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.
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
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!
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