When John Koppel was born on 6 April 1896, in Hamburg, Germany, his father, Max Hirsch Koppel, was 33 and his mother, Amalie Heilbut, was 25. He married Magdalene "Magda" "Moschi" Partos on 15 January 1922, in Hamburg, Germany. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He died on 11 August 1978, in San Diego, San Diego, California, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in San Diego, San Diego, California, United States.
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After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary and his wife were assassinated in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina provoking World War I.
Armistice ending World War I.
Some characteristic forenames: German Erwin, Erna, Ernst, Gerd, Hanni. Jewish Morty, Uri, Yakov, Yetta, Zalmen.
North German, Dutch, and Estonian: from Middle Low German koppel, Middle Dutch coppel, German Koppel ‘enclosed common pasture’, hence a topographic name for someone living near such pasture, or possibly a status name for a commoner, i.e. someone who had the right to use such land for his livestock. Compare Coppel and Copple .
German (Silesia; Köppel): see Koeppel 1.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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