Allard Family
Emma G. Allard
Parents - Albert A. Allard; Ann Elizabeth Wilson
Husband - Frank Cooper
Children - John L.; Mary?;
Emma G. Allard was born 18 December 1862 in Baltimore, the second child and daughter of Albert and Ann Allard.
Emma Allard Cooper
1870 Census - Baltimore 7th Ward - 20 June 1870
Albert Allard, age 44, born in Vermont, tinner
Ann E, age 32, born in Maryland, keeping hours
Ida, age 9, born in Maryland
Emma, age 7, born in Maryland
Edward, age 4, born in Maryland
Albert A, age 2, born in Maryland
Samuel Wilson, age 26, born in Maryland, plasterer
Harry Evans, age 27, born in Pennsylvania, tinner, married in July
Susan Evans, age 25, born in New Jersey, married in July
1880 Census - Baltimore 7th Ward - 299 East Biddle St., Baltimore,
MD - 2 June 1880
Albert A. Allard, age 48, born in Vermont, mother/father Vermont, can
maker
Ann E, wife, age 45, born in Maryland, mother/father Ireland, keeping
house
Ida A, daughter, age 20, born in Maryland, works in shoe factory
Emma J, daughter, age 18, born in Maryland, works in shoe factory
Edward, son, age 14, born in Maryland
Agustus, son, age 12, born in Maryland
Ella, daughter, age 7, born in Maryland
Maggie, daughter, age 4, born in Maryland
Frankie, son, age 2, born in Maryland
Samuel Wilson, boarder, age 42, born in Maryland, father/mother Ireland,
plasterer
Baltimore Sun - 4 February 1884 - Married in Spite of All Opposition
Mr. Frank Cooper, a young man in the employ of the Citizens Passenger
Railway Company, was married on Wednesday evening last to Miss Emma
Allard, a handsome young lady of 18 summers who resided with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Albert A. Allard, on East Biddle street.
Cooper boarded with the family of Mrs. Marion Crown, 252 Myrtle Avenue.
The young couple became acquainted with each other about a year ago and
they soon became betrothed. The course of true love did not run
smooth. The would be groom was a Roman Catholic, while the parents
of Miss Allard are strict Methodists. On the ground of religion,
it is stated, they objected to Cooper's visits to their daughter.
But all to no purpose. The lovers met on the street at times and
finally Miss Allard agreed to become Cooper's wife. Early last
week Mr. Allard found a letter in his daughter's room and seeing that it
was from Cooper he wrote the young man a severe letter accusing him of
trying to steal away Miss Allard from her family. Annoyed by the
letter written him, Mr. Cooper called at the house of the Allards; the
girl was called into the room, and the alternative was given her of
choosing between her parents and her lover. She chose the latter,
who immediately promised to call the next day and make her his wife.
Mrs. Allard seeing the turn affairs had taken determined, if possible,
to break up the proposed wedding. With this object in view she
called upon a young lady residing on Mosher Street, and to who Cooper
had, it is said, been one time engaged, and asked her to do all she
could to prevent the marriage. The young lady in question called
on Cooper with the purpose of detaining him over the time appointed for
the nuptials, and a letter purporting to come from the young man was
sent to Miss Allard informing her that as her mother objected to the
match it had better been broken off. It was after the hour set for
the marriage when Mr. Cooper, owing to the persisting chatting of his
visitor, started for his bride. The latter, meantime, becoming
discouraged, started off in search of him. Cooper was informed by
the Allard's that the girl had gone, and she was informed by the members
of the Crown family that he had left in a carriage to look for her.
While young Cooper was deliberating at the Allard's what to do, he
received a letter from Miss Allard stating that she was waiting for him
at Myrtle Avenue. He drove back there at once, and accompanied by
his bride, a Mr. Weaver, who acted as groomsman, and Mrs. George Sultzer,
proceeded to the parsonage of Rev. Samuel Sherman, of Emory M.E. Church,
on Pennsylvania Avenue, who performed the marriage ceremony. Mrs.
Crown had a wedding supper prepared on the return of the happy young
couple, and it was enjoyed by a select company of guests, who wished the
newly married couple success and happiness in life.
1915 Baltimore City Directory
Mrs. Emma G. Cooper, 1624 Durham St.
1917 Baltimore City Directory
Mrs. Emma G. Cooper, 1624 Durham St.
Mrs. Mary Cooper, 1624 Durham St.
1920 Census - Baltimore, Maryland, 8th Ward - 1624 Durham St.,
Baltimore, MD
Emma Cooper, age 59, widow, born in Maryland, father VT, mother MD
John L. Cooper, son, age 31, single, born PA, father PA mother MD,
actor theatrical co.
1920 Baltimore City Directory
Emma Cooper, 1624 Durham St., widow of Frank
John L. Cooper, 1624 Durham St., actor
1921 Baltimore City Directory
Emma Cooper, 1624 Durham St., widow of Frank
John L. Cooper, 1624 Durham St., actor
2 September 1922 - Mrs. Emma Cooper of Baltimore requested the war record of her father, Albert A. Allard from the War Department.
In the early 1990s, Helen Wolfe Collins told me that Emma was committed in her later years for waving a butcher knife at kids who harassed her.