Surname ROP anyone??.....

[elmca]

Hi, Happy New Year everyone
I have the name ROP which appears as a mother's name on a death cert of a gx4 granny. I can't find any trace of this name anywhere so am now at a brick wall. The gggg granny died in SHOTTS in 1896 at the age of 74, her parents were John Young and Janet Rop. Has anyone came across this name on a census perhaps? Thanks for any help.

[DavidWW]

The free surname search at www.scotlandspeople.go.uk gives

Census 1861 61
Census 1871 153
Census 1881 2
Census 1891 5
Census 1901 97
Old Parish Records Births & Christenings 1553 - 1854 0
Old Parish Records Banns & Marriages 1553 - 1854 1
Statutory Register Births 1855 - 1905 0
Statutory Register Marriages / Banns 1855 - 1930 0
Statutory Register Deaths 1855 - 1955 0
Wills & Testaments 1513 - 1901 2

These numbers don't make any sense, as if all these people in the censuses were born/married/died in Scotland, then where the heck are the records.

Quite simply, the surname Rop doesn't exist, - it's a mistranscription of Roƒs ...........

Looks like census enumerators were more prone to write Roƒs rather than Ross.

David

[joette]

If you check the Free surname index on ScotlandsPeople you will see no Rops on the OPR or BMD but a few in the Censuses.
Could be a spelling error?

[elmca]

Thanks for both replies, I didn't think to try Ross, I tried Rob and Rope (!) with no luck. I will let you know if I find it as it may be of use to someone in the future. Thanks again.