William F Cooper 1919–1940
Catalog ID p.39 · Cite this page: njcoopers.com/p/39/
William F Cooper was born in 1919, the son of Charles Levitt Cooper and Lillian May (Stuart) Cooper. He died in 1940 and was buried at Wildmead Cemetery, Nickerson, Reno Co., Kansas.
Facts
| Event | Date | Place / detail | Certainty | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| birth | 1919 | certain | G.601 | |
| residence | 1920 | Salt Creek Twp, Reno Co., Kansas | certain | D.787 |
| residence | 18 Apr 1930 | Nickerson City, Reno Co., Kansas | certain | D.264 |
| death | 1940 | certain | G.601 | |
| burial | Wildmead Cemetery, Nickerson, Reno Co., Kansas | certain | G.601 |
Family
Parents
- Father Charles Levitt Cooper 1890–1982 D.264
- Mother Lillian May (Stuart) Cooper 1896–1990 D.264
Spouses
None recorded.
Siblings
- Gerald R. Cooper 1917–1973
- Harold E Cooper 1925–2007
Children
None recorded.
Family tree
Solid lines and outlines: certain. Dashed: probable or weaker. Open the full tree (four generations)
In the documents
Every published document that names William F Cooper, in date order, with what that document itself records.
| Date | Document | Role | What it records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18 Apr 1930 | D.264 federal census 1930 US Federal Census, Population Schedule - Nickerson City, Reno Co., Kansas; S.D. 8, E.D. 78-45, sheets 8B and 9A; enumerated 18-19 April 1930 by Ethel M. Ja… |
child as "William F." |
residence: 18 Apr 1930, Nickerson City, Reno Co., Kansas |
2 further documents not published (they may name living people).
Still unknown, and where we have looked
- Birthplace not established.
Searches recorded
findagrave 2026-10-13 · Memorial 42178628 (= [G.601]) re-fetched with the parser to recover its Ancestry record links.
Searched for: Memorial 42178628 (= [G.601]) re-fetched with the parser to recover its Ancestry record links.
Result: No family panel; links to 1920 census (-> [D.787]), 1930 census, Kansas state census 1925 (8841819, not opened) and Geneanet.
ancestry all 2026-10-13 · (a) Collection 61843 (Newspapers.com Obituary Index) - William Cooper, d. 1940 exact (161; page 1 read - none in Kansas); (b) same with...
Searched for: (a) Collection 61843 (Newspapers.com Obituary Index) - William Cooper, d. 1940 exact (161; page 1 read - none in Kansas); (b) same with b. 1919 +/-1 exact (0). (c) 1920 census record 106887551 opened from the memorial.
Result: No obituary-index row. FOUND: 1920 Salt Creek household -> [D.787].
newspapers com 2026-10-13 · SIGNED IN. Kansas, 1940: (a) Cooper Nickerson William (76; first page all Jan-Mar 1940, before his death - not opened); (b) "William...
Searched for: SIGNED IN. Kansas, 1940: (a) Cooper Nickerson William (76; first page all Jan-Mar 1940, before his death - not opened); (b) "William Cooper" Nickerson funeral (0); (c) "Levitt Cooper" (0). (Month-level date filters in the URL returned nothing.)
Result: NULL - no obituary found; the Hutchinson News for late April 1940 not yet browsed page by page.
genealogybank 2026-10-13 · Not run this pass.
Searched for: Not run this pass.
Result: Not run.
familysearch tree 2026-10-13 · Not re-run - the tree profile GGT2-97M is already cited in this file's vitals.
Searched for: Not re-run - the tree profile GGT2-97M is already cited in this file's vitals.
Result: Not run.
Documents
- D.264 1930 US Federal Census, Population Schedule - Nickerson City, Reno Co., Kansas; S.D. 8, E.D. 78-45, sheets 8B and 9A; enumerated 18-19 April 1930 by Ethel M. Jackson.
- L.143 Brian S. Carpenter — 'Elias Van Court Sr and Family' (41-pp research compilation; Research/Elias Van Court Sr and Family.pdf). The most substantial Anne-(Cooper)-Van-Court research document on disk — previously a 'ghost source' (cited in 6 entries for only the 14-children count + 1779 death). Now mined: a brother-in-law/sibling-degree logic-tree, a low-grade candidate father 'William Cooper,' and a documented ship-list immigration NULL. [research-tier]
- D.787 1920 US Federal Census, Salt Creek Township, Reno Co., Kansas, Sup. Dist. 7, ED 193, sheets 1B (lines 98-100) and 2A (lines 1-8), enumerated 28 January 1920 by Ernest F. Cooper (NARA T625 roll 546)