Experts in genealogy. Preferably Native american genealogy, or anybody thats pretty good with genealogy.?

Question

I know I asked this before, but I have been in contact with my grandmother and she gave me a list of names.

Person of intrest name:Roy allen cooper

place of residence: tennessee

mothers name. Kizie lang

Fathers name. charlie cooper

Siblings: brothers: bill, parish, sherman, johnny: Sisters: candy(lmao, candy)

But here is where the part get's tricky.

Siblings dont match up.

1930: District 1, Union, Tennessee; Roll: 2280; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 2; Image: 381.0.

Charles L Cooper 47

Kizie Cooper 37

Gertie Cooper 16

Dovie Cooper 12

Roy Cooper 10

Bonnie Cooper 8

Troy Cooper 5

Ala Cooper 2

Phillip Cooper 10/12

Extra info, just in case if needed.

www.ancestry.com

ROY Allen COOPER

Born: 2 JUL 1920

Died: 6 AUG 1984 ,Hancock Co. TN

Married:

EFFIE KATE TRENT

Birth: 19 MAY 1932 ,Hancock Co. TN

Death: 10 APR 1975

Their Children:

BARBARA COOPER-- F

BILLIE COOPER-- M

GARY COOPER --M

REX COOPER-- M

ROSA COOPER-- F

WILLIE MAE

Answer 1

Near as I can tell.. so far, you have Roy's birth/ death dates from the social security death index, but no documentation on anything else.  If grandma says his mother was Kizie Lang.. then that is probably accurate, but you still would be very wise to obtain his death certificate and confirm what it says.  

The same is true of the sibling names.. an obit for Roy when he died, would be likely to confirm those.  I tried using Sherman as a search.. and I did not see him in either the census OR the social security death index.  So... he has another name, or may have been born after 1930.

Most of all.. is GRANDMA the source for the name of Roy's mother, or are you taking that from the 1930 census which was posted here?  If you have the name only from the above 1930 census.. nothing proves it to be the mother of YOUR Roy, and it is possible the wrong census entry was picked up.  That is very common.  For the moment, this is basic research issues, and nothing to do with Native american or not.

While we all would love to save money.. lack of documentation is the one biggest road block, in my opinion, in all of research.  I strongly suggest dropping back, getting Roy's death certificate, and whatever is possible to locate any of the siblings in the social security death index, or other valid documentation.