Emma Cooper (buried 1915)

At a glance

At a glance
Surname: 
Cooper
First name: 
Emma
Other Christian names: 
Eliza
Gender: 
Female
Children: 
Yes
Burial number: 
805
Born: 
0/9/1847
Died: 
11/11/1915
Buried: 
15/11/1915
Heene Hallmark: 
No
Commonwealth War Grave: 
No

The Grave

The grave
Cemetery area: 
SES
Cemetery row: 
6
Cemetery plot: 
6
Burial remains: 
Unknown
The headstone
Endowed grave: 
No
Headstone inscription: 
In loving memory of Emma Eliza Cooper who died 11th November 1915. This cross is erected by the wish of her son Henry Weatherly Frank Cooper, 2nd Lieut. Royal Fusiliers who was killed in France on 29th April 1917
Grave location map

Life story

Life story

Emma was baptised on the 3rd September 1847 in Bingham, Nottinghamshire. In 1851 she was living in Church Street, Bingham with her parents, younger brother and 4 servants. In 1861 she and her younger sisters Margaret and Clara were staying with their older cousins Georgina, Julia and Ellen Long. They lived at 4 Bond Street, Clerkenwell, Middlesex and had 2 servants. In 1871 she was back in Church Street with her parents, 7 of her younger siblings, various other relations and 4 servants. On the 4th May 1880 she married Thomas Henry Cooper, a Surgeon in Hampstead. Thomas died on the 8th January 1881 when Emma was 8 months pregnant. Emma gave birth to a son Henry Weatherly Frank Cooper on the 9th February 1881. In the 1881 census Emma was living with her parents, 5 of her siblings and 1 month old son as well as a visitor and 3 servants at 83 South Hill Park, Hampstead. In 1891 Emma and Henry were boarders with the Brearey family at 32 Gery Street, Bedford. In 1901 Emma was living with her widowed mother and sister along with 2 servants at 23 Woodbury Park Road, Tonbridge, Kent. In 1911 Emma and her sister were lodging along with another married couple with the James family at Leon House, Caroline Place, Hastings. Although the census states that the house has 11 rooms, there appear to be no live-in servants.

Emma died on the 11th November 1915. At the time of her death she had been living at Abbotsford, Belsize Road. West Worthing. Her Probate record shows that she left an estate of £1,189 1s 10d.

The Last Will and Testament for Emma Eliza Cooper was dated 2nd October 1891.

Burial researcher: 
Sue Standing

Further information

Birth
Name: 
Emma Eliza Smyth
Gender: 
Female
Date born: 
00/09/1847
Address at birth: 
Bingham, Nottinghamshire.
Parents
Mother
Mother's name: 
Emma Elizabeth
Mother's maiden name: 
Marriott
Mother's year of birth: 
1824
Mother's year of death: 
1912
Father
Father's name: 
Luke Dowell Smyth
Father's year of birth: 
1811
Father's year of death: 
1885
Marriage
Maiden name: 
Smyth
Marriage 1
Spouse one first names: 
Thomas Henry
Spouse one last name: 
Cooper
Marriage one date: 
04/05/1880

Death

Death (details)
Date of death: 
11/11/1915
Age (at time of death): 
68
Cause of death: 
Unknown
Address at time of death: 
21 Milton Street, Worthing, Sussex, England
Personal effects
Executors: 
Randolph Marriott Smyth, Brother, Tunbridge Wells (Surveyor of Taxes)
Probate pounds: 
£1,189

Census and miscellaneous information

Census information
1851 census: 

Emma is living in Church Street, Bingham with her parents, younger brother and 4 servants.

1861 census: 

Emma and her younger sisters Margaret and Clara were staying with their older cousins Georgina, Julia and Ellen Long. They lived at 4 Bond Street, Clerkenwell, Middlesex and had 2 servants.

1871 census: 

Emma was back in Church Street with her parents, 7 of her younger siblings, various other relations and 4 servants.

1881 census: 

Emma was living with her parents, 5 of her siblings and 1 month old son as well as a visitor and 3 servants at 83 South Hill Park, Hampstead.

1891 census: 

Emma and Henry were boarders with the Brearey family at 32 Gery Street, Bedford.

1901 census: 

Emma was living with her widowed mother and sister along with 2 servants at 23 Woodbury Park Road, Tonbridge, Kent.

1911 census: 

Emma and her sister were lodging along with another married couple with the James family at Leon House, Caroline Place, Hastings. Although the census states that the house has 11 rooms, there appear to be no live-in servants.

Miscellaneous information

Henry Weatherley Frank Cooper

was born in Hampstead on 9th February 1881 to Thomas Henry and Emma Eliza Cooper, who were living at 83 South Hill Park, Hampstead. In 1891 he was with his mother boarding at 32 Gery Steet, St Cuthbert, Bedford. By 1901, Henry was now a graduate at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge and was staying with his two uncles Francis and Arthur Cooper in Perry Grove, West Dean in the Forest of Dean. Henry graduated from Cambridge in 1902 and then studied for 2 years at Dijon University. He became an Assistant Master at Boxgrove School in Guildford, before moving to Yorkshire where he was a schoolmaster at Sedburgh School. In the 1911 census Henry, along with 4 other schoolmasters and 3 domestics were living at the Hostel in Sedburgh. Henry fought in the First World War and was a 2nd Lieutenant in the 7th Batallion of the Royal Fusiliers. He died of wounds, aged 36, on the 29th April 1917 sustained whilst in action in France. 

Henry Weatherly Frank Cooper is buried in Duisans British Cemetery, Etrun in France
Henry Weatherly Frank Cooper is buried in Duisans British Cemetery, Etrun in France

 Henry Weatherly Frank Cooper is buried in Duisans British Cemetery, Etrun in France. III. H. 34. France SOON,SOON TO FAITHFUL WARRIORS COMES THE REST ALLELUIA He left an estate of £2,311 4s 10d. to Randolph Marriott Smyth, Civil Servant.