1876 Mar 22 Born Wenbaston, Suffolk
1881 census at Wenhaston Rd, Bramfield
1891 census - he o longer living at home
1901 census on fishing smack "Galilean" at Helston, Cornwall
1919 Jan/Mar marries
1911 census at 4 Stepping Hill, Pudding Moor, Beecles, Suffolk
1919 Mar 24. At HMS Vigorous, depot ship, Larne, died of illness at Cork. Widow, Edith, 5 Pudding Moor, Beccles, Suffolk.
CWGC Second HandCOOPER, A Service Number 1225/SA Died 24/03/1919 H.M.S. "Vigorous." Royal Naval Reserve
Buried, Beccles Cem. London Road, Beccles, Suffolk.