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/1899.5/mb.ashx Message Board Post: In my original post, I identified John ROPER's 1840 and 1850 Census record. We have NOT yet found John ROPER in either the 1830 or 1860 Census. Based upon the genealogical information in the John Henry ROPER family Bible, John and Nancy ROPER's family in 1830 would have consisted of the following age ranges and counts: ONE Male age 40 to 49 [John ROPER] ONE Male age 15 to 19 [Yewall ROPER] TWO Males age 10 to 14 [William ROPER and John H. ROPER] ONE Female age 30 to 39 [Nancy ROPER] TWO Females age 15 to 19 OR ONE Female age 15 to 19 and ONE Female age 20 to 29 [Mary ROPER and Rebecca ROPER] THREE Females age 5 to 9 [Elizabeth ROPER, Sarah ROPER and Nancy J. ROPER] TWO Females Under age 5 [Margaret A. ROPER and Marthy G. ROPER] Using the columns of the 1830 Census, John ROPER's Census record should have looked very similar to one of these projected records: John ROPER: 0 - 0 - 2 - 1 - 0 - 0 - 1 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 -- 2 - 3 - 0 - 2 - 0 - 1 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 OR John ROPER: 0 - 0 - 2 - 1 - 0 - 0 - 1 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 -- 2 - 3 - 0 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 Note that the John Henry Family Bible gives no further genealogical information for Marthy G. Roper (b 04 Dec 1828). If Marthy ROPER survived childhood, the projected records shown above should be roughly correct, though it is possible that John ROPER had other persons also living in his household. By contrast, if Marthy ROPER fied in infancy, the female under age 5 count might be only "1" instead of "2". 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>