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Mildred Delilah (Murray) Cooper (1840 - 1919)

Mildred Delilah (Delilah) Cooper formerly Murray
Born in Louisiana, United Statesmap
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants descendants
Died at age 78 in Slidell, St. Tammany, Louisiana, United Statesmap
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Biography

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Delilah (Murray) Cooper lived in Louisiana.

Mildred Murray (father unknown, from Georgia, and unknown mother from Louisiana), was born in Louisiana in March of 1840.[1] She married Cornelius Randal Cooper (father also from Georgia, mother from Louisiana) c.1869, probably in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, where they lived in 1870 with the daughter, Minnie.[2]

Children of the marriage:
  1. Minnie Cooper (c.1870) m. Arnold (c.1886) m. Dodson (1921)[3]

In 1880 they lived in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, with their daughter and a nephew.[4] In 1900 they were living in St. Tammany with their 13 year old grandson, Hugh Arnold.[1] By 1910 they were living on their own again, in Slidell, Louisiana.[5] Her husband died in 1914.[6]

Delilah Murray Cooper died in Slidell, Louisiana in 1919 and was buried at Greenwood Cemetery in Slidell, Louisiana.[7]

In the 1880 census, her nephew Basil Murray Gosselin, the son of Edna Thereza Murray is living with them.

Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSRC-HR5 : accessed 14 May 2021), Delilah Cooper in household of Cornelius R Cooper, Ward 9 Slidell town, St. Tammany, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 85, sheet 9A, family 175, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,583.
    Cornelius R Cooper Head Male 57 Louisiana
    Delilah Cooper Wife Female 60 Louisiana
    Hugh R Arnold Grandson Male 13 Louisiana
  2. "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M872-FPD : 2 January 2021), Mildred Cooper in entry for C Cooper, 1870, Ward 2, St. Tammany, Louisiana, United States.
    C Cooper Male 36 Louisiana, United States
    Mildred Cooper Female 31 Louisiana, United States
    Minnie Cooper Female 0 Louisiana, United States
  3. "Louisiana Parish Marriages, 1837-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPM9-WNVM : 4 April 2020), Mildred Cooper in entry for W O Wilder and M J Dodson, 30 May 1921; citing Slidell, St. Tammany, Louisiana, United States, various parish courthouses, Louisiana; FHL microfilm 1,463,138.
  4. "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDXJ-2F3 : 19 February 2021), Mildred Cooper in household of C R Cooper, Lower Pearl River, St Tammany, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district ED 177, sheet 415D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,471.
    C R Cooper Self Male 38 Louisiana, United States
    Mildred Cooper Wife Female 40 Louisiana, United States
    Minne Cooper Daughter Female 10 Louisiana, United States
    Basil Goslin Nephew Male 19 Louisiana, United States
  5. "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPBC-7RN : accessed 14 May 2021), Mildred Cooper in household of Cornelius R Cooper, Slidell, St Tammany, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 104, sheet 7B, family 137, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 531; FHL microfilm 1,374,544.
  6. Find a Grave, database and images: accessed 16 May 2021), memorial page for Cornelius Randall Cooper (22 May 1842–10 Oct 1914), Find A Grave: Memorial #33732726, citing Greenwood Cemetery, Slidell, St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, USA; Maintained by Grave Man (contributor 10391877).
  7. Find a Grave, database and images: accessed 16 May 2021, memorial page for D. Murray Cooper (4 Mar 1840–25 Jan 1919), Find A Grave: Memorial #33732728, citing Greenwood Cemetery, Slidell, St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, USA; Maintained by Grave Man (contributor 10391877). Photo requested.




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