My great grandfather's brother and family

[dorothyl]

Hello again everyone. As you probably know that quite a few years ago I was looking for my family members.
I've recently been told that my great grandfather Cooper ( must be Samuel Benjamin) as we have known him as great grandfather Cooper.
Well apparently he had a brother who died along with his family. Who I believe have something to do with angels meadow. Apparently they lived at number 4 walkers croft. The only thing is I don't know what area. From what I've been told there are some steps and the building is still standing.

If anyone can help me with any of these I would really appreciate it.
My great grandfather Samuel Benjamin Cooper was married to isobela Cooper. They are the parents of my grandmother Mary Ann Cooper.

Thank you all so much for your help and your time.
Kind regards
Dorothy

[MonicaL]

Hi Dorothy

So, this would be your grandmother and some of her details here?

https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/LL7V-15W/mary-ann-cooper-1891-1955

Monica

[Radcliff]

Is this Samuel Benjamin son of John and Mary baptised Burnley,1872

[Radcliff]

your post is a bit short of detail, are you talking about John Spencer Cooper died Manchester 1949,  a blacksmith in 1939 136 Stanton Street Manchester wife Maria, HE MARRIES IN 1930,

[Radcliff]

Manchester burial records have a record
Phoebe Cooper , Philips park cemetery non conformist grave 841 position 1 ,18/02/1929
same grave John Spencer Cooper, he was buried on the 23/02/1949

[Ray T]

“Angel Meadow” was a notorious area, close to central Manchester.

I can reccommend reading “Angel Meadow - Victorian Britain’s most Savage Slum” by Dean Kirby. The book mentions Walkers Croft Cemetery.

[Dundee]

Well apparently he had a brother who died along with his family.

Do you mean that something happened and they all died together?

Debra 

[Dundee]

John Spencer COOPER

1901 - 64 Carmen Street, Ardwick

1911 - 123 Barrington Street, Clayton

1939 - 136 Stanton Street

Debra 

[Ray T]

“Angel Meadow” was a notorious area, close to central Manchester.

I can reccommend reading “Angel Meadow - Victorian Britain’s most Savage Slum” by Dean Kirby. The book mentions Walkers Croft Cemetery.

Walkers Croft lies between Victoria Station and the River Irk bottom left of this map https://maps.nls.uk/view/231274206 (1889). The cemetery appears to lie beneath platforms 1, 2 3.

The situation in 1849 is shown on this map https://maps.nls.uk/view/231273873 (NE corner)

I don’t see any houses. By 1915, the whole thing had been subsumed into the station.