Born in County Laois, Ireland in 1809 to John Cooper and Martha Dodds.
In 1832 Paul Cooper and his sisters Anne and Elizabeth sailed to Canada.
Paul Cooper married Rachel Wallace in 1835 in Bytown. They had sailed to Canada on the same ship in 1832. Paul's sister Anne Cooper had married Rachel's brother John Wallace.
An article from an Ottawa newspaper circa 1890 recalls an incident in the rebellion of 1837-38:
"In the fall of 1837 there walked into Bytown, from the township of Osgoode, five loyal and sturdy young men to offer their services to the government as volunteers during the critical times of Mackenzie and Papineau. The names of these young men from the 30th unit deserve to be remembered among those of the pioneers of Carleton County: They were John McEwen, Henry Latimer, Benjamin Wallace, John McKay and Paul Cooper."
It is unclear why Paul is said to have come, at this point, from Osgoode Township, as he was working in Bytown and does not appear in the Osgoode census until 1861. That is unless he was perhaps a land owner. Joining the Methodist Church, now known as the Dominion Church, the young couple settled for a time in Bytown. Paul went to work as messenger / clerk for the Rideau Canal Works of the Imperial Government. One duty included measuring the timber for toll collection as it passed through the canal.
The Cooper family Bible records the births of six sons: Thomas Cooper (Jan 16,1837), James Cooper(Oct 13, 1838), Robert Wallace Cooper(Dec 4, 1840), Joseph Cooper (Jan 20, 1843), Benjamin Cooper(July 20, 1845), and John Cooper(Sept 25, 1848). Wesleyan-Methodist Baptismal Registers show that the family was residing in Bytown at the time of these baptisms. Some time between 1851 and 1860 the Coopers moved to a log house on 200 acres at North Osgoode (Lot 11 Concession VIII Osgoode Township).
On January 30, 1892 patriarch Paul Cooper died.
Excerpts from his death notice exemplify that his impact would not quickly vanish:
"Mr Cooper was a man of generous and charitable disposition, of sterling integrity, and who through a long life of eighty-four years of upright and honorable character, had the universal confidence and esteem of the community. He was a man of wide and varied information, a close student of history, reading carefully, thinking fully and dispassionately, and forming his opinions conscientiously and independently on all matters calling for his judgement."
Cooper Street in Ottawa is named in his honour. Following Paul's death Rachel continued to live at Maple Grove with son Jim. By 1896 Joe had moved his family back to Ann Street, Ottawa. On October 29th, 1896 Jim sent a telegram to brother R.W. to announce the death of their mother at the advanced age of 81. Her death notice also describes the loss of "another pioneer... probably the oldest member of the Bytown Methodist Congregation."
By: Cheryl A. Cooper 2010 06 30 (via Ancestry.com)
In 1832 Paul Cooper and his sisters Anne and Elizabeth sailed to Canada.
Paul Cooper married Rachel Wallace in 1835 in Bytown. They had sailed to Canada on the same ship in 1832. Paul's sister Anne Cooper had married Rachel's brother John Wallace.
An article from an Ottawa newspaper circa 1890 recalls an incident in the rebellion of 1837-38:
"In the fall of 1837 there walked into Bytown, from the township of Osgoode, five loyal and sturdy young men to offer their services to the government as volunteers during the critical times of Mackenzie and Papineau. The names of these young men from the 30th unit deserve to be remembered among those of the pioneers of Carleton County: They were John McEwen, Henry Latimer, Benjamin Wallace, John McKay and Paul Cooper."
It is unclear why Paul is said to have come, at this point, from Osgoode Township, as he was working in Bytown and does not appear in the Osgoode census until 1861. That is unless he was perhaps a land owner. Joining the Methodist Church, now known as the Dominion Church, the young couple settled for a time in Bytown. Paul went to work as messenger / clerk for the Rideau Canal Works of the Imperial Government. One duty included measuring the timber for toll collection as it passed through the canal.
The Cooper family Bible records the births of six sons: Thomas Cooper (Jan 16,1837), James Cooper(Oct 13, 1838), Robert Wallace Cooper(Dec 4, 1840), Joseph Cooper (Jan 20, 1843), Benjamin Cooper(July 20, 1845), and John Cooper(Sept 25, 1848). Wesleyan-Methodist Baptismal Registers show that the family was residing in Bytown at the time of these baptisms. Some time between 1851 and 1860 the Coopers moved to a log house on 200 acres at North Osgoode (Lot 11 Concession VIII Osgoode Township).
On January 30, 1892 patriarch Paul Cooper died.
Excerpts from his death notice exemplify that his impact would not quickly vanish:
"Mr Cooper was a man of generous and charitable disposition, of sterling integrity, and who through a long life of eighty-four years of upright and honorable character, had the universal confidence and esteem of the community. He was a man of wide and varied information, a close student of history, reading carefully, thinking fully and dispassionately, and forming his opinions conscientiously and independently on all matters calling for his judgement."
Cooper Street in Ottawa is named in his honour. Following Paul's death Rachel continued to live at Maple Grove with son Jim. By 1896 Joe had moved his family back to Ann Street, Ottawa. On October 29th, 1896 Jim sent a telegram to brother R.W. to announce the death of their mother at the advanced age of 81. Her death notice also describes the loss of "another pioneer... probably the oldest member of the Bytown Methodist Congregation."
By: Cheryl A. Cooper 2010 06 30 (via Ancestry.com)
Born in County Laois, Ireland in 1809 to John Cooper and Martha Dodds.
