[or-roots] 2 questions of unfound data - Matney

Marsha BradleyLuthy PMML at MERITEL.NET
Fri Apr 29 18:11:20 PDT 2011


This insert from Cooper Book
It continues on but if your interested and this is your gal let me know.
This however is not our side of the story.  Judd divorced her
and  he kept the kids.  This was Judds 2nd marriage.  Believe it was not her
first marriage, and believe she married 3 more times.
not sure who.  Have divorce papers.

The Family Tree of Daniel Jacson Cooper and Arvazena Spilliman Cooper 1977
>From the book of centennial Souvenir Seven Brothers and Three Sisters Oregon
Children and Descendants of Elder E. E. and Nancy Cooper 1812 1813 1912 1913

Number 8
Ruth Cooper
Ruth Cooper was born in Salem, Oregon on June 10 1874.  She died at San
Dimas, California, Thanksgiving Day, 1962,  Ruth was married to Judd Sherman
Fish at The Dalles, Oregon on July 8, 1905. Ruth and Judd Fish were divorced
circa 1911.
Judd Sherman Fish was born at Oregon City, Oregon in 1862, and died in The
Dalles, Oregon on July 8, 1905.  Judd's parents were James Judd Fish born at
Orange, New York (he was a descendant of Old Dutch Stuyvesant Fish family.)

They crossed the Plain to Oregon in 1847
Ruth was a woman ahead of her time as to travel and adventure.  As a young
girl she taught school in the Phill=ippines when her brother Col. A.J.
Cooper was stationed there and also in Japan.  In 1894 she taught Indians
for the U.S. Department of Interior Indian Affairs.  She rode in stage
coaches to gather Indian children to be taken to Carlisle Indian Reservqtion
in Oklahoma for schooling.
Her territory was Nevada Utah, Oklahoma and Nebraska.  She was asked if she
was ever afraid, as she was a tiny little blonde in those days.  Her answer
was, "I acted like a lady and was treated like a queen."
Judd Sherman Fish was a prominent resident of The Dalkkes.  He held such
offices as mayor, hotel operator, city treasurer, councilman, and other city
offices during his lifetime.
Shortly after Ruth and Judd's divorce, Ruth moved to Los Angeles, where she
took up  extensive teacher's training.  In 1914 she and Virgilia, her
sister, moved to Cardiff-by-the Sea, California.  Grandpa Cooper helped in
building alarge duplex for the two widows and
their broods.  Ruth and Virgilia received training from Madam Montessori in
Los Angeles and they taught much o...................

On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 8:50 PM, DanM. <mygen2 at d-matney.com> wrote:

>  Interesting twist my question took.
> Still no one touched the query.
>    I did catch a few new items to me tho.
> Dan says - thanks
>
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