Harriet (Peverett) Cooper was born in Norfolk, England.
Born as Harriet Peverett on September 27, 1835 and baptised as Harriet Plaice on October 30th in Stow Bardolph, Norfolk, England, she was the illegitimate daughter of Mary Peverett and John Place who were married on the very same day as Harriet's baptism.[1]
1841 CENSUS - Wiggenhall St Mary Magdalen, Norfolk, England[2]
John Plaice Head 36 Magdalen, Norfolk, Farm Labourer
Mary Ann Plaice Wife 38 Thetford, Norfolk
Harriet Plaice Dau 15 Stow, Norfolk
Betsy Plaice Dau 11 Magdalen, Norfolk
Fanny Plaice Dau 8 Magdalen, Norfolk
Susan Plaice Dau 1 Magdalen, Norfolk
Her parents John and Mary Ann and her sisters Betsy, Fanny and Susan all sailed aboard the Barque Amazon from Plymouth, Devon, England, with Captain Cook at the helm and arrived in Adelaide, South Australia on February 19, 1852 except for Susan who died at sea.[4]
She married George Cooper on August 11, 1853 at Holy Trinity in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia and they were the parents of 6 children.
Harriet died July 21, 1871 in South Australia, Australia and was buried at St Michael's Anglican Church Cemetery in Bungaree, South Australia.[5]
Sources
↑ "England, Norfolk Bishop's Transcripts, 1685-1941," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N6B1-QX5 : 17 February 2021), Harriet Plain, 30 Oct 1835; citing Christening, Stow Bardolph, Norfolk, England, Record Office, Central Library, Norwich; FHL microfilm 1,471,102.
↑ "England and Wales Census, 1841," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M79Y-PZ8 : 25 May 2019), Harriet Plaice in household of Mary Plaice, Wiggenhall St Mary Magdalen, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom; from "1841 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
↑ "England and Wales Census, 1851," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SG64-K85 : 9 November 2019), Harriet Plaice in household of John Plaice, Magdalen, Norfolk, England; citing Magdalen, Norfolk, England, p. 1, from "1851 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
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