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Recent Additions Thatcham/Cookham Berks. Edwin Copas 1834
Marston Oxon. Mary Copus 1794. William Copus 1791. Mary Anne Copus 1788. Phyllis Copus 1790.
Thomas Copas 1746. Elizabeth Copus 1788. William Copus 1802. Thomas Copus 1787. John Copus 1737.
Frances Copus 1739. Ann Copus 1741. Franc Copus 1752. John Copas 1714. William Copas 1716.
Jonathan Copas 1719. Mary Copas 1720. Ann Copus 1725. Elizabeth Copus 1728.
Great Hasely Oxon. Randal Copas. 1683. Alice Copus 1663.
Shirburn Oxon. Stephen Copas 1805. William Copus 1748. Philip Copus 1757. Mary Copus 1746. John Copus 1745
Philip Copus 1787. Sally Copus 1790. Thomas Copus 1791.
Unknown Locations Ann Copas 1807. Elizabeth Copus 1710. Elizabeth Copas 1799. George Copus 1798.
Henry Copas 1803. Jane Copas 1805. Mary Copas 1792. John Copas 1803.
Notes:- I have only listed Copus & Copas names as a proven link between them is so often found in parish records but there are other variations which can also be found in the records and which may well be linked, for example :-
Copass, Coupees, Copes, Copers, Cophus, Copess, Copis, Copice, Coopus, Copeuss, Copias, Copys, Cowpas.

COPUS Errors found in Census searches.
Henry Copus b 1875 Acton listed in 1901 UK Census as Harry Copers.
William Thomas Copus b 1881 Watlington listed in 1901 UK Census as William Copis.
William Copus b 1820 Watlington listed correct in UK 1841//71/81/1901 Census’s but as Copas in 1851/61/91 Census
Samuel Copus b 1871 London listed correct in UK 1871 Census but as Copas in 1881 & Copers in 1901 Census’s

Ref to William Copus. Born 1820. Blacksmith Watlington Oxon. (picture shown on the Family photo page)
William Copus bapt 16 July 1820 Watlington Oxon Son of William Copus b 1786c Oxon & Hannah b 1796c
William married Sarah Nash 1 July 1841 Watlington. Sarah died 1842 he then married Frances Marshall Dec 1849 and together they had one son William born Dec 1850 Watlington. Frances Copus ‘nee’ Marshall died 1870. William then
married Hannah Jones June1876 Hannah died 1905. William died Dec 1906 age 86.
In the 1851 census William is listed as Journeyman Blacksmith. In the 1861 census as Blacksmith Master employing 2 men and 1 boy. Frances his wife is shown as Shopkeeper. In the 1871 census he is shown as Blacksmith Master employing 2 men & 1 boy and his son age 20 shown as Baker & Grocer. In the 1881 & 1891 he is shown as a
Grocer then in 1901 as a retired Grocer. Williams son William Copus born 1850 died age 24 in 1874 in Watlington.

Ref to the three sisters Grace Sophia, Margaret Clara & Rose Hannah daughters of James Copus b 1815.
The photos of Margaret Clara & Rose Hannah were given to me by Margaret Shepherd the GGrandaughter of Margaret
Clara. She also told me the interesting story of how the two girls ran away from home after their mother Harriet Copus
died in 1854 and their father James married Anne Dandridge who they were unable to get on with. Rose married Harry
Heath & Margaret married Thomas Cox. The photo of Grace Sophia Copus with her daughter also Grace Sophia was
given to me by Kathy Francis the GGrandaughter of Grace Sophia Copus, Grace married twice first to George Caterer
And then to William Cox.