Bothwell Families

These pages provide a glimpse into the life of the Bothwell Families during the 1800s. You will find Family Trees and Individual Timelines which may not be exhaustive but will be updated as more research is conducted. Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the information provided.

John Cooper (1820-1877)
Anne Unknown (1816-1874)

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John Cooper, son of James Cooper.

b: abt 1820, Stepney, Middlesex, England (1); d: 9 May 1877, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (2); bur: aft 9 May 1877, General Cemetery, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (3).

Spouse - Anne Tarr.

b: abt 1816, Gloucestershire, England (4); m: 26 Mar 1851, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (5); d: 20 Mar 1874, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (6); bur: aft 20 Mar 1874, General Cemetery, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (7).

Child of Ann Tarr:

  1. David Henry Tarr - b: abt 1849, Somerset, England (8); bap: 22 Apr 1849, Somerset, England (8); d: 20 Jul 1902, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia (9); bur: 23 Jul 1902, General Cemetery, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (10). Spouse - Jessie Wyatt, daughter of Richard Wyatt and Ellen Jones - b: 25 Apr 1849, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (11); bap: 14 Jun 1849, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (12); m: 17 Oct 1870, Montacute, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (13); d: 17 Dec 1888, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (14); bur: aft 17 Dec 1888, General Cemetery, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (15).

Children of John Cooper and Anne Tarr:

  1. William Alfred Cooper - b: 12 Jul 1851, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (16); bap: 2 Mar 1852, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (17); d: 3 Jul 1926, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia (18); bur: aft 3 Jul 1926, General Cemetery, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (19). Margaret McCarthy, daughter of Peter McCarthy and Jane Gardener - b: 29 Feb 1856, Hamilton, Tasmania, Australia (20); m: 18 Jan 1875, Hamilton, Tasmania, Australia (21); d: 21 Feb 1937, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (22); bur: 22 Feb 1937, General Cemetery, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (23).

  2. John James Cooper - b: 30 Sep 1852, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (24); bap: 27 Dec 1852; Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (25) d: 10 Apr 1916, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (26); bur: aft 10 Apr 1916, General Cemetery, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (27). Spouse - Annie Maria Swindells, daughter of George Swindells and Sarah Smith - b: 22 Apr 1853, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (28); bap: 26 Jun 1853, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (29); m: 9 Sep 1872, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (30); d: 29 Jun 1912, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (31); bur: 2 Jul 1912, General Cemetery, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (32).

  3. Frederick Robert Cooper - b: 27 Nov 1855, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (33); bap: 19 Sep 1857, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (34); d: 16 Mar 1933, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia (35); bur: 19 Mar 1933, General Cemetery, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (36). Spouse - Hannah Mary Clay, daughter of Richard Clay and Bridget Allen - b: 12 Aug 1854, Brighton, Tasmania, Australia (37); m: 26 Jul 1875, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (38); d: 14 Apr 1942, Tasmania, Australia (39); bur: 16 Apr 1942, General Cemetery, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (40).

Properties in Bothwell where John Cooper lived

[1-B3.1] Dalrymple St

For more information on these properties click on the links under each map.
Complete and downloadable maps of the township are on the Property History page.

Tasmanian Archives Maps - Bothwell B37, AF819/1/26 (modified)

Family Timeline of John Cooper & Anne Tarr

About 1816 - Anne Tarr was born in Gloucestershire, England. (1)

About 1820 - John Cooper, the son of James Cooper, was born in Stepney, Middlesex, England. (2)

29 Nov 1841 - John Cooper was convicted of housebreaking and larceny by the Central Criminal Court in London and sentenced to 10 years transportation. Gaol Report - Convicted before. He stated his offence as: "Housebreaking and stealing bedding, prosecutor George Road; once for desk, 12 months at House of Correction." 2

14 Aug 1842 - The barque Moffat left Plymouth, Devon, England with 390 convicts on board, including John, bound for Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. His hulk report prior to departing was good. (2,3)

