She is the downline descendant of Swiss emigrants from1545 to the Coopers or Tonnlier's France. She is the 38th great grandaughter of the progenitor of the AMALS: Hulmut ca 60 A.D. according to online genealogical service GENI. see below. She was a member of the Friends Church or Quakers of Southern California, as are her grand daughter Johnna Lee Williams-Cox of Palm Desert, Ca. (still living) She inspired all her children to be examples of the Love of God incarnate, walking among men and women as an example of forgiven LOVE. She bore her husband, James Cookston 12 children 3 whom died in childhood of influenza and the nine surviving children were credits to the Nation. Her son Harry Gideon earned 5 Silver stars in WW2 in the US COAST Guard...And the other Surviving son was a successful flooring contractor in Southern Ca. and built a church by hand from the ground up for Esther's grandson Chips Worthington of California and the four square Gospel Church in Santa Maria., Ca..
No one knew that she was the grand daughter of the Holy Roman Emporer or the King of Jerrusalem. She lived her life quietly in devotion to Jesus of Nazareth, and the 14 Kings of France in her herative were but a pillow to rest her magnificent head when she returned to the care of GOD. Dale C. Rice 1948 grandson, and son of her daugher, Mildred Margueritte Cookston-Rice.
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