J. R. and C. Cooper
of Birmingham
1849 Directory: Listed as makers of guns and / or gun components.[1]
1849 Joseph Rock Cooper, of Park Cottage, Aston, was a gun and pistol manufacturer[2]
1851 Joseph R Cooper 35 (born in Birmingham) gun maker and Susannah Cooper 34 lived in Aston[3]
1855 Patent to Westley Richards, manufacturer of Birmingham, and Joseph Rock Cooper, manufacturer of Birmingham, on "an improvement or improvements in breech loading fire arms"[4]
1861 Patent to J. R. Cooper for improvements in breech loading fire-arms
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ History and Directory of Birmingham, 1849: Guns
- ↑ 1849 White's Directory & Gazetteer of Birmingham
- ↑ 1851 census
- ↑ London Gazette 21 July 1859