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BATTLE'S HISTORY OF BUCKS COUNTY Jacob KOOKER biography  (PDF)

Descendants of Peter Kooker

Generation No. 1

1. PETER1 KOOKER was born Abt. 1775 in Germany, and died May 14, 1842. He married ELIZABETH RAUB 1790.

Child of PETER KOOKER and ELIZABETH RAUB is:
2. i. JACOB RAUB2 KOOKER, b. September 18, 1794, Germany; d. July 02, 1834, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

Generation No. 2

2. JACOB RAUB 2 KOOKER (PETER 1) was born September 18, 1794 in Germany, and died July 02, 1834 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. He married MARY MAGDALINE STONE CALFE Bet. 1811 - 1814 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. She was born June 02, 1790 in Tinicum Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

Child of JACOB KOOKER and MARY CALFE is:
3. i. SAMUEL CALFE3 KOOKER, b. September 16, 1819, Bucks County, Pennsylvania; d. December 05, 1894.

Generation No. 3

3. SAMUEL CALFE 3 KOOKER (JACOB RAUB 2, PETER 1) was born September 16, 1819 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, and died December 05, 1894. He married LOUISA HORN HINKLE 1844 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. She was born Bet. 1824 - 1826 in Pennsylvania, and died August 03, 1914.

Notes for SAMUEL CALFE KOOKER:
Samuel is listed in the 1850 New Jersey census as born PA. And by 1870 at the latest, Samuel is back in PA!

Children of SAMUEL KOOKER and LOUISA HINKLE are:
4. i. MISS4 KOOKER, b. Pennsylvania; d. Bef. 1901, Probably Pennsylvania.
5. ii. MR. KOOKER.
iii. HANNAH E. KOOKER, b. Bet. 1843 - 1844.
iv. ELEANOR "LANA" MATHILDE KOOKER, b. November 10, 1845, Flemington, Hunterdon County, New Jersey; d. August 05, 1911, New Hope, Bucks County, Pennsylvania; m. LEWIS YOST, Abt. 1865, New Hope, Bucks County, Pennsylvania; b. February 22, 1840, Wurtemburg; d. April 29, 1916.

Notes for LEWIS YOST:
Lewis YOST Self M Male W 38 WURTEMBERG Works In Foundry WURTEMBERG WURTEMBERG
Jane Matilda YOST Wife M Female W 35 PA Keeping House PA PA <-- Suspect Wrong First Name!
Albert YOST Son S Male W 14 PA Works In Cotton Mill WURTEMBERG PA
Louisa YOST Dau S Female W 10 PA WURTEMBERG PA
Mary YOST Dau S Female W 5 PA WURTEMBERG PA
Salley YOST Dau S Female W 5 PA WURTEMBERG PA
Hellen F. YOST Dau S Female W 6M PA WURTEMBERG PA
Harry YOST Son S Male W 13 PA Works In Cotton Mill WURTEMBERG PA

New Hope, Bucks, Pennsylvania
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6. v. JACOB HINKLE KOOKER, b. October 03, 1848, New Jersey; d. August 01, 1918, Dawson, Kidder County, North Dakota.
vi. MARY CATHARINE KOOKER, b. Bet. 1850 - 1851, New Jersey.

Notes for MARY CATHARINE KOOKER:
LDS Online -- Is this Mary Catharine KOOKER (of this note), married while yet in Hunterdon County, NJ? A good chance... It could be a first husband, or an only husband. If a first husband, could the 2nd have been Jesse Worthington?- VES.

WILLIAM H. GRIFFITH
Marriage: 11 FEB 1871, Hunterdon, New Jersey
MARY C. KOOKER
Marriage: 11 FEB 1871, Hunterdon, New Jersey

vii. SALLIE A. KOOKER, b. Bet. 1853 - 1854, New Jersey.

Notes for SALLIE A. KOOKER:
Could this actually be the household of Jesse Worthington? Perhaps Israel Jesse?

1880:

Israel J. WORTHINGTON Self M Male W 32 PA Farmer PA PA
Sallie WORTHINGTON Wife M Female W 30 PA Keeping House PA PA
Anna R. WORTHINGTON Dau S Female W 6 PA PA PA
Albert T. WORTHINGTON Son S Male W 4 PA PA PA
Frederick WORTHINGTON Son S Male W 3 PA PA PA
Susan C. WORTHINGTON Dau S Female W 1 PA PA PA
Theodore WORTHINGTON Nephew S Male W 16 PA Working On Farm PA PA
Rebecca D. BASSET Niece Female W 23 NJ IRE PA
Amanda HALL Other S Female W 15 PA Keeping House ENG PA

Wrightstown, Bucks, Pennsylvania
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NA Film Number T9-1107
Page Number 207C

viii. SAMUEL KOOKER, b. Bet. 1856 - 1857, Pennsylvania.

Notes for SAMUEL KOOKER:
The Samuel Kooker of this note? Quite possibly!

