Bertha I. ROPER

1877 - 1951  (74 years)

• Name	Bertha I. ROPER
  Nickname	Bertie
  Birth	Jul 1877	Virginia   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Occupation	1940	Norfolk City, VA   [2]
  	During April 1940, Bertha was working as a "corsetiere" at Rice's Department Store in Norfolk, Virginia.
  Death	21 Aug 1951  [3]
  	Bertie died on 21 August 1951.
  Burial	Norfolk City, VA   [3]
  	Her body was interred at Riverside Memorial Park in Norfolk, Virginia.
  Person ID	I61387	mason
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Father	William D. ROPER,   b. Nov 1854, Burlington Co, NJ
  Mother	Jeanette Virginia WESTON,   b. 2 Aug 1855, Norfolk Co, VA d. 16 Feb 1945 (Age 89 years)
  Marriage	24 May 1876	Norfolk Co, VA   [4]
  	The couple was married in Norfolk County, Virginia on 24 May 1876.
  Notes	The 1900 census noted that Jennett was the mother of 5 children, of whom 2 were living in 1900.
  Family ID	F6613	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	(unknown) CULPEPPER
  Marriage	c. 1904  [5]
  	The 1910 census notes that Bertha married about 1904.
  Children	1. Hubard S. CULPEPPER,   b. 27 Mar 1906, Virginia d. 18 Feb 1960 (Age 53 years)
  Family ID	F6644	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Family 2	Walter L. ROOKE,   b. c. 1885, Virginia
  Marriage	Between 19 Apr 1910 and 2 Jan 1920  [5, 6]
  	The couple was married after 19 April 1910, when Bertha was named as "Bertha Culpepper" in the 1910 census, but before 2 January 1920, when she was named as "Bertha Rooke" and listed as divorced in the 1920 census.
  Family ID	F6645	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		1900 US Census / Roper, Wm. D. 316 Duke Street, Norfolk, Virginia.
  		1910 US Census / Roper, William D. (page 1) 316 Duke Street, Norfolk, Virginia.
  		1910 US Census / Roper, William D. (page 2) 316 Duke Street, Norfolk, Virginia.
  		1920 US Census / Roper, Jeanette 721 Duke Street, Norfolk, Virginia.
  		1930 US Census / Roper, Jennett 721 Duke Street, Norfolk, Virginia.

  
  

• Notes

  Resided: April 1940, Norfolk City, VA

  
  

• Sources

  [S1970] 1900 US Census / Roper, Wm. D. [S2641] 1940 US Census / Roper, Jeanette. [S1950] Riverside Memorial Park burial registers, Norfolk, VA. . [S1346] Sharon Rea Gable & Truitt M. Bonney, abstractors, Gable & Bonney, Norfolk County Virginia Marriage Licenses 1850 - 1899, ((Suffolk, VA: privately published, 2007)). William D. Roper - Jennette Weston marriage (1876), file no. 18612. [S1971] 1910 US Census / Roper, William D. [S1977] 1920 US Census / Roper, Jeanette.