William COOPER

[mcgrath1957]

I was simply asking if anyone had a Wilson Cooper in their tree? I am perfectly aware of the online information in regard to Wilson Coopers, but as you will be aware, many gypsy people did not legally register births or marriages. Hence I asked the question; does anyone have a WILSON COOPER in their tree?

[rosie99]

I was simply asking if anyone had a Wilson Cooper in their tree? I am perfectly aware of the online information in regard to Wilson Coopers, but as you will be aware, many gypsy people did not legally register births or marriages. Hence I asked the question; does anyone have a WILSON COOPER in their tree?

Sorry,

CaroleW and I were only trying to help you locate your Wilson Cooper and to see if we could find some information on him that you did not already have that would help you in your research. 

People on this website are happy to try and help others with their research even if they have no connections to the families concerned

[rosie99]

Could you please give us the details from the 1901 & 1911 census for William.

Who did he marry and where

[CaroleW]

The questions asked could also help anybody reading your post to determine if there was a connection to their own FH - particularly given the wide range of birthyears & birthplaces of the 1861 entries

Have you checked the Surname Interests Board to see if anybody else is researching a Wilson Cooper?  Link is at the bottom of this page under Tools

EDIT

Is this the same Wilson Cooper mentioned in your other post?

https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=827016.msg6909261#msg6909261

topics merged
 

[mcgrath1957]

My apologies . I do get it, got illness in the house at the moment and not in the best frame of mind to be honest. Trying to do this to take my mind off it but its not really helping because the frustration is driving me crazy!!!! The previous post is mine yes. The William Cooper I am trying to find named one of his sons WILSON which was out of the ordinary compared to his other sons names. As Wilson is such an unusual name I hoped it had come from a relative in his previous life as a gypsy. The only travelling one I found was the one in 1861 census aged 6. I just thought somebody might have a WILSON in their tree and I could then look further to see if my William fitted in somewhere. Sorry, its all very up in the air. My apologies for previous 'nippy' post. Kind Regards

[CaroleW]

Re: William's son Wilson.  I can only see 2 births on SP.  Wilson Laren Cooper 1909 Dundee and Wilson Scotland Cooper 1914 Colinton

Just because he called one of his children Wilson is not a sound basis to assume the name must come from earlier in his family history.   You could waste a lot of time and effort trying to make that type of connection with so little information on William.

I have asked the moderator to merge both posts

[CaroleW]

Please see my reply on your other thread re Wilson.  I am going to ask the moderator to merge the 2 posts for continuity

[CaroleW]

1901  for Midlothian - he married Elsie Riddoch in 1898

William Cooper 27 England - railway porter
Elsie 24 b Alva Stirlingshire
William 2 b Alva
James Shiels boarder b Midlothian
ED 34/15/10

Is his full birthplace on the 1911 entry?

[CaroleW]

When William married in 1898 - I know father George was deceased but is any occupation shown for him?