Lillian Kathleen Cope

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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Family Time Line

Floyd Raymond Runnels
1902–1983
Lillian Kathleen Cope
1904–1984
Marriage: 10 December 1927
Paul Rudolph Runnels
1942–1990

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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World Events (8)

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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