Living

Notes:

living - details excluded

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Miner, Mt Morgan
• _FGRAVE: 160688254
• Residence: 1936-1943, Horse Creek, Mt Morgan, Queensland, Australia
• _FNRL: 23 Jan 1945, Mt Morgan, Queensland, Australia

Notes:

Known as Harry

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Birth:
https://www.familyhistory.bdm.qld.gov.au/
Birth registration: Harold William Cooper Birth date: 21/10/1913 Mother's name: Gertrude Ellen Pike Father/parent's name: James Henry Cooper Registration details:1913/C/12195

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_FNRL:
FUNERAL NOTICES: THE Relatives and Friends of Mrs H. W. Cooper and Family, of East Street, Mt Morgan (Wife, Sons and Daughter), Mr and Mrs J. H. Cooper, Magaret St. Rockhampton (Father and Mother), Messrs Douglas and Raymond Cooper, Rockhampton (Brothers), Mr and Mrs F. H. Landsberg, Rockhampton (Sister and Brother-in-law), Mr H. Edwards, Mt Morgan (Father-in-law), Mr and Mrs Rod Hogan, Rockhampton (Brother-in-law and Sister-in-law), are respectfully Invited to attend the Funeral of their deceased beloved Husband, Father, Son, Brother, Son-in-law, Brother-in law and Relative, the late Mr HAROLD WILLIAM (Harry) COOPER, to move from our Funeral Chapel, William St, Rockhampton. THIS (Tuesday) FORE- NOON, at 10 o'clock, for St Mary's Church, Mt Morgan, and after Service, commencing at 11.20 o'clock, for the Mt Morgan Cemetery. FINLAYSON & MCKENZIE, Funeral Directors. Telephone No. 2369.
"Family Notices." Morning Bulletin (Rockhampton, Qld. : 1878-1954) 23 Jan 1945: 3. Web. 14 Feb 2011. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article56378630

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Died:
https://www.familyhistory.bdm.qld.gov.au/
Death registration: Harold William Cooper Death date: 22/01/1945 Mother's name: Gertrude Ellen Pike Father/parent's name: James Henry Registration details:1945/C/959

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Harold married Mona EDWARDS on 13 Jun 1936 in St Mary's Anglican, Mt Morgan, Queensland, Australia. Mona was born on 15 Jul 1919 in Mt Morgan, Queensland, Australia; died in UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Mona the daughter of William Henry Edwards and Ethel Fall. She may have remarried after her husband passed away in 1945.

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Birth:
https://www.familyhistory.bdm.qld.gov.au/
Birth registration: Mona Edwards Birth date: 15/07/1919 Mother's name: Ethel Fall Father/parent's name: William Henry Edwards Registration details: 1919/C/10156

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Notes:

Married:
No 1986 1936 marriages in the district of Mt Morgan in the State of Queensland.
13 Jun 1936 Harold William Cooper, bachelor, born Rockhampton, Queensland, labourer, aged 22 years, of Horse Creek, Mt Morgan, son of James Henry Cooper (truck driver) and Ellen Gertrude Pike and Mona Edwards, spinsters, born Mt Morgan, Queensland, domestic duties, aged 16 years, of Horse Creek, Mt Morgan, daughter of William Henry Edwards (dairyman) and Ethel Fall.
Married at the Church of Saint Mary, Mount Morgan, according to the rites of the Church of England. The consent of William Edwards and Ethel Edwards, parents of the bride was given to the marriage of Mona Edwards and Harold William Cooper.
Witnesses: R.J.Hogan and Annie Hogan.

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Marriage registration: Harold William Cooper Marriage date: 3/06/1936 Spouse's name: Mona Edwards Registration details:1936/C/2035

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Other Events and Attributes:

• _FGRAVE: 160445882
• _MILT: 1942-45; Australian Army Defence Corps
• Residence: 1921-58, 25 Margaret St, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia

Notes:

Birth:
https://www.familyhistory.bdm.qld.gov.au/
Birth registration: James Henry Cooper Birth date: 21/01/1887 Mother's name: Eleanor Evans Father/parent's name: William Cooper Registration details:1887/C/10743

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_MILT:
Service record

Name COOPER, JAMES HENRY
Service Australian Army
Service Number Q212656
Date of Birth 21 Jan 1887
Place of Birth ROCKHAMPTON, QLD
Date of Enlistment 10 Apr 1942
Locality on Enlistment ROCKHAMPTON, QLD
Place of Enlistment Unknown
Next of Kin COOPER, GERTRUDE
Date of Discharge 21 Oct 1945
Rank Private
Posting at Discharge 13 BATTALION VOLUNTEER DEFENCE CORPS (QLD)
WW2 Honours and Gallantry None
Prisoner of War No

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Residence:
Australian electoral roll

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Died:
https://www.familyhistory.bdm.qld.gov.au/
Death registration: James Henry Cooper Death date: 18/06/1963 Mother's name: Elanor Evans Father/parent's name: William Registration details: 1963/C/2541

