Robert Cooper was a shoemaker of Walpole Lane and Silver Street in his native Ely, Cambridgeshire.
He married Elizabeth Fison (allegedly of Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire) and the couple went on to have at least 13 children.
Elizabeth pre-deceased him in 1886 and his youngest daughter Harriet, was present at the deaths of both him and his wife.
Born:
1808, Ely, Cambridgeshire.
Died:
8th April 1889, Silver Street, Ely, Cambridgeshire, aged 81 years. Died of "Bronchitis inictus". Harriet (daughter) present at death.
Buried:
13th April 1889, Ely Cemetery, Cambridgeshire. Not with his wife but in grave # C1146(c)