Sadie S. (Cooper) Pierce 1881–1964

Catalog ID p.2261 · Cite this page: njcoopers.com/p/2261/

Sadie S. (Cooper) Pierce was born on 18 May 1881 in Warren Co., New Jersey, the daughter of Robert Marshall Cooper and Phoebe A. (Schenck) Cooper. She married Lester Vincent Pierce. She died on 21 Jul 1964 in General Hospital, East Stroudsburg, Monroe Co., Pennsylvania and was buried on 23 Jul 1964 at Stroudsburg Cemetery, Stroudsburg, Monroe Co., Pennsylvania. One child is recorded.

Also recorded as: Sadie Pearce D.848

Facts

Event	Date	Place / detail	Certainty	Sources
birth	18 May 1881	Warren Co., New Jersey	certain	F.348, G.627, D.297
residence	1900	Hope Twp, Warren Co., New Jersey (her father's household, dwelling 176 / family 180)	certain	D.297
residence	1907-1964	Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania (resident since 1907)	certain	J.510
residence	15 Apr 1910	house 307, Stroudsburg Borough (Western Ward), Monroe Co., Pennsylvania	certain	D.850
residence	1 Mar 1911	Stroudsburg, Monroe Co., Pennsylvania	probable	J.559
residence	15 Jan 1920	817 Thomas Street, Stroudsburg (Third Ward), Monroe Co., Pennsylvania — house 817, dwelling 164, family 171	certain	D.851
residence	1930	Stroudsburg, Monroe Co., Pennsylvania	certain	D.725
residence	1932	North Street, Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania	certain	F.154
residence	1 Apr 1935	851 Scott Street, Stroudsburg Borough (3rd Ward), Monroe Co., Pennsylvania	certain	D.849
residence	2 May 1940	851 Scott Street, Stroudsburg Borough (3rd Ward), Monroe Co., Pennsylvania — house 851, household 427, ED 45-25, sheet 18A line 21	certain	D.849
residence	1950	851 Scott Street, Stroudsburg, Monroe Co., Pennsylvania — house 851, dwelling serial 144, ED 45-43	certain	D.848
residence	1964	851 Scott St., Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania	certain	F.348
religion		United Church of Christ, Stroudsburg	certain	J.510
occupation		housewife	certain	F.348
death	21 Jul 1964	General Hospital, East Stroudsburg, Monroe Co., Pennsylvania	certain	F.348, J.510
burial	23 Jul 1964	Stroudsburg Cemetery, Stroudsburg, Monroe Co., Pennsylvania	certain	F.348, J.510, G.627

Family

Parents

Father Robert Marshall Cooper 1838–1913
Mother Phoebe A. (Schenck) Cooper 1841–1932

Spouses

Lester Vincent Pierce 1880–1923 F.348, J.510, G.627

Siblings

Samuel E Cooper 1861–1947
Addie M Cooper 1865–1887
Hector A Cooper 1867–1923
Agatha V Cooper 1870–1894
Minnie M Cooper 1872–1902
Albert P Cooper 1875–1913
Elizabeth W. (Cooper) Hartung 1879–1964

Children

Robert L. Pierce 1907–1977 J.510, D.725, G.627

Family tree

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In the documents

Every published document that names Sadie S. (Cooper) Pierce, in date order, with what that document itself records.

