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SOPERs in Scotland.
Seems many more Soupers than Sopers in Scotland; see a page on Soupers in Britain
Sopers in Scotland pre 1900, birth, deaths &
marriages.
............ Download spreadsheet of above list, contains more details & is searchable,(Microsoft Excel 97(+) 'xls'format)
Scotlands People, a site for The National Archives of Scotland & other records - Charges for records : Site search Jan'07 Soper : Census 1841 - 0 : 1851 - 0 : 1861 - 3 : 1871 - 12 : 1881 - 3 : 1891 - 2 : 1901 - 17 : Parish Marriages 1553-1854 - 1 : Registers 1855-2006 ; Births - 69 : Marriages - 24 : Deaths - 83 : Parish Births - 0 : Marriages - 1 : Deaths - 1 : Wills - 0
Edinburgh Gazette 1880-1940 [spreadsheet of Government Notices 51 entries (& 26 entries London Gazette)]
Some Scottish Information Snippets
Robert W Chall Jr. rchall[@]flash.net wrote that one of his mother's parents was a Soper and that she has reasonably positive documented linage to Charles 1546
A Ground stone at Melville Church, Aberdeen; Scottish Notes & Queries, Aug 1890 source : [see Souper notes]
George Souper & Margaret bapt children at Clarke St Nicolas Ab'n, William Souper 25 Jul 1660, Alexander Souper 5 Jan 1665 & Thomas Souper 1 Jul 1669 [igi] : [see Souper notes]
Below comes from 'Black's Surnames of Scotland' William Souper of Gilcomston & Aberdeen m.28 Apr 1685? to Jean Byres (bpt 13.10.1668) : from 'Byres of Coates' website : [see Souper notes]
Robert Souper bt 5 Feb 1695 to William Souper & Jean Byres [igi] : [see Souper notes]
Margaret Souper (dau of William Souper of Aberdeen) m.1713 Donald Farquharson, Aberdeen (c1684-1751) a fishing merchant in Cambletown, Kintyre (also called Daniel) 5 children b.Aberdeen 1716-22 : [see Souper notes]
Peter Souper & Ann Milne abt 1745 Aberdeen, St Nicholas, Aberdeen [igi] : [see Souper notes]
Margaret Souper, (dau of Peter Souper of Auchlunies) m.Dr William Farquharson (c1730-1790) 1756 (WF�s father a captain, died at Culloden 1746) : 3 children 1755-60 : 2nd m.1795 to Marjory Stewart (?-1849), (dau of William Stewart of Lesmurdie) source : [see Souper notes]
Patrick Souper m. Ann Milne 19 Feb 1770 St Nicholas, Aberdeen (marriage also recorded as Peter Souper) [igi] : [see Souper notes]
George Souper b.1787 Kincardine, Bpt Nigg Parish, K'e : m.Anne Reid 12 Mar 1807, Kincardine :
children Elspet (c1806-1883), David (1815-?) b.Nigg, Alexander (1810-1891) below, Jannet 1813-1882 : Charles Souper (1818-1892) below [igi] : [see Souper notes]
George Souper & Margaret Chalmers bapt 1794, Nigg, Kincardine [igi]
a Soper family came to America from Scotland in 1800. Dr C P Soper born 7 July 1861, Warren county, New York. Father (?-1896) in lumber business, driving logs down the Hudson. He could not afford to put his son through college. Mother (c1826-?) 'a hearty woman, now aged 76' : source Portraits of the Progressive Men of Iowa, 1899 : [see Margaret below b.1823?]
