Ropp, Roy
1888 - 1974 (85 years)
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Name Ropp, Roy Birth 19 Jun 1888 Butler, Kansas 
Age: 22y Gender Male Census 1 Jun 1900 Guthrie, Logan, Oklahoma [1] Age: 11y Occupation 1 Jun 1900 Guthrie, Logan, Oklahoma [1] At School Residence 1910 Guthrie, Oklahoma Address:
315 Cedar
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Keywords: PictureCensus 15 Apr 1910 Gutherie Ward 1, Logan, Oklahoma, USA [2] Age: 22y Occupation 15 Apr 1910 Gutherie Ward 1, Logan, Oklahoma, USA [2] Carpenter - Whether employer, employee, or working on own account: Wage earner
Military 5 Jun 1917 Muskogee, Oklahoma, USA - WW I Registration Card
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Keywords: PictureCensus 1 Jan 1920 Blythe/Palo Verde, Riverside Co., California [3] Age: 31y Occupation 1 Jan 1920 Blythe/Palo Verde, Riverside Co., California [3] Farmer - Industry, business or establishment: O
Employer, salary or wage worker, or working on own account: Own Account
Census 1 Apr 1930 Laguna Beach, Orange, California [4] Age: 41y Address:
487 Myrtle St.Occupation 1 Apr 1930 Laguna Beach, Orange, California [4] Contractor - Industry: Building Construction
Class of worker: Employer
Census 1 Apr 1940 Laguna Beach, Orange, California [5] Age: 52y Occupation 1 Apr 1940 Laguna Beach, Orange, California [5] Proprietor - Industry: Building Contractor
Class of worker: Working on own account
Military 27 Apr 1942 Newport Beach, California - WW II Registration Card
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Keywords: PictureCensus 1 Apr 1950 Laguna Beach, Orange, California [6] Age: 62y Occupation 1 Apr 1950 Laguna Beach, Orange, California [6] Real Estate - Industry: Real Estate Broker
Class of worker: Own business
Death 8 May 1974 Yucca Valley, San Bernardino, California, USA [7] 
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Keywords: PictureBurial 13 May 1974 Mountain Valley Mem. Park, Joshua Tree, California [7] 
Roy Ropp-Funeral Card01974-05-13
Caption Note: Roy Ropp funeral service card
Media Date: 13 MAY 1974Notes - Roy moved from Oklahoma to California. First to Blythe/Palo Verde, then to Orange County, Laguna Beach. He was a prominent figure in the early development of Laguna Beach. He was active in building construction as well as an early founder of the Laguna Beach Festival of the Arts. He is mentioned in multiple accounts of the early founding of that art festival.
Some Google searching produced a record of several family artifacts on file at the Cal State University, Fullerton Library. There may be a negative of him and his wife Mary Gostling in this collection. "Ropp, Roy M., 1970-08-05 - 1974-05-11, 18-2, Document box: 60. Local History Subject Files (Collection), LH-2018-09. CSUF University Archives & Special Collections."
Ropp, Roy M., 1970-08-05 - 1974-05-11, 18-2, Document box: 60. Local History Subject Files (Collection), LH-2018-09. CSUF University Archives & Special Collections.This collection contains a photograph/negative of Roy Ropp and his wife, MarieRoy M. Ropp was born in Kansas in 1888, and his parents homesteaded in Oklahoma in 1901. By 1921, Ropp brought his family to Laguna Beach, California, where he worked in the construction industry. A self-taught painter, in 1935 Ropp began the "Pageant of the Masters" in Laguna Beach's Festival of Arts, using real people to identically recreate iconic works of art. Ropp directed the Pageant until 1941 and again in 1950. In 1961, Ropp retired to Yucca Valley, California, where he died in 1974.See also: "Muted Symphony" oil painting by Roy M. Ropp (currently hanging in office). LH 50-20-2: Laguna Beach (City) Festival of Arts and Pageant of the Masters. LH 50-20-2 (Oversize): "Through the years with Roy M. Ropp" scrapbook. CSUF Center for Oral and Public History: O.H. 86.Ropp and his wife, Marie are significant figures in the early Festival of the Arts in Laguna Beachhttps://www.ocregister.com/2008/07/03/a-pageant-of-the-masters-timeline/Several of his desert landscapes gave sold at auction in the past few years
See also, OC Register Article from 2008
Roy married my relative, Mary Elizabeth (Bess) Conkey in 1963 and the two of them lived in Yucca Valley until he passed away in 1974.
