Birth: 3 May 1862 Exeter, Devon, UK
Father: George Albert Cooper 1834-a1881
Mother: Mary Ann Goldring1829-a1881
Christening: 25 December 1862 Holy Trinity, Yeovil, Somerset, UK
Marriage: 24 June 1885 St John, New Brunswick, Canada
Wife: Ada Steves Oram 1867-1941
Death: 20 July 1940 Westborough, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
? Cooper 1886-1886
James Harold Cooper 1888-1966
Waldo Emmerson Cooper 1890-1918
Manfred (Manford) Cooper 1892-1973
? Cooper 1893-1893
Oliver Lloyd (Lloyde) Cooper 1894-1967
Charles Munroe Cooper 1896-1989
Chester Howe Cooper 1898-1966
Violet Victoria Cooper 1900-1986
Ralston Daniel Cooper 1903-1986
Mabel Ruth Cooper 1905-2011
Bernice May Cooper [Crosby] 1908-1996
Alton Bernard Cooper 1910-1975
Birth of James Cooper in FreeBMD in April-June 1862 in Exeter (5B 11). His brother Thomas was registered on the same page.
Entry in Ancestry Somerset, England, Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1914 for James Cooper born 2 May 1862 and baptised 25 December 1862 at Yeovil Holy Trinity, Somerset, parents George and Ann Cooper. "Page 107 Baptisms solemnized in the Parish of [blank] in the County of [blank] in the Year 18 [blank] [...] Born May 2nd 1862 1862 Dec.25 1862 No. 853 James [parents] George [a] Leather Dresser & Ann Cooper [of] Addiwell Lane." His brother was baptised in the prevous entry with identical information. Blanks last completed on page 104 "Hendford" and "Somerset" Hendford was a chapelry in the parish of Yeovil St Mary the Virgin and All Saints.
Sailed from Liverpool on the Hibernian arriving Portland, Maine, USA on 20 January 1867.
His son was born on 20 February 1888 in St John, New Brunswick, Canada.
His son was born on 21 January 1890 in Somerville, Middlesex, Massachusetts.
His son was born on 8 January 1892 in Somerville, Middlesex, Massachusetts.
His son was born on 13 July 1894 in Somerville, Middlesex, Massachusetts.
His son was born on 14 August 1896 in Canton, Oxford, Maine.
His son was born on 20 September 1898 in Canton, Oxford, Maine.
In the 1900 census as James R Cooper aged 38, born in May 1862 in England, both parents born in England, married for 15 years, a day laborer, and living with his wife (Ada S), and six sons (Chester H, Charles M, Harrold J, Manfred, Oliver L and Waldo E) in Main Street, Canton, Oxford, Maine.
His daughter was born on 6 September 1900 in Canton, Oxford, Maine .
Entry in Ancestry Massachusetts, U.S., Mason Membership Cards, 1733-1990 for James Rickets (sic - on the original) Cooper born 3 May 1862 in Devonshire, a tanner manufacture of Salem lodge Whitney no 167, Canton, ME, initiated 5 July 1900, passed 6 September 1900 Raised 4 October 1900, Dim 3 November 104, aff with Essex 7 March 1905 dim 4 Oct 1921, aff with Siloam 3 March 1920 Dim 14 September 1931.
His son was born on 13 May 1903 in Canton, Oxford, Maine.
His daughter was born on 8 September 1905 in Salem, Massachusetts
Entry in Ancestry Massachusetts, U.S., State and Federal Naturalization Records, 1798-1950 for James Rickes Cooper born 3 May 1862 in Devonshire, England, a leather dresser, medium complexion, height 5 ft 5 in, weight 155 pounds, brown hair, brown eyes, scar on right side of chin, residing at 123 Boston Street, Salem, arrived 20 January 1867 at Portland, Maine on the Hibernian from Liverpool, emigrated from St John, New Brunswick in April 1889, wife Ada born in New Brunswick and residing in Westboro with eleven children declared 20 January 1908.
His daughter was born on 9 April 1908 in Peabody, Massachusetts.
Entry in Ancestry Massachusetts, U.S., State and Federal Naturalization Records, 1798-1950 for Schmuel Sklarinsky Cooper (sic - in the index, James Ricketts Cooper on the original) born 3 May 1862 in Devonshire, England arrived in 1889 in Vanceboro, Main from St John, New Brunswick via rail, now living at 86 South St, Westboro, apply to be a citizen of the US on 20 January 1908 in Salem, Mass. His wife was Ada born in New Brunswick and residing in Westboro, and has eleven children.
