Folks, this is a reminder that any post to a list that starts with the phrase "This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list." has been "gatewayed" from the surname Board to the surname List. Simply, this means that the original post was sent, in this case, to the ROPER Board and, because the "gateway" between the Board and List has been opened, was also automatically re-sent to the ROPER List. BUT, this means that unless the original Board poster is also a member of the List (and most are not), any replies to a gatewayed post sent to the List will NOT be seen by the Board poster. If you wish to reply to a gatewayed post in such a way that your reply will be seen by the Board poster, you must do so by clicking on the "Message Board URL:" link. Thanks. Peter ROPER List Admin. Don Reynolds wrote: > Hi, > > I an seeking details of my GG Grandmother, Ann ROPER, born before > 1787, married William TORDOFF 13 Nov 1803 in Bradford, Yorkshire. > > Does anyone recognise this family . > > Regards, Don in Sydney > > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, June 16, 2006 1:11 AM > Subject: [ROPER] Re: ROPER's Yorkshire, Woodhouse, Kiveton Park & Wales > > >> This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. >> >> Surnames: Roper >> Classification: Query >> >> Message Board URL: >> >> http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/kgDBAEB/820.1 >> >> Message Board Post: >> >> My Roper line has been centred around Teversal, Notts since 1727. A >> Reuben Roper, was born in Sutton-in-Ashfield, Notts in 1826, son of >> George Roper and Elizabeth (nee Stringfellow) >> Reuben married and subsequently settled near Sheffield. >> >> Here is some info' about his family taken from the 1861 Census >> Clara Ann Roper abt 1855 Attercliffe, Yorkshire, England Daughter >> >> Herbert Roper abt 1857 Darnall, Yorkshire, England Son >> >> Joe Roper abt 1859 Darnall, Yorkshire, England Son >> >> Roper abt 1828 Darnall, Yorkshire, England Wife >> >> Reuben Roper abt 1827 Hacknall, Nottinghamshire, England Head >> >> I just wondered if any of his children (e.g. Joe or Herbert) connect >> with your Roper line ? >> >> > >

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: ROPER, FIFE Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kgDBAEB/821 Message Board Post: Looking for Jack & Stella Roper family from Perry Florida. They had a daughter names Gennette Roper. She may have married and last name is not the sme now. I am a cousin from the Fife family from Miami Florida looking for family to put into Family Tree. Please reply info you know of them or have any info. Thank you. Carmel

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: ROPER Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kgDBAEB/820.1.2 Message Board Post: thanx for your email Barry, so far my knowledge of the Roper's is pretty sketchy. I have had trouble tracing Robert and his parents. until I get Robert and Florence's marriage certificate I wont be able to progress. I'm afriad I cant say if your Roper line connects with mine, but keep in touch if you make any progress. thanx again Helen

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/kgDBAEB/820.1.1 Message Board Post: My Roper is Charles Roper living in TN prior to the Civil War. I don't have anything farther back than that. His son was Thomas Randall Roper.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Roper Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/kgDBAEB/820.1 Message Board Post: My Roper line has been centred around Teversal, Notts since 1727. A Reuben Roper, was born in Sutton-in-Ashfield, Notts in 1826, son of George Roper and Elizabeth (nee Stringfellow) Reuben married and subsequently settled near Sheffield. Here is some info' about his family taken from the 1861 Census Clara Ann Roper abt 1855 Attercliffe, Yorkshire, England Daughter Herbert Roper abt 1857 Darnall, Yorkshire, England Son Joe Roper abt 1859 Darnall, Yorkshire, England Son Roper abt 1828 Darnall, Yorkshire, England Wife Reuben Roper abt 1827 Hacknall, Nottinghamshire, England Head I just wondered if any of his children (e.g. Joe or Herbert) connect with your Roper line ?

