COOP - Leeds, Yorkshire

[ClarrieLou]

Hi all,

I've received from the OH's grandmother a page that I believe belonged in a family bible. Unfortunately, it is really delicate and in 7 pieces (the eighth missing) having being folded up for years

It reads:

JAMES SPARLING COOP
Born April 25 1845
Leathley Road Hunslet Lane
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FRANCES AMELIA REBECCA DEUTSHMAN
Born April 9 1848
Newcastle Upon Tyne
Wife of James Sparling Coop
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George Sparling Coop
Born March 27 1869
at 5 o'clock morning at Henbury Street, North Street

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James Deutshman Coop
Born Jan 17 1871
at 5 minutes to 10 in the morning at North Street
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Sarah Rebecca Coop
Born June 21 1873
at twenty minutes to seven at Green Street, Cherry Row
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Percy Adlophus Coop
Born December 7 1875
at 5 minutes to 6 in the morning at Boy and Barrel yard, Briggate Leeds
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[the next two names are missing; all that can be read is:

... 1878
... Barrell Yard Briggate
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... 1880
... & Barrell Yard

I think they refer to DENNIS DIXON COOP and THOMAS M COOP

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Arthur Coop
Born July 19 1884
at 27 Mushroom Street Newtown Leeds
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Isaac Deutchman Coop
Born Jan 26 1887
at twenty seven Mushroom Street, Newtown Leeds
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Hope that's of interest to someone. Arthur appears to be the only one without a middle name!

[rummager]

Hello Carrie Lou: Frances' sister Matilda Deutschman  also b Newcastle on Tyne was my great grand mother. I am trying to contact the Coop family in Leeds. I'd be grateful if you could help further.

Thanks

Andrew

[sillgen]

Hi rummager and welcome to rootschat
Thank you for your R2M.  Once you have made another post you will be able to use our personal message system to contact Carrie Lou.  You click on the green scroll under her name.  In the meantime I have sent her a pm to alert her to your post but she has not been online here since 2008 so if she has changed her email address she may not get it and then we have no means of contacting her.   Reply to this and you should be able to use the pm system.  I hope you are successful.
regards
Andrea

[cjl]

Andrew,

I know that this is slightly off topic, but James Sparling Coop and his wife are buried in Beckett Street Cemetery in Leeds.  The monumental inscription gives details of James' parents.  If you would like further details, let me know.

Best Wishes
CJL

[rummager]

Hello sillgen and CJL: many thanks for helping out--is much appreciated. I am hoping that the Coops may have some information about Frances' mother Ellen Deutschman nee Bell.
And yes please I'd very much like the information about Frances and James' grave sites in Leeds.

Frances' sister Matilda emigrated to Australia in 1884 with her husband, her brother in law, her 2 year old daughter (my grandmother), and an infant son. Frances' youngest sister, Augusta, followed a few later. Second oldest sister, Leonorah, married the very successful Leeds  master tailor David Lubelski. 

Best,

Andrew

[cjl]

Andrew,

Here the burial details which I found

Beckett Street Cemetery, Leeds

Burial               7724
Grave No         16257
                        Elizabeth Coop
Burial Year       1860
Type                 unconsecrated

Burial               33832
Grave No         16257
                        Thomas Coop
Burial Year       1885
Type                unconsecrated

Burial No          40203
Grave No         16257
                        Elizabeth Coop
Burial Year       1890
Type                unconsecrated

Burial No         53945
Grave No        16257
                       James Sparling Coop
Burial Year      1903
Type               unconsecrated

Burial No         72663
Grave No         16257
                        Francis Amelia Rebecca Coop
Burial Year       1926
Type                 unconsecrated

The monumental inscription reads as follows:-

Time how short eternity how long
In Affectionate Remembrance Of
ELIZABETH
wife of THOMAS COOP
wheelwright, Leeds
who died October 1st 1860
She's landed in the arms of God
And washed her robes in Jesus' blood
And stands before the throne
Also the above THOMAS COOP
who died March 25th 1885
in his 73rd year
Also In Memory Of
ELIZABETH SPARLING COOP
second wife of the above
who died February 20th 1890
aged 61 years
Also JAMES SPARLING COOP
son of the above who died
January 6th 1903
aged 57 years
Also ISAAC COOP
son of the above
JAMES COOP
Killed in action in France
April 23rd  1917
aged 30 years

You will note that although Frances is recorded as being buried alongside her husband, she is not recorded on the monumental inscription.

I hope that this information is of some use to you and if I can be of any further help, please just ask.

Best Wishes
CJL

[rummager]

Hello CJL: thank you so much. I have passed this information to Dot, who is Frances AR Coop's great niece. It is tragic to learn about relatives who were killed in action in WW1. Dot's father was seriously wounded at Gallipoli.

Best

Andrew

[cjl]

Andrew,

You are most welcome.  I took a look at the Commonwealth War Graves Commission website.  I was unable to locate an Isaac Coop but found a John Coop a Private in the 9th Bn Royal Scots Service No 352191 who died on the 23rd April 1917 aged 30 years.  He is commemorated on the Arras Memorial.

Additional information states  Son of Mrs.  Amelia Rebecca Coop of 214 Manor Terrace, Horsforth, Leeds.

Best Wishes
CJL