She was born on February 4, 1872, as
Maude Evelyn Ashton Fletcher in
Woodstock, Ontario to Ashton Fletcher and Annie Stedson. She married Alfred Ebenezer Copp on May 8, 1901, in Manhattan, New York City, and had a son,
Theodore Bayard Fletcher Copp (1902–1945), who became an author. Her son died the next day, right after completing his mother's obituary. ==References==