Joseph's children.

Again from the Lancashire online Parish Clerks site.

Darwen St James : information extracted from Bishop's Transcripts.

There is a baptism of Betty Cooper 30 Oct 1831 parents Joseph Cooper and Mary occupation weaver abode Over Darwen.

From the burials at this church a Betty Cooper age 4 months was buried on 19 Jan 1832.

There is another baptism William Cooper 10 Mar 1833 to Joseph Cooper and Mary occupation Weaver abode Over Darwen.

We need to track down the originals, coverage on this site goes up to 1851 but 1836 to 1847 is missing. This would cover Richard, Ellen and James.

From census information the children of Joseph and Mary

William Cooper (born about 1833)
Betty Cooper (born about 1835)
Richard Cooper (born about 1838)
Ellen Cooper (born about 1840) looking 1840 Jan - March
Mary Cooper (born about 1845)
James Cooper (born about 1847)
Maria Cooper (born about 1850) looking 1849 Apr - June
Ruth Cooper (born about 1856) looking 1855 Apr - June

Lancs. BMD site shows registration district Blackburn and a subdistrict of Darwin, I have used it to try to located the birth certificates - this site just gives the year of registration.

The free BMD only shows the Blackburn district , so will include all the Coopers from Blackburn as well as Darwen but this is divided into four quarters of the year and can be used to narrow down the search for baptisms.

Registration began September quarter of 1837, but not all births were registered.

I could not find anything for Richard or James.
Ellen Cooper 1840 Darwen D/3/47 and on free site Blackburn Mar 1840 21/41
There were two Mary Cooper registered in Darwen in 1845
Maria Cooper 1849 Darwen D/15/60 and on free site Blackburn June 1849 21/65
Ruth Cooper 1855 Darwen D/24/49 and on free site Blackburn June 1955 8e/361