Joseph Cope was born at Eddington near Hungerford in 1863.

By 1891 he was married to Kate Dell (Q. Apr. 1886) and a solicitors clerk.  They lived at 12 Madeira Place, Newbury.

In 1901 he was living at 32 Queens Rd. with his wife son and daughter

He died aged 70 in 1908

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