Bertha Maud (Cooper) Ward (1879)

Ancestors

Wife of Walter Richard Ward — married 17 Dec 1902 in Claremont, Ontario, Ontario, Canada

Biography

Bertha was born in 1879 to George Cooper and Catherine Michell. ^[1] She married Walter Ward in 1902. ^[2]

"William Cooper, from the south of England, came to Canada with his wife and family about 1830 and settled near Whitevale, but later moved to Lot 25, Con. 9. He died in 1864, aged 78, and his wife in 1884, aged 99. Their sons Charles and Richard went on to Lot 22, Con. 9, Richard died in 1863 at the age of 44. Charles married Isabella O'Brien in 1843, the ceremony being performed by Elder George Barclay. Charles died in 1859 and his wife in 1899. Their family were as follows: Jane (Mrs. Watson, whose husband was a tailor in Claremont for many years, and who now lives in Stratford), George, (who married Catherine J. Michell and worked the home farm till 1908, when he removed to Claremont), Hugh (married Ann Richardson, now lives in Buffalo), William (of Toronto), Olive (Mrs. John Palmer, deceased), Mary (Mrs. William Milne, deceased) and Charles (who married Sarah McDonald and now lives in Richmond Hill). The family of George Cooper are as follows : Isabella (Mrs. A. Rawson), Mary E. (Mrs. John Underhill), Frank (who married Mary Ward and lives on Lot 25, Con. 9), Lilian (Mrs. G. M. Forsyth, K Claremont), Bertha (Mrs. Walter Ward, Balsam), Herbert (married Cora Evans and lives on the home farm), and Miss Blanche, of Claremont." ^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Ontario Births, 1869-1912: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FM8R-62K
2. ↑ Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZBP-GSP
3. ↑ Past Years in Pickering: Sketches of the History of the Community, William R. Wood, 1911