Mary Ann HESTON Self S Female W 75 PA Keeping House PA PA
Mary BIRCH Other S Female W 20 NJ Servant PA PA
Samuel KOOKER Other S Male W 22 PA Farmer PA PA

Buckingham, Bucks, Pennsylvania
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Page Number 164B

Generation No. 4

4. MISS4 KOOKER (SAMUEL CALFE3, JACOB RAUB2, PETER1) was born in Pennsylvania, and died Bef. 1901 in Probably Pennsylvania. She married JESSE WORTHINGTON Bet. 1880 - 1883 in Probably Bucks County, Pennsylvania, son of JACOB WORTHINGTON and CHARLOTTE BODINE. He was born October 1848 in Pennsylvania, and died April 1924 in Buckingham, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

Notes for JESSE WORTHINGTON:
From the 1924 obituaries of the Bucks County Intelligencer newspaper:

4/10/1924

Jesse Worthington, aged 76 years, died Monday afternoon at his home in Buckingham township. He had been in ill health for a year, but seriously ill for only a week. Mr. Worthington was a son of the late Joseph and Charlotte (Bodine) Worthington, of Rushland. For some years he was in business as a cattle dealer. The deceased married Miss Kooker of Pineville. Surviving him is one brother, Howard of Langhorne, and one granddaughter.

1880 Census (Jesse, aged 30 the Jesse of this note):

Jesse WORTHINGTON Self S Male W 76 PA Farmer PA PA <-- Was brother Amasa, and were they sons of Benjamin & Mary Welding WORTHINGTON?
Martha WORTHINGTON Sister S Female W 65 PA Keeping House PA PA <-- Martha Walton
Esther WORTHINGTON Sister S Female W 53 PA Keeping House PA PA
Chalkley WORTHINGTON Brother S Male W 68 PA Farmer PA PA
Jesse WORTHINGTON Nephew S Male W 30 PA Farmer PA PA <-- Almost surely, Brother's Son!
Elmer SLACK Other S Male W 14 PA Works On Farm PA PA

Wrightstown, Bucks, Pennsylvania
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NA Film Number T9-1107
Page Number 207D

Here's Jesse in earlier census entries...

Wrightstown Township, Bucks County, PA 1850
August 10, 1850
94/98
Jacob Worthington, 44, farmer, b PA
Charlotte, 31, b PA
Thomas C., 10, b PA
Martha Ann, 8, b PA
Jesse, 1, b PA
Charles L. Smith, 14, b PA
Jane S. Gibson, 12, black, b PA

Wrightstown Township, Bucks County, PA 1860
June 25, 1860
Page 810A
27/27
Jacob Worthington, 50, farmer, 5000,1500, b PA
Charlotta, 40, b PA
Martha A., 18, b PA
Jesse, 11, b PA
Charles G., 5, b PA
Heinrich? G., 3, b PA
??? Smith, 22, male, b Germany

Penns Park PO, 127th District, Wrightstown Township, Bucks County, PA 1870
Page 822A
July 27, 1870
24/26
Jacob Worthington, 64, farmer, 10,000/3,000, b PA
Charlotte, 53, b PA
Martha, 28, b PA
Jesse, 22, b PA
Charles, 15, farm laborer, b PA
Henry, 13, b PA

Marriage Notes for MISS KOOKER and JESSE WORTHINGTON:
The reason for this marriage date is the fact that Jesse is listed living in the home of his aunt and uncle, Martha & Jacob WORTHINGTON in 1880, and he is listed as having a daughter, Minnie K., in September of 1883.- VES.

Child of MISS KOOKER and JESSE WORTHINGTON is:
i. MINNIE K[OOKER]5 WORTHINGTON, b. September 1883, Pennsylvania.

5. MR.4 KOOKER (SAMUEL CALFE , JACOB RAUB 2, PETER 1) He married ?.

Child of MR. KOOKER and ? is:
7. i. CAROLINE "CARRIE"5 KOOKER, b. Bet. 1867 - 1868, Pennsylvania; d. Bet. 1942 - 1943, Probably Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

6. JACOB HINKLE4 KOOKER (SAMUEL CALFE3, JACOB RAUB2, PETER1) was born October 03, 1848 in New Jersey, and died August 01, 1918 in Dawson, Kidder County, North Dakota. He married MARY NAYLOR February 24, 1873 in Solebury, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. She was born August 18, 1849 in Pennsylvania, and died February 18, 1927 in Dawson, Kidder County, North Dakota.

