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This site contains information on the Cooper family who originated from the parishes of Clatt and Kennethmont (was Kinnethmont), Aberdeenshire, Scotland and covers the period 1689 to present. These parishes are located at the eastern edge of the Grampian mountains. Subsequent generations started migrating towards the larger villages, towns and cities of the region e.g. Insch, Inverurie and Aberdeen.

Some branches of the Family Tree are not linked to the main trunk due to missing / lost / damaged information. Please feedback any comments, corrections or additions required along with the source of the information.

Variations in the spelling of the surname include: Cooper, Coopar, Couper, Coupar, Cowper, Cuper and Cupar.

Kirkton of Rayne (Ordnance Survey Grid Reference NJ695305) - The Old Parish Records (upto 1855) generated here also cover the areas of:

            Old Rayne (OS Grid Reference NJ675285) and

            New Rayne (OS Grid Reference NJ674296)

             Sometimes they are referred to as Kirkton of Rain(e), Old Rain(e) and New Rain(e).

             Sometimes they are referred to only as Rayne or Rain(e).

 The Statuatory Records (from 1855) only refer to Rayne

 

This web site was last updated 2008 June 11th with:

Children / Grandchildren of Sally Cooper c08-12-1827 added along with various minor updates     

2007 October 29th Update

        Various additions to the Davidson pages

2007 January 13th Update:

        Various minor changes.

2005 May 28th Update:

        The Family Tree was updated with the family of Rev Patrick Davidson / Elsie Innes and the family of Walter Stevenson Davidson.

        Also, another contact from Canada has provided more information on the Tatamagouche branch of the Cooper FT.

2005 April 30th Update:

        Family Tree was updated with information on Alexander Hay who is believed to be the father of Alexander Hay b09-02-1835.

        Family Tree updated with hypothesis on alternative parents for Robert Cowper / Cooper as E.B. Cooper cannot be found on the Old Parish Records.

        Web site index page updated with the name derivatives for Kirkton of Rayne.

 2005 March 25th Update:

        More information on the branch who emigrated to Nova Scotia from another descendant of Robert Cowper. Also, this branch has been moved to a new section (06).

2004 December TBAth Update

        Information  about George Alexander Cooper, the donor of Cooper Park to the town of Elgin (unlikely to be related).

2004 December 12th Update

        Robert Cowper from Rayne emigrated to Nova Scotia around 1834. A 5th generation descendant of Robert has provided the family tree for this branch although the link to the main trunk is still missing.

        The Family Tree has been updated to include a table showing the number of relevant Wills that are now available online through http://www.scottishdocuments.com.

        The Aberdeen and North of Scotland Family History Society OnLine MIs have been added where missing.

        Ann Shand's death at Elgin and marriage of her daughters Mary and Margaret have been added.

2004 November 13th Update

        The date that the Davidson / Cooper photograph was taken

2004 November 06th Update

        Better Davidson / Cooper picture

        Picture of Jeannie Allan added

        Links & Contacts web page updated

2004 October 30th Update

        New Family Tree added

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