Lulu (Beers) Cooper 1869–1958
Catalog ID p.176 · Cite this page: njcoopers.com/p/176/
Lulu (Beers) Cooper was born on 24 Dec 1869 in Oxford Twp, Warren Co., New Jersey. She married Samuel Jones Cooper. She died on 10 Sep 1958 in her home, Portland R.D., Northampton Co., PA. Four children are recorded.
Facts
| Event | Date | Place / detail | Certainty | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| birth | 24 Dec 1869 | Oxford Twp, Warren Co., New Jersey | certain | F.356, D.665, D.726, D.383, G.160 |
| residence | 1880 | Oxford, Warren Co., NJ (stepdaughter in William Collins household) | certain | D.726 |
| residence | 1900 | Oxford Twp, Warren Co., NJ | certain | D.665 |
| residence | 1910 | Upper Mount Bethel Twp, Northampton Co., PA | certain | D.666 |
| residence | 1930 | Upper Mount Bethel Twp, Northampton Co., PA | certain | D.667 |
| residence | 16 May 1940 | Upper Mount Bethel Township, Northampton Co., Pennsylvania | certain | D.383 |
| residence | 1950 | Upper Mount Bethel Twp, Northampton Co., PA - serial 19, a farm, on the road 'West on 709 to Turkey Ridge' | certain | D.822 |
| residence | 1958 | Portland R.D., Northampton Co., PA | certain | J.416 |
| death | 10 Sep 1958 | her home, Portland R.D., Northampton Co., PA | certain | J.416, G.160 |
Family
Parents
Not identified.
Spouses
- Samuel Jones Cooper 1869–1951
Children
- Margery (Cooper) Snyder 1895–1984
- Ruth C. (Cooper) Williams 1893–1989 J.518
- Elsie (Cooper) Cruver 1897–1951
- Lewis Cooper 1899–1985
Family tree
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In the documents
Every published document that names Lulu (Beers) Cooper, in date order, with what that document itself records.
| Date | Document | Role | What it records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1870 | F.356 birth register New Jersey return of births, Township of Oxford, Warren Co., 1 June 1869 - 1 June 1870, page 478, entries 5 and 11 |
child as "Lulu" |
birth: 24 Dec, Oxford Twp, Warren Co., NJ |
| 5 Jun 1880 | D.726 census population 1880 1880 U.S. census, Oxford, Warren Co., New Jersey, SD 1, ED 205, page 25 (stamped 532), lines 33-37 (dwelling 187, family 245) - NARA T9 |
child as "Beers Lulu" |
residence: 1880, Oxford, Warren Co., New Jersey |
| 30 Sep 1895 | F.380 birth register New Jersey state return of births, register vol. 51 p. 344, line 141 - an unnamed Cooper child born 9/30, father Cooper Sam'l 28 book keeper, mother Beers Lulu … |
spouse as "Beers Lulu" |
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| 1898/1899 | F.379 birth register New Jersey state return of births, register page 351, line 24 - an unnamed Cooper child born 2/13 at "O.", father Cooper Sam'l 28 clerk, mother Beere[s] Lula 27… |
spouse as "Beere[s] Lula" |
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| 1 Jun 1900 | D.665 census population 1900 1900 U.S. census, Oxford Township, Warren Co., New Jersey, ED 195, sheet 1A, lines 36-45 (dwellings 9 and 10) — NARA T623 |
spouse as "Lulu A" |
residence: 1900, Oxford Twp, Warren Co., NJ birth: Dec 1869, New Jersey |
| 20 Apr 1910 | D.666 census population 1910 1910 U.S. census, Upper Mount Bethel Township (part of), Northampton Co., Pennsylvania, ED 124, sheet 4B, lines 70-75 (dwelling 90, family 90) — NARA T624 |
spouse as "Lulu A" |
residence: 1910, Upper Mount Bethel Twp, Northampton Co., PA |
| 5 Jan 1920 | D.290 census population 1920 1920 U.S. census, Upper Mt. Bethel Township, Northampton Co., Pennsylvania, ED 161, sheet 2B, lines 57-62 (dwelling 36, family 37) and 94-97 (dwelling 47, famil… |
spouse as "Lulu A" |
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| 17 Apr 1930 | D.667 census population 1930 1930 U.S. census, Upper Mount Bethel Township, Northampton Co., Pennsylvania, ED 48-93, sheet 4A line 50 and sheet 4B lines 51-52 (dwelling 96, family 101) — NA… |
spouse as "Lulu A." |
residence: 1930, Upper Mount Bethel Twp, Northampton Co., PA |
| 16 May 1940 | D.383 federal census 1940 US Federal Census, Population Schedule - Upper Mount Bethel Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania; S.D. 21, E.D. 48-124, sheet 16A; enumerated 16 May … |
spouse as "Lula A" |
residence: 16 May 1940, Upper Mount Bethel Township, Northampton Co., Pennsylvania |
6 further documents not published (they may name living people).
