Brief Life History of Sarah
When Sarah Cope was born on 14 April 1806, in Tempsford, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, John Cope, was 28 and her mother, Sarah Seamer, was 28.
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Sources (2)
- Sarah Cope, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Sarah Cope, "England and Wales Non-Conformist Record Indexes (RG4-8), 1588-1977"
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1808 · The British West Africa Squadron
The British West Africa Squadron was formed in 1808 to suppress illegal slave trading on the African coastline. The British West Africa Squadron had freed approximately 150,000 people by 1865.
1815
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
1843
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
Name Meaning
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 .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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