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United States Kopper migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Kopper Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
  • Elias Kopper, who arrived in America in 1778 1
  • Johann Kopper, who settled on Long Island in 1780
  • Johann Kopper, who arrived in Long Island in 1780 1
Kopper Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Fridk Wilch Kopper, who landed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1802 1

Contemporary Notables of the name Kopper (post 1700) +

  • Hilmar Kopper (1935-2021), German banker and former Chairman of the Board of Deutsche Bank (1989–1997)

Bismarck
  • Josef Kopper (1922-1941), German Matrosengefreiter who served aboard the German Battleship Bismarck during World War II when it was sunk heading to France; he died in the sinking 2
  • Erwin Köpper (1920-1941), German Matrosenobergefreiter who served aboard the German Battleship Bismarck during World War II when it was sunk heading to France; he died in the sinking 2


  1. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
  2. Bismarck & Tirpitz Class - Crew List Bismarck. (Retrieved 2018, February 06). Retrieved from https://www.bismarck-class.dk/bismarck/crew/bismarck_crew.html#crew_details


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