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Cooper, Eleanor Jane

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1848 - 1936

Biography

Eleanor Cooper, who later married Thomas Free, came out to New Zealand with her parents Thomas and Anne, and her siblings, on the Regina, arriving in Lyttelton on 4 December 1859. Eleanor's adult brother, William Hunter Cooper, born in 1831, came to New Zealand with his wife Jane Maria and little sons Thomas and Charles Alfred the year before his parents and siblings. They arrived in Lyttelton on the Indiana on 23 November 1858.

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Cooper family papers

 Collection
Identifier: CCL Archive 0432
Scope and Contents

Manuscript papers of the Cooper family. Includes genealogical details taken from the family bible in Eleanor Cooper's handwriting (2 leaves, undated), and a letter (1984) from her descendant, Jack Free, giving more family details.

Dates: 1808-1984