Effie J. ROPER

1879 - 1943  (64 years)

• Name	Effie J. ROPER
  Birth	26 Jul 1879	Virginia   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Occupation	1940	Norfolk City, VA   [3]
  	During April 1940, Effie was working as a "sales lady" at Rice's Department Store in Norfolk, Virginia.
  Death	18 Aug 1943  [2]
  	Effie died on 18 August 1943. She was 64 years old.
  Burial	Norfolk City, VA   [4]
  	Her remains were interred at Riverside Memorial Park in Norfolk, Virginia.
  Person ID	I61388	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   [5]
  	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	Benjamin Dyer FINE,   b. May 1877, Virginia d. 10 Jan 1961 (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	c. 1897  [6]
  Children	1. Hunter Dyer FINE,   b. 16 Apr 1898, Virginia d. 7 Aug 1963 (Age 65 years)
  Family ID	F6643	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Family 2	William Ernest KENNEDY,   b. 6 Nov 1880, Georgia
  Marriage	Before 12 Sep 1918  [7]
  	William named Effie as his wife on his World War I draft registration card dated 12 September 1918.
  Family ID	F7733	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

• Photos		1900 US Census / Roper, Wm. D. 316 Duke Street, Norfolk, Virginia.
  		1910 US Census / Fine, Benjamin D. 229 York Street, Norfolk, Virginia (apartment)

  
  

• Notes

  Resided: September 1918, Macon, Bibb County, GA Resided: January 1920, Macon, Bibb County, GA Resided: April 1930, Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL Resided: April 1940, Norfolk City, VA

  
  

• Sources

  [S1970] 1900 US Census / Roper, Wm. D. [S2084] Find A Grave, online (http://www.findagrave.com). Effie Roper Kennedy gravestone inscription, Riverside Memorial Park, Norfolk, VA; downloaded 6 March 2014. [S2641] 1940 US Census / Roper, Jeanette. [S2084] Find A Grave, online (http://www.findagrave.com). Effie Roper Kennedy interment, Riverside Memorial Park, Norfolk, VA; downloaded 6 March 2014. [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. [S1945] 1910 US Census / Fine, Benjamin D. [S2642] William Ernest Kennedy. WWI draft registration card (1918).