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Joel Roper

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Chideock, Bridport, Dorset, England, United Kingdom
Death: circa May 08, 1865 (46-63)
Winterbourne Clenston, Blandford Forum, Dorset, England, United Kingdom
Place of Burial: Winterbourne Clenston, Blandford Forum, Dorset, England, United Kingdom
Immediate Family:

Son of John Roper and Jane Roper
Husband of Private
Father of Mary Fowler Matthews; John Roper; Private; William Robert Roper and William Norris Roper
Brother of Jane Pitfield; John Farwell Roper; Giles Symonds Roper; George Roper; George Roper and 4 others

Occupation: Farmer in Manor Farm, Winterborne Clenston, Dorset.
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About Joel Roper

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE:

Joel Roper, (son of John Roper and Jane Symonds) b. 1810, bapt. 17 Sept 1810 at Chideock,,Dorset,England. He m Mary Gapper Fowler, 21 Apr 1840, in Winterborne Whitechurch,, Dorset, England, b. 1817, bapt. 24 Feb. 1818 at Abbotsbury,, Dorset, England, a daughter of Joseph Fowler and Mary Gapper; Mary d. 22 Aug 1865 aged 47, Winterborne Clenston,Dorset,England, buried with m.i.: St Nicholas ch cem, Winterborne Clenston, Dorset, England. A Joel Roper was a land-owner in Shipton Gorge in 1843 - was it this one? Joel was a yeoman farmer in Mappercombe in parish of Powerstock, Dorset (census of 1841); later, of 629 acres in Delcombe Farm in Milton Abbas, Dorset; and, lastly, of 650 acres in Winterborne Clenston, Manor Farm, in Lower Clenston (censuses of 1851 and 1861). He died 8 May 1865, aged 54, in Winterborne Clenston, Dorset, England, buried with m.i.: St Nicholas ch cem, Winterborne Clenston, Dorset; Joel and Mary had issue.

Peter D. Ferreira. Toronto, Canada. Marach 2020.

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Joel Roper's Timeline

1810
September 17, 1810
Chideock, Dorset, England, United Kingdom
1810
Chideock, Bridport, Dorset, England, United Kingdom
1841
1841
Mappercombe, Powerstock, Dorset, England, United Kingdom
1842
1842
Milton Abbas, Dorset, England, United Kingdom
1846
October 2, 1846
Delcombe, Milton Abbas, Dorset, England, United Kingdom
1849
March 27, 1849
Winterborne Clenston, Dorset, England, United Kingdom
1865
May 8, 1865
Age 55
Winterbourne Clenston, Blandford Forum, Dorset, England, United Kingdom
1865
Age 55
St. Nicholas Churchyard,, Winterbourne Clenston, Blandford Forum, Dorset, England, United Kingdom