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. John married Ann FOOKES in 1864 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.