Amanda Acandas Coppock

Brief Life History of Amanda Acandas

When Amanda Acandas Coppock was born in July 1860, in LaPorte, Indiana, United States, her father, Nathan W Coppock, was 29 and her mother, Anna Sanstead, was 23. She married Frank Melville True on 1 December 1881, in Avoca, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. She lived in Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States in 1910 and Coquille, Coos, Oregon, United States in 1920. She died on 14 February 1935, in Avoca, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Graceland Cemetery, Avoca, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States.

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Family Time Line

Frank Melville True
1859–1943
Amanda Acandas Coppock
1860–1935
Marriage: 1 December 1881
Fred Curtis True
1882–1971
Merritt Barnes True
1886–1950
Robert Hart True
1893–1963

Sources (18)

  • Amanda True in household of F M True, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Amanda Coppoek, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
  • Amanda True, "Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951"

World Events (8)

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1869

Historical Boundaries: 1869: Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States

1880 · The Great Gale of 1880

The Great Gale of 1880 was a severe snow and wind storm that devastated parts of Oregon and Washington on January 9, 1880. The extratropical cyclone caused tides to rise seven feet, gale force winds, and snow accumulations of up to 18 inches.  

Name Meaning

English: apparently a habitational name from a Middle English coppe-oke ‘peak(ed) oak’, but no place with this name is known.

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

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