Thomas Henry COOPER¹ = Nancy Jane STANDING

Married Wednesday 6 September 1882, St James', Blackburn, LAN, ENG²

Thomas Henry COOPER:

Born Sunday 23 May 1858, 42 Trinity Street, Blackburn, LAN, ENG³
Died Tuesday 6 November 1917, 22 Douglas Place, Blackburn, LAN, ENG⁴
Occupation: Cotton Weaver⁵
Lived at 33 Oak Street 1881
Lived at 33 Oak Street, Blackburn at time of marriage to Nancy Jane Standing September 6th 1882. lived at 18 Bastwell Road (1901Census) and at 22 Douglas Place in 1917 at time of death.
Died of pneumonia aged 59. Daughter Rose was present at his death.


Thomas Henry Cooper c 1910


Nancy Jane STANDING:

Alias Sarah Jane COOPER
Born Saturday 7 May 1864, 2 Snig Brook, Blackburn, LAN, ENG⁶
Died Tuesday 13 April 1943, age 78. Queens Park Hospital, Blackburn, LAN, ENG⁷
Buried Monday 19 April 1943, Blackburn Cemetery, LAN, ENG⁸
Illiterate (at least in in 1901). Worked as a cotton weaver at least when younger. Father died when she was young

Living at 7 Inkerman Street in 1881-82 with mother and sister Mary's family. 1881 Census ref 4197 73 22
Had 10 children surviving to adulthood which was an impressive feat for the time. She is thought to have had up to 14 children in total. Non-survivors may have included Joe and another set of twins.

Living at 5 Myrtle Street, Blackburn around time of death. Died of broncho-pneumonia, myocarditis and paralysis agitans

Husband Tom died in 1917 when Nancy was 52 years old.



Nancy Jane Cooper nee Standing c 1919


Nancy Jane Cooper nee Standing 1930

Ellen COOPER = Herbert C. RATCLIFFE > Family

Married 1913

Ellen COOPER:

Alias Ellen RATLIFFE(?)
Alias Ellen RATCLIFFE
Born Tuesday 13 February 1883, 31 Oak Street, Blackburn, LAN, ENG⁹
Died Monday 5 September 1960, Los Angeles, California, USA
Occupation: weaver¹⁰
k.a. Nellie and sometimes Helen

worked as weaver in Roe Lee Mill before WW1

1901 living 18 Bastwell Road, Blackburn aged 18

emigrated to New Bedford Mass. 1913/14 for textile work. Then Los Angeles, California

visited Blackburn April 1924 with children Elizabeth Mabel and Bert. Returned to 191 Belleville Road, New Bedford on SS SCYTHIA via New York

visited Blackburn in 1947(?) for a reunion with brothers and sisters (see Lancs Evening Telegraph cutting). Travelled by train to New York and then with sister Rose by American troopship to England

experienced an earthquake in California which may have been the root of later religious activity


Ellen Cooper at Roe lee Mill 1913


Herbert C. RATCLIFFE:

Born Thursday 3 July 1879
Died Wednesday 22 December 1943, Long Beach, California, USA
Buried Monday 27 December 1943, Sunnyside Memorial Park, Long Beach, California, USA
mother maiden name COUSEL Calif Deatth records

football referee

emigrated to New Bedford Massachusetts 1913 or 1914. Lived at 191 Belleville Road
moved to Long Beach California

Rose COOPER = Graham WAREHAM > Family

Rose COOPER:

Alias Rose WAREHAM
Born 1890, Blackburn, LAN, ENG
1901 living at 18 Bastwell Road aged 11
was living at 22 Douglas Place during WW1
emigrated twice to Canada, 1920's and 1940's?
worked as a saleswoman in a Hamilton, Ontario dress shop
thought to have had a son who died
visited Blackburn in 1947


Graham WAREHAM:

husband of Rose Cooper
emigrated twice to North America 1920's
thought to have had a son who died

Bertha COOPER = Sam HOWARTH > Family

Bertha COOPER:

Alias Bertha HOWARTH
Born 1898, Blackburn, LAN, ENG
Died 1958
twin sister of Alice Cooper
married Sam Howarth
probably committed suicide following husband Sam's death from bone cancer
living with parents at 18 Bastwell Road, Blackburn in 1901


Sam HOWARTH:

died of bone cancer

Alice COOPER = Robert SEED > Family

Alice COOPER:

Alias Alice SEED
Born 1898, Blackburn, LAN, ENG¹¹
twin sister of Bertha
living with parents at 18 Bastwell Road, Blackburn in 1901


Robert SEED:

once arrested for punching a bus conductor
k.a. Bob

Annie COOPER = Frank WEBB > Family

Annie COOPER:

Alias Annie WEBB
Born 1900, Blackburn, LAN, ENG¹²
Ann?
living with parents at 18 Bastwell Road, Blackburn in 1901


Frank WEBB:

Thomas COOPER = Constance Martha ELLIOT > Family

Married Saturday 17 July 1926, Parish Church St Luke Blackburn, LAN, ENG

Thomas COOPER:

