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John Digby Cooper was born June 1, 1882 at Niagara-On-The-Lake, ON., Canada and died September 15, 1980 at St Catharines, ON., Canada.  He was the son of Albert Timothy Cooper (1860-1947) and Emma Florence Thuresson (1858-1939).  On April 5, 1911 he married Lorena Elizabeth Burch (1888-1963).

 

Children:

1  Jean Florence Cooper

2  Lorena May Cooper

3  Nancy Catharine Cooper

4  Albert Digby Cooper  (1919-1944)  *  

 

* Albert Digby Cooper

 

 

 

 

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b. May 29, 1919 at Niagara-On-The-Lake, ON., Canada

d. June 16, 1944 at Cumberland, England

An RAF pilot during WW2, was killed while doing pilot instructional training with a student navigator. The plane crashed into a hill in Cumberland in Northern England  on June 16, 1944

after passing through a cloud.

 

 

 

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Sources:

Records of R G McMicking Collection

Records of D N Franklin, Research files

 

 

 

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