Name: Charles COOPER
Also known as:
Born: 19 Feb 1841 At: Helions Bumpstead, ESS, ENG Sex: M
Christened: 2 May 1841 At: Helions Bumpstead, ESS, ENG
Died: 24 Jan 1919 At: Robe, SA, AUS Cause: Diabetes
Burial /cremation: ? At: Kingston SE Cemetery, SA, AUS
Parents: Father: John COOPER Mother: Harriet TILBROOK
Spouse/partner: Ann Elina WHALAND Born: 11 Nov 1839 Died: 14 Dec 1900
Married: 13 Mar 1862 At: Mt Barker, SA, AUS
Children: John Charles COOPER,  Charles Henry COOPER,  William COOPER,  Samuel Thomas COOPER,  Henry George COOPER,  Harriett Mary COOPER,  Walter Whalan COOPER,  Margaret Ann COOPER,  Rose Elania Tilbrook COOPER

Biographical notes:


Occupation: Farmers labourer (1851), dry stone wall builder, wattle bark stripper (for tanning), agricultural labourer.
Addresses: Cottages at Boblow Farm, Pale Green, Helions Bumpstead, ESS, ENG (1851); Wistow, SA, AUS (1862); Yorke Peninsula, SA, AUS; Rosetown, Kingston SE, SA.
Not found in 1841 census.
Migrated from ENG to SA, AUS in the barque Clara (passenger list 59/1) ex London 20 Sep 1858 & Southampton 1 Oct 1858, arriving Port Adelaide on 20 Jan 1859, 113 days after leaving Southampton. (see The Register of 21 Jan 1859 for a description of the journey.) The passenger list names John (40 labourer), Harriet (née Tilbrook 390, Charles (17 agricultural labourer), Anne (15, servant), Sarah (11), Mary (9), Betsy/Elizabeth (8), Samuel (4). The South Australian Register for 21 Jan 1859 lists John, Harriet, Sarah, Mary, Betsey, Samuel, Charles & Ann.
Was the original land-owner of the property 'Carlo Keino', at Wangolina south of Kingston SE.
Reference documents:
1841 birth registration index record (reg Risbridge, SFK).
1841 baptism record.
1851 census return (John Cooper).
1859 passenger list London/Southampton to Port Adelaide
1862 marriage registration index record.
1862 IGI individual record of marriage.
1919 death registration index record.
1919 IGI individual record of death.
1919 obituary (Naracoorte Herald).