Roy was an artist and Google searches will produce a few examples of his work, particularly his desert landscapes. His work will occasionally come up in various auctions and you may find some of his paintings available for sale on eBay.
Roy is listed many books and newspaper/magazine articles about artists and Laguna Beach development. Google index suggests Roy is listed in Who was who in American Art, 1564-1975, Volume 3, but I have not had a chance to research this to validate the reference.
Person ID I222 Bratt Family Tree Last Modified 15 Sep 2024
Father Ropp, Joseph, b. 1849, Illinois d. 1927, Guthrie, Logan County, Oklahoma (Age 78 years) Mother Christ, Mary A, b. 26 Jan 1866, New Jersey, USA d. 10 Oct 1924, Guthrie, Logan County, Oklahoma (Age 58 years) Marriage 24 Jul 1885 
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Caption Note: Marriage Certificate, Joseph Ropp and Mary A Christ, Butler, Harvey County, Kansas
Media Date: 24 JUL 1883
Keywords: PictureFamily ID F2261 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Gostling, Juanita Marie, b. Cal 1895, Ohio Marriage 21 Feb 1914 Muskogee, Oklahoma, USA 
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Keywords: PictureChildren 1. Ropp, Roy Macauley, b. 9 Oct 1916, Oaklahoma d. 12 Jan 1994 (Age 77 years)2. Ropp, N. Family ID F2258 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 14 Sep 2024
Family 2 Snead, Meline Wanner, b. 9 Mar 1888, Pennsylvania, USA d. Apr 1981, Laguna Beach, Orange, California (Age 93 years) Marriage 28 Mar 1957 Phoenix, AZ 
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Keywords: Picture
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Keywords: PictureNotes - Newspaper reports suggest Feb, 1946. However, the marriage certificate from Phoenix suggests the date I have listed
Family ID F2259 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 15 Sep 2024
Family 3 Conkey, Mary Elizabeth, b. 16 Apr 1884, New York, USA d. 23 Jan 1979, Yucca Valley, San Bernardino, California, USA (Age 94 years) Marriage 6 Nov 1963 Reno, Washoe, Nevada 
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Caption Note: Roy Ropp, Mary McBride marriage record
Keywords: PictureFamily ID F157 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 15 Sep 2024
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Photos Roy_M_Ropp_Profile
Caption Note: Supplement to LA Times, Laguna Pagent of the Masters
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Ropp, Roy - Laguna Beach Surf
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Ropp, Roy - Index
Caption Note: ROY ROPP (American 1888-1974) "Springtime on the Desert (Mt. San Jacinto)" oil on canvas, signed lower right. Verso fully inscribed and signed again with date 1960. 25"x30".
Media Date: 1960
Keywords: Picture
Ropp, Roy - Desert Landscape 3
Caption Note: ROY ROPP (AMERICAN/HUNGARIAN 1888-1974) OIL ON CANVAS, WESTERN LANDSCAPE, SIGNED. 18 X 36"; FRAMED 24 X 42"
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Ropp, Roy - Cottage-2
Caption Note: Framed oil on canvas painting, mid 20th c., "Hilltop Home," signed lower right Roy M. Ropp (California, Kansas, 1888-1974), titled verso, scene depicting Laguna Beach, California, sight: 19.5"h, 15.5"w, overall: 24.5"h, 20.5"w, 5lbs
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Ropp, Roy - Desert Landscape 2
Caption Note: ROY M. ROPP (AMERICA, 1888-1947), OIL ON CANVAS, H 24", W 28", ARIZONA DESERTAN UNFRAMED OIL ON CANVAS OF THE ARIZONA DESERT; SIGNED "ROY M ROPP" IN LOWER RIGHT CORNER. H 24'', W 28''.
