PUBV34/2/11

Removal order and settlement examinations regarding the place of settlement for Eliza Cooper, singlewoman. Removed from Riseley to Wellingborough in the County of Northampton.

28 February 1843

From: 1843 To: 1843

Removal Order. Certificate of chargeability from 25th February 1843. Examination of Thomas George, Overseer of Riseley requesting removal of Eliza Cooper 28 February 1843. Parish register extracts: Marriages in Keysoe: Thomas Cooper of this parish, bachelor and Sophia Cunnington of this parish, spinster, were married in this Church by Banns with consent of parents this 17th day of August 1823. Examination of Samuel Wing, Clerk to the Bedford Union: I produce extract from the Register of Marriages for Keysoe (above). Examination of Eliza Cooper: I am about 19 years of age and am a single woman. I have done no act to my knowledge to gain a settlement in my own right. I am the person mentioned in the certificate [of chargeability] produced by Mr Samuel Wing. Examination of Hannah Pickering wife of Thomas Pickering of Riseley, labourer: The above named Eliza Cooper is my neice. She is the daughter of the above named Thomas Cooper and Sophia his wife. She was born on 21st December 1823. The said thomas Cooper was my brother. After he married he came and resided with his wife at Riseley. There are two other children the issue of that marriage, Mary Ann aged about 16 years and John aged about 13 years. My said brother Thomas Cooper was as I have heard and believe a settled inhabitant of Wellingborough in the County of Northampton. In the year 1815 my said brotherbeing then an unmarried person without child or children was hired by the Reverend Mr Boucher of Wellingborough as a household servant for a year and I don't recollect the time of the year he entered Mr Bouchers service but I have seen him in that service and he continued and abided in the same in the said parish of Wellingborough for a whole year and upwards.. In the month of January 1824 my brother with his wife and their said daughter Eliza then residing at Riseley became chargeable to that parish and were removed by Mr Paul Whitehouse then one of the Overseers of Riseley to the said parish of Wellingborough. I don't know whether they were removed by an order of Justices or not but they were delivered by Mr Paul Whitehouse and were received and provided for in the workhouse of the said parish of Wellingborough where they remained 8 or 9 days. My brother died on the 4th December 1838 and his wife died about 5 years before that time. Two years ago last december the son John Cooper was residing with me at Riseley and I applied to the Board of Guardians of the Wellingborough Union for relief for him. The Guardians consented to allow him one shilling and sixpence per week on the account of the parish of Wellingborough, which was paid by Mr Smithson, Relieving Officer of the Bedford Union until the month of May following, the said John Cooper all the time residing at Riseley. The said John Cooper was born at Wellingborough. Examination of Robert Rootham, Churchwarden of Riseley: I have made diligent and careful search of the parish chest of Riseley for any order of Justices for he removal of Thomas Cooper and his wife and child but have not been able to find the same. I produce the books of the Receipts and Payments of the Overseers of the said parish of Riseley from 25th march 1823 to 25th March 1824 wherein I find the following entries: - 1824 January 10th My journey to Wellingborough with thomas Cooper: 5/- 1824 1 March Paid E Eyles for carrying Thomas Cooper home to Wellingbrough and family : 7/- My journey at the same time :: 7/- Which accounts were duly allowed by two Justices of the Peace on 2nd April 1824. Mr Eyles was Constable of Riseley at that time. Examination of James Smithson: I am the Relieving Officer of the Northern District of this Union. The parish of Riseley is within that District. In the month of December 1840 John Cooper referred to in the Examination of Hannah Pickering was residing at Riseley and by an order of the Board of Guardians of the Wellingborough Union I relieved him with one shilling and sixpence per week until the month of May in the following year on account of the parish of Wellingborough. The amount of relief so administered by me was repaid to me by the Relieving Officer of that Union.

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George, Thomas,
Cooper, Eliza,
Cooper, Thomas,
Cooper, Sophia,
Wing, Samuel,
Pickering, Hannah,
Pickering, Thomas,
Cooper, Hannah,
Cooper, John,
Cooper, Mary Ann,
Whitehouse, Paul,
Eyles, E.,
Rootham, Robert,
Smithson, James,
Boucher

BEDFORD, Wellingborough, RISELEY, POVERTY, Poor Laws, Poor Law Unions, employment, Settlement, removal, relieving officer, Overseers, clerk, marriages, DEATH, labourer, health, illness, constable, servant