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: ROPER Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kgDBAEB/820 Message Board Post: Hi, I'm looking to trace the Roper family. My grand mother was Winifred Mary Meese (nee Roper) and had sisters, Jesse, Vera & Dorothy and brother Sidney. There partents were Robert Roper b.1870's and Florence Roper (nee Starbuck) they grew up around Woodhouse, Sheffield, but have family connections with Kiveton Park & Wales, Sheffield. I would like to trace Robert's parents. Any information would be gratefully recieved. Kindest Regards Helen Meese

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kgDBAEB/784.1.2 Message Board Post: Hi, I just picked this Theodore ROPER posting out of the ROPER-L Archives on Roots Web. The Theodore ROPER your looking for may have been the one that was overlooked in the 1860 Illinois Census. The index scanner on Ancestry.com does not pick-up this ROPER family. The index is interpreting the p in Roper as the old way to write a double s. If you input the name ROSSER, you will find this ROPER family living in Illinois: Quincy, Adams County, Illinois 1860 - US Census, Ward 6, Page 323, Line 25, 19 July 1860 ROPER, Reuben, 33, M, Mast Plasterer, England ROPER, Elizabeth, 28, F, England ROPER, Theodore, 8, M, Ills ROPER, Amanda, 4, F, Ills ROPER, Cornn, 4/12, M, Ills Note: ROPER, the p is seen as the double ss in the index: ROSSER. This is one of my ancestors, Reuben ROPER. You were pretty close in guessing whom Theodore belongs to. Reuben and Elizabeth are buried in the Bedford Cemetery, Montezuma Township, Pike County Illinois: Cemetery Book, Volume V, covers townships of Detroit, Hardin, Montezuma, Pearl & Springcreek, page 81, ROPER, Reuben, d. 11 Nov 1864 (37-8-24) (y-m-d) ROPER, Elizabeth (wife), d. 19 Aug 1862 (30-7-18). I found this information in a trip to Pike County about four years ago. The ROPER family in 1860 Montezuma Township, Pike County Illinois Census is related to Reuben. 1860 - US Census, Montezuma Post office, house 19, page 649, line 13, image 405, 27 June 1860, ROPER, A., 29, m, Plasterer, England (Albert, Reuben’s brother) LEWIS, Harriet, 54, f, England (Reuben’s mother) ROPER, William, 20, m, Plasterer, England (my ancestor William, Reuben’s brother) ROPER, H. A., f, 15, Missouri (unknown relation) Montezuma Township, Pike County, Illinois 1860 - US Census, Montezuma, house 35, page 651, line 11, image 407, 27 June ROPER, Wade, 25, m, Boatman, $50 personal, England (another ROPER brother) ROPER, Ann, 23, f, England ROPER, Clara E., 3, f, Illinois ROPER, M. O., 1, f, Illinois Here is the proof of connection from the 1841 English Census: Dukinfield Town, Stockport Parish, Ashton-under-Lyne Poor Law Union, Macclesfield Administrative District. 1841 - England Census, Roper Court ROPER, William, M, 35, Plasterer, N (Whether Born in same County) ROPER, Harriet, F, 35, N ROPER, Reuben, M, 15, Plasterer Ap, N ROPER, Sarah, F, 13, Cotton Weaver, N ROPER, Albert, M, 11, N ROPER, Wade, M, 9, N ROPER, Olive, F, 7, N ROPER, Hannah, F, 5, Y ROPER, William, M, 2, Y ROPER, Joseph, F(error?), 25, Plasterer, N I have a page from the William ROPER (born 1839) family bible that states he was born at Stalybridge, England. Dukinfield and Stalybridge are two towns next to each other in Cheshire. After the Civil War, my William and his brother Wade moved to Council Bluffs, Iowa and worked as plasterers the rest of their lives. Albert stayed in Illinois for a couple of decades tried being a farmer but eventually went back to being a plasterer; then he and his family move to Kansas City, then to the Los Angeles area by 1910. I have suspected the Theodore you are talking about is the same Theodore that is the son of Reuben ROPER. In the 1870 Nebraska Census, there is a Theodore living on a farm and it appears the “Keeping House” wife may be his aunt Hannah. If you look at the 1841 English Census, that Hannah may be the same Nebraska Hannah. I started working on a project to link the “plasterer” ROPER families in England. I suspect that many are related. The plasterer trade caused the ROPER families to continually move in England to seek work. The same can be said for America, except my William and Wade stayed put in Council Bluffs from 1870 to their deaths in the 1920s. Hope this helps, gary barton

