Brief Life History of Thomas
When Thomas Cope was born on 20 January 1804, in Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, James Dickinson Cope, was 23 and his mother, Rebecca Cook, was 20. He died on 10 March 1805, in his hometown, at the age of 1.
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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 .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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