Alexander Souper b.6 Aug 1810 Nig, Aberdeen bt. St Nicholas Ab'n : [see Souper notes]
Charles Souper b.18 May 1818 m.Mary Ann Ross 6 Nov 1844 Cong.ch.Geo.St, A'dn : [see Souper notes]
Soper's of Edenburgh, [sic], Scotland & John Soper (1820-?) b. 15 May. He went to New Brunswick, Canada. some time prior to 1843. Charles & Virginia Soper, looking for information : www.genforum John Soper of Fifeshire : listed in The Edinburgh Advertiser 19 Mar 1820
John Soper appeared before the Royal College, of Surgeons, Edinburgh. 1 of 60 found fully qualified to practice the arts of Anatomy, Surgery & Pharmacy, 15 May 1820 : The Edinburgh Advertiser 15 May : from source [perhaps Dr John Soper Streeter (1802-1873) born, worked & died London]
Margaret Soper (c1823-?) (57) keeping house in Manhattan, New York. Born in Scotland. A widow living with her son, George Soper (28) a Salesman, born NY, who's father was also born in Scotland. [see US immigration page] [could another son be Dr Soper above?] John Soper b.1820, possibly from Scotland, married Caroline Gamblin & immigrated to NB Canada after 1823 [S. Soper Hendrick looking for details & has 'a document putting him in Edinburgh'] source
The Soper-Dempster family
George Dempster (1732-1818) of Dunnichen, called 'Honest George' after paying to become an MP, 1762. A great agricultural restorer, bought Scottish estates in 1786 & for �11,600 (perhaps unseen?). He borrowed �12,000, Friends discourages him from investing in improvements. but 'When I consider how the lands are exhausted by bad management, the tenants beggars, their houses ruinous...� Skibo & Pulrossie' 17,000 acres, if developed will be worth ten times its present value. His great nephew George Soper Dempster sold it in 1866 historic-scotland.gov.uk : from, 'The Gentleman Usher: The Life & Times of George Dempster (1732-1818)' a book published 2005: MP (for 30 years) & Laird of Dunnichen & Skibo. A lawyer, closely involved in the expansion of trade, particularly to India & America. amazon.com
: 1801 William Soper Dempster [(1762-1830) was 'William Soper' bef.1801 & again after 1810] took control of an estate when he married the dau of Capt John Hamilton Dempster, she inherited his Skibo estate. He'd bought it from from Mr Dempster [above]. Mrs Soper Dempster d.1810 & succeeded by her son George Dempster. (Mr Soper's interest in the castle ceased on his wife's death, he died, age 67) google books
: 1763 William Soper bpt.8 Dec 1763 to John Soper m.1747 Ashburton, Devon
: 1781 William Soper of Ashburton, petitioned 'Honorable Court of Directors, United Company of Merchants of England trading to East Indies.' 16 Feb 1781; Saying he was 'properly educated' & 'very desirous of being appointed a writer'; British India Office record; Ashburton site
: 1781 William Soper who petitioned to be student to the East India College 1781. Applicants seeked employment in the Company's overseas civil service 'Civil servants were appointed to overseas posts by an elaborate system of patronage exercised by members of the Court of Directors. Each Director had an annual patronage quota' : British Library, India Office Records : IOR/J/1/10/49 a2a
: 1799 seems William was in India 1800, when Harriet's father died 1799 [seems Harriet (1786-1810) m age abt.15?; she was illegitimate dau of Capt John Hamilton Dempster of Skibo (who's ship visited India); William (c1767-1830), of Ashburton, Devon; was abt 38, a commissioner of Honorable Company's Customs, Port of Surat, [Gujarat, on top Western coast of India]; He changed his surname to Soper-Demster on marriage; Couple returned from India when Harriet inherited. William retired from East India Co. Skibo Castle west of Dornoch, Sutherland was renovated by US industrialist Andrew Carnegie 1897 & is now a private sporting estate & club (see wiki)]
: 1801 William Soper (?-1830) became William Soper Dempster, [1801] by Royal Licence on marriage to heiress Harriet Demster of Skibo, Sutherland (c1786-1810), (dau of John Hamilton Demster of Skibo & 2nd wife Miss Thompson), a member of The Honorable East India Company, Civil Establishment, at Bombay & Surat in the East Indies [a Dempster used to be a director, see 'Honest John' below, (an uncle?)] : source : & : & : He died 26 Mar 1830?, Testaments (Scottish Wills) Pt 2 Testaments confirmed Midlothian, Scotland source : His will 24 Dec 1830 available online : [female Dempsters often brought Dempster surname into marriages, ie Soper-Demster, Hawkins-Demster, Hall-Dempster]
: 1801 William Soper esq of E I Co Civil Service m.Harriett Dempster of Dunnichen & Skibo (b.1786-) 1801. He assumed by Royal Licence the surname of Dempster. In compliance with the entail of the estates; Arms � (Gu, sword, arg, hilted & pommelled or bendwise surmounted by a fesse, of the last, all within a bordure, per pale, of the second and sa : Crest�A leg bone & palm branch, In saltier, ppr : Motto�Mors aut vita decora : Seat�Skibo Castle, by Dornoch, Sutherland, NB : from Burke's Genealogy 1847; from Google Books
: >1801 William Soper Dempster 'of Skibo Castle in North Britain' placed a lavish marble memorial [which he called 'this unadorned tribute of the sincere affection of son & brother'] on wall of St Andrews, Ashburton; to his parents John Soper of Ashburton d.5 Jan 1791 & Agnes Soper d.7 Feb 1795 & their dau Eleanor Soper d.7 Jan 1800 [image right; local lad made good; Wonder what elder brothers thought?]
