Helen Maurine (Cooper) Redding 1914–2005

Catalog ID p.2291 · Cite this page: njcoopers.com/p/2291/

Helen Maurine (Cooper) Redding was born on 24 Jan 1914 in Reno County, Kansas, the daughter of Charles Franklin Cooper and Maud Cooper. She married John E Wampler (1934). She died on 10 Jul 2005 in Lockhart, Caldwell Co., Texas and was buried at Stafford Cemetery, Stafford, Stafford Co., Kansas - Block H, Lot 17. Two children are recorded.

Also recorded as: Mrs. Helen Hedding J.445

Facts

Event	Date	Place / detail	Certainty	Sources
birth	24 Jan 1914	Reno County, Kansas	certain	J.447, G.606
residence	1 Mar 1915	Salt Creek Twp, Reno Co., Kansas	certain	E.32
residence	1 Jan 1920	1227 E 5th St, Precinct 12, Tulsa, Tulsa Co., Oklahoma	certain	D.814
residence	1 Apr 1930	2526 E. 11th, Tulsa, Tulsa Co., Oklahoma - dwelling 92 / family 95, a roomer in the Carrie E. Runge household	certain	D.860
education	1931	Central High School, Tulsa, Oklahoma — senior in the 1931 yearbook; Orchestra, T Club, Girl Reserves	probable	I.230
residence	1 Apr 1940	1531½ 15th Street, Tulsa, Tulsa Co., Oklahoma - her aunt [p.2150]'s household, household 198	certain	D.861
residence	10 Apr 1950	858 [Lee Hall], San Antonio, Bexar Co., Texas	certain	D.771
residence	1978	Seguin, Texas	certain	J.445
residence	1981	Seguin, Texas	certain	J.446
residence	2005	Lockhart, Texas (of Seguin; formerly of San Antonio)	certain	J.447
education		attended the University of Tulsa	certain	J.447
occupation	1 Apr 1940	Sales work, retail department store	certain	D.861
occupation	1950	Clerk-Typist, US Air Force Base	certain	D.771
occupation		retired from 28 years of civil Service with the US Air Force	certain	J.447
death	10 Jul 2005	Lockhart, Caldwell Co., Texas	certain	G.606, J.447
burial		Stafford Cemetery, Stafford, Stafford Co., Kansas - Block H, Lot 17	certain	G.606, J.447

Family

Parents

Father Charles Franklin Cooper 1861–1938 E.32, J.445, J.446, D.814
Mother Maud Cooper 1870–1922 J.447, G.606

Spouses

John E Wampler 1910–1989
married 30 Jun 1934, Tulsa, Tulsa Co., Oklahoma
C.154

Siblings

Ernest F Cooper 1887–1978 half
Charles Levitt Cooper 1890–1982 half
Ward Walcott Cooper 1892–1986 half
Elden Cooper 1896–1981 half
Freddie Cooper 1900–1918 half
Ivan L. Cooper 1903–1981 half
Alma May (Cooper) Colle 1907–1951 half

Children

Living (2) D.771, J.447, G.606

Family tree

Solid lines and outlines: certain. Dashed: probable or weaker. Open the full tree (four generations)

In the documents

Every published document that names Helen Maurine (Cooper) Redding, in date order, with what that document itself records.

