Document J.321 · news item / obituary · transcription: verbatim
New Jersey Herald and Sussex County Democrat (Newton, N.J.), Thursday 2 November 1905, page 1 - "KILLED BY A TRAIN. Alfred Cooper Loses His Life While Asleep Along the Track."; newspapers.com image 1352503467.
- repository
- newspapers.com, New Jersey Herald, 2 Nov 1905, p. 1 (image 1352503467)
- date
- 1905-11-02
People named
| As written | Role | Identified as | What this document says |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alfred Cooper, of Andover | deceased | Alfred L. Cooper 1877–1905 | death: beside the Lackawanna railroad track near the residence of B. D. Totten, Andover, Sussex Co., N.J. residence: 1905, Andover - a dwelling owned by Chas. Gardner, on a back road not far from the old Andover creamery; his mother kept house for him |
What this document records
What the document is
The Sussex weekly's front-page account of his death, from its Andover correspondent.
The cooper datum
Death on the night of Saturday 28 Oct 1905 (derived) at Andover, aged 29; 'twin brother of Albert Cooper'; his late wife was a daughter of Enos Sargent and died about 1901; two children - a girl living with Albert Washer and a little boy cared for by Alfred and his mother.
What this document does not say
His parents' names, his wife's or children's given names, or which Albert Cooper was his twin (the identification with Albert Alvin Cooper is the catalog's).