The Coopers of Long Hill

Laura M. (Ackerson) Cooper 1886–1918

Catalog ID p.607 · Cite this page: njcoopers.com/p/607/

Laura M. (Ackerson) Cooper was born in 1886. She probably married Clark Caleb Cooper (1906). She died in 1918. Two children are recorded.

Facts

EventDatePlace / detailCertaintySources
birth 1886 certain G.218
residence 1895 Newton, Sussex Co., NJ (John D. Ackerson household) certain E.29
residence 1905 Town of Newton, Sussex Co., NJ (George Kishpaugh household) probable E.30
occupation 1905 Employee, shoe factory probable E.30
death 1918 certain G.218

Family

Parents

Not identified.

Spouses

Children

  1. Harry Clark Cooper 1906–1974
  2. Robert A Cooper 1917–1938

Family tree

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

Clark Caleb CooperClark Caleb Cooper1888–1943Laura M. (Ackerson) CooperLaura M. (Ackerson) Coo…1886–1918Harry Clark CooperHarry Clark Cooper1906–1974Robert A CooperRobert A Cooper1917–1938

In the documents

Every published document that names Laura M. (Ackerson) Cooper, in date order, with what that document itself records.

DateDocumentRoleWhat it records
1895 E.29 state census 1895
1895 New Jersey state census, Newton, Sussex Co., page 45 (persons 1331-1334; dwelling 333) - FamilySearch "New Jersey, State Census, 1895"
 child
as "Laura M. Ackerson"
residence: 1895, Newton, Sussex Co., New Jersey
8 Jun 1905 E.30 state census 1905
1905 New Jersey state census, Town of Newton, Sussex Co., Second Enumeration District, sheet 7A, lines 9-14 (dwelling 134, family 137) - FamilySearch "New Jerse…
 member
as "Ackerson Laura"
residence: 1905, Town of Newton, Sussex Co., New Jersey
occupation: 1905, Employee, shoe factory
1906 C.155 marriage index
New Jersey State Archives, Marriage Indexes, Bride Index 1904-1909, surname range A-C, the page running ACKERMAN IDA to ACKLAND MARGARET - a statewide typescrip…
 bride
as "ACKERSON LAURA"
marriage: 1906, New Jersey

Still unknown, and where we have looked

Searches recorded

newspapers com 2026-10-04 · SIGNED IN. (a) "Laura Cooper" OR "Clark Cooper", New Jersey, 1918 (28; 6 in Sussex Co.); (b) Cooper Ackerson, New Jersey, 1918 (292).
Searched for: SIGNED IN. (a) "Laura Cooper" OR "Clark Cooper", New Jersey, 1918 (28; 6 in Sussex Co.); (b) Cooper Ackerson, New Jersey, 1918 (292).
Result: UNRESOLVED: (a) the six Sussex hits not opened; (b) too broad to read.
findagrave 2026-10-04 · Not re-run; on [G.218].
Searched for: Not re-run; on [G.218].
Result: Not run.
familysearch tree 2026-10-04 · Not run this pass.
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Result: Not run.
ancestry all 2026-10-04 · Not run this pass.
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genealogybank 2026-10-04 · Not run this pass.
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familysearch records 2026-10-05 · Laura Ackerson, b. 1883-1889 (all collections; NJ rows read); John Ackerson, residence Sussex Co. NJ, 1900 census collection; Laura...
Searched for: Laura Ackerson, b. 1883-1889 (all collections; NJ rows read); John Ackerson, residence Sussex Co. NJ, 1900 census collection; Laura Cooper, b. 1884-1890, any place New Jersey; Clark Cooper with spouse Laura (all collections).
Result: FOUND: 1895 NJ state census, Newton [E.29] - Laura M. Ackerson with John D., Minnie and Harry L. Ackerson; 1905 NJ state census, Town of Newton [E.30] - 'Ackerson Laura', b. June 1888, 17, single, shoe-factory employee, in George and Minerva Kishpaugh's household (provisional). INDEX ONLY: NJ Births and Christenings - Laura M. Ackerson, b. 29 Jun 1887, Sussex, parents John Ackerson and Minda Kays (image unavailable). NULL: 1900 federal - the two Sussex John D. Ackerson households (b. 1835 with Mary E.; b. 1845 with Hattie E.) do not fit, and no Laura Ackerson indexed in NJ; 1910 - not as Laura Cooper (Clark is single in his father's household [D.357]); marriage to Clark C. Cooper - not indexed (only Illinois Clark x Laura B. Beckman hits); 1918 death - not indexed as Laura Cooper in NJ; probate and land - none; draft n/a.

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