Phyllis Edith (Whitaker) Cooper (1912 - 1980)

Born 13 Jan 1912 in Victoria Street, West Auckland, New Zealand

Ancestors

Wife of Benjamin Rawson Davenport III — married 1929 in Auckland, New Zealand

Wife of Frederick Harry Cooper — married about 1958 in Auckland, New Zealand

Died 18 May 1980 at age 68 in Auckland, New Zealand

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Biography

Housewife, Home Duties, of Auckland, New Zealand.

Background

She was the 3rd daughter of William Charles Whitaker and Edith May Gamble, of Auckland.

Marriages and family

In 1929 she married 1ly Benjamin Rawson Davenport, with issue two sons. They were second cousins; her mother and his mother were first cousins, their common great-grandparents being Matira Te Pokiha and Henry Riley Calvin Bennett. He died in 1957.

She married 2ly Frederick Harry (Fred) Cooper, without children.

World War II

Domestic, of Auckland (1943).

Death and burial

She died on 18 May 1980 in Auckland, aged 68. She was Cremated on 20 May 1980. In July 1980 her Ashes were Interred in Waikumete Cemetery, Auckland. Her widower died in 1983 and his Ashes were Interred with her.

Sources

The History of the Bennett Family, compiled by Stuart Ward (1993).

Birth Certificate.

Birth reg 1912/245 Phillis Edith Whitaker; marriage 1929/4195 Phyllis Edith Whittaker; death 1980/40822, NZBDM: https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/Search/Search?Path=querySubmit.m%3fReportName%3dDeathSearch%26recordsPP%3d30#SearchResults.