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Ropp, Roy - Cottage
Caption Note: Roy M. Ropp (American 1888-1974)- Cottage in Landscape- oil on canvasboard, signed Roy M. Ropp lower right, framed, small spot of discoloration center of oil otherwise good condition. 6 1/4 x 4 1/4''
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Ropp, Roy - Desert Landscape 1
Caption Note: Roy M. Ropp (American, 1888-1974), "Mt. San Jacinto," 1960, oil on canvas, signed lower right, signed, titled, and dated verso, canvas: 24"h x 34"w, overall (with frame): 31"h x 41"w
Media Date: 1960
Keywords: Picture
Ropp, Roy - Desert Landscape 4
Caption Note: Roy M. Ropp oil painting on canvas, titled on verso, "Spring Time on the Desert", depicting Mt. San Jacinto. Canvas: 25"H x 30"W; Frame: 31.5"H x 37"W. Signed lower right, "Roy M. Ropp". Signed on verso. Roy M. Ropp (American, 1888-1974) was a California artist known for landscape scenes. Circa - 20th C.
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Documents 
The_Los_Angeles_Times_1939_07_29_8(1)
Caption Note: Roy Ropp -- Pagent Director of the Laguna Beach Sawdust (Art) Festival
Media Date: 29 JUL 1939
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Vital Documents 
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Caption Note: Anaheim Bulletin, 1970-Aug-05, p50
Media Date: 5 AUG 1970
Keywords: Picture
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Sources - [S583] Census 1900 Guthrie, Logan, Oklahoma Year: 1900; Census Place: Guthrie, Logan, Oklahoma; Roll: 1339; Page: 5; Enumeration District: 0138, (Year: 1900; Census Place: Guthrie, Logan, Oklahoma; Roll: 1339; Page: 5; Enumeration District: 0138).
- [S581] Census 1910 Gutherie Ward 1, Logan, Oklahoma, USA Year: 1910; Census Place: Guthrie Ward 1, Logan, Oklahoma; Roll: T624_1260; Page: 3b; Enumeration District: 0122; FHL microfilm: 1375273, (Year: 1910; Census Place: Guthrie Ward 1, Logan, Oklahoma; Roll: T624_1260; Page: 3b; Enumeration District: 0122; FHL microfilm: 1375273).
- [S580] Census 1920 Blythe/Palo Verde, Riverside Co., California Year: 1920; Census Place: Palo Verde, Riverside, California; Roll: T625_125; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 110, (Year: 1920; Census Place: Palo Verde, Riverside, California; Roll: T625_125; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 110).
- [S579] Census 1930 Laguna Beach, Orange, California Year: 1930; Census Place: Laguna Beach, Orange, California; Page: 9B; Enumeration District: 0047; FHL microfilm: 2339915, (Year: 1930; Census Place: Laguna Beach, Orange, California; Page: 9B; Enumeration District: 0047; FHL microfilm: 2339915).
- [S577] Census 1940 Laguna Beach, Orange, California Year: 1940; Census Place: Laguna Beach, Orange, California; Roll: m-t0627-00273; Page: 64B; Enumeration District: 30-50C, (Year: 1940; Census Place: Laguna Beach, Orange, California; Roll: m-t0627-00273; Page: 64B; Enumeration District: 30-50C).
- [S578] Census 1950 Laguna Beach, Orange, California National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: Laguna Beach, Orange, California; Roll: 2739; Page: 77; Enumeration District: 30-108, (National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: Laguna Beach, Orange, California; Roll: 2739; Page: 77; Enumeration District: 30-108).
- [S30] ropp-funeral.
- [S583] Census 1900 Guthrie, Logan, Oklahoma Year: 1900; Census Place: Guthrie, Logan, Oklahoma; Roll: 1339; Page: 5; Enumeration District: 0138, (Year: 1900; Census Place: Guthrie, Logan, Oklahoma; Roll: 1339; Page: 5; Enumeration District: 0138).