28 Nov 1842 - When John arrived in Hobart after a three-month, fourteen-day voyage, his conduct was reported as orderly. He was described as a single, 21-year-old plasterer and stenciller, who could read and write. He stood 4' 11½" tall, with a fair complexion, oval head, brown hair and eyes, black whiskers and eyebrows. His face was oval, with a medium-height forehead, medium nose and mouth, and a dimpled chin. He had a scar on his left cheek and a smaller one on the right side of his forehead. His father, James, and brothers, Alfred and James, lived in his native place of Stepney. (2,4)

28 Nov 1844 - John was released from his first stage of probation. (2)

31 Jan 1846 - John was employed by William Chester in Bothwell for one month. (2)

5 Apr 1847 - John attended muster in Bothwell. (2)

21 Dec 1847 - John's Ticket of Leave was approved. (2)

7 Nov 1848 - John was recommended for his Conditional Pardon. (2)

22 Apr 1849 - David Henry Tarr, the son of Ann Tarr, was baptised in Somerset, England. (47)

21 Jun 1849 - Anne Tarr was convicted at the Quarter Sessions in Bath, Somerset, England of felony and a previous conviction and was sentenced to 10 years transportation. Gaol Report - thrice felony. She stated her offence as "Pledging counterpane and drys, prosecutor Garret, committed the offence from extreme distress; 1 day for a shirt. Widow, 1 child David." (1)

19 Dec 1849 - The ship St Vincent departed Downs, England with 207 female convicts on board, including Ann and her son David, bound for Van Diemen's Land, Australia.. (5)

5 Feb 1850 - Conditional Pardon approved for John. (2)

4 Apr 1850 - Arriving in Hobart after a three-month, sixteen-day voyage, Anne's conduct was reported as very good. She was described as a 37-year-old widow, professed cook, and a Protestant who could read and write. She stood 5' 4½" tall with a pale freckled complexion, a small head and visage with brown hair and eyebrows and dark hazel eyes. Her forehead and chin were large, her nose small and mouth wide. (1)

4 Mar 1851 - Permission to marry approved for John Cooper, free, and Ann Tarr, St Vincent. (6)

26 Mar 1851 - John Cooper, a 31-year-old plasterer, married Anne Tarr, a 35-year-old needlewoman, at the Minister's House in Bothwell according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Church of Scotland. Witnessed by Mary Wicks and Henry Lewis. (7)

12 Jul 1851: William Alfred Cooper was born in Bothwell, as reported by his father John on August 7. (8)

2 Mar 1852: William was baptised in Bothwell. (9)

7 Sep 1852 - John received his Certificate of Freedom. (2)

30 Sep 1852 - John James Cooper was born in Bothwell, as reported by his mother Anne on November 8. (10)

27 Dec 1852 - John was baptised in Bothwell. (11)

24 Jun 1853 - Anne attended muster in Bothwell. (1)

8 Nov 1853 - Ticket of Leave approved for Anne. (1)

28 Nov 1854 - Anne was recommended for her Conditional pardon. (1)

28 May 1855 - Bothwell Lower Court. John Cooper, free by servitude, neither read nor write.
Charged on complaint of the Chief District Constable John Brown with having been drunk in the public street at Bothwell on May 26, the same being the first offence under the Act. Pleaded guilty. Found guilty and fined £1. Charged with assaulting John Brown in the execution of his duty. Pleaded guilty. Found guilty and fined £2. (12)

14 Aug 1855 - Anne's Conditional Pardon was approved. (1)

27 Nov 1855 - Frederick Robert Cooper was born in Bothwell, as reported by his father John on December 29. (13)

19 Sep 1857 - Frederick was baptised in Bothwell. (14)

18 May 1858 - [1-26] Dennistoun Rd. John Cooper (occupier), Edward Bowden Snr (owner), house, ground, annual rateable value £9. (15)

20 Nov 1860 - [1-I6] High St. John Cooper (occupier), Francis Knowles (owner), house, annual rateable value £6. (16)

19 Nov 1861 - [1-B6] Patrick St. John Cooper (occupier), Edward Andrews (owner), house, ground, annual rateable value £10. (17)

17 Nov 1863 - [1-11.2] Alexander St. John Cooper and James Donnelly (occupiers), Elizabeth Fisher (owner), house, ground, annual rateable value £30. (18)