Hi, I just picked this Theodore ROPER posting out of the ROPER-L Archives on Roots Web. I have copied the entire posting to the end of my message. The Theodore ROPER your looking for may have been the one that was overlooked in the 1860 Illinois Census. The index scanner on Ancestry.com does not pick-up this ROPER family. The index is interpreting the p in Roper as the old way to write a double s. If you input the name ROSSER, you will find this ROPER family living in Illinois: Quincy, Adams County, Illinois 1860 - US Census, Ward 6, Page 323, Line 25, 19 July 1860 ROPER, Reuben, 33, M, Mast Plasterer, England ROPER, Elizabeth, 28, F, England ROPER, Theodore, 8, M, Ills ROPER, Amanda, 4, F, Ills ROPER, Cornn, 4/12, M, Ills Note: ROPER, the p is seen as the double ss in the index: ROSSER. This is one of my ancestors, Reuben ROPER. You were pretty close in guessing whom Theodore belongs to. Reuben and Elizabeth are buried in the Bedford Cemetery, Montezuma Township, Pike County Illinois: Cemetery Book, Volume V, covers townships of Detroit, Hardin, Montezuma, Pearl & Springcreek, page 81, ROPER, Reuben, d. 11 Nov 1864 (37-8-24) (y-m-d) ROPER, Elizabeth (wife), d. 19 Aug 1862 (30-7-18). I found this information in a trip to Pike County about four years ago. The ROPER family in 1860 Montezuma Township, Pike County Illinois Census is related to Reuben. 1860 - US Census, Montezuma Post office, house 19, page 649, line 13, image 405, 27 June 1860, ROPER, A., 29, m, Plasterer, England (Albert, Reuben¹s brother) LEWIS, Harriet, 54, f, England (Reuben¹s mother) ROPER, William, 20, m, Plasterer, England (my ancestor William, Reuben¹s brother) ROPER, H. A., f, 15, Missouri (unknown relation) Montezuma Township, Pike County, Illinois 1860 - US Census, Montezuma, house 35, page 651, line 11, image 407, 27 June ROPER, Wade, 25, m, Boatman, $50 personal, England (another ROPER brother) ROPER, Ann, 23, f, England ROPER, Clara E., 3, f, Illinois ROPER, M. O., 1, f, Illinois Here is the proof of connection from the 1841 English Census: Dukinfield Town, Stockport Parish, Ashton-under-Lyne Poor Law Union, Macclesfield Administrative District. 1841 - England Census, Roper Court ROPER, William, M, 35, Plasterer, N (Whether Born in same County) ROPER, Harriet, F, 35, N ROPER, Reuben, M, 15, Plasterer Ap, N ROPER, Sarah, F, 13, Cotton Weaver, N ROPER, Albert, M, 11, N ROPER, Wade, M, 9, N ROPER, Olive, F, 7, N ROPER, Hannah, F, 5, Y ROPER, William, M, 2, Y ROPER, Joseph, F(error?), 25, Plasterer, N I have a page from the William ROPER (born 1839) family bible that states he was born at Stalybridge, England. Dukinfield and Stalybridge are two towns next to each other in Cheshire. After the Civil War, my William and his brother Wade moved to Council Bluffs, Iowa and worked as plasterers the rest of their lives. Albert stayed in Illinois for a couple of decades tried being a farmer but eventually went back to being a plasterer; then he and his family move to Kansas City, then to the Los Angeles area by 1910. I have suspected the Theodore you are talking about is the same Theodore that is the son of Reuben ROPER. In the 1870 Nebraska Census, there is a Theodore living on a farm and it appears the ³Keeping House² wife may be his aunt Hannah. If you look at the 1841 English Census, that Hannah may be the same Nebraska Hannah. I started working on a project to link the ³plasterer² ROPER families in England. I suspect that many are related. The plasterer trade caused the ROPER families to continually move in England to seek work. The same can be said for America, except my William and Wade stayed put in Council Bluffs from 1870 to their deaths in the 1920s. Hope this helps, gary barton ----------------------------------------------------------- "It's never too late to have a happy childhood." Tom Robbins

