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SOPERs of London
Earliest mention so far : Godard Soper, born about 1205 at St Margaret, Sothbury, London : 1316 Alen le Sopar, a London soapmaker. (his father is also refered to)
Some Odd Notes of Sopers in London
Public Records Office, at Kew : Records of London Sopers (xls)
Sopers in London : around 1,200 entries pre 1900, birth, deaths &
marriages from various sources. spreadsheet
London census< : 183 entries, 1841 : :
166 in 1851 : :
247 in 1861 : :
337 in 1871 : :
242 in 1881 : :
558 in 1891 : :
661 in 1901 : :
691 in 1911 :
Birth, Marriage & Death Register : 1,719 names recorded (3/05) ;
Old Bailey courts cases [ongoing list, 14 references so far]
City of London Records [10 entries]
Boyd's Marriage Index 1538-1840 : 95 Sopers, London Marriages :
London Phone Book
www.LondonLives.org [307 entries]; goto website
London Gazette 1880-1940 [26 entries]
London Soper Researchers, getting permission from the few I know of .
Some Information Snippets
-- Jane Soper, of London, made a stitch sampler in 1735
-- Soper & Stedman, a Photographer of 147 Strand, London
-- Ellen Soper, poisoned, Battersea, c1876, summary of incident
-- Jane Soper, murdered, Borough, 1876, summary of incident
-- Herbert Edward Soper (1865-1930) Margate schoolteacher & London publisher, some biographic details
Soper Lane, St Pancras : Incorporated into the north part of Queens St. (map)
Reference;
Maps & newspapers londonancestor.com (Google search this site for Sopers ; Jan'03 references : 1 Soper : 1 Soaper)
Map of Churches/Parishes in City & Stepney
City of London churches, List of 56.
Booth's Poverty Map of London (1886-1903)
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