15 Nov 1864 - [1-11.2] Alexander St. John Cooper (occupier), Elizabeth Wilkinson (owner), house, annual rateable value £20. (19)

26 Feb 1867 - [1-H5, H6] High St. John Cooper (occupier), Richard Allen (owner), part of house, annual rateable value £10. (20)

11 Feb 1868 - [1-H5, H6] High St. John Cooper (occupier), Richard Allen (owner), house, ground, annual rateable value £10. (21)

17 Oct 1870 - David Henry Tarr, a 21-year-old labourer, married Jessie Wyatt, a 21-year-old spinster, at St James Church, Montacute, Bothwell according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the United Church of England and Ireland by Banns. Witnessed by Richard Wyatt and Elizabeth Hann. (48,49)

7 Feb 1871 - [1-H5, H6] High St. John Cooper (occupier), Richard Allen (owner), house, garden, annual rateable value £10. (22)

9 Sep 1871 - John James Cooper, a 19-year-old bachelor and farm labourer, married Annie Maria Swindells, a 19-year-old spinster, at St Luke's Church in Bothwell according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Church of England by Banns. Witnessed by David Henry Tarr and Emma Jane O'Hearn. (23)

20 Mar 1874 - Anne (Tarr) Cooper died in Bothwell at the age of 58 of phthisis, as reported by her husband John on March 24. She was buried at Bothwell Cemetery. (24, 25)

8 Sep 1874 - [1-H5, H6] High St. John Cooper (occupier, erased), Richard Allen Snr (owner), house, garden, annual rateable value £10. (26)

8 Sep 1874 - [1-C5] Dalrymple St. John Cooper (occupier, inserted), Humphrey Savage (owner), house, annual rateable value £7 10s. (27)

18 Jan 1875 - William Alfred Cooper, a 23-year-old bachelor and labourer, married Margaret McCarthy, a 19-year-old spinster, at St Stephen's Catholic Church, Hamilton according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Catholic Church by Banns. Witnessed by John Best and Rosina McCarthy. (28)

26 Jul 1875 - Frederick Robert Cooper, a 21-year-old bachelor and labourer, married Hannah Mary Clay, a 21-year-old spinster and servant, at St Luke's Church in Bothwell according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Church of England by Banns. Witnessed by John Cooper and Anna Maria Cooper. (29)

8 Feb 1876 - [1-B3.1] Dalrymple St. John Cooper Snr (occupier), William Wood Hughes (owner), house, annual rateable value £5 4s. (30)

30 Jan 1877 - [1-B3.1] Dalrymple St. John Cooper Snr (occupier), William Wood Hughes (owner), house, annual rateable value £5 4s. (31)

9 May 1877 - John Cooper died in Bothwell at the age of 57 of dropsy, as reported by his son Alfred on May 11. He was buried at Bothwell Cemetery. (32,33)

Sources

Family of John Cooper

  1. Libraries Tasmania: Conduct Registers of Male Convicts arriving in the Period of the Probation System (CON33), John Cooper, no 7592, 'Moffatt' (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CON33-1-32/CON33-1-32p60).

  2. Libraries Tasmania: Registers of Deaths, Tasmania (RGD35), John Cooper, no 11/1877, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD35-1-46p43j2k).

  3. Tasmania: Bothwell Cemetery Records, John Cooper, 1877, section A33, site 13-14.

  4. Libraries Tasmania: Conduct Registers of Female Convicts arriving in the Period of the Probation System (CON41), Ann Tarr, no 371, 'St Vincent' (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CON41-1-25/CON41-1-25p194).

  5. Libraries Tasmania: Registers of Marriages, Tasmania (RGD37), John Cooper-Ann Tarr, no 3/1851, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD37-1-10p2j2k).

  6. Registers of Deaths, Tasmania (RGD35), Ann Cooper, no 3/1874, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD35-1-43p35j2k).

  7. Bothwell Cemetery Records, Anne Cooper, 1874, section A33, site 13-14.

  8. ancestry: England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975, David Henry Tarr, 1849, Somerset (https://www.ancestry.com.au/discoveryui-content/view/20053885:9841).

  9. TROVE: The Mercury (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), "Deaths," Tarr, 22 Jul 1902, p1 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/9585464).

