Oh bet you are on to something there Louise, I couldn't find Hannah in 71 anywhere either. We will see what Maureen thinks Barbara -------------------------------------------------- From: "Louise Merrill" <genealogygirl@talktalk.net> Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2012 5:47 PM To: <derbysgen@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [DBY] Matthew COPE > This may be a long shot but there is a Matthew Cope and his wife Anna > living > in Pennsylvania in 1870 both were from England. [You can view the image > via > familysearch.org]. The age given for Matthew is correct and Anna is > older. > It wasn't uncommon for married men to go to America by themselves and send > for their families once they were settled down. Hannah may have gone > across > sometime between 1861 and 1870 to join him but for some reason left their > daughter Eunice behind. I've seen Eunice living with the Baker family on > the census right up until 1901. > > It could be him as there are no death records for him in England and he > doesn't appear to be on any of the later census returns ... or then again > it > could be someone totally different! > > > Louise > > -----Original Message----- > From: Maureen Allen > Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2012 3:15 PM > To: derbysgen@rootsweb.com > Subject: [DBY] Matthew COPE > > My brick wall > > Matthew COPE b 17.11.1834 in Derby. > 2 Christenings - one in Darley Abbey on 4.12.1834 and one in the > Wesleyan Methodist Church in Derby > on 4.1.1835. > In the 1841 census he lived at 3 River Street, Derby. > In 1851 at 37 Cockpit Hill, Derby > He married Hannah BAKER 14.5.1853 at St Alkmunds Church, Derby. > They had a daughter Eunice Mathewana COPE 11.1.1860. > But by the 1861 census he has disappeared off the face of the earth - I > just > cannot find him anywhere. > His wife and child are living with her parents at 50 Abbey Street by then. > Any ideas for me to follow? > > Maureen Allen > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DERBYSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DERBYSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message