Individual Details

Delilah Russell

(22 Jul 1885 - Jul 1979)



Dallas Morning News, 20 Aug 1900
Society Over the State
COMMERCE
Miss Dee Russell, Miss Kate Holderness of Cumby and Mrs. R. W. Harris [Virginia - Kate's sister - Dee was their niece] are visiting the family of Dr. Holderness. [Dr. George W.-Kate & Virginia's brother.]


Married Henry Louis Kopenhagen. Lived in Madill, OK. Had one son, John Louis who married Eileen Ward.
Dee lost a child in the summer of 1906 - Willie mentioned the death of the baby in a letter to Bettie Holderness Haden.

1900 Census. Paris, Ward 1, Lamar Co, TX, Hh 137
Wm C & Maude Mahler & family
Henry Kopenhagen, Nephew, b. Jan 1881, 19, b. TX, parents b. Ohio, Salesman, Grocery

1910 Census. Linsay Ward 4, Garvin Co, OK, Hh 183 (Hotel/Boarding house)
H. L. Kopenhagen, Boarder, 30, married once (but no wife present), b. TX, father b. Germany, mother, b. Minnesota, Lumberman

9 Mar 1918 World War I Draft Registration
Louis H. Copenhagen of Quapaw, Ottawa Co, OK was age 38 born 16 Jan 1880. He was working as a lumberman for L. B. Grant in Quapaw. Delilah Kopenhagen was his nearest relative. Medium height, medium build, grey eyes, light hair

1920 Census. Lusk, Niobrara Co, Wyoming, Hh 148
H. L. Kopenhagen, 39, b. TX, lumber yard
Delilah, wife, 33, b. TX
John Lewis, son, 6, b. OK

1930 Census. Seminole, Seminole Co, OK, Hh 525
Henry C. Kopenhagen, 50, married 1st time at 23, b. TX, parents b. TX, Manager, Lumber Co
Delilah, wife, 44, married 1st at 18, b. TX
John L., son, 16, b. OK
Roy Reed, Lodger, 26, b. OK, Bookkeeper, Lumber Co

1940 Census. Norman, Ward 4, Cleveland Co, OK, Sheet 8A
418 Elm Street, Hh 286
Henry Kopenhagen, age 60, 1 year of HS, b. Texas, lived in Seminole, Seminole Co 5 years ago, no occupation listed
Deliliah, wife (gave info), 54, 3 years of HS, b. TX
John L., Son, 26, 4 years of HS, b. OK, roustabout, oil fields
Eileen, daughter-in-law, 22, b. OK, lived in Bristow, Creek Co, OK, 5 years ago
David, Grandson, 8 months, b. OK

27 Apr 1942 World War II Draft Registration
Louis Henry Kopenhagen of 742 E. Fillmore St., Phoenix, Maricopa Co, Arizona was age 62, born Graham, Young Co, TX, 16 Jan 1880. Delilah Kopenhagen would always know his address. Employed by H. Porter Co, 1st St & Adams in Phoenix.
5'9" tall, 135 #'s, gray eyes, gray hair.

Find A Grave Memorial# 60840040
DEATH CERTIFICATE
Full Name: Henry Louis Kopenhagen
Sex: male
Birth: 16 Jan 1880
Birthplace: Graham, Young County, Texas
Death: 2 Oct 1946
Location: Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona
Married: Delilah
Cause of Death: Cardiac Failure
Occupation: leather worker
Father: Louis Kopenhagen
Born: Louenberg, Germany
Mother: Elizabeth Mahler
Born: Redwing, Minnesota

Burial:
Greenwood Memory Lawn Cemetery
Phoenix
Maricopa County
Arizona
He seems to be the only member of the family buried in that cemetery.

Social Security Death Index: Delilah Kopenhage, b. 22 Jul 1885 in Oklahoma, died in Tulsa, Tulsa Co, OK, Jul 1979.

Son, John Louis Kopenhagen, according to SSDI was born 1 Oct 1913, died 13 Sept 1995 in Tulsa, OK.
Tulsa World (OK) - Thursday, September 15, 2005
Kopenhagen, John Louis, 91, retired American Airlines mechanic, died Tuesday. Graveside service 11 a.m. Friday, Memorial Park Cemetery. Moore's Southlawn.

Events

Birth22 Jul 1885Texas
DeathJul 1979Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma

Families

FatherJohn G. Russell (1854 - 1946)
MotherRebecca Sarah Holderness (1856 - 1929)
SiblingVirginia Clara Russell (1881 - 1976)
SiblingRobert Henry Russell (1883 - 1922)
SiblingEddie Russell (1888 - )
SiblingJunius George Russell (1896 - 1962)

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