(If I have left any out, let me know: mailto:roperld@vt.edu)
Mrs. Helen Roper in Three's Company TV show played by
Audra Lindley.
Steve Roper, news photographer in comic strips
(cartoonist
John Allen Saunders (b 24 Mar 1899 Lebanon IN; d 29 Nov 1986
Toledo OH)).
See: http://www.bookpalace.com/SteveRoper/index.htm and
http://www.bgsu.edu/colleges/library/pcl/pcl18.html
http://www.toonopedia.com/roper.htm
Mr. Saaunders also created the comic strips Chief Wahoo, Mary Worth and Kerry Drake.
See: http://www.bookpalace.com/SteveRoper/index.htm and
http://www.bgsu.edu/colleges/library/pcl/pcl18.html
http://www.toonopedia.com/roper.htm
Mr. Saaunders also created the comic strips Chief Wahoo, Mary Worth and Kerry Drake.
Douglas Roper, detective, is featured in several English
novels by Roy Hart.
Scott
Roper in the 1997 movie Metro is played by Eddie Murphy; Scott is a hostage
negotiator.
Officer Roper is played by Grant Goodeye in the T. J.
Hooker TV episode Blue Murder
Mrs. Roper, a Cockney cleaning lady in the Agatha
Christie's play Verdict.
George Roper (George Francis Funival), British comedian
William
Roper (b 1498 d 1577), who married Margaret More, daughter of
Thomas More (b 1476 d 1535).
Data for this family can be downloaded at http://www.roperld.com/roper.htm#ropermor.
There is a web site devoted to Thomas More.
William Roper wrote a book about Thomas More.
Data for this family can be downloaded at http://www.roperld.com/roper.htm#ropermor.
There is a web site devoted to Thomas More.
William Roper wrote a book about Thomas More.
John Roper (b 1534 d 1618),
First Baron Teynham.
Data for this family can be downloaded at http://www.roperld.com/roper.htm#teynham.
Data for this family can be downloaded at http://www.roperld.com/roper.htm#teynham.
William Roper (1765-1832), Irish lawyer on Isle of Man:
wrote A Short History of the Transactions in the Isel of
Man.
James W. Roper (b 1801
James City VA d 1856 Mobile AL), son of Randolph Roper, built a mansion called
Oakleigh House in Mobile, Alabama. Read about and see a picture of the house at
http://www.archives.state.al.us/mobile/mobile3.html
and http://www.southalabama.edu/archives/markers/marker5.htm.
Not many of the
European-ancestry Ropers in the United States had enough wealth to
afford
having slaves during the slavery period of the United States.
One
who had slaves was Henry Roper of Orange/Caswell County North Carolina.
One
of Henry's sons, Moses Roper was born to Nancy; a slave of
Henry's.
Moses became quite famous in England because he escaped slavery and
wrote a
book about his life, which is very explicit about the
torture methods used by many slave holders.
(Several universities use Moses'
book in African-American studies courses.)
A picture of Moses (He was 6'6" tall with white skin and kinky hair.).
A short biography of Moses. A Chronology of Moses' Life
A picture of Moses (He was 6'6" tall with white skin and kinky hair.).
A short biography of Moses. A Chronology of Moses' Life
Richard Roper (b c1730 d 1775), British painter who
specialized in
painting horses.
| Sylvester/Silvester Howard Roper (b 1823 NH),
builder of steam
motorcycles and automobiles. See Sylvester Roper, American Inventor for more details. Also, see: http://home.att.net/~Berliner-Ultrasonics/steamcar.html See http://www.roperld.com/RoperSylvester.htm |
 |
He was born in Francestown NH, lived in Roxbury MA and died
in 1896 in Cambridge MA while demonstrating his steam motorcycle. The motorcyle
is in the Smithsonian Institution. Ancestry of Sylvester Howard Roper. |
There was a
Roper Caloric Machine in New York City. Was it Sylvester
Roper's? |
The
first cartridge repeater shot-gun was invented by Roper
in 1866. This was Sylvester Howard Roper. See http://www.roperld.com/RoperSylvester.htm  Picture by permission of http://www.fineantiquearms.com/CatALG1.htm |
Joseph Basil Roper, Catholic Church priest; made 2nd
Bishop of the Diocese of Toowoomaba, Australia in 1938. He is a member of the John Roper (b 1495 Eng d 1559 Eng) family. |
John Roper, Australian explorer; Roper Peak and Roper River are named after him. His ancesty is Lakenheath, Suffolk, England.
