Hi Danone
There are lots of queries you have requested re this family on rootschat and on other forum's, some of which you have already been given details on, it sometimes feels we are covering the same ground...
I have just tried to cover the Sibby Cooper issue, as the thread is already confused........
Abraham Cooper - born about 1841 in Markfield, (son of Charles Cooper & Elizabeth Geary)
1st marriage in 1864 = Elizabeth BOUTON/BOUGHTON - they had one son Henry - Elizabeth died in 1871, buried Markfield 11th October.
2nd marriage in 1872 = Mary Ann BROOKS
Abraham died in a Quarry explosion and was buried in Markfield 18th Feb 1876
Abraham & Mary Ann had two sons -
James born 1873 and
Joseph born 1875
JOSEPH COOPER married Mary Ellen MASSEY in 1896 and is your line.
JAMES COOPER married Emily MARLOW in 1896 - it is possibly their son
JOHN SIDNEY COOPER born JuneQ 1905 who was the Boxer. I can only guess Sibby was a petname/nickname.
If this
is Sibby, then he would be the cousin of your granddad Ernest Cooper ?
http://www.boxinghistory.org.uk/Boxer_Sibby_Cooper_Markfield.htmProbate
John Sidney Cooper died 16th May 1975 - Will proved 1st July 1975
1, Church Terrace, Whitwick Rd, Copt Oak, Leics
His death registration - Q2 1975 Leicester Central = birth date: 11th March 1905