Brief Life History of John C
When John C Cooper was born on 11 November 1864, in Viele, Lee, Iowa, United States, his father, Nelson Cooper, was 35 and his mother, Mary Ann Simpson, was 31. He lived in Jefferson Township, Lee, Iowa, United States in 1870 and Des Moines Township, Clark, Missouri, United States in 1880. He died on 1 December 1883, in Clark, Missouri, United States, at the age of 19, and was buried in Frazee Cemetery, Clay Township, Clark, Missouri, United States.
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Sources (8)
- John Cooper in household of Nelson Cooper, "United States Census, 1860"
- Legacy NFS Source: John C Cooper - Published information: birth-name: John C Cooper
- John C Cooper, "Find A Grave Index"
Parents and Siblings
1829–1888 Male
1833–1914 Female
Siblings (7)
1860–1940 Male
1862–1939 Female
1864–1883 Male
1866–1956 Female
1867–1935 Male
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World Events (8)
1865
Age 1
1867 · The Burtis Opera House
Age 3
1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Age 6
Name Meaning
English: occupational name for a maker and repairer of wooden vessels such as barrels, tubs, buckets, casks, and vats, from Middle English couper, cowper (apparently from Middle Dutch kūper, a derivative of kūp ‘tub, container’, which was borrowed independently into English as coop). The prevalence of the surname, its cognates, and equivalents bears witness to the fact that this was one of the chief specialist trades in the Middle Ages throughout Europe. In North America, the English surname has absorbed some cases of like-sounding cognates from other languages, for example Dutch Kuiper .
Americanized form of Jewish (Ashkenazic) Kupfer and Kupper (see Kuper ).
Dutch: occupational name for a buyer or merchant, Middle Dutch coper.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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