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Carolyn Derby Roper (von Benzon)

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Birthplace: Beatrice, Gage, Nebraska,
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Daughter of Fordyce Roper and JULIA SOPHIA Foote
Wife of George Haupt Matthews and August Wilhelm von Benzon
Mother of Elsa Winnifred von Fisher von Benzon-Matthews

Managed by: Judith "Judi" Elaine (McKee) Burns
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About Carolyn Derby Roper

 given as -  Carolyn Derby Roper Birth 19 Jan 1872 in Beatrice, Gage, Nebraska, United States   dau. of  Fordyce Roper 1826 – 1903 / Julia Sophia Foote 1839 – 1926 .

Abram William Foote. Foote family, comprising the genealogy and history of Nathaniel Foote, of Wethersfield, Conn., and his descendants; also a partial record of descendants of Pasco Foote of Salem, Mass., Richard Foote of Stafford County, Va., and John Foote of New York City (Volume 2). pg. 919 919

3611. iv. JULIA SOPHIA, b. Aug. 26, 1837, Granville, Ohio; m. May 3, 1859, Beatrice, Neb., to Fordyce Roper, b. Sept. 25, 1826, Catskill, N. Y. ; she d. Aug. 13, 1926, Los Angeles, Calif.; he d. Dec. 26, 1903, San Diego, Calif.

(4) CAROLYN DERBY ROPER", b. Jan. 19, 1872, Beatrice, Neb.; m. May 2, 1899 to August Wilhelm von Benzon, b. Oakland, Calif. ; d. Goldfield, Nev., 1907; m. 2nd, George Haupt Matthews, Mar. 20, 1912, Los Angeles, Calif. ; b. Macon, Ga., Oct. 27, 1877.

(a) KARL AUGUST VON BENZON", b. San Francisco, Calif., Oct. 1, 1901 ; he d. Nov. 1, 1901, San Francisco, Calif.

(b) ELSA WINIFRED VON BENZON", b. May 1, 1902, San Francisco, Calif. ; m. Los Angeles, Calif., June 25, 1925 to Charles Axion Chamberlain.

(i) WILLIAM HAYES CHAMBERLAIN", b. Los Angeles, Calif., Nov. 5, 1927.

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Carolyn Derby Roper's Timeline

1872
January 19, 1872
Beatrice, Gage, Nebraska,
1902
May 1, 1902
San franscisco, California
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