SHEATH, ROPER and BUCKETT
Sheath
– possibly an ancient Saxon name to do with the making of sheaths or
scabbards.
Roper -
“our first known ancestor, one Musard, (probably of Norman descent)
becomes Hasculphus. His grandson, William of Miserden, Gloucester
County, assumed the title De Rubra Spatha, or Red Sheath, in the time of
Henry III [1216-1272]. This was shortened into Rospeare and passed
through the various stages of Rousper, Rooper, Ropere and Roper, to the
last of which the family has held."
By Ella Roper, 1904.
Buckett
– a well-known name from the Isle of Wight. Possibly a corruption of
Beckett – or Bouquet. The IOW Bucketts were known for their smuggling
trade across the English Channel, so could themselves have had
French/Norman ancestry.
On 9th September 1933,
At Edmondsham Rectory on 5th October 1946
Left to right = John Waddington Hubbard and Margaret Blanche Sheath;
George Edward Hubbard and Mollie Edith Buckett;
Arthur Cecil Roper and
Frances Ann Hubbard
(using maiden names, though all were now married.)
Looking back ..........
Frances (5yrs), John (9yrs) and George (7yrs), April 1905