John Henry Roper

Brief Life History of John Henry

When John Henry Roper was born on 9 February 1836, in Toynton All Saints with Toynton St Peter, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, John William Roper, was 33 and his mother, Susanna Behunin Smith, was 31. He married Charlotte Elizabeth Mellor on 4 February 1857, in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Gunnison, Sanpete, Utah, United States for about 10 years and Lawrence, Emery, Utah, United States for about 20 years. He died on 28 November 1928, in Fayette, Sanpete, Utah, United States, at the age of 92, 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, Henry Roper, "United States Census, 1860"
  • BIRTH: England, Lincolnshire, Tornton Bridge, Henry Roper, "Utah, Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah, 1847-1868"
  • MARRIAGE: UT, Sanpete Co., Manti, Henry Roper, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"

World Events (8)

1843

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1846

Historical Boundaries: 1846: Unorganized Federal Territory, United States 1854: Nebraska Territory, United States 1854: Washington, Nebraska Territory, United States 1856: Douglas, Nebraska Territory, United States 1867: Douglas, Nebraska, United States

1862

Historical Boundaries: 1862: Millard, Utah Territory, United States 1862: Sanpete, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Sanpete, Utah, United States

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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