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William James COOPER
(1820 –1893)
Hannah MATTHEWS
(1823 –1910)
John WOODHALL
(Abt 1810 –1874)
Amelia HEDSMAN
(1821–1910)
John Thomas COOPER
(1845 –1911)
Amelia WOODHALL
(1849 –1928)
Norman Alfonzo COOPER
(1886 –1974)

 

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1. Ruby NATION

Norman Alfonzo COOPER 2
  • Born: 7 February 1886, Hobart, Tasmania
  • Marriage (1): Ruby NATION on 17 March 1910 in Tasmania, Australia 1 2
  • Died: 23 May 1974, New Town, Tasmania, Australia at age 88 3 4
  • Cremated: 11 December 1975, Cornelian Bay, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
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bullet  Burial Notes

Cornelian Bay Cemetery

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bullet  Recorded Events in His Life

  • He has conflicting death information of 9 December 1975 and New Town, Tasmania, Australia.

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Norman married Ruby NATION on 17 March 1910 in Tasmania, Australia.1 2 The marriage ended in divorce in 1941. (Ruby NATION was born in 1885 in Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England and died in 1971 in Oakleigh, Victoria, Australia.)

bullet  Recorded Events about their Marriage

  • Ruby was featured in an article published in the newspaper on The Mercury on 4 February 1941 in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.

    Cooper v. Cooper

    Ruby Cooper, Elizabeth St., Hobart, sought a divorce from Norman Alfonso Cooper on the ground of adultery. Mr. S. C. Burbury (Simmons, Wolfhagen. Simmons, and Walch) appeared for the petitioner.

    The petitioner said she married in 1910. There were four children. She became concerned about her husband's health, and pressed him for a reason for his trouble. He admitted having met another woman. She had not lived with him for some time.

    Constance Joyce Amelia Cooper, daughter of the petitioner, said she asked her father if he were guilty of adultery. He did not say "yes" or "no." When she asked if it would be possible for her mother and him to live together again, he said "no."

    A decree nisi was granted.

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bullet   Sources   bullet

  1. Ancestry.com, Tasmania, Australia, Index to Marriage Notices in The Mercury, 1854 –1962.
  2. Kirsty M. Haining.
  3. Cemetery Database.
  4. Will.


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