Asahel Walker Cooper, Jr. b. 26 Nov 1874 New Orleans, Louisiana d. 16 Jun 1935 1819 Valence St., New Orleans, Louisiana: Genealogy at Pitard.net

1874 - 1935 (60 years)

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Name Asahel Walker Cooper [1]

Suffix Jr.

Birth 26 Nov 1874 New Orleans, Louisiana

Gender Male

Census 1880 121 Race St., New Orleans, Louisiana [2]

Ln	Hhold	Given	Surname	Relation	Gender	Race	BirthDate	Age	Status	BirthPlace	BirthPlace of Father	BirthPlace of Mother	Occupation	Street
Image															Transcript
8	86	Asahel W.	Cooper	Self	Male	White	Abt 1807	73	Married	Pennsylvania	Pennsylvania	Pennsylvania	Retired Builder	Race St
9	86	Eliza	Cooper	Wife	Female	White	Abt 1843	37	Married	Canada	Canada	Canada	Keeping House	Race St
10	86	A. W.	Cooper	Son	Male	White	Abt 1875	5	Single	Louisiana	Pennsylvania	Canada		Race St
11	86	Mary J.	Barry		Female	White	Abt 1851	29	Single	Ireland	Ireland	Ireland	Servant	Race St
12	86	Kate	Soutley		Female	White	Abt 1859	21	Single	Ireland	Ireland	Ireland	Servant	Race St

NARA Pub: T9 Roll: 458 Page: 28D ED: 002 Image: 00061 Enumerated: 3 June 1880

Graduation 1894 Phillips Andover Academy, Andover, Massachusetts

Graduation 1897 Yale Univ., New Haven, Connecticut

A.B.

Graduation 1898 Tulane Univ., New Orleans, Louisiana

degree in law

Registered for the Draft 1917 1819 Valence St., New Orleans, Louisiana

Obituary Obit., Times-Picayune, 18 June 1935.

Funeral Rites Held for Asahel Cooper

Funeral services for Asahel Walker Cooper, 60 years old, who died suddenly at his home, 1819 Valence street, Sunday, were conducted at 10:30 a.m. Monday, from his late residence, with a requiem high mass at Holy Name of Jesus church. Interment was in Lafayette No. 1 cemetery.
Mr. Cooper, who was a native of New Orleans, was the law partmern of Burt W. Henry. He was a member of the American Bar Association and active in both the state and local bar associations. Mr. Cooper is survived by his widow, two children and a sister.

A longer obit was published on 17 June.

Occupation lawyer

Religion Catholic

Death 16 Jun 1935 1819 Valence St., New Orleans, Louisiana

Burial Lafayette Cemetery #1, New Orleans, Louisiana

Origins

Patriarch & Matriarch

James Cooper
b. Lancaster, Lancashire, England

d. Aft 1728 (3 x Great Grandfather)

Eliza A. Loney
b. 12 Oct 1841, Ontario, Canada

d. 9 May 1910, New Orleans, Louisiana

(Age 68 years) (Mother)

Notes

A section on him, taken from the biography of his father:

"Cooper, Asahel Walker, the lawyer, is a son of Asahel Walker Cooper, who was born in Lancaster County, Pa., Sept. 5, 1806, and died in New Orleans, May 22, 1883, and who was a son of a Quaker [ . . . ] Asahel Walker Cooper, who was born in New Orleans, Nov. 26, 1874, educated at Jesuit College, then took a preparatory course at Andover, Mass., and graduated from Yale College with the degree of A. B. in 1897, and in 1898 obtained his degree of LL. B. from Tulane University. He read law with the late Judge A. G. Brice and was associated with him in the practice of law until the death of Judge Brice. He now holds rank among the lawyers of New Orleans. He comes of an excellent family of New Orleans. His father was a prominent citizen of this city for many years, and numbered among that class of citizens who constituted what was known as the American colony in New Orleans. The elder Mr. Cooper was reared a Quaker, but in New Orleans was identified with the Presbyterian church. The present Asahel W. Cooper adheres to the church faith of his mother--the Roman Catholic."

