Nancy Ann Deleu 1932–2005
Catalog ID p.2350 · Cite this page: njcoopers.com/p/2350/
Nancy Ann Deleu was born on 13 Sep 1932 in Providence, Rhode Island. She married Carl Orpen Cooper (1950). She died on 21 Dec 2005 in Morristown Memorial Hospital, Morristown, Morris Co., New Jersey and was buried at St. Joseph's Cemetery, Newton, Sussex Co., New Jersey. Four children are recorded.
Also recorded as: Nancy Ann Cooper F.355; Nancy D Rouse F.355; Nancy A. Rouse F.355
Facts
| Event | Date | Place / detail | Certainty | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| birth | 13 Sep 1932 | Providence, Rhode Island | certain | F.355, J.529 |
| residence | 2005 | Parsippany, Morris Co., New Jersey | certain | J.529 |
| residence | Newton, Sussex Co., New Jersey ("for many years" before 1978) | certain | J.529 | |
| religion | St. Peter the Apostle Church, Parsippany | certain | J.529 | |
| occupation | medical assistant (Dr. Ligner and Dr. Grodsky, Newton; Orthopedic Alternatives, Parsippany, retired 2000); founder and past president, Sussex County Chapter, American Association of Medical Assistants | certain | J.529 | |
| death | 21 Dec 2005 | Morristown Memorial Hospital, Morristown, Morris Co., New Jersey | certain | J.529 |
| burial | St. Joseph's Cemetery, Newton, Sussex Co., New Jersey | certain | J.538 |
Family
Parents
Not identified.
Spouses
- Carl Orpen Cooper 1930–1977married Sep 1950, Newton, Sussex Co., New Jersey (per Ancestry's decode of place code 19604)J.538, J.529, J.157, F.355, C.161
Children
- Living (4) J.538, J.529, J.157
Family tree
Solid lines and outlines: certain. Dashed: probable or weaker. Open the full tree (four generations)
Still unknown, and where we have looked
- Parents not identified.
Searches recorded
ancestry all 2026-10-19 · HIS/HER MARRIAGE, by the BRIDE'S RARE MAIDEN SURNAME - the gap the sweep's worklist carried at 'no search recorded'. Ancestry 'New...
Searched for: HIS/HER MARRIAGE, by the BRIDE'S RARE MAIDEN SURNAME - the gap the sweep's worklist carried at 'no search recorded'. Ancestry 'New Jersey, U.S., Marriage Index, 1901-2016' (coll. 61253), SIGNED IN - the State Archives' own typescript bride and groom indexes.
?name=_Deleu&count=50 - surname only, NO given name and NO year, because Deleu is rare enough that the whole surname is a readable set. The engine reports 2,845 rows, but that count is an artefact: it folds in DeLeo, Delea, Deley, DeLeon and Delia. The true Deleu rows are about a dozen and they RANK FIRST; page 1 was read and the Deleu block is complete within it. A surname-only search also survives a mangled given name, which an exact Nancy_Deleu search would not.Result: FOUND - AND THE SAME SEARCH RETURNED BOTH OF HER MARRIAGES, NEITHER OF WHICH THE CATALOG HAD DATED.
(1) 'Nancy A Deleu | Sep 1950 | Newton, Sussex, New Jersey | Carl O Cooper | certificate 33670' -> opened, image downloaded, filed and read on three
ratable_stitch.py stitches = [C.161]. The row reads DELEU NANCY A | COOPER CARL O | 33670 | 19604 | 09 | 50.
The PLACE column holds a five-digit CODE (19604), not a town name - 'Newton' is Ancestry's decode and is recorded as such, not as a reading. It is independently corroborated: [J.529] has her at Newton 'for many years', and her 1978 remarriage is indexed there too.
SEPTEMBER 1950 AGREES WITH THE OBITUARY TO THE MONTH. [J.538] called Carl 'her husband of 27 years' at his death in December 1977; Sep 1950 -> Dec 1977 is 27 years and 3 months. Two sources 55 years apart, neither derived from the other. And state file no. 33670 makes the RETURN orderable - it would name both sets of parents.
(2) 'Nancy A Deleu | Aug 1978 | Newton, Sussex, New Jersey | Donald M Rouse | certificate 38708' (Bride Index 1978, surname range A-D). THIS EXPLAINS A LOOSE END THE CATALOG HAD WRITTEN DOWN AND NOT SOLVED: her NUMIDENT [F.355] shows she used the surname ROUSE as well as Cooper, and nothing said why. She remarried eight months after Carl's death in December 1977.
(2) IS AN INDEX READING ONLY - the image was NOT downloaded and no entry was made, so it is recorded here as a search result rather than as a catalogued record. It is a deliberate stop: a second husband of a married-in spouse is outside the Joseph Cooper sweep's scope, and RULE ZERO-C is better left undone than half-done. See the todo.familysearch tree 2026-10-13 · Reached from Carl Orpen Cooper's profile GQ4F-KWQ (spouse link), itself found by a tree search Carl Orpen Cooper, b. 1929-1931, d. 1977.
Searched for: Reached from Carl Orpen Cooper's profile GQ4F-KWQ (spouse link), itself found by a tree search Carl Orpen Cooper, b. 1929-1931, d. 1977.
Result: FOUND GQ4N-94H 'Nancy Ann Deleu', 13 Sep 1932 Providence - 21 Dec 2005 Parsippany; spouse Carl Orpen Cooper, no marriage event, NO children attached; parents Arthur E Deleu (GVK3-T3X) and Helen I Dolbeck (GVK3-RM6); sister Mary Elizabeth Deleu 1923-2003 (G1MW-4XH). LEAD.
genealogybank 2026-10-13 · SIGNED IN. Obituaries: first name Nancy, keyword Deleu, 2005-2006 (7 results).
Searched for: SIGNED IN. Obituaries: first name Nancy, keyword Deleu, 2005-2006 (7 results).
Result: FOUND result 1 -> [J.529]. Results 2-7 not opened (likely reprints).
familysearch records 2026-10-14 · NUMIDENT (collection 5000016): Nancy Ann Cooper, b. 1932 (1,799 results; first rows read).
Searched for: NUMIDENT (collection 5000016): Nancy Ann Cooper, b. 1932 (1,799 results; first rows read).
Result: FOUND result 2 -> [F.355]: Nancy Ann Deleu, b. 13 Sep 1932 Providence, d. 21 Dec 2005, parents Arthur E Deleu and Helen I Dolbick; also 'Nancy D Rouse'.
Documents
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