Notes for JACOB HINKLE KOOKER:
1880 LDS Online Transcribed Census:

Jacob H. KOOKER Self M Male W 30 PA Farmer PA PA
Mary KOOKER Wife M Female W 29 PA Keeping House PA PA
Benjamin F. KOOKER Son S Male W 5 PA At Home PA PA
Frank KOOKER Son S Male W 3 PA At Home PA PA
Martha KOOKER Dau S Female W 1 PA At Home PA PA
Ida J. SMITH Other S Female W 17 PA Servant PA PA
James BICE Other S Male W 19 PA Farm Laborer PA PA
Samuel MC INTOSH Other S Male W 12 PA Farm Laborer PA PA

Buckingham, Bucks, Pennsylvania
Family History Library Film 1255106
NA Film Number T9-1106
Page Number 166A

Notes for MARY NAYLOR:
BLM Land Records

Stutsman County, North Dakota Mortuary Record Index, Section II

Kooker Mary Naylor 1849 1927 IV-21
Kooker Raymond Grant 1921 1925 IV-78

Children of JACOB KOOKER and MARY NAYLOR are:
8. i. BENJAMIN FAIRES5 KOOKER, b. January 19, 1875, Pineville, Bucks County, Pennsylvania; d. February 10, 1930, Des Moines, Iowa.
ii. FRANK KOOKER, b. January 30, 1877, Pineville, Bucks County, Pennsylvania; m. MARTHA ?.

Notes for FRANK KOOKER:
1914 Farm & Business Directory (Bucks County, PA):

Buckingham Township:

Kooker, Frank (Martha) 1 ch butcher O 5a B tel Buckingham Valley H121

The above means they had 1 ch (one child), O 5a or owns 5 acres, the rest being their telephone number.

The Frank Kooker of this note?

Stutsman County, North Dakota Mortiary Record Index, Section I

Kooker F.M. 1910 3*** <-- The 1910 is the year of death.

iii. MARTHA JANE KOOKER, b. October 04, 1879, Pineville, Bucks County, Pennsylvania; d. November 29, 1954, Dakota; m. TIMOTHY TAYLOR EASTBURN, January 20, 1900.

Notes for MARTHA JANE KOOKER:
From the Bucks County Intelligencer newspaper obituaries:

2/6/1919
Kooker, Samuel
16
12/27/1918
Pneumonia _________ was the cause of death of Samuel Kooker at 10 a. m.,
Friday December 27th, at the home of his aunt, Mrs. T. T. Eastburn, in Dawson,
North Da[kota]...

Notes for TIMOTHY TAYLOR EASTBURN:
1880 Transcribed LDS Online Census:

Elias EASTBURN Self M Male W 39 PA Butcher PA PA
Amanda M. EASTBURN Wife M Female W 29 PA Keeping House PA PA
Thomas E. EASTBURN Son S Male W 12 PA Attending School PA PA
T. Taylor EASTBURN Son S Male W 2 PA At Home PA PA
John KOOKER Other S Male W 26 PA Apprentice To Butcher PA PA
Amy GILMER Other S Female W 18 PA Servant PA PA

Buckingham, Bucks, Pennsylvania
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NA Film Number 9-1106
Page Number 168B

9. iv. JAMES GRANT SR KOOKER, b. April 25, 1881, Pineville, Bucks County, Pennsylvania; d. February 17, 1929, Bismarck, North Dakota.
v. ROBERT NAYLOR KOOKER, b. September 04, 1884, Pineville, Bucks County, Pennsylvania; d. June 13, 1939; m. ELMA FRETTEM.
vi. ALICE REEDER KOOKER, b. September 25, 1886, Pineville, Bucks County, Pennsylvania; d. April 04, 1959, North Dakota; m. SAMUEL BERGESON.

Notes for ALICE REEDER KOOKER:
Stutsman County, North Dakota Mortuary Record Index, Section III

Bergeson Alice Kooker, Mrs 1895 1959 XVIII-64

Cemetery Index, Kidder County, North Dakota

BERGESON ALICE KOOKER 29 <-- Page

vii. SAMUEL KOOKER, b. August 12, 1890, Pineville, Bucks County, Pennsylvania; d. March 1891.
viii. JOSEPH ATKINSON KOOKER, b. February 28, 1892, Pineville, Bucks County, Pennsylvania; d. May 1966, Bismarck, Burleigh, North Dakota 58501; m. VIOLA MCMANN; b. 1892; d. 1951, North Dakota.

Notes for JOSEPH ATKINSON KOOKER:
JOSEPH KOOKER
28 Feb 1892
May 1966
58501 (Bismarck, Burleigh, ND)
(none specified)
502-34-1455
North Dakota

Notes for VIOLA MCMANN:
Stutsman County, North Dakota Mortuary Record Index, Section III

Kooker Viola, Mrs 1892 1951 XIII- 142

ix. ELIZABETH NAYLOR KOOKER, b. September 09, 1894, Pineville, Bucks County, Pennsylvania; m. ORVILLE HICKS.

Generation No. 5

7. CAROLINE "CARRIE"5 KOOKER (MR.4, SAMUEL CALFE3, JACOB RAUB2, PETER1) was born Bet. 1867 - 1868 in Pennsylvania, and died Bet. 1942 - 1943 in Probably Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She married (1) MR. URIAN. She married (2) MR. RUSSELL.

Notes for CAROLINE "CARRIE" KOOKER:
Curiously, in the 1930 census, Caroline lists her age as 71... That would have made her birth year 1858-1859! She is listed elsewhere as 1867-1868. About a full 10 years difference. I wonder why? A miscalculation? A deception?- VES.

