Wells Family - Person Sheet
Wells Family - Person Sheet
NameJohn Edward Cooper 
Birth1 Feb 1903, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
Census1910, Hammond, Lake Co, IN
Memoroll#361, pg 7
Immigration6 Jul 1939, Niagara Falls, Niagara Co, NY
Census8 Apr 1940, Lockport, Niagara Co, NY
Memoroll#2695, pg 3
Death19 Jan 1967, Lockport, Niagara Co, NY
BurialCold Springs Cem, Lockport, Niagara Co, NY
Misc. Notes
Son of Robert Marshall Cooper and Frances Castle (Casel?).
in the 1910 census, he is living with his mother Frances (28, CAN) and step father George A. Metler (32, NY) in Indiana, with his widowed maternal grandmother Mary Casel (62, CAN).
Married to Marie Irene “Paulette” Emond when he immigrated to the US on 6 July 1939. Although he is listed alone as a boarder and auto mechanic (37) in the 1940 census at Lockport - erroneously listed as born in New York.
He was divorced from Paulette in December 1942, after enlisting in Buffalo on 2 Dec 1942, while separated and not yet a citizen. John Edward Cooper was discharged from the US Army 31 October 1945 - PVT 2 Service Command during World War II.
After the war, he married Nellie in May 1947, just a couple weeks after her divorce from James Casel.
in the 1910 census, he is living with his mother Frances (28, CAN) and step father George A. Metler (32, NY) in Indiana, with his widowed maternal grandmother Mary Casel (62, CAN).
Married to Marie Irene “Paulette” Emond when he immigrated to the US on 6 July 1939. Although he is listed alone as a boarder and auto mechanic (37) in the 1940 census at Lockport - erroneously listed as born in New York.
He was divorced from Paulette in December 1942, after enlisting in Buffalo on 2 Dec 1942, while separated and not yet a citizen. John Edward Cooper was discharged from the US Army 31 October 1945 - PVT 2 Service Command during World War II.
After the war, he married Nellie in May 1947, just a couple weeks after her divorce from James Casel.
Spouses
Birth6 Oct 1911, Boucks Hill, Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry United Co, Ontario, Canada
Death14 Jun 1998, Stoney Creek, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
BurialCold Springs Cem, Lockport, Niagara Co, NY
FatherFranklin Peter Wells (1868-1949)
MotherArvilla J. May Froats (1875-1933)
Misc. Notes
She was living with her parents in 1921, at age 9.
She married James Martin Harold Cassel on 18 Aug 1931 in Morrisburg. Nellie was living in Lockport NY in 1945 and she may have known John Cooper from living in Oshawa Ontario where parents and sister were. John had Family in Hamilton Ontario where he was living as a teenager in the 1920s.
She immigrated to the US at Niagra Falls on 28 Dec 1945 to meet her husband John Edward Cooper, according to the immigration record. She and James Cassel were not divorced until the 22nd April 1947. And she remarried John right away on May 3rd 1947.
She must have returned to Canada after the marriage, as she is listed as immigrating to the US again on 21 Jul 1947 at Niagara Falls.
She was next recorded as Nellie Agnes Galley when she petitioned for US naturalization on 19 Aug 1949 (#48481)
Her last residence recorded in Social Security records is the US Consulate in Canada.
And Nellie is buried with John Cooper in Lockport, NY.
[Obituary] SSDI
Nellie A Galley
The deceased was born Friday, October 6, 1911 and was living in the state of New York when they applied for Social Security benefits.
Nellie A Galley died June 14, 1998 at the age of 86 years, 8 months and 8 days.
She married James Martin Harold Cassel on 18 Aug 1931 in Morrisburg. Nellie was living in Lockport NY in 1945 and she may have known John Cooper from living in Oshawa Ontario where parents and sister were. John had Family in Hamilton Ontario where he was living as a teenager in the 1920s.
She immigrated to the US at Niagra Falls on 28 Dec 1945 to meet her husband John Edward Cooper, according to the immigration record. She and James Cassel were not divorced until the 22nd April 1947. And she remarried John right away on May 3rd 1947.
She must have returned to Canada after the marriage, as she is listed as immigrating to the US again on 21 Jul 1947 at Niagara Falls.
She was next recorded as Nellie Agnes Galley when she petitioned for US naturalization on 19 Aug 1949 (#48481)
Her last residence recorded in Social Security records is the US Consulate in Canada.
And Nellie is buried with John Cooper in Lockport, NY.
[Obituary] SSDI
Nellie A Galley
The deceased was born Friday, October 6, 1911 and was living in the state of New York when they applied for Social Security benefits.
Nellie A Galley died June 14, 1998 at the age of 86 years, 8 months and 8 days.
Marriage3 May 1947, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada
ChildrenElaine F. (1945-1957)