  10. Bothwell Cemetery Records, David Tarr, 1902, site unknown.

  11. Libraries Tasmania: Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Jessie Wyatt, no 125/1849, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-26-p229j2k).

  12. Bothwell Presbyterian Church Registers (NS592), Tasmanian Archives, microfilm Z2238, NS592/1/1, Jessie Wyatt, baptism, no 87/1848.

  13. Registers of Marriages, Tasmania (RGD37), Farr-Wyatt, no 3/1870, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD37-1-29p2j2k).

  14. Registers of Deaths, Tasmania (RGD35), Jessie Tarr, no 44/1888, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD35-1-57p51j2k).

  15. Bothwell Cemetery Records, Jessie Tarr, 1888, site unknown.

  16. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), William Alfred Cooper, no 13/1851, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-29-p718j2k).

  17. Bothwell Presbyterian Church Registers (NS592), microfilm Z2238, NS592/1/1, William Alfred Cooper, baptism, no 126/1852.

  18. The Mercury (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), "Deaths," Cooper, 6 Jul 1926, p1 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/29450149).

  19. Bothwell Cemetery Records, William Alfred Cooper, 1926, section A40, site 19.

  20. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Margaret McCarthy, no 428/1856, Hamilton (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-34p584j2k).

  21. Registers of Marriages, Tasmania (RGD37), Cooper-McCarthy, no 569/1875, Hamilton (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD37-1-34p303j2k).

  22. The Mercury (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), "Deaths," Cooper, 22 Feb 1937, p1 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/30140375).

  23. Bothwell Cemetery Records, Margaret Annabel Cooper, 1937, site unknown.

  24. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), John James Cooper, no 26/1852, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-30p025j2k).

  25. Bothwell Presbyterian Church Registers (NS592), microfilm Z2238, NS592/1/1, John James Cooper, baptism, no 138/1852.

  26. Deaths in the District of Bothwell 1844-1938 (RGD17), Tasmanian Archives, microfilm Z1640, John James Cooper, RGD17/1/2, no 814/1916.

  27. Bothwell Cemetery Records, John James Cooper, 1916, site unknown.

  28. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Ann Swindells, no 8/1853, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-31p113j2k).

  29. Bothwell Presbyterian Church Registers (NS592), microfilm Z2238, NS592/1/1, Ann Swindells, baptism, no 149/1853.

  30. Registers of Marriages, Tasmania (RGD37), Cooper-Swindells, no 5/1872, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD37-1-31p3j2k).

  31. Deaths in the District of Bothwell 1844-1938 (RGD17), microfilm Z1640, Annie Maria Cooper, RGD17/1/2, no 788/1912.

  32. Bothwell Cemetery Records, Annie Maria Cooper, 1912, section A32, site 31.

  33. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Frederick Robert Cooper, no 44/1855, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-33p384j2k).

  34. Bothwell Presbyterian Church Registers (NS592), microfilm Z2238, NS592/1/1, Frederick Robert Cooper, baptism, no 221/1857.

  35. The Mercury (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), "Deaths" Cooper, 17 Mar 1933, p1 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/24718599).

  36. Bothwell Cemetery Records, Frederick Robert Cooper, 1933, section A33, site 13-14.

  37. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Hannah Clay, no 81/1854, Brighton (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-32p250j2k).

  38. Registers of Marriages, Tasmania (RGD37), Cooper-Clay, no 3/1875, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD37-1-34p3j2k).

  39. The Mercury (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), "Deaths," Cooper, 15 Apr 1942, p6 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/25901897).

  40. Bothwell Cemetery Records, Hannah Mary Cooper, 1942, section A33, site 13-14.

Family Timeline of John Cooper

  1. Libraries Tasmania: Conduct Registers of Female Convicts arriving in the Period of the Probation System (CON41), Ann Tarr, no 371, 'St Vincent' (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CON41-1-25/CON41-1-25p194).

  2. Libraries Tasmania: Conduct Registers of Male Convicts arriving in the Period of the Probation System (CON33), John Cooper, no 7592, 'Moffatt' (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CON33-1-32/CON33-1-32p60).

