This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: waroper Surnames: Roper, Lawson Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.roper/1698.5.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Frank: In continuing to look over the data for Kentucky ROPER families, I stumbled back across a couple of ROPER - LAWSON marriages I had previously noted above in the post "A Note About the Ancient Affinity of the ROPER and LAWSON Families": "James T. (or L.) LAWSON m Mary Lucretia ROPER (b 12 Oct 1848, d 03 Jun 1922) on 24 Oct 1868 at Fulton, KY J. [John] C. ROPER m Bettie [E.] LAWSON on 12 Oct 1871 at Fulton, KY [dau Mary E. ROPER (b abt 1876, d 03 Jun 1922) m ELLIS] ^[1[ ^[2]" I do NOT have the time right now to do a full rundown and assessment on these ROPER - LAWSON couples. However, I wanted to recall your attention to their mention in this prior post and to expressly bring to your attention the primary record I had found redirecting my attention to one of these marriages, as well as the secondary reports regarding the lineage of Mary Elizabeth ROPER. The primary record I came across was the death certificate of Mary Elizabeth Roper ELLIS (d 03 Jun 1922 - Shelby, TN), daughter of John C. ROPER and Bettie E. LAWSON. Mary E. ELLIS is shown to have been born in Kentucky and each of her parents is shown to have been born in Kentucky. Mary ELLIS is shown to be age 46 at her death (b abt 1876), though her date of birth is not given in the death certificate. Mary ELLIS is shown to have been interred in Fulton, KY. Secondary sources show this Mary Elizabeth ROPER to have been born on 17 Apr 1875. Mary's parents are shown by secondary sources to be Lewis ROPER and Rozella REED. Lewis ROPER is shown to be the son of Joseph ROPER and Mildred SHOUSE. Joseph ROPER migrated to Woodford County, KY, and later settled in Fulton County, KY. This Joseph ROPER is believed to be the son of Samuel ROPER, of Chesterfield, VA. Given that we are seeing some indications that closely allied branches of the ROPER family to Philip Lawson ROPER and/or Charles Jackson ROPER might have some connection to the Chesterfield ROPER families, I wanted to call your renewed attention to these ROPER - LAWSON marriages. It may be that some research elaborating the family history of the LAWSONs shown in these records may give us some additional insight into the connection between the families in the prior generation(s). 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>