Joseph Cooper (1850 - 1923)

Born 23 Nov 1850 in Pickering Twp. Twp. Ont

Ancestors

Husband of Charity Ann (Shaver) Cooper — married 21 Oct 1874 in Uxbridge, Ontario County, Ontario, Canada

Descendants

Died 20 Nov 1923 at age 72 in Goodwood, Ont

Biography

Joseph was born in 1851 to George Cooper and Annie Brown.

Joseph was born in Uxbridge near Goodwood, the son of George Cooper and Annie Brown (both born in Pickering tp.) Charity Ann Shaver was born in Michigan and brought to Uxbridge by her parents John Shaver and Emiline Draper Shaver.They were married 21 Oct 1874 in Uxbridge. For the next 3-4 years they worked farms near Uxbridge.Two daughters, Olive and Alice were born at this time.

With free land grants they settled on land in Spence Tp. Parry Sound Dist.Over the next 30 years they worked the land here and they were fairly well to do.4 more daughters and 3 sons were born on this homestead of 99 acres.Of the sons Joe and Walter grew to manhood but Charlie died as a young child.Between the years 1894 and 1905, five of the girls- Alice, Olive, Florence, Emmaline and Annie were married to local men.In the spring of 1907 they moved back to "the front" as the older part of Ont. was known. Lumbering was nearly finished in the backwoods and farming was less profitable.The Coopers rented 2 farms above Stouffville on the 10th line of Whitchurch.For about 10 years they owned a farm on the 2nd line of Uxbridge. Joseph Jr. and Walter worked with their father and were married in 1917 and 1920 respectively. Joseph and Charity retired to Goodwood for the duration of their lives.

Joe and his "Chat" as he called her were a devoted and loving couple.He was an accomplished old time fiddler as well as a teller of stories and anecdotes.Charity was pleasant, jolley and in early years was referred to as "the pretty little Cooper woman"

Sources

• Burial: Goodwood Cemetery, Goodwood, Durham Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada

• Death Record Source Citation Archives of Ontario; Series: MS935; Reel: 304

• Canada Census 1881 Source Citation Year: 1881; Census Place: Croft Township and Spence, Muskoka, Ontario; Roll: C_13244; Page: 17; Family No: 85

• Canada Census 1891 Source Citation Year: 1891; Census Place: Spence and Monteith and Christie, Muskoka and Parry Sound, Ontario; Roll: T-6355; Family No: 68

• Canada Census 1901 Source Citation Year: 1901; Census Place: Spence, Muskoka & Parry Sound, Ontario; Page: 3; Family No: 26

• Canada Census 1911 Source Citation Year: 1911; Census Place: 36 - Uxbridge Township, Goodwood Village, Ontario North, Ontario; Page: 3; Family No: 26

See Also

Death Record

Source Information

Ancestry.com. Ontario, Canada, Deaths, 1869-1938 and Deaths Overseas, 1939-1947 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010.

Original data:

Archives of Ontario. Registrations of Deaths, 1869-1938. MS 935, reels 1-615. Archives of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Archives of Ontario. Registrations of Ontario Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947. MS 944, reels 1-11. Archives of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Archives of Ontario. Division Registrar Vital Statistics Records, 1858-1930. MS 940, reels 5-10, 16, 21, 26-27. Archives of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Canada Census 1881

Source Information

Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1881 Census of Canada [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009.

1881 Canada Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is subject to the limited use license and other terms and conditions applicable to this site.

Images reproduced by courtesy of Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Canada.

Original data: Canada. "Census of Canada, 1881." Statistics Canada Fonds, Record Group 31-C-1. LAC microfilm C-13162 to C-13286. Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa. http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1881/Pages/about-census.aspxl.

Canada Census 1891

Source Information

Ancestry.com. 1891 Census of Canada [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008.

Original data: Library and Archives Canada. Census of Canada, 1891. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Library and Archives Canada, 2009. http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1891/Pages/about-census.aspx. Series RG31-C-1. Statistics Canada Fonds. Microfilm reels: T-6290 to T-6427.

Canada Census 1901

Source Information

Ancestry.com. 1901 Census of Canada [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.

Original data: Library and Archives Canada. Census of Canada, 1901. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Library and Archives Canada, 2004. http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1901/Pages/about-census.aspxl. Series RG31-C-1. Statistics Canada Fonds. Microfilm reels: T-6428 to T-6556.

Canada Census 1911 Source Information

Ancestry.com. 1911 Census of Canada [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.

Original data: Library and Archives Canada. Census of Canada, 1911. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Library and Archives Canada, 2007. http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1911/Pages/about-census.aspx. Series RG31-C-1. Statistics Canada Fonds. Microfilm reels T-20326 to T-20460.