Eugene Celadon Van Cooten

Abt 1820 - 1851  (~ 31 years)

• Name	Eugene Celadon Van Cooten  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Born	Abt 1820  [5]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1841	Wrentham, Suffolk, England   [6]
  Immigration	1847	Return to England from Demerara   [7]
  Occupation	Dispensing Assistant, employed by Cornfort & Elmslie, 6 Copshall Court, Throgmorton St, London, working for surgeons C Richardson, Dalston Rise, and I W Richardson, Demerary  [5, 8]
  Occupation	Missionary  [9, 10]
  Occupation	Reverend  [11]
  Died	13 Mar 1851	Badagry, Yoruba, Nigeria   [12, 13]
  Notes	Missionary with Church Missionary Society. Trained at Islington Institution. Sent to Abbeokuta Mission, now in Nigeria. CMS Register of Missionaries and Native Clergy 1804-1904. Entry 408, Eugene C Van Cooten, of Holland. Surgeon, in which capacity he visited Demerara. 1847 at Church Missionary College, 1850 Jan 9 to Badagry, Yoruba Mission. 1851 March 13 died at Badagry. Service 1 1/4 years. Married Emily Primrose who died at Badagry May 14 1850. ESG says Rev Eugene Van Cooten died on the West Coast of Africa. Was a minister of the Church of England. [14, 15] Possible reference in petition [16] Letter says that he is the younger (not youngest?) son of a respectable Dutch family who from old time bore the name of Baron van Raider. [5]
  Person ID	I60	Van Cooten
  Last Modified	22 Mar 2017

  
  

  Father	John Christopher Mathew Van Cooten,   b. Abt 1786, Demerara, West Indies ,   d. 28 Feb 1875, Guernsey, UK  (Age ~ 89 years)
  Mother	Martha Keane Smithers,   b. 24 Apr 1790, Surrey, England ,   d. 8 Jan 1854, St Giles, London, England  (Age 63 years)
  Married	23 Jul 1808	St Woolas, Newport, UK   [1, 17]
  Notes	ESG says four other children died as babies Marriage appears in transcript of Parish Register for St Woolos, Newport, Gwent. No record is found in the transcript of the Baptism Register for St Woolos 1769-1837 of any Van Cooten births, nor in the Burial Register for St Woolos 1769-1843 of any Van Cooten burials. Fiche of these registers is also contained as source 179. [11, 17]
  Family ID	F19	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Emily Primrose,   b. Abt 1820, Norwich or Ipswich, Suffolk, England ,   d. 14 May 1850, Badagry, Yoruba, Nigeria  (Age ~ 30 years)
  Married	11 Oct 1849	St Clements, Ipswich, Suffolk, England   [2, 11, 15, 18]
  	Church of England
  Last Modified	22 Mar 2017
  Family ID	F842	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Died - 13 Mar 1851 - Badagry, Yoruba, Nigeria  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S4] Letter to John Hughes Van Cooten, Ida Gorsuch. [S7] Marriage of Eugene Celadon Van Cooten to Emily Primrose. [S77] Family list from Ida Gorsuch, ESG says Eugene Hampden - incorrect. [S79] Family list from Ida Gorsuch, ESG just says Eugene. [S191] Letter to Reverend Mr Venn, Eugene Van Cooten. [S430] UK Census 1841. [S193] Letter to Reverend Henry Venn, Eugene Van Cooten. [S192] Letter to Reverend Henry Venn, Eugene Van Cooten. [S6] Marriage of John Lucius Van Cooten to Frances Mary Theresa Kent. [S9] Church Missionary Society Annual Report 1849-50, (Church Missionary Society). [S77] Family list from Ida Gorsuch. [S18] Church Missionary Society Annual Report 1851-52, (Church Missionary Society). [S77] Family list from Ida Gorsuch, ESG says died West Coast of Africa. [S87] Personal Communication, Avis Neuendorf. [S79] Family list from Ida Gorsuch. [S190] The Colonist, Tikwis Begbie . [S179] Marriage of John Van-cooten to Martha Smithers. [S17] GRO Marriage Index.