  3. Bateson, Charles. The Convict Ships : 1787-1868, p366 & 392/1842, 'Moffat.'

  4. Libraries Tasmania: Indents of Male Convicts (CON14), John Cooper, no 7592, 'Moffat' (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CON14-1-17/CON14-1-17P176).

  5. The Convict Ships : 1787-1868, p370 & 394/1850, 'St Vincent.'

  6. Libraries Tasmania: Registers of Applications for Permissions to Marry (CON52), Cooper-Tarr, p80/1851 (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CON52-1-3p035j2k).

  7. Libraries Tasmania: Registers of Marriages, Tasmania (RGD37), John Cooper-Ann Tarr, no 3/1851, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD37-1-10p2j2k).

  8. Libraries Tasmania: Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), William Alfred Cooper, no 13/1851, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-29-p718j2k).

  9. Bothwell Presbyterian Church Registers (NS592), Tasmanian Archives, microfilm Z2238, NS592/1/1, William Alfred Cooper, no 126/1852.

  10. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), John James Cooper, no 26/1852, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-30p025j2k).

  11. Bothwell Presbyterian Church Registers (NS592), microfilm Z2238, NS592/1/1, John James Cooper, baptism, no 138/1852.

  12. FamilySearch: Record of Cases Heard in Petty Sessions, Bothwell, Tasmania (LC49), John Cooper, LC49/1/3, 28 May 1855 (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GPVG-FRZ).

  13. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Frederick Robert Cooper, no 44/1855, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-33p384j2k).

  14. Bothwell Presbyterian Church Registers (NS592), microfilm Z2238, NS592/1/1, Frederick Robert Cooper, baptism, no 221/1857.

  15. FamilySearch: Australia, Tasmania, Government Gazette, 1833-1925, John Cooper, p697/1858 (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L98F-VZVR).

  16. Australia, Tasmania, Government Gazette, 1833-1925, John Cooper, p1882/1860 (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L98F-VQGX).

  17. Australia, Tasmania, Government Gazette, 1833-1925, John Cooper, p1694/1861 (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-898F-J93K-Z).

  18. Australia, Tasmania, Government Gazette, 1833-1925, James Donnelly and John Cooper, p2128/1863 (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G98F-V9Z1).

  19. Australia, Tasmania, Government Gazette, 1833-1925, John Cooper, p2076/1864 (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-898F-V3K4).

  20. Australia, Tasmania, Government Gazette, 1833-1925, John Cooper, p466/1867 (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-898F-V3LK).

  21. Australia, Tasmania, Government Gazette, 1833-1925, John Cooper, p222/1868 (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G98F-JYMR).

  22. Australia, Tasmania, Government Gazette, 1833-1925, John Cooper, p186/1871 (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L98F-KSSD).

  23. Registers of Marriages, Tasmania (RGD37), Cooper-Swindells, no 5/1872, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD37-1-31p3j2k).

  24. Libraries Tasmania: Registers of Deaths, Tasmania (RGD35), Ann Cooper, no 3/1874, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD35-1-43p35j2k).

  25. Tasmania: Bothwell Cemetery Records, Anne Cooper, 1874, section A33, site 13-14.

  26. Australia, Tasmania, Government Gazette, 1833-1925, John Cooper, p897/1874 (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-898F-JBPR).

  27. Australia, Tasmania, Government Gazette, 1833-1925, John Cooper, p898/1874 (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-998F-JJQM).

  28. Registers of Marriages, Tasmania (RGD37), Cooper-McCarthy, no 569/1875, Hamilton (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD37-1-34p303j2k).

  29. Registers of Marriages, Tasmania (RGD37), Cooper-Clay, no 3/1875, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD37-1-34p3j2k).

  30. Australia, Tasmania, Government Gazette, 1833-1925, John Cooper Sen, p193/1876 (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G98F-KBBL).

  31. Australia, Tasmania, Government Gazette, 1833-1925, John Cooper Snr, p188/1877 (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L98F-KV7W).

  32. Registers of Deaths, Tasmania (RGD35), John Cooper, no 11/1877, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD35-1-46p43j2k).

  33. Bothwell Cemetery Records, John Cooper, 1877, section A33, site 13-14.