Still unknown, and where we have looked
- Parents not identified.
- Burial not yet found.
Searches recorded
ancestry all 2026-10-17 · HER MARRIAGE TO Samuel Jones Cooper - searched from HER side as well as his, and recorded on both files so the gap report sees it from...
Searched for: HER MARRIAGE TO Samuel Jones Cooper - searched from HER side as well as his, and recorded on both files so the gap report sees it from either. "New Jersey, U.S., Marriage Records, 1670-1965" (Ancestry coll. 61376),
?name=Lulu_Beers&count=50, no year bound - 61 rows, BOTH PAGES READ.Result: NULL, AND COMPLETE FOR THE INDEX. Ancestry fuzzes "Lulu" to the initial, so the 61 rows are every L. Beers / Bowers / Baird / Bayard / Beyer / Bahr / Beard in the whole collection; none is a Beers marrying a Cooper. The nearest Warren Co. rows are "Lilly E. Beers x Frank Van Sycle, 29 Dec 1896, Washington" and "Sarah L Beer x Benjamin Schrantz, Warren" - neither is her. ⇒ The full account of this null, the groom-side read of 198 rows, the one candidate opened and excluded, and what remains to be tried are all on Samuel Jones Cooper's 2026-10-17
ancestry-all row. The bound stands at about 1892, from the "8 years married" that [D.665] gives them both.ancestry all 2026-10-14 · Collection 62483 (NJ Birth, Marriage and Death Records 1711-1878): Lulu Beer, b. 1869 (18 results).
Searched for: Collection 62483 (NJ Birth, Marriage and Death Records 1711-1878): Lulu Beer, b. 1869 (18 results).
Result: FOUND the register image (records 299571 / 1063841, image 004208993_00609) - downloaded and read -> [F.356]: Oxford Twp return of births, 'Dec 24 Lulu', parents 'Peter & Elizabeth Beer'. It gives NO mother's maiden name, so it cannot test the Pittenger claim of [L.137a]; her 1958 obituary [J.416] remains the only source for 'Pittenger'.
newspapers com 2026-10-04 · SIGNED IN. (a) "Lulu Cooper" OR "Lula Cooper", all places, 1958 (179); (b) "Lulu Cooper" OR "Lula Cooper" OR "Samuel J. Cooper",...
Searched for: SIGNED IN. (a) "Lulu Cooper" OR "Lula Cooper", all places, 1958 (179); (b) "Lulu Cooper" OR "Lula Cooper" OR "Samuel J. Cooper", Pennsylvania, 1958 (15).
Result: FOUND (b): Morning Call 11 Sep 1958 printed p. 32 obituary [J.416], downloaded. Pocono Record 11 Sep pp. 15 and 21 also matched (not opened).
findagrave 2026-10-04 · Not re-run; memorial already in [G.160].
