Document B.74 · draft registration · transcription: verbatim
WWI draft registration card of Victor Cooper of Dayton, Ohio, b. 1 April 1891 at Wilmore, Kentucky — Foreman at the Cooper Medicine Co.
- repository
- U.S. Selective Service System — via Ancestry
- collection
- Form 1; Local Board Division No. 2, City of Dayton, Ohio, Room 316, Post Office Building.
- identifier
- Card No. 10; registrar's report 34-6-13 A.
- date
- 1917
What is transcribed: Both sides of the card.
People named
| As written | Role | Identified as | What this document says |
|---|---|---|---|
| Victor Cooper | subject | Victor Cooper 1891–1976 | birth: 1 Apr 1891, Wilmore, Jessamine Co., Kentucky residence: 1917, 250 Court St., Dayton, Ohio occupation: 1917, Foreman, Cooper Medicine Co., 309 E. 1st St., Dayton |
What this document records
The employer is a family firm
“Cooper Medicine Co.”, 309 E. 1st St., Dayton — and he is its Foreman at 26. A business carrying the surname is a research asset out of proportion to a draft card: incorporation papers, city directories, trade press and advertising all name proprietors, and a firm is far easier to trace than a man.
A kentucky origin moved to ohio
b. Wilmore, Kentucky; living at 250 Court St., Dayton, Ohio. The Kentucky places cohere except one. [B.74] gives Wilmore (Jessamine Co.), [B.76] gives Nicholasville (also Jessamine Co.) and a father born at Germantown, Ky. [B.75] gives Lexington (Fayette Co.) — for the same man as [B.74].
What the card settles about his household
Single, no dependents, no prior service, no exemption claimed — four negatives, each stated. At 26 in 1917 that is a complete household answer.
Transcription and notes
Provenance, the family firm the card names, and the Kentucky-places question are in the
source: and coverage: headers and are not repeated here.
Verbatim transcription
Registration Card (left) — Form 1, No. 10: | # | Field | Value | |---|---|---| | 1 | Name in full / Age | Victor Cooper / 26 | | 2 | Home address | 250 Court St, Dayton, Ohio | | 3 | Date of birth | April 1st 1891 | | 4 | Natural-born / naturalized / … | natural born | | 5 | Where born | Wilmore, Kentucky, U.S. | | 7 | Present trade / occupation | Foreman | | 8 | By whom employed | Cooper Medicine Co. — Where employed: 309 E. 1st St, Dayton, O. | | 9 | Father/mother/wife/child dependent | no | | 10 | Married or single / Race | single / Caucasian | | 11 | Prior military service | no | | 12 | Claim exemption | no | | — | Signature | Victor Cooper |
Registrar's Report (right) — 34-6-13 A: | # | Field | Value | |---|---|---| | 1 | Tall / medium / short — build | Short — Slender | | 2 | Eyes / Hair / Bald | Brown / Black / no | | 3 | Lost limb / disabled | no | | — | Precinct / City / State | 6 / Dayton / Ohio | | — | Date of registration | 6-5-17 (5 June 1917) | | — | Registrar's signature | Harry E. Long |
Cross-references
- p.1564 Victor Cooper — the registrant (gen-7 Cooper Y-carrier)
- p.921 James Samuel Cooper — Victor's father; his obituary calls the sons the "Cooper brothers of the Cooper Medicine Co." — B.74 documents Victor's employment there as Foreman
- B.75 — Victor's WWII ("Old Man's") draft card, 1942
- G.291 — William [p.841] family Find A Grave roster