Brief Life History of George
When George Cooper was born on 2 January 1855, his father, William Cooper, was 39 and his mother, Martha Jane Lamb, was 26. He married Mary I. Lawrence on 29 July 1885, in El Dorado, El Dorado, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in California, United States in 1870 and Cosumnes Judicial Township, El Dorado, California, United States in 1880. He died after 13 July 1896.
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- George Cooper in household of William Cooper, "United States Census, 1860"
- George Cooper, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"
- George Cooper in entry for Lloyd Harry Cooper and Lila Mae 7, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"
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1857 · 7.9 Earthquake In Fort Tejon
The Fort Tejon earthquake, on January 9, 1857, registered at 7.9, making it one of the largest earthquakes ever recorded in the United States. Only two people were killed, largely due to the sparse population in the area where the earthquake occurred. As a result of the large scale shaking, the Kern River was turned upstream and fish were stranded miles from Tulare Lake as the waters were rocked so far from its banks.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1867 · Sorry Mr. President, You can't do that.
This Act was to restrict the power of the President removing certain office holders without approval of the Senate. It denies the President the power to remove any executive officer who had been appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate, unless the Senate approved the removal during the next full session of Congress. The Amendment was later repealed.
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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