Brief Life History of John
When John Cope was born on 24 September 1784, in Audley, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Joseph Cope, was 36 and his mother, Elizabeth Alcock, was 32.
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- John Cope, "England, Staffordshire, Church Records, 1538-1944"
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World Events (7)
1801 · The Act of Union
The Act of Union was a legislative agreement which united England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland under the name of the United Kingdom on January 1, 1801.
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.
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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