Misc. Notes
Name only from Muriel Leo’s (nee Oliver, 1917-1998) Family Tree.
Dax Eric Clayton Lloyd, (great-grandson of Jessie Bertha Oliver b.1876) writes:
“His Death Registration gives him the approximate birth year;
Registration Number: 1952/30480
Family Name: Cooper
Given Name(s): Frederick Felix Paul
Date of Birth/Age at Death: 82Y”
“He too is buried in Tauranga Presbyterian Cemetery
Record Type: Burial
Full Name: Frederick Felix Paul COOPER
Age: 82”
“Gender: Male
Date of death: 21/04/1952
Funeral Director: JONES & COMPANY FUNERAL SERVICES
Cemetery Name: PRESBYTERIAN
Plot Location: PRESBYTERIAN SECTION 16 14 20
Date of Burial: 21/04/1952
Burial Of Body/Ashes:
Type Of Service: 1”
“Though I don't believe that he died and was buried on the same day”.
“And here is their marriage registration:
Registration Number: 1903/491
Bride's Given Name(s): Alice Matilda
Bride's Family Name: Oliver
Groom's Given Name(s): Frederick Felix Paul
Groom's Family Name: Cooper”
Preferred name of ‘Fred’ from CD prepared by Stuart Macfarlane and included with Pamela Booth’s second edition of her book, “Blink Bonnie”, published March 2010. Stuart is the grandson of James Higgie b. 1857. Pamela is the great-great grandson were Robert Clark Higgie b.1855.
Brian of
nzolivers.com in August 2018 could not find birth record on New Zealand BDM website. Was he born outside of New Zealand?
Brian calculates
born circa 1870 by taking age of 82 years when died in 1952.
This website says born in Greymouth, New Zealand:
https://www.geni.com/people/Frederick/6000000041722931327Results from Marriage search on New Zealand BDM website in August 2018:
1892/3348. Bride: Annie Ewart Barnett. Groom: Frederick Felix Paul Cooper
1903/491. Bride: Alice Matilda Oliver. Groom: Frederick Felix Paul Cooper
Full date of marriage to Annie Barnett of 12 October 1892 from further searching in August 2018 on BDM Search by incrementally changing the date range for the marriage.
Full date of marriage to Alice Oliver of 11 March 1903 from further searching in August 2018 on BDM Search by incrementally changing the date range for the marriage.
Correct date of death of 18 April 1952 from further searching in August 2018 on BDM Search by incrementally changing the date range for the death.
Year of birth of 1869 from TribalPages Genealogy website:
https://www.tribalpages.com/tribe/familytree?uid=cooperswain&surname=CooperCooper, Frederick Felix Paul,
Born 1869 in Greymouth, West Coast, South Island, New Zealand, Died Apr 18 1952 in Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, North Island, New Zealand