Date	Document	Role	What it records
1880	G.628 cemetery memorial Find a Grave memorial 100287370, 'Lester Vincent Pierce' (1880-1923), Stroudsburg Cemetery, Stroudsburg, Monroe County, Pennsylvania	spouse as "Sadie S. Cooper Pierce"
1895	G.164 find a grave memorial Find a Grave memorial 33947865 - Agatha V Cooper, Johnsonburg Christian Church Cemetery, Johnsonburg, Warren County, New Jersey	sibling as "Sadie S. Cooper Pierce"
1910	D.850 federal census 1910 US Federal Census, Stroudsburg Borough (Part 2), Western Ward, Monroe Co., Pennsylvania — Supervisor's District 2, Enumeration District 51, Sheet 5A, lines…	spouse as "——, Sadie"	residence: 15 Apr 1910, house 307, Stroudsburg Borough (Western Ward), Monroe Co., Pennsylvania
1913	G.151 find a grave memorial Find a Grave memorial 33948360 - Robert M Cooper, Johnsonburg Christian Church Cemetery, Johnsonburg, Warren County, New Jersey	child as "Sadie S. Cooper Pierce"
1913	G.156 find a grave memorial Find a Grave memorial 33948318 - Albert P “Bertie” Cooper, Johnsonburg Christian Church Cemetery, Johnsonburg, Warren County, New Jersey	sibling as "Sadie S. Cooper Pierce"
1920	D.851 federal census 1920 US Federal Census, Stroudsburg, Third Ward, Monroe Co., Pennsylvania — Supervisor's District 7, Enumeration District 62, Sheet 82A as written (Ancestry cit…	spouse as "——, Sadie"	residence: 15 Jan 1920, 817 Thomas Street, Stroudsburg (Third Ward), Monroe Co., Pennsylvania
1923	G.157 find a grave memorial Find a Grave memorial 33948372 - Hector A Cooper, Johnsonburg Christian Church Cemetery, Johnsonburg, Warren County, New Jersey	sibling as "Sadie S. Cooper Pierce"
14 Apr 1930	D.725 census population 1930 1930 U.S. census, Stroudsburg Borough, 3rd Ward, Monroe Co., Pennsylvania, ED 45-22, sheet 15A, lines 31-32 (house 851, dwelling 379, family 424) - NARA T626	head as "Pierce, Sadie, S"	residence: 1930, Stroudsburg, Monroe Co., Pennsylvania
1940	D.849 federal census 1940 US Federal Census, Stroudsburg Borough (3rd Ward), Monroe Co., Pennsylvania — Enumeration District 45-25, Sheet 18A (Ancestry indexes 28A), line 21, house …	head as "Pierce, Sadie S"	residence: 2 May 1940, 851 Scott Street, Stroudsburg Borough (3rd Ward), Monroe Co., Pennsylvania
1950	D.848 federal census 1950 US Federal Census, Stroudsburg, Monroe Co., Pennsylvania — Enumeration District 45-43, page 12, lines 25-26, house 851 Scott Street, dwelling serial 144 — …	head as "Pearce, Sadie"	residence: 1950, 851 Scott Street, Stroudsburg, Monroe Co., Pennsylvania

8 further documents not published (they may name living people).

Still unknown, and where we have looked

Searches recorded

ancestry all 2026-10-19 · HER 1910 AND 1920 CENSUSES — the other two of the three census gaps on this file that had NO SEARCH RECORDED AT ALL. Both named by...

Searched for: HER 1910 AND 1920 CENSUSES — the other two of the three census gaps on this file that had NO SEARCH RECORDED AT ALL. Both named by [D.849]'s Suggested-records panel, then run as parameterised complete-county surname lists so the result is recorded by its terms rather than by a click. Same recipe both times — surname PIERCE alone, no given name, no birth year, 50 per page, residence=_monroe-pennsylvania-usa_2065&residence_x=1-0-0_1-0: (a) 1910 (coll. 7884) — 12 rows, the entire county, all read; folded in Pearce. (b) 1920 (coll. 6061) — 18 rows, the entire county, all read; folded in Pearce and Place.

Result: BOTH FOUND — the file's last two unsearched census gaps closed in one sitting. → [D.850] (1910) and [D.851] (1920), both images downloaded, filed and read on census_stitch bands. 1910: house 307, Stroudsburg Borough Western Ward, ED 51 sheet 5A lines 1-3 — Pierce, Lesler 29, Sadie 28, Robert L. 2. Renting. 1920: 817 Thomas Street, Third Ward, ED 62 lines 27-29 — Pierce, Lester V. 39, Sadie 38, Robert 12. Still renting. THE 1910 SHEET CARRIES TWO THINGS NO OTHER RECORD DOES. (a) Columns 10-11: 1 child born, 1 now living — Robert L. was her only child, counted in 1910 rather than inferred from her 1964 obituary. (b) Column 9: 6 years of present marriage, with M1 for both ⇒ they married about 1903-04, which is the first bound on her undated marriage the catalog has held from a record, and it falls on the unsourced tree date of 27 Dec 1903. Corroboration, not proof — a years-married answer is given from memory. The tree date stays tree-tier. One conflict recorded, not resolved: 1910 gives her husband's FATHER's birthplace as Pennsylvania, 1920 as New Jersey — and on the 1920 plate the enumerator visibly struck out "Penn" and wrote "New Jersey" for Lester's own birthplace. See Lester Vincent Pierce.

ancestry all 2026-10-19 · HER 1940 CENSUS — one of the three census gaps on this file that had NO SEARCH RECORDED AT ALL. 1940 US Federal Census (Ancestry coll....

