James Copestake was born in Bradley, Derbyshire in 1834 and christened there on 9 March 1834, the son of James Copestake and Hannah (Hough) Copestake[1]
Marriage
James Copestake married Sarah Ann Hope on 27 December 1856 at St. Peter’s Church, Alstonfield, Staffordshire; James was recorded as 21 years (b.1835), residing in Kniveton, Derbyshire, father: James Copestake and Sarah was also recorded as 21 years (b.1835), residing in Alstonfield, Staffordshire, father: John Hope[2][3]
Children
Ellen Copestake, b.1858, Rudyard, Staffordshire[4]
1841 (Census)[17]: aged 7 years (b.1834, ), Bradley, Derbyshire - at the home of his grandfather Thomas Copestake, his parents James and Hannah, and siblings Joseph, George, William and Sarah
1851 (Census)[18]: aged 16 years (b.1835, Bradley, Derbyshire), Bradley Old Park, Ashbourne, Derbyshire; a Farm servant
1856 (Marriage): aged 21 years (b.1835), Kniveton, Derbyshire
1861 (Census)[19]: aged 29? years (b.1832, Bradley, Derbyshire), Consall Forge, Staffordshire; a Flint Grinder
1871 (Census)[20]: aged 36 years (b.1835, Bradley, Derbyshire), Ipstones, Staffordshire; a canal labourer
1881 (Census)[21]: aged 44? years (b.1837, Bradley, Derbyshire), Ipstones, Staffordshire; a farm labourer
1891 (Census)[22]: aged 56 years (b.1835, Derbyshire), Coldstone Common, Ipstones, Staffordshire; a Lock Keeper
1901 (Census)[23]: aged 63? years (b.1838, Bradley, Derbyshire), Ipstones, Staffordshire; a general labourer
1911 (Census)[24]: aged 76 years (b.1835, Bradley, Derbyshire), a widower, Ipstones, Staffordshire; Lock Keeper (NLR Company)
Death
James Copestake passed away in Cheadle District in 1914 aged 78 years (dob=1835/36)[25]
Research Notes
Parents
James Copestake, b.1791, d.1843, Derbyshire, son of Thomas Copestick
Sarah Ann Hope b.c.1833, Warslow, Staffordshire, daughter of John Bostall Hope (b.1806, Warslow, Staffordshire[27]) and Hannah (Melard) Hope (b.1807, Elkstone, Staffordshire)[28][29]
Sources
↑ England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N812-HNY : 10 February 2018, James Copestake, ); citing item 1 p 48, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 1,041,104
↑ England, Staffordshire, Church Records, 1538-1944", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLQC-9BBY : 11 December 2017), James Copestake in entry for James Copestake and Sarah Ann Hope, 1856
↑ GRO Reference: 1856, D Quarter, Ashbourne, 7B/869
↑ GRO Reference: 1858, M Quarter, Leek, 6B/222; Mother’s Maiden Name: HOPE
↑ GRO Reference: 1864, D Quarter, Cheadle, 6B/247; Mother’s Maiden Name: HOPE
↑ GRO Reference: 1866, D Quarter, Cheadle, 6B/255; Mother’s Maiden Name: HOPE
↑ GRO Reference: 1868, D Quarter, Cheadle, 6B/268; Mother’s Maiden Name: HOPE
↑ GRO Reference: 1870, M Quarter, Cheadle, 6B/310; Mother’s Maiden Name: HOPE
↑ GRO Reference: 1873, M Quarter, Cheadle, 6B/329; Mother’s Maiden Name: HOPE
↑ GRO Reference: 1874, J Quarter, Cheadle, 6B/183; 1 year
↑ GRO Reference: 1875, D Quarter, Cheadle, 6B/311; Mother’s Maiden Name: HOPE
↑ GRO Reference: 1877, M Quarter, Cheadle, 6B/331; Mother’s Maiden Name: HOPE
↑ England and Wales Census, 1841," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M7SL-BH4 : 13 December 2017), James Copestake in household of Thomas Copestake, Bradley, Derbyshire, England; from "1841 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); 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:SGDD-W5X : 21 October 2017), James Copestake in household of Jonathan Marple, Bradley, Derbyshire, England; citing Bradley, Derbyshire, England, p. 10, from "1851 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey
↑ England and Wales Census, 1861," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M74T-1G7 : 12 December 2017), James Copestick, Consall, Staffordshire, England; from "1861 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 9, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey
↑ England and Wales Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q27V-XKWG : 13 December 2017), James Copestake, Ipstones, Staffordshire, England; from "1881 England, Scotland and Wales Census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing p. 14, Piece/Folio 2744/137, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey; FHL microfilm 101,774,938
↑ England and Wales Census, 1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:W3KL-76Z : 11 December 2017), James Copestake, Ipstones, Staffordshire, England; from "1891 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 12, Staffordshire county, subdistrict, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey
↑ England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XS7F-83F : 8 April 2016), James Copestick, Ipstones, Staffordshire, England; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing Ipstones subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey
↑ England and Wales Census, 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XW7F-X4L : 21 December 2018), James Copestake, Ipstones, , Staffordshire, England; from "1911 England and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 14, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey
↑ GRO Reference: 1914, D Quarter, Cheadle, 6B/362; 78 years
↑ England Marriages, 1538–1973 ," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NVWN-VN5 : 10 February 2018), James Coapstake and Hannah Hough, 22 Mar 1831; citing Bradley, Derby, England, reference , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 1,041,104
↑ England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JM6L-1PT : 11 February 2018, John Bostall Hope, 27 Jul 1806); citing , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 497,342
↑ England Marriages, 1538–1973 ," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N64B-9YN : 9 March 2018), John Hope and Hannah Melard, 08 Jan 1829; citing Allstonefield, Stafford, England, reference pg 31, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 1,040,821
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