Cope Family History
Cope Name Meaning
English (common in the Midlands): from Middle English cope
‘cloak’, ‘cape’ (from Old English cap 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.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Cope
Name Distribution of Cope Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Cope families
 938 - 1,873  313 - 937 |
 1 - 312  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Cope families
|
8 - 14 3 - 7 |
1 - 2 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Cope census records
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Cope Family Origin
Cope Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Cope Emigration Information (AU)
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to Australia.
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port of arrival and destination.
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
Cope Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Cope census records
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Military Service by Cope
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