James Cooper

Brief Life History of James

When James Cooper was born on 5 November 1800, in Sussex, Sussex, Virginia, United States, his father, Edwin Cooper, was 27 and his mother, Elizabeth Gilliam, was 33. He married Hannah Cornog about 1836, in Harris, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He immigrated to Utah, United States in 1853. He died on 12 March 1860, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 59, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

James Cooper
1800–1860
Hannah Cornog
1793–1879
Marriage: about 1836
Seguine Cooper
1837–1899

Sources (14)

  • James Cooper, "United States Census, 1850"
  • James Cooper, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949"
  • James Cooper, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"

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World Events (8)

1803

France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.

1812 · Monumental Church Built

The Monumental Church was built between 1812-1814 on the sight where the Richmond Theatre fire had taken place. It is a monument to those that died in the fire.

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

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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John Cornog Goaslind John was born 26 Jan 1818, Augusta, Bracken Co., Kentucky, d. 6 June 1878, Coveville, Cache Co., Utah, buried at Richmond, Utah, son of John Goaslind and Hannah Cornog; md. ( …

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