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Military Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kgDBAEB/819 Message Board Post: This grave is located at Oak Level United Methodist Church in Cleburne County, AL

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/kgDBAEB/818 Message Board Post: Hello, I am searching for any information on a Roper family that lived in Lynwood Calif. in the mid 40's. They were from the Joplin Mo. area. Husband's name was Estile L Roper his wife's name was Denna D. and they had a daughter named Sandra Lee. I also believe they had a niece named Betty Brotherton. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Many thanks, Bob

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Roper Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kgDBAEB/817.1 Message Board Post: Jessica: Many ROPER genealogists have access to various data resources which might prove to be helpful, but some of these resources contain very large databases with tens of thousands of names spanning many generations and spanning vast geographic areas worldwide. Also genealogists working within this forum span ages from teenagers to octogenarians. Without knowing YOUR age (which I am NOT necessarily soliciting), it is difficult for us to infer precisely when your great-grandfather might have been born. For example, one of my grandmothers was born in 1910 and lived until 1996. But HER grandfather served in the Civil War. Younger adult members of my immediate family have grandparents bor in the 1930s. Tt is helpful to FIX the information you furnish a bit more thoroughly as to TIME and PLACE. Can you tell us some SPECIFICS as to the precise or approximate date and place of birth of Ira ROPER or even one of his children. The name of Ira's wife would also be helpful. This will give us a context to understand and place his father Joseph Suel ROPER. It seems likely that we can pick him up in Census returns even if he isn't in an existing ROPER family history database!

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kgDBAEB/817 Message Board Post: I need information on Joseph Suel Roper. The only thing that I know about him is that he had a son named Ira Roper, which was my great grandfather. Any information about this family would be great.

Hi Folks, Greetings from Toronto, Canada. John ROPER (1842 - 1884) was born in Delcombe Farm, Milton Abbas, Dorset, and baptized in Winterborne Whitechurch in 1842, the oldest son of Joel ROPER and Mary Gapper FOWLER. In 1864, in Winterborne Clenston, John married Ann FOOKES and they farmed in Winterborne Whitechurch, where they had issue: 1. Joel ROPER, b 1865 in Winterborne Whitechurch; Joel married Annie GARRETT in 1900; no known children; 2. Henry Fookes ROPER (1870 - 1950), b in Winterborne Whitechurch; he married Teresa Charlotte MOORE in 1892; Henry was a miller, farmer and baker in West Knighton; they had issue; 3. John Norris ROPER (1873 - 1943), b in Winterborne Whitechurch; he moved to London, where he worked on a railway; he married or partnered Martha PARKER (nee BLAKE); in 1901, John Norris was living in Kingston upon Thames; they had issue; 4. William Robert ROPER (1874 - 1946), b in Winterborne Whitechurch; he was a baker, first in West Knighton and later in Chideock, Dorset; he married (1) Alice TRASK in 1897and (2) Bessie Anne CLEALL in 1906; they had issue; 5. Ernest ROPER (1875 - 1943), b in Winterborne Whitechurch; he moved to Northampton and married Harriett DERBY; they had issue. I am keen to contact, correspond with and exchange ROPER family tree research material with any relation or researcher of this family. I have copious Roper ancestral material on this family and extensive lateral material, too. Best wishes. Peter Ferreira, from Toronto, Canada.

