James
Brenton
Cooper
Born in Dundee, Huntingdon, Quebec, Canada
Son of Merrill Cooper
and Orrin (Babcock) Cooper
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Mary (Millar) Cooper
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
George Samuel Cooper
Died
at age 78
in Seattle, King County, WA
Profile last modified
| Created 9 Mar 2016
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Biography
Son of Merrill Cooper (August 3, 1796-March 20, 1867) and Orrin Babcock (1806-1894). Worked as a Carpenter and farmer. Purchased land in December 13, 1871 in Charlotted, Ontario, Canada. Family Bible gives date of wedding to Mary Millar as July 3, 1862 in Canada. Moved to the U. S by C.P.R.R.. in 1891, and naturalized 1906. Seattle Times obituary named him as an early pioneer of Seattle.
Sources
- Death Certificate, number 568, Seattle, King County, Washington
- Census 1881, Reel #1375862, roll 65/Charlottenburg, Glengarry, Ontario, CND/p.42
- Declaration of Intention--#23--In the Superior Court of King County, WA--On 17 October 1906--U.S. of America, Bureau of Immigration & Naturalization
- Information from Family Bible, 1897, Fidelity Publishing Company
- Information on dates of birth for parents in the family's "Cottage Bible", submitted by Deanna Skelton (descendant).
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with James:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with James:
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~6.25%
Kristen (Cooper) Stout
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