When Martha C Cope was born on 6 May 1935, in North Carolina, United States, her father, David Ansel Cope, was 27 and her mother, Martha Missouri Umberger, was 27. She lived in Chester, Delaware, Pennsylvania, United States for about 10 years. She died on 7 August 2007, in Indian Lake, Hamilton, New York, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Clifton Park, Saratoga, New York, United States.
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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