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