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here,s Mervin
Births Jun 1899 (>99%)

Cooper Mervyn Wallace Dorchester 5a 333

So Assuming they stayed in the same area theres several possibilities.

Births Jun 1905

Cooper James Dorchester 5a 326
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Births Sep 1905 (>99%)


Cooper Herbert John Dorchester 5a 320
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Births Sep 1908 (>99%)

Cooper Stanley John Dorchester 5a 309

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any of those could have been called Jack

Shirley

One more thing before I hit the road...

Did Kate and Thomas have another son called either Jack or John?
Mervyn had a brother who we called Uncle Jack, but he could have been a John .... maybe?

Bev

This is brilliant and a huge thanks you for what you have found for me.
The Cooper and Pitcher side of the family has always been a bit of a mystery as is my mother's family. No names, dates or places for them.
I am finding this "hobby" really fascinating but frustrating at the same time as I don't have much spare time after Ive finished work.
So just a quick thank you before it's hi ho and off to work I go........ for another 12 hours lol

Many thanks

Bev

and on the 1871
Name: Giles Cooper
Age: 33
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1838
Relation: Lodger Head (Lodger)
Spouse's Name: Sarah A
Gender: Male
Where born: East Chinnock, Somerset, England

Civil Parish: East Chinnock
Town: East Chinnock
County/Island: Somerset
Country: England

Street address:113 east chinnock Street

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Disability: View Image

Registration district: Yeovil
Sub-registration district: Coker
ED, institution, or vessel: 5
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 49
Household Members: Name Age
John Bartlett 68
Ann Cooper 1
Frances S Cooper 4
Giles Cooper 33 occ Sailcloth weaver
Mary M Cooper 5
Sarah A Cooper 33

Hre;s thomas family on the 1891 Thomas isnt at home.

Name: Giles Cooper
Age: 52
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1839
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Sarah A
Gender: Male
Where born: East Chinnock, Somerset, England

Civil Parish: East Chinnock
Ecclesiastical parish: East Chinnock
Town: East Chinnock
County/Island: Somerset
Country: England

Street address:437 college

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status: View Image

Registration district: Yeovil
Sub-registration district: Coker
ED, institution, or vessel: 5
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
Alice E Cooper 9
Frances S Cooper 24 occ machinist-glove
George Cooper 14 occ saddlers apprentice
Giles Cooper 52 occ farm lab
Rosina Cooper 16 occ grocers assistant
Sarah A Cooper 52
William Cooper 11
Thomas Voviey 23 boarder occ sadler

Bev,

Are you still there?

Rose

1881 England Census
about Kate Pitcher
Name: Kate Pitcher
Age: 7
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1874
Relation: Daughter
Father's Name: Thomas
Mother's Name: Emma
Gender: Female
Where born: Yetminster, Dorset, England

Civil Parish: Yetminster
County/Island: Dorset
Country: England
Street address: Queen St
Registration district: Sherborne
Sub-registration district: Yetminster
ED, institution, or vessel: 1
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
John Maidment 29
Emma Pitcher 48
Fred Pitcher 5
Kate Pitcher 7
Rose Pitcher 10
Thomas Pitcher 47

Rose

Kate!!

Births Sep 1873

Pitcher Kate Sherborne 5a 319

Chetnole was covered by Sherborne Reg district

Kate was born c1874 not 1880. There's a birth that fits on FreeBMD.

Rose

Have you looked on the 1881 census? There's a Thomas who fits perfectly.

I won't post the details so you can look for yourself.

Rose

The 1901 census gives the parent's ages and places of birth:

1901 England Census
about Mervyn W Cooper
Name: Mervyn W Cooper
Age: 1
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1900
Relation: Son
Father's Name: Thomas
Mother's Name: Kate
Gender: Male
Where born: Frome Vauchurch
Civil Parish: Frome Vauchurch
Ecclesiastical parish: Batcombe St Mary and Frome Vauchurch
Town: Frome Vauchurch
County/Island: Dorset
Country: England
Registration district: Dorchester
Sub-registration district: Maiden Newton
ED, institution, or vessel: 3
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 15
Household Members: Name Age
Kate Cooper 27 Chetnole, Dorset
Mervyn W Cooper 1
Thomas Cooper 29 East Chinnock, Dorset

Rose

East Chinnock was covered by Yeovil Reg district so this is probably Thomas

Births Dec 1871 ---

Cooper Thomas Yeovil 5c 470

here's the marriage ,that cert will tell you their dads names and occuptions. you can then search on census;s for them

Marriages Jun 1898

Cooper Thomas Sherborne 5a 821
PITCHER Kate Sherborne 5a

Have you tried Freebmd for their births

I'm stuck!!
Thomas Cooper born c1872 in East Chinnock in Dorset married a Kate Pitcher born c1880 in Chetnole Dorset. They had a son called Mervyn Cooper born 1899.

These are my great grandparents and I cant find their parents....... I'm new to this tree malarky and I've decided I must be thick or summat lol. Maybe I need some lessons in looking in the right places.

Many thanks in anticipation

Bev Cooper