Brief Life History of Ruth
Ruth Cooper was born in 1815, in Wyboston, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom. She married William Nichols on 14 September 1835, in Eaton Socon, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Darton, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom in 1841.
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Family Time Line
Sources (8)
- Ruth Nichols in household of Wilm Nichols, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
- Ruth Cooper, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "
- Ruth Nichols in entry for Thomas Nichols, "England, Bedfordshire Parish Registers, 1538-1983"
Spouse and Children
1813–1894 Male
1815– Female
Children (2)
1836–1836 Female
1838– Male
World Events (8)
1815
Age 0
1821 · New Ouse Bridge Completed
Age 6
1854 · The Crimean War
Age 39
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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