Searched for: Not re-run; memorial already in [G.160].
Result: Not run.
familysearch tree 2026-10-17 · RUN AT LAST - the 2026-10-04 row below records it as "not run this pass". Reached sideways rather than by a tree search: the...
Searched for: RUN AT LAST - the 2026-10-04 row below records it as "not run this pass". Reached sideways rather than by a tree search: the FamilySearch RECORDS search for her marriage (see Samuel Jones Cooper's 2026-10-17
familysearch-records row) kept returning records already "Attached To: Lulu Beer, 1869-1958, 9MF1-HZ6", so the profile was opened directly and its Sources tab read in full. (link)Result: PROFILE 9MF1-HZ6 "Lulu Beer, 24 December 1869 - 10 September 1958" - the vitals agree with this file exactly, including the day of birth, which is itself a small corroboration of [F.356]. 15 SOURCES ATTACHED, and the catalog already holds the substance of eleven of them: her 1869 birth return [F.356], the 1880 census [D.726], 1900 [D.665], 1910 [D.666], 1920 [D.290], 1930 [D.667], 1940, 1950 [D.822], the Find a Grave index [G.160], and two GenealogyBank obituary rows (1985 = [J.396] Lewis, 1989 = [J.518] Ruth). TWO ARE LEADS THE CATALOG DOES NOT HOLD, and both are recorded here rather than chased, so the next pass starts from them: 1 "Lula Beus", United States Census, 1870 - attached by another user in 2020. WHY IT MATTERS: this file has her as a STEPdaughter in the William Collins household in 1880 [D.726], and her own father Peter Beers is known only from her 1869 birth return and her 1958 obituary. An 1870 household would show her at six months old WITH PETER AND ELIZABETH BEERS, which is the one record that could carry Peter's age, occupation and birthplace - and his wife's. NOT OPENED; the surname is indexed "Beus", which is why no Beers search has ever reached it. 2 NUMIDENT, "Lulu A Beers" - her own Social Security application extract, naming spouse Samuel J Cooper and daughter Ruth Cooper Williams. Her MIDDLE INITIAL "A" is in it, which this file records nowhere (her census rows are "Lulu A" from 1900 on, but the file's
middle: is empty). NOT OPENED. GRADE: a tree profile is a LEAD, not evidence - but what is being taken from it here is the EXISTENCE of two records, not any claim the profile makes.familysearch tree 2026-10-04 · Not run this pass.
Searched for: Not run this pass.
Result: Not run.
ancestry all 2026-10-04 · Not run this pass.
Searched for: Not run this pass.
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genealogybank 2026-10-04 · Not run this pass.
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familysearch records 2026-10-05 · Lulu Beers, b. 1867-1872, birthplace New Jersey; Peter Beer~ (fuzzy), residence Warren Co. NJ; all Beer~ (fuzzy), residence Oxford,...
Searched for: Lulu Beers, b. 1867-1872, birthplace New Jersey; Peter Beer~ (fuzzy), residence Warren Co. NJ; all Beer~ (fuzzy), residence Oxford, Warren Co. NJ, 1870 census collection (all rows with birth 1868-1870 read); Lulu~ Cooper, b. 1867-1872 (rows read for Pa./N.J.); Samuel Cooper with spouse Lulu~, marriage 1885-1895.
