Hi there
I have been doing a Cooper Tree on my Familytreemaker as a private tree basically as a one named tree.
I have gleaned info from different members of the Cooper Tree which hopefully will connect all the Romany Coopers.
On this tree I have your levi Cooper born abot 1827 who married Counselette Hilton,
Do you have Levis parents as James Cooper and Harriett? and if they are then he is related to Samuel Cooper 1794 to 1856 of South Norwood.
What I cant find is the marriage between Harriett Cooper and George Gladwin. I found them on the 1891 census as you said at 24 Wilford Road Croydon.
Do you have the marriage certificate? or did you get her maiden name from a childs birth certificate?
This is of interest to this quote posted by Rank Gorger
I've always known I'm of traveller descent, and was wondering if anyone could shed some light on the Coopers that were in the Surrey area (especially Croydon). I think I've tracked my great grandmother as Lavinia Cooper (b. 1893-ish) who married a William Reading. As far as I can make out her mother was Amey/Elvinia Cooper (b. 1855) (both names seem to be used).
If anyone thinks they're connected I'd be interested to hear from you as I have a huge amount of information to share.
I have a list of christenings and marriages etc from familiar churches round the south east who would entertain the ceremonies of Travellers and there were not very many.
But I have christening record for
the following.
Lavinia Cooper bap 14 Jan 1892 to John and Alvinia born Sept 1891 Croydon.
Ted Cooper bap 12 July 1894 to John and Alvina Hawker no fixed abode Croydon Surrey
What you have to remember that very few Romany's could read or write, and it was up to the person who was taking the information to write it down as they heard it. Some accents were very strong so it was a hit and miss in the spelling area!.
I have a 5 page dossier on the Cooper christenings from 1795 to 1904 so far . if anyone wants to ask me if there rellie is on it dont hesitate to ask. The areas involved are mainly Surrey Sussex hampshire .