Nellie Elizabeth (Cooper) Nott (1881 - 1955)

Born 28 Sep 1881 in Needham Market, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Wife of Henry Amos Nott — married 22 Jun 1907 in Snowflake, Manitoba Canada

Descendants

Died 18 Jan 1955 at age 73 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

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Biography

Nellie (Cooper) Nott was born in Needham Market, Suffolk, England.

Nellie Elizabeth Cooper was born 28 Sep 1881, a daughter to Freeman Cooper and Caroline Knights in Needham Market, Suffolk, England.

1891 Census, Event Place: Barking, Residence: High Street

• Samuel H Cooper Head Male 65 Plumber & Glazier Suffolk, England
• Elizabeth S Cooper Wife Female 69 Suffolk, England
• Freeman Cooper Son Male 40 Plumber & Glazier Suffolk, England
• Caroline Cooper Daughter In Law Female 37 Kent, England
• Nellie Cooper Granddaughter Female 9 Suffolk, England
• Amy B Cooper Granddaughter Female 8 Needham Market, Suffolk, England
• Alice M Cooper Granddaughter Female 5 Needham Market, Suffolk, England
• Harry M Cooper Grandson Male 1 Suffolk, England

1901 England & Wales Census, High Street, Monks Eleigh, Cosford, Suffolk

• Nellie Cooper Boarder Single Female 19 1882 National school teacher Needham, Suffolk, England

Nellie accepted Harry's marriage proposal before he left for Canada - after the 1901 census. When he wrote and asked her to come to Canada in 1907, she bought passage on a Salvation Army ship, landed in New York and took the train to the border crossing into Canada at Snowflake, Manitoba. They married right there on June 22, 1907 at Snowflake, Manitoba, Canada.

1911 Census, Event Place: Moose Jaw, Sask, Canada, Residence: 34 11 29 2

• Harry Amos Nott Head Male Married 26 farmer England
• Nellie Elizabeth Nott Wife Female Married 29 England
• Imy Dellal Nott (Amy Dorothy) Dau Female Single 2 months Saskatchewan

1916 Canada Census of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta, Event Place: Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada, Residence: 11, 29, 2, Lake Johnson

• Harry Nott Head Male Married 33 England
• Nellie Nott Wife Female Married 35 England
• Jenny Nott (Amy Nott) Dau Female Single 5 Sask
• Weeman Nott (Freeman Nott) Son Male Single 3 months Sask
• Walter Tyrell Employee Male Single 24 England
• John Tyrell Lodger Male Single 33 England

1921 Canadian Census, Event Place: Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada, Residence: 1057 5th Ave NE, Moose Jaw

• Harry Nott 39 Male Married England Labourer
• Nellie Nott 59 (39) Female Married England
• Amy Nott 10 Female Dau Single Sask
• Freeman Nott 5 Male Son Single Sask
• Rosalie Nott 3 Female Dau Single Sask
• Joyce Nott 6 months Female Dau Single Sask

Harry, Nellie and children lived in Expanse Saskatchewan until about 1921 (census has them in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan), when they moved to Victoria and lived on Discovery Island for a few years. Eventually they moved into Victoria proper, lived on Gerda Rd, then Helmcken Rd.

Nellie died in Royal Jubilee Hospital on January 18, 1955 at the age of 73 and was buried at Royal Oak Burial Park Cemetery on January 21st.

Research Notes

One day I was visiting my uncle and I asked him if he knew where his parents got married. I had always 'assumed' England and had been researching there - but boy was I wrong!

Nellie had accepted Harry's marriage proposal before he left England for Canada - after the 1901 census. When he wrote and asked her to come to Canada in 1907, she bought passage on a Salvation Army ship, landed in New York and took the train to the border crossing into Canada. They got married 22 Jun 1907 and THAT was at Snowflake Manitoba. Who knew??

I thought 'Why didn't I ask five years ago?" I guess I never really thought of Uncle Free as their son, I only thought of them as my grandparents who had died and I had never met.

Sources

• [1] COOPER, NELLIE ELIZABETH (mother's maiden name = KNIGHTS) GRO Reference: 1881 D Quarter in BOSMERE Volume 04A Page 675
• GRO England - certified copy of birth
• Cite This Record "England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XSVH-MRY : 21 May 2019), Nellie Cooper in household of Francis Branford, Monks Eleigh, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing Lavenham subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
• Freeman Nott - copy of marriage certificate from Manitoba
• Citing this Record "Recensement du Canada de 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:27XG-LW5 : 16 March 2018), Harry Amos Nott, 1911; citing Census, Moose Jaw Sub-Districts 16-99, Saskatchewan, Canada, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 2,418,576.
• 1916 Census Citation Information Detail Year: 1916; Census Place: Saskatchewan, Moose Jaw, 09; Roll: T-21931; Page: 43; Family No: 573
• 1921 Census Source Citation Reference Number: RG 31; Folder Number: 156; Census Place: Moose Jaw (City), Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan; Page Number: 5
• Death Death Registration Number: 1955-09-001381
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/233436365/nellie-elizabeth-nott : accessed 16 November 2021), memorial page for Nellie Elizabeth Nott (unknown–unknown), Find A Grave: Memorial #233436365, citing Royal Oak Burial Park Cemetery, Victoria, Capital Regional District, British Columbia, Canada ; Maintained by Val Campbell (contributor 48220610).

Acknowledgments

Freeman Nott (1916-2015) Miss you Uncle Free!