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KathleenBell

KathleenBell Report 13 Apr 2011 10:57

Will send a private message with a possible birth.

Kath. x

Suen

Suen Report 13 Apr 2011 10:47

I think it is definatly this one.

Winnie had a son, before she was married. The father unknown. Then she married.

Winifred had a child (?during or just after the second world war, possibly named Peter Cooper? who was then adopted), then she had twins by her husband Ernest Leavesley. England & Wales, Birth Index: 1916-2005



Name: Winifred Cooper
Mother's Maiden Surname: Statham
Date of Registration: Apr May Jun 1916
Registration district: Chorlton
Registration county: Lancashire

LadyofKent

LadyofKent Report 13 Apr 2011 08:58

The death gives the dob

England & Wales, Death Index: 1916-2005
Name: Winifred Leavesley
Birth Date: 10 Apr 1916
Death Registration Month/Year: Oct 2002
Age at death (estimated): 86
Registration district: Stockport
Inferred County: Cheshire, Lancashire
Register number: E24A
District and Subdistrict: 0131E
Entry Number: 234

This looks like the birth as other 2 are Southampton and Staffordshire

England & Wales, Birth Index: 1916-2005
Name: Winifred Cooper
Mother's Maiden Surname: Statham
Date of Registration: Apr May Jun 1916
Registration district: Chorlton
Registration county: Lancashire
Volume Number: 8c
Page Number: 1106 (click to see others on page)



Susan

Susan Report 13 Apr 2011 05:21

There are two for the Stockport area

England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
about Winifred Cooper
Name: Winifred Cooper
Year of Registration: 1913
Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep
Mother's Maiden Name: Reddy
District: Stockport
County: Cheshire, Lancashire
Volume: 8a
Page: 137

England & Wales, Birth Index: 1916-2005
about Winifred Cooper
Name: Winifred Cooper
Mother's Maiden Surname: Wood
Date of Registration: Jul Aug Sep 1918
Registration district: Stockport
Registration county: Cheshire
Volume Number: 8a
Page Number: 3

Do you know the correct one .

Researching:
Haycock ...London and Gloucestershire , Walters... South Wales and Gloucestershire , Lewis... South Wales , French ...Nottingham and Essex.

jax

jax Report 13 Apr 2011 03:25

Again Suen You have not explained what you are trying to find



jax

Researching:
Nothing much

Suen

Suen Report 13 Apr 2011 03:09

Winifred Cooper
c1916 - 2002

Winnie had a child before she married we think was named Peter before he was adopted
STOCKPORT Cheshire England
Notes: Winifred had a child (?during or just after the second world war, possibly named Peter Cooper? who was then adopted), then she had twins by her husband Ernest Leavesley. Sandra and Norma