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Name	Helen COOPER³⁸, 1C1R
Birth	31 Oct 1904, Hopelawn, Middlesex, NJ^21,313
Death	19 Mar 1988, Edison, Middlesex, NJ^21,313 Age: 83
Death Memo	SSDI states last residents as Englishtown, Monmouth, NJ 07726
Burial	22 Mar 1988, Woodbridge, Middlesex, NJ³¹³ Age: 83
Burial Memo	Cloverleaf cemetery
Residence	1976, Perth Amboy, Middlesex, NJ³³⁶ Age: 71
Residence	bef 1986, Perth Amboy, Middlesex, NJ³³⁷ Age: 81
Residence Memo	307 Maple St
Residence	abt 1986, Metuchen, Middlesex, NJ³³⁸ Age: 81
Residence Memo	Redfield Village
Residence	Englishtown, Monmouth, NJ^338,339
Alias/AKA	1904 - First called Kopar Ilon or Ilona
Father	Sandor KOPAR (1879-1964)
Mother	Maria SZABO (1886-1914)

Misc. Notes

Helen received a badge from the Red Cross for 400 hrs of War work ("For making sweaters, socks, and serving. You know, haha"- Helen's words written on the back of her Photo wearing Red Cross uniform and Badge)¹³ Helen Was the third wife Louis Csipo. Her birth name was Ilon or Ilona Kopar³¹² My grandmother Csipo told us her name was changed on the first day of school. The teacher pointed to her and said, "You're Helen Cooper!" This was despite the fact that her father's name was not changed at Ellis Island. She often said she hated the name Helen but had used it so long it was too late to change it back. - Roberta Calhoun.³⁴⁰

Misc. Notes

Hi Scot. I sent this to Nancy Kantra some time ago,and
thought you might like a copy.

Roberta

--- RD Calhoun wrote:
> Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2002 06:27:10 -0700 (PDT)
> From: RD Calhoun >
> Subject: A few stories
>
> I was
> wondering if you had heard different versions of the
> family
> stories that are familiar to us.
>
> My grandmother Csipo told us her name was changed on the
> first day of school. The teacher pointed to her and
> said,
> "You're Helen Cooper!" This was despite the fact that
> her
> father's name was not changed at Ellis Island. She often
> said she hated the name Helen but had used it so long it
> was too late to change it back.
>
> When Bill was adopted out his brother and sisters knew
> the
> family that took him. They even saw him rarely. One day
> they got hold of a camera and made their way across town
> to
> take his picture. It was a major undertaking and they
> were
> all excited about it. But afterwards they found that the
> picture did not come out, and they did not see him for
> years after that. Aunt Clara asked everyone she met
> where
> she worked at Roosevelt Hospital if they had heard of
> him.
> After years of this, someone had! Thats how the family
> was
> reunited.
>
> Helen & Clara's father disappeared for a long time after
> he
> left home for Califiornia to find work. The family
> thought
> he had abandoned them, but that was when he had his
> stroke
> at 32. A friend of his kept showing him a photo of the
> family but for a long time he did not recognize them.
> Somehow he worked his way back home. He made it to
> Hopelawn and when my grandmother saw him she screamed (to
> her grandmother, I think) to go inside because a beggar
> was
> coming.
>
> It was a real treat at Christmas to get fruit in your
> Christmas stocking. But you never ate fruit raw, it was
> bad for you.
>
> Alex Cooper was only 2 years older than his son-in-law
> Louis Csipo. It was said that they came to America to
> avoid being drafted into the army. Louis stowed away 3
> times before he got here, and then he came under someone
> else's name, Csikasz Gabor. Mom & Arnold know the rest
> of that one.
>
> I am sure Mom has many more! Have you heard the same
> ones?

Spouses:

1	Louis CSIPO²¹
Father	Istvan CSIPO
Mother	Borbola GRASPIC

Marriage

Oct 1927³¹³

Children:	Vilma Lois (1928-)
	Arnold Richard (1932-)

Last Modified 22 Oct 2006

Created 26 Jan 2009

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