Brief Life History of Lillian Kathleen
When Lillian Kathleen Cope was born in 1904, in Texas, United States, her father, Richard Timms Cope, was 34 and her mother, Mary Essie Mcclaffarty, was 26. She married Floyd Raymond Runnels on 10 December 1927, in Johnson, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Justice Precinct 1, Johnson, Texas, United States in 1940 and Johnson, Texas, United States in 1950. She died on 7 December 1984, at the age of 80, and was buried in Johnson, Texas, United States.
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Sources (14)
- Lillian K Runnels, "United States Census, 1950"
- Cope, "Texas Birth Certificates, 1903-1935"
- Lillian Cope, "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965"
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1904
St. Louis, Missouri, United States hosts Summer Olympic Games.
1905 · Construction of the Praetorian Building
Texas completed the construction of the Praetorian Building (Stone Plane Tower) in 1909. It was the first skyscraper in Texas and the Southwestern United States. The building had 15 stories and was 190 ft tall.
1927
Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
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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