1880 All Census Entries, below:

Samuel KOOKER Self M Male W 60 PA Farmer PA PA
Louisa KOOKER Wife M Female W 55 PA Keeping House PA PA
Carrie KOOKER GDau S Female W 12 PA Attending School PA PA
Jacob H. HINKLE BroL M Male W 50 PA Shoemaker PA PA

Buckingham, Bucks, Pennsylvania
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NA Film Number T9-1106
Page Number 165D

Three doors away:

Keziah WORTHINGTON Self S Female W 32 PA Keeping House PA PA
Sarah N. WORTHINGTON Sister S Female W 33 PA PA PA
Edward WORTHINGTON Brother S Male W 23 PA Miller PA PA

Buckingham, Bucks, Pennsylvania
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NA Film Number T9-1106
Page Number 165D

One door further away:

Silas C. WORTHINGTON Self M Male W 30 PA Farmer PA PA
Anna M. WORTHINGTON Wife M Female W 30 PA Keeping House PA PA
Lacy W. WORTHINGTON Son S Male W 5 PA At Home PA PA
Amos P. WORTHINGTON Other S Male W 22 PA Farm Laborer PA PA
Silas Cary JOHNSON Other W Male W 69 PA Retired Farmer PA PA

Buckingham, Bucks, Pennsylvania
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NA Film Number T9-1106
Page Number 165D

And 9 more houses away:

J. Harvey WORTHINGTON Self M Male W 27 PA Day Laborer PAPA
Mary E. WORTHINGTON Wife M Female W 30 PA Keeping House PA PA
Willie R. WORTHINGTON Son S Male W 5 PA At Home PA PA

Buckingham, Bucks, Pennsylvania
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NA Film Number T9-1106
Page Number 165C

Whereas, 8 doors the other way from Carrie:

Jacob H. KOOKER Self M Male W 30 PA Farmer PA PA
Mary KOOKER Wife M Female W 29 PA Keeping House PA PA
Benjamin F. KOOKER Son S Male W 5 PA At Home PA PA
Frank KOOKER Son S Male W 3 PA At Home PA PA
Martha KOOKER Dau S Female W 1 PA At Home PA PA
Ida J. SMITH Other S Female W 17 PA Servant PA PA
James BICE Other S Male W 19 PA Farm Laborer PA PA
Samuel MC INTOSH Other S Male W 12 PA Farm Laborer PA PA

Buckingham, Bucks, Pennsylvania
Family History Library Film 1255106
NA Film Number T9-1106
Page Number 166A

One more KOOKER in Buckinham, Bucks, PA, 1880:

Elias EASTBURN Self M Male W 39 PA Butcher PA PA
Amanda M. EASTBURN Wife M Female W 29 PA Keeping House PA PA
Thomas E. EASTBURN Son S Male W 12 PA Attending School PA PA
T. Taylor EASTBURN Son S Male W 2 PA At Home PA PA
John KOOKER Other S Male W 26 PA Apprentice To Butcher PA PA
Amy GILMER Other S Female W 18 PA Servant PA PA

Buckingham, Bucks, Pennsylvania
Family History Library Film 1255106
NA Film Number T9-1106
Page Number 168B

1870 Buckingham Census transcription:

1870 Bucks Co, Buckingham Twp, indexed as

KASKER, Samuel, 50, Farmer, b. PA [actual image, though, can be read, carefully, as KOOKER]
Louisa, 47, keeping house, b. PA
Jacob H, 21, Farm Laborer, b. NJ
Mary Catherine, 19, b. NJ
Sallie A, 16, b. NJ
Samuel, 13, at home b. PA
Carrie, 2, b. PA
Ella, 10, b. PA

The above Ella is found for 1880 as follows:

Albert BARTLETT Self M Male W 27 RI Farmer NH PA
Dora W. BARTLETT Wife M Female W 21 PA Keeping House PA PA
James BARTLETT Father W Male W 65 NH Retired Farmer NH NH
Watson RICE BroL S Male W 18 PA Farm Laborer PA PA
Ella KOOKER Other S Female W 20 PA Servant PA PA

Buckingham, Bucks, Pennsylvania
Family History Library Film 1255106
NA Film Number T9-1106
Page Number 160A

This looks like the family in Philadelphia!

Name: William Seltzer
Age: 15
Estimated birth year: abt 1915
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Relation to head-of-house: Grandson
Race: White
Home in 1930: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Image source: Year: 1930; Census Place: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Roll: 2115; Page: 19A; Enumeration District: 924; Image: 481.0.
This Wm is grandson of May McCoomb (spelling?) Caroline Russell marked 'head' age 71 widow.

Caroline Kooker Russell is all I know except that she passed away 1942 - maybe. Lets' see. I was 7 years old when she passed.- Caroline Bills.

Notes for MR. URIAN:
Not married to Carrie.