Born Friday 26 July 1901, 18 Bastwell Road Blackburn, LAN, ENG¹³
Died Friday 12 August 1983, Blackburn, LAN, ENG
Buried Blackburn Cemetery, LAN, ENG
Occupation: cotton loom overlooker¹⁴
Tom was born at 18 Bastwell Road Blackburn, He was living at 22 Douglas Place as a boy and 522 Whalley New Road at time of marriage in 1926 to Connie Elliot. He worked as a weaver at Roe Lee Mill. In the early 1930's he had bought a house at 36 Kenyon Street. It was there that children Connie and Reg were born. Financial difficulties led to the loss of this house and the family then lived in a series of unpleasant rented houses at 47 Providence St., Florence St., 2 Yew St. In the early 1940's Tom bought 21 Cromwell Terrace and lived there for remainder of life.
Tom saw service through WW2 as a fireman. He joined the Auxilliary fire Service (AFS) 23 Sept 1939 and later the National Fire Service (NFS) on 18 August 1941 as Fireman No.319249. Tom fought fires in Liverpool Blitz and later in the war was stationed at Andover. There is a story of firefighting at the Heinz baked beans factory and wading though beans all day and being given baked beans for dinner back at the fire station.
Tom was released from the NFS 1 January 1945 and he returned to cotton weaving as a Cotton Loom Overlooker at Birtwistle & Oddie Ltd. Prospect Mill, Wharf Street, Blackburn. Together with Enoch Barnes he designed and made curtain material with the Blackburn coat of arms commemorating the centernary of the Town Hall (1851-1951) which hung in the Town Hall up to the 1970's. A cushion made from a remnant is with MDP. Tom retired in 1966.
Tom was widowed in 1981. He suffered from deafness from the noise in the weaving sheds and empysema related to smoking but he lived to be 82 years old dying eventually of bowel cancer.
In Blackburn Cemetery in the TE plot the left hand stone reads "also Tom Cooper 1901-1983 her devoted husband"


Thomas Cooper 1926


Thomas Cooper AFS 1940


Overlooker Thomas Cooper and weavers Prospect Mill 1953


Thomas Cooper 1982


Constance Martha ELLIOT:

Alias Constance Martha COOPER
Born Sunday 17 August 1902
Died Friday 21 August 1981
see Elliot tree for details


Constance Elliot 1920


Constance Elliot 1926


Constance Cooper nee Elliot at work, back centre 1938

Jessie COOPER = Bob LEE > Family

Jessie COOPER:

Alias Jessie LEE
Born Saturday 16 January 1904
Died Sunday 20 April 1986
emigrated to Ontario 1947 but returned to Blackburn soon after
no children


Bob LEE:

Died January 1985
no issue
emigrated to Ontario 1947 but returned to Blackburn
b 29 Oct ?

Robert COOPER = Daisy WOOD > Family

Married Saturday 19 February 1938, living at 8 Walnut Street, Blackburn, LAN, ENG

Robert COOPER:

Born Thursday 13 September 1906, 18 Bastwell Road, Blackburn, LAN, ENG
Died Friday 13 September 1968



Daisy WOOD:

Alias Daisy COOPER
Born Friday 24 March 1911
Died Wednesday 3 September 1997
Buried Monday 8 September 1997

Elsie COOPER = Jim? WALMSLEY > Family

Elsie COOPER:

Alias Elsie WALMSLEY
Alias Elsie MCMASTER
Born Wednesday 22 February 1911
Died Sunday 2 June 1991, Los Angeles, California, USA
emigrated to California in 1947 met by elder sister Ellen (Nellie) who emigrated earlier
no issue


Jim? WALMSLEY:

= Sib MCMASTER > Family

Sib MCMASTER:


second husband of Elsie Cooper
an actor thought to have been in the original "Our Gang"
no issue

Henry COOPER = Annie DOBSON > Family

Henry COOPER:

k.a. Harry
emigrated to Hamilton, Ontario, Canada 1947


Annie DOBSON:

Alias Annie COOPER
emigrated to Hamilton, Ontario, Canada with husband Henry (Harry) 1947. Probably travelled with Harry's sisters Jessie and Elsie and families

Joseph and Mary Alice Cooper were witnesses. Siblings of Thomas Henry?
marriage held at St.James' Church, Blackburn (close to Oak Street)

1 :
b cert states father John Cooper, iron moulder and mother Ann C formerly Morton
error in 1881 Census RG11 4197/16 named John H Cooper
2 :
copy marr cert issued 18th Jan 1930 why?
3 :
b cert
4 :
d cert
5 :
cotton weaver in 1881 Census RG11 4197/16
d cert
6 :
age 19 in Sept 1882
age 78 in Apr 1943
b cert Standing Nancy Jane June 1864 Blackburn 8e 330
7 :
commemorative funeral ribbon. Living at 5 Myrtle Street, Blackburn
d cert June 1943 Nancy Jane Cooper age 78 Blackburn 8e 298 died 129 Haslingden Road, Blackburn (QP Hospital?)

Died of broncho-pneumonia, myocarditis and paralysis agitans
8 :
commemorative funeral ribbon
9 : "List of United States Ctizens SCYTHIA 22 Apr 1924"; Page Scythia Manifest April 1924
b cert Ellen Cooper Mar 1883 8e 452
9a:
FreeBMD ref b Mar 1883 Cooper Ellen Blackburn 8e 452
9b:
B Cert FBMD Blackburn Mar 1883 8e 452
10 :
photo in Roe Lee Mill 1913
11 :
1901 Census
12 :
1901 Census
13 :
does not appear on 1901 census but would have been a few months old
14 :
worked at Birtwistle & Oddie Ltd, Wharf Street Mill both before WW2 and again after the war until retirement.