Francis Borough Copley
- Christened: 25 May 1840, St. Nicholas, Deptford, Kent, England 1
- Married: 8 Sep 1862, St. Thomas, Stepney, Middlesex, England 2
- Died: 3 Mar 1875, at sea
 Research Notes:
Francis Borough son of John Borough Copley of 2 Sarah Place Creek Road, engineer, and Ann (baptismal record)
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DEATH IN A BOAT.—An inquest has been held at Walton-on-the-Naze, on the body of a man which drifted ashore there in a boat, and was identified by Mrs. Ann Copley, of Brighton, as that of her son, Francis Borough Copley, chief engineer of the Princess, belonging to the Steam Navigation Company, which was lost on the 3rd inst., while on the voyage between Ostend and London. A verdict of "found dead" was returned. Deceased was 33 years of age, and his late father was formerly in charge of the stationary engine at the Brighton railway works, and also the landlord of the Running Horse public house.
Horsham, Petworth, Midhurst and Steyning Express, 30 March 1875, p. 2
Marriage Information:
Francis married Elizabeth Simpson, daughter of Thomas May Simpson and Harriet Hards, on 8 Sep 1862 in St. Thomas, Stepney, Middlesex, England. (Elizabeth Simpson was born in 1836 in Brighton, Sussex, England and christened on 27 Mar 1836 in St. Nicholas, Brighton, Sussex, England.)
Marriage Notes:
Francis Borough Copley, of full age, bachelor, engineer, resident of Stepney, son of John Borough Copley, engineer, and
Elizabeth Simpson, of full age, spinster, resident of Brighton Sussex, daughter of Thomas Simpson, builder
Married by Licence
Witnesses: Frederick George Williams, Hannah Smith Copley
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