Brief Life History of Delia Emily
When Delia Emily Roberts was born on 1 January 1874, in Baker City, Baker, Oregon, United States, her father, Alvin Brown Roberts, was 41 and her mother, Martha Elizabeth Baxter, was 30. She married Lyman Jones Cooper on 30 December 1889, in Cassia, Idaho, United States. They were the parents of at least 10 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Stone Precinct, Baker, Oregon, United States in 1880 and Newport, King, Washington, United States in 1930. She died on 18 March 1942, in Bellevue, King, Washington, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Washington, United States.
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- Delia E Cooper, "United States Census, 1940"
- Delia S Roberts, "Idaho, County Marriages, 1864-1950"
- Delia Emily Cooper, "Washington Deaths and Burials, 1810-1960"
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1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
1880 · The Great Gale of 1880
The Great Gale of 1880 was a severe snow and wind storm that devastated parts of Oregon and Washington on January 9, 1880. The extratropical cyclone caused tides to rise seven feet, gale force winds, and snow accumulations of up to 18 inches.
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
Name Meaning
English: from the personal name Robert , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. This surname is also occasionally borne by Jews, presumably as an Americanized form of some similar (like-sounding) Jewish surname.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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