Child of CAROLINE KOOKER and MR. URIAN is:
10. i. ADA MARY6 URIAN, b. Bet. 1895 - 1896, Pennsylvania; d. Abt. 1961, Gloucester, New Jersey.

8. BENJAMIN FAIRES5 KOOKER (JACOB HINKLE4, SAMUEL CALFE3, JACOB RAUB2, PETER1) was born January 19, 1875 in Pineville, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, and died February 10, 1930 in Des Moines, Iowa. He married (1) LIZZIE GREEN. He married (2) LILLIAN MAJOR. She died 1908.

Notes for BENJAMIN FAIRES KOOKER:
Kidder county, ND, BLM Records

KOOKER BENJAMIN F 05 142 N 072 W 026 80 251101 PA 428173 08/31/1914
KOOKER ELISABETH 05 138 N 072 W 008 2.66 251101 PA 604888 10/23/1917
KOOKER ELISABETH 05 138 N 072 W 008 37.34 251101 PA 604888 10/23/1917
KOOKER ELISABETH 05 138 N 072 W 008 28.67 251101 PA 604888 10/23/1917
KOOKER ELISABETH 05 138 N 072 W 008 11.33 251101 PA 604888 10/23/1917
KOOKER ELISABETH 05 138 N 072 W 008 4.87 251101 PA 604888 10/23/1917
KOOKER ELISABETH 05 138 N 072 W 008 35.13 251101 PA 604888 10/23/1917

1930 Bucks County Intelligencer Obituary:

2/14/1930
Kooker, B. F.
60
Mon.

B. F. Kooker, aged 60, who was formerly a resident of Doylestown,
and engaged in the meat business, died on Monday at DesMoines,
Iowa, of pneumonia. He left Doy

1914 Farmer & Business Directory (Bucks County PA):

Worthington, Benjamin (Viola) 4 ch farmer O 43a B tel Furlong H94
(this means 4 children, and owned 43 acres)

Children of BENJAMIN KOOKER and LILLIAN MAJOR are:
i. SAMUEL6 KOOKER, b. August 06, 1902, Mechanicsville, Pennsylvania; d. December 27, 1918, Dawson, Kidder County, North Dakota.

Notes for SAMUEL KOOKER:
Obituary from the Bucks County Intelligencer of 2/6/1919:

Kooker, Samuel 16 12/27/1918

"Pneumonia _________ was the cause of death of Samuel Kooker at 10 a. m., Friday December 27th, at the home of his aunt, Mrs. T. T. Eastburn, in Dawson, North Dakota. Samuel had been working for the Northern Pacific Railway at Jamison during the past two months, and about two weeks prior to his death contracted influenza, and after being confined to the house for a little over a week returned to Dawson, when pneumonia set in and from that time on his battle for life was a feeble one. Short funeral services were held from the home of his grandmother, Mrs. Jacob Kooker, Sunday afternoon after which the remains were taken to the Congregational church, where public services were held conducted by Rev. C. W. Davis, and attended by a large concourse of friends of the deceased, despite the stormy weather that prevailed. Featuring the services at the church were two vocal solos rendered by Miss Esther Lewis, a school-mate of the deceased, "One Sweetly Solemn Thought" and "The Song the Angels Sang," accompanied at the organ by Mrs. Fred Derouin. The pall-bearers were members of the Dawson Home Guard of which Samuel was one of the charter members, being Fred Derouin, Harold Finch, George Bope, Orin Thompson, Albert Anderson and Paul Parkin. The remains were laid to rest in the Dawson cemetery beside those of his grandfather, who passed away August 1st last. Samuel Kooker was born August 6, 1902, at Mechanicsville, Penna., and at the time of his death was 16 years, 4 months and 21 days of age. He was the son of Benjamin F. and the late Lillian Major Kooker, who died when Samuel was 6 years of age. Since his mother's death he had made his home with his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Kooker, going with them to Dawson four years ago, who made their home with their son, J. A. Kooker. He attended the Dawson school, graduating eighth grade in 1917. He also attended the Congregational church and Sunday school and was a member of the Victor class. He leaves besides his father, a brother, Ray and sister, Alice, besides numerous other relatives."

ii. J. A. KOOKER.

9. JAMES GRANT SR5 KOOKER (JACOB HINKLE4, SAMUEL CALFE3, JACOB RAUB2, PETER1) was born April 25, 1881 in Pineville, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, and died February 17, 1929 in Bismarck, North Dakota. He married ETHEL SWARTZ July 12, 1906.

