Delia Emily Roberts

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 Oakley, Cassia, Idaho, United States. They were the parents of at least 10 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Newport, King, Washington, United States in 1930 and Newport Election Precinct, King, Washington, United States in 1940. She died on 18 March 1942, in Bellevue, King, Washington, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Acacia Memorial Park, Lake Forest Park, King, Washington, United States.

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Family Time Line

Lyman Jones Cooper
1869–1937
Delia Emily Roberts
1874–1942
Marriage: 30 December 1889
Vinson A. Cooper
1891–1891
Martha Emily Cooper
1892–1989
Clarence Leroy Cooper
1893–1907
Leonard L Cooper
1895–1974
Samuel Fennemore Cooper
1897–1931
Marion S Cooper
1899–1902
Raymond Cooper
1900–1915
Harold Fennemore Cooper
1903–1981
Arreta Bell Cooper
1906–1984
John Lyman Cooper
1908–1977
Lester Loren Cooper
1910–1911
Chester Lawerence Cooper
1910–1989
Fern B. Cooper
1910–

Sources (35)

  • Delia Emily Roberts Cooper, "United States, Census, 1940"
  • Delia Emily Roberts Cooper, "Idaho, County Birth and Death Records, 1883-1929"
  • Delia Emily Roberts Cooper, "Washington, County Marriages, 1855-2008"

World Events (8)

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.

1876

Historical Boundaries 1876: Owyhee, Idaho Territory, United States 1879: Cassia, Idaho Territory, United States 1890: Cassia, Idaho, United States

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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