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« on: Wednesday 28 July 10 00:47 BST (UK) »
WOW! All I can say is thank you ALL for your interest in my topic and for the effort you're putting into solving these puzzles for me. Here is the info that I can give you from BMD certificates I have in hand:
Richard Harbour, 30, Bachelor, Baker, son of Joseph Harbour, Gardener, Battle, married Mary Smith, 34, Widow, Servant, dau of William Smith, Baker, Battle , Oct. 184? , Parish Church, Battle.
Elizabeth Harbour b 10 May 1848 dau of Richard Harbour and Mary Smith Harbour, Battle.
Emma Harbour, b 4 Aug 1844, dau of Richard Harbour and Mary Smith Harbour, Battle
William Frederick Harbour Cooper, age 25, son of Richard Harbour, baker, married Mary King, 20, dau of George King, labourer, 19 Nov 1865 St Mary Magdalen Bermondsey Surrey.
Birth certificates for: George William Harbour Cooper 5 Jan 1874 Bermondsey; Rosa Harbour Cooper 12 Sept 1875 Bermondsey; Albert Harbour Cooper 18 Oct 1883; William Frederick Harbour Cooper and Mary (King) Cooper
Birth Certificates for Annie Louisa Harbour Cooper Feb 1872 Bermondsey; Alice Amelia Cooper 5 Nov 1877 Bermondsey; Alfred Arthur Cooper 13 Feb. 1879 Bermondsey; Frederick William Harbour Cooper and Mary (King) Cooper
As you can see WFHC name was transposed to FWHC on some certificates.
Richard Harbour, age 72, Baker, d 19 June 1885, Battle, Sussex., Mary Harbour Widow present at death.
William Frederick Harbour-Cooper, age 51, Tanner, d. 23 Oct. 1891, Bermondsey. Son of Richard Harbour.
Mary (Smith) Harbour , age 81, widow of master baker Richard Harbour, d. 22 Jan. 1891 Tunbridge Wells with her dau Emma Harbour in attendance.
1881 Census William F. H Harbour Cooper, his wife Mary, and children: Annie, George, Rose, Alice, and Arthur are listed as Harbour. Census left off the Cooper although all the children went by Harbour Cooper or just Cooper.
Possibly Richard Harbour had children by an Amelia Cooper but never married her, thus Amelia Harbour Cooper and William F. Harbour Cooper came about? The Cooper won't have come from Richard because his last two children are Harbour only. Does this sound logical?