Brief Life History of Walter T.
When Walter T. Roper was born on 18 April 1867, in Scotch Ridge, Wood, Ohio, United States, his father, Thomas Baker Roper, was 25 and his mother, Jennette Stewart, was 26. He married Lillian Emma Pitner on 14 May 1891, in Geauga, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. He lived in Freedom Township, Wood, Ohio, United States in 1880 and Ohio, United States in 1930. He died on 25 October 1930, in Toledo, Lucas, Ohio, United States, at the age of 63, and was buried in Scotch Ridge, Wood, Ohio, United States.
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- Walter T Roper, "United States Census, 1930"
- Walter T. Roper, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
- Walter T Roper, "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953"
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Name Meaning
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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