Edge T Cope

Brief Life History of Edge T

When Edge T Cope was born on 10 October 1809, in East Bradford Township, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Ezra Cope, was 25 and his mother, Sarah Taylor, was 27. He married Mary Bradley on 26 December 1832, in East Bradford Township, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Pennsylvania, United States in 1870. He died on 24 January 1886, at the age of 76, and was buried in Chester, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Family Time Line

Edge T Cope
1809–1886
Mary Bradley
1812–1867
Marriage: 26 December 1832
Emmor Bradley Cope
1834–1927
Hannah L Cope
1836–1902
Ezra Cope
1838–1915
Sarah Taylor Cope
1841–1915
Thomas E Cope
1842–1934
Caroline Cope
1844–1937
Jesse Kersey Cope
1846–1937
Deborah Cope
1848–
Edge T Cope
1852–1937
Mary Bradley COPE
1854–1942

Sources (26)

  • Edge T Cope, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Edge T Cope, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Births and Baptisms, 1520-1999"
  • Edgar T Cope, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1775-1991"

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World Events (8)

1812

War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.

1812 · Harrisburg Becomes the State Capital

Harrisburg had important parts with migration, the Civil War, and the Industrial Revolution. 

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

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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