| Name | Edward Selby (Gramps) Cope |
| Birth | 11 Aug 1898, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA |
| Death | 12 Feb 1989, Victoria, B.C., Canada Age: 90 |
| Occupation | stock registrar, Sunlife Assurance Co. |
| Father | Frederick George Cope (1870-1923) |
| Mother | Eva Emily Hawke (-1963) |
| 1 | Mildred Isobel Bond (Gran) Armstrong |
| Birth | 17 Oct 1901, Montréal, Quebec, Canada |
| Death | 31 Mar 1974, Victoria, British Columbia1 Age: 72 |
| Father | John Henry Armstrong (1861-1933) |
| Mother | Mary Elisabeth (Nana) Bond (1868-1958) |
| Marriage | 28 Sep 1927, Montréal, Quebec, Canada |
| 2 | Dorothy Preston |
| Birth | 1 Mar 1899 |
| Death | Victoria, B.C., Canada |
| Marriage | 13 Aug 1976, Victoria, B.C., Canada |
went to McGill University - Engineering
WWI: joined McGill Battery (artillery) and went overseas
- transferred to Royal Navy as a midshipman and served on HMS Mischief and HMS
Trinidad (Capt. Farquar). was on Murmansk convoy, not sure which ship
- finished war as a sub-lieutenant
- returned to McGill, was member of McGill football 1919 championship team,
never lost and opposition never got beyond the 30 yard line. Gramps played
middle wing (non-tackle) which in those days also carried the ball on goal line
plunges.
- was asked to rejoin Royal Canadian Navy in 1939 as Lieutenant and eventually
became a full Commander on discharge in 1945. Have a record of most of his
appointments.
- 1950, Montreal Gazette newspaper published 2 all-time all-star football teams
(1900-1930, 1930-1950) Gramps was on former.
- 1946 coached the Lakeshore Flyers junior football team.
-was stock registrar with Sunlife Assurance Co. when he retired