Brief Life History of Ruth Barbara
When Ruth Barbara Copas was born on 27 May 1910, in Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, United States, her father, William Louis Copas, was 29 and her mother, Della Barbara Allee, was 26. She married Donald Neil Lidstone on 29 May 1932, in Merriam, Johnson, Kansas, United States. She lived in Jefferson City, Cole, Missouri, United States for about 10 years. She died on 25 February 1987, in Las Cruces, Doña Ana, New Mexico, United States, at the age of 76.
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Family Time Line
Sources (3)
- Ruth Copas in household of William Copas, "United States Census, 1930"
- Ruth Copas in entry for Billie W Anglin and Nancy Lidstone, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
- Ruth Copas in household of W L Copas, "United States Census, 1920"
Spouse and Children
1906–1987 Male
1910–1987 Female
Parents and Siblings
1880–1946 Male
1883–1934 Female
Siblings (2)
1902–1990 Female
1910–1987 Female
World Events (8)
1912
Age 2
1912 · The Girl Scouts
Age 2
1931
Age 21
Name Meaning
Spanish: from copas, plural of copa ‘drinking bowl’, applied possibly as a metonymic occupational name for a maker of such vessels or as a topographic name for someone living in a hollow.
English: perhaps a topographic name from Middle English copis, coppes ‘coppice, thicket’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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