Elizabeth Couper

Brief Life History of Elizabeth

When Elizabeth Couper was christened on 17 September 1721, in Kinfauns, Perthshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, her father, James Couper, was 17 and her mother, Margaret Dawson, was 16.

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Family Time Line

James Couper
1704–
Margaret Dawson
1705–1752
Elizabeth Couper
1721–
Barbara Couper
1722–
David Coupar
1725–
John Cowper
1738–
Barbara Cowper
1740–
Jannet Cowper
1742–
James Cowper
1744–
Robert Cowper
1745–
Alexander Cowper
1747–
Robert Cowper
1748–
Margaret Cowper
1750–
Isobel Cowper
1752–

Sources (1)

  • Elizabeth Couper, "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"

World Events (3)

1802 · John Playfair publishes summary of James Hutton's theories of geology.

In 1802, John Playfair published the Illustrations of the Huttonian Theory of the Earth. His influence was by James Hutton’s knowledge of the earth’s geology.

1815

The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.

1823

Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.

Name Meaning

English and Scottish: variant of Cooper .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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