Searched for: HER 1940 CENSUS — one of the three census gaps on this file that had NO SEARCH RECORDED AT ALL. 1940 US Federal Census (Ancestry coll. 2442) as a complete-county surname list, which is the only safe form for her: surname PIERCE alone, no given name, no birth year, 50 per page, residence held exact — ?name=_Pierce&count=50&residence=_monroe-pennsylvania-usa_2065&residence_x=1-0-0_1-0 — 15 rows, the entire county, all read. Why surname-only and not Sadie Pierce: [D.848] showed the 1950 enumerator writing Pearce, so an exact-name search can drop her. The bare surname folded in Pearce and Pirce unprompted — 6 of the 15 rows — so the variant risk was handled by the engine. Place id 2065 taken from the recorded table in the place-recipe guidance note, not guessed.

Result: FOUND → [D.849], image downloaded, filed and read on census_stitch bands. "Pierce, Sadie S ⊗", Head, F W 57, WD, b. New Jersey, at house 851 Scott Street, household 427, ED 45-25 sheet 18A line 21, Stroudsburg Borough 3rd Ward — owning the house, valued $6,000. THE HOUSEHOLD IS ONE PERSON, read off the plate and not from the index: the household above ends at line 20 and the next begins at line 22. ⇒ Neither her son Robert L. Pierce Robert L. (present 1930 and 1950) nor her sister Elizabeth W. (Cooper) Hartung is with her in 1940. AND THE PLATE SAID MORE THAN THE INDEX: column 17 reads Same house — against Sameplace on the neighbouring lines — so she was already at 851 Scott Street on 1 April 1935, five years earlier than anything previously held, narrowing her move there to 1932 × 1935. Columns 21-25 No/No/No/No/H, 0 weeks worked, $0 wages, but Yes to income of $50+ from other sources. One discrepancy recorded, not resolved: the Sheet No. box reads 18A at 6x; Ancestry's index and citation both say 28A.

ancestry all 2026-10-06 · Ancestry 'U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995' (coll. 2469): name 'Sadie Pierce', keyword 'Stroudsburg' (rows kept where given name,...

Searched for: Ancestry 'U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995' (coll. 2469): name 'Sadie Pierce', keyword 'Stroudsburg' (rows kept where given name, initial, surname and town match).

Result: NULL - no matching row.

ancestry all 2026-10-12 · Sadie Pierce, b. 1882 +/-2 New Jersey, d. 1964 +/-1 (133 results).

Searched for: Sadie Pierce, b. 1882 +/-2 New Jersey, d. 1964 +/-1 (133 results).

Result: FOUND: Pennsylvania death certificate 068355-64 -> [F.348] (image downloaded); Find a Grave index row (= [G.627]). Not opened: SSACI, Newspapers.com obituary index, 1900 census rows.

familysearch tree 2026-10-12 · Tree search - Sadie Cooper, b. 1879-1886, any place New Jersey, spouse surname Pierce.

Searched for: Tree search - Sadie Cooper, b. 1879-1886, any place New Jersey, spouse surname Pierce. (link)

Result: 9KXF-CQ6 Sadie S. Cooper, May 1881 Warren NJ - 1964; marriage 27 Dec 1903 Warren NJ (no marriage source among its 6 sources - lead only); parents Robert Marshall Cooper 99ZS-2RV and Phoebe Ann Schenck GS4P-2BT; spouse Lester Vincent Pierce 9KXF-CQV (1879-1923). Sources attached - 1900, 1910, 1920 censuses, a 1917 WWI draft card, NUMIDENT ('Sadie Schenck Pierce'), Find a Grave index.

findagrave 2026-10-12 · Find a Grave: Pierce, Sadie, b. 1882 +/-3, d. 1964 +/-2, Pennsylvania.

