This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: waroper Surnames: Roper Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.roper/1890/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Within Find A Grave database, there is shown a grave marker for James ROPER (b 24 Sep 1820 - England, d 14 may 1859 - Warrick, Indiana) who is shown to be interred in the Barnett Chapel Cemetery, Elberfeld, Warrick County, Indiana. The Find A Grave page includes an image of the grave marker: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=46080487 The according to the text on the page grave marker says:* "JAMES ROPER Died May 14, 1859 aged 38 Ys, 7 ms, 20 ds." * The date of death looks a little more like May 11 to me, but I haven't seen the original stone marker and think we should trust the transcriber: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=pv&GRid=46080487&PIpi=39974738 Also buried within the same cemetery is Sarah ROPER (b 09 Feb 1823 - England, d 26 Dec 1886 - Warrick, IN). Sarah's grave marker expressly identifies her as "Wife of James Roper." See: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=46080476 * * * Neither James nor Sarah are shown in the 1850 U.S. Census for Indiana. Sarah ROPER appears in Warrick, Indiana, for the first time in the 1860 Census enumeration with five minor children: Sarah Roper, F, age 37, born England James Roper, M, age 16, born England Ann M Roper, F, age 14, born England William Roper, M, age 12, born England Henery Roper, M, age 9, born England Eutoka Roper, F, age 3, born Indiana See: "United States Census, 1860," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M4NH-DFC : accessed 01 Apr 2014), Sarah Roper, Greer Township, Warrick, Indiana, United States; citing "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Population," Fold3.com; p. 16, household ID 131, NARA microfilm publication M653; FHL microfilm 803305. As can be seen from this record, Sarah ROPER's family seems likely to have still resided in England in 1851 (a Census enumeration year in England) and to have arrived in Indiana by 1857. * * * 1880 Census records show that the children's father was also born in England, which is expected given the birth of the eldest children there. Does anyone know the place of origin of this ROPER family in England? Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. <br>