Banbury Baptism Lookup, please

[DebbieG]

 

Ok - forget that lot,  I think you have the wrong Sarah in 1841,  I have just found her with 2 others of her sisters still unmarried and visiting in Banbury in 1851  so that one can't be yours.


I looked at the transcripts for Banbury and although there are no COWPER baptims at that time there are 2 COWPER marriages, 

1840 Thomas Webb fa whitesmith s/o Henry
to
Anne Cowper fa d/o Richard - butcher

and  1849  John Webb s/o Henry
to
Elizabeth Cowper aged 28 d/o Richard - butcher

from the age on Elizabeth's I found a baptism 1820 Elizabeth d/o Richard & Mary COOPER of Oxford Bar Banbury,  butcher

they also had Ann in 1816
Georgina in 1808
SARAH in 1805 (Sept 9)
Edmund in 1802

the surname in each case is given as COOPER but 2 of the daughters used COWPER when marrying,  the occupation for Richard is right but Sarah's birth is a bit earlier than you were expecting,  what do you thank?

DebbieG

[eldad]

Debbie,

Thanks for trying! I've found 'my' Sarah Cowper on the 1851 through 1881 census (by which time she is Sarah Mabbs). You can see all the details here, if you like.

Based on those censuses, it's possible that in 1841 she might be one of:
Sarah Tee (b. approx 1816), at Church Street Rectory House, Hackney
Sarah Cowper (b. approx 1811 in Oxfordshire) at Wardington, Lower End, Cropredy, Wardington, Oxfordshire (ruled out by your 1851 find)
Sarah Cowper (b. approx 1811) at Ludgate Street, St Martin Ludgate, London

So here's my theory: The family you've found of Elizabeth Cowper is the right family, but the 1805 Sarah died, and Richard and Mary had another Sarah in another parish sometime between 1808 and 1816. There is some evidence for this: Ancestry lists in its Banbury parish records the death of Sarah Cooper, daughter of Richard, butcher on 26 October 1809 (unfortunately it doesn't list baptisms for the same period).

So thanks for your work - at least I have a reasonable theory to test in the records.

[DebbieG]

Glad you think it is the right family Steve (at least we've eliminated the other one)

you may have seen this but Richard Cowper (the butcher) is still alive with his wife Mary in 1851,  which is good cos it gives you his birth place (not Banbury)

Banbury
Richard Cowper    72 butcher born Sandford Oxford
Mary Cowper    73 born Banbury

HO107-1734 Fo381 Pg8

He died in 1857 aged 80

DebbieG