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Louella E. Cooper

Female 1849 - 1928  (78 years)


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  • Name Louella E. Cooper 
    Born 7 Feb 1849  Burton, Adams, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 24 Jan 1928  , Yolo, California, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Winters Cemetery, Winters, Yolo, California, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I3307  Petersen-de Lanskoy
    Last Modified 27 May 2021 

    Father Henry Cooper,   b. 4 Mar 1816, , Chautauqua, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Dec 1901, Winters, Yolo, California, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years) 
    Mother Anna Mariah Peck,   b. 9 Dec 1820, Bainbridge, Chenango, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Dec 1891, Winters, Yolo, California, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years) 
    Married 17 Dec 1840  Burton, Adams, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F502  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family John Hart Wilgus,   b. 28 Mar 1844, Pennington, Mercer, New Jersey, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Feb 1918, Winters, Yolo, California, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years) 
    Married 22 Jan 1867  , Yolo, California, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 28 May 2021 
    Family ID F1722  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • RESEARCH_NOTES:
      1. Per Ancestry.com: database "1663942"; 13 Apr. 2002, contact .

      2. US 1850 Census for Burton, Adams, Illinois, 5 Oct 1850, p. 18A, online image at :
      Henry Cooper, blacksmith, M 35 NY.
      Anne Cooper, F 29, NY.
      Mary A. Cooper, F 5, Ill.
      Susan Cooper, F 3, Ill.
      Luella Cooper, F 1, Ill.

      3. Email dated 23 Oct 2010 from Rea Jenkins, also a researcher of this family concerning Anna Mariah Peck and her children:
      1. 1850 Census (know you have this, but if you look at it, just below Henry Cooper is Samuel Meachum and his wife Hannah. This is Anna Mariah's sister and her family. Below them is their father, Ezekial Peck and her mother, Electa Buck, and their younger sister Eveline.
      2. 1860 Census for Henry Cooper family, Cottonwood, Yolo, CA, p. 648 of Ancestry.com.
      3. 1870 Census for Henry and family, Buckeye, Yolo, CA, p. 410 of Ancestry.com.
      4. 1880 Census - I can't find them.
      5. 1900 Census for H. C. family, Winters, Yolo, CA, p. 14B, E.D. 203 of Ancestry.com.
      I have obituaries for Henry and Anna Mariah, an abstract of death record for Anna, and a certificate of search for a death record for Henry from the Yolo County Clerk/Recorder in which they didn't find anything.
      Census for Mary A. Cooper Grafton:
      1. 1900 Census, Winters, Yolo, CA, p. 2B, E.D. 203, Ancestry.com.
      Census for Susan J. Cooper Baker:
      1. 1880 Census, Winters, Yolo, CA, p. 342, E.D. 160, Ancestry.com. (her sister, Luella is just below her)
      2. 1900 Census, Winters, Yolo, CA, p. 2A, E.D. 203, Ancestry.com.
      Census for Luella E. Cooper Wilgus:
      1. 1870 Census, Buckeye, Yolo, CA, p. 15 & 16, Ancestry.com.
      2. 1880 Census, noted above for Susan J. Cooper Baker.
      3. 1900 Census, Sacramento Ward 7, Sacramento, CA, p. 6A, E.D. 89, Ancestry.com.
      4. 1910 Census, Sacramento Ward 7, Sacramento, CA, p. 8B, E.D. 121, Ancestry.com.
      5. 1920 Census, Winters, Yolo, CA, p. 17A, E.D. 230, Ancestry.com.(boarding with someone)
      I have a death notice for Egbert H. Cooper, died at age 17.
      Census for Emma E. Cooper Bentley:
      1. 1910 Census, Winters, Yolo, CA, p. 14A, E.D. 184, Ancestry.com.
      Census for Charles C. Cooper:
      1. 1910 Census, Winters, Yolo, CA, p. 15B, E.D. 184, Ancestry.com.
      2. 1920 Census, Winters, Yolo, CA, p. 7A, E.D. 230, Ancestry.com.
      3. 1930 Census, Winters, Yolo, CA, p. 1A, E.D. 17, Ancestry.com.
      I have obituaries for both Charles and his wife, Mary.
      Census for George Day Cooper:
      1. 1920 Census, Winters, Yolo, CA, p. 10B, E.D. 230 Ancestry.com. The wife in this census, Eula, is his second wife. I have obituaries of George Day and his first wife, Ida Mae, which explains a lot of the two wives.
      I also have a cemetery record for the Winters Cemetery that I can copy also. In it there is a grave with a broken stone for a child of Henry and Anna. No name. The cemetery record says "baby? Broken marker looks like July 4 1858 ? age 2 y 20 da." I have this child on my family group sheet, and calculated the birth as 14 Jun 1856. Also, in Anna's obituary it states that she was the mother of ten children, six of whom - four daughters and two sons- are living.
      This is all I have on the Henry and Anna Cooper family."

