James Cooper

Brief Life History of James

When James Cooper was born in 1839, in Alabama, United States, his father, Etheldred David Cooper, was 44 and his mother, Sarah Mills, was 30. He died in 1864, at the age of 25.

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Family Time Line

Etheldred David Cooper
1795–1863
Sarah Mills
1810–1844
Elizabeth Cooper
1826–
Patrick Cooper
1843–1898
Henry Cooper
1827–
Caroline Cooper
1828–
Mary Ann Cooper
1828–1873
Sarah Cooper
1831–
Julia Ann Cooper
1835–1917
Etheldred Denson Cooper
1837–1925
James Cooper
1839–1864
George Cooper
1841–1864

Sources (1)

  • Morgan Mills, Estate Heirs in 1846

World Events (3)

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

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.

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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