JOSIAH COOP (1822 - 1897)
Josiah Coop was born in 1821 or 1822 and christened in Westhoughton on 6th January 1822. He was the son of James Coop (1786) and Mary Hodkinson. He married Nancy Bromilow from Bolton in late 1843. In 1851 he was living at 16 Heatons Court in Salford and working as a tallow chandler. By 1861 he had moved to Sheffield where he was living in Blast Lane and working as a crinoline steel roller. In 1871 he was living at 166 Saville Street East in the Brightside Bierlow area of Sheffield and working as a labourer. In 1881 he was still in Saville Street and working as a steel forge furnaceman. By 1891 he had moved to 58 Jamaica Street in Brightside Bierlow and was living with his daughter Mary and her husband Job Keay Josiah died in Sheffield in 1897.
James Coop (1760) Elizabeth Holden (1760) Unknown Hodkinson Unknown
James Coop (1786) Mary Hodkinson (1795)
Josiah Coop (1822)
Spouse: Nancy Bromilow (1820)
Children: Josiah Coop (1851) : Mary Ellen Coop (1853)
Last updated 4th January 2006