Result: FOUND: 1880 Oxford [D.726] - 'Beers Lulu', 10, Step-daughter, in the household of William Collins (28, b. England, ore miner) and Elizabeth (29). INDEX ONLY (no image): NJ Births and Christenings - 'Lulu Beer', b. 24 Dec 1869, Oxford, father Peter Beer, mother Elizabeth (DGS 004208993, film 494167, image unavailable online); NJ Deaths and Burials - Peter Beer, d. 1 Apr 1872, Oxford, b. 1842 Oxford, parents Elijah Beer and Mariah Beer; NUMIDENT of daughter Ruth Cooper Williams names her mother 'Lulu A Beers'. NULL: 1870 - no infant Lulu and no Peter Beer household in Oxford (fuzzy Beer~; Oxford 1870 Beers rows include Elisha b. 1809 and Maria b. 1814, not opened); 1885 NJ state census - the Jersey City 'Lulu Beers' is in a James R. Beers household, not her; 1950 - not found as Lulu Cooper; marriage (1900 census: married 1892) - not indexed in NJ or PA; Northampton Co. PA probate 1958 - not online; land and draft - n/a.
ancestry all 2026-10-06 · Ancestry 'U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007' (coll. 60901): Lulu Cooper, birth 1869 +/-1 (name search; up...
Searched for: Ancestry 'U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007' (coll. 60901): Lulu Cooper, birth 1869 +/-1 (name search; up to 12 candidate records opened and filtered on given name and birth year).
Result: NULL - no record matching name and birth year among the candidates.
Documents
- F.356 New Jersey return of births, Township of Oxford, Warren Co., 1 June 1869 - 1 June 1870, page 478, entries 5 and 11
- D.290 1920 U.S. census, Upper Mt. Bethel Township, Northampton Co., Pennsylvania, ED 161, sheet 2B, lines 57-62 (dwelling 36, family 37) and 94-97 (dwelling 47, family 48) - NARA T625
- D.383 1940 US Federal Census, Population Schedule - Upper Mount Bethel Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania; S.D. 21, E.D. 48-124, sheet 16A; enumerated 16 May 1940 by LeRoy B. DePuy.
- D.385 1930 US Federal Census, Upper Mt Bethel Twp, Northampton Co. PA (Sheet 10B) — LeRoy W. Cruver household (dwelling/family 280): LeRoy W. 36 (b. PA, m. at 26) + wife ELSIE C. 33 (m. at 23, b. NEW JERSEY, father NJ, mother NJ) + sons MILTON C. 6, Martin Luther 3, Victor L. 2. CENSUS-LOCKS Milton Cooper Cruver as LeRoy × Elsie's son + STRONGLY SUPPORTS Elsie-née-Cooper (NJ-born of NJ-born parents = exact Samuel J. Cooper × Lulu Beers profile)
- D.665 1900 U.S. census, Oxford Township, Warren Co., New Jersey, ED 195, sheet 1A, lines 36-45 (dwellings 9 and 10) — NARA T623
- D.666 1910 U.S. census, Upper Mount Bethel Township (part of), Northampton Co., Pennsylvania, ED 124, sheet 4B, lines 70-75 (dwelling 90, family 90) — NARA T624
- D.667 1930 U.S. census, Upper Mount Bethel Township, Northampton Co., Pennsylvania, ED 48-93, sheet 4A line 50 and sheet 4B lines 51-52 (dwelling 96, family 101) — NARA T626
- D.726 1880 U.S. census, Oxford, Warren Co., New Jersey, SD 1, ED 205, page 25 (stamped 532), lines 33-37 (dwelling 187, family 245) - NARA T9
- D.822 1950 US Federal Census, Upper Mount Bethel Twp., Northampton Co., PA; ED 48-143, sheet 2, lines 8-10 (serial 19, a farm) - the household entered 'Copper, Samuel J.', 3 persons; sheet started 3 April 1950, enumerator Otto Hochrein; NARA roll 2408.
- F.379 New Jersey state return of births, register page 351, line 24 - an unnamed Cooper child born 2/13 at "O.", father Cooper Sam'l 28 clerk, mother Beere[s] Lula 27. DGS 4209861, THE SAME PAGE at images 374 and 383.
- F.380 New Jersey state return of births, register vol. 51 p. 344, line 141 - an unnamed Cooper child born 9/30, father Cooper Sam'l 28 book keeper, mother Beers Lulu 25. DGS 4209196 image 362.