Walter Eugene Cooper (1895 - 1959)

Born 4 Jan 1895 in Codorus Township, York, Pennsylvania, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Jennie (Huggens) Cooper — married 1917 in York, Pennsylvania, United States

Died 19 Jan 1959 at age 64 in Hanover, York, Pennsylvania, United States

Biography

Walter Cooper was a Pennsylvanian.

Walter, son of George Washington Cooper and Anna Mary "Annie" Taylor, was born 4 January 1895 in Codorus Township, York County, Pennsylvania.^[1][2][3][4] He grew up there, where in 1900 his father George Cooper (age 45) cultivated his own land to support his wife Annie Cooper (41, mother of six, three living), Walter Eugene (5), Gertrude May "Gertie" (11, servant) and George Washington (8).^[1]

The family moved to Hellam Township, York County, before 1910, when the household included George W. Cooper (age 53, farmer), Annie (52, mother of eight, five living), Walter E. (15), Gertie (20), George W. (18), Mamie Ruth (4) and Amy G. (4).^[5]

About 1917 he married Jennie Huggens,^[2][6] daughter of Samuel Huggens and Lucy Ann Wildasin. They had at least two children:

• Clarice (Cooper) Dubs (b. 19 April 1918;^[7][8] m. Alton Wehrly Dubs;^[9] d. 10 November 1985).^[7][8]

• Mary Mae (Cooper) Gladfelter (b. 28 October 1925;^{[10][11][12][13]} m. Charles Edward Gladfelter;^[14][13] d. 1 February 1999).^[10][12][13]

When he registered for the draft in 1917. Walter was a married farmer.^[2] At that time he was described as of medium height and build with blue eyes and brown hair.^[2] The registration for World War II is more specific; it shows that at age 47 he was 5'8.5" tall, 205 lbs, with blue eyes, gray hair and a light complexion.^[3]

Walter E. (age 25, farmer) and Jennie (22) owned their home on Manchester Road in Codorus Township that they shared with their one-year-old daughter Clarice in 1920.^[15]

Before 1930 Walter E. Cooper (age 35, farmer) purchased a farm in Manheim Township, York County, where he lived with Jennie (33), Clarice (11) and Mary Mae (4).^[6] Walter (age 45, farmer), Jennie (43) and Mary (14) remained in Manheim Township in 1940.^[16] Walter and Jennie reported they had completed eight years of schooling.^[16]

Walter died 19 January 1959 in Hanover, York County, and was buried at Saint Jacob's Stone Church Cemetery in Glenville, Codorus Township, York County.^[4]

^{[1] [5] [15] [6] [16] [2] [3] [4] [8] [9] [7] [10] [13] [12] [14] [11]}

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} United States Census, 1900, database with images, FamilySearch (accessed 20 November 2019), Walter E Cooper in household of Gerge Cooper, Corordus Township, Southern District, York, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 129, sheet 7A, family 134, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,500.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4} United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, database with images, FamilySearch (26 August 2019), Walter E Cooper, 1917-1918. Birth is shown on 4 January 1896, rather than 1895.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942, database with images, FamilySearch (9 March 2018), Walter Eugene Cooper, 1942; citing NARA microfilm publication M1936, M1937, M1939, M1951, M1962, M1964, M1986, M2090, and M2097 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.). Birth is shown on 4 January 1895, which differs from his WWI registration, but concurs with the 1900 census.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} Find A Grave: Memorial #103660507 for Walter Eugene Cooper.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} United States Census, 1910, database with images, FamilySearch (accessed 20 November 2019), Walter E Cooper in household of George W Cooper, Hellam, York, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 39, sheet 7A, family 143, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1433; FHL microfilm 1,375,446.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2} United States Census, 1930, database with images, FamilySearch (accessed 20 November 2019), Walter E Cooper, Manheim, York, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 47, sheet 4A, line 33, family 77, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2165; FHL microfilm 2,341,899.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2} United States Social Security Death Index, database, FamilySearch (20 May 2014), Clarice Dubs, Nov 1985; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1 8.2} Find A Grave: Memorial #19369594 for Clarice Cooper Dubs.
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1} Maryland, Church Records, 1668-1995, database with images, FamilySearch (10 October 2019), Alton W Dubs and Clarice Cooper, 13 Oct 1935; citing Marriage, Carroll, Maryland, United States, multiple denominations and churches, Maryland; FHL microfilm .
10. ↑ ^{10.0 10.1 10.2} United States Social Security Death Index, database, FamilySearch (20 May 2014), Mary Gladfelter, 15 Feb 1999; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
11. ↑ ^{11.0 11.1} Maryland, Church Records, 1668-1995, database with images, FamilySearch (10 October 2019), Mary Mae Cooper, 28 Oct 1925; citing Birth, Carroll, Maryland, United States, multiple denominations and churches, Maryland; FHL microfilm .
12. ↑ ^{12.0 12.1 12.2} Find A Grave: Memorial #19393439 for Mary Mae Cooper Gladfelter. Full birth and death dates are engraved on her headstone.
13. ↑ ^{13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3} United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014, database with images, FamilySearch (accessed 6 January 2020), Mrs Mary M Gladfelter, Pennsylvania, United States, 03 Feb 1999; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (2014); citing York Daily Record, born-digital text.
14. ↑ ^{14.0 14.1} Maryland, Church Records, 1668-1995, database with images, FamilySearch (10 October 2019), Mary M Cooper Gladfelter in entry for Robert Allen Gladfelter, 20 Apr 1951; citing Birth, Carroll, Maryland, United States, multiple denominations and churches, Maryland; FHL microfilm. Her son's record shows the name of her husband.
15. ↑ ^{15.0 15.1} United States Census, 1920, database with images, FamilySearch (accessed 20 November 2019), Walter E Cooper, Codorus, York, Pennsylvania, United States; citing ED 37, sheet 7A, line 38, family 154, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1667; FHL microfilm 1,821,667. His marriage date was calculated based on their ages at the time of marriage.
16. ↑ ^{16.0 16.1 16.2} United States Census, 1940, database with images, FamilySearch (20 August 2019), Walter Cooper, Manheim Township, York, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 67-57, sheet 8A, line 15, family 139, 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 3643.