Brief Life History of Elmo Burns
When Elmo Burns Roper Jr. was born on 31 July 1900, in Hebron, Thayer, Nebraska, United States, his father, Elmo Burns Roper Sr, was 29 and his mother, Cora E. Malowney, was 24. He had at least 2 sons with Dorothy Camille Shaw. He immigrated to New York City, New York, United States in 1956 and lived in Redding, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States in 1971 and West Redding, Redding, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States in 1971. He died on 30 April 1971, in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Umpawaug Cemetery, Redding, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States.
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- Elmo Roper, "United States 1950 Census"
- Elmo B Roper, "Connecticut, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945"
- Elmo Roper Jr, "United States Social Security Death Index"
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World Events (8)
1901 · Assassination of Mckinley
President William McKinley was shot at the Temple of Music, in the Pan-American Exposition, while shaking hands with the public. Leon Czolgosz shot him twice in the abdomen because he thought it was his duty to do so. McKinley died after eight days of watch and care. He was the third American president to be assassinated. After his death, Congress passed legislation to officially make the Secret Service and gave them responsibility for protecting the President at all times.
1906 · The End of Capital Punishment
Between the state's entry into the Union and 1906, 27 people were executed by hanging in Minnesota. Public opinion soon shifted against the death penalty in the state and was formally abolished in 1911. Since its abolishment, there have been 23 attempts to reinstate the death penalty, but none of these bills passed the state legislature.
1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment
The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.
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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