Advertisement

Alexander Cooper

Advertisement

Alexander Cooper

Birth
Waterloo Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada
Death
20 Dec 1981 (aged 92)
Kitchener, Waterloo Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada
Burial
Elmira, Waterloo Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada Add to Map
Memorial ID
View Source
Alexander Cooper was the son of Jacob Cooper and his wife Rachel Adam. He was the grandson of Alexander Adam and his wife Jannet Stewart.

Alex was the twin brother to Tommy Cooper. The baby boys were named after their two grandfathers Thomas Cooper and Alexander Adam. The twins' mother died just 9 days after giving birth to the boys. It was decided that the babies would go to live with their maternal grandparents Alex and Jannet Adam at Lot 12N, Concession 14, Wellesley Township, Waterloo County, Ontario. The farm was known as Sunny Home. Tommy and Alex attended Rural Union School No. 2 and 13, Peel and Wellesley.

Alex married Marjorie Lauretta "Laura" Rennie, daughter of William Archibald Rennie and his wife Mary Jane McKane, in November 1930.

Alex and Laura had 7 children:
1. Marjorie Alma Cooper, born 1914
2. Janet Lorraine Cooper, born 1916
3. Arthur Cooper, born 1918
4. William Gordon Cooper, born 1919
5. Clare Alexander Cooper, born 1921
6. Marion Dougall Cooper, born 1923
7. Mary Isabel Cooper, born 1925

Buried-Dec. 23, 1981
Alexander Cooper was the son of Jacob Cooper and his wife Rachel Adam. He was the grandson of Alexander Adam and his wife Jannet Stewart.

Alex was the twin brother to Tommy Cooper. The baby boys were named after their two grandfathers Thomas Cooper and Alexander Adam. The twins' mother died just 9 days after giving birth to the boys. It was decided that the babies would go to live with their maternal grandparents Alex and Jannet Adam at Lot 12N, Concession 14, Wellesley Township, Waterloo County, Ontario. The farm was known as Sunny Home. Tommy and Alex attended Rural Union School No. 2 and 13, Peel and Wellesley.

Alex married Marjorie Lauretta "Laura" Rennie, daughter of William Archibald Rennie and his wife Mary Jane McKane, in November 1930.

Alex and Laura had 7 children:
1. Marjorie Alma Cooper, born 1914
2. Janet Lorraine Cooper, born 1916
3. Arthur Cooper, born 1918
4. William Gordon Cooper, born 1919
5. Clare Alexander Cooper, born 1921
6. Marion Dougall Cooper, born 1923
7. Mary Isabel Cooper, born 1925

Buried-Dec. 23, 1981


Sponsored by Ancestry

Advertisement

  • Maintained by: Smithy
  • Originally Created by: Dale White
  • Added: Nov 3, 2012
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/100092817/alexander-cooper: accessed ), memorial page for Alexander Cooper (5 Jan 1889–20 Dec 1981), Find a Grave Memorial ID 100092817, citing Elmira Union Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada; Maintained by Smithy (contributor 47806284).