Transcription and notes
Source
| Element |
Value |
| Document type |
"Return of Marriages in the County of Clarke For the Year Ending October 1st, A.D. 1894" |
| Authority |
Iowa State Board of Health (State Board of Health Form 5C, 6-28-1894-1500 — printed footer) |
| Page |
20-251 (handwritten page numbers; book pages) |
| License # |
1682 |
| Local file |
(image held in the family archive) (filename references Israel + Elizabeth as PARENTS of the groom, NOT the marrying parties — Israel d. 1888) |
Verbatim entry — License 1682
Groom info (left page columns)
| Column |
Value |
| 1. No. of License |
1682 |
| 2. Date of License |
(= early-March 1894 per page placement; specific date partially obscured) |
| 3. By whom Affidavit, if any is made |
(blank or unclear) |
| 3a. By whom consent to marriage given |
(blank or unclear) |
| 3b. Full name of Groom |
Otto Cooper |
| 4. Place of Residence |
(Hopeville Clarke Co Iowa — implied from birthplace + cross-context) |
| 5. Occupation |
(likely Farmer; not clearly visible at this zoom) |
| 6. Groom's Age next birthday |
26 years |
| 7. Color |
White |
| 8. Race |
Cau(= Caucasian) |
| 9. No. of Groom's Marriage |
1st |
| 10. Groom's Place of Birth |
Hopeville, Clarke Co. Iowa |
| 11. Groom's Father's Name |
Israel Cooper |
| 12. Groom's Mother's Maiden Name |
Elizabeth [Masters] |
Bride info (right page columns)
| Column |
Value |
| Full name of Bride |
Mary A. Wanker(surname spelling uncertain — could be Walker / Wander / Wendler / Wanker / other) |
| Place of Residence |
(not clearly visible at this zoom) |
| Color |
White |
| Race |
(not clearly visible) |
| Bride's Age |
18 years |
| Bride's Father's Name |
(not visible at this crop) |
| Bride's Mother's Maiden Name |
(not visible at this crop) |
| Place of Marriage |
(= Clarke Co Iowa per page header context) |
| Date Married |
(= 1894 per page header; specific month-day TBD) |
| By Whom Married |
(Officiant not yet read) |
Cross-references
- p.204 Israel Ezra Cooper — primary subject (Otto's father)
- F.151 — William Oliver Cooper (Otto's older brother b. 1859 Lafayette IL) death cert 1945
- F.152 — Israel Cooper 1888 Iowa Return of Deaths
- Find A Grave #18765104 — Israel Ezra Cooper memorial w/ Otto in family panel
Open follow-ups
- Otto Cooper bride surname— confirm "Wanker" reading via higher-resolution zoom OR Otto Cooper Find A Grave memorial (linked from Israel's #18765104).
- Otto Cooper Find A Grave memorial— pull and capture; would identify Mary A. Wanker + their children.
- Israel's parents— F.153 does NOT resolve. Still open.
- Other Israel-Cooper-children marriages in same return book— multi-page scan of 1894 + adjacent-year Clarke Co Iowa marriages for other Cooper-name brides/grooms with Israel + Elizabeth as parents.
- Date of marriage specific— re-read for month/day (= 1894 confirmed but month/day not yet captured).
- Officiating clergyman— bottom row cut off; check by Officiating Clergyman name format.
People named in this source (moved from header)
- p.204 Israel Ezra Cooper (1826-1888) — primary-source-confirmed as father of Otto Cooper via this marriage record
- Otto Cooper (b. 1868 Hopeville Clarke Co Iowa — d. 1931 per Find A Grave) — Israel's 10th child of 12 per Find A Grave; subject of license 1682; stub pending creation
- Elizabeth Y. Masters Cooper (1832-1900 per Find A Grave; m. Israel 1849) — primary-source-confirmed as Otto's mother w/ maiden name Masters; stub pending creation
- Mary A. Wanker (b. ~1876) — Otto's bride per this record; 18 years old in 1894; stub pending creation; surname spelling uncertain — could be 'Wanker' / 'Walker' / 'Wandler' / other
Interpretation — relocated
What this entry concluded now lives in p.204 (p.204 Israel Ezra Cooper.md). An entry holds verbatim source content and navigational pointers; the reasoning belongs with the person, family or thread it is about. Moved 2026-08-03.