Mary Anne Roper Wragg (b 1848 Charleston
SC d 1926 Charleston SC m 1874 Samuel Wragg) composed sheet music:
http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/sheetmusic/a/a22/a2220/
http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/sheetmusic/a/a22/a2213/
http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/sheetmusic/a/a22/a2220/
http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/sheetmusic/a/a22/a2213/
The
Roper-Starch Company,
originally Roper Opinion Research Company.
Connected is the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research at Univ. of Connecticut. This company was started by Elmo Burns Roper, Jr. (b1900 NE d 1971).
His ancestry is well known back through the John Roper who came to Massachusetts c1637 (see above).
However, I only know of his son Burns Worthington Roper and nothing else about his descendants.
I would appreciate getting more data on this family.
Connected is the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research at Univ. of Connecticut. This company was started by Elmo Burns Roper, Jr. (b1900 NE d 1971).
His ancestry is well known back through the John Roper who came to Massachusetts c1637 (see above).
However, I only know of his son Burns Worthington Roper and nothing else about his descendants.
I would appreciate getting more data on this family.
The
Roper Manufacturing Company of Zanesville OH. This
company makes kitchen appliances and yard-maintenance machinery. This company
was founded by George Denny Roper (b 8 Feb 1855 Springfield IL d 17 Nov 1925
Rockford IL), a member of the Massachusetts Roper family.
Search
for George D. Roper on dogpile search engine.
Roper Industries of
Bogart, Georgia is a publicly traded manufacturer of fluid
handling,
industrial controls and analytical instrumentation for a diverse end market base.
industrial controls and analytical instrumentation for a diverse end market base.
Roper Pumps
of Commerce GA
Lanning Roper (b 1912 NJ d 1983 London
England) was a well known garden designer in England.
He immigrated there from the United States. He authored seven books and many magazine articles about designing gardens.
A book about his work is: Lanning Roper and his Gardens by Jane Brown, 1987.
His ashes were scattered over the gardens at Scotney Castle, Lamberhurst, Kent England.
He received an honors degree in Fine Arts form Harvard University in 1933.
He served in the U.S. Navy in WWII, and was in charge of Div 67 on D-Day.
He was commissioned as Prince Charles' landscape gardener in 1981 to do the grounds at Highgrove House in the Cotswolds.
His ancestry is well known back through the John Roper who came to Massachusetts c1637 (see above).
He married but had no children.
He immigrated there from the United States. He authored seven books and many magazine articles about designing gardens.
A book about his work is: Lanning Roper and his Gardens by Jane Brown, 1987.
His ashes were scattered over the gardens at Scotney Castle, Lamberhurst, Kent England.
He received an honors degree in Fine Arts form Harvard University in 1933.
He served in the U.S. Navy in WWII, and was in charge of Div 67 on D-Day.
He was commissioned as Prince Charles' landscape gardener in 1981 to do the grounds at Highgrove House in the Cotswolds.
His ancestry is well known back through the John Roper who came to Massachusetts c1637 (see above).
He married but had no children.
Myra Ellen Roper (b 13 Dec 1912 York, England),
Australian educator and author. Does anyone know about her ancestry?
Daniel Calhoun
Roper (1867-1943) of Washington, D.C. Born in Marlboro County, S.C., April 1,
1867.
Member of South Carolina state house of representatives, 1892;
Delegate to Democratic National Convention from District of Columbia, 1924, 1936;
U.S. Secretary of Commerce, 1933-38; U.S. Minister to Canada, 1939.
Died in Washington, D.C., April 11, 1943. Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
He was a graduate of Trinity College (now Duke University), Durham NC.
He is a member of the Richard Roper and Ann Lewis family
Roper Hall at American University in Washington DC was named after him.
Member of South Carolina state house of representatives, 1892;
Delegate to Democratic National Convention from District of Columbia, 1924, 1936;
U.S. Secretary of Commerce, 1933-38; U.S. Minister to Canada, 1939.
Died in Washington, D.C., April 11, 1943. Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
He was a graduate of Trinity College (now Duke University), Durham NC.
He is a member of the Richard Roper and Ann Lewis family
Roper Hall at American University in Washington DC was named after him.
J.
Roper was a map engraver in England c1800.
Historian
Hugh Trevor-Roper (b 1914) has written
several books.
He is the Baron Dacre of Glanton and a descendant of the 8th Baron Teynham.
For a discussion of his role as a historian see:
http://www.prospect-magazine.co.uk/highlights/pop_historians/index.html.
He died on 27 Jan 2003 in Didcot, Oxford, England. I have a letter dated 5 Dec 2002 in his handwriting that I received from him.
He is the Baron Dacre of Glanton and a descendant of the 8th Baron Teynham.
