When Anna Maria Roper was born on 2 April 1837, in Skirbeck, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, John William Roper, was 34 and her mother, Susanna Smith, was 32. She died on 23 April 1837, in her hometown, at the age of 0, and was buried in Frithville, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom.
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English (Yorkshire and Lancashire): occupational name from Middle English roper(e) ‘maker or seller of rope’. See Roop .
North German (Röper): occupational name for a town crier, from an agent derivative of Middle Low German rōpen ‘to call’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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