When Mary Ann Roop was born on 16 January 1819, in Brookville, Brookville Township, Franklin, Indiana, United States, her father, Morgan T Roop, was 21 and her mother, Nancy E Carson, was 17. She married William Plummer Swift on 13 June 1841, in Kosciusko, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Indiana, United States in 1870 and Metamora Township, Franklin, Indiana, United States in 1880. She died on 3 November 1890, in Franklin, Indiana, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Brookville, Brookville Township, Franklin, Indiana, United States.
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The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
The state capital was moved from Corydon to Indianapolis on January 10, 1825.
Historical Information 1845: Franklin, Indiana, United states
Americanized form of Dutch Roep: from a short form of the ancient Germanic personal name Robrecht.
Americanized form of German Rupp .
English (East Yorkshire): nickname from Middle English rop(e) ‘rope’, possibly for a maker or seller of rope. Compare Roper . This surname is now rare in Britain.
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