This is an English occupational surname meaning “the cooper”, which was a person who made tubs, casks, vats, buckets, and barrels. This was a very common early trade name and an important craft during medieval times. It derives from the Old English word coper, itself derived from the Cyprian word cyprium meaning “bronze”, which likely confirms that trade existed between the near East and Britannica before the Christian era. Another source states it derives from the Middle Dutch word kuper, which means “tub” or “container”. One source asserts the family was first found in county Sussex.
Our Branch of the Cooper Family includes
John Cooper born 1894 a native of Cheshire, England, Married Amy Morton 1920
John “Jack” William Cooper born 1920,
Donald Joseph Patrick Cooper born 1924 in Cheshire, England, emigrated to Tasmania after WWII, Married Sylvia Haywood.
Gordon Cooper born 1927,