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George Day Cooper

Male 1862 - 1958  (96 years)


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  • Name George Day Cooper 
    Born 11 Oct 1862  Buckeye, Yolo, California, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 12 Nov 1958  Winters, Yolo, California, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried 15 Nov 1958  Winters Cemetery, Winters, Yolo, California, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I3311  Petersen-de Lanskoy
    Last Modified 27 May 2021 

    Father Henry Cooper,   b. 4 Mar 1816, , Chautauqua, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Dec 1901, Winters, Yolo, California, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years) 
    Mother Anna Mariah Peck,   b. 9 Dec 1820, Bainbridge, Chenango, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Dec 1891, Winters, Yolo, California, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years) 
    Married 17 Dec 1840  Burton, Adams, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F502  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Ida May Ridgeway,   b. 1 Sep 1866, , , California, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Oct 1888, Winters, Yolo, California, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 22 years) 
    Married 10 Nov 1886  , Los Angeles, California, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 28 May 2021 
    Family ID F1725  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Eula Dallas Ely,   b. 26 Jan 1875, Buckeye, Yolo, California, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Feb 1959, Woodland, Yolo, California, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years) 
    Married 1912  California, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 28 May 2021 
    Family ID F1726  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • RESEARCH_NOTES:
      1. Per Ancestry.com: database "1663942"; 13 Apr. 2002, contact .

      2. Email dated 23 Oct 2010 from Rea Jenkins, also a researcher of this family concerning Anna Mariah Peck and her children:
      1. 1850 Census (know you have this, but if you look at it, just below Henry Cooper is Samuel Meachum and his wife Hannah. This is Anna Mariah's sister and her family. Below them is their father, Ezekial Peck and her mother, Electa Buck, and their younger sister Eveline.
      2. 1860 Census for Henry Cooper family, Cottonwood, Yolo, CA, p. 648 of Ancestry.com.
      3. 1870 Census for Henry and family, Buckeye, Yolo, CA, p. 410 of Ancestry.com.
      4. 1880 Census - I can't find them.
      5. 1900 Census for H. C. family, Winters, Yolo, CA, p. 14B, E.D. 203 of Ancestry.com.
      I have obituaries for Henry and Anna Mariah, an abstract of death record for Anna, and a certificate of search for a death record for Henry from the Yolo County Clerk/Recorder in which they didn't find anything.
      Census for Mary A. Cooper Grafton:
      1. 1900 Census, Winters, Yolo, CA, p. 2B, E.D. 203, Ancestry.com.
      Census for Susan J. Cooper Baker:
      1. 1880 Census, Winters, Yolo, CA, p. 342, E.D. 160, Ancestry.com. (her sister, Luella is just below her)
      2. 1900 Census, Winters, Yolo, CA, p. 2A, E.D. 203, Ancestry.com.
      Census for Luella E. Cooper Wilgus:
      1. 1870 Census, Buckeye, Yolo, CA, p. 15 & 16, Ancestry.com.
      2. 1880 Census, noted above for Susan J. Cooper Baker.
      3. 1900 Census, Sacramento Ward 7, Sacramento, CA, p. 6A, E.D. 89, Ancestry.com.
      4. 1910 Census, Sacramento Ward 7, Sacramento, CA, p. 8B, E.D. 121, Ancestry.com.
      5. 1920 Census, Winters, Yolo, CA, p. 17A, E.D. 230, Ancestry.com.(boarding with someone)
      I have a death notice for Egbert H. Cooper, died at age 17.
      Census for Emma E. Cooper Bentley:
      1. 1910 Census, Winters, Yolo, CA, p. 14A, E.D. 184, Ancestry.com.
      Census for Charles C. Cooper:
      1. 1910 Census, Winters, Yolo, CA, p. 15B, E.D. 184, Ancestry.com.
      2. 1920 Census, Winters, Yolo, CA, p. 7A, E.D. 230, Ancestry.com.
      3. 1930 Census, Winters, Yolo, CA, p. 1A, E.D. 17, Ancestry.com.
      I have obituaries for both Charles and his wife, Mary.
      Census for George Day Cooper:
      1. 1920 Census, Winters, Yolo, CA, p. 10B, E.D. 230 Ancestry.com. The wife in this census, Eula, is his second wife. I have obituaries of George Day and his first wife, Ida Mae, which explains a lot of the two wives.
      I also have a cemetery record for the Winters Cemetery that I can copy also. In it there is a grave with a broken stone for a child of Henry and Anna. No name. The cemetery record says "baby? Broken marker looks like July 4 1858 ? age 2 y 20 da." I have this child on my family group sheet, and calculated the birth as 14 Jun 1856. Also, in Anna's obituary it states that she was the mother of ten children, six of whom - four daughters and two sons- are living.
      This is all I have on the Henry and Anna Cooper family."

      3. Mentioned in father's obituary per the newspaper "The Winters Express," Dec. 12, 1901, p. 1:
      "Deaths. Henry Cooper died Saturday December 7, 1901, 85 yrs., 9 mo., 3 days. He was born in Chautauqua County, New York, March 4, 1816. He was married in 1840 to Ann Mariah Peck and they came to California in May of 1856 settling in Yolo County. surviving children are Mrs. Mary A Grafton, Mrs. Susan J. Baker, Mrs. Luella E. Wilgus, Mrs. Emma E. Bentley, Charles A. Cooper and George D. Cooper."

