Document F.148 · Church + Vital Records · transcription: partial
NJ Birth Register — Warren Co. v.AJ Births 1848-1867 (Film 584585 / DGS 4210794 image 357) — Male child (likely Elmer Ellsworth Cooper [p.186]), b. 30 August 1861 Frelinghuysen Twp Warren Co. NJ, father Caleb S. Cooper [p.163], occupation Laborer. Primary-source upgrade of p.186's prior Ancestry-tree-tier birth-date attestation.
Transcription and notes
Source
| Element | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection | NJ Vital Records (Warren Co. v.AJ) |
| Film | 584585 |
| DGS | 4210794 |
| Volume | AJ (Warren Co. Birth Registers 1848-1867) |
| Image # | 357of register volume (= image F-357 in trip-capture folder) |
| Local path | Birth/NJ Birth Register Warren v AJ 1848-1867/Births Warren Co NJ v AJ 1848-1867 DGS 4210794 image 357 [FHC 2026-05-21].png |
| Pull date | 2026-05-21 LDS FHC Louisville |
| Maintainer-transcribed | 2026-05-21 |
Verbatim row data (Warren Co. v.AJ births, image 357)
| Column | Reading (per maintainer transcript) |
|---|---|
| Date of Birth | 30 August 1861(year inferred from page context; "1861" attested per p.186's existing L.93 tree-tier reading + Civil War Ellsworth naming context) |
| Place of Birth | (TBD higher-res — likely Frelinghuysen Twp per residence column) |
| Name of Child | (LIKELY BLANK in register — newborn often unnamed at registration; user transcript shows "male child" not specific name) |
| Sex | Male |
| Names of Parents | Caleb S. Cooper(= p.163) + mother TBD (likely Amanda J. Batley per p.163) |
| Occupation of Father | Laborer |
| Residence of Parents | FrelinghuysenTwp Warren Co. NJ |
| Date of Making Return | (TBD higher-res) |
Cross-references
- p.186 Elmer Ellsworth Cooper — subject of this entry; primary-source-upgrade target
- p.163 Caleb Swayze Cooper — father; life-trajectory primary-source-confirmed
- p.171 Amanda J Batley Cooper — mother (likely)
- G.152 — Caleb's Find A Grave memorial; 6 children attested
- L.93 — Ancestry tree (= previous tree-tier attestation now upgraded)
- D.97 — 1860 Frelinghuysen Caleb Cooper census (= 1 year before this birth)
- D.286 — 1900 Green Sussex Caleb retired census
- F.31 — F-section catalog of NJ Vital Records
- F.140, F.141, F.142, F.143, F.144, F.145, F.146, F.147 — companion 2026-05-21 trip findings
Open follow-ups
- Higher-resolution re-read of F.148 rowfor: mother's name confirmation + townhip-of-birth + register-return date. Added to fhc-trip-followups-pending.md.
- Update p.186with F.148 cross-link + upgrade birth-date attestation from tree-tier to primary-source.
- Adjacent pages on v.AJ image 355-360— Elmer's siblings (Amos Kennedy 1868, Watson Constant 1869) would be in later v.AJ pages OR next-volume Warren births registers. Worth pursuing for fuller family-of-Caleb sibling-roster primary-source attestation.
People named in this source (moved from header)
- p.186 Elmer Ellsworth Cooper (b. 30 Aug 1861 Frelinghuysen Twp Warren Co. NJ; d. 12 April 1938 Newton Sussex Co.; Y-line Gen-4 eldest son of Caleb Swayze Cooper × Amanda J. Batley; named after Civil War Col. Elmer E. Ellsworth killed May 1861). PRIMARY-SOURCE BIRTH-DATE ATTAINEDper this register — previously L.93-Ancestry-tree-tier only.
- p.163 Caleb Swayze Cooper (father; b. 20 Mar 1834 Vienna Warren NJ; d. 13 Apr 1913 Tranquility Sussex NJ; Y-line Gen-3 son of p.112 Joseph Ellis Cooper). Occupation Laborerat 1861 birth-registration — consistent with his pre-1900 working-class trajectory; later retired in Green Twp Sussex per D.286. Frelinghuysen Twp residence c.1861 corroborates p.163's life-trajectory (= Vienna→Independence→Frelinghuysen newlywed→Green Sussex retired).
- p.171 Amanda J Batley Cooper (mother; b. 1838; m. Caleb c. 1858 per D.286 '42 years married' in 1900; d. 1915). Mother of Elmer = baby b. 30 Aug 1861. (Mother name not in maintainer transcript = needs higher-res verification of register row.)
Interpretation — relocated
What this entry concluded now lives in p.186 (p.186 Elmer Ellsworth Cooper.md). An entry holds verbatim source content and navigational pointers; the reasoning belongs with the person, family or thread it is about. Moved 2026-08-03.