John Thomas Cooper^[1]

1860 - 1948  (~ 88 years)

• Name	John Thomas Cooper
  Born	Jan 1860	Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1861	Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Wesley Methodist
  Residence	1871	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Methodist
  Occupation	1911	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Farm Laborer, Farm
  Residence	1911	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Presbyterian
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-231904
  Died	21 Jul 1948	Fisher Mills, (Cambridge) Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Buried	New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I231904	Generations
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2024

  
  

  Father	Thomas Cooper,   b. Oct 1827, Easen Mandit, Northamptonshire, England ,   d. 6 Apr 1915  (Age ~ 87 years)
  Mother	Zilpah Johnson,   b. 12 Mar 1821, Yeardly, near Hastings, Northhamptonshire, England ,   d. 5 Nov 1909  (Age 88 years)
  Family ID	F233684	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Jannet Stewart Adam,   b. Jan 1864, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Children	1. Zelpha May Cooper,   b. 1897, Fisher Mills, (Cambridge) Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. ?ay Z. Cooper,   b. Dec 1897, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. John Alexander "Jack" Cooper,   b. 30 Mar 1901, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 23 Feb 1970, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 68 years)   4. Walter H. Cooper,   b. Dec 1902, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Albert Edwin Cooper,   b. 7 Jul 1905, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 25 May 1990, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 84 years)
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2024
  Family ID	F223592	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  COOPER, JOHN ALEXANDER At the Private Patients Pavilion of Toronto General Hospital, on Monday afternoon, February 23, 1970, of 125 Krib St. in Hespeler, in his 69th year, following a brief illness. Husband of Elizabeth Hortop. Also survived by a brother, Albert of Fisher Mills; a sister, May (Mrs. John Thompson) of Sault Ste. Marie. Predeceased by two brothers. He was a well-known and highly respected resident of Hespeler and area, who was particularly active in the life of the community. He was born in Puslinch Township on March 30, 1901 and had lived in Hespeler and Fisher Mill area all his life. For six years, from 1960 to 1965, he served as a councillor on the Hespeler Municipal Council and was also a former chair of the Industrial Commission in Hespeler. A member of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, he was a member of the Board of Managers. Active in Masonic and Oddfellow circles, he was a member and past noble grand of the Hespeler I. O. O. F. Lodge, a member and past master of the New Hope Masonic Lodge, a charter member of the Concord Lodge, a member of the Royal City Lodge of Perfection and Rose Croix, a member of the Moore Sovereign Consistory of Hamilton and a shriner with the Mocha Temple in London. Mr. Cooper was a commercial traveller with the Trilon Chemicals of Lachine, QC, until the time of his death. Service at the Nelson Funeral Home, 23 Galt St. in Hespeler on Thurs., Feb. 26 at 8 p. m. Interment was in Hespeler Cemetery, following cremation. Memorial services were held on Wednesday evening at 7 by the Hespeler I. O. O. F. Lodge and at 7: 30 by the New Hope Masonic Lodge. -Information from the birth certificate: Son of John T. Cooper and Janet Stewart Adams. A Celebration of Lives Obituaries of Puslinch Township, Wellington Co., Ontario Vol 1, Anna Jackson & Marjorie Clark Used with kind permission of Marjorie Clark

  
  

• Sources

  [S3108] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 020854-25. John George Thompson, 29, occ. Merchant, b. Eganville Ont., res. 14 The Crescent Sault Ste. Marie Ont., son of John Thompson (B. Canada) and Theresa Faugt (Faught?) Married Zelpha May Cooper, 27, b. Fishers Mills, res. Hespeler, daughter of John Thomas Cooper (B. Canada) and Jannet Adams, Witnessed by: Walter Cooper of RR#1 Hespeler and Beth Thompson of Sault Ste. Marie, 9 July 1925 At Fishers Mills, Hespeler. [S342] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1911, Div. 6 Pg. 10. [S855] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wellesley Twp. - 1861, Div. 2 Page 3. [S2767] aaaWaterloo Township 1871 South, Sect. 2 Page 51.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - Jan 1860 - Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Wesley Methodist - 1861 - Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Methodist - 1871 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farm Laborer, Farm - 1911 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Presbyterian - 1911 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth