When Rachel Cope was born on 7 August 1819, in Tempsford, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, John Cope, was 42 and her mother, Sarah Seamer, was 41. She married William Brightman on 23 December 1843, in Tempsford, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Little Staughton, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom in 1871 and Great Staughton, Huntingdonshire, England, United Kingdom in 1881. She died in 1890, in Huntingdonshire, England, at the age of 71.
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English (Midlands): from Middle English cope ‘cloak, cape’ (from Old English cāp reinforced by the Old Norse cognate kápa), hence a metonymic occupational name for someone who made cloaks or capes, or a nickname for someone who wore a distinctive one. Compare Cape .
Americanized form of German Koob or Kopp .
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