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ROPER, Louisa Racey
1866 - 1947 (81 years) Has one ancestor and 3 descendants in this family tree.
1881 - Yes, date unknown-
Name ROPER, Louisa Racey Birth 1866 Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire 
Gender Female Death 1947 Wisbech Registation District, Cambridgeshire Person ID I5834 Edgoose Last Modified 30 Jan 2026
Mother ROPER, Georgianna, b. 1844, Freebridge Lynn, Norfolk, England d. 1898, Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire (Age 54 years) Family ID F2062 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Children 1. RACEY, Ernest William, b. 1881, Wisbech Registation District, Cambridgeshire d. Yes, date unknown [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]Family ID F1108 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
Family 2 WEST, George John, b. 1867, West Ham Registration District, Essex d. 1933, Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire (Age 66 years) Marriage 1888 Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire Children 1. WEST, Wilfred George d. Yes, date unknown 2. WEST, Wallace d. Yes, date unknown Family ID F2294 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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LOUISA RACEY ROPER 1866-1947
The birth of Louisa Racey ROPER was registered in 1866. She was the illegitimate daughter of Georgiana ROPER who married Thomas William RACEY (1846-1928) a few months after the birth.
(GRO March Q 1866 Wisbech 3b 644)
From the 1881 census of Main Road, Elm, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire:
Thomas RACEY, head, married, aged 34, baker and butcher master, born at Emneth, Norfolk;
Georgiana RACEY, wife, married, aged 36, born at Emneth, Norfolk;
*Louisa RACEY, daughter, aged 15, born at Emneth, Norfolk;
Florence RACEY, daughter, aged 14, born at Emneth, Norfolk;
Thomas RACEY, son, aged 8, scholar, born at Elm, Cambridgeshire;
Albert J. RACEY, son, aged 7, scholar, born at Elm, Cambridgeshire;
John RACEY, son, aged 5, scholar, born at Elm, Cambridgeshire;
Frederick C. RACEY, aged 3, born at Elm, Cambridgeshire;
Hugh RACEY, aged 1 month, born at Elm, Cambridgeshire.
(RG11/1700/8/9)
She gave birth to an illegitimate son Ernest William ROPER in 1881. The mother's maiden name was left blank on his birth certificate.
(GRO December Q 1881 [----------] Wisbech 03B 593)
Louisa Racey ROPER married George WEST in 1888.
(GRO December Q 1888 Wisbech 3b 1226)
From the 1891 census of 63 Norwich Road, Walsoken, Norfolk:
George J. WEST, head, married , aged 23, joiner and carpenter, born at Plastow, Essex;
*Louisa WEST, wife, married, aged 25, dressmaker, born at Emneth, Norfolk;
Ernest W. RACEY, son, aged 9, scholar, born at Elm, Cambridgeshire.
(RG12/1308/75/37)
From the 1901 census of Great Church Street, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire:
George J. WEST, head, married, 33 years, builder, employer, born at Barking Road, Essex;
*Louisa WEST, wife, married, aged 35, born at Outwell, Norfolk;
Georgina RACEY, sister-in-law, single, aged 14, born at Elm, Cambridgeshire.
(RG13/1555/70/88)
From the 1911 census of 13 Alexandra Road, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire:
George John WEST, aged 43, head, married, builder, born at West Ham, London;
*Louisa WEST, aged 45, wife, married 22 years, born at Emneth, Norfolk;
Wallace WEST, aged 7, son, school, born at Wisbech St. Peter, Cambridgeshire;
Wilfred George WEST, aged 4, son, born at Wisbech St. Peter, Cambridgeshire.
(RG14/PN9298 RD187 SD2 ED4 SN191)
The death of a Louisa R. WEST aged 81 was registered in 1947.
(GRO June Q 1947 Wisbech 4a 308)
NOTES & QUERIES:
Louisa Racy ROPER's two older sons went to live in the Glasgow area.
(e-mail from Louisa WEST 22 March 2010)