Theodore Stephen Cooper 1883–1972

Catalog ID p.323 · Cite this page: njcoopers.com/p/323/

Theodore Stephen Cooper was born on 10 May 1883 in White Rock, Republic Co., Kansas, the son of Frederic Stephen Cooper and Frances Josephine (Merrell) Cooper. He married Lilian Stirling (1922). He died on 18 Apr 1972 in Denver, CO and was buried at Crown Hill Cemetery, Wheat Ridge. One child is recorded.

Facts

Event	Date	Place / detail	Certainty	Sources
birth	10 May 1883	White Rock, Republic Co., Kansas	certain	B.56
residence	13 Jun 1900	115 [street not read], Ward 3, Aspen City, Pitkin Co., Colorado	certain	D.240
death	18 Apr 1972	Denver, CO	certain	G.98
burial		Crown Hill Cemetery, Wheat Ridge	certain	G.98

Family

Parents

Father Frederic Stephen Cooper 1842–1928
Mother Frances Josephine (Merrell) Cooper 1852–1927

Spouses

Lilian (Stirling) Cooper 1894–1954
married 1922

Siblings

Children

Stirling Merrell Cooper Sr 1931–2022

Family tree

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In the documents

Every published document that names Theodore Stephen Cooper, in date order, with what that document itself records.

Date	Document	Role	What it records
13 Jun 1900	D.240 federal census 1900 US Federal Census, Schedule No. 1 - Aspen City, Ward 3, Pitkin County, Colorado; S.D. 25, E.D. 87, sheet 17A; enumerated 13 June 1900.	child as "Theodore"	residence: 13 Jun 1900, 115 [street not read], Ward 3, Aspen City, Pitkin Co., Colorado

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

Documents

A.31 Will of Fred S. Cooper of Aspen, Pitkin Co., Colorado, made 11 December 1919 — sole beneficiary and sole executor his son Theodore Cooper.
B.57 The “Cooper Bible Record” at the New Jersey Historical Society — a 1796 Berriman Bible with two unrelated-looking family records: Side A, Stephen R. Cooper of Newark, and Side B, John Cooper Jr's nine children and Arthur Erwin Cooper's seven. Are they one Bible or two?
A.30 1865 family agreement, Erwin, Steuben Co., N.Y. — five siblings acknowledge Frederic S. Cooper as their agent for the estate of John Cooper Jr., who died 23 October 1863.
D.240 1900 US Federal Census, Schedule No. 1 - Aspen City, Ward 3, Pitkin County, Colorado; S.D. 25, E.D. 87, sheet 17A; enumerated 13 June 1900.
D.241 1910 US Federal Census, Population - Aspen City, Ward 2, Pitkin County, Colorado; S.D. 2, E.D. 122, sheet 10A; enumerated 22 April 1910.
J.107 The Leavenworth Weekly Times (Leavenworth Kansas), Thursday Feb 12 1903 page 8, PUBLICATION NOTICE — partition-suit caption in District Court of Leavenworth County Kansas, dated 4 Feb 1903, attorney F. P. FITZWILLIAM. Property: Lot eleven (11) in block five (5) Day's subdivision to the city of Leavenworth, Leavenworth County Kansas. Plaintiffs: Lizzie M. Merrell + Ellen A. Park + Julia E. Vories + Frances E. Cooper. Defendants: Jennie E. Young + Eli S. Young + Frederick S. Cooper + John Vories + George B. Paine + Kate Paine + Tracy Paine + Winifred Paine + Eli S. Young as executor of the last will and testament of William Merrell, deceased. = primary-source attestation that Frederic Stephen Cooper (= [G.95](../G-Cemetery/G.95.yaml) Chris Cooper's 2-greats-grandfather) was a co-owner of a Leavenworth Kansas city lot in 1903 alongside multiple Merrell-family heirs of decedent William Merrell whose estate was being partitioned. Defendants must answer by 23 March 1903. Cooper-Merrell family-property connection at Leavenworth Kansas primary-source-locked to 1903. 'Frances E. Cooper' as plaintiff vs 'Frederick S. Cooper' as defendant in same caption may indicate (a) two different Frances Coopers; OR (b) Frances J. Merrell Cooper [Fred's wife, plaintiff via her Merrell-side interest] vs Fred [defendant via his husband's interest in same lot] — typical caption convention in partition suits where co-owners can appear on opposite sides of same caption.