Brief Life History of Franklin
When Franklin Copp was born on 2 January 1854, in New York City, New York, United States, his father, Thomas Jefferson Copp, was 49 and his mother, Nancy Woodman Judkins, was 36. He married Nettie Ida Newhall on 22 May 1878, in Manchester, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in New York County, New York, United States in 1860 and Saugus, Essex, Massachusetts, United States for about 40 years.
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- Frank Coap in household of Thomas Coap, "United States Census, 1860"
- Franklin Copp, "New York, New York City Births, 1846-1909"
- Frank Copp, "New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1863 · The Battle at Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg involved the largest number of casualties of the entire Civil war and is often described as the war's turning point. Between 46,000 and 51,000 soldiers lost their lives during the three-day Battle. To honor the fallen soldiers, President Abraham Lincoln read his historic Gettysburg Address and helped those listening by redefining the purpose of the war.
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
Name Meaning
English (Devon): topographic name for someone who lived on the top of a hill, from Middle English coppe, Old English copp ‘summit’ (a transferred sense of copp ‘head, bowl’, cognate with modern English cup). Alternatively, a nickname for someone with a peculiarity of the head.
German: variant of Kopp and, in North America, (also) an altered form of this.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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