UK Census 1841 (HO107) - 7 June 1841 HO107 Piece 1253/10 Folio 3 Page 1.
  6. [S3] GRO Indexes - 1849/Q2 Reeth Volume 24 Page 359.

James Lodge1

#20420

Last Edited=6 Feb 2008
     James Lodge married Mary ....1

Child of James Lodge and Mary ...

Sources of Information

  1. [S10] IGI Family Record Family Search International Genealogical Index v 5.0 British Isles/Africa - The parish register of Emley in the county of York, 1600-1836 Church of England. Parish Church of Emley (Yorkshire) Film 0844557.
  2. [S10] IGI Family Record Family Search International Genealogical Index v 5.0 British Isles/Africa.

Mary ...1

#20421

Last Edited=6 Feb 2008
     Mary ... married James Lodge.1

Child of Mary ... and James Lodge

Sources of Information

  1. [S10] IGI Family Record Family Search International Genealogical Index v 5.0 British Isles/Africa - The parish register of Emley in the county of York, 1600-1836 Church of England. Parish Church of Emley (Yorkshire) Film 0844557.

William Hillary

#20422

Last Edited=6 Feb 2008
Appears on charts:
Chart 4: Bartholemew Greathead
     William Hillary married Martha Greathead, daughter of Bartholemew Greathead and Margaret Walker, in 1852 in Reeth, Yorkshire, England.1

Sources of Information

  1. [S3] GRO Indexes - 1852/Q2 Reeth Volume 9d Page 783.

Edmund Kemsley

#20423, b. about 1832, d. 2 July 1882

Last Edited=6 Feb 2008
     Edmund Kemsley was born about 1832.1 He married Harriet Pack, daughter of Thomas Pack and Keturah Durrell, on 30 January 1858 in Frinstead, Kent, England, after the banns had been read. The ceremony was witnessed by John and Jane Hills. Edmund was a farm servant.2 His wife Harriet died on 9 December 1880 in The Green, Rodmersham, Kent, England, aged 41 from post partial haemorrhage.3 He died on 2 July 1882 in Holly Bailes, Milstead, Kent, England, from peritonitis exhaustion. His daughter Eliza Gambell registered the death.4

Children of Edmund Kemsley and Harriet Pack

Child of Edmund Kemsley

Sources of Information

  1. [S5] Jan's thoughts based on information from GRO or Parish record entries.
  2. [S3] GRO Indexes - 1858/Q1 Hollingbourn Volume 2a Page 485.
  3. [S47000] General Register Office, I hold a copy of death certificate 1880/Q4 Milton Volume 2a Page 462 age 41.
  4. [S47000] General Register Office, I hold a copy of death certificate 1882/Q3 Milton Volume Volume 2a Page 435.
  5. [S19464] Emails between William Francis Newman and Jan Cooper from 10 December 2007.

Jesse Cook

#20424

Last Edited=6 Feb 2008

Child of Jesse Cook

Harriet Pack

#20425, b. 1 January 1839, d. 9 December 1880
Harriet Pack|b. 1 Jan 1839\nd. 9 Dec 1880|p817.htm#i20425|Thomas Pack||p818.htm#i20426|Keturah Durrell|b. a 1794\nd. 12 Mar 1866|p818.htm#i20427|||||||||||||

Last Edited=6 Feb 2008
     Harriet Pack was born on 1 January 1839 in Frinstead, Kent, England.2 She was the daughter of Thomas Pack and Keturah Durrell.1 She married Edmund Kemsley on 30 January 1858 in Frinstead, Kent, England, after the banns had been read. The ceremony was witnessed by John and Jane Hills. Edmund was a farm servant.3 She died on 9 December 1880 in The Green, Rodmersham, Kent, England, aged 41 from post partial haemorrhage.4

Children of Harriet Pack and Edmund Kemsley

Sources of Information

  1. [S19464] Emails between William Francis Newman and Jan Cooper from 10 December 2007.
  2. [S45000] General Records Office, I hold a copy of birth certificate 1839/Q1 Hollingbourn Volume V Page 247.
  3. [S3] GRO Indexes - 1858/Q1 Hollingbourn Volume 2a Page 485.
  4. [S47000] General Register Office, I hold a copy of death certificate 1880/Q4 Milton Volume 2a Page 462 age 41.