Laura Bell (Cooper) Taylor 1926–2007
Catalog ID p.2373 · Cite this page: njcoopers.com/p/2373/
Laura Bell (Cooper) Taylor was born on 5 Oct 1926 in Hampton Twp, Sussex Co., New Jersey, the daughter of Fredrick Driscoll Cooper. She married Laurence A. Taylor (1947). She died on 18 Oct 2007 in Washington (state) and was buried at Tranquility Cemetery, Green Twp, Sussex Co., New Jersey.
Facts
| Event | Date | Place / detail | Certainty | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| birth | 5 Oct 1926 | Hampton Twp, Sussex Co., New Jersey | certain | N.58, G.659 |
| residence | 1 Apr 1930 | Andover Twp, Sussex Co., New Jersey - her father's household, ED 19-2 sheet 1A, dwelling 4 / family 4 | certain | D.668 |
| residence | 1 Apr 1940 | Andover, Sussex Co., New Jersey - his/her father's household, ED 19-1 sheet 5B, household 117, Main St, rented at $12 | certain | D.865 |
| residence | 1947 | Paulinskill Lake, Sussex Co., New Jersey | certain | N.58 |
| occupation | 1947 | Sussex Sportswear (employer) | certain | N.58 |
| death | 18 Oct 2007 | Washington (state) | certain | G.659, N.58 |
| burial | Tranquility Cemetery, Green Twp, Sussex Co., New Jersey | certain | G.659 |
Family
Parents
- Father Fredrick Driscoll Cooper 1894–1954 N.58
Spouses
- Laurence A. Taylor 1926–2011married about 1947, Greendell, Sussex Co., New JerseyN.58, G.659, J.409
Siblings
- Jean Kathryn (Cooper) Kilpatrick 1923–2005
- Frederick William Cooper 1924–2004
- Elizabeth Louise (Cooper) Maher 1929–2011
- Carl Orpen Cooper 1930–1977
- Living
- Gary R Cooper 1939–2026
- Richard Cooper 1942–1976
Children
None recorded.
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 Laura Bell (Cooper) Taylor, in date order, with what that document itself records.
| Date | Document | Role | What it records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Apr 1930 | D.668 census population 1930 1930 U.S. census, Andover Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, ED 19-2, sheet 1A, lines 11-17 (dwelling 4, family 4) — NARA T626 |
child as "Cooper, Laura B" |
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| 1 Apr 1940 | D.865 federal census 1940 US Federal Census — Andover, Sussex Co., New Jersey, ED 19-1, sheet 5B, household 117: the Fredrick D. Cooper household of nine, closing the sheet. |
child as "" Laura B" |
residence: 1 Apr 1940, Andover, Sussex Co., New Jersey |
2 further documents not published (they may name living people).
Still unknown, and where we have looked
Searches recorded
ancestry all 2026-10-22 · HER 1950 CENSUS. Four exact passes plus one partial, all in Ancestry coll. 62308. (a)...
Searched for: HER 1950 CENSUS. Four exact passes plus one partial, all in Ancestry coll. 62308. (a)
?name=Laurence_Taylor&birth=1926&birth_x=1-0-0&name_x=1_1 - exact given AND surname, 5 rows, ALL READ. (b) ?name=Laura_Taylor&birth=1926&birth_x=1-0-0&name_x=1_1 - 37 rows, ALL READ. (c) ?name=Lawrence+A_Taylor&birth=1926&birth_x=1-0-0&name_x=1_1, on the commoner spelling of his name - 1 row, read. (d) THE SURNAME-ONLY RECIPE bounded to her home county: ?name=_Taylor&birth=1926&birth_x=1-0-0&residence=_sussex-new+jersey-usa_2837&residence_x=1-0-0_1-0 - ZERO. (e) PARTIAL, see below: the same recipe bounded to Washington state (residence=_washington-usa_50) - 353 rows, PAGE 1 OF 8 READ.Result: NULL in every completed pass. None of the 5 Laurence Taylors is a married Navy man; none of the 37 Laura Taylors has a husband Laurence or a New Jersey address fitting her; the single exact Lawrence A Taylor is a son at home in Richmond, Virginia. THE SUSSEX ZERO IS A REAL ZERO, because the query shape was CONTROLLED: dropping only the birth year from the same URL returns 44 Sussex Co. Taylors, so the engine is answering. ⇒ Laura and Laurence Taylor were NOT in Sussex County in April 1950, which is itself the useful part - every other record this catalog holds for her before 1950 is in Sussex. WHAT IS LEFT, IN ORDER OF PROMISE: (1) he was a NAVY CHIEF PETTY OFFICER, and in April 1950 a serving chief may have been enumerated at a naval station or aboard ship, where the indexing is thin and the household is not his own. (2) She DIED IN WASHINGTON STATE in 2007 [G.659], so Puget Sound - Bremerton, Kitsap Co. - is a reasonable guess for a 1950 Navy posting; pass (e) above began that sweep and is explicitly UNFINISHED, 1 page of 8. (3) Her own obituary, or his, would say where they were. NOTHING HERE EXCLUDES ANY OF THOSE; it excludes Sussex County and the two exact name forms.
ancestry all 2026-10-19 · THE 1940 CENSUS, which at this age is the HOUSEHOLD's record and not this person's. Searched on the father Fredrick Driscoll Cooper;...
Searched for: THE 1940 CENSUS, which at this age is the HOUSEHOLD's record and not this person's. Searched on the father Fredrick Driscoll Cooper; full parameters are recorded once, at Fredrick Driscoll Cooper.
Result: FOUND -> [D.865]: the whole household of NINE at Andover, household 117, Main St, rented at $12. ONE PLATE CLOSED FOUR SEPARATE WORKLIST GAPS -- Jean Kathryn (Cooper) Kilpatrick, Laura Bell (Cooper) Taylor, Elizabeth Louise (Cooper) Maher and Living each carried an independent '1940 census, no search recorded' -- and covered Frederick William Cooper and Gary R Cooper in passing. The lesson is the one the sweep keeps re-learning: a child's census gap is never the child's, it is the household's.
ancestry all 2026-10-19 · No engine was run. The plate was already in the catalog, cited by the parent's own residence: key, and the person was on it under a...
Searched for: No engine was run. The plate was already in the catalog, cited by the parent's own
residence: key, and the person was on it under a compound subjects: row that carried no p-number. Found by a scripted sweep of the gap report against parents' residence citations — the fifth time today a ‘no search recorded’ census turned out to be a plate on the shelf.Result: Closed from disk → [D.668]. Both sides now linked.
google 2026-10-15 · "Laura" Taylor obituary 2007 Washington "Sussex" OR "Cooper" 1926 Navy.
Searched for: "Laura" Taylor obituary 2007 Washington "Sussex" OR "Cooper" 1926 Navy.
Result: NULL - unrelated obituary indexes and lists only.
findagrave 2026-10-14 · Find a Grave: Taylor, Laura, b. 1926 +/-1, d. 2007 +/-1 (New Jersey: none; any place: 4).
Searched for: Find a Grave: Taylor, Laura, b. 1926 +/-1, d. 2007 +/-1 (New Jersey: none; any place: 4).
Result: FOUND memorial 126742343, Tranquility Cemetery -> [G.659]; Ancestry links opened per the 2026-10-14 rule -> [N.58].