Name |
Sarah Jane Cooper [1, 2] |
Birth |
2 Oct 1844 |
New Orleans, Louisiana |
Gender |
Female |
Census |
1850 |
New Orleans, Louisiana |
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 |
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 |
Census |
1870 |
New Orleans, Louisiana |
Image | | Transcript | Ln | Hhold | Given | Surname | Age | BirthDate | Gender | Race | Occupation | BirthPlace |
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13 | 979 | Alden | Mclellan | 34 | 1836 | Male | White | RR Secretary | Maine | 14 | 979 | Sarah | Mclellan | 25 | 1845 | Female | White | Keeping House | Louisiana | 15 | 979 | Asahel | Mclellan | 2 | 1868 | Male | White | | Louisiana | 16 | 979 | Asahel | Cooper | 63 | 1807 | Male | White | Builder | Pennsylvania | 17 | 979 | Catherine | Brice | 36 | 1834 | Female | White | Domestic Servant | Ireland |
NARA Pub: M593 Roll: M593_519 Page: 380A ED: Ward 02 Enumerated: 28 June 1870 |
Census |
1880 |
New Orleans, Louisiana |
- aged 35, born in Louisiana; father born in Pennsylvania, mother in England
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Image | | Transcript | Ln | Hhold | Given | Surname | Relation | Gender | Race | BirthDate | Age | Status | BirthPlace | BirthPlace of Father | BirthPlace of Mother | Occupation | Street |
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38 | 579 | Alden | Mclellan | Self | Male | White | Abt 1836 | 44 | Married | Maine | Maine | Maine | Railroad Man | Barone Carondelet Street | 39 | 579 | Sarah | Mclellan | Wife | Female | White | Abt 1845 | 35 | Married | Louisiana | Pennsylvania | England | Keeping House | Barone Carondelet Street | 40 | 579 | Asahel | Mclellan | Son | Male | White | Abt 1869 | 11 | Single | Louisiana | Maine | Louisiana | At School | Barone Carondelet Street | 41 | 579 | Annie | Mclellan | Daughter | Female | White | Abt 1871 | 9 | Single | Louisiana | Maine | Louisiana | At School | Barone Carondelet Street | 42 | 579 | William | Mclellan | Son | Male | White | Abt 1874 | 6 | Single | Louisiana | Maine | Louisiana | | Barone Carondelet Street | 43 | 579 | Lenora | Mclellan | Daughter | Female | White | Abt 1878 | 2 | Single | Louisiana | Maine | Louisiana | | Barone Carondelet Street | 44 | 579 | Henrietta | Hautan | | Female | White | Abt 1861 | 19 | Single | Louisiana | Hanover | Hanover | Servant | Barone Carondelet Street | 45 | 579 | Louisa | Glynn | | Female | White | Abt 1853 | 27 | Widowed | Louisiana | Germany | Germany | Servant | Barone Carondelet Street |
ED: ED 80 Sheet: 149C Enumerated: 7 June 1880 |
Census |
1900 |
New Orleans, Louisiana |
- aged 55 (born Oct. 1844); born in Louisiana; father born in Pennsylvania, mother in Ireland; had 6 children, 5 still living
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Ln | Hhold | Given | Surname | Relation | Gender | Race | BirthDate | Age | Status | Years Married | Children Born/Living | BirthPlace | BirthPlace of Father | BirthPlace of Mother | Immigration Year | Occupation |
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32 | 369 | Alden | Mclellan | Head | Male | White | Jan 1836 | 64 | Married | 33 | | | Maine | Maine | Maine | | Manager | 33 | 369 | Sarah C | Mclellan | Wife | Female | White | Oct 1844 | 55 | Married | 33 | 6 | 5 | Louisiana | Pennsylvania | Ireland | | President St. Sine [?] | 34 | 369 | Alden | Mclellan | Son | Male | White | Dec 1882 | 19 | Single | | | | Louisiana | Maine | Louisiana | | At School | 35 | 369 | Charles | Mclellan | Son | Male | White | Aug 1886 | 23 | Single | | | | Virginia | Maine | Louisiana | | At School |
Roll: T623 ED: District 011 Sheet: 17A Image: 00758 Enumerated: 11/12 June 1900 |
Obituary |
Obit. note., New Orleans Item, 22 Oct., 1911:
McLELLAN - At midnight, October 18, 1911, Sarah Jane Cooper, wife of Alden McLellan, aged 67 years, 16 days, a native of New Orleans.
