Making quite a bit of progress on them overnight, I have pasted some answers below. Busy night, also been relaying some messages about a miner from Bristol whose grave has been found in Mexico! Nothing to do with Bolton but these are the pictures of the grave http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg140/J--M--B/JMGRAVE.jpg http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg140/J--M--B/HPIM5119a.jpg Martin Briscoe Fort William M&LFHS | Gwynedd FHS Re: Missionaries « Reply #8 on: Today at 11:55:21 » ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- Consular Death Indexes, 1881-1885: Elizabeth Ann Cooper, Tahiti, vol. 7, page 898 with the same reference, a Herbert Cooper - possibly her son? Consular Birth Indexes, 1881-1885: Herbert Wilson Cooper, Tahiti, Vol 7, page 1036 also, Consular Marriage Indexes, 1881-1885 Ebenezer Vicessimus Cooper, Vol 7, page 552. (There is at least one later birth reference which might be from Ebenezer's second marriage) Re: Missionaries « Reply #10 on: Today at 13:36:51 » ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- The Consular indexes are on a few sites (e.g. findmypast, familyrelatives, not sure if Ancestry has them). I recommend www.familyrelatives.com for free access to the overseas indexes. Copies of BMDs from the overseas indexes can be ordered from the GRO. I think the birth of Herbert Wilson Cooper and the death of Herbert whose middle name I can't quite read are probably the same child. Quite possibly mother and child died soon after Herbert's birth from complications of the delivery. The indexes do not give any information about Ebenezer's second wife - unless we can find a possible surname out from elsewhere and double-check. (Actually, it looks like there are only 62 pages of marriage indexes for that time-period, so you could work your way through looking for women married in Tahiti and then see who matches up with the reference). http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~funeralnotices/C2.html Here is a reference for his widows' death (from Auckland). Blanche Clara - doesn't help us with her maiden name, though. The Times, Monday, Apr 13, 1891; pg. 7; Issue 33297; col E It has been deemed expedient by the directors of the London Missionary Society to hand over their work in Tahiti, which began over 96 years ago, to the Paris Protestant Missionary Society. The Rev. E. V. Cooper, the last of the missionaries there, has sailed for England, and is expected about May 13. The Times, Thursday, Oct 27, 1892; pg. 5; Issue 33780; col F - reference to Rev. E. V. Cooper, who was present at a meeting in England of the London Missionary Society, and headed for Tutuila, Samoan Islands. The Times, Saturday, May 10, 1902; pg. 8; Issue 36764; col C Services For To-Morrow Christ Church, Westminster-bridge road - the Rev. E. V. Cooper, 6 30, London Missionary Society sermons. ETA: Evangelical Magazine and Missionary Chronicle 1883 seems to have an entry for the marriage - Ebenezer V. Cooper and Blanche Clara Henry. Marriage indexes shows Blanche Clara Henry at Vol 7 page 552, and also Julia Henry at Vol 7 page 552 (sister marrying at the same time?) There may be some info on this family in: Tahitiens: répertoire bio-bibliographique de la Polynésie française, although finding a copy might be a touch difficult.