Date	Document	Role	What it records
1920	D.814 federal census 1920 US Federal Census - Precinct 12, Tulsa, Tulsa Co., Oklahoma, ED 228, sheet 8B, lines 93-96 (Elnore Cooper household, dwelling 159, family 234, 1227 E 5th S…	daughter as "—, Helen"	residence: 1 Jan 1920, 1227 E 5th St, Precinct 12, Tulsa, Tulsa Co., Oklahoma
1 Apr 1930	D.860 federal census 1930 US Federal Census — Tulsa, Tulsa Co., Oklahoma, ED 0151, sheet 4A, lines 22–26 (2526 E 11th, dwelling 92 / family 95): the Carrie E. Runge household, with …	boarder as "Helen"	residence: 1 Apr 1930, 2526 E. 11th, Tulsa, Tulsa Co., Oklahoma
1931	I.230 yearbook Central High School, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1931 yearbook, page 59 - senior portraits and captions (Ancestry coll. 1265, image sid_1345_1931_0067, image 67 of 240)	subject as "HELEN COOPER"	residence: 1931, Tulsa, Tulsa Co., Oklahoma education: 1931, Central High School, Tulsa, Oklahoma - senior; Orchestra, T Club, Girl Reserves
1 Apr 1940	D.861 federal census 1940 US Federal Census — Tulsa, Tulsa Co., Oklahoma, ED 79-67, sheet 6A, lines 37–38 (1531½, household 198): the Elnora Cooper household, with her niece.	boarder as "Wampler, Helen M"	residence: 1 Apr 1940, 1531½ 15th Street, Tulsa, Tulsa Co., Oklahoma occupation: 1 Apr 1940, Sales work, retail department store education: College, 2nd year
10 Apr 1950	D.771 census population 1950 1950 U.S. census, San Antonio, Bexar Co., Texas, E.D. 265-454[a], sheet 25, lines 15-19	spouse as "Helen M., wife, 36, b. Kansas"	residence: 10 Apr 1950, 858 [Lee Hall], San Antonio, Bexar Co., Texas occupation: Clerk-Typist, US Air Force Base

5 further documents not published (they may name living people).

Still unknown, and where we have looked

Searches recorded

ancestry all 2026-10-19 · HER 1930 AND 1940 CENSUSES, both standing at ‘no search recorded’. She was a Cooper in 1930 and a Wampler from 30 June 1934 [C.154], so...

Searched for: HER 1930 AND 1940 CENSUSES, both standing at ‘no search recorded’. She was a Cooper in 1930 and a Wampler from 30 June 1934 [C.154], so the two years needed different surnames: (a) 1930 = coll. 6224, ?name=Helen_Cooper&name_x=1_1&birth=1914_kansas-usa&birth_x=1-0-0&count=50 — name halves exact, year exact, birth PLACE left non-exact, no residence filter: 72 rows, she is the first. (b) 1940 = coll. 2442, the same shape on Helen_Wampler: 3 rows, all read.

Result: BOTH FOUND, BOTH AT TULSA. 1930 → [D.860]: aged 16, at school, a roomer at 2526 E. 11th — and the roomer on the line above is her aunt Elnora Cooper Elnora Cooper, a bank deposit clerk. The aunt is what identifies her; her own line gives no state of birth at all. 1940: ‘Helen M Wampler, Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, abt 1914, Kansas, Niece’ — the middle initial M for Maurine, the Kansas birth, and again living as a relative rather than a householder. NOT YET DOWNLOADED OR ENTERED — identified only; carried to the todo:. AND A CORRECTION TO THE DAY'S OWN LESSON. Two searches this morning (Ruth C. (Cooper) Williams, Virginia F. (Cooper) Martin) succeeded on a birthplace bound where a county guess failed, and the note taken was that ‘a birthplace filter encodes a fact’. It encodes what the ENUMERATOR WROTE. Here he wrote “united States” for her and both parents; the year did the filtering and the place only ranked. Had the place been exact on Kansas, [D.860] would have been invisible.

ancestry all 2026-10-17 · All collections: name Helen Cooper, birth 1914, marriage=_oklahoma-usa (marriage place exact) - run to close the "Oklahoma county...

