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Wondering if this could be the 6th child mentioned in 1911:

COOPER, MABEL BESSIE mmn GREEN
GRO Reference: 1880 M Quarter in ISLINGTON Volume 01B Page 309


Mabel Bessie Cooper
in the Dorset, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906
Name: Mabel Bessie Cooper
Baptism Date: 2 Jun 1880
Baptism Place: Haydon, Dorset, England
Father: George Cooper
Mother: Mary Ann Cooper



Death:
COOPER, MABEL BESSIE 0
GRO Reference: 1880 J Quarter in SHERBORNE Volume 05A Page 237

Mabel Bessie Cooper
in the Dorset, England, Church of England Deaths and Burials, 1813-2010
Name: Mabel Bessie Cooper
Death Age: 4/12
Birth Year: abt 1880
Burial Date: 11 Jun 1880
Burial Place: Haydon, Dorset, England

OK back again.

Erika please bear with me. I have a folder with certificates etc, which seems to have gone missing. I fear I might have placed it in a box and it has been dumped back in the attic.

Names I have ordered more than one certificate over the years, only to find it is a duff one. Cooper is a common name, and there are a few in Islington. I only wish they had a really weird and wonderful name, it would be a lot easier. I fear the word of mouth information I have may well be a blind alley.

Erika, the mystery of the marriage continues, maybe they just lived together and she took his name.

ArgyllGran, thank you for this information.

May I just ask that this thread remain here, and as soon as I can find the birth certiificate, I will post again.

Thank you once again to you all for your input. As and when I fish out the box I will be back.

Best Wishes.

The thread will remain as long as you don’t delete it

When you find Sarah’s birth cert, please give us the full details - they may just help ;-)

Thank you for your help so far. I will get up to the attic hopefully very soon.

I will not delete this thread. It has more questions than answers.

As ArgyllG found that birth for Mabel Bessie Cooper in 1880, I thought I'd look in Dorset for a Marriage and I have found the following Marriage (image on Ancestry), which could or could not be relevant but I think well worth investigating further!

Name: George Cooper
Gender: Male
Marriage Age: Full Age Bachelor
Residence at time of Marriage: ISLINGTON
Occupation: Railway Guard
Marriage Date: 30 Apr 1879
Marriage Place: Lydlinch, Dorset, England
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Father: Isaac Cooper, Game Keeper
Spouse: Mary Anne Green
Residence at Time of Marriage: Lydlinch, Dorset
Father: Charles Green, Labourer

Witnesses Charles Green & Bessie Cooper


Could this be their Marriage?

Thank you for this Belle. It certainly is worth a look.

I am willing to go in any direction now to try and find information.

Hopefully I will get into the attic over the weekend, and find the elusive certificates.

I know I have put them somewhere safe. Famous last words.

I've just checked the image of little Mabel Bessie's Baptism as it gives her father George's occupation as ' Guard'.

Unfortunately, I don't think that's the right couple after all.

George before marriage:

George Cooper
in the 1871 England Census
Name: George Cooper
Age: 20
Estimated Birth Year: 1851
Relation: Son
Gender: Male
Where born: Haydon, Dorset, England
Civil parish: Sherborne
Ecclesiastical parish: Salisbury
Town: Sherborne
County/Island: Dorset
Country: England
Registration district: Sherborne
Sub-registration district: Sherborne
ED, institution, or vessel: 4
Household schedule number: 13
Piece: 2020
Folio: 48
Page number: 4
Household Members Age Relationship
Isaac Cooper 46 Head
Maria Cooper 41 Wife
George Cooper 20 Son
Dessey Cooper 16 Daughter
Sarah Cooper 12 Daughter


I don't see him in 1881 or later censuses, and George in Islington doesn't seem to appear until 1881.

However, this may well be Dorset George's death:

George Cooper
in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1837-1915
Name: George Cooper
Age: 30
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1851
Registration Quarter: Jan-Feb-Mar
Death Registration Place: Sherborne, Dorset, United Kingdom
Death Date: Mar 1881
Inferred Death Place: Dorset, United Kingdom
Volume: 5a
Page: 249

Mary Ann (Dorset) in 1861:

Mary Ann Green
in the 1861 England Census
Name: Mary Ann Green
Age: 12
Estimated Birth Year: 1849
Relation: Daughter
Father's Name: Charles Green
Mother's Name: Maria Green
Gender: Female
Where Born: Lydlinch, Dorset, England
Civil Parish: Lydlinch
County/Island: Dorset
Country: England
Street Address:
Occupation:
Condition as to marriage:
View image
Registration District: Sturminster
Sub-registration District: Stalbridge
ED, institution, or vessel: 2
Neighbors:
Household Schedule Number: 21
Piece: 1329
Folio: 17
Page Number: 4
Household Members:
Name Age
Charles Green 36
Maria Green 42
Mary Ann Green 12
John Green 10
Mercy Green 7
Charles Green 3

I don't see her in 1871 - she's not with her family.

Can't see her after Mabel Bessie's baptism.

Name: George Cooper
Death Age: 39
Birth Year: abt 1842
Burial Date: 7 Jan 1881
Burial Place: Haydon, Dorset, England********same as Mabel Bessie