According to Nadine CRABTREE

Father: Stephen Thomas Norton COOPER born 25 May 1825 who married Jane STOTT 30 May 1839. She was born in 1823 at Manchester.

Grandparents: Stephen Thomas Norris COOPER born 1786 in London, died 13 Sept 1843 aged 59, buried 17th Sept 1843 in Manchester General Cemetery (Non Conformist 4098 or 2830) married Sarah NORTON on 3 Sept 1809 at Christchurch, Greyfriars (also known as Christchurch, Newgate Street), which was situated opposite St Paul’s Cathedral, London. Today the ruins now form part of a public garden. He was an ivory and box rule maker and conducted his business from Miller Street, Manchester. His death was recorded in Axon’s Annals of Manchester when he was credited with being the first to introduce rule making to Manchester. According to the 1841 census where Stephen and his family are recorded as living in Miller Street, Manchester he was born within in the county of Lancashire however this may be incorrect as the evidence tends to point to him being born in the London area and moving to Manchester in the early 1820’s. Sarah NORTON was born 1781 in London and she continued to run the business after her husbands death.

His grave has a flat tombstone but his name does not appear on the inscription. The grave also contains the remains of two of his sons, Stephen Thomas Norton Cooper and Henry William Cooper, his daughter-in-law, Jane Cooper, and his grandchildren, Benjamin Stephen Cooper, Stephen Oswald Cooper and Catherine Cooper.