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Helene S Cooper

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

DATE OF BIRTH:

February 2, 1880

DATE OF DEATH:

December 30, 1903

GENDER:

OTHER KNOWN NAMES:

Helen S Cooper, Helene Cooper

ETHNICITY:

KNOWN ADDRESS:

Lena

RELATED TO:

William and Elma (Steinmetz) Cooper, parents

AT THE TIME OF the fire

AGE:

MARITAL STATUS:

Single

ROLE:

Audience Member

ORGANIZATIONAL AFFILIATION:

ORGANIZATIONAL ROLE:

other information

CEMETERY:

Lena Burial Park, Lena IL

MORGUE:

St Luke Hospital

IDENTIFIED BY:

OTHER NOTES:

Helen was the only child of William and Elma (Steinmetz) Cooper from Lena, Illinois.

There is a discrepancy in Helen's birth year between Find a Grave (1880) and the Lena Park Cemetery Transcription (1882). There are also indicators she may have been married but it appears to be confusion with another Helen Cooper married to Henry Sayer, who was still alive in 1910.

CITATION:

Chicago Tribune (Chicago, Illinois) · 1 Jan 1904, Fri · Page 2
Find a Grave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/90562819/helene-cooper
The Stephenson Farmer (Lena, Illinois) 26 Feb 1953, Thu Page 5 (Obituary of Elma Steinmetz Cooper)
Illinois, Stephenson County, Lena Park Cemetery Transcriptions, 1854-1983. Salt Lake City, UT, USA: FamilySearch, 2019.
Year: 1900; Census Place: West Point, Stephenson, Illinois; Roll: 346; Page: 12; Enumeration District: 0110

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT: Karl Sup, Iroquois Theatre Fire Historical Society

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