Brief Life History of Zipporah
When Zipporah Cock was born on 17 October 1815, in Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, United States, her father, Oliver Cock, was 34 and her mother, Zipporah Coles, was 30. She married John Smith Bell on 5 September 1837, in Montgomery, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons. She lived in Evanston, Cook, Illinois, United States in 1880. She died on 26 August 1890, in Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Woodland Cemetery and Arboretum, Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, United States.
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- Sophia Bell in household of J S Bell, "United States Census, 1860"
- Zipporah Cock, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-1997"
- Zipporah Bell, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
1831
Historical Boundaries: 1831: Cook, Illinois, United States
1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
Name Meaning
1 English: (i) occupational name from Middle English cok ‘cook’, a possible variant of Cook if shortening of the vowel of Old English cōc ‘cook’ occurred before it developed to Middle English coke, couk, cook. In examples of Coc and Cok below, the vowel may be short or long, so they could alternatively be cited under Cook . (ii) nickname from Middle English cok (Old English and Old French coc) ‘male bird, cock’ (especially the male of the domestic fowl), perhaps used humorously of a leader or chief man in a social group, though this sense is not recorded before the 16th century in OED . Some of the following early bearers may alternatively belong under other senses below.
2 English: relationship name occasionally perhaps from the Middle English personal name Cok, of uncertain origin. For possible early bearers of the surname see examples without the definite article in (1) above.
3 English: (i) locative name from Middle English cok (Old English cocc) ‘hillock, haycock, heap’, denoting someone who lived by a hillock or mound. (ii) occupational name from Middle English cok, cok(k)e ‘ship’s boat’, and used for a boatman. Compare Barge . (iii) locative name, occupational name for someone who lived or worked or at a house or inn distinguished by a sign depicting a haycock or mound, a boat, or a cock bird (see the senses above).
Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland © University of the West of England 2016
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