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Alexander Sim Cooper 1830–1892 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 8 DEC 1830

Birth Location: Peterculter, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Death Date: 1892

Death Location: Victoria, Australia

Father: John Cooper

Mother: Janet Sim

Spouse(s): Mary Lang

Children(s): James Cooper, Mary Cooper, John Cooper, Isabella Cooper, Elizabeth Cooper, Alexander Cooper, Richard Cooper

Alexander Sim Cooper was born in 1830 in Peterculter, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, the child of John Cooper And Janet Sim. In 1856, Alexander Sim Cooper resided in Geelong North, Geelong, Victoria, Australia. Alexander Sim Cooper married Mary Lang, and had children including Alexander Cooper, Elizabeth Stewart Cooper, Isabella Brown Cooper, James Lang Cooper, Jessie Cooper, John Cooper, Mary Jessie Cooper, Richard Cooper. Alexander Sim Cooper passed away in 1892 in Victoria, Australia.

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Biography

  • Alexander Sim Cooper was born in 1830 in Peterculter, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, the child of John Cooper And Janet Sim.
  • In 1856, Alexander Sim Cooper resided in Geelong North, Geelong, Victoria, Australia.
  • Alexander Sim Cooper married Mary Lang, and had children including Alexander Cooper, Elizabeth Stewart Cooper, Isabella Brown Cooper, James Lang Cooper, Jessie Cooper, John Cooper, Mary Jessie Cooper, Richard Cooper.
  • Alexander Sim Cooper passed away in 1892 in Victoria, Australia.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Alexander Cooper's Ancestors

Self
Alexander Cooper
1830–1892
Birth Place: Peterculter, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Parents
John Cooper
1785–1858
Peterculter ABD SCT
Janet Sim
1789–1841
Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Grandparents
James Cooper
1865–
Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Agnes Marshall
1758–
Peterculter, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Alexander Sim
1769–1841
Fyvie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Agnes Smith
–1841
Great-Grandparents
John Cooper
1746–
Margaret Donald
1748–1830
Alexander Sim
1736–
Elspet Jaffray
1736–
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Cooper
1702–1764
Elspeth\ELSPET \SOUTER
1710–1766
William Donald
1707–1765
Janet Snowie
1728–1811
George Sime
1705–1780
Helen Ruddach
1704–
William Jaffray
1700–
Christian Dugat
1703–

Alexander Cooper's Descendants

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Alexander (Sim) Cooper (8 DEC 1830–1892) m. Mary Lang (2 Aug 1829–1904)
  1. 1. James (Lang) Cooper 1862–1863
  2. 2. Mary (Jessie) Cooper 1865–
  3. 3. John Cooper 1856–1928
  4. 4. Isabella (Brown) Cooper 1858–1886
  5. 5. Elizabeth (Stewart) Cooper 1868–1940 m. Alexander Braid 1864–1917
    1. 1. Ernest (Leslie) Braid 1888–1945
    2. 2. Alexander (Harold) Braid 1887–1919 m. Albertha (Agnes) Footit 1889–1962
      1. 1. Elizabeth (Joyce) Braid
      2. 2. Alexander (Albert 'Dick') Braid 1918–1944
    3. 3. Walter (Stewart) Braid 1891–1971 m. Jean (Hamilton) Grant 1895–1985
    4. 4. James (Cooper) Braid 1909–1986 m. Dulcie (May) PAICE 1912–1991
      1. 1. Gordon (James) Braid 1942–2009
      2. 2. John (Alexander) Braid 1938–2011 m. Margery ROBERTSON 1942–1991
  6. 6. Alexander Cooper 1860–
  7. 7. Richard Cooper 1865–1874

Alexander Cooper's Timeline

5 Records

1830
8 DEC 1830
Birth of Alexander Sim Cooper in Peterculter, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Peterculter, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
1830
08 Dec 1830
Alexander Sim Cooper was baptized in Peterculter,Aberdeen,Scotland
Peterculter,Aberdeen,Scotland
1856
1856
Age 26
Alexander Sim Cooper resided here in Geelong North, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
Geelong North, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
1892
1892
Age 62
Death of Alexander Sim Cooper in Hotham West VIC AUS
Hotham West VIC AUS
1892
1892
Age 62
Death of Alexander Sim Cooper in Hotham, Victoria, Australia
Hotham, Victoria, Australia

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 8 DEC 1830
    Event Place: Peterculter, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Australia Death Index
    [2] Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 08 Dec 1830
    Event Place: Peterculter,Aberdeen,Scotland
    Record Source: Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1856
    Event Place: Geelong North, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
    Record Source: Australian Electoral Rolls

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1892
    Event Place: Hotham West VIC AUS
    Record Source:
    [1] Australia Death Index
    [2] Victoria, Australia, Cemetery Records and Headstone Transcriptions, 1844-1997

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1892
    Event Place: Hotham, Victoria, Australia

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Victoria, Australia
    Record Source: Victoria, Australia, Cemetery Records and Headstone Transcriptions, 1844-1997

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