14 Aug 2026                   
             Husband: Arthur Benjamin Cooper    
          Birth name: Benjamin Arthur Cooper 1
                Born: 21 Aug 1885          in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk  2,3,4
              Census: 1901                 in Norwich, Norfolk  
          Occupation: 1901                 Errand Boy  3
            Military: 1904 - 1913            5
             Resided: 1905 - 1913          in India  5
             Resided: 1939                 at 59 St Davids Drive, Southend, Essex  2
          Occupation: 1939                 Copying & Filing Clerk  2
                Died: 1962                 in Isle of Wight  1,6
              Father:
              Mother:
                Wife: Gertrude Mitchell     
             Married:  5 Apr 1913          in Norwich, Norfolk  1
                Born: 28 Mar 1885          in Sprowston, Norwich, Norfolk  7,4,2
              Census: 1891                 at 29 West End Street, Heigham, Norwich, Norfolk  
              Census: 1911                 at 123 Abbeville Road, Clapham, London  
          Occupation: 1911                 Domestic Servant  8
             Resided: 1939                 at 59 St Davids Drive, Southend, Essex  2
                Died: 1963                 in Isle of Wight  1,6
              Father: Henry Mitchell   (1862 - 1946) 
              Mother: Alice Frost   (1863 - 1920) 
Other spouse 1
 1  M  Arthur Bertie Cooper                                     |   Born: 1914 London 1,4
                                                                |   Died: 1914 London 4
 2  M  John Arthur Cooper                                       |   Born: 30 Mar 1915 London 1,2
   sp. Ruth Doris Hughes                                        |Married: 1940 London 1
       Born: 1916 Died: 2004                                    |
   sp. Ellen Clara Rutter                                       |Married: 1956 Southend, Essex 6
       Born: 1921 Died: 2009                                    |   Died: 1989 Chelmsford, Essex 6
 3  M  Douglas Cooper                                           |   Born: 29 Nov 1916 London 1,6
   sp. Joan Rose Wakefield                                      |Married: 1951 Buckinghamshire 1
       Born: 1924 Died: 2010                                    |   Died: 1997 Berkshire 6
 4  M  Reginald Cooper                                          |   Born: 29 Nov 1916 London 1,6
   sp. Iris May Brown                                           |Married: 1940 Surrey 6
       Born: 1919 Died: 2012                                    |   Died: 1981 Frimley Park, Surrey 6
 5  M  Sidney George Cooper                                     |   Born: 12 Jun 1919 London 2,1
   sp. Mary Ann Williams                                        |Married: 1951 London 6
                                                                |   Died: 1989 Moulton, Lincolnshire 6

Sources:
(1) FreeBMD Website. 
(2) 1939 Register. 
(3) 1901 Census. 
(4) GRO index. 
(5) ancestry.co.uk website. 
(6) Pamela Cooper via ancestry.co.uk. 
(7) 1891 Census. 
(8) 1911 Census. 

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Updated 14 Aug 2026

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