Notes for JAMES GRANT SR KOOKER:
Obituary online taken from the Bucks County Intelligencer obituaries:

Date of Issue Name of Deceased Age Date of Death
3/8/1929 Kooker, J. Grant 47 2/17/1929

"J. Grant Kooker, 47 years old, prominent resident of Killdeer, N. Dakota, died at 5 a. m., Sunday, Feb. 17, in a local hospital at Bismarck, following an operation on an eye that was injured in an explosion several years ago. A cancerous growth had developed near the brain. Funeral services were held the following Wednesday at the First Congregational Church in Dawson, N. D., with interment in the Dawson cemetery. Mr. Kooker was born near Pineville, Pa., and at one time was head clerk in H. F. Molloy's store, later conducting the store at Penn's Park. In 1921 he moved to Killdeer and opened a café. He was still engaged in that business at the time of his death. His happy genial disposition won many friends. He is survived by two children, Edith Louise and James Grant, Jr., living at Collingswood, N. J., and the following brothers and sisters: Benjamin F. Kooker, Des Moines, Iowa; Mrs. T. T. Eastburn and Miss Alice R. Kooker, both of Bismarck; Robert M. Kooker, of Robinson, N. D.; Joseph A. Kooker, Dawson, N. D., and Mrs. Orville Hicks, Phillipsburg, N. J."

1914 Farm & Business Directory (of Bucks County, PA):

Post Offices and Post Masters

Penns Park -- J. Grant Kooker

Children of JAMES KOOKER and ETHEL SWARTZ are:
i. EDITH LOUISE6 KOOKER.
ii. JAMES GRANT JR KOOKER.

Generation No. 6

10. ADA MARY6 URIAN (CAROLINE "CARRIE"5 KOOKER, MR.4, SAMUEL CALFE3, JACOB RAUB2, PETER1) was born Bet. 1895 - 1896 in Pennsylvania, and died Abt. 1961 in Gloucester, New Jersey. She married (1) CHIEF JOSEPH "JOE" ONE STAR. He was born September 17, 1900 in Probably Oklahoma, and died August 19, 1957 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. She married (2) MR. S[C]HA[E]F[F]ER. She married (3) JOSEPH H. JR SELTZER June 1912, son of JOSEPH SELTZER and ANNA ?. He was born October 1893 in Virginia, and died Bet. 1914 - 1917 in Killed in Action, WWI.

Notes for ADA MARY URIAN:
"... papers about Ada's Father dying in a home for the indigent and the body was claimed by a church worker and buried in Philadelphia."- Caroline Bills.

In 1910 in the Bucks County census, Ada Urian is listed as living on Guinea Lane in Warwick Township, working as a hired girl for a Haddens S. Worthington family. She is there listed as of Pennsylvania-born parents, she being born there, herself, but, in actuality, it may be she had a father from foreign parts -- perhaps Sweden -- and was illegitimately born.- VES.

From an email poster on PABUCKS-L:

"Guinea Lane is off of Almshouse Rd. in Warwick, Bucks C[oun]ty. The poorhouse or almshouse was indeed a place for the indigent in the area and the author James Michener lived there at one point as a youngster."

I had heard that Robert (?) Russell whom I believe put Caroline out and would have nothing to do with her. When she passed she was living in Philly with a Mrs or Miss Macoon (or something that sounded like racoon that is how I remembered it).- Caroline Bills.

Possibly another daughter?- VES.

ADA SELTZER
13 Jul 1931
02 Oct 1996 (V)
19115 (Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA) <-- Last Residence
(none specified) <-- Last Benefit sent to what place?
201-22-1196
Pennsylvania

This is the "Thaddeus S WORTHINGTON a transcriber mistook as Haddens S. WORTHINGTON! Note the son's name -- Amasa! This is the household that Ada lived with in 1910 in Bucks County.

T. S. WORTHINGTON Self M Male W 40 PA Farmer PA PA
Jannie WORTHINGTON Wife M Female W 35 PA Keeping House PA PA <-- Maiden Named Jane Powell! Married 1870.
Amasa WORTHINGTON Son S Male W 7 PA PA PA
F. Powell WORTHINGTON Son S Male W 4 PA PA PA
Simon C. WORTHINGTON Son S Male W 1 PA PA PA
Henry TOMLINSON Other S Male W 18 PA Laborer PA PA

Warwick, Bucks, Pennsylvania
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1900 Census:

All born PA except where noted..

Thaddeus head 2/1840 60 M 29yrs Farmer owns farm #77
Jennie P. wife 6/1844 55 M 29 8/3
Ethel L. dau 5/1885 15 S
Amy S. dau 9/1887 12 S
Joseph Schuyler servant 8/1878 21 S WI WI WI at school
John Green servant black 10/1878 21 S NC NC NC farm laborer

Living between Frank 32 and Martha 40Worthington and family no Ada
and Amasa and Grace, no children, no Ada

A note on Thaddeus: LDS Online says:

Thaddaeus Worthington
Birth: 19 FEB 1840 Wrightstown, Bucks, Pennsylvania
Death: 30 JUL 1932 Boise Soldier's Home, Idaho

Idaho Deaths
Worthington, Thaddus Step
Certificate number: 080242
Boise City, Ada County, ID
date of death: 07/30/1932
date of birth: 02/19/1840

1930 Census Index:

Name: Thaddeus S Worthington
Age: 90
Estimated birth year: abt 1840
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Relation to head-of-house: Inmate
Race: White
Home in 1930: Soldiers Home, Ada, Idaho

Gerry Brennan posted:

"Worthington, T.S., of Warwick, Bucks Co, born in Buckingham, Feb 19, 1840. His paternal grandfather was Benjamin Worthington. A Quaker. Children, Benjamin, Amasa, Hester and Mary."

