Born in England on 9 July 1862, he came to Manitoba in the fall of 1880. On 20 December 1883, he married Marjory Isabella West (1866-1930) at Gladstone. They had two sons: Frank Richmond Cope (1886-1948) and Bert Cope (1888-?). By 1891, he was a contractor at Brandon. By 1901, he was living at Vancouver, British Columbia and working there as a contractor and later as an electrician. He died at Vancouver on 4 October 1930.
Some of his building works in Manitoba included:
Building
Location
Year
Status
200 Fourth Street, Brandon
1889
Demolished (?)
Fleming Drug Store
Corner of Rosser Avenue and Eighth Street, Brandon
1891
Demolished (?)
818 Princess Avenue, Brandon
1891-1892
Demolished (1971)
“Hotel arrivals,” Manitoba Free Press, 22 October 1880, page 1.
“Brandon products,” Manitoba Free Press, 3 October 1889, page 3.
“A palatial institution,” Brandon Weekly Sun, 5 March 1891, page 1.
Marriage registration [Frederick Cope, Marjory West], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Birth registrations [Frank Cope, Berta Cope], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
1891 Canada census, Ancestry.
1901 and 1911 Canada censuses, Automated Genealogy.
Death registrations [Frederick Thomas Cope, Frank Richmond Cope], British Columbia Vital Statistics.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 25 June 2025
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