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Births Jan to Mar 1920
Cooper John Benson Prestwich 8d 721
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* Birth: "FreeBMD Search", online database. GRO Index of Births, Jan to Mar 1920, Prestwich Registration District, Volume 8d Page 721 [https://www.freebmd.org.uk/entry-information/Udt0n4HmoN88jIZWVMrz5g/hash Birth of John Cooper : Mother's maiden name Benson ]. Viewed 4 Jun 2026
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<ref>"FreeBMD Search", online database. GRO Index of Births, Jan to Mar 1920, Prestwich Registration District, Volume 8d Page 721 [https://www.freebmd.org.uk/entry-information/Udt0n4HmoN88jIZWVMrz5g/hash Birth of John Cooper : Mother's maiden name Benson ]. Viewed 4 Jun 2026 </ref>
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FreeBMD - "GRO Index of Births" database (https://www.freebmd.org.uk/entry-information/Udt0n4HmoN88jIZWVMrz5g/hash : accessed 4 Jun 2026), entry for John Cooper, Jan to Mar 1920, Prestwich, Vol.8d/721, citing General Register Office, Southport
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