Annie Cooper

Annie Maria Cooper 

Born: 1845, Nottingham

Baptised: 5 August 1845, Nottingham 

Father: Thomas Cooper (b. 1817) 

Mother: Mary Cooper (b. 1814)

Brothers: John Cooper (b. 1841), Thomas Cooper (b. 1849)

Marriage:        23 December 1868, Nottingham 

Husband:         John Sands 

                        b. 1844

                        Printer and Stationer   

Issue – 

#1 Mary Cooper Sands (b. 19 October 1869)

#2 John Cooper Sands (b. 17 December 1872)

#3 Ernest Cooper Sands (b. 1878)

#4 Herbert Cooper Sands (b. 22 June 1880)

#5 Percy Cooper Sands (b. 3 February 1883)

#6 Frank Cooper Sands (b. 1884)

In 1851 – 

She is at 2 Datchett Lane, St Mary, Nottingham. Her father is listed as ‘Lace Maker’. Her mother is listed as ‘Lace Mender’. Annie and her brothers, John and Thomas, are unlisted. There is a lodger, Ellen Wilkinson (b. 1828). 

In 1861 – 

She is at Hounds Gate, St Nicholas, Nottingham. Her father is listed as ‘Lace Maker’. Annie is listed as ‘Pupil Teacher’. Her mother and brother, Thomas, are unlisted. There are two lodgers, John Foster (b. 1799), a ‘Joiner’ and Mary Holden (b. 1842), a ‘Dressmaker’.

In 1871 – 

She is at Trinity Street, Nottingham. Her husband is listed as ‘Printer’. Annie is listed as ‘Schoolmistress’. Her daughter, Mary, is unlisted. There is a servant, Harriett Blow (b. 1844). 

In 1881 – 

She is at 56 Addison Street, Nottingham. Her husband is listed as ‘Printer Stationer’. Annie and her children (Mary, John, Ernest and Herbert) are unlisted. There is a servant, Ann Stevens (b. 1860).

In 1891 – 

She is at Elm Avenue, Nottingham. Her husband is listed as ‘Printer and Stationer’. Annie and her children (Mary, Ernest, Herbert, Percy and Frank) are unlisted. Her son, John, is listed as ‘Printers Apprentice’. There are two visitors, Robert W Whiston (b. 1873), a ‘Curriers Apprentice’, and Mabel Whiston (b. 1875). There is a servant, Mary A Beecroft (b. 1863). 

In 04/96 – 

Address is 12 Elm Avenue, Nottingham. 

In 1901 –

She is at 146 Portland Road, Nottingham. Her husband and son, Frank, are listed as ‘Printer and Stationer’. Her son, Herbert, is listed as ‘Bank Clerk’. Annie and her son, Percy, are unlisted. There is a servant, Martha Cotton (b. 1877).  

In 1911 –

She is at 146 Portland Road, Nottingham. Her husband is listed as ‘Printer and Stationer’. Annie is unlisted. Her daughter, Mary, is listed as ‘Music Teacher’. There is a servant, Annie Jordan (b. 1889). 

d.         22 March 1916, Nottingham   

SANDS, Annie Maria of 146 Portland Road, Nottingham (wife of John Sands) died 22 March 1916. Probate Nottingham 5 May to Mary Cooper Sands, spinster, John Cooper Sands, stationer and Ernest Cooper Sands, deputy store officer. Effects £3094, 11s, 8d.