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Buried:
COOPER James Henry M 76 Tuesday, 18 June 1963 Thursday, 20 June 1963 BAPT 17 0 28
Wife Gertude and son Douglas in adjoining plot

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From https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/160445882:
James Henry "Harry" Cooper BIRTH 21 Jan 1887
Rockhampton, Rockhampton Region, Queensland, Australia
DEATH 18 Jun 1963 (aged 76)
Rockhampton, Rockhampton Region, Queensland, Australia
BURIAL North Rockhampton Cemetery Norman Gardens, Rockhampton Region, Queensland, Australia
PLOT BAPTIST Sec 17 Row 0 Grave No 28 MEMORIAL ID 160445882 ? View Source

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James married Gertrude Ellen PIKE on 22 Feb 1909 in Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia. Gertrude was born on 8 Jul 1880 in Bishop Down, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK; died on 12 Jun 1969 in Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia; was buried on 13 Jun 1969 in North Rockhampton Cemetery, North Rockhampton, Qld, Australia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• _FGRAVE: 160445878
• Census: 1881, Bishop Down Cottages, Milford, Wiltshire, England, UK

Notes:

Birth:
England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915
Name: Gertrude Ellen Pike Registration Year: 1880
Registration Quarter: Jul-Aug-Sep Registration district: Alderbury Inferred County: Wiltshire
Volume: 5a Page: 188

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Census:
1881 census for 1, Bishop Down Farm Cottages, Milford, Wiltshire
RG number: RG11 Piece: 2070 Folio: 65 Page: 20
PIKE, Joseph Head Married M 48 1833 Farm Labourer Bulford Wiltshire
PIKE, Ann Wife Married F 44 1837 Bulford Wiltshire
PIKE, Enos Son Single M 23 1858 Farm Labourer Bulford Wiltshire
PIKE, Eva A Daughter Single F 11 1870 Scholar Wilsford Wiltshire
PIKE, Elizabeth Daughter Single F 11 1870 Scholar Wilsford Wiltshire
PIKE, Gertrude E Daughter Single F 8 months 1881 Milford Wiltshire

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Died:
https://www.familyhistory.bdm.qld.gov.au/
Death registration: Gertrude Ellen Cooper Death date: 12/06/1969 Mother's name: Anna Sturgess Father/parent's name: Joseph Pike Registration details:1969/C/2908

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Buried:
From Rockhampton Cemetery Index:
COOPER Gertrude Ellen F 88 Thursday, 12 June 1969 Friday, 13 June 1969 BAPT 17 0 27
In same plot with son Douglas and next to husband Harry (James Henry)

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Notes:

Married:
https://www.familyhistory.bdm.qld.gov.au/
Marriage registration: James Henry Cooper Marriage date: 22/02/1909 Spouse's name: Gertrude Ellen Pike Registration details:1909/C/2343

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Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Steelworker
• _FGRAVE: 160445899
• Census: 1861, 1 Millers Court, St Michaels, Bath, Somersetshire, England, UK
• Census: 1881, Bedwellty, Monmouth, Wales, UK
• Emigration: 6 Jul 1886, Arrived Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia aboard Duke of Westminster
• Residence: 1941, Davis St, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia
• _FNRL: 5 Sep 1941, Funeral notice, Rockhampton Morning Bulletin newspaper

Notes:

William and Eleanor emigrated aboard the Duke of Westminster which arrived in Moreton Bay on 6 July 1886. Eleanor would have been pregnant with their first child born in Australia; James Henry Cooper.

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Birth:
England & Wales Births 1837-2006
First name(s) WILLIAM Last name COOPER Birth year 1857
Birth quarter 1 Registration month - Mother's maiden name Bancroft
District Bath County Somerset Country England
Volume 5C Page 678

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From http://www.bathbmd.org.uk/cgi/birthind.cgi birth for COOPER, William in Bathwick, Bath, mother's surname BANCROFT, ref BWK/6/331

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Census:
1861 census for 1 Millers Court, St Michaels, Bath:
RG number: RG09 Piece: 1687 Folio: 80 Page: 38
Richard COOPER, head, married, aged 31, Butcher, born 1830, Twerton, Somerset
Hannah COOPER, wife, aged 30 born 1831 Bath, Somerset
Catherine A COOPER, daughter, aged 7, born 1854 Bath, Somerset
Thomas R COOPER, son, aged 6, born 1855 Bath, Somerset
William COOPER, son, aged 4, born 1857 Bath, Somerset
James COOPER, son, aged 3, born 1858 Bath, Somerset
Henry COOPER, son, aged 1, born 1860 Bath, Somerset
Elizabeth COOPER, daughter, aged 1 month, born 1861 Bath, Somerset