Searched for: Find a Grave: Pierce, Sadie, b. 1882 +/-3, d. 1964 +/-2, Pennsylvania.

Result: FOUND: memorial 100287216 -> [G.627]; husband 100287370 -> [G.628]; son 100287488 -> [G.629].

newspapers com 2026-10-12 · SIGNED IN. (a) "Sadie Pierce", 1964 (71 - scattered, page 1 not hers); (b) Pierce Stroudsburg Cooper, 21-31 Jul 1964 (8).

Searched for: SIGNED IN. (a) "Sadie Pierce", 1964 (71 - scattered, page 1 not hers); (b) Pierce Stroudsburg Cooper, 21-31 Jul 1964 (8).

Result: FOUND: Pocono Record 22 Jul 1964 p. 3, 'Mrs. Pierce Of Stroudsburg' -> [J.510] (page downloaded).

genealogybank 2026-10-12 · Not run - the obituary was found on newspapers.com; GenealogyBank's New Jersey/Pennsylvania small-town holdings returned nothing for her...

Searched for: Not run - the obituary was found on newspapers.com; GenealogyBank's New Jersey/Pennsylvania small-town holdings returned nothing for her brothers' searches the same day.

Result: Not run.

familysearch records 2026-10-12 · (a) Sadie Cooper, spouse surname Pierce, marriage 1900-1907 (0); (b) Lester Pierce, spouse given name Sadie (0).

Searched for: (a) Sadie Cooper, spouse surname Pierce, marriage 1900-1907 (0); (b) Lester Pierce, spouse given name Sadie (0).

Result: NULL.

Documents

D.725 1930 U.S. census, Stroudsburg Borough, 3rd Ward, Monroe Co., Pennsylvania, ED 45-22, sheet 15A, lines 31-32 (house 851, dwelling 379, family 424) - NARA T626
D.297 1900 US Federal Census, Hope Twp., Warren Co., NJ; Supervisor's Dist. 3, ED 189, sheet 8B, lines 59-65 (dwelling 176 / family 180) - the Robert M. Cooper household, 7 persons; NARA T623 roll 998.
D.848 1950 US Federal Census, Stroudsburg, Monroe Co., Pennsylvania — Enumeration District 45-43, page 12, lines 25-26, house 851 Scott Street, dwelling serial 144 — the Sadie Pearce household of two.
J.559 The Courier-News (Plainfield, N.J.), Wednesday 1 March 1911, page 7 — the "WARREN COUNTY" news column; the Hope paragraph.
D.849 1940 US Federal Census, Stroudsburg Borough (3rd Ward), Monroe Co., Pennsylvania — Enumeration District 45-25, Sheet 18A (Ancestry indexes 28A), line 21, house 851 Scott Street, household 427 — the Sadie S. Pierce household of one.
D.850 1910 US Federal Census, Stroudsburg Borough (Part 2), Western Ward, Monroe Co., Pennsylvania — Supervisor's District 2, Enumeration District 51, Sheet 5A, lines 1-3, house 307, dwelling 78 — the Lesler [Lester] Pierce household of three.
D.851 1920 US Federal Census, Stroudsburg, Third Ward, Monroe Co., Pennsylvania — Supervisor's District 7, Enumeration District 62, Sheet 82A as written (Ancestry cites 20A), lines 27-29, 817 Thomas Street, dwelling 164, family 171 — the Lester V. Pierce household of three.
G.151 Find a Grave memorial 33948360 - Robert M Cooper, Johnsonburg Christian Church Cemetery, Johnsonburg, Warren County, New Jersey
G.156 Find a Grave memorial 33948318 - Albert P “Bertie” Cooper, Johnsonburg Christian Church Cemetery, Johnsonburg, Warren County, New Jersey
G.157 Find a Grave memorial 33948372 - Hector A Cooper, Johnsonburg Christian Church Cemetery, Johnsonburg, Warren County, New Jersey
G.164 Find a Grave memorial 33947865 - Agatha V Cooper, Johnsonburg Christian Church Cemetery, Johnsonburg, Warren County, New Jersey