Searched for: All collections: name Helen Cooper, birth 1914, marriage=_oklahoma-usa (marriage place exact) - run to close the "Oklahoma county marriage record ... not opened" line on the 2026-10-10 ancestry-all row below, which had been left because nothing connected this family to Oklahoma until [D.814] did. (link)

Result: FOUND, FIRST ROW. Oklahoma, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1890-1995 (coll. 61379) rec. 963427106 - 'Helen Maurine Cooper, 20, b. abt 1914, married 30 Jun 1934, Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, spouse JOHN E WAMPLER', film 001021150. Image downloaded, filed and catalogued as [C.154]. A FIRST MARRIAGE NOBODY KNEW ABOUT - and her aunt Elnora Elnora Cooper witnessed it.

familysearch records 2026-10-10 · Helen Redding, b. 1912-1915; Helen Hedding, b. 1912-1915; Helen Cooper, b. 1912-1915 Kansas, spouse Redding / Hedding.

Searched for: Helen Redding, b. 1912-1915; Helen Hedding, b. 1912-1915; Helen Cooper, b. 1912-1915 Kansas, spouse Redding / Hedding.

Result: 1950 census San Antonio [D.771]; SSDI Helen M Redding 24 Jan 1914 - 10 Jul 2005 (index only); GenealogyBank obituary index -> [J.447].

familysearch tree 2026-10-10 · Profile L63V-VF7 Helen Maurine Cooper, read with its families.

Searched for: Profile L63V-VF7 Helen Maurine Cooper, read with its families.

Result: b. Reno Co. KS, d. Lockhart; husband Iberia Kennon Redding (1901-1983); son Charles Edward (1947-1967); parents 'Joseph Cooper' and Maude Cooper (1870-1922). Leads only.

genealogybank 2026-10-10 · SIGNED IN (chris_2535). Obituaries: Helen Redding, keyword Lockhart (3 results).

Searched for: SIGNED IN (chris_2535). Obituaries: Helen Redding, keyword Lockhart (3 results).

Result: San Antonio Express-News obituary 14 Jul 2005 and two Austin American-Statesman notices -> [J.447].

findagrave 2026-10-10 · Find a Grave: Hedding, Helen, any (16, none Texas); Redding, Helen, b. 1914 +/-1, d. 2005 +/-1, any location.

Searched for: Find a Grave: Hedding, Helen, any (16, none Texas); Redding, Helen, b. 1914 +/-1, d. 2005 +/-1, any location.

Result: Memorial 95151014, Stafford Cemetery, Kansas -> [G.606].

ancestry all 2026-10-10 · Not run separately; Find a Grave's Ancestry links list the 1950 census, a Texas birth index entry, an Oklahoma county marriage record,...

Searched for: Not run separately; Find a Grave's Ancestry links list the 1950 census, a Texas birth index entry, an Oklahoma county marriage record, the SSDI and a Newspapers.com obituary index row.

Result: Open - the Oklahoma marriage record not yet opened.

newspapers com 2026-10-10 · Not run.

Searched for: Not run.

Result: Open.

Documents

E.32 1915 Kansas state census, Population Schedule 1, Salt Creek Township, Reno Co., page 4 (left-hand page), lines 1-12
D.771 1950 U.S. census, San Antonio, Bexar Co., Texas, E.D. 265-454[a], sheet 25, lines 15-19
D.814 1920 US Federal Census - Precinct 12, Tulsa, Tulsa Co., Oklahoma, ED 228, sheet 8B, lines 93-96 (Elnore Cooper household, dwelling 159, family 234, 1227 E 5th St)
I.230 Central High School, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1931 yearbook, page 59 - senior portraits and captions (Ancestry coll. 1265, image sid_1345_1931_0067, image 67 of 240)
D.860 1930 US Federal Census — Tulsa, Tulsa Co., Oklahoma, ED 0151, sheet 4A, lines 22–26 (2526 E 11th, dwelling 92 / family 95): the Carrie E. Runge household, with two Cooper roomers.
D.861 1940 US Federal Census — Tulsa, Tulsa Co., Oklahoma, ED 79-67, sheet 6A, lines 37–38 (1531½, household 198): the Elnora Cooper household, with her niece.