Ann Sullivan

1815 - 1870  (54 years)

• Name	Ann Sullivan  [1, 2]
  Relationship	with Gustave Jean Baptiste Pitard
  Born	25 Dec 1815	Ireland   [1, 3]
  The 1870 mortality schedule gives Ireland
  Gender	Female
  Census	1850	New Orleans, Louisiana
  age 36, born in England
  Image Transcript Ln Hhold Given Surname Age BirthDate Gender Race Occupation BirthPlace 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
  age 48, born in England
  Image Transcript Ln Hhold Given Surname Age BirthDate Gender Race Occupation BirthPlace 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
  Census	1870	New Orleans, Louisiana   [4]
  aged 56; died Apr. 1870 of meningitis
  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.
  Died	27 Apr 1870  [1, 3, 5]
  Buried	Lafayette Cemetery #1, New Orleans, Louisiana
  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). l go with the census average for now; 50 sounds too much like an estimate. 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, her mortuary notice in the paper asks Philadelphia papers to copy. Further evidence for this theory is that 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. Presumably she arrived in America before 1836, when she and Asahel were married. As outside possibilities for relations, there is possibly a relative 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. [6]
  Person ID	I4355	lansdalepitard
  Last Modified	3 Jan 2021

  
  

  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)
  Married	14 Jun 1836  [7]
  Children	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  (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)
  Last Modified	3 Jan 2021
  Family ID	F3003	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  		Born - 25 Dec 1815 - Ireland  Census - 1850 - New Orleans, Louisiana  Census - 1860 - New Orleans, Louisiana  Census - 1870 - New Orleans, Louisiana  Buried - - Lafayette Cemetery #1, New Orleans, Louisiana   = Link to Google Earth
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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 & ___ [?] Sts. in this city. . . "

  
  

• Reference

  Pitard, Derrick. "Ann Sullivan". Genealogy at Pitard.net. https://ancestors.pitard.net/getperson.php?personID=I4355&tree=1sttree (accessed February 26, 2021).