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Benjamin Walter Cooley

Also Known As: "Ben"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Chadron, Dawes County, NE, United States
Death: December 27, 1968 (77)
Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, United States
Place of Burial: Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Charles David Cooley and Flora Rosette Cooley
Husband of Gena Leila Cooley
Father of Private User; "private" Cooley; Mabel Erline Cooley; Private; Private and 1 other
Brother of Charles Clyde Cooley; Arthur Llewellen Cooley; Mary Ethel Cooley; Sarah Mehitable Maltby and Audre Esther Cooley

Occupation: WWI Service--Pv 1c 26 Co 7 Bn 166 DB US Army, RR Street Car Conductor
Managed by: Gena Kathka
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Immediate Family

About Benjamin Walter Cooley

World War I Service:

  • Rank: Pv 1c 26 Co 7 Bn 166 DB, US Army
  • Sn: 532 295
  • Enlisted: 06/02/1918
  • Discharged: 01/13/1919

"United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPZR-BH98 : 3 September 2021), Benjamin Walter Cooley, 13 Jan 1919; citing Military Service, NARA microfilm publication 76193916 (St. Louis: National Archives and Records Administration, 1985), various roll numbers.

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Benjamine Cooley, Census • United States Census, 1920

Benjamine Cooley's Spouses and Children

  • Gena L Cooley Wife F 30 Iowa
  • Marjorie Cooley Daughter F 1 Oregon

"United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M487-NQV : 3 February 2021), Benjamine Cooley, 1920.

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Benjamin W Cooley, Census • United States Census, 1930

Benjamin W Cooley's Spouses and Children

  • Gena L Cooley Wife F 40 Iowa
  • Marjorie Cooley Daughter F 10 Oregon
  • Helen Cooley Daughter F 7 Oregon
  • Erling Cooley Daughter F 5 Oregon
  • Benjamin M Cooley Son M 3 Oregon

Other People on This Record

  • Ettie E Orcutt F 59 Iowa

"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XC91-5MV : accessed 13 December 2021), Benjamin W Cooley, Portland (Districts 1-219), Multnomah, Oregon, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 119, sheet 6A, line 9, family 140, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1950; FHL microfilm 2,341,684.

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Benjamin Cooley, Census • United States Census, 1940

Benjamin Cooley's Spouses and Children

  • Gena L Cooley Wife F 51 Iowa
  • Marjorie G Cooley Daughter F 19 Oregon
  • Helen L Cooley Daughter F 17 Oregon
  • Mabel E Cooley Daughter F 15 Oregon
  • Benjamin M Cooley Son M 13 Oregon

"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRT2-QQY : 28 February 2020), Benjamin Cooley, Tract 1, Portland, Portland City Election Precinct 72, Multnomah, Oregon, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 37-116, sheet 5B, line 57, family 138, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3387.

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Benjamin Walter Cooley's Timeline

1891
March 10, 1891
Chadron, Dawes County, NE, United States
1968
December 27, 1968
Age 77
Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, United States
December 27, 1968
Age 77
Willamette National Cemetery, Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, United States
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