William Jonathan Cooper

  Birth Notes:

Ref: Hartismere/Dec 1883/4a/709

  Death Notes:

Lived in Vancouver for 19 years, then Portland, OR, for 40 years before moving to California. Married three times to Mabel, Agnes and Isabelle.
Agnes died during WW2, Isabelle also predeceased Will by some years. Information from Matt Cooper

  Noted events in his life were:

• Occupation: Grocer's apprentice, 1901. ¹³

• Emigration, 17 Oct 1907, Vancouver British Columbia Canada. ⁴⁹

• Census, 1901, Walton Suffolk. ¹³

• Emigration, 3 Sep 1926, Seattle Washington USA. ¹⁸

• Occupation: Electrical engineer, 1930. ^28,49

• Census, 1930, Portland Oregon USA [338 Glenn Avenue South]. ²⁸

William married Mabel Mildred Wetmon, daughter of Charles Wetmon and Jane Etheridge, on 16 Nov 1908 in Vancouver British Columbia Canada.⁵⁹ (Mabel Mildred Wetmon was born in Nov 1884 in Ipswich Suffolk ⁹ and died on 18 Feb 1917 in Vancouver British Columbia Canada ⁹⁹.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Census, 1911, Vancouver British Columbia Canada [636 6th Avenue West]. ⁹⁹