Vera Geraldine (Cooper) Crawford (1912 - 2000)

Born 23 May 1912 in Deseronto, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada

Ancestors

Wife of William Horace Crawford — married 25 Dec 1930 in Niagara Falls, New York, United States

Died 7 Nov 2000 at age 88 in Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York

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Vera was Mohawk.

Biography

My great Aunt Vera was a Mohawk

Vera Geraldine Cooper 1912–2000. She was born on a beautiful Spring day it was on a Tuesday, May 23 1912 in Spring Brook, Ontario, Canada. . Her Father Edward Phillip Cooper he was 32, and her Mother Malissa Ann Green, was 25.

Vera had a 4th grade education and 4 siblings

Clarence Edward Cooper 1903–1989

Jeanette Cooper 1906–1918

Myrtle Marjorie Cooper 1909–1979

Julia Agnes Cooper 1910–1983

"Crossing the Canadian Border'

Vera Geraldine Cooper moved from Spring Brook, Ontario, Canada to the United States in 1923 after immigration inspections were instituted in 1895. At 18 on December 25 1930 in Niagara Falls, New York, USA she married and she became a homemaker and spent her life time with William Horace Crawford Sr , was the Son of Frederick Nelson Crawford and Florence Anna Barns

Vera was a member of Warners First United Methodist Church and previously attended Pilgrim Holiness Church, of Syracuse New York, She was a member of United Methodist Women's Association. William and Vera had four children before she was 29. Three daughters, Florence Vera Crawford , Alexander of Morrisville, Vt)., Joan Crawford of Jordan and Alvina Julia Crawford of Pulaski; a son, William Horace Crawford Jr of Altmar; 16 grandchildren; several great-grandchildren.

'On Tuesday" *November 7, 2000) " at the Van Duyn Home & Hospital Syracuse, New York, USA, after four years of being a widow. Then at 88 years old she joined her husband " William Horace Crawford (1911 - 1996) eternally in the Garden of Peace."' "Services: were held at" 2 p.m. Thursday at B.L. Bush & Sons Funeral Home. Burial, Greenlawn Memorial Park, Warners Onondaga County New York, USA

Plot: Garden of Peace.

Father: Edward Phillip Cooper (1879–1958) passed away in January 1958 in Niagara Falls, New York, at the age of 78.

Mother:' Melissa Ann Green (1885-1963) passed away in n Niagara Falls, New York, at the age of 78.

Sister: Janet Cooper (1906–1918) drowned when Vera Geraldine was 6 years old.

Sister: Myrtle Marjorie Cooper (1909–1979 died in Niagara Falls, New York when Vera Geraldine was 67 years old

Sister: Julia Agnes Cooper (1910-1983) died in Salem, Indiana when Vera Geraldine was 70 years old.

Death of Brother: Clarence Elburn Cooper (1903–1989) died in Oshawa, Ontario when Vera Geraldine was 77 years old.

Sources

• Source: Citation for U.S., Social Security Death Index," ( 1935-2014)"

Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York, USA " Source: #S-887258653 Reference Number: RG 31; Folder Number: 64; Census Place: Deseronto (Town), Hastings East, Ontario; Page Number: 16 * Source: #S-887258416 New York State Archives; Albany, New York; State Population Census Schedules, "1925;" Election District: 02; Assembly District: 02; City: Niagara Falls; County: Niagara; Page: 76

• Repository: R-1262262288

Ancestry.com

• Source: S-887258653 Repository: [[#R-

1262262288]] "1921" Census of Canada Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc <\span>

• Source: S-887265586 Repository: [[#R-

1262262288]] Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Ancestry Family Tree </span> [http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx? tid=17176486&pid=81]

• Source: Obituary was in the Post-Standard, The (Syracuse, NY ) - "November 8,

2000 "