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COOPER, Maria del "Rosario" Yldefonsa

Female 1841 - 1917  (76 years)


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  • Name COOPER, Maria del "Rosario" Yldefonsa 
    Nickname Rosario 
    Gender Female 
    Born 25 Mar 1841  San Luis Obispo, Alta California Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Christened 26 Mar 1841  Mission San Luis Obispo, Alta California Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Census 27-28 Jul 1860  San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo, California Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Living with Maria A Ortega and Jose Lees [Jose Luz?] 
    Census 24 Jun 1880  San Jose, Santa Clara, California Find all individuals with events at this location 
    With significant other, Mauro Soto, and son 
    Census 23 Jun 1900  Arroyo Grande, San Luis Obispo, California Find all individuals with events at this location 
    With significant other Mauro Soto and grandson, Pedro Rojerio 
    Biography 1916  San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo, California Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Rosario Cooper, last speaker of the Obispeno Chumash language 
    Died 15 Jun 1917  Arroyo Grande, San Luis Obispo, California Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Buried Abt. 17 Jun 1917  San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo, California Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Person ID I15777  1. Schwald - WA-NY-OR-TX
    Last Modified 15 Mar 2014 

    Father COOPER, Fernando Antonio "Martin",   b. Abt. 1810, Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 01 Jun 1843, Rancho Dos Pueblos, Goleta, California Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 33 years) 
    Mother INDIA MASTA, Ana Maria,   b. 28 Jul 1799, San Luis Obispo, Alta California Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt. 4 Dec 1850, San Luis Obispo County, California Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 51 years) 
    Family ID F5117  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 OLIVAS, Unknown 
    Married Type: cannot locate a marriage record 
    Children 
    +1. OLIVAS, Francisco "Frank" Feliz,   b. 25 Feb 1865, California Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 May 1943, San Luis Obispo County, California Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years)
    Last Modified 14 Mar 2014 
    Family ID F5123  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 SOTO, Mauro,   b. Abt. 1848, Mexico Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Jan 1926, San Luis Obispo County, California Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 78 years) 
    Married Type: cannot locate a marriage record  [6, 7, 8, 9
    Last Modified 15 Mar 2014 
    Family ID F5122  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 25 Mar 1841 - San Luis Obispo, Alta California Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChristened - 26 Mar 1841 - Mission San Luis Obispo, Alta California Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - Living with Maria A Ortega and Jose Lees [Jose Luz?] - 27-28 Jul 1860 - San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo, California Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - With significant other, Mauro Soto, and son - 24 Jun 1880 - San Jose, Santa Clara, California Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - With significant other Mauro Soto and grandson, Pedro Rojerio - 23 Jun 1900 - Arroyo Grande, San Luis Obispo, California Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBiography - Rosario Cooper, last speaker of the Obispeno Chumash language - 1916 - San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo, California Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 15 Jun 1917 - Arroyo Grande, San Luis Obispo, California Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - Abt. 17 Jun 1917 - San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo, California Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Sources 
    1. [S010] Alta Cal Msn Bk #00_1770-1855_Bap, Early California Population Project, (huntington.org), http://missions.huntington.org/BaptismalData.aspx?ID=44806.
      BAPTISM
      Msn. San Luis Obispo
      #2897) 26 Mar 1841- MARIA DEL ROSARIO YLDEFONSA COOPER, 1 d., nacio la noche anterior, parvula de la mision, de Bonifacio. La Purisima Concepcion Bap. #3283 [Error - this was the name of Ana Maria Masta's deceased husband; the person assigned to this baptism number is FERNANDO ANTONIO MARTIN COOPER-JSR], y de Ana Maria Masta (viuda), Msn. S.L.O. Bap. #1517. Madrina: Rosa Butron. Abella

    2. [S169] CENSUS 1860 - U.S. Federal, (ancestry.com), page 2/13 (Page 35), 27-28 Jul 1860.
      1860 CENSUS - Santa Ynez, Santa Barbara, California
      NAME - AGE - SEX - OCCUPATION - VALUE OF REAL ESTATE/PERSONAL ESTATE
      Maria A. Ostrega [Maria A Ortega] - 38 - f - House Keeper - 500/300
      Jose Lees [Jose Luz?] - 25 - m - Musician
      Rosaria Cooper - 23 - f - House Keeper

    3. [S248] Bk-The John Peabody Harrington Collection, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, (http://anthropology.si.edu/naa/harrington/index.html), Sep 1913.
      BIOGRAPHY
      Rosario was the last speaker of the Obispeno Chumash language. She was a fieldworker with 19th century linguist and anthropologist John Peabody Harrington.