And who is this?

Name: Thaddaeus Worthington
Gender: Male
Spouse: Gladys Hoover
Spouse gender: Female
Marriage date: Jul 26, 1927
Marriage location: Twin Falls, Twin Falls Co., Idaho
Source: This record can be found in the marriage book at the County Courthouse located in Twin Falls Co., ID in Volume 7 on Page 237.

From the Bucks County Intelligencer, 8 Apr 1876
WARWICK

Joseph Roberts goes from Thaddeus Worthington's farm to John Jamison's, near by.

Ada was, at some point, involved with a Chief One Star. Here is some information from the web concerning that fellow:

http://apnostalgia.crosswinds.net/fphistory.html

Funk's Park a.k.a Forrest Park [Chalfont, Bucks County, PA]

History

During the 1953 season, Frontiertown opened at the end of the miniature railroad ride when it was extended across Pine Run Creek. It featured buildings such as an old bottle shop made of bottles, a barber shop, a dance hall, a fully-operating general store, the Silver Dollar Bar (replete with a year-round liquor license and a wagon wheel covered with actual silver dollars!), and a western-style restaurant. Later Lusse added a facsimile of Fort Dearborn and hired Chief One Star, a Cherokee Indian who lived on nearby Haycock Mountain, and Chief Halftown, a local television personality, to appear at the fort. Chief One Star's activities gradually increased until he was entertaining groups of school children on a daily basis. The chief led the children through Frontiertown and the park on hunts for arrowheads, which were often found. He taught them how to identify trees and recognize various animal footprints. He also contributed many Indian artifacts for display at Frontiertown. And with twelve male and female Indian suits, Chief One Star and his tribe even staged mock holdups on the miniature railway.

Vince

I have a friend who actually knew him. He came to Haycock Twp to the Indian Lore at the Jewish Camp "Kahagon." He was an Oklahoma Cherokee and discovered "fire water" up on Haycock Mountain and died an alcoholic. His grave is by Keller's Church.... My friend Ed, has photos and documentation on his death. He lived with a man by the name of Benjamin Surket.

[Later, she writes]

From the directions I got he is not actually buried in the churchyard but on someone's property. Going to check it out.

I went to the Quakertown Historical society meeting tonight and it turns out the oil painting of an Indian on the wall where we often have breakfast is Chief One Star. I will ask if I can take a photo. There were other names who actually new him.

There is also a large mural in what once was the Mountainside Hotel and I know the new owners, will ask if they still have it.

Nancy C. Janyszeski

Note: I find a Camp Kahagon not listed as Jewish, but as connected to the YMCA, in Bergen County, New Jersey (North Jersey).- VES.

BENJAMIN SURKET
23 Feb 1912
Jul 1979
18955 (Richlandtown, Bucks, PA)
18951 (Quakertown, Bucks, PA)
166-18-3537
Pennsylvania

Census 1930: April 25
Name: Benjamin Surket
Age: 18
Estimated birth year: abt 1912
Relation to head-of-house: Son
Father's Name: Jacob Surket
Mother's Name: Annie Surket
Home in 1930: Haycock, Bucks, Pennsylvania
Image source: Year: 1930; Census Place: Haycock, Bucks, Pennsylvania;
Roll: 2007; Page: 13B; Enumeration District: 28; Image: 838.0.
Surket, Jacob, head, owns house worth 9500, 51, age at first marriage 23,
born in Latvia, parents born in Latvia/Littish,immig. 1905, naturalized,
farmer, not a military veteran,
Annie, wife, 48, age at first marriage 23, born in Latvia, parents born in
Latvia/Littish, immig. 1907, alien,
Benjamin, son, 18, single, born in Missouri, parents born in
Latvia/Littish, laborer,
Valoski or Waloski, Joseph, boarder, 77, married, age at first marriage 28,
born in Austria, parents born in Austria, immig.unknown, laborer, not a
military veteran,
Grickman, Jas., boarder, 80, widowed, born in Latvia, parents born in
Latvia/Littish, immig.unknown, retired,

Census 1920: Jan. 27
Name: Jek Surkat
Age: 44 years
Estimated birth year: abt 1876
Birthplace: Sweden
Race: White
Home in 1920: Randolph, St. Francois, Missouri
Roll: T625_945
Page: 21B
ED: 96
Image: 181
town of Desloge
farm
Surkat, Jek, head, rents, 44, born in Sweden/Swedish, parents same, immig.
1906, alien, ? in lead mine,
Annie, wife, 39, born in Sweden/Swedish, parents same, immig. 1906, alien,
Robert, son, 18, single, born in Sweden/Swedish, parents same, immig. 1906,
alien, cage man in lead mine,
Benjamin, son, 7, born in Missouri, parents born in Sweden/Swedish,
Valosk, Joseph, laborer, 60, married, born in Austria/Polish, parents same,
immig. 1906, alien, ? on farm,

