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Fern Martha (Cooley) Thorpe (1895 - 1997)

Fern Martha Thorpe formerly Cooley aka Stier
Born in Polk, Iowa, United Statesmap
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Daughter of and
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Died at age 101 in Pierce, Washington, United Statesmap
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Biography

Fern (Cooley) Thorpe was a centenarian, living to age 101.

Fern was born in 1895. She was the daughter of George Cooley and Elizabeth Pace. [1]

She married Roy Stier in 1916. [2]

She passed away in 1997 at 101 years of age. [3]

Sources

  1. ↑ "Iowa, County Births, 1880-1935," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XVC4-BXD : 1 April 2020), Fern M. Cooley, 29 Sep 1895; citing Iowa, United States; county district courts, Iowa; FHL microfilm 1,749,704.
  2. ↑ "Washington, County Marriages, 1855-2008", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKNB-MC4M : 29 April 2021), Roy E Stier and Fern M Cooley, 1916.
  3. ↑ "Washington Death Index, 1965-2014," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLWS-9D3Z : 13 July 2017), Fern M Thorpe, 14 Feb 1997, Pierce, Washington, United States; from the Department of Health, Death Index, 1907-1960; 1965-2014, Washington State Archives, Digital Archives (https://www.digitalarchives.wa.gov/Collections/TitleInfo/472 : n.d.); Citing Washington State Department of Health.


  • "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGJC-2L7 : accessed 19 June 2021), Fern Cooley in household of George A Cooley, Tacoma Ward 5, Pierce, Washington, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 265, sheet 10B, family 274, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1665; FHL microfilm 1,375,678.
  • "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCQ4-WWL : accessed 19 June 2021), Ferne M Stier, Tacoma, Pierce, Washington, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 189, sheet 2A, line 44, family 40, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2512; FHL microfilm 2,342,246.
  • "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K93P-BSV : 6 January 2021), Fern M Stier, Tacoma Election Precinct, Pierce, Washington, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 42-28, sheet 5B, line 76, family 126, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 4388.




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