Here is a second biography, taken from John Kendall Smith, History of New Orleans vol. 2 (Chicago: Lewis, 1922): 823-24:

"ASAHEL WALKER COOPER is a lawyer whose name has been associated with increasing distinction and service in his profession at New Orleans for over two decades. He is a native of the city and the Cooper family has lived in New Orleans for ninety years,

"His father, Asahel Walker Cooper, belonged to what was known as the American Colony of New Orleans. He was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, September 5, 1806, was the son of a Quaker and was reared in that faith, though in New Orleans he was identified with the Presbyterian Church. He acquired a common school education in Pennsylvania, learned the carpenter's trade as a bound apprentice at Philadelphia, and in 1830 came to New Orleans by sailing vessel. In a few years his skilled work proved the basis of an expanding business as a contractor and architect, and for many years he was one of the prosperous business men of New Orleans. He erected a large number of substantial structures in the business and residence sections of the city prior to and after the war, and continued in business until 1870. Prior to the war he acquired the Cooper Cotton Press, a noted piece of property which remained in the family possession until 1912, when it was sold to the Texas & Pacific.

"The first wife of the senior Mr. Cooper was Ann Sullivan, who died in 1870, the mother of two daughters, Sarah Jane, who married Alden McLellan, Sr., and Margaret Ann, who married Thomas G.P. Tureman. In 1872 he married Eliza A. Loney, of French and Irish parentage and a native of Ontario, Canada. She died in 1910, her only child being the New Orleans lawyer.

"Asahel Walker Cooper was born in New Orleans November 26, 1874, was reared a Catholic, the faith of his mother, was educated in the Jesuit College, and was then sent to New England and after attending preparatory school at Andover, Massachusetts, entered Yale University, where he was graduated with the A.B. degree in 1897. Mr. Cooper then returned to New Orleans, read law with the late Judge A.G. Brice, and received the LL. B. degree from Tulane University in 1898. Mr. Cooper was actively associated with Judge Brice until the latter's death and has always enjoyed a prosperous share in the work of his profession."

Person ID I4554

Last Modified 12 Jan 2025

Father	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: Ann Sullivan m. 14 Jun 1836
Mother	Eliza A. Loney b. 12 Oct 1841, Ontario, Canada d. 9 May 1910, New Orleans, Louisiana (Age 68 years)
Marriage	26 Jun 1872
Family ID	F3012	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Spouse / Partner Doceleha Ruiz Trolle
b. 16 Nov 1890, Louisiana
d. 19 Sep 1969, New Orleans, Louisiana (Age 78 years)

Marriage 26 Jun 1915 New Orleans, Louisiana [3]

vol. 37, page 723

Children

	1. Elizabeth Cooper b. 15 Nov 1919 d. 7 Dec 1954 (Age 35 years) ▻ Henry C. Wallach
+	2. Asahel Walker Cooper, III b. 23 Sep 1922, New Orleans, Louisiana d. 28 Mar 1975, New Orleans, Louisiana (Age 52 years) ▻ Dorothy Watkins Hecht m. 28 Apr 1951

Family ID F3177 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 12 Jan 2025

Event Map

	Birth - 26 Nov 1874 - New Orleans, Louisiana
	Census - 1880 - 121 Race St., New Orleans, Louisiana
	Graduation - 1894 - Phillips Andover Academy, Andover, Massachusetts
	Graduation - 1897 - Yale Univ., New Haven, Connecticut
	Graduation - 1898 - Tulane Univ., New Orleans, Louisiana
	Marriage - 26 Jun 1915 - New Orleans, Louisiana
	Registered for the Draft - 1917 - 1819 Valence St., New Orleans, Louisiana
	Death - 16 Jun 1935 - 1819 Valence St., New Orleans, Louisiana
	Burial - - Lafayette Cemetery #1, New Orleans, Louisiana

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Sources

[S250] John Andrew Moore Passmore, Ancestors and Descendants of Andrew Moore, 1612-1897, (Lancaster: Wickersham Printing Co.), 1.483.
[S947] 1880 United States Federal Census, (Ancestry.com Operations Inc), https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDXM-SX7.
[S9] Certificate of Marriage, New Orleans.

Birth	15 Nov 1919
Died	7 Dec 1954
Buried	Lafayette Cemetery #1, New Orleans, Louisiana

Father	Asahel Walker Cooper, Jr. b. 26 Nov 1874, New Orleans, Louisiana
Mother	Doceleha Ruiz Trolle b. 16 Nov 1890, Louisiana
Married	26 Jun 1915	New Orleans, Louisiana

Family	Henry C. Wallach

Asahel Walker Cooper, Jr.

James Cooper

Eliza A. Loney

Asahel Walker Cooper, Sr.

Ann Sullivan

Eliza A. Loney

Doceleha Ruiz Trolle

Elizabeth Cooper

Henry C. Wallach

Asahel Walker Cooper, III

Dorothy Watkins Hecht