Peter Cooper

The New Netherland Ancestors of

PETER COOPER



Institution Founder, Inventor, Philanthropist, Presidential Also-Ran




		 __Obadiah Cooper4
		|
	    __Obadiah Cooper, Jr.3
	   |    |
	   |    |          __Jacob Janszen Gardenier4
	   |    |         |
	   |    |     __Jan Jacobszen Gardenier4
	   |    |    |    |
	   |    |    |    |__Josyna (__)4
	   |    |    |
	   |    |__Cornelia Gardenier4
	   |         |
	   |         |     __Jan Dirckszen Van Bremen5
	   |         |    |
	   |         |__Sarah Janse Van Bremen4
	   |              |
	   |              |__(__)5
	   |
       __John O. Cooper2
      |    |
      |    |__Hester Terbos3
      |
PETER COOPER1
      |
      |     __John Campbell2
      |    |
      |__Margaret Campbell2
	   |
	   |__(__)2



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Biography of PETER COOPER

 
Peter Cooper, was born 12 February 1791 in New York, New York County, NY. In 1876 he was the Greenback Party candidate for President of the United States. He was also a manufacturer, inventor, philanthropist, creator of first U.S. steam locomotive, and founder of Cooper Union. He was elected to the Hall of Fame for Great Americans in 1900. Peter died 4 April 1883 in New York, New York County, NY, with interment at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
 

 


Notes and Sources


   1.  Wilmarth, M. Grace.  Obadiah Cooper (Tailor at Albany, N.Y. from 1713-
       1742), His Wife Cornelia (Gardenier) Cooper, and Their Descendants.
       Privately published, 1946.  98-99.
   2.  Ibid., p. 96-98.
   3.  Ibid., p. 91-92.
   4.  Ibid., p. 19-33.
   5.  Riker, David M., Genealogical and Biographical Directory to Persons
       in New Netherland from 1613 to 1674.  CD-ROM. Cambridge: The
       Learning Company, 1999.  1486.  Riker lists the wife of Jan Dirckszen
       Van Bremen as either Tryntie Andries or Aeltje (__) with no way of
       telling who was the mother of Sarah.

 

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