William
Hunter
Cooper
Born in Sunderland, Durham, England, United Kingdom
Son of Thomas Cooper
and Ann (Hunter) Cooper
Brother of
Eleanor Cooper, John Readman Cooper, Sarah Ann Cooper, Thomas Cooper, Margaret Elizabeth Cooper, Watson Amos Cooper, Richard Alfred Cooper, Eleanor Jane (Cooper) Free and Watson Francis Cooper
Husband of
Jane Maria (Hutchinson) Cooper
— married
18 Dec 1854 in Bishop-Wearmouth, Durham, England
Descendants 
Father of
Thomas Cooper, Charles Alfred Cooper, Lizette Maria (Cooper) Hewitt, Charles William Helmsley Cooper, Frederick Ernest Cooper, Maude Emily (Cooper) Henley, Arthur Louis Cooper, John Louis Cooper, Edith Marion Cooper, Leonard Bailie Cooper, Claude Nesham Cooper and Horace Baillie Cooper
Died
at age 63
in Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
Profile last modified
| Created 24 Aug 2015
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Biography
William Hunter Cooper was born on the 14 June 1831 in Sunderland, Durham, England, the son of Thomas Cooper and Ann (Hunter) Cooper .
William married Jane Maria Hutchinson on the 18 December 1854 in Bishop-Wearmouth, Durham.
Twelve children were born to William and Jane. Two children were born in Durham and the following ten in Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand.
In 1858 William and Jane decided to emigrate to New Zealand. Along with their children Thomas, aged 2 1/2, and infant Charles Alfred they travelled on the Indiana, leaving London on the 2 August 1858 and arriving in Lyttelton on the 23 November 1858. [1]
William died on 26 Jul 1894 in Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand aged 63.
He passed away in 1894.[2]
Sources
- ↑ "New Zealand, Archives New Zealand, Passenger Lists, 1839-1973," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FSB6-PY4 : 8 August 2017), Wm Hunter Cooper, 23 Nov 1858; citing ship Indiana, Archives New Zealand, Wellington; FHL microfilm .
- ↑ "New Zealand, Civil Records Indexes, 1800-1896," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24K-R9FF : accessed 1 October 2017), William Hunter Cooper, 1894; citing Death, New Zealand, New Zealand, Wellington; registration number 1894/4508.
* 1831 Birth. "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NXC6-TN5 : 30 December 2014), William Hunter Cooper, William Hunter Cooper; citing Chaweh Lane, reference item 1 p 144; FHL microfilm 1,514,544.
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