Julie and Michael,
I had set aside this 1905 Iowa census recently because it looked like our family but with a couple of omissions. Grandma Suphronia Lane Cooley, sometimes called Frona, lived until 1951. She babysat Joel and his brother when they all lived in Fairbanks, Alaska in the late 1940's.
She had been married then widowed before marrying Joseph C. Her two children from the first marriage, Hazel and Lyle Bates, didn't appear with the family on the Iowa census but Joel just checked in alphabetical order and sure enough there they are on lines 186 and 187 at the family address.
Joseph Custer 1904-1914 was born in Mankato, Minnesota. That adds another state this well-traveled family called home, however briefly. Joseph C. 1868-1922 worked for and traveled with othe Milwaukee Road railroad so that's why they traveled so much and probably why they were in Sioux City at the time. Joseph Custer doesn't seem to appear on the 1905 Iowa census even tho born in 1904.
I took our Ancestry trees off public view for awhile so I can clean them up. As I've delved more and more into our families I realized I copied some inaccurate stuff, some thanks to a lot learned thru this list and email correspondence. Thanks! Some familiar names from the Cooley list show up on Ancestry and I've grown to trust them.
Joseph C. And Suphronia had the following children:
Albert Dustin 1902-1976, b. Montana. d. California
Joseph Custer 1904-1914 died in a drowning accident in Idaho
Jessie Fremont 1906-1968 b. Kansas. d. California
Irene 1909-1977 b. Montana. d. Anchorage, Alaska
John Melvin 1919-1982. Joel's Dad, born in Wyoming, died in a small plane crash in British Columbia; lived in Anchorage, AK
Perrin, Margaret and P. A. Lived with Joseph C and Suphronia in Maudlow, Gallatin Co., Montana in 1910 - railroad. PC by that time was 90.
In 1911, the Helena MT city directory has Perrin, Margaret, PA and JC at the same address.
In 1912, the directory has Margaret, widow of PC, living with PA at another Helena address with a note that JC Cooley had moved to Idaho. We checked the addresses out last summer when we drove back to Virginia from Anchorage. One home still there and not far from the railroad yard. PC's grave also in Helena.
THis is the last we can find on Margaret Reed Cooley born in MO 1846. PA shows up in St. Joseph MO in 1917 on his draft registration and can assume if still alive Margaret was with or near him...maybe. He seems to spend his remaining years in St. Joseph.
Thanks for letting me go on a bit here...helps my line of thought.
And Michael, every time I go to your pages I am in awe of all you have accomplished with regard to all of your family lines and thank you for sharing it with so many.
Nancy Cooley
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On Apr 3, 2013, at 8:15 PM, Julie <lulerianiel_at_yahoo.com> wrote:
> Teah, I can check but she might also be in the 1910 census in Montana.. It seems like she was.
>
> I would be happy if I could track down all of Pat Albert's women and find that one of them had a son somewhere, unfortunately so far it seems like he only made girls.
>
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> Suphorina was still living in 1910 in their Montana census, so it looks like you're right.
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> From: Michael Cooley <michael_at_newsummer.com>
> To: John Cooley Mailing List <undisclosed.recipients_at_johncooley.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 3, 2013 5:12 PM
> Subject: Re: Perrin C's brood in Iowa
>
> That sure looks like Joseph to me. Is that all that census provides--name
> and address? Having ages would help ID them, but I'm pretty sure Frona was
> still alive at that time.
>
> -Michael
>
>
> > umm, sorry, forgot to include that, and thats why I sent it as an
> > attachment :)
> >
> > Sioux City, Woodbury county, Iowa.
> >
> > Now I'm not positive that its Joseph C and his son in the neighboring
> > house, if its not him its another Cooley family with the same family
> > names..so maybe another connection. I am positive its our PC and Pat
> > Albert and Margaret though.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> > From: Michael Cooley <michael_at_newsummer.com>
> > To: John Cooley Mailing List <undisclosed.recipients_at_johncooley.net>
> > Sent: Wednesday, April 3, 2013 5:02 PM
> > Subject: Re: Perrin C's brood in Iowa
> >
> > Thanks for sending the attachment, Julie. You may know that I refuse to
> > become an Ancestry member. What county is this listing for?
> >
> > The Iowa state census is a great resource, but I didn't know they were
> > still doing them in 1905.
> >
> > I think that's Joseph's wife, Sophronia ("Frona") listed below him.
> >
> > I have PC's family at
> > http://ancestraldata.com/ahnentafel/256/lineages/johncooley-desc.html
> > under Perrin C Cooley. You may know that that page started only so I could
> > track possible "subjects" for Y testing. Therefore, for a long time in
> > included only men. I started adding some women a couple of years ago
> > because I was having trouble keeping it all straight. Last fall I began
> > making it as complete as I can to four generations--and that principally
> > because I want to include John's genealogy to that generation for the
> > manuscript I'm working on.
> >
> > -Michael
> >
> >>
> >> http://search.ancestry.com/iexec?htx=View&r=an&dbid=1084&iid=IA_115-0510&fn=Nels&ln=Christinson&st=r&ssrc=pt_t11946835_p-365118650_kpidz0q3d-365118650z0q26pgz0q3d32768z0q26pgplz0q3dpid&pid=9053037
> >>
> >>
> >> I found this, and unless I overlooked it, its not included on Perrin
> >> C's
> >> page on the db.
> >>
> >> You can see on line 331 is Jos Cooley ( Joseph C Cooley ) and his
> >> children, Albert and Irma ( I think)
> >> their address is 1425 Washington, in Sioux City.
> >>
> >> Below, on line 348, is Patrick Albert ( Princes) Cooley, with his
> >> parents,
> >> Margaret, and PC , their address is 1417 Washington.. likely next door
> >> neighboring houses or very close.
> >>
> >> I find this unusual because the family was in Montana When Mary ellen
> >> Cooly, Pat Albert's daughter, was born, and there again n 1910.
> >>
> >> Perhaps though this is where P. Albert met his second wife, as Iowa and
> >> Nebraska are fairly close.. I suppose they could have run off to dodge
> >> city to wed. ( in 1906) Again, she too was gone by the time the family
> >> returned to Montana, as far as I can tell.
> >
> >
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