The Coopers of Long Hill

Document D.565 · federal census · transcription: verbatim

1870 US Federal Census, Independence Twp, Warren Co., NJ, page 36[?] - the RODERICK COOPER household (dwelling 287 / family 302): Roderick 31 day labourer, Rosetta C 25, and three children - plus his elder brother SAMUEL COOPER, 38, enumerated in the household and marked "Idiot" in the disability column. Roderick's age here is one of THREE independent primary sources putting his birth at ~1838, against the 1850 census's outlying "8".

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1870 US Federal Census (Ninth Census)

People named

As writtenRoleIdentified asWhat this document says
Cooper Roderick head Roderick Byanton Cooper 1838–1889
occupation: day labourer
residence: 1870, Independence Twp, Warren Co., NJ
Rosetta C spouse
occupation: keeping house
Jesse E child Ida Elizabeth (Cooper) Masters 1862–1940 probable
Sarah M child Sarah Matilda (Cooper) Kinney 1865–1944 probable
James W child
Siskly[?] Emma servant
occupation: domestic servant
Cooper Samuel brother Samuel Cooper 1832–1888
residence: 1870, Independence Twp, Warren Co., NJ

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