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Iris Cooper Ryder

Birth
Death
7 Mar 1918 (aged 69–70)
Manhattan, New York County, New York, USA
Burial
East Elmhurst, Queens County, New York, USA Add to Map
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1st Husband: A.L. Swingley. Married Oct 20 1869 by Patrick A. Feelean, Bishop of Nashville. Source: Shelby County Tennessee Marriage Records. The couple had one child: Marie Vincent Swingley. Marie married Edwin S. Cattley and had a daughter, Beatrice.

A news blurb appeared in the South Bend Tribune, South Bend Indiana, May 21 1881, that said Iris Cooper Swingley, of Memphis, had written a novel "The Gentleman from the North." "It is of a historical nature".

After the death of her first husband, married Elliott Paul Ryder. They had one child, Pauline Agnes Ryder, born in Los Angeles in 1879 according to the San Francisco Call Jan 31 1897.

From the Death certificate of Iris Ryder:
Married
Address: 235 W. 22 St.
Occupation: Music Teacher
Father: George P. Cooper
Mother: Ellen C. Kean
Death CN 7919
Burial-St Michaels Cemetery

1860 Census Somerville, Fayette Co TN
Mrs. E. Cooper, age 40, real/personal estate $135,000, GA
Elizabeth Cooper, age 15, real/personal $76,000, TN
Iris Cooper, age 12, real/personal $76,000, TN
Ellen Cooper, age 8, real/personal, $76,000, TN
1st Husband: A.L. Swingley. Married Oct 20 1869 by Patrick A. Feelean, Bishop of Nashville. Source: Shelby County Tennessee Marriage Records. The couple had one child: Marie Vincent Swingley. Marie married Edwin S. Cattley and had a daughter, Beatrice.

A news blurb appeared in the South Bend Tribune, South Bend Indiana, May 21 1881, that said Iris Cooper Swingley, of Memphis, had written a novel "The Gentleman from the North." "It is of a historical nature".

After the death of her first husband, married Elliott Paul Ryder. They had one child, Pauline Agnes Ryder, born in Los Angeles in 1879 according to the San Francisco Call Jan 31 1897.

From the Death certificate of Iris Ryder:
Married
Address: 235 W. 22 St.
Occupation: Music Teacher
Father: George P. Cooper
Mother: Ellen C. Kean
Death CN 7919
Burial-St Michaels Cemetery

1860 Census Somerville, Fayette Co TN
Mrs. E. Cooper, age 40, real/personal estate $135,000, GA
Elizabeth Cooper, age 15, real/personal $76,000, TN
Iris Cooper, age 12, real/personal $76,000, TN
Ellen Cooper, age 8, real/personal, $76,000, TN


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  • Created by: Mary and Kent
  • Added: Jul 14, 2023
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/256651569/iris-ryder: accessed ), memorial page for Iris Cooper Ryder (1848–7 Mar 1918), Find a Grave Memorial ID 256651569, citing Saint Michael's Cemetery, East Elmhurst, Queens County, New York, USA; Maintained by Mary and Kent (contributor 47170788).