Matilda Copeland

1. Foster Name:
2. Foster Family: Clarence and Bertha Coeur
3. Location of Family: Howe, NE
4. Sending Organization: Children's Aid Society
5. Arrival Place: Auburn, NE
6. Age on Arrival: 11
7. Date of Birth: 1904-06-14, Brooklyn, NY
8. Date of Death: 1992-01-21, NE
9. Gender: female
10. Married Name: Matilda (Tilly) Elizabeth Anderson
11. Spouse Name: Donald Anderson
12. Notes: Matilda is listed as the Couers' daughter in the 1920 census. Matilda worked as a teacher and housewife, and her husband Donald was initially a grain and livestock farmer in rural Nemaha County. Sometime between 1935 and 1940, they moved into the town of Nemaha, where Donald owned and operated a restaurant. Matilda and Donald raised two children.
13. Source: Nemaha County Herald (Auburn, NE), 5 February 1915; Tri-City Tribune (Cozad, NE), 13 January 1994; 1920 United States Federal Census; 1930 United States Federal Census; 1940 United States Federal Census; Falls City Journal (NE), 23 September 1971; Gravestone, Nemaha Cemetery, Nemaha, NE; Find-A-Grave for Matilda Elizabeth Anderson https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/181951909/matilda-elizabeth-anderson.