In 1832 Paul Cooper and his sisters Anne and Elizabeth sailed to Canada.
Paul Cooper married Rachel Wallace in 1835 in Bytown. They had sailed to Canada on the same ship in 1832. Paul's sister Anne Cooper had married Rachel's brother John Wallace.
An article from an Ottawa newspaper circa 1890 recalls an incident in the rebellion of 1837-38:
"In the fall of 1837 there walked into Bytown, from the township of Osgoode, five loyal and sturdy young men to offer their services to the government as volunteers during the critical times of Mackenzie and Papineau. The names of these young men from the 30th unit deserve to be remembered among those of the pioneers of Carleton County: They were John McEwen, Henry Latimer, Benjamin Wallace, John McKay and Paul Cooper."
It is unclear why Paul is said to have come, at this point, from Osgoode Township, as he was working in Bytown and does not appear in the Osgoode census until 1861. That is unless he was perhaps a land owner. Joining the Methodist Church, now known as the Dominion Church, the young couple settled for a time in Bytown. Paul went to work as messenger / clerk for the Rideau Canal Works of the Imperial Government. One duty included measuring the timber for toll collection as it passed through the canal.
The Cooper family Bible records the births of six sons: Thomas Cooper (Jan 16,1837), James Cooper(Oct 13, 1838), Robert Wallace Cooper(Dec 4, 1840), Joseph Cooper (Jan 20, 1843), Benjamin Cooper(July 20, 1845), and John Cooper(Sept 25, 1848). Wesleyan-Methodist Baptismal Registers show that the family was residing in Bytown at the time of these baptisms. Some time between 1851 and 1860 the Coopers moved to a log house on 200 acres at North Osgoode (Lot 11 Concession VIII Osgoode Township).
On January 30, 1892 patriarch Paul Cooper died.
Excerpts from his death notice exemplify that his impact would not quickly vanish:
"Mr Cooper was a man of generous and charitable disposition, of sterling integrity, and who through a long life of eighty-four years of upright and honorable character, had the universal confidence and esteem of the community. He was a man of wide and varied information, a close student of history, reading carefully, thinking fully and dispassionately, and forming his opinions conscientiously and independently on all matters calling for his judgement."
Cooper Street in Ottawa is named in his honour. Following Paul's death Rachel continued to live at Maple Grove with son Jim. By 1896 Joe had moved his family back to Ann Street, Ottawa. On October 29th, 1896 Jim sent a telegram to brother R.W. to announce the death of their mother at the advanced age of 81. Her death notice also describes the loss of "another pioneer... probably the oldest member of the Bytown Methodist Congregation."
By: Cheryl A. Cooper 2010 06 30 (via Ancestry.com)
In 1832 Paul Cooper and his sisters Anne and Elizabeth sailed to Canada.
Paul Cooper married Rachel Wallace in 1835 in Bytown. They had sailed to Canada on the same ship in 1832. Paul's sister Anne Cooper had married Rachel's brother John Wallace.
An article from an Ottawa newspaper circa 1890 recalls an incident in the rebellion of 1837-38:
"In the fall of 1837 there walked into Bytown, from the township of Osgoode, five loyal and sturdy young men to offer their services to the government as volunteers during the critical times of Mackenzie and Papineau. The names of these young men from the 30th unit deserve to be remembered among those of the pioneers of Carleton County: They were John McEwen, Henry Latimer, Benjamin Wallace, John McKay and Paul Cooper."
It is unclear why Paul is said to have come, at this point, from Osgoode Township, as he was working in Bytown and does not appear in the Osgoode census until 1861. That is unless he was perhaps a land owner. Joining the Methodist Church, now known as the Dominion Church, the young couple settled for a time in Bytown. Paul went to work as messenger / clerk for the Rideau Canal Works of the Imperial Government. One duty included measuring the timber for toll collection as it passed through the canal.
The Cooper family Bible records the births of six sons: Thomas Cooper (Jan 16,1837), James Cooper(Oct 13, 1838), Robert Wallace Cooper(Dec 4, 1840), Joseph Cooper (Jan 20, 1843), Benjamin Cooper(July 20, 1845), and John Cooper(Sept 25, 1848). Wesleyan-Methodist Baptismal Registers show that the family was residing in Bytown at the time of these baptisms. Some time between 1851 and 1860 the Coopers moved to a log house on 200 acres at North Osgoode (Lot 11 Concession VIII Osgoode Township).
On January 30, 1892 patriarch Paul Cooper died.
Excerpts from his death notice exemplify that his impact would not quickly vanish:
"Mr Cooper was a man of generous and charitable disposition, of sterling integrity, and who through a long life of eighty-four years of upright and honorable character, had the universal confidence and esteem of the community. He was a man of wide and varied information, a close student of history, reading carefully, thinking fully and dispassionately, and forming his opinions conscientiously and independently on all matters calling for his judgement."
Cooper Street in Ottawa is named in his honour. Following Paul's death Rachel continued to live at Maple Grove with son Jim. By 1896 Joe had moved his family back to Ann Street, Ottawa. On October 29th, 1896 Jim sent a telegram to brother R.W. to announce the death of their mother at the advanced age of 81. Her death notice also describes the loss of "another pioneer... probably the oldest member of the Bytown Methodist Congregation."
By: Cheryl A. Cooper 2010 06 30 (via Ancestry.com)
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Paul Cooper
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Jan. 31, 1881
Aged 84 Yrs.
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