Researching Douglas Copp
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 956 people with the Copp surname? In that year Copp was ranked number 2631 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Douglas means "from a surname meaning black stream" and is of Scottish origin.
Records of Douglas Copp on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Douglas Copp and the Copp Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Copp Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources listed below it will be possible to locate a birth record and, from that record, a birth certificate may be obtainable which is likely to list the names of the parents, therefore taking you back another generation. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Copp family tree.
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| Did you know that there are currently 1199 people with the Copp surname in the UK? Copp is now ranked number 2933 for popularity in the UK. |
Copp Family History Databases
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Copp Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 3038 people with the Copp surname in the USA? Copp is ranked number 156 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Copp Databases
Look at the Ellis Island Database for information on Douglas Copp. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Douglas Copp
Douglas Harold Copp
Douglas Harold Copp (January 16, 1915 – March 17, 1998) was a Canadian scientist who discovered and named the hormone calcitonin, which is used in the treatment of bone disease.
Born in Toronto, Ontario, he received his MD from the University of Toronto in 1939 and his PhD in biochemistry from the University of California at Berkeley in 1943. In 1950 he became the first head of the physiology department in the newly established Faculty of Medicine at the University of British Columbia.
In 1967 he received the Gardner International Award jointly with the British endocrinologist Iain Macintyre who had sequenced calcitonin and showed it originated in the thyroid gland. He was a Fellow of both the Royal Society (elected 1971) and the Royal Society of Canada.
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