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They claim married 28 years in 1911.
If they never married the 28 years is just to make them look respectable.
If they did not marry each other, one or other married between 1876 and 1883, approx. spouse did not die, and they did not want to marry bigamously?
Have you got the birth certificate of any of the children to confirm Mother's maiden name? Probably not from the information you originally gave.
I think you had better get a certificate just to confirm IGI information.

Ella in 1871
Ella Banham Age: 9 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1862
Relation: Daughter Father's Name: John Banham
Gender: Female Where born: Litcham, Norfolk, England
Civil parish: Litcham County/Island: Norfolk Country: England
ED, institution, or vessel: 1 Household schedule number: 77 Piece: 1848 Folio: 11 Page Number: 13
John Banham 53
Ella Banham 9
William Banham 5
Source Citation: Class: RG10; Piece: 1848; Folio: 11; Page: 13; .

Probably 1881:
Ellen Banham Age: 19 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1862
Relation: Servant Gender: Female
Where born: Litcham, Norfolk, England
Civil parish: Downham Market County/Island: Norfolk Country: England Occupation: General Servant
Registration district: Downham Sub-registration district: Downham
ED, institution, or vessel: 4 Piece: 2004 Folio: 86 Page Number: 27
Francis Edge 65
Sabina Edge 64
James Edge 26
Sarah Edge 25
Francis Edge 2
James Bennett 20
Ellen Banham 19
Kemp Juler 14
Source Citation: Class: RG11; Piece: 2004; Folio: 86; Page: 27; GSU roll: 1341483.

patchem


Banham may have been her maiden name, and may be the name that appears on the birth certificate of the children ...............


but she could have been married before, and married Herbert under that name (and not as Banham)



Also, don't forget, some people just did not get married, even though they were both "eligible"


................ or else they get married very late in life


Having said that, I did search on freebmd from 1871 to 1931 for Herbert Cooper marrying an Ella, with no success



and we also don't know WHERE they might have got married.




sylvia

I also looked for any marriage between any likely sounding people up to her death. Pre-birth of children anywhere.
She died in Brighton, and that was where they were in 1911, so that area mainly in later years.
Census I posted for 1881 looks like Ella, so not married then.
They did seem to travel around the country between 1881 and 1911.

Thank you all for your assistance and advice, i will have to resign myself that maybe she never got married to Herbert Cooper for whatever reason.

Many thanks once again.

CW