Hi Peter I have no connection to your Ropers or keynes but in case you have not got it ,this is them from an index of the 1851 census for Dorset. Census place - Winterborne Clenston Joel Roper 40 Farmer born Dorset,Chideock Mary do 33 born Dorset ,Abbotsbury Mary Fowler Roper 10 Scholar born do,Mappercomb John Roper 8 born Dorset,Whitechurch Joseph Roper 6 Scholar born Dorset,Whitechurch William.M.Roper 2 born Dorset,Clenston William Robert Roper 4 Scholar bn Dorset,Whitechurch ref HO107/1853/ folio 30 Census place - Spetisbury George Keynes 35 Farmer born Dorset,Whitechurch Emma Keynes 30 born Dorset,Whitechurch George.S.Keynes 4 born Dorset,Spetisbury Letitia Keynes 3 born Dorset,Spetisbury Mary.S.Keynes 1 born Dorset,Spetisbury ref HO107/1853/ folio 188 I realise that William should be William.N.Roper,I have just written it as they have transcribed it.There are no relationships given so I don't know why there are two William Ropers,perhaps the William Robert Roper is a nephew of Joel.Anyway you may have all of this already. regards Mike Roberts ---- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Ferreira" <peterferreira@rogers.com> To: <ENG-HAMPSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2005 12:32 AM Subject: [ENG-HANTS] William Norris ROPER (c1849 - 1896) of Dorset & Hants, England > Hi Folks, > > Greetings from Toronto, Canada. > > William Norris ROPER (c1849 - 1896) married Letitia KEYNES in 1871. They > lived in Spettisbury, Dorset, England; farmed in Milton Abbas, Dorset, > England; lived in Chitterne All Saints, Wilts; and also in Stockbridge, > Hants, England. William Norris and Letitia had issue: > > 1. William ROPER, born 1874 in Spettisbury, who married Emma and they had > issue; > 2. Mary ROPER, born 1876 in Spettisbury, died a spinster in 1960, aged > 83; > 3. George ROPER, born 1877 in Spettisbury; he had issue; > 4. Robert ROPER, (1879 - 1963) born in Spettisbury, married and with > issue; > 5. Ada ROPER, (1880 - 1947) born in Spettisbury; married Robert Moon > Middleton; lived in Farnham, Hants; they had issue; > 6. Elizabeth ROPER, born 1882 in Milton Abbas, Dorset; > 7. Eric ROPER, born c1883 in Milton Abbas, Dorset; he married and had > issue. > > I am seeking to connect with any relation or researcher of this family and > to exchange research notes. > > Best wishes. > > > Peter. > > > ============================== > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx >