Daughter Margaret was born in 1856 in Hobart Town
- she married George MORRIS on 22nd Dec 1874 in Melbourne
- she married William Augustus COOPER (1847-1934) on 28th Oct 1885
- William was a son of:
William Cooper & Julia Ann COAST who married in Southwark Surrey England in 1842
- he was born in Greenwich and died in Rimu, West Coast
- Margaret died in October 1889 aged 33, after the birth of Arthur
- William remarried in June 1898 in Hokitika to:
- Edith Mary Jane UPJOHN (1877-1943)
- she was a daughter of Robert UPJOHN & Mary Ann WRAY
- they had 12 known children (including a set of twins) in the Hokitia areas


The children of Margaret and William were:
March 1878 - Charles Edward Cooper
- born in Greymouth
- married Jessie ANDERSON in 1918
- he died in 1934 aged 56 in a Mine Disaster

October 1879 - William Augustus Cooper
- born in Greymouth
- married Bertha Mildred HASTE in 1909
- worked on the Wellington Waterfront
- had 7 known children:
Harold Walter Cooper
Arthur Cooper
Edith Cooper
Roland Cooper
Francis Cooper
William Edward Cooper
Bertha Cooper
Hilda Cooper
- he died in 1946 aged 66

November 1881 - Francis George Cooper
- married Francis Margaret 'Fanny' HAVILL (1886-1970) in 1906
- they had 3 known children:
Vera May Cooper
George Francis Cooper
Myrtle Dorothy Cooper
- Francis died in 1971 aged 89

December 1883 - John Francis 'Jack' Cooper
- he married Margaret MUIR
- had at least 2 children
- he died aged 87 in 1971

March 1885 - Walter Cooper
- born in Hokitika
- Walter was expelled from school about 10 years old
- he is believed to have become a jockey
- married Margaret Alice HOWISTON/HOWATSON (1895-1934) in 1917
- they had at least 3 children
- he died aged 72 in 1957

28th Oct 1885 William Augustus Cooper & Margaret Morris marry

May 1887 - James Albert Cooper
- born in Hokitika
- he married Janet Henrietta Rebecca GAYLOR in 1912 in Woodstock Hokitika. Had at least 2 children
- he remarried to Jessie Victoria LAMMACROFT in 1924

October 1889 - Arthur Cooper
- Arthur DIED OF WOUNDS in WWI on 27th March 1918 in France
SERIAL NUMBER - 11837
RANK LAST HELD - Lance Corporal
FIRST KNOWN RANK - Private
OCCUPATION - Labourer
NEXT OF KIN - William Cooper (father) Rimu, via Hokitika
BODY ON EMBARKATION - New Zealand Expeditionary Force
EMBARKATION UNIT - 12th Reinforcements Wellington Infantry Battalion, B Company
EMBARKATION DATE - 1 May 1916
PLACE OF EMBARKATION - Wellington
TRANSPORT - HMNZT 51
VESSEL - Ulimaroa
DESTINATION - Suez, Egypt
LAST UNIT SERVED - Wellington Infantry Regiment

Hi I am descendant of John Francis Cooper who married Catherine Muir? They had three chrildren Margaret, Jim and Alex Hoping this is the same family tree