Walter Cooper
15 October 1902–6 April 1977 (Age 74)
Bristol, England, United Kingdom
The Life of Walter
Walter Cooper was born on 15 October 1902, in Bristol, England, United Kingdom as the son of Ernest Cooper and Rose. He died on 6 April 1977, in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, at the age of 74.
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Family Time Line
Ernest Cooper
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Rose
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Walter Cooper
1902–1977
Parents and Siblings
Ernest Cooper
–Male
Rose
–Female
siblings
(1)
1902–1977Male
World Events (3)
1904 · The Entente Cordiale
Age 2
The Entente Cordiale was signed between Britain and France on April 8, 1904, to reconcile imperial interests and pave the way for future diplomatic cooperation. This ended hundreds of years of conflict between the two states.
1908
Age 6
London, United Kingdom hosts Summer Olympic Games.
1914
Age 12
Outbreak of World War I. UK enters hostilities against Germany. Grueling trench warfare in Belgium and France.
Name Meaning
1 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 America, the English name has absorbed some cases of like-sounding cognates and words with similar meaning in other European languages, for example Dutch Kuiper .2 Jewish (Ashkenazic): Americanized form of Kupfer and Kupper ( see Kuper ).3 Dutch: occupational name for a buyer or merchant, Middle Dutch coper.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Sources (1)
- Walter Cooper, "British Columbia Death Registrations, 1872-1986; 1992-1993"
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