Born: November 29, 1859; New Jersey
Died: November 7, 1949; New Jersey
Relation to Author: 2nd Great Grandmother
Leila Cooper (married name Cheney)
Born: May 7, 1886; New Jersey
Died: December 7, 1975; Dover, New Jersey
Relation to Author: Great Grandmother
Bruce Judson Cheney
Born: October 28, 1917; Morris County, New Jersey
Died: July 16, 2012; Dover, New Jersey
Relation to Author: Grandfather (aka PopPop)
Bruce Judson Cheney, Jr.
Born: July 26, 1947; Morristown, New Jersey
Died: October 14, 1947; Kenvil, New Jersey
Relation to Author: Uncle
I recently wrote about Baby Bruce - Bruce Cheney, Jr., - and the medical explanation for his early death at 3 months. It is a clinical description of his condition that I was able to write because we have his autopsy. But fortunately, we also have a picture of baby Bruce. We can see the person that lived such a short time.
Pictured here are 4 generations together: Bruce, Jr.; Bruce (Sr. - my PopPop); Leila Cooper - Bruce, Jr.'s grandmother; and Julia Westbrook Cooper - Bruce, Jr.'s great grandmother.
The picture makes me a little sad, knowing that Baby Bruce died before he reached 3 months. And I imagine it was hard on Bruce and Betty to lose their first child and wonder if they would ever be able to have children. But from the vantage point of more than 75 years in the future, we can take heart that Bruce and Betty had two awesome children after Bruce Jr., and Julia Westbrook would get to meet one more of her great grandchildren.
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