      NOTE: Taken from Handbook of North American Indians: California, By William C. Sturtevant, page 523

      "In 1914-1915, Rosario Cooper, the last Obispeno speaker, described witchcraft cured by fasting, singing, scarifying, and bloodletting; beliefs in the sun, moon, stars, bear, and coyote; and dances associated with the swordfish and coyote, the former with a feather costume. An offering or feathers, beads, and tobaco was thrown to the swordfish at Avila. She knew a game played with wild walnuts filled with brea, and material culture items such as a broom made from split juncus stalks, sleeping mats, a foxskin quiver, and use of white clay as a shampoo (Harrington 1914-1915)."

    4. [S237] AVS-Deaths 1905-1939 - California, Ancestry.com, California Death Index 1905-1939, (ancestry.com).
      DEATH
      Name: Rosaria Soto
      Birth Year: abt 1846
      Death Date: 15 Jun 1917
      Age at Death: 71
      Death Place: San Luis Obispo, California, USA

    5. [S201] AVS-Death-Burial - findagrave.com, (findagrave.com), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=soto&GSfn=rosario&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=6&GScnty=222&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=21455526&df=all&.
      BURIAL
      Rosario C. Soto
      Birth: unknown
      Death: Jun. 18, 1017
      Note: Age 72

      Burial:
      Saint Patricks Cemetery
      Arroyo Grande, San Luis Obispo County, California, USA

    6. [S250] Family - Photos - Calisphere, U of CA, University of California, (http://www.calisphere.universityofcalifornia.edu/), http://content.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/c870806d/?layout=metadata, 1916.
      PHOTO With husband Mauro Soto, grandson Frank Olivas, Jr. and John Peabody Harrington:

      Description: Rosario Cooper, last speaker of the Obispeno Chumash language, seated at viewer's right outside her home near Arroyo Grande during her linguistic work with John P. Harrington : 1916 ; left to right: Mauro Soto, Rosario's husband, J. P. Harrington, Frank Olivas Jr. (Rosario's grandson), and Rosario Cooper.

    7. [S171] CENSUS 1880 - U.S. Federal, (ancestry.com), page 13/18, 24 Jun 1880.
      1880 CENSUS - District 80, San Jose, San Luis Obispo, California
      NAME - AGE - MARITAL STATUS - PROFESSION
      Mauro Soto - M - 33 - S - Laborer
      Rosario Cooper - F - 36 - D - Keeping house
      Francisco Olivas - M - 16 - S - Laborer

    8. [S173] CENSUS 1900 - U.S. Federal, (ancestry.com), page 34/46 (Sheet 17 B), 23 Jun 1900.
      1900 CENSUS - District 22, Arroyo Grande, San Luis Obispo, California
      NAME - RELATION - SEX - DOB - AGE - MARRIED/SINGLE - #YRS MARRIED - MOTHER OF #CHILDREN/#CHILDREN LIVING - PLACE OF BIRTH - CITIZENSHIP Yr of Immig/Yrs in US/Naturalized - OCCUPATION
      M Soto - Head - M - Nov 1846 - 53 - S - _ - Mexico - 1868/32/Al - Farm laborer
      Rosaria Cooper - Head - F - Oct 1844 - 55 - D - 1/1 - California - Farmer
      Pedro Rojerio - Grandson - M - Apr 1895 - 5 - S

    9. [S175] CENSUS 1910 - U.S. Federal, (ancestry.com), page 17/17 (Sheet 9A), 08 May 1910.
      1910 CENSUS - District 30, Arroyo Grande, San Luis Obispo, California
      NAME - RELATION - SEX - AGE - MARRIED/SINGLE - #YRS MARRIED - - MOTHER OF #CHILDREN BORN/#CHILDREN LIVING - NATIVITY this person/father/mother - CITIZENSHIP - OCCUPATION
      Address: Lopez Canyon Road
      Juan Seta [Mauro Soto] - Head - M - 63 - S - _ - Mexico/Mexico/Mexico - Al - Farmer/General Farm
      Rosira Cooper - House Keeper - F - 65 - Wd - _ - California/England/Mexico - House Keeper