Hi Peter You probaly already have these baptisms.This is from Lds vital records second edition. ROPER, Mary Fowler Christening Gender: Female Christening Date: 7 Mar 1841 Recorded in: Poorstock, Dorset, England Collection: BTs Father: Joel ROPER Mother: Mary Source: FHL Film 1239224 Dates: 1821 - 1848 ROPER, John Christening Gender: Male Christening Date: 2 Nov 1842 Recorded in: Turnworth, Dorset, England Collection: BTs Father: Joel ROPER Mother: Mary Source: FHL Film 1239260 Dates: 1827 - 1847 ROPER, Joseph Fowler Christening Gender: Male Christening Date: 16 Aug 1844 Recorded in: Turnworth, Dorset, England Collection: BTs Father: Joel ROPER Mother: Mary Source: FHL Film 1239260 Dates: 1827 - 1847 ROPER, William Robert Christening Gender: Male Christening Date: 2 Oct 1846 Recorded in: Turnworth, Dorset, England Collection: BTs Father: Joel ROPER Mother: Mary Source: FHL Film 1239260 Dates: 1827 - 1847 ROPER, William Morris Christening Gender: Male Christening Date: 9 May 1849 Recorded in: Winterborne-Clenston, Dorset, England Father: Joel ROPER Mother: Mary Source: FHL Film 1239259 Dates: 1849 - 1849 Vital Records Index - British Isles regards Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Ferreira" <peterferreira@rogers.com> To: <ENG-HAMPSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2005 9:46 AM Subject: Re: [ENG-HANTS] William Norris ROPER (c1849 - 1896) of Dorset & Hants, England > Hi Mike, > > Many thanks for those 1851 census extracts. I have already got the > Winterborne Clenston extract, but the Spettisbury one is totally new to > me. > > I, too, have wondered about the two Roper sons, each with the first name > William. Strange!! More interesting is the development that we have two > brothers who married two sisters: William Robert Roper (c1846 - 1876) > married Mary Spinney Keynes, and, I think, had no issue; while, William > Norris Roper (1849 - 1896)married Letitia Keynes. I am descended from an > older Roper brother, Joseph Fowler Roper, born in 1844. > > I greatly appreciate your information and helpful assistance, Mike. > > Cheers! > > > Peter. > >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Mike Roberts" <mikedrob@btinternet.com> >> To: <ENG-HAMPSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2005 3:52 AM >> Subject: Re: [ENG-HANTS] William Norris ROPER (c1849 - 1896) of Dorset & >> Hants, England >> >> > 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. > > <<snip>> > > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >