Merrill Cooper and Orrin Babcock

Huntingdon County and the Seigniories of Chateauguay and Beauharnois

Family contact: Selwyn W. MacDiarmid, U.E.

1 Merrill Cooper b: August 3, 1796 Vermont, USA d: March 20, 1867 possibly in Dundee, Quebec, Dundee Township, Huntingdon County, Québec
. +Orrin Babcock b: May 19, 1806 Vermont, USA m: September 6, 1821 Vermont, USA d: September 27, 1894 Elgin, Le Haut-Saint-Laurent, Québec
... 2 *unknown* Cooper b: Bef. July 9, 1822 Vermont, USA d: July 12, 1822 Québec
... 2 Jason Cooper b: August 12, 1823 Grande Isle, VT, USA d: December 29, 1901 Elgin, Le Haut-Saint-Laurent, Québec
.... +Susan Rasey b: August 9, 1826 New York State, USA m: October 7, 1847 d: January 8, 1874 Elgin, Le Haut-Saint-Laurent, Québec
....... 3 Emma A. Cooper b: February 18, 1854 Dundee, Huntingdon, Akwesasne, Le Haut-Saint-Laurent, Québec d: May 17, 1864 Dundee, Huntingdon, Akwesasne, Le Haut-Saint-Laurent, Québec
....... 3 Carrie Annie Cooper b: Abt. 1855 Dundee, Huntingdon, Akwesasne, Le Haut-Saint-Laurent, Québec d: May 20, 1864 Dundee, Huntingdon, Akwesasne, Le Haut-Saint-Laurent, Québec
....... 3 Ella Amelia Cooper b: June 9, 1863 Dundee Township, Huntingdon County, Québec d: September 4, 1950 Woodstock, Oxford Cty., Ontario
....... +James Armstrong Vance b: September 22, 1863 East Zorra-Tavistock, Oxford Cty., Ontario m: August 31, 1887 in Athelstan, Hinchinbrooke, Le Haut-Saint-Laurent, Québec d: February 28, 1914 New Hamburg, Waterloo Cty., Ontario
... *2nd Wife of Jason Cooper:
.... +Edna Eyena Drew b: Abt. 1837 m: November 14, 1878 Dundee Township, Huntingdon County, Québec d: June 1, 1889 Elgin, Le Haut-Saint-Laurent, Québec
....... 3 *unknown* Cooper b: March 26, 1884 Elgin, Le Haut-Saint-Laurent, Québec
... *3rd Wife of Jason Cooper:
.... +Cynthia E. Carr Mrs. m: January 7, 1896 at Malone, Franklin Cty., NY, USA
... 2 Nathaniel E. Cooper b: August 13, 1825 Grande Isle, VT, USA d: February 28, 1833
... 2 Belinda Cooper b: April 5, 1828 Grande Isle, VT, USA d: November 28, 1906 Ayrshire, Palo Alto, IA, USA
.... +John Hill b: May 2, 1820 Ireland m: February 3, 1848 Québec d: January 7, 1897 Ayrshire, Palo Alto, IA, USA
....... 3 Charles Merrill Hill b: April 30, 1849 New York State, USA d: July 7, 1921
....... +Agnes Snowdon b: Abt. 1853 m: January 1, 1877
....... 3 Amarilla Jane Hill b: September 24, 1851 at Ormstown, Le Haut-Saint-Laurent, Québec d: November 11, 1932
....... +Exavier A. Belcher b: 1844 Gibson, PA, USA m: August 22, 1869 d: 1910
....... 3 Nathaniel Enoch Hill b: October 24, 1854 at Ormstown, Le Haut-Saint-Laurent, Québec
...... 3 Marcia Melissa Hill b: May 2, 1856 at Ormstown, Le Haut-Saint-Laurent, Québec d: June 28, 1929
....... +Elnathan J. Tinker b: Abt. 1852 m: September 21, 1873
....... 3 Levi Alonzo Hill b: May 24, 1860 at Ormstown, Le Haut-Saint-Laurent, Québec d: December 29, 1934
....... +Belle Said b: June 3, 1863 Iowa, USA m: March 7, 1888 Iowa, USA d: September 17, 1954 Iowa, USA
....... 3 Cassy [Cassey] Hill b: Abt. 1863 Canada
....... 3 Catherine Evalina Hill b: March 17, 1863 at Ormstown, Le Haut-Saint-Laurent, Québec d: December 14, 1914
....... +Ray Whitman b: Abt. 1859 m: August 8, 1885
....... 3 John Wesley Hill b: September 7, 1871 at Ormstown, Le Haut-Saint-Laurent, Québec d: January 14, 1949
....... +Isabelle Waudby m: February 22, 1895
... 2 Elias Babcock Cooper b: June 1, 1830 Elgin, Le Haut-Saint-Laurent, Québec d: May 1, 1870 Elgin, Le Haut-Saint-Laurent, Québec
... 2 James Brenton 'Birdie' Cooper b: October 14, 1832 Elgin, Le Haut-Saint-Laurent, Québec d: March 14, 1911 at Seattle, King Cty., WA, USA
.... +Mary Millar b: February 22, 1840 Dundee, Huntingdon, Akwesasne, Le Haut-Saint-Laurent, Québec m: July 3, 1862 Dundee Township, Huntingdon County, Québec d: August 10, 1923 at Seattle, King Cty., WA, USA
....... 3 Alfred W. Cooper b: February 9, 1866 possibly at Huntingdon, Quebec, at Trout River, Québec d: Aft. 1945 at Seattle, King Cty., WA, USA
....... +Margaret MacDiarmid b: Abt. 1868 at Lot 7, 10th Concession, Indian Lands, Glengarry County, Ontario m: 1900 Martintown, Glengarry County, Ontario d: Abt. 1932 California, USA
....... 3 Harriet 'Hattie' Maria Cooper b: August 29, 1866 at Trout River, Québec d: July 4, 1933 Lot 35, 9th Concession, Charlottenburgh Twp., Glengarry County, Ontario
....... +Malcolm Angus 'Mac Angus' MacDiarmid b: March 17, 1857 at Lot 7, 10th Concession, Indian Lands, Glengarry County, Upper Canada m: September 2, 1887 at Knox Presbyterian Church, Ottawa, Carleton, Ontario d: October 29, 1929 Apple Hill Railway crossing, Glengarry County, Ontario
....... 3 Mary Rebecca Cooper b: December 9, 1869 Probably Huntingdon, Quebec, Québec d: March 5, 1877 probably Huntingdon, Quebec
....... 3 Moses Millar 'Modie' Cooper b: July 4, 1873 Martintown, Charlottenburgh Twp., Glengarry County, Ontario d: Aft. July 4, 1933
....... +Sarah *unknown* b: October 1880 Reported to be from Iowa, USA
....... *2nd Wife of Moses Millar 'Modie' Cooper:
....... +Lulu Laird m: Abt. 1897
....... 3 George Samuel Cooper b: January 10, 1876 Martintown, Charlottenburgh Twp., Glengarry County, Ontario d: March 16, 1952 at Seattle, King Cty., WA, USA
....... +Florence Mildred 'Millie' Norrington b: July 19, 1879 m: January 5, 1901 at Seattle, King Cty., WA, USA d: September 19, 1971
... 2 Martha Ann Cooper b: June 16, 1835 Elgin, Le Haut-Saint-Laurent, Québec d: February 27, 1911 at Seattle, King Cty., WA, USA
.... +Frederick Powell Wallis b: January 22, 1831 Russelltown, Québec m: July 15, 1856 Dundee Township, Huntingdon County, Québec d: March 16, 1902 Waitsfield, VT, USA
....... 3 Lyndia Orrin Wallis
....... +John Somerville Gibson m: April 18, 1883 Dundee, Huntingdon, Akwesasne, Le Haut-Saint-Laurent, Québec
... 2 Simeon Merrill Cooper b: December 31, 1837 Elgin, Le Haut-Saint-Laurent, Québec d: February 16, 1915 at Ormstown, Le Haut-Saint-Laurent, Québec
.... +Ann Younie b: September 14, 1837 at Ormstown, Le Haut-Saint-Laurent, Québec m: October 14, 1863 at Ormstown, Le Haut-Saint-Laurent, Québec d: April 6, 1930 at Ormstown, Le Haut-Saint-Laurent, Québec
....... 3 Isabella Amanda Cooper b: September 30, 1864 Elgin, Le Haut-Saint-Laurent, Québec d: 1941
....... +John Morrin Tinning b: 1859 m: June 17, 1896 at Ormstown, Le Haut-Saint-Laurent, Québec d: 1938
....... 3 Merrill Alexander Cooper M.D. b: July 23, 1867 at Ormstown, Le Haut-Saint-Laurent, Québec d: July 4, 1926 at Ormstown, Le Haut-Saint-Laurent, Québec
....... +Agnes Ross Bryson b: November 10, 1867 Jamestown, Chateauguay, Québec m: October 28, 1896 at Ormstown, Le Haut-Saint-Laurent, Québec d: April 1, 1910 at Howick, Québec
....... *2nd Wife of Merrill Alexander Cooper M.D.:
....... +Annie L. St. Louis b: May 11, 1884 at Ormstown, Le Haut-Saint-Laurent, Québec m: Abt. 1914 d: July 23, 1928 at Montréal, Québec
....... 3 George Arthur Cooper b: March 29, 1870 at Ormstown, Le Haut-Saint-Laurent, Québec d: February 17, 1969 at Ormstown, Le Haut-Saint-Laurent, Québec
....... +Annie Brodie b: October 20, 1863 at Georgetown, Beauharnois-Salaberry, Québec m: March 17, 1898 at Montréal, Québec d: 1944
....... *2nd Wife of George Arthur Cooper:
....... +Sarah (Gow) McLean b: 1872 m: Aft. 1944 d: 1970
....... 3 Frederick Cooper b: February 7, 1876 at Ormstown, Le Haut-Saint-Laurent, Québec d: 1934
....... +Marie Louise Sauder Underwood b: 1881 m: April 9, 1903 d: 1939
... 2 Catherine Cooper b: May 5, 1840 Elgin, Le Haut-Saint-Laurent, Québec d: April 5, 1909
.... +William Learmont b: July 29, 1843 Québec m: March 18, 1864 at Malone, Franklin Cty., NY, USA d: September 26, 1917
....... 3 Rhoda Keona Learmont b: December 17, 1864 Canada d: February 22, 1904
....... +Albert A. Bull b: 1862 m: Abt. 1884 d: 1923
....... 3 James Merrill Learmont b: January 11, 1868 Corinth Twp., Humboldt Cty., IA, USA d: October 3, 1939
....... +Clara Ettie:Etta Virgil b: January 12, 1873 m: December 4, 1901 Corinth Twp., Humboldt Cty., IA, USA d: March 20, 1958
....... 3 Orrin Elizabeth Learmont b: January 25, 1869 d: 1920
....... +George Mortimer Harrison b: September 20, 1861 Harriston, Wellington Cty., Ontario m: October 30, 1889 d: September 24, 1961 Long Beach, Los Angles Cty., CA, USA
....... 3 Hattie Merrety Learmont b: December 26, 1870 Corinth Twp., Humboldt Cty., IA, USA d: March 6, 1894
....... 3 William Arthur Learmont b: November 29, 1877 Canada d: September 16, 1945
....... +Fannie Eliza Virgil b: February 27, 1879 m: February 4, 1900 d: June 1967
....... 3 Franklin Pierce Learmont b: October 5, 1880 d: May 29, 1956 Riverside, CA, USA
....... +Ethel May (Hoffvine) Hoffaine b: Abt. December 27, 1880 d: 1950
... 2 Lydia R. Cooper b: June 7, 1842 Elgin, Le Haut-Saint-Laurent, Québec d: March 19, 1862 Elgin, Le Haut-Saint-Laurent, Québec
... 2 'Speedy' A. Cooper b: November 12, 1844 Elgin, Le Haut-Saint-Laurent, Québec d: March 18, 1851
... 2 Nathaniel E. Cooper 2nd b: March 24, 1847 Elgin, Le Haut-Saint-Laurent, Québec d: April 6, 1851 likely at Huntingdon, Quebec