Re: Thomas and Teeny Cooper

North Carolina Marriages:
Groom's Name: Thomas Cooper
Bride's Name: Tenia S. Ansell
Marriage Date: 27 Sep 1898
Marriage Place: Fruitville, Currituck, North Carolina
Groom's Father's Name: Samuel Cooper
Groom's Mother's Name: Mary N. Cooper
Bride's Father's Name: John J. Ansell
Bride's Mother's Name: Louisa Ansell
The marriage record is here:
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F8XX-6ZB

Thomas's middle name was White, according to the death record for his son, Roy L. Cooper:
Name: Roy L. Cooper
Event: Death
Event Date: 10 May 1966
Event Place: Knotts Island, Currituck, North Carolina
Birth Year: 1902
Burial Date: 12 May 1966
Burial Place: Knotts Island, N. C.
Cemetery: Family Cemetery
Residence: Knotts Island, Currituck, North Carolina
Gender: Male
Death Age: 64
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Occupation: Carpenter, Self-Employed
Birth Date: 23 Apr 1902
Birthplace: Knotts Island, N. C.
Father: Thomas White Cooper
Mother: Tennie Ansell
Spouse: Hazel Parker Cooper
The death record is here:
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FP9W-Q13

The 1880 census of Fruitville, Currituck, North Carolina, shows Thomas is already 6 months old:
Household Gender Age Birthplace
SELFS.A. CooperM 38 North Carolina, United States
WIFEMary Ann CooperF 38 North Carolina, United States
SONWilliam CooperM 18 North Carolina, United States
SONS.H. CooperM 14 North Carolina, United States
SONJ.H. CooperM 9 North Carolina, United States
DAUMary A. CooperF 3 North Carolina, United States
SONThomas W. CooperM 6M North Carolina, United States
The 1880 census record is here:
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MC62-JPT

1900 census of ED 34 Fruitville Township, Currituck, North Carolina:
Household Gender Age Birthplace
HeadSamuel A CooperM 58 North Carolinaborn October 1842, widowed
SonThomas W CooperM 21 North CarolinaDecember 1879, married 2 years
Daughter-in-lawTenie S CooperF 22 North CarolinaSeptember 1878, mother of 1 child
GranddaughterCooperF 1 North CarolinaApril 1899
LodgerBennie AnsellM 4 North CarolinaSeptember 1896
The 1900 census is here:
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MSY4-ZYH

Prior to her marriage to Thomas Cooper, Tenia had been married to a Jerome Ansell:
Groom's Name: Jerome Ansell
Bride's Name: Tenie S. Ansell
Marriage Date: 23 Oct 1895
Marriage Place: Knott'S Island, Currituck, North Carolina
Groom's Father's Name: Jerome Ansell
Groom's Mother's Name: Bethany Ansell
Bride's Father's Name: John J. Ansell
Bride's Mother's Name: Lula Ansell
The marriage record is here:
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F8XX-CCT