Brief Life History of Hans Kanrad
When Hans Kanrad Kopp was born on 23 January 1729, in Lütisburg, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland, his father, Abraham Koop, was 43 and his mother, Katarina Lenggenbager, was 28. He married Anna Rimensberger on 4 February 1762. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 1 daughter. He died on 12 February 1798, in his hometown, at the age of 69.
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- Hans Conrad Kopp, "Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418-1996"
- Conrad Kopp, "Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418-1996"
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1798
Revolution in Switzerland. Farmers in occupied territories become free citizens. Centralistic parliamentary republic according to French model. Occupation by French troops and some battles of Napoleon vs. Austria and Russia in Switzerland.
Name Meaning
German (also Köpp): from a pet form of the personal name Jakob (see Jacob ).
German: nickname for someone with a noticeable deformity or peculiarity of the head, from Low German Kopp ‘head’, or a topographic name for someone who lived on a hill.
German: possibly also a nickname from the South German dialect word Kopp (also Kapp) ‘young cock, capon’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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