John Cooper 1808-1881
Soldier in the 16th Foot & 79th Highlanders . Born Aberdeen
1808. John Cooper is born to Robert Cooper & Catherine Robertson on 26/5/1808 in Old Machar, Aberdeen
1838. John Cooper marries Mary McPherson Canongate, Edinburgh on 2/6/1838 . Was the 16th Foot here then??
1840. Marion Cooper born W. Derby Mar 1840
1841C. John Cooper, 30, born Berwickshire & Mary Cooper, 25, & Marion Cooper 1, both born Scotland, plus Elspeth Cooper, 0, born Berwickshire, Scotland are living Bridge Street, Duns, Berwickshire . With 3 birth facts wrong, thought this unlikely to be them!! But , on Ancestry & indeed on further inspection in FMP!,the transcription states
| Occupation: | Sergt 79 Negt |
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| Janet | Fortune | Female | 40 | 1801 | Berwickshire, Scotland |
| George | Johnston | Male | 25 | 1816 | Berwickshire, Scotland |
| Agnes | Johnston | Female | 20 | 1821 | Berwickshire, Scotland |
| Jane | Johnston | Female | 1 | 1840 | Berwickshire, Scotland |
| John | Cooper | Male | 30 | 1811 | Berwickshire, Scotland |
| Mary | Cooper | Female | 25 | 1816 | Scotland |
| Marion | Cooper | Female | 1 | 1840 | Scotland |
| Elspeth | Cooper | Female | 0 | 1841 | Berwickshire, Scotland |
The 79th Highlanders arrived in Gibralter ~25/1/1841.
1843. Robert Cooper born in the Armed Forces, 79th Foot to John & Mary in Aberdeen - 1 child is born England, 2 in Ireland, then 1 in Angus and the youngest in Aberdeen. And his father is a Chelsea pensioner by 1861C.
In 1842 the 79th Highlanders' depot was in Aberdeen . In 1844 the 79th Highlanders arrived in Londonderry. In 1848 & 1849 in Quebec . In 1850 Ireland, then Berwick on Tweed- cannot find any mention of Forfarshire !
The National Archives, WO 97/369/48 1825-1842 - have a record for a John Cooper, b. Old Machar, serving in the 16th Foot, discharged aged 33- if our John Cooper, that would be ~1841, but son Robert was born in 1843 in the Armed Forces, 79th Foot. So, maybe, he subsequently joined the 79th Foot 1841-1843
1851C. John Cooper, 42, porter, was living Holburn Street, Old Machar, Aberdeen
| John | Cooper | Head | Married | Male | 42 | 1809 | Porter | Aberdeen, Kincardineshire, Scotland |
| Mary | Cooper | Wife | Married | Female | 35 | 1816 | - | Ireland |
| Marion | Cooper | Daughter | Unmarried | Female | 11 | 1840 | - | England |
| Robert | Cooper | Son | Unmarried | Male | 7 | 1844 | Scholar | Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland |
| John G | Cooper | Son | Unmarried | Male | 6 | 1845 | Scholar | Ireland |
| William | Cooper | Son | - | Male | 4 | 1847 | - | Ireland |
| Mary Jane | Cooper | Daughter | - | Female | 1 | 1850 | - | Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland |
| George | Cooper | Son | - | Male | 0 | 1851 | - | Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland |
1861C. John Cooper, 52, Chelsea pensioner, was living Affleck Street, Old Machar, Aberdeen
| John | Cooper | Head | Married | Male | 52 | 1809 | Chelsea Pensioner | Old Machar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland |
| Mary | Cooper | Wife | Married | Female | 45 | 1816 | - | Ireland |
| Marion | Cooper | Daughter | Unmarried | Female | 21 | 1840 | Envelope Maker | England |
| Robert | Cooper | Son | Unmarried | Male | 18 | 1843 | Clerk Woollen Factory | St Nicholas, Aberdeenshire, Scotland |
| John | Cooper | Son | Unmarried | Male | 16 | 1845 | Iron Moulder (Ap) | Ireland |
| William | Cooper | Son | Unmarried | Male | 14 | 1847 | Union Club (Errand Boy) | Ireland |
| Mary Jane | Cooper | Daughter | Unmarried | Female | 11 | 1850 | Scholar | Arbroath, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland |
| George | Cooper | Son | Unmarried | Male | 10 | 1851 | Scholar | Old Machar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland |
1870. His wife, Mary Cooper, 55, dies on 14/1/1870 at 17, Danburn Terrace, Aberdeen . He given on her d.c as Pensioner, 79th Highlanders, private
1871C. John Cooper, 62, widower, pensioner, was living 60 Gordon Street, Old Machar, Aberdeen
| Isabella | McDonald | Boarder | Widow | Female | 86 | 1785 | - | - |
| John | Cooper | Head | Widower | Male | 62 | 1809 | Pensioner | Old Machar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland |
| Mary J | Cooper | Daughter | Unmarried | Female | 21 | 1850 | - | Arbroath, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland |
| George | Cooper | Son | Unmarried | Male | 20 | 1851 | Last Maker | Old Machar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland |
1881C. John Cooper, 72, widower, army pensioner, was living 14 Skene Street, Aberdeen
| John | Cooper | Head | Widower | Male | 72 | 1809 | Pensioner (Army) | Aberdeenshire, Scotland |
1881.John Cooper, 73, army pensioner, 79th Highlanders, widower of Mary McPherson, dies 4/10/1881 at 14 Skene Street, Aberdeen . His parents Robert Cooper, crofter and Catherine Robertson, both deceased . There is a chance that the name of his mother was incorrectly given - she should be Elspet!
No probate