The Coopers of Long Hill

Ella M. (Crowell) Cooper 1906–1992

Catalog ID p.610 · Cite this page: njcoopers.com/p/610/

Ella M. (Crowell) Cooper was probably born on 14 Jul 1906. She married twice: Harry Clark Cooper and Reed R. Ogden (1930). She probably died on 4 Nov 1992 in Sussex, Sussex Co., New Jersey and was probably buried at Old Stillwater Cemetery, Stillwater, Sussex Co., New Jersey. Six children are recorded.

Also recorded as: Ella M. Crowell Ogden G.640

Facts

EventDatePlace / detailCertaintySources
birth 14 Jul 1906 probable G.640, N.42
residence 1 Apr 1940 Wantage Twp, Sussex Co., New Jersey - ED 19-34 sheet 1A, household 7 certain D.868
residence 1 Apr 1950 Wantage Twp, Sussex Co., New Jersey - ED 19-46 page 72, dwelling 67 certain D.869
residence Mar 1964 Sussex, Sussex Co., New Jersey certain J.572
residence Sep 1970 RD 2, Sussex, Sussex Co., New Jersey certain J.568
death 4 Nov 1992 Sussex, Sussex Co., New Jersey probable G.640, N.42
burial Old Stillwater Cemetery, Stillwater, Sussex Co., New Jersey probable G.640

Family

Parents

Not identified.

Spouses

Children

  1. Ruth Evelyn (Cooper) Hovencamp 1928–2003
  2. Living (5) G.640, N.42

Family tree

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

Harry Clark CooperHarry Clark Cooper1906–1974Reed R. Ogden1907–1954Ella M. (Crowell) CooperElla M. (Crowell) Cooper1906–1992Ruth Evelyn (Cooper) HovencampRuth Evelyn (Cooper) Ho…1928–2003

In the documents

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

DateDocumentRoleWhat it records
1 Apr 1940 D.868 federal census
1940 US Federal Census - Wantage Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, ED 19-34, sheet 1A, lines 33-39 (household 7): the Reed Ogden household of seven.
 spouse
as "" Ella"
residence: 1 Apr 1940, Wantage Twp, Sussex Co., New Jersey
1 Apr 1950 D.869 federal census
1950 US Federal Census - Wantage Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, ED 19-46, page 72, lines 21-26 (dwelling 67): the Reed R. Ogden household of six.
 spouse
as "" Ella M"
residence: 1 Apr 1950, Wantage Twp, Sussex Co., New Jersey (dwelling 67)

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

Still unknown, and where we have looked

Searches recorded

ancestry all 2026-10-19 · HER MARRIAGES, IN THE COLLECTION THAT HAD NEVER BEEN TRIED ON HER. Ancestry 'New Jersey, U.S., Marriage Index, 1901-2016' (coll. 61253)...
Searched for: HER MARRIAGES, IN THE COLLECTION THAT HAD NEVER BEEN TRIED ON HER. Ancestry 'New Jersey, U.S., Marriage Index, 1901-2016' (coll. 61253) - images of the New Jersey State Archives' own typescript bride and groom indexes, the collection that produced [C.155] and [C.159] in the two days before this. SIGNED IN. (a) ?name=Ella_Crowell&count=50 - 64 rows, BOTH PAGES READ, i.e. the whole of the engine's answer for her name. (b) The coverage test, run BEFORE any null was written: the collection's own Browse this collection panel, Index Type = Bride Index, to see which year ranges and surname ranges the images actually cover.
Result: FOUND, AND IT IS THE FIRST ROW: 'Ella Crowell | 1930 | New Jersey | Reed Ogden' -> opened, image downloaded, filed and read on ratable_stitch.py stitches = [C.160]. The row reads Crowell | Ella | Ogden | Reed | Yr 0 | Vol 26 | Page 503, on a page whose own typed title is 'INDEX OF MARRIAGES IN NEW JERSEY 1930-5'. HER SECOND MARRIAGE NOW HAS A YEAR AND AN ORDERABLE VOLUME AND PAGE. It had neither: the Ogden marriage was an identification resting on a memorial name [G.640] and two Social Security claims rows [N.42], which is why it is graded probable. A stub Reed R. Ogden was created for Reed R. Ogden in the same pass so the marriage could be written into marriages: at all. AND NO COOPER MARRIAGE ANYWHERE IN THE 64 ROWS. Her marriage to Harry Clark Cooper Harry Clark Cooper - the gap this search was actually run for - is not in the New Jersey index under her name. THE COVERAGE WAS CHECKED RATHER THAN ASSUMED. The browse panel lists a Bride Index 1920-1929 split A-C | D-G | H-K | L-O | P-S | T-Z. Crowell is in A-C and that segment is present, so the 1920s decade in which she must have married Harry IS covered for her surname. ⇒ A genuine null, not a coverage gap - the distinction this catalog was caught on four times earlier the same day. WHAT IT DOES AND DOES NOT MEAN. It does not show they never married; it shows New Jersey has no indexed record of it. Sussex Co. borders Pennsylvania at the Delaware and is forty miles from Port Jervis, N.Y. NEXT: the Pennsylvania and New York indexes, and Harry's own side (recorded on Harry Clark Cooper).
ancestry all 2026-10-13 · All collections - Ella Crowell, spouse Harry Cooper (96,228; first hit), then Ella M Ogden, keyword New Jersey.
Searched for: All collections - Ella Crowell, spouse Harry Cooper (96,228; first hit), then Ella M Ogden, keyword New Jersey.
Result: FOUND -> [N.42]: SSACI parent rows 'Ella M Crowell' with spouse Harry Cooper / child Ruth Evelyn, and with spouse Reed R Ogden / child Reed Raymond Ogden; NJ Death Index Ella M Ogden, 15 Jul 1906 - 4 Nov 1992, Sussex.
findagrave 2026-10-13 · Find a Grave: (a) Ella M Ogden, New Jersey (0 - the middle-initial filter); (b) Ella Ogden, b. 1906, d. 1992, any place (1).
Searched for: Find a Grave: (a) Ella M Ogden, New Jersey (0 - the middle-initial filter); (b) Ella Ogden, b. 1906, d. 1992, any place (1).
Result: FOUND: memorial 21314466 'Ella M. Crowell Ogden', 14 Jul 1906 - 4 Nov 1992, Old Stillwater Cemetery; spouse Reed R Ogden, son Reed Raymond Ogden Jr -> [G.640].

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