Brief Life History of Robert Culver
When Robert Culver Hooper was born on 12 May 1865, in Scotts Valley, Santa Cruz, California, United States, his father, Franklin M. Hooper, was 47 and his mother, Esther Gates Whitney, was 41. He lived in Scott Valley Judicial Township, Siskiyou, California, United States for about 10 years and Etna Judicial Township, Siskiyou, California, United States in 1900. He died on 26 February 1913, in United States, at the age of 47, and was buried in Fort Jones, Siskiyou, California, United States.
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- Robert C Hooper in household of Esther G Hooper, "United States Census, 1900"
- Legacy NFS Source: Robert Culver Hooper - birth: 12 May 1865; Scotts Valley, Santa Cruz, California, United States
- Robert Culver Hooper, "Find A Grave Index"
World Events (8)
1866 · The First Civil Rights Act
The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.
1869 · Transcontinental Railroad Reaches San Francisco
The first transcontinental railroad reached San Francisco in 1869. The Western Pacific Railroad Company built the track from Oakland to Sacramento. The Central Pacific Railroad Company of California built the section from Sacramento to Promontory Summit Utah. The railroad linked isolated California to the rest of the country which had far-reaching effects on the social and economical development of the state.
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
Name Meaning
English (southwestern): occupational name for a cooper, someone who fitted wooden or metal hoops on wooden casks and barrels, or a barrel-maker, from Middle English hoper, an agent derivative of hop ‘hoop, band’. Compare Cooper .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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