Douglas Edward Cooper
ID# 4742, (1899-1961)
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Douglas Edward Cooper was born on 15 April 1899 in Vernon, British Columbia.2,3 He was the son of Thomas Cooper and Sarah Rolston.4,3 He was a a brewery machine operator from about 1919 to his death in 1961.3 He married Alice Wilmot Johnson on 9 August 1920 in Vancouver, British Columbia.4 He died on 17 September 1961 in Royal Columbian Hospital, New Westminster, British Columbia, at age 62 of a heart attack suffered while mounting the staircase of a railroad car causing him to fall backward, striking his head on a hard surface. The fall occurred at the CPR in Port Coquitlam.3 He was buried on 20 September 1961 in Fraser Cemetery, New Westminster, British ColumbiaG.3
A story about the Thomas Cooper family appeared in Bunch Grass to Barbed Wire, a local history of the Kamloops, BC area, published in 1984.5
Douglas Edward Cooper was born on 15 April 1899 in Vernon, British Columbia.2,3 He was the son of Thomas Cooper and Sarah Rolston.4,3 He was a a brewery machine operator from about 1919 to his death in 1961.3 He married Alice Wilmot Johnson on 9 August 1920 in Vancouver, British Columbia.4 He died on 17 September 1961 in Royal Columbian Hospital, New Westminster, British Columbia, at age 62 of a heart attack suffered while mounting the staircase of a railroad car causing him to fall backward, striking his head on a hard surface. The fall occurred at the CPR in Port Coquitlam.3 He was buried on 20 September 1961 in Fraser Cemetery, New Westminster, British ColumbiaG.3 A story about the Thomas Cooper family appeared in Bunch Grass to Barbed Wire, a local history of the Kamloops, BC area, published in 1984.5
Census Records
| Year | Place | Head of Household |
|---|---|---|
| 1901 | Vernon District, Yale & Cariboo, British Columbia | Thomas Cooper2 |
| 1921 | New Westminster, British Columbia | Sarah (Rolston) Cooper6 |
Last Edited=17 Apr 2017
Citations
- [S1559] Rose Hill Farmers' Institute, Bunch Grass to Barbed Wire (Knutsford, BC: 1984), pg 216.
- [S1125] Thomas Cooper, 1901 Census (Vernon, Yale & Cariboo, British Columbia), Library & Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.
- [S1573] Douglas Edward Cooper, Death Registration 61-09-010970 (1961), BC Archives, 655 Belleville Street, Victoria, British Columbia.
- [S1572] Douglas Cooper & Alice Johnson, Marriage Registration 20-09-221983 (17 Aug 1920), BC Archives, 655 Belleville Street, Victoria, British Columbia.
- [S1559] Rose Hill Farmers' Institute, Bunch Grass to Barbed Wire (Knutsford, BC: 1984), pg 215-216.
- [S1846] Sarah Cooper, 1921 Census (New Westminster, British Columbia), Ancestry, http://www.ancestry.ca