Margaret Cooper (buried 1935)

At a glance

At a glance
Surname: 
Cooper
First name: 
Margaret
Other Christian names: 
Brown
Gender: 
Female
Children: 
Yes
Burial number: 
1611
Born: 
21/11/1849
Died: 
05/05/1935
Buried: 
09/05/1935
Occupation: 
Housekeeper
Heene Hallmark: 
No
Commonwealth War Grave: 
No

The Grave

The grave
Cemetery area: 
SB
Cemetery row: 
4
Cemetery plot: 
2
what3words location: 
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Burial remains: 
Unknown
The headstone
Headstone inscription: 
In loving memory of Thomas Cooper who died Sept. 4th 1912. Also of Margaret Brown Cooper wife of the above who died May 5th 1935

Life story

Life story

Margaret Brown Dowell was born in 1849 in Camden to Joseph Dowell, 45yrs, Licensed Victualler, of 34, St. Swithins Lane, London, and Elizabeth Dowell, 39yrs, nee Robson. Margaret had 3 older siblings, Joseph W. 16yrs, Henry,14yrs, and Charlotte W., 1yr. In 1861, aged 11yrs, Margaret was a boarding pupil at a school in Park Lane, Watford, Hertfordshire. Her mother died in 1864 and she then lived with her sister, Charlotte, at Woodford, West Ham; her father, Joseph, had left London and was a Hotelkeeper at the Antelope Inn in Poole, Dorset. In 1881 Margaret was acting as housekeeper to her widowed brother-in-law, George Chapman, in Durham. She married Thomas Cooper, a widower, on 12th July 1882 at Woodford Wells, Essex; Thomas was an Architect, they lived in Willesden, Middlesex, and had 2 children, Maurice, 1883, and Winifred Vera, 1889. In 1901 the family was living in Edgbaston, and by 1911 they had moved to Worthing. Thomas, 63yrs, was now retired, and with Margaret, 61yrs, and Vera, 22yrs, they were living in a boarding house in Brighton Road. They then moved to Homestead, Bath Road, Worthing, where Thomas died in 1912. Margaret continued to live in Worthing, her address at the time of her death, in 1935, was Terciera, corner of Brighton Road and Selden Road. She died on 5th May at Kenmore Nursing Home, Taplow, Buckinghamshire. Effects £4971 10s 3d. Value 2020 - £355K.

Burial researcher: 
Maggi Martin

Further information

Birth
Date born: 
21/11/1849
Parents
Mother
Mother's name: 
Elizabeth Mary
Mother's maiden name: 
Robson
Mother's year of birth: 
1809
Mother's year of death: 
1864
Father
Father's name: 
Joseph Dowell
Father's year of birth: 
1804
Father's year of death: 
1885
Marriage
Maiden name: 
Dowell
Marriage 1
Spouse one first names: 
Thomas
Spouse one last name: 
Cooper
Marriage one date: 
12/07/1882
Marriage one address: 
Woodford, Essex, England

Death

Death (details)
Date of death: 
05/05/1935
Age (at time of death): 
88
Cause of death: 
Unknown
Address at time of death: 
Terciera, Selden Road, Worthing, Sussex, England
Personal effects
Probate pounds: 
£4,971

Census and miscellaneous information

Census information
1851 census: 

34, Swithins Lane, London City.

Joseph Dowell, 46yrs, Licensed Victualler, wife, Elizabeth, 40yrs, 4 children, Joseph 17, Henry 15, Charlotte 2, Margaret 1, sister-in-law, Margaret Robson, 25yrs, and 10 Inn employees plus 2 lodgers.

1861 census: 

Margaret B. Dowell, 11yrs, boarding pupil at Park Lane, Watford, Hertfordshire.

1871 census: 

Whitehall Road, Woodford, West Ham, Essex.

Charlotte Dowell, 22yrs, daughter, Margaret B. Dowell, 21yrs, daughter, plus 1 domestic servant.

1881 census: 

56, Claypath, St. Nicholas, Durham.

George Chapman, 36yrs, widower, Grocer, 2 daughters, Mary E. 10yrs, Emily M. 8yrs, Margaret B. Dowell, 31yrs, Housekeeper.

1891 census: 

Craven Park, Willesden, Hendon, Middlesex.

Thomas Cooper, 43yrs., Architect, wife, Margaret B. 41yrs, 2 children, Maurice 7, Winifred V. 2yrs, plus Nursemaid and 1 domestic servant.

1901 census: 

103, Gough Road, Edgbaston, Warwickshire.

Thomas Cooper, 53yrs, Architect, wife, Margaret, 51yrs, Maurice 17, Vera 12, plus 2 domestic servants.

1911 census: 

4, Merton Terrace, Brighton Road, Worthing.

Ada Rice, Head, 45yrs, Letting House Keeper, mother, Harriet Rice, 74yrs, sister, Louisa, 43yrs. Thomas Cooper, 63yrs, visitor, Retired Architect, Margaret B. Cooper, 61yrs, visitor, Vera Cooper, 22yrs, visitor, Janet Smith, 35yrs, visitor, Sick Nurse.

1921 census: 

Living at 166, Clapham Village, Worthing, Sussex.

M A Cooper Head Female 1847 Head Home Duties At Home -
Alfred Cooper Son Male 1872 Agricultural Labourer Mr Strong Farmer
Richard Etherington Lodger Male 1887 34 Agricultural Carter Mr Strong Farmer