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/706.2.1 Message Board Post: One candidate ROPER couple which might meet the specifications I set forth in the Post above is William ROPER (b Oct 1872 - MO) and Anne ROPER (b Mar 1881 - AR), of Ozark Township, Polk County, Arkansas, who are shown in the 1900 Census enumeration to have been married two years (surely Anne must have been expecting). This couple has NO CHILDREN in 1900. And I cannot find this William ROPER in the 1910 Census enumeration. * Please bear in mind that I am NOT asserting a belief that these are the parents of Freeman ROPER, but giving this couple as an illustration of the kinds of couples that might be identified for further scrutiny. It is at least convenient that the 1900 Census, which will be our most helpful online tool, give both month and year of birth. My guess is that we can find four or five similar couples in Okhlahoma, Arkansas and possibly Texas and that one of these candidate couples will ultimately proved to be Freeman ROPER's parents.