The Cope Line


This page is part of Irene Gladys Whiteman's web-site.

It contains the tree of the Cope family (from a sister of Rene's mother's mother), a branch of the Winfield line.

3. Sarah Ann Winfield (1851-1933)
b. 8 Feb 1851 (Cert L, R) at Spondon/Shardlow
With her parents in the 1851 and 1861 Censuses, but not 1871 at 20
m. Charles COPE (c.1851-?1934)
Charles was b. c.1851 at Spondon
m. Dec qtr 1869, Shardlow (7b, 698)
at Moor St, Spondon, Derby in 1871 Census and extract, both shown as 21 (but she was 20) and he as a Railway Labourer, and 1881 Census and extract (RG11 3392 / 102 1), and 1891 Census and extract, both shown as 41 (she 40), and 1901 Census and extract (he shown as 51 and finally she as 50). The 1871 and 1891 entries show them at Moor St, Spondon (all addresses appear to be un-numbered), and the 1901 entry shows them at 30 Moor St
9 chn (5 boys and 4 girls)
Sarah d . Dec qtr 1933, at 82 (according to Rene, by burning on 25 Dec 1933)
Charles d. 1934, aged 83, at Derby

  1. Annie Cope (>1871-?)
    b. after 4 Apr 1871, Spondon
    m. William JOHNSON (c.1870-?)
    m. Dec qtr 1895, Derby
    1. ?
    2. Nelly Johnson
    3. son Johnson
  2. Will(iam) Cope (1872-1942), Spondon
    b. 21 Aug 1872
    In the 1891 census aged 18, at home, and an Apprentice Boiler-Maker
    m. Jane Ellen Upton (1873-?)
    b. 1873?. d. ?
    m. 27 Jan 1894
    Will was a Mason, (after c.1920?) lived in upper St Augustine's Rd, Southsea
    Will d. 16 Apr 1942
    7ch (4 boys and 3 girls?), including:
    1. Mabel Cope, b. 1897
      m. Jack Spears, WO RASC Aldershot
    2. Will Cope (1894-1978) – Rene's 2nd cousin
      b. 1894
      m. Florence May Maslin, from Three Bridges in Sussex, b. ?, d. 1871
      Fitter, moved from Spondon to Portsmouth
      Caused Fred Russell to move to Portsmouth, to work in the Dockyards
      Lived at 55 Mafeking Rd, Southsea
      Will d. 1978
      1. Stella Cope (1922-1995) – Rene's 2nd cousin once removed
        m1. John Francis, a marine from near Belfast
        2 chn
        m2. Paddy Daye (also a marine, also from near Belfast?)
        Lived 86 Mafeking Rd, Southsea
        Stella d. 1995
        1. Rona Patricia Francis (1951-) – Roger's 3rd cousin once removed
          m. ?
          1. Marni ?, b. 1973
          2. Elliott ?, b. 1977
        2. Ian Francis (1956-) - Roger's 3rd cousin once removed
          m. ?
  3. Charles Cope (1875/76->1891)
    b. 5 Apr 1875 - 4 Apr 1876, Spondon
    In the 1891 census aged 15, at home, and an Apprentice Brake?-Fitter
  4. Hannah Cope (1879/80->1891)
    b. 5 Apr 1879 - 4 Apr 1880, Spondon
    In the 1891 census aged 11
  5. Fredrick Cope (1881/82->1901)
    b. 5 Apr 1881 - 4 Apr 1882, Spondon
    In the 1901 census aged 19, Fitter's (?) Apprentice
  6. Nathan J. Cope (1883/84->1901)
    b. 5 Apr 1883 - 4 Apr 1884, Spondon
    In the 1901 census aged 17, also Fitter's (?) Apprentice
  7. Emma M. Cope (1886/87->1901)
    b. 5 Apr 1886 - 4 Apr 1887, Spondon
    In the 1901 census aged 14, Dress-Maker's Apprentice
  8. James Cope (1889/90->1901)
    b. 5 Apr 1889 - 4 Apr 1890, Spondon
    In the 1901 census aged 11
  9. Janet Cope (1892/93->1901)
    b. 5 Apr 1892 - 4 Apr 1893, Spondon
    In the 1901 census aged 8

This page came from Roger's notes from his conversations with his mother Rene, including an afternoon tea with 2.2.1 Stella in the late 1980s, and a number of birth, marriage and death certificates that I acquired in the 1990s.


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Created: 8 September 2006; Last Amended: 23 Dec 2016