Maurice Cooper of Middlewich, Elworth and Sandbach 1936

 

Above is my Grandfather's obituary from November 1936 . He died on the 27th November and coincidentally his son (my Father)  died on the 26th November 47 years later. If I put aside all the Masonic and  colleague mourners and concentrate on just relatives we have the following list:

Mrs Cooper (wife) - Elsie Margaret (nee Yarwood)

Mr Geoffrey Cooper (Runcorn - Brother) - One of Maurice's elder brothers. He was a chemist and had a shop in Runcorn .

Mr and Mrs A. Cooper (Macclesfield - Brother and sister-in-law) - Ashley and Janetta (nee Farrington) .

Mr & Mrs R. Cooper ( Brother and Sister-in-law) - Richard Moss Cooper and his wife Florence Mary (nee Quarrie) who lived in Crewe.

Mr & Mrs Ford (Brother-in-was & Sister) - Albert and Anna Barrington (nee Cooper) who lived in the Cooper family's former residence The Hawthorns, Marsh Green Road, Elworth.

Mr & Mrs Yarwood (Brother-in-law and Sister-in-law) - Thomas Grange Yarwood and Ethel (nee Stretch)

Mrs Fred Pierpoint (Frodsham)

Mr & Mrs William Horton (Haughton)

Mr W. Horton (Marton Hall)

Mr Watkin Johnson

Mr & Mrs Johnson (Byley)

Mr T. Mountfield 

Mr N. Mountfield (Preston Brook)

I haven't gone in to detail on the last 7 names as they are mentioned in the obituaries of Thomas Grange Yarwood and John Yarwood. The only interesting one appears to be Mr & Mrs Johnson (Byley) that I haven't been able to identify.

The Rev. A.W.H. Harlow and Roy Skerratt

This newspaper cutting for years had no meaning apart from the fact that it featured the vicar of Middlewich's St. Michael's Church. It was only after being handed the obituaries was a connection made . This was the vicar that had performed the funeral service for my Grandmother's loved ones in the 1930's. 

Obituaries for Thomas Grange Yarwood 1890-1937

There are actually 3 obituaries for Thomas Grange Yarwood in my Grandmother's collection but due to the length of 2 of the articles I have had to scan them in as 5 images.

***PLEASE NOTE THIS ENTRY IS WORK IN PROGRESS AND I WILL BE IDENTIFYING THE MOURNERS AS AND WHEN TIME PERMITS***

Obituaries for John Yarwood 1862-1930

Due to the length of the original article  I've  had to scan the obituary  in  two section.

Below is another obituary for My Great Grandfather John Yarwood . I've been able to use the information contained in these to identify some more relatives.
 Noted is the fact that it lists the Horton family as cousins which when I can find the exact link will probably lead to a positive connection with the Dallow family that I've previously featured.

Obituaries can be wonderful for throwing up branches of the family tree that have been forgotten with time . Certainly these obituaries threw up quite a few new names for me to research and piece together. So here's my attempt to identify the mourners listed above :

Mr & Mrs Grange Yarwood were the only surviving son of the deceased and his late wife Emma (nee Grange). Their names being Thomas Grange Yarwood and his wife Ethel (nee Stretch).

Mr & Mrs Maurice Cooper  (my Grandparents) John & Emma's only surviving daughter Elsie Margaret (nee Yarwood ) and her husband Maurice Cooper.

Mr G.B. Yarwood (brother) was George Baguley Yarwood , John's elder brother. George Baguley was also the name of John's maternal Grandfather.

Mr & Mrs G Mounfield (sister & brother-in-law) were John's sister Emily and her husband George Mounfield.

Mrs Fairhurst (sister-in-law) was one of Emma's sister , Annie (nee Grange) . Her late husband was John Fairhurst (a book-keeper born in Runcorn who went on to work in the offices of the docks in Liverpool whilst living in a large house in Toxteth .)

Mr F.R. Pierpoint (brother-in-law) 

Miss A. Mounfield and Mr J. Mounfield (cousins)

Mr W.Horton (born 1874) was William Horton the son of Margaret Grange and William Horton

Mr G.Horton (born 1877) was George Horton another son of Margaret Grange and William Horton

Mr & Mrs T Horton (born 1879) was Thomas Horton the youngest son of Margaret Grange and William Horton.

Mr Wilfred Mounfield

Mr Trevor Mounfield

Mr & Mrs J. Johnson - Johnson was the family of Emma's sister Mary Grange and her husband Samuel Eyton Johnson . 

Mr A.Cook

Mr L.Salmon was George Leslie S. Salmon (1900-1977) .The son of John's sister Mary Ellen Yarwood and her husband Thomas Francis Salmon.

(the above were nephews & nieces)

****2 mysteries above . Unable to identify Mr A.Cook as a relative and no joy with the J.Johnson - Watkin & Clarrie Johnson did attend but no luck locating a J.Johnson.**** 

More of the Dallow Family up to 20th July 1925

This photograph matches in with the previous picture of the Dallow family and shows the daughter absent from that photograph who has since been identified as Lizzie Dallow..

This is the reverse of the above photograph  and contains some faint writing .

This appears to be the complete Dallow family from around the time of WW1.
Since my original posting of this photograph the Dallow family members have been identified by their descendants as follows:back row left-right "Lizzie / Walker / Toppy ( Amelia) /William/ Frank/Jean
Front: Ebenezer / Sarah / Annie"

Above is the front and reverse of the last photograph I seem to have of Ebenezer Dallow.