Waterloo Region Generations
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Charlotte Gilchrist

Female 1863 - 1930  (67 years)


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  • Name Charlotte Gilchrist 
    Born 1863  Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Female 
    Name Charlotte Cooper 
    Residence 1921  Cooper St. Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-48874 
    Died 24 Jun 1930  Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Buried New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I48874  Generations
    Last Modified 25 Apr 2024 

    Father Malcolm Gilchrist,   b. 1817, Kintyre, Arglyshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Dec 1890, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years) 
    Mother Charlotte McMillan,   b. 4 Sep 1827, Kintyre, Arglyshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Apr 1921, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 93 years) 
    Married 1852 
    Family ID F21611  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Jacob Brown Cooper,   b. 1856, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Feb 1920, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years) 
    Last Modified 26 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F11938  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • COOPER, CHARLOTTE (Nee Gilchrist)

      On Tuesday evening, June 24, 1930, after an illness of many months. She was a lifelong resident of the district, being born in Puslinch Township 66 years ago. Twelve years ago, she and her husband, the late Jacob Cooper retired from the farm in Puslinch Township and came to live in Hespeler, where Mr. Cooper died two years later. She has since been living with her sister, Miss Bessie Gilchrist. She was a member of the Presbyterian Church. A woman of quiet habits, she was beloved by all who knew her. Survived by sister, Bessie of Cooper St. in Hespeler; Mrs. Galbraith of Mount Forest; and brother, John Gilchrist of Guelph. The funeral was held from the residence on Thursday at 2, June 26. Interment Hespeler Cemetery.

      -Information from the death certificate: Of Cooper St. in Hespeler. Born on lot 11, concession ?, Puslinch Township on December 6, 1863, daughter of Malcolm Gilchrist and Charlotte McMillan.

      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 
    1. [S237] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - New Hope CC#4498 Internet Link .
      North: In/ memory of/ Jacob B. Cooper/ who died/ Feb. 22, 1920/ aged 63 years/ also his wife/ Charlotte/ Gilchrist / 1863-1930

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 1863 - Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 24 Jun 1930 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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