Brief Life History of George Washington
When George Washington Cooper was born on 1 October 1858, in Kings Valley, Benton, Oregon, United States, his father, James Abraham Cooper, was 34 and his mother, Senath Ann Eleanor Elizabeth Evans, was 28. He married Margaret N. Newton on 31 March 1894, in Benton, Oregon, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Oregon, United States in 1870 and Philomath, Benton, Oregon, United States for about 30 years. He died on 10 January 1932, in Corvallis, Benton, Oregon, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Mount Union Cemetery, Philomath, Benton, Oregon, United States.
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- Geo W Cooper in household of F M Cooper, "United States Census, 1880"
- George W Cooper, "Oregon, County Marriages, 1851-1975"
- George Washington Cooper, "Oregon, Oregon State Archives, Death Records, 1864-1967"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1868
Historical Boundaries - 1868: Benton, Oregon, United States
1880 · The Great Gale of 1880
The Great Gale of 1880 was a severe snow and wind storm that devastated parts of Oregon and Washington on January 9, 1880. The extratropical cyclone caused tides to rise seven feet, gale force winds, and snow accumulations of up to 18 inches.
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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