Minnie Alice Barron (1889-1979)

Minnie Alice Barron was born November 23, 1889 in Rapides Parish, Louisiana.  She was the second of six children born to RileyEugene Barron and Althea Slay.  She was raised in Rapides Parish.

Minnie married Thomas Lonnie Cooper on January 10, 1908 in Rapides Parrish.  She was 18 years old and he was 23 years.  Thomas was born on March 19, 1884 in Louisiana, the son of Etheldred D. Cooper and Christian Isabella Williams.  Thomas and Minnie had at least four children:

            Lula Pearl                  born 1909

            Hazel  Rae                 born 1911

            Laverne                     born 1915

            Nell                             born 1920

After their marriage, the couple settled their family in Allen Parish, Louisiana, where Thomas found work at a saw mill.

Thomas Lonnie Cooper died on May 23, 1922 in Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana.  He was 38 years old at his death.

Hazel Rae Cooper died on January 14, 1936 in Oakdale, Allen Parish, Louisiana.  She was 25 years old at her death.

Minnie Alice Barron Cooper died on May 5, 1979 in Oakdale, Allen Parish, Louisiana.  She was 89 years old at her death

Notes for Minnie Alice Barron

Birth & Death:  Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index, Master File. Social Security Administration.

Marriage:  Year: 1910; Census Place: Police Jury Ward 6, Winn, Louisiana; Roll: T624_535; Page: 10B; Enumeration District: 0130; Image: 724; FHL microfilm: 1374548.

Residence in 1930:  Year: 1930; Census Place: Oakdale, Allen, Louisiana; Roll: 782; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 9; Image: 987.0; FHL microfilm: 2340517.

Notes for Thomas Lonnie Cooper

Birth:  Year: 1900; Census Place: Pollock, Grant, Louisiana; Roll: 565; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 63; FHL microfilm: 1240565.

Residence & Occupation in 1910:  Year: 1910; Census Place: Police Jury Ward 6, Winn, Louisiana; Roll: T624_535; Page: 10B; Enumeration District: 0130; Image: 724; FHL microfilm: 1374548.

Residence & Occupation in 1920:  Year: 1920; Census Place: Police Jury Ward 5, Allen, Louisiana; Roll: T625_603; Page: 19B; Enumeration District: 22; Image: 1073.

Death:  www.FamilySearch.org, "Louisiana Deaths, 1850-1875; 1894-1954," T L Cooper (1922), accessed on 26 March 2012

Notes for Hazel Rae Cooper

Birth & Death:  www.FamilySearch.org, Louisiana Deaths, 1850-1875; 1894-1954," T L Cooper in entry for Hazel Rae Cooper (1936)