• Born: 21 Jan 1839, Wincanton, Somerset, England
• Christened: 1 Aug 1839, Wincanton, Somerset, England ¹
• Married: 24 Nov 1870, St. Peter's Church, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, England ²
• Died: 28 Dec 1917, Tout Hill House, Wincanton, Somerset, England ^{3 4}

  Research Notes:

Jan. 21, at Wincanton, the wife of Edward Yalden Cooper, Esq., of a son.

The Salisbury and Winchester Journal, 4 Feb 1839, p. 4 (and other papers)

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William Edward son of Edward Yalden Cooper of Wincanton, solicitor, and Catherine Elizabeth (baptismal record)

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At the time of the 1851 England Census William E Cooper, aged 12, born in Wincanton Somerset, scholar, and brothers John W Cooper and Frederick E Cooper, were boarding in Warminster Wiltshire.

At the time of the 1861 England Census William E Cooper, aged 22, born in Wincanton Somerset, unmarried, solicitor's articled clerk, was lodging in Market Place, Chippenham Wiltshire.

At the time of the 1871 England Census William E Cooper, aged 32, born in Wincanton Somerset, married, solicitor, was visiting [his sister] Catherine S Drewry and her husband Henry S Drewry at 131 King Henry Road, Hampstead St. John London.

At the time of the 1881 England Census William Edward Cooper, aged 41, born in Wincanton Somerset, solicitor, and wife Caroline, aged 43, born in Wisbeach Cambridge, were living in Martock Somerset. With them were children Gertrude Mary (7) of Brompton Sq Middlesex, William Henry (4) of Bryanstone Sq Middlesex, Caroline Mabel (3) of Radnor Place, Hyde Park, Middlesex, and George Arthur (1) of St. George Hanover Square.

At the time of the 1891 England Census William E Cooper, aged 52, born in Wincanton Somerset, solicitor, and wife Caroline, aged 54, born in Wisbeck Cambridgeshire, were living in Church Street, Martock Somerset. With them were children Gertrude M (17) of Brompton London, scholar, Caroline M (13) of Paddington London, scholar, and George A (11) of St. Georges London, scholar.

In January 1898 brothers William Edward Cooper and George Henry Cooper, solicitors, and John Wilson Cooper, esquire, were granted Probate of their late father's personal effects.

At the time of the 1901 England Census William Edward Cooper, aged 62, born in Wincanton Somerset, solicitor, and wife Caroline, aged 64, born in Wisbeach Cambridge, were living in South Street, Wincanton. With them were children (single): Gertrude Mary (27) of Brompton London, Caroline Mabel (23) of Paddington London, and George Arthur (21) of St. George Hanover Square London, undergraduate Oxford.

At the time of the 1911 England Census William Edward Cooper, aged 72, born in Wincanton Somerset, solicitor, and wife of 40 years Caroline, aged 74, born in Wisbeach Camb. (mother of 6 children, 3 deceased), were living in Wincanton Somerset. With them were daughters (single): Gertrude Mary (37) of Brompton London, and Caroline Mabel (33) of Paddington London.

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William Edward Cooper died aged 78 years. ³

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William Edward Cooper of Tout Hill House Wincanton Somersetshire died 28 December 1917. Probate London 4 June 1918 to Caroline Cooper, widow, and Henry Fenwick Metcalfe, schoolmaster. Effects £2065 9s. 6d. ⁴