      DEATH:
      1. Per Rootsweb.com, California Death Records Index: George Day Cooper, b. 11 Oct 1862 in California; mother Peck, father Cooper, died 12 Nov 1958 in Yolo Co. at age 96.

      OBITUARY:
      1. Per the newspaper "The Winters Express," Thurs., Nov. 20, 1958, p. 2:
      "George D. Cooper.
      Funeral services for George D. Cooper, 96, lifelong resident of Yolo county were held Saturday afternoon at Kraft Bros. Chapel Woodland with interment in Winters Cemetery.
      Rev. Harold Reeves, pastor of First Christian Church of Winters officiated at the rites and Mary Mendes was the organist.
      Casket bearers, all relatives of Mr. Cooper's were Gary Lipelt, Kay Lipelt, Milvin Brattin, Chester Bentley, Leland L. Stith, and William Stith.
      Mr. Cooper died at his home, 109 Main street, last Wednesday afternoon at 3:15 after being in failing health for a number of years. He was born October 11, 1862, and had lived in Winters since he retired from farming 45 years ago.
      His parents, Henry and Anna Cooper came to Yolo from New York in 1856. His father worked in Woodland as a blacksmith and butcher and later moved to a ranch one-half mile from old Buckeye school where Mr. Cooper was reared and where he farmed until retirement in 1913.
      Mr. Cooper married his wife Eula in 1912 and shortly thereafter moved to Winters where he has lived at the same home ever since.
      Survivors are Mr. Cooper's wife, one son Arch L. Cooper of Ceres, one step-son, Jack R.V. Vest of Salem, Oregon, one nephew, Henry Bentley of Davis, two nieces, Mrs. Sarah Brattin, Woodland and Mrs. Minnie Baty, Cedarville as well as two grandchildren, Robert Cooper and Eleanor Powell of Washington."

      BURIAL:
      1. Per tombstone list on file prepared by Brett T. Dunham, Manager of the Winters Cemetery District, 415 Cemetery Drive, P.O. Box 402, Winters, CA, 95694, phone 530-795-2475, email wcd415@sbcglobal.net. The following are buried in:
      Sect. 6, Lot 118, Cooper Plot, all surnamed Cooper:
      -Anna M., Dec 9, 1820-Dec 16, 1891, wife of H. Cooper.
      -Baby ?. Broken marker looks like -July 4, 1858? age 2 y 20 da.
      -Charles C., 1860-June 11, 1943.
      -Egbert H., -Jan 26, 1875, age 17-10-16, son of H. and A.M.
      -Eula D., Jan 26, 1875-Feb 7, 1959.
      -George Day, Oct 11, 1862-Nov 12 1958.
      -Henry, Mar 4, 1816-Dec 7, 1901.
      -Ida May, Oct 28, 1888 age 22-1-27, wife G.D. Cooper.
      -Mary, 1863-Aug 23 1938.
      -Wealthya, Mar 23, 1865 age 71y.

      2. Per photos of tombstone inscriptions provided to me by Rea Jenkins 19 Jan 2011:
      -"Eula D. Cooper, Jan. 26, 1875 - Feb. 7, 1959."
      -"John F. Baker, Died Feb. 28, 1890, aged 49 yrs. 7 mos. 8 ds. Native of Mass. Susan Jane, wife of J.F. Baker, died Feb. 14, 1903, aged 55 yrs., 11 mos. 8 days. Native of Illinois. At Rest." [Tombstone clearly gives John's death as 28 Feb, which then makes his birth date 20 Jul 1840, both of which are at variance to what dates I have been using.]
      -Military tombstone: "William Elmer Baker, California, ___ Am. Service, August 30, 1932."
      -"George D. Cooper, Oct. 11, 1862-Nov. 12, 1958."
      -"Ida May, Wife of G.D. Cooper died Oct. 28, 1888, aged 22 Yrs. 1 Mo. 27 Ds. [Includes a poem that is illegible in photo.]"
      -"Mary Cooper, 1863-1938." [Wife of Charles C. Cooper.]
      -"Egbert H. Son of H. & A.M. Cooper, died Jan 26, 1869. Aged 18? ys 10 ms. 16 ds." [This gives a different birth date of 10 Mar 1851 compared to what we have used of 16 Oct 1851.]
      -"Charles C. Cooper, 1860-1943."
      -"In memory of Wealthy A. Cooper who died March 23, 1865, aged 71 years. [Includes photo of illegible poem.]"
      -"Ann M. wife of H. Cooper born Dec. 9, 1820, died Dec. 16, 1891."
      -"Henry Cooper, born, Mar. 4, 1816, died Dec. 7, 1901."
      -Unmarked stone by Ann and Henry with some design by no words that I can make out in the photo.
      -"Lottie E. daughter of J.H. & L.E. Wilgus, born March 12, 1878, died August 23, 1878."
      -"Veva Bell daughter of E.E. & S.B. Wilgus, June 21, 1902 - July 16, 1912. [Poem]."
      -"Wilgus, Edward, b. Dec. 21, 1871, d. May 20, 1943; Susie B. Sept. 24, 1870-Feb. 20, 1947."
      -"Luella E. Wilgus, Feb. 7, 1849-Jan. 24, 1928."
      -"John H. Wilgus, Mar. 28, 1844 - Feb. 15, 1918"