George Joseph (Csapp) Copp Jr (1897 - 1983)

Born 15 Apr 1897 in Melrose, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Agnes Ilma (Wild) Copp — married 16 Jul 1927 in Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

Husband of Marie Patricia (Mossey) Copp — married 30 Mar 1957 in Melrose, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA

Died 30 Oct 1983 at age 86 in Stoneham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA

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Biography

George Csapp Jr (later Copp) was born on April 15, 1897, in Melrose, Massachusetts, to George Csopp and Ella Schaffer.^[1] George Jr was one of 4 children, 2 boys and 2 girls. He was raised in the Catholic Church. He left school after the first year of high school to help support the family.^[2][3]

In 1917, George was inducted into the US Army as a private in Machine Gun CO 5th, Infantry, Massachusetts National Guard.^[4] He did not see battle and was honorably discharged due to a medical disability for chronic brochitis.^[5][6]

In 1921, George enrolled as Federal Vocational Student in Extension division of University of Florida (Gainsville) in Agriculture. It is unclear if he attended in person or by correspondence, but family lore suggests he spent some time in Florida about this time. His brother John left home to try his luck in California about this time. George worked as a machine operator and packer at a shipping company.

In 1923, his mother died of cancer at age 46. His brother John came to Melrose for the funeral, but returned to California. In October 1924, George was the best man for his sister Anna Helen's wedding to William Barbour.

Starting in 1929, George worked as fireman for the Fire Department, City of Melrose. In later years he was the phone dispatcher. Over the years, he invested in common stock for various new enterprises, but none of them panned out.

He married first Agnes Ilma Wilde in 1927 in Middlesex, Massachusetts.^[7] They settled in Melrose, first living at 45 Leonard Road, then renting on Trenton Street and Rendell Place.^[8][9]

In 1939, Agnes and George purchased a summer home in South Kingston, New Hampshire, abutting property owned by her relatives.^[10] About 1942, Agnes and George purchased a home at 35 Harvard Street, Melrose.^[6]

Agnes died of heart disease in April 1955 at age 54. They had no children. A month later, George's father George Sr died at age 80.

George married widow Marie Fester Sheridan on March 30, 1957, in a Catholic ceremony in Melrose, Massachusetts.^[11] Marie sold the Sheridan family home on Hunnewell Street and Marie and George then lived in his house on 35 Harvard Street. George became step-father to Marie's 9 children, with the youngest 5 living with them. George retired from the fire department a few years after the marriage.

Marie and George spent many summers with Marie's children and grandchildren at his camp in Kingston, New Hampshire.

George died on October 30, 1983, in hospital in Stoneham, Massachusetts, at the age of 86.^[12][13][14] He was buried in Wyoming Cemetery, Melrose, with his first wife, Agnes Ilma.^[15][16] Wife Marie survived him.

Sources

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1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915, database with images, FamilySearch (accessed 11 March 2018), George Csapp, 15 Apr 1897, Melrose, Massachusetts; citing reference ID #p331 e87, Massachusetts Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 1,843,699.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} United States Census, 1900, database with images, FamilySearch (accessed 3 May 2018), George Dayton in household of John Dayton, Melrose city Ward 6, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 882, sheet 4B, family 74, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,663.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} United States Census, 1920, database with images, FamilySearch (accessed 3 May 2018), George J Copp in household of George Copp, Melrose Ward 5, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; citing ED 341, sheet 9A, line 13, family 175, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 715; FHL microfilm 1,820,715.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, database with images, FamilySearch (accessed 13 March 2018), George Joseph Copp, 1917-1918; citing Melrose City no 28, Massachusetts, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,684,683.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} United States Army, Honorable Discharge Certificate, George J Copp, Form No 525-6a-A.G.O, undated (form dated April 28, 1928). Record shows:
   • United States Army, Honorable Discharge Certificate, George J Copp, Form No 525-6a-A.G.O, (form dated April 28, 1928). Signed by Adjutant General on 19 Jan 1928. On back of discharge, a copy of the soldier's enlistment record shows: George J Copp, Grade Private, enlisted 6 June 1917 in Boston Mass, serving in first enlistment period at date of discharge. No prior service, no non-commissioned officer, no battles or skirmishes or expeditions. Listed as machinist, no wounds in service, in poor physical condition upon discharge. Had typhoid shot on 20 July 1917, was single, in good character. Remarks: "Services honest and faithful. No AWOL of record. No absences. Paid in full $37.80 Oct 23 1917 at Boston Mass. Paid $60.00 April 16 1919 under act of Feb 24, 1919."
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2} Letter from United States Veterans Bureau, to George Joseph Copp, 13 January 1930, citing VA File No E-20.76 C-566, 423.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} Massachusetts, Marriage Index, 1901-1955 and 1966-1970, database, Ancestry.com, entry for George Joseph Copp, 1927 (accessed 3 May 2018), citing Department of Public Health, Registry of Vital Records and Statistics. Massachusetts Vital Records Index to Marriages [1916–1970]. Volumes 76–166, 192– 207. Facsimile edition. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts; Vol 30, P 377, Index Vol 97, Reference Number: F63.M36 v.97.
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1} United States Census, 1930, database with images, FamilySearch (accessed 29 April 2018), George J Copp, Melrose, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 344, sheet 14A, line 11, family 356, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 925; FHL microfilm 2,340,660.
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1} United States Census, 1940, database with images, FamilySearch (accessed 1 May 2018), George J Copp, Ward 7, Melrose, Melrose City, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 9-377, sheet 3A, line 5, family 46, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1613.
10. ↑ ^{10.0 10.1} Rockingham, New Hampshire, Registry of Deeds, Book 0958, Page 134, entry for George J Copp Jr and Agnes I Copp (accessed 1 May 2014).
11. ↑ ^{11.0 11.1} Melrose, Massachusetts, Marriage Certificate, George Joseph Copp & Marie Francis Webster Sheridan, 30 Mar 1957, Vol 8, Page 136, No 16154, Recorded 4/3/57.
12. ↑ ^{12.0 12.1} Commonwealth of Massachusetts Certificate of Death, Reg No 357, George J Copp, 30 Oct 1983, Stoneham, Massachusetts.
13. ↑ ^{13.0 13.1} United States Social Security Death Index, database, FamilySearch (accessed 19 May 2014), George Copp, Oct 1983; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
14. ↑ ^{14.0 14.1} Massachusetts Death Index, 1970-2003, database, FamilySearch (accessed 4 December 2014), George J Copp, 30 Oct 1983; from "Massachusetts Death Index, 1970-2003," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2005); citing Stoneham, Massachusetts, death certificate number 046723, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Health Services, Boston.
15. ↑ ^{15.0 15.1} Wyoming Cemetery (Melrose, Massachussetts), Bill for George J Copp, Jr, Lot 381, Sec 5 interment, 2 Nov 1983.
16. ↑ ^{16.0 16.1} Find A Grave Index, database, FamilySearch (accessed 13 December 2015), George Joseph Copp, 1983; Burial, Melrose, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States of America, Wyoming Cemetery; citing record ID 59923454, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
17. ↑ United States Census, 1910, database with images, FamilySearch (accessed 3 May 2018), George J Copp in household of George Copp, Melrose Ward 6, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 947, sheet 16B, family 377, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 602; FHL microfilm 1,374,615.
18. ↑ Letter from United States Veteran's Administration to George J Copp, 17 Nov 1942, re: Disability compensation benefit, citing VA File A-4.22, C-566-423.