In the 1910 census as James B Cooper aged 47, born in England, parents born in in England, immigrated in 1866/7 (sic), married for 24 years, a leather finishing (own) shop, and living with his wife (Ada S), seven sons (Chester H, Charles M, James H, Manford, Oliver L, Ralston D and Waldo) and three daughters (Bernice M, Mabel R and Violet V) at 24 Lyon Street, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts.
His son was born on 10 December 1910 in Boston, Massachusetts.
Two entries in Ancestry Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., List of Boston Residents, 1909-1972 for James R Cooper aged 48 a tanner of 34 Linden Street, other occupants James H (aged 23) and Waldo D (aged 21) Cooper, both tanners, all living at 24 Lyon in 1910, and aged 51 a finisher address 18 Arcadia Street , other occupant James H Cooper (aged 25) also a finisher, both living at 34 Linden Street in 1912.
Entry in Ancestry U.S., Naturalization Records Indexes, 1794-1995 for James Rickitts Cooper born 3 May 1862 in Devonshire, England, a leather dresser of 86 South Street, Westboro, wife Ida (sic - on the typed original) admitted Mar 8th 1915 No. 593297.
There are eight entries in Ancestry Marlborough, Massachusetts, City Directory, 1918 as Cooper James R in 1918 to 1934 - the company leather manufacturers were at 12 Beach Telephone 115 Westboro in 1915, but he was living at 16 Myrtle in 1918 with Oliver L Cooper (son?) at the same address, and at 11 Beach from 1925, Mabel R, A George, Bernice B, and Waldo E all living at the same address.
In the 1920 census as James R Cooper aged 57, born in England, parents born in England, immigrated in 1887, a leather manufacturer working on his own account, and living in an owned home value $2600 with no radio with his wife (Ada S), four sons (Alton B, Oliver L, Ralston and Waldo E), and three daughters (Bernice, Mable R and Violet V) at 16 Myrtle Street, Westborough, Worcester, Massachusetts.
In the 1930 census as James R Cooper aged 67, born in England, immigrated in 1868, a leather manufacturer working on his own account, and living in an owned home value $2600 with no radio with his wife (Ada S), son (Alton B), a daughter (Bernice M) and an adopted son (and Wales E) at 11 Beach Street, Westborough, Worcester, Massachusetts.
Entry in Ancestry U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 for James Ricketts Cooper born 3 May 1862 in Yoville Devo, parents George Cooper and Anne Goldring, SSN 031090790 January 1937.
In the 1940 census as Jasper (sic - on the original) R Cooper aged 77, born in England, retired, and living with his wife (Ada S) in a rented home $15 per month at 80 Westborough Town, Worcester, Massachusetts, the same address as in 1935.
Entry in Ancestry Massachusetts, U.S., Death Index, 1901-1980 for the death of James Ricketts Cooper in 1940 in Westborough (89 358 95).
Entry in Find a Grave for James Ricketts Cooper born 3 May 1862 in Exeter, Devon, England, spouse Ada Steves Oram Cooper, children Oliver Lloyd, Manford and Waldo Emerson Cooper, died 20 July 1940 in Westborough, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA, and buried in Pine Grove Cemetery, Westborough, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. "Waldo E Cooper Sen/1890-1918/James Cooper/1862-1940/His Wife/Ada S Oram/1867-1941" and a stone "James".
Allen Morgan has an entry in RootsWeb WorldConnect for James R Cooper born on 3 May 1862 in Exeter, his marriage to Ada Steves Oram on 24 June 1885 in Saint John N.B., and 13 children, one unnamed born 25 December 1886 in St John N.B., and another still born in Somerville, MA, the the rest as above. The source of the marriage is given as St. John N.B., Daily Sun, 27 Jun. 1885.
Entry in Geneanet Community Trees Index for James Ricketts Cooper.
There are sixty four entries in Ancestry Family Trees for James Ricketts Cooper.
James Ricketts Cooper was the father of Oliver Lloyd Cooper, husband of Ina Leone Reed, daughter of Clara Melissa Heath, wife of Cornelius Teasdale, husband of Emily Croucher, my grandaunt.
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