See also

Family of Arthur Ernest Cooper and Florence Salome _____

Husband: Arthur Ernest Cooper

  • Name:

  • Arthur Ernest Cooper1 2

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • John Millington Cooper (1854-1938)

  • Mother:

  • Mary Ann Amelia Simpson (1854-1926)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • linen drapers porter then a grocer's assistant and manager3 4 5 6

  • Birth:

  • 5 Oct 1884

  • Coopersale, Epping, Essex, England1 7 8 5 6

  •  

  • 1911 census says born in Surbiton Essex but no such place exists, Epping is a suburb town though

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 6)

  • 24 Argyle Terrace, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England7

  •  

  • son living with his parents John and Maryann, brothers John and George, and sisters Ellen, Alice and Florence. Born in Epping Essex

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 16)

  • 24 Garfield Road, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England8

  •  

  • unmarried son working as a linen drapers porter and living with his parents John and Mary Ann, brothers George, Chas, Horace and Frank, and sister Florence. Born in Coopersale Essex

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 26)

  • 41 Regent Hill, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England5

  •  

  • married head of the household working as a grocers assistant and living in four rooms with his wife Ellen, daughters Ivy and Maud, and sons Ernest and Horace. Born in Surbiton Essex

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 54)

  • 12 Marine Passage, Wellington Road, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England6

  •  

  • a married grocery and provision shop assistant and manager and in receipt of a war disability pension living with his wife? Florence (cannot locate a marriage record), Born on 5th October 1884

  • Death:

  • Q1 1950 (age 65)

  • Great Yarmouth "Registration District", Norfolk, England2

Wife: Florence Salome _____

  • Name:

  • Florence Salome _____

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Birth:

  • 10 Jan 18856

  •  

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 54)

  • 12 Marine Passage, Wellington Road, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England6

  •  

  • married doing unpaid domestic duties and living with her husband? Arthur (cannot locate a marriage record), Born on 10th January 1885

  • Death:

  • 5 Feb 1960 (age 75)

  • Great Yarmouth "Registration District", Norfolk, England9 10

  • Probate:

  • 16 Mar 1960

  • Probate Registry, Wakefield, West Riding of Yorkshire, England10

  •  

  • a widow of 12 Marine Passage Wellington Road Great Yarmouth died 5th February 1960, probate of effects of £613 17s 7d (~£12,900 in 2017) to Gertrude Elizabeth Harwin widow

Note on Wife: Florence Salome _____

Unsure about Florence's details as marriage to Arthur cannot be located. It is possible that they never married

Sources

1.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Epping 1884 quarter:4 volume:4a page:277. Cit. Date: 16 March 2019.

2.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Great Yarmouth 1950 quarter:1 volume:4b page:511. Cit. Date: 23 March 2021.

3.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:1811 folio:15 page:21.

4.

Ancestry Parish Marriages and Banns, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). Great Yarmouth St. Nicholas with St. Peter marraiges 1903-1905 page:249 entry:497. Cit. Date: 23 March 2021.

5.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:20581 class:RG78 piece:1230 registration district:430 sub-district:3 enumeration district:41 schedule:168. Cit. Date: 20 March 2021.

6.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). RG101 piece:6492F page:4 line:5 letter code:TOAW. Cit. Date: 24 March 2021.

7.

England and Wales Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG12 piece:1501 folio:20 page:33. Cit. Date: 24 November 2020.

8.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:1811 folio:15 page:21. Cit. Date: 16 March 2019.

9.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Yarmouth 1960 quarter:1 volume:4b page:514. Cit. Date: 24 February 2021.

10.

UK Government Probate Service, UK Government Find a Will, (on-line at www.probatesearch.service.gov.uk, www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Wakefield 1960 page:509. Cit. Date: 24 March 2021.