Ann Sullivan

1815 - 1870  (54 years)

Asahel Walker Cooper, Sr.

1806 - 1883  (76 years)

Birth	5 Sep 1806	Sadsbury Twp., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania
Died	22 May 1883	New Orleans, Louisiana
Buried	Lafayette Cemetery #1, New Orleans, Louisiana
Father	George Cooper, Jr.           b. 10 Feb 1773, Sadsbury Twp., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania
Mother	Sarah Walker           b. 11 mo. 24, 1785, Sadsbury Twp., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania
Married	13 Nov 1805	Sadsbury Twp., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania
Family 1	Ann Sullivan           b. 25 Dec 1815, Ireland
Married	14 Jun 1836
Children	1. George Cooper           b. 4 Feb 1839, New Orleans, Louisiana   2. Sarah Ann Cooper           b. 8 Sep 1840, New Orleans, Louisiana   3. Mary Ann Cooper           b. 17 Dec 1841, New Orleans, Louisiana + 4. Sarah Jane Cooper           b. 2 Oct 1844, New Orleans, Louisiana + 5. Margaret Anna Cooper           b. 16 Jun 1848, New Orleans, Louisiana
Family 2	Eliza A. Loney           b. 12 Oct 1841, Ontario, Canada
Married	26 Jun 1872
Children	+ 1. Asahel Walker Cooper, Jr.           b. 26 Nov 1874, New Orleans, Louisiana   2. Eliza A. Loney Cooper           b. 26 Nov 1874, New Orleans, Louisiana

George Cooper

1839 - 1839  (0 years)

Birth	4 Feb 1839	New Orleans, Louisiana
Died	14 May 1839	New Orleans, Louisiana
Buried	Lafayette Cemetery #1, New Orleans, Louisiana
Father	Asahel Walker Cooper, Sr.           b. 5 Sep 1806, Sadsbury Twp., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania
Mother	Ann Sullivan           b. 25 Dec 1815, Ireland
Married	14 Jun 1836

Sarah Ann Cooper

1840 - 1840  (0 years)

Birth	8 Sep 1840	New Orleans, Louisiana
Died	14 Dec 1840
Buried	Lafayette Cemetery #1, New Orleans, Louisiana
Father	Asahel Walker Cooper, Sr.           b. 5 Sep 1806, Sadsbury Twp., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania
Mother	Ann Sullivan           b. 25 Dec 1815, Ireland
Married	14 Jun 1836

Mary Ann Cooper

1841 - 1850  (8 years)

Birth	17 Dec 1841	New Orleans, Louisiana
Died	12 Jul 1850
Buried	Lafayette Cemetery #1, New Orleans, Louisiana
Father	Asahel Walker Cooper, Sr.           b. 5 Sep 1806, Sadsbury Twp., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania
Mother	Ann Sullivan           b. 25 Dec 1815, Ireland
Married	14 Jun 1836

Sarah Jane Cooper

1844 - 1911  (67 years)

Birth	2 Oct 1844	New Orleans, Louisiana
Died	18 Oct 1911	New Orleans, Louisiana
Buried	Lafayette Cemetery #1, New Orleans, Louisiana
Father	Asahel Walker Cooper, Sr.           b. 5 Sep 1806, Sadsbury Twp., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania
Mother	Ann Sullivan           b. 25 Dec 1815, Ireland
Married	14 Jun 1836
Family	Alden Miller McLellan           b. 28 Jan 1836, Warren, Knox Co., Maine
Married	11 Apr 1867
Children	+ 1. Asahel Walker McLellan           b. 10 Aug 1868, New Orleans, Louisiana + 2. Annie Cooper McLellan           b. 19 Aug 1870, New Orleans, Louisiana + 3. William Henry McLellan           b. 11 Oct 1873, New Orleans, Louisiana   4. Henry McLellan   5. Leonora McLellan           b. 3 Jan 1878, New Orleans, Louisiana + 6. Alden Charles McLellan           b. 8 Dec 1882, Louisiana + 7. Charles McLellan           b. 25 Aug 1886, Rural Retreat, Wythe Co., Virginia

Margaret Anna Cooper

1848 - 1902  (54 years)

Birth	16 Jun 1848	New Orleans, Louisiana
Died	2 Dec 1902	New Orleans, Louisiana
Buried	Lafayette Cemetery #1, New Orleans, Louisiana
Father	Asahel Walker Cooper, Sr.           b. 5 Sep 1806, Sadsbury Twp., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania
Mother	Ann Sullivan           b. 25 Dec 1815, Ireland
Married	14 Jun 1836
Family	Thomas Young Payne "Pap" Tureman           b. Abt 1843, Maysville, Mason Co., Kentucky
Married	11 Jul 1869
Children	+ 1. Margaret "Maggie" Cooper Tureman           b. 16 Oct 1871, New Orleans, Louisiana + 2. Beatrice Teresa Tureman           b. 26 Sep 1878, Virginia

• Name	Ann Sullivan  [1, 2]
  Birth	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
  Will	1869	New Orleans, Louisiana   [4]
  	Filed 10 Jan. 1872, after her death, as “Ann Cooper.” No. 35.206.
  Census	1870	New Orleans, Louisiana   [5]
  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.
  Death	27 Apr 1870  [1, 3, 6]
  Burial	Lafayette Cemetery #1, New Orleans, Louisiana   [7]
  https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11976255/ann-cooper
  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. [8]
  Person ID	I4355
  Last Modified	23 Nov 2024

  
  

  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)
  Marriage	14 Jun 1836  [9]
  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)
  Family ID	F3003	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Nov 2024

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 25 Dec 1815 - Ireland  Census - 1850 - New Orleans, Louisiana  Census - 1860 - New Orleans, Louisiana  Will - 1869 - New Orleans, Louisiana  Census - 1870 - New Orleans, Louisiana  Burial - - 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. . . "

  
  

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  [S250] John Andrew Moore Passmore, Ancestors and Descendants of Andrew Moore, 1612-1897, (Lancaster: Wickersham Printing Co.), 184. [S317] Priscilla Walker Streets, Lewis Walker of Chester Valley and his Descendants . . . 1686-1896, (Philadelphia: Alfred J. Ferris), 219. [S10] Certificate of Death, New Orleans. [S686] Louisiana, Orleans Parish Will Books, 1805-1920, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-899C-W9X6-N?i=234. [S861] U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1885, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Federal Mortality Census Schedules, 1850-1880, and Related Indexes, 1850-1880; Archive Collection: T655; Archive Roll Number: 23; Census Year: 1870; Census Place: New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana; Page: 267B. [S904] Louisiana, Wills and Probate Records, 1756-1984, her death date is is Asahel her husband's will: Will Book, Vol 21, 1880-1883, image 741 of 835. [S1205] Louisiana, Orleans Parish, State Museum Historical Center, Cemetery Records, 1805-1944, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6Z21-SDKW. [S907] U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935. [S250] John Andrew Moore Passmore, Ancestors and Descendants of Andrew Moore, 1612-1897, (Lancaster: Wickersham Printing Co.), 1.184.