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Cooper-Molera family papers, approximately 1743-1915.
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Cooper-Molera family papers, approximately 1743-1915Creator/Contributor:
Cooper (Family, creator, creator.Creator/Contributor:
Molera (Family, creator.Creator/Contributor:
Cooper, Juan Bautista Rogers, 1791-1872, creator.Creator/Contributor:
Molera, E. J. (Eusebius Joseph), 1846?-1932, creator.Creator/Contributor:
Larkin, Thomas Oliver, 1802-1858, creator.Creator/Contributor:
Eames, William J., creator.Creator/Contributor:
Vallejo de Cooper, Encarnación, creator.Abstract:
Microfilm copies of the Cooper-Molera family papers held by the Society of California Pioneers in San Francisco, California.
Includes correspondence as well as business and legal papers relating to John (Juan) B. Rogers. Among these materials are
log books and account books from ships under Cooper's command and ledgers, legal records, property records, and account books
related to Cooper's business activities, including those with Thomas O. Larkin and William J. Eames. Also included are some
personal Cooper family papers. The collection also includes legal, business, professional and personal papers of Eusebio J.
Molera and some papers of Encarnación Vallejo de Cooper.
Date:
1743 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caRanching -- California
Ranching
Rancho El Sur (Calif.)
Monterey County (Calif.)
California
California -- Monterey County
Cooper family -- Archives
Molera (Family -- Archives
Cooper, Juan Bautista Rogers -- 1791-1872 -- Archives
Molera, E. J. (Eusebius Joseph) -- 1846?-1932 -- Archives
Larkin, Thomas Oliver -- 1802-1858 -- Archives
Eames, William J -- Archives
Vallejo de Cooper, Encarnación -- Archives
Cooper family
Cooper, Juan Bautista Rogers -- 1791-1872
Larkin, Thomas Oliver -- 1802-1858
Molera, E. J. (Eusebius Joseph) -- 1846?-1932
Note:
This collection was arranged and cataloged, and the analog finding aid prepared by the National Trust for Historic Preservation
in the United States.
Guide to microfilm available in library.
Cooper-Molera family papers; Society of California Pioneers.
Related collection: Cooper-Molera family papers, 1803-1970 (BANC MSS 78/57 c).
John Rogers Cooper (1791-1872) came to Monterey, California from New England in 1823 as captain of the trading schooner Rover.
In Alta California, Cooper became a Mexican citizen and took the name Juan Bautista Rogerio Cooper. He married Encarnacion
Vallejo (1809-1902), sister of General Mariano Vallejo. In 1829, Cooper purchased Rancho Bolsa del Potrero y Moro Cojo, which
sat between the Salinas River and the Tembladero Slough, near present Castroville. Rancho El Sur, a land grant made in 1834
by Governor Jose Figueroa to Juan Bautista Alvardo, was transferred to Cooper in 1840 in exchange for Rancho Bolsa del Potrero
y Moro Cojo. Cooper's claim on Rancho El Sur was confirmed by the United States in 1866. Until the late 1920s, Rancho El Sur
was a working ranch and farm operated by descendants of John B. Rogers Cooper, including daughter Amelia Cooper (1844-1918)
and her husband Eusebio Joseph Molera (1846-1932), and Amelia's and Eusebio's children, Andrew J. Molera (1875-1931) and Frances
Mary Molera (1879-1968). On this land currently sits Andrew Molera State Park.
Preferred citation: Cooper-Molera family papers, BANC MSS 78/57 c FILM reel 1-8, The Bancroft Library, University of California,
Berkeley.
In English.
Type:
Ships' logs.Ship's papers.
Leases.
Land grants.
Archives.
Architectural drawings.
Account books.
Deeds.
Physical Description:
microfilm
microfilm reel
8 negative (BNEG box 1028:1-1029:3) and positive.
Language:
English