Sam was born in Ireland, as well as both of his parents. He met Mary (Crocker) Cooper and in about 1864 they were married in New London, Ontario, Canada. They moved from Canada to Southern California in July, 1887, according to records. They first came to Norwalk, but during a bust in Los Angeles real estate, and "sour grass", the man who he and his family were buying the Norwalk property from offered to trade it for a piece of property in Lincoln Heights "free and clear". That parcel became the "Cooper and Crocker enclave", according to what one relative called it. At about the same time around 1888, Sam and family settled their 160 acre farm in Calabasas. Part of the ranch later became Park Moderne.
This was an enterprising family who had many things going at the same time. Sam was a school teacher and farmer. Some of the Cooper boys had started making pies and had the Cooper Pie Factory. Mary, his wife, brought her learned dairy skills with her from England to Ontario, then to California, and was know for her "Devonshire Cream", a product she marketed in her dairy business. Santa Paula, in Ventura county, was also a hub for the Cooper family and Mary had a store front there where her products were sold. Sam and Mary's oldest daughter, Alice, had settled in Santa Paula where she married Edward Long.
Sam died at what is currently known as Los Angeles County+USC Medical Center in the Boyle Heights area of the City of Los Angeles.
Parents of:
Alice Elizabeth J. (Cooper) Long
Matthew James Cooper
Mary Louisa Cooper (1870-1874-Canada)
Samuel John Cooper
William Cooper
Jane Margaret "Jennie" (Cooper) Farnum Berger Ritter
Charles Cooper
Mary Fannie (Cooper) Lockwood Rycraft
This was an enterprising family who had many things going at the same time. Sam was a school teacher and farmer. Some of the Cooper boys had started making pies and had the Cooper Pie Factory. Mary, his wife, brought her learned dairy skills with her from England to Ontario, then to California, and was know for her "Devonshire Cream", a product she marketed in her dairy business. Santa Paula, in Ventura county, was also a hub for the Cooper family and Mary had a store front there where her products were sold. Sam and Mary's oldest daughter, Alice, had settled in Santa Paula where she married Edward Long.
Sam died at what is currently known as Los Angeles County+USC Medical Center in the Boyle Heights area of the City of Los Angeles.
Parents of:
Alice Elizabeth J. (Cooper) Long
Matthew James Cooper
Mary Louisa Cooper (1870-1874-Canada)
Samuel John Cooper
William Cooper
Jane Margaret "Jennie" (Cooper) Farnum Berger Ritter
Charles Cooper
Mary Fannie (Cooper) Lockwood Rycraft
Sam was born in Ireland, as well as both of his parents. He met Mary (Crocker) Cooper and in about 1864 they were married in New London, Ontario, Canada. They moved from Canada to Southern California in July, 1887, according to records. They first came to Norwalk, but during a bust in Los Angeles real estate, and "sour grass", the man who he and his family were buying the Norwalk property from offered to trade it for a piece of property in Lincoln Heights "free and clear". That parcel became the "Cooper and Crocker enclave", according to what one relative called it. At about the same time around 1888, Sam and family settled their 160 acre farm in Calabasas. Part of the ranch later became Park Moderne.
This was an enterprising family who had many things going at the same time. Sam was a school teacher and farmer. Some of the Cooper boys had started making pies and had the Cooper Pie Factory. Mary, his wife, brought her learned dairy skills with her from England to Ontario, then to California, and was know for her "Devonshire Cream", a product she marketed in her dairy business. Santa Paula, in Ventura county, was also a hub for the Cooper family and Mary had a store front there where her products were sold. Sam and Mary's oldest daughter, Alice, had settled in Santa Paula where she married Edward Long.
Sam died at what is currently known as Los Angeles County+USC Medical Center in the Boyle Heights area of the City of Los Angeles.
Parents of:
Alice Elizabeth J. (Cooper) Long
Matthew James Cooper
Mary Louisa Cooper (1870-1874-Canada)
Samuel John Cooper
William Cooper
Jane Margaret "Jennie" (Cooper) Farnum Berger Ritter
Charles Cooper
Mary Fannie (Cooper) Lockwood Rycraft
This was an enterprising family who had many things going at the same time. Sam was a school teacher and farmer. Some of the Cooper boys had started making pies and had the Cooper Pie Factory. Mary, his wife, brought her learned dairy skills with her from England to Ontario, then to California, and was know for her "Devonshire Cream", a product she marketed in her dairy business. Santa Paula, in Ventura county, was also a hub for the Cooper family and Mary had a store front there where her products were sold. Sam and Mary's oldest daughter, Alice, had settled in Santa Paula where she married Edward Long.
Sam died at what is currently known as Los Angeles County+USC Medical Center in the Boyle Heights area of the City of Los Angeles.
Parents of:
Alice Elizabeth J. (Cooper) Long
Matthew James Cooper
Mary Louisa Cooper (1870-1874-Canada)
Samuel John Cooper
William Cooper
Jane Margaret "Jennie" (Cooper) Farnum Berger Ritter
Charles Cooper
Mary Fannie (Cooper) Lockwood Rycraft
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