When Dennis Coop was born in 1849, in Middleton, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Coop, was 21 and his mother, Maria Keighley, was 28. He married Ellen Holdsworth about 1881, in Stanley, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in East Ardsley, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom in 1901 and Stanley, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom in 1911. He was buried in York, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom.
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The Crimean War was fought between Russia and an alliance of Britain, France, Sardinia and Turkey on the Crimean Peninsula. Russia had put pressure on Turkey which threatened British interests in the Middle East.
The Lendal Bridge was opened in 1863, after a previous failed attempt at building it Thomas Page was brought in to design it. It is an iron bridge styled with the gothic style popular in England. When it was first opened, it was a toll bridge but in 1894, it accepted it’s last toll.
School attendance became compulsory from ages five to ten on August 2, 1880.
English (Lancashire): metonymic occupational name for a cooper, from Middle English coupe, cupe ‘tub, cask’ (from Latin cūpa), probably used for a cooper; compare Cooper . In some cases the surname may have been derived from a pub or house sign.
Americanized form of German or Dutch Koop .
History: It was David Koop (his father's surname also spelled Kupe) from Germany whose surname was changed to Coop after he settled in PA toward the end of the 18th century. He later moved to VA.
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