The Cooper Children. Irving Cooper standing in Indian costume. Girls, from left: Loretta, Rose, and Ann Cooper, c1913.
Irving Israel Cooper was the youngest of the four children born to Joseph Baer Cooper (1873-1955) and Helen Freda Cooper (1878-1934). [Helen’s maiden name was Cooper- they were second cousins. See previous Cooper posts listed below.]
Joseph Cooper and His Children, from left: Ann, Rose, Irving, and Loretta, with Joseph in front center, c1930s?
Irving had three older sisters:
Ann Cooper, born 1903.
Rose Cooper, born 1904
and
Loretta Cooper, born 1907.
Joseph Cooper and children, Mar 20 1949. From left: Irving Cooper, Ann Cooper Hesselson, Joseph Cooper, Rose Cooper Gale, and Loretta Cooper Ribakow.
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Gertrude Broida Cooper and her husband Irving I. Cooper with their grandchildren in 1966. (Click to enlarge.)
Our blog is one year old this week!
This is blog post number 135.
(That is an average of about 1 post every 3 days- now I know where my time goes.)
Our Home Page has been viewed 1,074 times.
The most views we have had in one day is 92.
The post with the most views had 68.
We have had 162 spam comments. (Dealing with that is a BIG time-waster, even if it is just a few clicks.)
We don’t want to say how many revisions a few of the posts have had- finding more information, fixing typos (wish I had taken typing in school), and being a perfectionist who doesn’t always get it perfect due to time constraints and distractions makes it challenging, but we keep striving to make this blog better.
We found two distant cousins. (Cousin bait is one of our reasons for blogging.)
We have had two persons with associated artifacts or a link to a person mentioned in the blog (not family) contact us.
The curator for the Healdsburg Museum found us through Ancestry.com but then saw the blog and liked it. She asked me to write an article on Edward B. Payne for their journal that accompanied an exhibit on Altruria and other Sonoma County, CA Utopian colonies- that was pretty exciting. The exhibit is over but they are planning a virtual exhibit of “Visionaries, Believers, Seekers and Schemers” in the near future. More posts to come with the Altruria story.
Two tombstones have had transliterations done from the Hebrew/Yiddish by kind persons who found us, and who recommended JewishGen’s Viewmate service for future items that need translating.
Not too bad for 365 days.
From an idea between two family members inspired by Legacy Family Tree Webinars on starting a blog (Thanks, Dear Myrt and Geoff Rasmussen!) and wanting to share the wonderful family history stories we have uncovered, we finally got it together and actually created one. We continue to be challenged concerning the mechanics of the blog- still trying to figure out how to add the lead photo of a post to subscriber emails, as I have it set up that way but it still does not do so- and finding the time to blog is almost impossible lately. Seems like each blog post requires a bit more research to fill in the blanks as one writes, as getting it down on paper- er, in pixels?- helps one to see what is missing. So the posts take longer than expected, but they really do help to put ancestors in the right context and clarify mysteries.
We do hope that you will stay tuned for more family stories- and we have some very exciting things in the works too!
Notes, Sources, and References:
1) Photo is from family treasure collection.
2) The post with the most views is “Those Places Thursday: Witebsk, Belarus and The Mother of Abraham Green or Rose (Brave) Green.”
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1) Family treasure owned by one of Irving’s daughters.
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Flower needlepoint by Irving I. Cooper in the late 1960s.
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1) Family treasure owned by one of Irving’s daughters.
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Edward A. McMurray, Jr., with his first daughter, 1955
There is a sadness in my heart today because on Father’s Day, I have no dad here to visit or call, none to cook dinner for, to hug, to tell him I love him. There is no father-in-law, nor grandfathers, or great-grandfathers left in my family either. I am thinking of them so much today though, so it is a Sentimental Sunday, and I appreciate all that they gave to me of themselves over the years to make me who I am today. I feel that one truly and fully understands the sacrifice of a father for his descendants once one has their own family. Even after being a parent for so many years, I still think of the events, wisdom, love, genetics, even quirks imparted by these paternal ancestors, and the light bulb goes on and I say, “Wow. They cared so much that they would even ___.”
This care and love extends to their participation in the military, too. Most were not fathers when they enlisted, but they already had that ‘take-care-of-the-future” thought strongly in their minds- enough to risk their very lives for it. Thankfully, none of my paternal ancestors gave their life in a battle to protect our freedoms, although some were wounded, either physically or mentally. All were changed by the horrors of war, but still went on to become fathers, hoping that future generations would be able to live more peacefully.
How can “Thank you, I love you.” ever be enough to say on this day, or ANY day???
A father is… PROUD.
Lloyd Eugene “Gene” Lee with his son Robert “Bob” Lee, winter of 1936. Bobbie was four years old.
A father is… a TEACHER.
Edward A. McMurray, Jr., with his first grandson, about 1989.
A father is… LOVING.
Bob Lee and two-day old son, June 1959.
A father is… FUN.
Irving I. Cooper and his first grandchild, Feb. 1962.
A father is… a HELPING HAND.
George A. Roberts with his grandson, about 1926. Caption written by his grandson.
A father is… PROTECTIVE.
Dr. Edward A. McMurray, Sr. with his son, about 1924.
A father is… a PROVIDER.
1954- Edward A. McMurray, Jr., feeding daughter.
A father is… A BUDDY.
A father is… SURPRISING.
G. W. Helbling in his garden, August 1934. I had not know that he loved roses and gardening until I saw this picture, long after he passed away.
A father is… LOVE.
Dec 1998- Hug
Thank you, Dads.
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1) Family photos in possession of author.
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