Leonard Cooper born c1847

[nannyj]

Hi
I have Leonard Cooper, living in Kensington, who says he was born 1847 in South Molton on the 1891 and 1911 census.
Helpfully, he says he's born in South Wales in 1871. And Kensington in 1881 🤦

He gives his father's name as Henry Cooper, basket maker, on his marriage registration to Harriet Humphreys in 1874, Notting Hill.

I also can't find him on 1851 or 1861 census or on GRO, so can't get his MMN.

Can anyone else see him please?

[nannyj]

Link to my previous query on Middlesex board about his children:

https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=871970.9

[KGarrad]

Possibility?

Birth, June qtr 1847
Wells Registration District     vol 10, page 491

Cooper, Leonard

[KGarrad]

GRO:
    COOPER, LEONARD        BRICE     
GRO Reference: 1847  J Quarter in WELLS  Volume 10  Page 499


Compare the sound of Wells vs Wales!

[jonwarrn]

Possible?

Baptism at Buckland Filleigh, Devon, 2 Feb 1848
Leonard
Dau(!) of Henry + Ann Cooper
Abode Traveling Gipsy
Father a Labourer

[nannyj]

Hmmm .... The Devon one could be, especially if they were travellers? Hard to be sure though. Would be easier to know if there was an earlier census with the family and more children.
Thank you both.

[CaroleW]

Joseph Cooper b 1842 Wells Union mmn Brice

Lot Cooper 1838 Axbridge mmn Brice but 1841 shows parents  as Robert & Mary - Robert was a shoemaker

In 1851 Robert & Mary have a son Joseph plus a 3yr old son Leonard so a different family

[nannyj]

Here's something to throw into the works ... buckland Filleigh is some twenty five miles away from South Molton . BUT Filleigh and East Buckland and West Buckland are only five miles away each. Is it possible that this is the Filleigh?

[CaroleW]

A child baptised in Devon may assume that's where they were born