All About My Father
The story of the Bromley and Coppard families
The Coppard Family
This is the story of my paternal grandmother’s family. It is rather scant and we don’t have as many photographs, but it’s more complicated and involves many interesting family lines. They originated in Sussex and most of them remained in the county all of their lives.
Chapter 8
The Early Coppards
The origins of the family in the heart of Sussex, but with so little known about them they have been difficult to trace.
Chapter 9
Stephen Coppard (1778 - 1844)
Some family members emigrated to the USA to find a better life.
Chapter 10
Stephen Coppard (1818 - 1904)
His wife's family has proved to be rather more interesting.
Chapter 11
John Coppard (1843-1908)
My great great grandparents and their strangely early marriage and difficult early years.
Chapter 12
Martin Coppard (1870-1949)
My great grandparents, about whom there is relatively little to say, but where would I be without them?
Chapter 12a
The Rhodes Family
A seafaring family from Newhaven, I was told, but there’s more to them than that.
Chapter 12b
The Buckwell and Paine Families
The patchy parish records have made these families a little elusive.