Name |
Ann Sullivan [1, 2] |
Birth |
25 Dec 1815 |
Ireland [1, 3] |
- The 1870 mortality schedule gives Ireland
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Gender |
Female |
Census |
1850 |
New Orleans, Louisiana |
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Image | | Transcript | Ln | Hhold | Given | Surname | Age | BirthDate | Gender | Race | Occupation | BirthPlace |
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10 | 2223 | A W | Cooper | 40 | 1810 | Male | | Builder | Pennsylvania | 11 | 2223 | A n | Cooper | 36 | 1814 | Female | | | England | 12 | 2223 | Sarah J | Cooper | 7 | 1843 | Female | | | Louisiana | 13 | 2223 | Margt | Cooper | 3 | 1847 | Female | | | Louisiana | 14 | 2223 | Mary | Sullivan | 16 | 1834 | Female | | | England | 15 | 2223 | Mary A | Cooper | 9 | 1841 | Female | | | Louisiana |
Roll: 237 Page: 185B ED: Ward 3 Enumerated: 11 March. 1850 |
Census |
1860 |
New Orleans, Louisiana |
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Image | | Transcript | Ln | Hhold | Given | Surname | Age | BirthDate | Gender | Race | Occupation | BirthPlace |
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7 | 311 | A W | Cooper | 45 | 1815 | Male | | Grader | Pennsylvania | 8 | 311 | Ann | Cooper | 48 | 1812 | Female | | | England | 9 | 311 | Sarah | Cooper | 15 | 1845 | Female | | | Louisiana | 10 | 311 | Margaret | Cooper | 11 | 1849 | Female | | | Louisiana |
Page: 355 ED: Ward 2 Microfilm: M653 Enumerated: 5 June 1860 |
Will written |
1869 |
New Orleans, Louisiana [4] |
Census |
1870 |
New Orleans, Louisiana [5] |
- aged 56; died Apr. 1870 of meningitis
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Obituary |
Mortuary notice, Times-Picayune, 28 Apr. 1870, p4:
COOPER—On Wednesday morning, April 27, 1870, at 3 1/2 o’clock, after a short illness, Ann Cooper, wife of A.W. Cooper, aged fifty-four years. The funeral will take place on Thursday afternoon, 28th inst., at 4 1/2 o’clock, from her late residence, No. 68 Erato street. Friends and acquaintances are respectfully invited to attend, without further notice.
Philadelphia (Pa.) paper please copy. |
Death |
27 Apr 1870 [1, 3, 6] |
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Death certificate for Ann (Sullivan) Cooper (d. 1870) Transcription:
". . . on this day, the twenty eight of April in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Seventy . . . Thos. W. Poathick [?], a native of Ireland residing Corner of Camps and Delord Street in this city who hereby declares that MRS. A.W. COOPER, a native of Ireland aged fifty years died on the twenty seventh instant April 27th at No. 66 Erato Sts. in this city. . . " |
Will probated |
29 Jan 1872 |
New Orleans, Louisiana |
- as “Ann Cooper.” No. 35.206.
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Burial |
Lafayette Cemetery #1, New Orleans, Louisiana [7, 8] |
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Origins  |
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Notes |
- This woman's ancestry is a stumper; if anyone can help, please get in touch!
She was an immigrant from Ireland, and I'd guess a Quaker. Her death certificate says she was born in Ireland; censuses say England. A first question is: did she immigrate to Pennsylvania or New Orleans? I suspect it may have been to PA, but that's only a hunch. She does not seem to appear, however, in any of the Pennsylvania marriage records for Sadsbury, or in the Meeting’s minutes.
Another problem is birth date. On the 1850 census, she was 36 (b. 1814), and on the 1860 census she was 48 (b. 1812). Her death certificate, in 1870, says that she was 50 (so, born abt. 1820).
Birthplace on the 1850 and 1860 Censuses is "England." Also on the 1850 census is a "Mary Sullivan," aged 16, living in the household, who was born in England. There is also a Mary A Cooper, aged 9; this would be her daughter who died in 1850.
If Asahel Cooper came to NOLA in 1830, at about age 24, and he and Ann were married in 1836, it is possible that they met in New Orleans. I'd say that this is not likely. I think it is more probable that he travelled home to meet her. His second wife was from PA. And Asahel Walker, his son by Eliza Loney, was born in Lancaster Co., PA. And, third, her mortuary notice in the New Orleans paper asks Philadelphia papers to copy.
Much of the Quaker community in Sadsbury where the Coopers were from had emigrated to Pennsylvania from County Antrim, in Northern Ireland, though this migration happened well before the early 1800s. I can find no record of her family in Lancaster Co. Church Records, but she needn't have lived there long before marrying and moving south.
As outside possibilities for relations, there is a someone buried in Lafayette Cemetery, in the Sheedy Tomb: "William Sullivan and wife Ann Murphy, A native of Roscrea Co. Tipperary, Ireland. Died Dec. 25, 1873. Aged 44 years." There is also an Elizabeth A. Woolfarth Sullivan buried in the Kaiser tomb there.
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Person ID |
I4355 |
Last Modified |
3 Apr 2025 |
Spouse / Partner |
Asahel Walker Cooper, Sr. b. 5 Sep 1806, Sadsbury Twp., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania  d. 22 May 1883, New Orleans, Louisiana (Age 76 years)
Other Partners: └─Eliza A. Loney b. 12 Oct 1841, Ontario, Canada  d. 9 May 1910, New Orleans, Louisiana (Age 68 years) m. 26 Jun 1872
Marriage |
14 Jun 1836 [9] |
Children |
1 son and 4 daughters |
| 1 . George Cooper b. 4 Feb 1839, New Orleans, Louisiana  d. 14 May 1839, New Orleans, Louisiana (Age 0 years) | | 2 . Sarah Ann Cooper b. 8 Sep 1840, New Orleans, Louisiana  d. 14 Dec 1840 (Age 0 years) | | 3 . Mary Ann Cooper b. 17 Dec 1841, New Orleans, Louisiana  d. 12 Jul 1850, New Orleans, Louisiana (Age 8 years) | + | 4 . Sarah Jane Cooper b. 2 Oct 1844, New Orleans, Louisiana  d. 18 Oct 1911, New Orleans, Louisiana (Age 67 years) | + | 5 . Margaret Anna Cooper b. 16 Jun 1848, New Orleans, Louisiana  d. 2 Dec 1902, New Orleans, Louisiana (Age 54 years) | |
Family ID |
F3003 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
22 Apr 2025 |
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