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I am looking for William Cooper and family in the census records.

William Cooper was born in Oldham Lancashire in 1820

He married Mary Waller according to another GR members tree.

I cannot find a marriage on Lancs BMD.

I have them having 5 children Sarah, John, James, Ann and Jane.

I was wondering if any other children are recorded on later census's.

Thanks in advance.

Do you know the birth years of any of the children? I can find a few William Coopers born in Oldham but none with a wife called Mary.

Kath. x

When were the children born?
Thanks

1861 England Census about William Cooper
Name: William Cooper
Age: 41
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1820
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Mary Cooper
Gender: Male
Where born: Oldham, Lancashire, England

Civil parish: Macclesfield Forest
Town: Macclesfield Forest
County/Island: Cheshire
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

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Registration district: Macclesfield
Sub-registration district: Rainow
ED, institution, or vessel: 5
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 35
Piece: 2577
Folio: 62
Page Number: 7
Household Members:
Name Age
William Cooper 41
Mary Cooper 40
Sarah Cooper 15
John Cooper 14
James Cooper 12
Ann Cooper 10
Jane Cooper 8
Mary Cooper 6
William Cooper 4
Emma Cooper 2
Eliza Cooper 7 MO

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Has the other member provided any documentary evidence of the name of the wife?

If not.......suggest you ignore it, and do your own research

Where was the wife born?

If it wasn't in Lancs. the marriage probably wasn't in Lancs

1861 England Census
William Cooper
Age: 41 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1820
Relation: Head Spouse's Name: Mary Cooper
Gender: Male Where born: Oldham, Lancashire, England
Civil parish: Macclesfield Forest
Town: Macclesfield Forest County/Island: Cheshire
Country: England Registration district: Macclesfield
Sub-registration district: Rainow
ED, institution, or vessel: 5 Household schedule number: 35
Piece: 2577 Folio: 62 Page Number: 7

William Cooper 41 farmer
Mary Cooper 40 Sutton cheshire
Sarah Cooper 15
John Cooper 14
James Cooper 12
Ann Cooper 10
Jane Cooper 8
Mary Cooper 6
William Cooper 4
Emma Cooper 2
Eliza Cooper 7 MO

Source Citation: Class: RG9; Piece: 2577; Folio: 62; Page: 7; GSU roll: 542993.

1871 England Census about William Cooper
Name: William Cooper
Age: 51
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1820
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Mary Cooper
Gender: Male
Where born: Oldham, Lancashire, England
Civil parish: Macclesfield Forest
County/Island: Cheshire
Country: England
Registration district: Macclesfield
Sub-registration district: Rainow
ED, institution, or vessel: 5
Household schedule number: 35
Piece: 3671
Folio: 54
Page Number: 8
Household Members:
Name Age
William Cooper 51
Mary Cooper 49
John Cooper 24
James Cooper 22
Ann Cooper 20
Jane Cooper 18
Mary Cooper 16
William Cooper 13
Eliza Cooper 10
Herbert Cooper 8
Ada Cooper 3

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1851 England Census
William Cooper
Age: 30 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1821
Relation: Head Spouse's Name: Mary Cooper
Gender: M (Male) Where born: Oldham, Lancashire, England
Civil parish: Macclesfield Forest County/Island: Cheshire
Country: England
Registration district: Macclesfield Sub-registration district: Rainow
ED, institution, or vessel: 5 Household schedule number: 34 Piece: 2159 Folio: 107 Page Number: 12

William Cooper 30
Mary Cooper 29
Sarah Cooper 5
John Cooper 4
James Cooper 2
Ann Cooper 3 MO
Mary A Warren 15
Daniel Goodwin 25

Source Citation: Class: HO107; Piece: 2159; Folio: 107; Page: 12; GSU roll: 87137-87138.

Marriage in Cheshire?

This looks like the marriage -


Name: WALLER, Mary
Registration District: Macclesfield
County: Cheshire
Year of Registration: 1842
Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec
Spouse's last name: Not available before 1912
Volume No: 19
Page No: 145

There are 7 other people on the page. One of them is William Cooper.

Kath. x

Here's the marriage..............from freebmd!

Marriages Dec 1842 (>99%)
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Adshead John Macclesfield 19 145
COOPER William Macclesfield 19 145 <<<<<<
Cox Mary Macclesfield 19 145
HOUGH Ann Macclesfield 19 145
Rider John Macclesfield 19 145
THOMPSTONE Mary Ann Macclesfield 19 145
Walkley William Macclesfield 19 145
Waller Mary Macclesfield 19 145 <<<<<<<<<<<<<

Thanks everyone.

Thats them.

Thanks for confirming the marriage.

Just to confirm are all the children on the 1871 census William and Mary's?

I had the 5 children on my tree, but I didn't have the others.

Yes, all children have either "son" or "daughter" under relationship to head.

Kath. x