Hi, I have a brick wall and I welcome any suggestions on how to find info, if it exists. My father's name is Marvin Cooper, born 4 March 1942, mother Mary Cooper (Parish), father unknown. I would love suggestions on how to find his father. He says his mother didn't tell him, nor her husband who the father was. Mary's mother made her put my father in foster care. His foster parents are Benjamin and Lois Harris. He said until he started to go to school, he was known as Jerry Harris. When he went to school he was officially known as Marvin Thomas Cooper. He says his father's name isn't on his birth certificate. Any suggestions on how to find out who his father was, or is that information just lost because she never told anyone that we know of. Thanks for any help anyone can give me. Anna Adams Anna Adams

Maybe this additional information will help with suggestions: I do remember that his grandmother Annie (nickname Nannie) after she died had canceled checks to the foster parents. My father's grandfather Thomas led my father to his mother after Annie died. Below is the information which I have on my family members. I still appreciate any help that anyone can give me with this brick wall. Oh, my father was in the marine corps about 25 years. Mary Beatrice COOPER: She was born on 22-JUN-1919 in Granville, North Carolina, and she died on 28-SEP-1982 in Montclair, Essex, New Jersey. She married Jessie David PARISH on 13-JAN-1943 in Montclair, NJ (Essex County), and had the following children: Marvin (1942), Laverne (1948), Janice (1951), and Gregory (1957). Her parents were Thomas V. COOPER (b. 12-MAR-1886 in Oxford, Granville, North Carolina, d. 31-OCT-1982 in Montclair, Essex, New Jersey, United States of America), and Annie M. REAVIS (b. 1893 in Warrenton, North Carolina (Warren County), d. about 1957 in Montclair, Essex, New Jersey). Marvin Thomas COOPER: He was born on 4-MAR-1942 in Atlantic City, New Jersey. He married Dewane BRADLEY on 7-MAR-1964 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and had the following child: Anna (1964). Unknown and Mary Beatrice COOPER (b. 22-JUN-1919 in Granville, North Carolina, d. 28-SEP-1982 in Montclair, Essex, New Jersey) were his parents. Thomas V. COOPER: He was born on 12-MAR-1886 in Oxford, Granville, North Carolina, and he died on 31-OCT-1982 in Montclair, Essex, New Jersey, United States of America. He married Estella WILKERSON on 1908 in Oxford, Granville, North Carolina, and had the following child: Unknown . He married Annie M. REAVIS on 5-NOV-1912 in Oxford, Granville Co, NC, and had the following children: Roy (1914), Mary (1919), and Thomas (1922). He married Ethie MARSHALL on 1966. His parents were Russell COOPER (b. 1853 in Granville, North Carolina, d. BEF. 1898 in Granville, North Carolina), and Ada Virginia DAY (b. 1857 in Granville, North Carolina, d. 1920). Annie M. REAVIS: She was born in 1893 in Warrenton, North Carolina (Warren County), and she died in about 1957 in Montclair, Essex, New Jersey. She married Thomas V. COOPER on 5-NOV-1912 in Oxford, Granville Co, NC, and had the following children: Roy (1914), Mary (1919), and Thomas (1922). Thanks so much. Anna ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anna's Genealogy" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2007 5:08 PM Subject: [NJ] Seeking help: Marvin Cooper Atlantic City New Jersey > Hi, > > I have a brick wall and I welcome any suggestions on how to find info, if > it exists. > > My father's name is Marvin Cooper, born 4 March 1942, mother Mary Cooper > (Parish), father unknown. I would love suggestions on how to find his > father. He says his mother didn't tell him, nor her husband who the > father was. Mary's mother made her put my father in foster care. His > foster parents are Benjamin and Lois Harris. He said until he started to > go to school, he was known as Jerry Harris. When he went to school he was > officially known as Marvin Thomas Cooper. He says his father's name isn't > on his birth certificate. Any suggestions on how to find out who his > father was, or is that information just lost because she never told anyone > that we know of. > > Thanks for any help anyone can give me. > > > Anna Adams > > Anna Adams > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message