Time for my Annual Roper Question. Doe anyone have any info on Phereby (Feribee?) Roper born in Monroe county abt 1820 and Married Clark Sewell in 1836 in Monroe Cty Thanks Ralph Sewell

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/kgDBAEB/814.1.1.2.1 Message Board Post: Yes, that is correct. I am trying to find information on her (Edda's) parents. Her mother was Cecelia, her father's name in unknown, although some think it was Frank. I have not comfirmed this yet.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/5538/kgDBAEB/816 Message Board Post: If you are seeking James Roper (1783-1867) of Jefferson County, West Virginia, son of Nicholas Roper (1738/9-1817) who was born in England and died in Jefferson County, West Virginia, please contact me.

Hi Folks, Greetings from Toronto, Canada. Joel ROPER was born in 1810 in Chideock, Dorset, a son of John ROPER and of Jane SYMONDS, his wife. Joel farmed in Mappercombe in the parish of Powerstock; then, in Delcombe Farm in the parish of Milton Abbas, Dorset; and lastly, in Winterborne Clenston, Dorset. Joel married Mary Gapper FOWLER (1818 - 1865) and they had issue: 1. Mary Fowler ROPER, born 1841 in Mappercombe; she married Francis Wride MATTHEWS, farmer of Barford St. Martin, Wilts, and they had issue; 2. John ROPER, born 1842 in Delcombe; John was a yeoman farmer in Winterborne Whitchurch and in Winterborne Clenston; he married Ann FOOKES in 1864 and they had issue; 3. Joseph Fowler ROPER, born in 1844 in Delcombe; Joseph was a yeoman farmer in Dorset and in Wilts; he married Sarah MAYO in 1867 in Poxwell and they had issue; 4. William Robert ROPER, born in 1846 in Delcombe; Robert was a yeoman farmer in Winterborne Clenston; he married Mary Spinney KEYNES in 1872; no known issue; 5. William Norris ROPER, born in 1849 in Winterborne Clenston, Dorset; he married Letitia KEYNES in 1871; they lived in Milton Abbas, Dorset; in Chitterne All Saints, Wilts; and in Stockbridge, Hants, and they had issue. I am interested in corresponding with any researcher or relation of this family and in exchanging ROPER family history research notes. Best wishes. Peter Ferreira.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Roper, Manby, Jonas, Mitchell Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kgDBAEB/177.1 Message Board Post: I am interested in the Ropers, and specifically in any record of Ann Roper. Ann had (at least) 2 daughters: Sarah Manby, dau by Edward Manby, and Mary Evans Jonas, dau by William Jonas, both bapt. 18 Mar 1819 (Sarh age 39 and Mary age 36) and each described as "a free qn"--ie, one white grandparent. I'm thinking Thomas Sr. is a likely candidate for Ann's father. Mary had a dau Emily Smith Mitchell, bapt. same date, b. 24 Jun 1818 and desc. as "a free mustee." Any clues will be moste gratefully received.

Hi Folks, Greetings from Toronto, Canada. Joseph Fowler ROPER, born in Milton Abbas, Dorset, in 1844, married Sarah MAYO. They farmed in: Woodcutts, Wilts, Tollard Royal, Wilts, Piddlehinton Manor, Dorset Broadchalke Knighton Farm, Wilts and lastly lived in Bishopstone and Netherhampton, Wilts. Joseph and Sarah had issue: 1. Mary ROPER, 1868, who married Horace Leonard SYMES; 2. John ROPER, 1869, who married Mabel Dorothy LAWRENCE; 3. Minnie ROPER, 1871, who married Charles Montague BROWNE; 4. Charles ROPER, 1872, who married Florence WARD; 5. Frank ROPER, 1881, who married Phyllis Musselwhite; 6. Robert ROPER, 1891, who married Elsie Blanche PENTON. I would like to contact any researcher / relation of this family and exchange genealogical research notes. Best wishes, Peter Ferreira.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/kgDBAEB/767.3.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Curt, thanks for for the information on the above subject. It was very interesting and shows that 'steps' can have a very difficult time at dividing up time. Roddy