Document L.156 · Family Trees · transcription: verbatim
Ancestry 'Daw Family Tree' (id 191085463) — Densey Slockbower, b. abt 1852, Sussex Co. NJ (dau. James Slockbower × Elizabeth Rochelle; 1860 Sparta, 1870 Green Twp; m. Amos K. Lewis). Supplies the surname that corrects [D.508]'s 'Hocklebower [?]' to SLOCKBOWER, and is the leading candidate mother for the infant Densey Slockbower [p.1703] found in John W. Cooper's 1870 household.
Transcription and notes
Source identification
| Element | Value |
|---|---|
| Tree | Daw Family Tree, Ancestry tree id 191085463 |
| Person id | 332512328553 |
| URL | https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/191085463/person/332512328553/facts |
| Local file | (image held in the family archive) (maintainer-supplied 2026-07-30) |
| Parsed report | Research/Ancestry Family Trees/Densey Slockbower (1852-) [ancestry 191085463].md, via scripts/parse_ancestry_tree.py |
Tree-tier. A user-built Ancestry tree, not a record. It does cite five Ancestry sources (below), none of which have been examined here.
Data from the tree [verbatim]
Densey Slockbower — Birth: abt 1852
| Fact | Value | Tree's cited sources |
|---|---|---|
| Birth | abt 1852 | S1–S5 |
| Residence 1860 | Sparta, Sussex, New Jersey | S1 |
| Residence 1870 | Green, Newton, Sussex, New Jersey | S2 |
Parents: James Slockbower (1825–) · Elizabeth Rochelle (1826–1874) Spouse: Amos K. Lewis Siblings: Manerva Slockbower (1848–) · Windzer Slockbower (1850–) · Amsy Slockbow (1854–) · Stephen Slockbow
Sources cited by the tree: S1 1860 US Census · S2 1870 US Census · S3 NJ Births and Christenings Index 1660–1931 · S4 + S5 NJ Marriage Records 1670–1965 (two entries).
Why it matters
- It corrects a misreading in [D.508]. The 1870 Andover census records a 7-month-old in John W. Cooper's household under her own surname, first transcribed here as "Hocklebower [?]". With Slockbower in hand, re-examination at 14× shows the initial is a looped capital S: the hand reads S-l-o-c-k-b-o-w-e-r. Correction applied to [D.508] and [p.1703].
- It supplies a candidate mother → [p.1724]. This Densey Slockbower shares the infant's unusual given name, was ~17 at the Nov 1869 birth, and is placed in Green Twp, Sussex Co. in 1870 — the adjoining township, and the one John W. Cooper himself lived in in 1860 ([D.226]). The tree does not assert this; it lists no child named Densey for her. The hypothesis is the catalog's, built on name + age + place, and is unproven.
Cross-references
- p.1724 Densey Slockbower (b. ~1852) (subject) · p.1703 Densey B. (Slockbower) Cooper (the 1869 infant — candidate daughter)
- D.508 · D.226 · pr.17
Follow-ups
- Pull the tree's S2 (1870 Green Twp census) — it should show whether the 18-year-old Densey Slockbower had an infant with her, or not. Either answer is informative.
- Pull S3 (NJ Births and Christenings Index) for a Densey Slockbower born Nov 1869 — a birth record naming the mother would settle the question outright.
- S4/S5 are two NJ marriage records. One is presumably her marriage to Amos K. Lewis; check the date against Nov 1869.
- Map the wider Sussex Co. Slockbower family — the catalog separately holds Hattie Irene Slockbower (1871–1955), who married Watson Constant Cooper [p.184] in 1890 and is buried in Green Twp. Two Cooper branches touch this surname.