Doddridge County Roots

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Clara Alice COOPER

Clara Alice COOPER

Female 1880 - 1945  (65 years)

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  • Name Clara Alice COOPER 
    Census 1880  Meade District, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Born 16 Mar 1880  Sancho, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4
    • Birthplace given in death record as Wetzel County, but in her marriage record as Tyler County. Son Norman's delayed birth record, filed by his mother in 1940, identifies her as Clara Alice Cooper, born in Sancho, West Virginia. The community of Sancho no longer exists. Clara was with her family in Tyler County for the 1880 Census, age 5 months.
    Gender Female 
    Census 1900  Ellsworth District, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1902  Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1910  McElroy District, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1920, 1930, 1940  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Died 28 Jun 1945  Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Buried Freeman Cemetery, Piggin Run, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6
    Person ID I119910  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 2 Apr 2018 

    Father Abraham C. COOPER,   b. 8 May 1842, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Nov 1913  (Age 71 years) 
    Mother Isabelle STALLINGS,   b. 1851, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1910  (Age 59 years) 
    Family ID F51400  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family James Garfield WARNER,   b. 20 May 1881, Blue, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Sep 1963, Normantown, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years) 
    Married 29 Dec 1902  Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Divorced Y  [7
    Notes 
    • 1910 Census, Tyler Co, WV (McElroy District), enumerated on Apr 23 1910:
      James G. Warner, 28, driller in oil field, married 7 yrs; wife Clara, 30, married 7 yrs, mother of 3 children (2 still living); son Norman, 5; son Guy, 1y 10m.

      1920 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (West Union District, Town of West Union), enumerated on Jan 24 1920 at 104 Maple Street:
      James G. Warner, 38, b. WVa (both parents b. Pa), drilling foreman for gas company; wife Clara, 39, b. WVa (father b WVa, mother b. Ohio); son Norman, 15; son Guy, 11; dau Opal, 6.
      The next enumerated household, at the same address, was that of Clara's brother Joseph:
      Joseph W. Cooper, 29, b. WVa, single, driller in oil field.

      1930 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Town of West Union), enumerated on Apr 2 1930 at 106 Maple Street:
      Clara Warner, 50, divorced; son Guy, 21, single, painting contractor; dau Opal, 16.

      1940 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Town of West Union), enumerated on Apr 29 1940 at 105 Maple Street:
      Clara Warner, 60, divorced; son Guy Warner, 31, single, house painter; dau Opal Noble, 26, married, typist; granddau Norma Gene Noble, 6; granddau Niva Noble, 2 months.
      NOTE: Opal had married George L. Noble in 1938. For this census, he was enumerated in the household of his parents in Claysville, Washington Co, PA.
    Children 
     1. Herman WARNER,   b. 20 Oct 1903,   d. 30 Mar 1904, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     2. Norman Vance WARNER,   b. 10 Jan 1905, Folsom, Wetzel Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Mar 1967, South Charleston, Kanawha Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years)
     3. Oswald Guy WARNER,   b. 3 Jun 1908, Shirley, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Nov 1994, Akron, Summit Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years)
    +4. Opal D. WARNER,   b. 5 May 1913, Shirley, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Mar 2002, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years)
    Family ID F51412  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
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    119910_WARNER_ClaraCooper_1880-1945_DeathCertificate.jpg
    119910_WARNER_ClaraCooper_1880-1945_DeathCertificate.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S5] Headstone.

    2. [S2136] 1900 Census, Tyler County, WV.

    3. [S1599] Birth record of son.

    4. [S2293] Tyler County Marriage Records, Middlebourne, WV, MR p. 110, Line 129 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=12036802&Type=Marriage.

    5. [S1853] Death Certificate, WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx), http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=1079274&Type=Death.

    6. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    7. [S2028] 1930 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District).