The Coopers of Long Hill

Evelyn Anna (Cooper) Robertson 1923–1992

Catalog ID p.2378 · Cite this page: njcoopers.com/p/2378/

Evelyn Anna (Cooper) Robertson was born on 9 Apr 1923 in Richland Co., North Dakota, the daughter of George Melville Cooper and Pauline Katherine (Janisch) Cooper. She married twice: Marion Edward Rollens and Kenneth W. Robertson (1957). She died on 21 Apr 1992 in Rice Memorial Hospital, Willmar, Kandiyohi Co., Minnesota and was buried at St. Mary's Cemetery, Willmar, Minnesota. Eight children are recorded.

Also recorded as: Evelyn Anna Rollens N.61; Evelyn A Rollins N.61; Evelyn Robertson G.662

Facts

EventDatePlace / detailCertaintySources
birth 9 Apr 1923 Richland Co., North Dakota certain N.61, G.662
residence 1930 Eden, Marshall Co., South Dakota certain D.731
residence 1940 White Rock Twp, Roberts Co., South Dakota - her father's household, household 32 certain D.732
residence 1950 Becker Twp., Roberts Co., South Dakota - her widowed father's household, serial 21 certain D.823
residence 1968-1992 Willmar, Minnesota certain G.662
residence Kansas City, Kansas certain G.662
residence Browns Valley area, Minnesota certain G.662
death 21 Apr 1992 Rice Memorial Hospital, Willmar, Kandiyohi Co., Minnesota certain G.662, N.61
burial St. Mary's Cemetery, Willmar, Minnesota certain G.662

Family

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Children

  1. Living (6) G.662
  2. 2 unnamed male children G.662

Family tree

Solid lines and outlines: certain. Dashed: probable or weaker. Open the full tree (four generations)

Marion Edward RollensMarion Edward Rollens1916Kenneth W. RobertsonKenneth W. RobertsonEvelyn Anna (Cooper) RobertsonEvelyn Anna (Cooper) Ro…1923–1992George Melville CooperGeorge Melville Cooper1885–1962George Monroe CooperGeorge Monroe Cooper1830–1913Rachel Nancy (Janes) CooperRachel Nancy (Janes) Co…1855–1920Pauline Katherine (Janisch) CooperPauline Katherine (Jani…1889–1945

In the documents

Every published document that names Evelyn Anna (Cooper) Robertson, in date order, with what that document itself records.

DateDocumentRoleWhat it records
24 Apr 1930 D.731 census population 1930
1930 U.S. census, Eden Village, Marshall Co., South Dakota, ED 46-5, sheet 1B (stamped 7001), lines 82-87 (family 23) - NARA T626
 child
as "Evelyn"
5 Apr 1940 D.732 census population 1940
1940 U.S. census, White Rock Township, Roberts Co., South Dakota, SD 3, ED 55-39, sheet 2B, lines 57-63 (household 32) - NARA T627
 child
as "Evelyn"

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

Still unknown, and where we have looked

Searches recorded

ancestry all 2026-10-19 · No engine run for 1940 — [D.732], her father George Melville Cooper's 1940 household, was already in the catalog and already cited by...
Searched for: No engine run for 1940 — [D.732], her father George Melville Cooper's 1940 household, was already in the catalog and already cited by her sister Helen Laura (Cooper) Dew. The catalog was asked before the engine.
Result: 1940 closed from disk: aged 16, single, 8th grade, born North Dakota. It read as a gap only because [D.732] carried her, Helen and Lorraine in a single compound subjects: row with no p-numbers while their brothers Clarence F Cooper and Eugene George Cooper were properly linked. Fixed both ways.
ancestry all 2026-10-14 · SSACI (60901): Evelyn Anna Cooper, b. 1923 +/-1, father George Cooper; then its Suggested records (Missouri marriage, Find a Grave index).
Searched for: SSACI (60901): Evelyn Anna Cooper, b. 1923 +/-1, father George Cooper; then its Suggested records (Missouri marriage, Find a Grave index).
Result: FOUND -> [N.61] and memorial 117190014 -> [G.662].
findagrave 2026-10-14 · Memorial 117190014 (from the Ancestry Find a Grave index row).
Searched for: Memorial 117190014 (from the Ancestry Find a Grave index row).
Result: FOUND -> [G.662]: obituary in the bio names three husbands, six living children and two sisters.

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