European Settlers of Saint Helena 1800 - 1850

Private User Hi Robert.
There is information at www.historicalpapers.wits.ac.za in the inventory AB2073. St Helena records are listed there - baptisms, marriages and burials for most of the churches on the island. Not indexed on that site so it is an intensive search process through old and difficult hand-written records. There is an indexed search on Friends of St Helena website for a cost of 20 sterling per annum for those in the UK, including magazines or 30 pounds sterling for non-UK researchers. The annual fee also includes access to other transcribed indices connected to St Helena. It is also worth cross checking any finds against the AB2073 inventory above. It looks as if William Cooper recorded at the baptism of his first 2 children with Eliza in 1853 and 1854, was a Private in the St Helena Artillery. Later there is a William Richard Cooper, a baker, living with his wife Eliza in Jamestown. Could be the same William. Another search option is familysearch.org - a free site, where searches can be set to St Helena for birthplace/residence or other event. Good luck!

Thank you Janet