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/745.3 Message Board Post: Denney Warren ROPER's father John S. ROPER, appears to me to be the John ROPER shown in the 1850 Census record for Joseph and Maria L. ROPER, of Ligoiner, Westmoreland County, PA: United States Census -- 1850 Ligonier, Westmoreland County, PA 17 Oct 1850 Line 34, Dwelling 339, Family 339, Joseph ROPER, Age 48, Male, Farmer, Born Mass Line 35, Dwelling 339, Family 339, Maria L. ROPER, Age 46, Female, Born Mass Line 36, Dwelling 339, Family 339, Adalina L. ROPER, Age 26, Born Mass Line 37, Dwelling 339, Family 339, George E. ROPER, Age 19, Male, Teacher, Born Mass Line 38, Dwelling 339, Family 339, Joseph P. ROPER, Age 16, Male, Farmer, Born Mass Line 39, Dwelling 339, Family 339, Charlotte ROPER, Age 13, Born Mass, Attends School Line 40, Dwelling 339, Family 339, John ROPER, Age 8, Male, Born PA, Attends School Line 41, Dwelling 339, Family 339, Lucy MONDALE, Age 9/12, Female, Born PA [Image 59 of 71 for the Ancestry.com presentation of the 1850 Census data for this jurisdiction.] Joseph and Maria L. ROPER seem to have migrated from Massachusetts to Pennsylvania between 1837 and 1842.