Burial · 1831
Jessie Cooper
Wife of Revd. John Cooper, Scotch Mission
- Date
- 6th July 1831
- Age
- 29 years
- Place
- Ootacamund
- Officiant
- William Sawyer
- Register
- Burials · 1831-1844
- Notes
- Wife of Revd. John Cooper (c. 1797–1878), Scottish Missionary Society missionary to the Konkan (Bankot and Harnai stations). The family came to the Nilgiri Hills at the end of 1830 for her failing health. After her death John Cooper returned to Scotland and became the United Presbyterian minister of Fala, Midlothian. Her Christian name in the manuscript reads 'Jefsie' — almost certainly an idiosyncratic spelling of 'Jessie'; this register entry is the only known record of her name.