• George is the son of Holland and Sarah Cooper. He emigrated from England with his mother, sister, and brother. They sailed on the Manchester and arrived in New York on 14 May 1861.

  The company he traveled with was noted in local church financial records.

Ira Eldredge Company (1861)

• Age at Departure: 23

Sources

• 1841 England and Wales Census.
• 1861 England and Wales Census.
• 1870 Utah Census, Cache County.
• 1880 Utah Census.
• 1900 Idaho Census.
• 1910 Idaho Census
• England, Cheshire Parish Registers, 1538-2000
• England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
• Idaho, Southeast Counties Obituaries, 1864-2007.
• Idaho Death Certificates, 1911-1937
• Idaho Deaths and Burials, 1907-1965
• Perpetual Emigrating Fund Ledger Index, [1992, 2013].