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Census:
Household Record 1881 British Census
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Age Birthplace Occupation Disability
William COOPER Head M Male 24 Somerset, England Steel Worker
Elenor COOPER Wife M Female 23 Monmouth, England Wife
James OWENS Boarder U Male 27 Radnorshire, Wales Gardener Dom
Source Information:
Dwelling No 9 Rodrick Row
Census Place Bedwellty, Monmouth, Wales
Family History Library Film 1342263
Public Records Office Reference RG11
Piece / Folio 5246 / 46
Page Number 9

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_FNRL:
THE Friends of Mr and Mrs J. H. Cooper, Mr and Mrs T. S. Cooper, Mr E. H. Cooper, Sydney (sons and daughters-in-law), Mr and Mrs G.Nunn (daughter and son-in-law), are respectfully invited to attend the Funeral of their deceased beloved Father and Father-in law, the late MR WILLIAM COOPER, of Davis Street, to move from our Funeral Chapel, William Street, THIS (Friday) AFTERNOON, at 3.30 o'clock; for the North Rockhampton Cemetery.
FINLAYSON & McKENZIE,
Funeral Directors. Telephone No. 2269.

Family Notices. (1941, September 5). Morning Bulletin (Rockhampton, Qld. : 1878-1954), p. 4. Retrieved February 11, 2011, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article56098440

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Died:
1941 deaths in the district of Rockhampton, No 3554/324, William Cooper, retired, male, 84 years, 4 Sep 1941, General Hospital, Rockhampton, cause: senility, chronic myocarditis, cert by Dr Joane Harris, father Richard Cooper, butcher, informant, Jas. H. Cooper, son, 25 Margaret St, Rockhampton, buried 5 Sep 1941, North Rockhampton Cemetery, born Bath, Somersetshire, England, lived 55 years, Queensland, married at Tregedar, Monmouthshire, England, at age 21, to Eleanor Evans. Living issue: James Henry, 54, Thomas Stewart, 52, Edwin Herbert, 44, Winifred Violet, 41, deceased: 3 males, 4 females.
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Australia Death Index, 1787-1985: Name: William Cooper Death Date: 4 Sep 1941
Death Place: Queensland Father's Name: Richard Registration Year: 1941
Registration Place: Queensland Registration number: 003554 Page Number: 471
Source Information:
Ancestry.com. Australia Death Index, 1787-1985 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.

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Buried:
Buried at North Rockhampton Cemetery in the Baptist area, Compartment 17, Section 4, Grave 254

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William married Eleanor EVANS on 20 Oct 1877 in Registry office, Tredegar, Wales, UK. Eleanor (daughter of George EVANS and Ann WHITE) was born on 11 Jul 1857 in Ebbw Vale, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK; died on 8 Sep 1918 in Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia; was buried on 9 Sep 1918 in South Rockhampton Cemetery, Rockhampton, Queensland, Aust. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• _FGRAVE: 160407135
• Census: 1861, Ebbw Vale, Wales, UK
• Census: 1871, Ebbw Vale, Wales, UK
• Census: 1881, Bedwellty, Monmouth, Wales

Notes:

The following verse is found in the Cooper family Bible. Its origin is unknown and there are no matching internet searches.

It may even be that Eleanor wrote this herself, or else recalled the verse from her childhood back in Wales.

Whatever the truth, it is the prayer of someone who loved Jesus.


Hold Thou Me Up

Hold thou me up whenever the way is hidden

And clouds hang darkly in the sky above

When wild misgivings come to me unbidden

O Father hold me closely in thy love

Hold thou me up, when my weak heart is failing

Before the troubles of the way I take

Make me to feel that thou will all prevailing

That thou wilt succour me for Jesus sake

Hold thou me up under each new temptation

Lest I should fall beneath is subtle power

You, who art ever near, be my salvation

My rock, my fortress, in the trying hour

Hold thou me up till I in death and sleeping

Till I am far from danger, safe and free

In that fair land, where in thy gracious keeping

And I for evermore with thee.

Birth:
1857 Births in the Sub-district of Tredegar in the County of Monmonth
No 37
Eleventh July 1857 Forge Row Ebbw Vale
Eleanor
Girl
Father: George Evans
Mother: Ann Evans formerly White
Signature of witness: George Evans Father Forge Row Ebbw Vale

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Census:
1861 census for 4 Saddlers Row, Ebbw Vale:
George Evans, head, married, aged 29, Puddler, born Cardigan
Ann Evans, wife, aged 30, born Pembrokeshire
Eleanor Evans, dau, aged 4, born Ebbw Vale

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Census:
1871 census for 5 Nursery Rd, Ebbw Vale:
George Evans, head, aged 39, puddler, born Cardigan Town
Catherine Evans, wife, aged 45, born Ebbw Vale
Eleanor Evans, dau, unm, aged 13, dressmaker, born Ebbw Vale
Daniel Evans, son, aged 9, scholar, born Ebbw Vale
Ann Evans, dau, aged 5, born Ebbw Vale
David Davies, lodger, aged 66, scavenger, born Cardigan town

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Buried:
Buried in the South Rockhampton Cemetery in the Baptist area, Section 42, Grave 500

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Notes:

Married:
Confirmed by William's death cert

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