A lengthy obit appeard in the Times-Picayune on 19 Oct. 1911. |
Death |
18 Oct 1911 |
New Orleans, Louisiana |
Burial |
Lafayette Cemetery #1, New Orleans, Louisiana [3] |
Origins![](img/info_2.png) ![Expand](img/tng_sort_desc.gif) |
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Patriarch & Matriarch![](img/info_2.png) |
James Cooper b. Lancaster, Lancashire, England ![Find all individuals with events at this location](img/tng_search_small.gif) d. Aft 1728 (3 x Great Grandfather) ![Relationship](img/relatelineicon.png) Ann Sullivan b. 25 Dec 1815, Ireland ![Find all individuals with events at this location](img/tng_search_small.gif) d. 27 Apr 1870 (Age 54 years) (Mother) ![Relationship](img/relatelineicon.png) |
Notes |
- She was descended from Friends in Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania, from Sadsbury Meeting. Her father had moved to New Orleans in 1830 from Phila., and in the process moved away from Quakerism.
Despite her northern and Quaker ancestry, she was very involved in the United Confederate Veterans association. Confederate Veterans July 1909: 7-8 Magazine records her election, at the South Carolina UCV Reunion, as a vice-president for the Mississippi Chapter. Also mentioned is "Mrs. W.J. Behan," of New Orleans, re-elected as the President, and Daisy M.L. Hodgson of New Orleans, re-elected as recording secretary.
One meeting in New Orleans of the local Chapter of the Daughters of the Confederacy, on Jan. 19, 1901 (Lee's Birthday) from the Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 28, ed. Reverend J. William Jones, can found at the Perseus Project (http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/); it records that she was elected president of the local chapter in 1901:
"The natal day of General Robert Edward Lee, appropriately observed throughout the South, Jan. 19, 1901.
The exercises at New Orleans, La., under the auspices of the local Chapter of the Daughters of the Confederacy, peculiarly impressive. [ . . . ]
Mrs. Alden McLellan, Chairman of Committee on Designs, said:
Your Committee on Designs begs leave to report that during the past year floral tributes were sent for [ . . . ]
The annual election of officers was then declared in order, and Mrs. Dickson was gracefully honored with a renomination. In a few pleasant remarks Mrs. Dickson thanked the Chapter for the honor conferred upon her, but declined the nomination, expressing her belief in rotation in office.
Mrs. Alden McLellan, wife of General Alden McLellan, President of the Soldiers' Home, and one of the most lovable women in the Chapter and a most devoted worker was then put in nomination for the Presidency and unanimously elected.
In a few pleasant remarks Mrs. McLellan expressed her appreciation of the high honor conferred upon her. [ . . . ]
The hearing of reports and election of officers being finished, the remainder of the session was devoted to exercises in which the most beautiful and touching tributes were paid to the memory of General Lee. [ . . . ]"
She presided later that year at Jefferson Davis's birthday celebration (see in the Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 29, ed. Reverend J. William Jones, found at the Perseus Project [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/]).
She is buried in the McLellan tomb in Lafayette Cemetery, with this inscription:
SARAH. J. COOPER
WIFE OF
ALDEN McLELLAN
BORN OCT. 2, 1844
DIED OCT. 18, 1911
[OBVERSE]
SARAH J. COOPER
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Person ID |
I52 |
Last Modified |
12 Jan 2025 |
Spouse / Partner |
Alden Miller McLellan b. 28 Jan 1836, Warren, Knox Co., Maine ![Find all individuals with events at this location](img/tng_search_small.gif) d. 26 Aug 1920, New Orleans, Louisiana (Age 84 years)
Marriage |
11 Apr 1867 |
Children |
+ | 1. Asahel Walker McLellan b. 10 Aug 1868, New Orleans, Louisiana ![Find all individuals with events at this location](img/tng_search_small.gif) d. 26 Apr 1943, New Orleans, Louisiana (Age 74 years)
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+ | 2. Annie Cooper McLellan b. 19 Aug 1870, New Orleans, Louisiana ![Find all individuals with events at this location](img/tng_search_small.gif) d. 23 May 1945 (Age 74 years)
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+ | 3. William Henry McLellan b. 11 Oct 1873, New Orleans, Louisiana ![Find all individuals with events at this location](img/tng_search_small.gif) d. 22 Mar 1934, New Orleans, Louisiana (Age 60 years)
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| 4. Henry McLellan d. Yes, date unknown |
| 5. Leonora McLellan b. 3 Jan 1878, New Orleans, Louisiana ![Find all individuals with events at this location](img/tng_search_small.gif) d. 13 Aug 1880 (Age 2 years) |
+ | 6. Alden Charles McLellan b. 8 Dec 1882, Louisiana ![Find all individuals with events at this location](img/tng_search_small.gif) d. 19 Apr 1960 (Age 77 years)
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+ | 7. Charles McLellan b. 25 Aug 1886, Rural Retreat, Wythe Co., Virginia ![Find all individuals with events at this location](img/tng_search_small.gif) d. 8 Nov 1961 (Age 75 years)
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Family ID |
F33 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
12 Jan 2025 |
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