For a discussion of his role as a historian see:
http://www.prospect-magazine.co.uk/highlights/pop_historians/index.html.
He died on 27 Jan 2003 in Didcot, Oxford, England. I have a letter dated 5 Dec 2002 in his handwriting that I received from him.
June Roper, dancer in the 1930s
David
Roper, actor, played Chris Hawthorne in TV comedy The Cuckoo Waltz 1975-80
on ITV in England.
Steve Roper, mountain climber.
See http://lomaprieta.sierraclub.org/pcs/articles/camp4.asp
http://halloutdoorsports.com/mountaineering/53.shtml
Does anyone know who his ancestors are?
See http://lomaprieta.sierraclub.org/pcs/articles/camp4.asp
http://halloutdoorsports.com/mountaineering/53.shtml
Does anyone know who his ancestors are?
Skid Roper, rock musician
Clyde F. E.
Roper, (b 1937 MA)
zoologist at
National Museum of Natural History
His ancestry is well known back through the John Roper who came to Massachusetts c1637 (see above).
He is an expert on the giant squid. Web pages about his work:
http://www.ncf.carleton.ca/~bz050/HomePage.archi1.html
http://www.nationalgeo.com/ngm/9806/hilights.html#f
http://www.salon.com/dec96/squid961202.html
http://partners.si.edu/squid/27Mar1999.htm
http://www.news.cornell.edu/science/Feb97/squid.hrs.html
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/archives/cover/1999/cover1119.html
His ancestry is well known back through the John Roper who came to Massachusetts c1637 (see above).
He is an expert on the giant squid. Web pages about his work:
http://www.ncf.carleton.ca/~bz050/HomePage.archi1.html
http://www.nationalgeo.com/ngm/9806/hilights.html#f
http://www.salon.com/dec96/squid961202.html
http://partners.si.edu/squid/27Mar1999.htm
http://www.news.cornell.edu/science/Feb97/squid.hrs.html
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/archives/cover/1999/cover1119.html
A boxer named
Jack Roper boxed three exhibition matches with Jack
Dempsey on 18 Nov 1931 in Kansas City Mo, 12 Dec 1931 St. Paul MN and 8 Feb
1931 Milwaukee WI. He fought Joe Lewis in 1951; here are pictures of that
fight:
Jack Roper, movies actor
Robert Roper, movie actor
Leroy Roper, body painter in Dallas/Ft. Worth TX
There is a
Stephanie Ann Roper Gallery at Frostburg State
University, MD
John Francis
Hodgess Roper, Baron Roper (b 1935 England)
http://www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk/pa/ld199900/ldhansrd/vo000517/text/00517-01.htm
http://www.number-10.gov.uk/news.asp?NewsId=748
http://www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk/pa/ld199900/ldhansrd/pdvn/lds02/text/21107-18.htm#21107-18_spnew7
He is a descendant of John Roper (b 1745/6 d 1830 Kent England) and Mary Fox (b 1746 Kent d 1819 Kent).
http://www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk/pa/ld199900/ldhansrd/vo000517/text/00517-01.htm
http://www.number-10.gov.uk/news.asp?NewsId=748
http://www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk/pa/ld199900/ldhansrd/pdvn/lds02/text/21107-18.htm#21107-18_spnew7
He is a descendant of John Roper (b 1745/6 d 1830 Kent England) and Mary Fox (b 1746 Kent d 1819 Kent).
David
Roper minister well-known for his sermons, which can be found on the
Internet: http://pbc.org/dp/roper/index.html
Doug Roper (http://www.dougroper.com/artist.htm,
http://www.dougroper.com/index.html), sculpture and
painter
Craig Roper,
artist
Gail Roper, master swimmer. (http://www.usms.org/swimgold/oralhist/rop29zu.htm#rop29zu
http://www.usms.org/swimgold/oralhist/rop29zu.htm#rop29zu)
http://www.usms.org/swimgold/oralhist/rop29zu.htm#rop29zu)
Elmer Ernest Roper,
member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta province of Canada
and Mayor of Edmonton, Alberta Canada 1960-63.
member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta province of Canada
and Mayor of Edmonton, Alberta Canada 1960-63.
There was an Archbishop Roper in Ottawa
Canada c1920:
http://www.rootsweb.com/~onlanark/NewspaperClippings/Book4/BookFour_10.htm
If anyone knows to which family he belongs, let me know.
http://www.rootsweb.com/~onlanark/NewspaperClippings/Book4/BookFour_10.htm
If anyone knows to which family he belongs, let me know.