      4. Mentioned in father's obituary per the newspaper "The Winters Express," Dec. 12, 1901, p. 1:
      "Deaths. Henry Cooper died Saturday December 7, 1901, 85 yrs., 9 mo., 3 days. He was born in Chautauqua County, New York, March 4, 1816. He was married in 1840 to Ann Mariah Peck and they came to California in May of 1856 settling in Yolo County. surviving children are Mrs. Mary A Grafton, Mrs. Susan J. Baker, Mrs. Luella E. Wilgus, Mrs. Emma E. Bentley, Charles A. Cooper and George D. Cooper."

      BURIAL:
      1. Per tombstone list on file prepared by Brett T. Dunham, Manager of the Winters Cemetery District, 415 Cemetery Drive, P.O. Box 402, Winters, CA, 95694, phone 530-795-2475, email wcd415@sbcglobal.net. The following are buried in Sect. 6, Lot 117, Wilgus Plot, both surnamed Wilgus:
      -Edward E., Dec 21, 1871-May 20, 1943.
      -John H., Mar 28, 1844-Feb 15, 1918.
      -Lottie E., Mar 12, 1878-Aug 23, 1878, dau. of J.H. & L.E.
      -Luella E., Feb 7, 1849-Jan 24, 1928.
      -Susie B., Sept. 24, 1870-Feb 20, 1947. [Wife of Edward E.]
      -Veva Bell, June 21, 1902-July 16, 1912, dau. of E.E. & S.B.

      2. Per photos of tombstone inscriptions provided to me by Rea Jenkins 19 Jan 2011:
      -"Eula D. Cooper, Jan. 26, 1875 - Feb. 7, 1959."
      -"John F. Baker, Died Feb. 28, 1890, aged 49 yrs. 7 mos. 8 ds. Native of Mass. Susan Jane, wife of J.F. Baker, died Feb. 14, 1903, aged 55 yrs., 11 mos. 8 days. Native of Illinois. At Rest." [Tombstone clearly gives John's death as 28 Feb, which then makes his birth date 20 Jul 1840, both of which are at variance to what dates I have been using.]
      -Military tombstone: "William Elmer Baker, California, ___ Am. Service, August 30, 1932."
      -"George D. Cooper, Oct. 11, 1862-Nov. 12, 1958."
      -"Ida May, Wife of G.D. Cooper died Oct. 28, 1888, aged 22 Yrs. 1 Mo. 27 Ds. [Includes a poem that is illegible in photo.]"
      -"Mary Cooper, 1863-1938." [Wife of Charles C. Cooper.]
      -"Egbert H. Son of H. & A.M. Cooper, died Jan 26, 1869. Aged 18? ys 10 ms. 16 ds." [This gives a different birth date of 10 Mar 1851 compared to what we have used of 16 Oct 1851.]
      -"Charles C. Cooper, 1860-1943."
      -"In memory of Wealthy A. Cooper who died March 23, 1865, aged 71 years. [Includes photo of illegible poem.]"
      -"Ann M. wife of H. Cooper born Dec. 9, 1820, died Dec. 16, 1891."
      -"Henry Cooper, born, Mar. 4, 1816, died Dec. 7, 1901."
      -Unmarked stone by Ann and Henry with some design by no words that I can make out in the photo.
      -"Lottie E. daughter of J.H. & L.E. Wilgus, born March 12, 1878, died August 23, 1878."
      -"Veva Bell daughter of E.E. & S.B. Wilgus, June 21, 1902 - July 16, 1912. [Poem]."
      -"Wilgus, Edward, b. Dec. 21, 1871, d. May 20, 1943; Susie B. Sept. 24, 1870-Feb. 20, 1947."
      -"Luella E. Wilgus, Feb. 7, 1849-Jan. 24, 1928."
      -"John H. Wilgus, Mar. 28, 1844 - Feb. 15, 1918"