Willa Lois Roper

Female24 March 1954–14 October 1976

Brief Life History of Willa Lois

When Willa Lois Roper was born on 24 March 1954, in Lake Havasu City, Mohave, Arizona, United States, her father, Samuel Roper Jr, was 28 and her mother, Lois E Cones, was 25. She died on 14 October 1976, at the age of 22.

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Samuel Roper Jr
1925–2002
Lois E Cones
1928–
Ollin A. Roper
1948–1949
Willa Lois Roper
1954–1976

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    World Events (3)

    1955 · The Civil Rights Movement Begins

    Age 1

    The civil rights movement was a movement to enforce constitutional and legal rights for African Americans that the other Americans enjoyed. By using nonviolent campaigns, those involved secured new recognition in laws and federal protection of all Americans. Moderators worked with Congress to pass of several pieces of legislation that overturned discriminatory practices.

    1955 · To War in Vietnam

    Age 1

    The Vietnam War was another civil war brought about from the Cold War. It was fought between the North Vietnamese, who were supported by the Soviet Union, China, and other communist allies, and the South Vietnamese, who were supported by the United States, South Korea, the Philippines, Australia, Thailand and other anti-communist allies. The war caused two more civil wars in Laos and Cambodia and resulted in all three countries becoming communist states.

    1958

    Age 4

    Historical Boundaries - 1958: Mohave, Arizona, 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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