A John Roper died in the Lusitania
torpedo sinking:
http://istg.rootsweb.com/v4/1900v4/lusitania19150507.html
Edward Charles Roper was a well-known fox hunter in
Findon, West Sussex, England. He was from Etham, Kent, England and was Master
of the Charlton Pack in 1675.
William Roper made a
List of
Earthquakes.
(List of Remarkable Earthquakes in Great Britain and Ireland During the Christian Era, Lancaster: T. Bell 1892.
Does anyone know his genealogy?
(List of Remarkable Earthquakes in Great Britain and Ireland During the Christian Era, Lancaster: T. Bell 1892.
Does anyone know his genealogy?
Walter F. Roper wrote some books about guns.
Dale Roper, race car driver
Jack
M. Roper, subculture researcher
Tim
Roper, metal furniture designer/maker in England.
Robert Roper, author of children's books
David Roper, England, World Freshwater Angling Champion
1
Kirsty
Roper from Manchester, England was Miss United Kingdom in 1988.
Paul Roper, author of books about hiking in
Scotland.
Marianne Trevor-Roper, TV actress in England.
Alison Isolda Rooper BBC TV producer and writer.
A descendant of Henry Rooper (bc1480 Turnditch, Derby, England).
A descendant of Henry Rooper (bc1480 Turnditch, Derby, England).
Jemima Rooper, English actress.
See
http://www.therailwaychildren.dsl.pipex.com/jemima.htm
Her
parents are Jonathan Royden B. Rooper
and
Alison Connor Roper, BBC Radio 3 & 4 announcer.
David Henry Ingham Roper-Curzon, English
sculptor:
http://www.dsuper.net/~monere/MimAhtm/Univmcg.htm
http://www.mcgill.ca/news/upclose/two/
http://www.dsuper.net/~monere/MimAhtm/Univmcg.htm
http://www.mcgill.ca/news/upclose/two/
Anthony Dean Roper (Tony), pickup race
driver. See
http://www.tonyroper.com/information/bio.htm;
http://www.pickuptruck.com/html/news/roper.html;
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jonaly/names4.htm
http://www.3wideracing.com/racing/memory/tony.shtml
His father Dean Roper was also a race driver.
http://www.pickuptruck.com/html/news/roper.html;
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jonaly/names4.htm
http://www.3wideracing.com/racing/memory/tony.shtml
His father Dean Roper was also a race driver.
Roper Scientific, Inc., maker of precision
instruments
Billy Roper, folk artist
Bill Roper, film actor and producer
Grady Roper, civil rights hero: Last time we checked in
on former Wimberley art teacher Grady Roper, he had just been fired from the
Katherine Anne Porter charter school for his role in protesting the destruction
of a controversial student mural that contained an image of two men kissing.
Administrators took it upon themselves to whitewash the mural at the insistence
of the conservative charter school board, which had problems with the gay
imagery and other "violent" aspects of the painting. Roper was fired after he
let a student paint the First Amendment on a piece of plywood to protest the
administrators' decision to destroy their artwork. These days, Roper spends his
time working as an illustrator, housepainter, and sometime coffee barista,
taking care of his young child, and publishing Proper Gander, his bimonthly
magazine. Recently, he added another title to his résumé:
plaintiff. Last week, Roper sued the school district, alleging they'd violated
his (and his students') First Amendment right to free expression by
whitewashing the mural and by firing Roper after he told the school's
administrator, Dr. Yana Bland, that he was taking his story to the media.
"Grady's primary motivation in all of this was trying to protect the students'
right to express themselves freely by painting the mural," says Andrea Gunn,
the Texas Civil Rights Project attorney who has taken up Roper's case.
Administrators "labeled him a troublemaker and then they fired him." Roper,
who's seeking actual and compensatory damages and reinstatement as an art
teacher at the school, says he's not interested in reaping big financial
rewards from the lawsuit. "I was hired to work a year for $12,000 and worked
for three months [before being fired], so I think if the school was to finish
our contract that would be more than compensation," Roper says. "But the main
reason is that I'm hoping to set a precedent about school boards stealing
entire walls full of people's art."…
William Lee Roper (b 1948 AL),
physician and public-health policy administrator at the national level.
http://www.ssa.gov/history/roper.html
http://www.smokershistory.com/Roper.htm
L. David Roper (b 1935 OK),
discoverer of the Roper Resonance in particle physics:
History of Roper Resonance (119 kbytes)
He is probably a descendant of John Roper, Jr. of early Virginia.
History of Roper Resonance (119 kbytes)
He is probably a descendant of John Roper, Jr. of early Virginia.