[1] Louisa Coppin was born at Ivy House, 34 Strand Road, Derry on 7 September 1845.
She died on 27 May 1849 from gastric fever, and is alleged to have reappeared to her family 5 months later as "a ball of bluish light".
Coppin is supposed to have prophesied the location of Sir John Franklin's 1845 polar expedition before its discovery,[1] by writing on the wall: "Erebus and Terror, Sir John Franklin, Lancaster Sound, Prince Regent Inlet, Point Victory, Victoria Channel".
The Derry Journal (29 March 1889) claimed that the admiralty was petitioned by 430 Liverpool merchants and bankers to search the area specified by Coppin.
The captain of the rescue expedition, Francis McClintock, and relatives of Lady Franklin denied that the paranormal advice was used in their search.