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Family HistoryFamily History - Helen Townley Pope


Key:1.“+” before a child’s name indicates the child has their own entry in the next generation.
 2.“born xxxx” indicates the child is under 18 years of age so the birth date is not shown.
This family history features Helen Townley Pope and her immediate family.



First Generation
1. Helen Townley Pope,1 born 18 January 1927 in New York, the daughter of Thomas Brinkerhoff Pope and Helen DeWolf Smyth;1 died 23 February 2012 in Peabody, Essex County, Massachusetts.1 Helen married, 15 June 1949 in Clinton, Dutchess County, New York, Laurance Pond Miller4 (born 14 December 1918 in Port Chester, Westchester County, New York, the son of Douglas J. Miller and Isabel P. Cornwall;2, 3 Laurance died 3 October 19962).

  1. Find a Grave (website). (No cemetery indicated); Helen Townley Pope Miller, born: 18 January 1927 in New York; died: 23 February 2012 in Peabody, Essex County, Massachusetts (from record, which includes a note: wife of late Laurance Pond Miller, daughter of Thomas B. & Helen D.(Smyth) Pope).
  2. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), Death Files, Laurance P. Miller, born: 14 December 1918; died: 3 October 1996; residence zip code: 02771 (corresponding to Bristol County, Massachusetts).
  3. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), Social Security Applications, Laurance Pond Miller, born: 14 December 1918 in Port Chester, New York; mother: Isabel P. Cornwall; father: Douglas J. Miller.
  4. Marriage Announcement, The Clinton Courier, Clinton, New York (available at fultonhistory.com), 16 June 1949, Helen Townley Pope and Laurance Pond Miller, married on 15 June 1949 in Clinton, New York. The article provides biographical and wedding details and the names of their parents, wedding party, and several guests.