Census 1910: May 19
Name: Jacob Souchant
Age in 1910: 30
Estimated birth year: abt 1880
Home in 1910: Randolph Twp, St Francois, Missouri
Race: White
Gender: Male
Series: T624
Roll: 808
Part: 2
Page: 111A
Year: 1910
Souchant, Jacob, head, 30, married once 10 years, born in Russia, parents
born in Russia, immig. 1907, alien, laborer in lead mines,
Anna, wife, 30, married once 10 years, 1 birth, 1 living, born in Russia,
parents born in Russia, immig. 1908,
Robert, son, 7, born in Russia, parents born in Russia, immig. 1908,

 

Notes for CHIEF JOSEPH "JOE" ONE STAR:
Not actually married to Ada.

This needs checking out...

Buried with Ben Surket at:

Saint Matthew's Lutheran Church
3668 Ridge & Kellers Church PA 18910
215 795 2965

 "During the 1953 season, Frontiertown opened at the end of the minature railroad ride when it was extended across Pine Run Creek. It featured buildings such as an old bottle shop made of bottles, a barber shop, a dance hall, a fully-operating general store, the Silver Dollar Bar (replete with a year-round liquor license and a wagon wheel covered with actual silver dollars!), and a western-style restaurant. Later Lusse added a facsimile of Fort Dearborn and hired Chief One Star, a Cherokee Indian who lived on nearby Haycock Mountain, and Chief Halftown, a local television personality, to appear at the fort. Chief One Star’s activities gradually increased until he was entertaining groups of school children on a daily basis. The chief led the children through Frontiertown and the park on hunts for arrowheads, which were often found. He taught them how to identify trees and recognize various animal footprints. He also contributed many Indian artifacts for display at Frontiertown. And with twelve male and female Indian suits, Chief One Star and his tribe even staged mock holdups on the minature railway."

Jack Dole

Notes for JOSEPH H. JR SELTZER:
Quite likely this is the Joseph of this note. I will assume so, based on the reasons I site afterwards, below:

Soldiers of the Great War, Volume III -- compiled by W. M. Haulsee, F. G. Howe, A. C. Doyle and published in 1920 by "Soldiers Record Publishing Association," Washington, D.C.

RANK, NAME, RESIDENCE, STATUS, INDEX

Private SELTZER Joseph Philadelphia KA 150

23rd Infantry, 2nd Division

Now: Ada Mary URIAN m. Joseph in 1912. She has a son June 1914. Before the war. Then a couple or few months later, Joseph likely entered that war. Before there could have been a second child. Yet, Ada is known to have had a son by another man before too much time had passed. This would seem to indicate her husband and she either had a divorce, or, I am suggesting, he was killed in that war, as the citation above refers to a Philadelphia Joseph RUSSELL.- VES.

Children of ADA URIAN and MR. S[C]HA[E]F[F]ER are:
i. JOSEPH7 S[C]HA[E]F[F]ER.

Notes for JOSEPH S[C]HA[E]F[F]ER:
It was said Grandfather had another Son named Joseph who never knew of my Dad his half brother. He became a lawyer.- Caroline Bills.

11. ii. EMMA S[C]HA[E]F[F]ER, b. January 29, 1916; d. October 1983, Norwalk, Los Angeles, California 90650.

Child of ADA URIAN and JOSEPH SELTZER is:
12. iii. WILLIAM GEORGE7 SELTZER, b. June 30, 1914, Burlington, New Jersey; d. December 31, 1991.

Generation No. 7

11. EMMA7 S[C]HA[E]F[F]ER (ADA MARY6 URIAN, CAROLINE "CARRIE"5 KOOKER, MR.4, SAMUEL CALFE3, JACOB RAUB2, PETER1) was born January 29, 1916, and died October 1983 in Norwalk, Los Angeles, California 90650. She married (1) MR. SKOWRONSKI. She married (2

Children of EMMA S[C]HA[E]F[F]ER and MR. SCHOOLS are:
i. CLARA8 SCHOOLS.
ii. GEORGE SCHOOLS.

12. WILLIAM GEORGE7 SELTZER (ADA MARY6 URIAN, CAROLINE "CARRIE"5 KOOKER, MR.4, SAMUEL CALFE3, JACOB RAUB2, PETER1) was born June 30, 1914 in Burlington, New Jersey, and died December 31, 1991. He married (1) MARGARET ZEISWEISS, daughter of WILLIAM ZEISWEISS and MARY DEMPSEY. She was born July 29, 1917, and died in Lived at Bellmawr, New Jersey. He married (2) ?.

Notes for WILLIAM GEORGE SELTZER:
WILLIAM G SELTZER
30 Jun 1914
31 Dec 1991
(not specified)
(none specified)
New Jersey

Possibly this William's father?

"Growing up in Pottsville 1932 to 1950"

This fellow was listed in the 1930 census as William, but is called George by the time of his death.

Submitted: Caroline Bills.

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