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Record #22571

Name :: : Henry Richard COOPER (1897 - 1916)
aka : Harry
Father: :
Mother: :

BMD and other details

Date of Birth: : 30 May 1897
Marriage (1): :
Marriage (2): :
Date of Death: : 15 Aug 1916 Notes : Killed in Action

Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland

Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialBelgium

Sailing Information

Date of Arrival: : 24 Jul 1909
Country: : Canada
Ship: : Sicilian
Placement Family: :

Homes / Agencys

Institution (GB): :
Agency: : Barnardos

NotesI have been researching my family tree for a few years now. My Great Grandmother was Elizabeth Mole. She married Henry Cooper, a French Polisher, in December 1896 and in May 1897 gave birth to Henry Richard Cooper ?Harry?.

In 1901 the marriage was over. Henry Cooper was living with his sister, her husband and another woman and her child. Elizabeth Cooper (now calling herself Williams) was travelling with George Sangers circus and is listed as a Lion Tamer. She was now with a man called William Williams who was also travelling with the circus as a musician.

Henry Richard Cooper aged 3 was living with a maternal aunt in the same buildings as the maternal grandparents. I don?t actually know what happened after this but from the Barnardo?s documents I have received and things I have been told by the family, I have pieced the following information together.

William Williams and Elizabeth settled in Bridgend and had 2 more children. Lillian 1901, Charlie 1903. She was pregnant with Albert when they travelled back to London for a holiday. William had a heart attack and died. Elizabeth gave birth to Albert in 1905 in the Hackney Workhouse.

In June 1906 Harry was sent to Barnardo?s.(See documents, she has lied on these by the way, my account is the true one) His mother requested a visiting order for him and a copy of the rules but this is the last time she is mentioned in his records. She later married, bigamously, Harry Sutton my Great Grandfather.

Harry was at The Norwood Home. It was situated at 143 & 145 Portland Road in South Norwood, South East London, and was opened in 1902 for the training of destitute little boys. Harry was selected as the prot?g? of Major General Lomax. In July 1909 he was sent to Canada on The Sicilian under the name Harry Cooper. The crossing was from London(Tilbury Docks) to Quebec via Le Harve. Two days later, Harry was placed with Henry Hawes a farmer in Mount Brydges Ontario. He attended school and was in the 3rd ?? Henry Hawes was very pleased with Harry but was not so great at paying him. Later, Barnardo?s had to get solicitors involved to recover money owed to Harry.

In January 1915 Harry got a job as a Blacksmith with William Hyatt and then in September 1915 he joined the 5th Canadian Mounted Rifles. On his attestation he said his next of kin was his uncle John Mole in England. (If this had not been on his attestation I would have never have linked Harry to my family!) This was then crossed through and he said it was his father H Cooper Mount Brydges. This was not true as his father had married again, bigamously and was living with family in London England. I think Harry was embarrassed that he had no family! His signature was witnessed by Trevor Thomas who I presume was a friend but I don?t know if he was a BHC.

Harry often asked for money for things such as: a new bicycle, doctors fees etc: They always responded that the money was to be kept in trust until he was of age, although they did pay his doctors fees. He never did become ?of age? as he died aged 19 in the War. He wrote a will and left everything to a young girl called Alice Billington from London Ontario. All war correspondence was sent c/o her address. Maybe he finally found some family? Alice died in 1919 of the Spanish flu.

ContributorsCreated : 2013-09-30 19:56:39 / From original database

Last Updated : 2013-09-30 20:00:00 /

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Surnames starting with: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 54 Entries

ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links
26347	COOPER, Ada	1885	ENG,	May 1902 : Dominion	CAN	Marchmont Homes (now Barnardos)
11966	COOPER, Adeline	1876	ENG,	May 1892 : Oregon	CAN	National Childrens Home
20801	COOPER, Albert John	1886	ENG,	May 1904 : Dominion	CAN	Unknown
4104	COOPER, Alfred	1876	ENG,	Aug 1885 : Sardinian	CAN	MacPherson Homes
10353	COOPER, Alfred William	1896	ENG, ESS, Chelmsford	Jul 1911 : Sicilian	CAN	Barnardos
10352	COOPER, Alfred William A.	1888	ENG, LND, Lambeth	Apr 1902 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
23347	COOPER, Alice	1872	ENG, SRY	May 1881 : Sardinian	CAN	MacPherson Homes
14011	COOPER, Annie	1877	ENG,	Oct 1887 : Sardinian	CAN	Maria Rye
9910	COOPER, Arthur	1898	ENG,	Mar 1909 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
22361	COOPER, Arthur	1888	ENG,	Sep 1904 : Bavarian	CAN	Catholic Emigration Association
3215	COOPER, Douglas	1895	ENG,	Jul 1905 : Southwark	CAN	Barnardos
3214	COOPER, Douglas H.	1884	ENG,	Mar 1901 : Tunisian	CAN	Barnardos
14421	COOPER, Edward	1882	ENG,	Jun 1895 : Mongolian	CAN	Unknown Catholic Group
16335	COOPER, Elizabeth	1877	ENG,	Apr 1884 : Parisian	CAN	Maria Rye
18617	COOPER, Emily	1886	ENG,	Apr 1895 : Sardinian	CAN	Liverpool Sheltering Home
11898	COOPER, Ernest Mark	1915	ENG, , Strood	Apr 1921 : Minnedosa	CAN	Salvation Army
7012	COOPER, Esther	1895	ENG,	Jul 1907 : Kensington	CAN	Barnardos
24957	COOPER, Francis	1899		Mar 1910 : Tunisian	CAN	Barnardos
18820	COOPER, Frank	1888	ENG,	Sep 1899 : Arawa	CAN	Barnardos
8498	COOPER, Fred	1888	ENG,	Jul 1902 : Tunisian	CAN	Unknown
11909	COOPER, Frederick	1905	ENG, , Reading	May 1921 : Melita	CAN	Sailing Alone
14317	COOPER, Frederick	1888	ENG,	Jul 1899 : Montrose	CAN	Bristol Emigration Society
19659	COOPER, Frederick	1879	ENG,	Jun 1897 : Labrador	CAN	Barnardos
5167	COOPER, George	1917	ENG, YKS, Hull	Mar 1932 : Montclare	CAN	Barnardos
11910	COOPER, George	1908	ENG,	Mar 1921 : Minnedosa	CAN	Sailing Alone
21023	COOPER, George	1881	ENG,	Apr 1898 : Labrador	CAN	Barnardos
22629	COOPER, George H	1899	ENG,	Mar 1909 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
18637	COOPER, H	1888	ENG,	Apr 1895 : Sardinian	CAN	Liverpool Sheltering Home
5282	COOPER, Harry	1914	ENG, , Knottingly	Mar 1930 : Baltic	CAN	Waifs & Strays
22657	COOPER, Harry	1884	ENG,	Oct 1892 : Parisian	CAN	Waifs & Strays
22571	COOPER, Henry Richard	1897	ENG,	Jul 1909 : Sicilian	CAN	Barnardos
7303	COOPER, J. Isaiah	1865	ENG,	Jun 1878 : Sarmatian	CAN	Middlemore
17498	COOPER, John	1897	ENG,	Feb 1910 : Corsican	CAN	Louisa Birt
26639	COOPER, John Francis	1925	IRL, NIR, Belfast	Dec 1934 : Baradine	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
16635	COOPER, John Humphrey	1876	ENG,	May 1890 : Parisian	CAN	Rev. William J. Pady
23576	COOPER, John T	1908	ENG,	May 1924 : Demosthenes	AUS	Barnardos
9325	COOPER, Joseph John Hewitt	1909	ENG, DUR, Hartlepool	Apr 1924 : Montclare	CAN	Barnardos
16336	COOPER, Kate	1875	ENG,	Apr 1884 : Parisian	CAN	Maria Rye
11911	COOPER, Marjorie	1907	ENG, , Willesden	Sep 1921 : Minnedosa	CAN	Barnardos
20960	COOPER, Mollie	1919	ENG, STS, Tamworth	Oct 1935 : Otranto	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
6106	COOPER, Olive	1896	ENG,	Aug 1909 : Tunisian	CAN	MacPherson Homes
17497	COOPER, Olive	1894	ENG,	Jun 1908 : Victorian	CAN	Maria Rye
20202	COOPER, Percy		ENG,	May 1911 : Corsican	CAN	Louisa Birt
27141	COOPER, Robert H	1919	ENG,	Jul 1930 : Balranald	AUS	Barnardos
15738	COOPER, Samuel	1874	ENG,	1889 : - Unknown -	CAN	Marchmont Homes (now Barnardos)
5825	COOPER, Thomas	1893	ENG,	May 1906 : Tunisian	CAN	MacPherson Homes
11781	COOPER, Thomas	1892	ENG,	May 1902 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
17355	COOPER, Thomas	1886	ENG,	Apr 1901 : Dominion	CAN	Marchmont Homes (now Barnardos)
19355	COOPER, Thomas	1904	ENG,	Sep 1912 : Sicilian	CAN	Barnardos
13755	COOPER, W E	1899	ENG,	Jun 1913 : Corinthian	CAN	Barnardos
7083	COOPER, William	1860	ENG,	Aug 1871 : Prussian	CAN	MacPherson Homes
14588	COOPER, William	1876	ENG,	Jul 1887 : - Unknown -	CAN	Middlemore
21125	COOPER, William	1881	ENG,	Apr 1898 : Labrador	CAN	Barnardos
26589	COOPER, William	1887	ENG,	Mar 1906 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links

Surnames starting with: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 54 Entries

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