Charlotte Elizabeth Mellor

Brief Life History of Charlotte Elizabeth

When Charlotte Elizabeth Mellor was born on 16 January 1842, in Leicester All Saints, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom, her father, James Mellor, was 22 and her mother, Mary Ann Payne, was 22. She married John Henry Roper on 4 February 1857, in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 6 daughters. She immigrated to Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States in 1856 and lived in Green River, Utah, United States in 1860 and Gunnison, Sanpete, Utah, United States for about 10 years. She died on 26 June 1886, in Huntington, Emery, Utah, United States, at the age of 44, and was buried in Huntington City Cemetery, Huntington, Emery, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Henry Roper
1836–1928
Charlotte Elizabeth Mellor
1842–1886
Marriage: 4 February 1857
Henry Hutchinson Roper
1858–1858
Susannah Elizabeth Roper
1859–1919
William Roper
1861–1927
Salena Roper
1862–1948
Sarah Ann Roper
1865–1908
Mary Ann Roper
1867–1902
Clara Althea Roper
1869–1898
Charlotte Elizabeth Roper
1872–1967
Charles Henry Roper
1874–1946
George Albert Roper
1876–1957
Benjamin Franklin Roper
1878–1953
James Leo Roper
1881–1907
Oliver Marion Roper
1884–1964

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  • CENSUS: UT, Green River Co., enumerated 12 Sep 1860, house no. 2377, visitation 2, Elizabeth Roper in household of Henry Roper, "United States Census, 1860"
  • BIRTH REGISTRATION INDEX: ENGLAND, Leicestershire, Leicester, Charlotte Mellor, "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008"
  • BURIAL: UT, Emery Co., Huntington, Huntington City Cemetery, Charlotte Elizabeth Mellor Roper, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1843

Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.

1850 · Industrial Revolution in Lancashire

When the Industrial Revolution hit Lancashire, cotton mills started spring up everywhere. This helped the cotton industry to start booming even moreso in Lancashire.

1854 · St. George's Hall

In 1854, St. George's Hall was completed. The site that it sits on is were the Liverpool Infirmary was previously located. The hall was built for entertainment.

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from any of the places in Lancashire, West Yorkshire, and Derbyshire, earlier recorded as Melver, and named from ancient British words that are ancestors of Welsh moel ‘bare’ + bre ‘hill’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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Charlotte Elizabeth Mellor Roper History Charlotte Elizabeth Mellor, the third child of James Mellor and Mary Ann Payne Mellor was born at Lincolnshire, England, January 16, 1842. She worked in a f …

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