Their children (from above);
*a forum suggests William's dau Ellen may actually be fathered by HRH Comte de Beaujolais, [wiki, brother of King Louis-Philippe of France]. Supported by her naming her youngest dau 'Emily Beaujolais'. Hon Emily Beaujolais White (1844�1923) m.2nd Baron Ebury 1867 source
: 1803 William Soper Demster esq, the proprietor at Skibo, by Tain, advertising to let a small sheep farm, Prontenach (2m from Pulrosse Fm) with 300 Cheviot Sheep; Also 5a land at Loanmore, close to town of Dornoch, from The Aberdeen Journal, 12 Oct 1803, from newspapers.bl.uk
: 1803 William Soper esq of Ashburton, Dev & of Pulroffie, Sutherland, late Commissioner of the Honorable Company's Customs at the Port of Surat, East Indies, & to Harriet his wife : The King has been graciously pleased to grant unto them his Royal Licence & Authority. Whitehall, 28 Jul 1803. That they & the issue of their marriage, may bear the surname of Dempster, in addition to their present surname of Soper, pursuant to a clause in a deed of entail of John Hamilton Dempster, of Pulrossie aforesaid, late Captain of the Ship, Earl Talbot, in service of the Honorable East India Company, deceased, 15 Oct 1799. Also William Soper & Harriet, may bear the arms of Dempster quarterly with those of Soper; London Gazette 26 Jul
: 1803 William Soper esq 'The King graciously grants to William Soper of Ashburton, Devon, & of Pulrossie, Sutherland; late Commissioner of Honorable Company's Customs, Port of Surat, East Indies, & wife Harriet, his Royal Licence that they, & the issue of the marriage, may use surname of Dempster, in addtion to present surname of Soper, pursuant to a clause in deed of entail of John Hamilton Dempster, of Pulrossie, late Capt of The 'Earl Talbot', in service of Hon East India Co, deceased, 15 Oct 1799; & William Soper, & Harriet, may bear arms of Dempster quarterly with those of Soper; if 1st recorded in Heralds' Office' [preceed]; Lon Gazette p924 : [48 gun EI.co merchant ship under Cpt.Dempster wrecked btw.China & Bombay 1800, All passengers & crew lost (abt.150) wiki]
: 1804 William Soper Dempster's wife of a son & heir b.26 Feb 1804; at Dunnichen, Forfar. W S Dempster 'of Skibo', 'Morning Post' (pub.London 5 Mar), from newspapers.bl.uk : [seems George 'b.1802' above, but biog below says b.1804]
: 1805 William Soper Dempster's wife of a dau b.13 Aug 1805; at Dunnichen House, County of Forfar. Lieut Col W S Dempster 'of Skibo', 'Caledonian Mercury' 15 Aug, from newspapers.bl.uk : [assume Ellen if George b.1804 above]
: 1805 Mrs Dempster of Dunnichen, George Dempster of Dunnichen & William Soper Dempster of Skibo. subscribed to 'Simple Poems on Simple Subjects' by Christian Ross Milne (1773-?) pub.Aberdeen 1805, 183 pages source
: 1805 Colonal Soper Dempster esq of Skibo, bought game licence for Forfar County 8 guineas, in Caledonian Mercury (pub.Edinburgh), 31 Oct 1805, from newspapers.bl.uk
: 1807 William Soper Dempster esq of Skibo, bought game certificate for Sunderland for 1806, in Caledonian Mercury (pub.Edinburgh), 15 Jan 1807, from newspapers.bl.uk
: 1807 W Soper Dempster Esq Skebo N B �1 1s an annual subscriber to the African Institute (also George Demspster Esq of Durnichen [also'NB'?]) : annual report 1807 google books
: 1807
William Soper Demster esq of Skibo, Preses� headed a meeting of freeholders & JPs for Sutherland at Dorocch 6 Oct 1808, that sent a paper to their MP Dundas & published it in the newspaper. Highland counties labour under great hardship & oppression from the Distillary Laws, making it impossible to distill legally their beer & Barly, giving the temptation for illegal distillation.The climate, coldness & moisture makes the use of spirits beneficial for the natives. The Government has increased revenue officers, but has reduced revenue. Natives must grow wheat & oats instead of barley which the soil is not adapted; from Trewman's Exeter Flying Post 13 Oct : scan
: 1810 Mrs Soper Dempster Died on the 16 Oct 1810 at Ashburton, Devon, of a lingering illness which she bore with all the calmness of pious resignation; in 'Aberdeen Journal' (pub.Aberdeen) 31 Oct, & 'Exeter Post 18 Oct from newspapers.bl.uk
: 1810 Mrs Soper Dempster died 1810 & her son became heir. Her husband (W Soper Dempster) died 1830 (His interest in the Skibo estate stopped at his wife�s death, she inherited it from father Capt Dempster) A court case 1848 about a mill on the estate & a invalid agreement made my Mr SD : from The Scottish Jurist, case law Google Books
: 1810 Mrs Demster d.1810 leaving issue 1) George, now at Skibo; 2) Ellen m.1828 to Col Henry White MP Lord-Lieut of Lingford County, now has issue; 3) Harriett m.1831, Robert Browne, esq. cousin of Marquis of Sligo, has issue. 4) Charlotte, m.1830, James Whitshed Hawkins Dempster, Esq. of Dunnichen, co. Forfar & d.1842. 5) Rose, m.1832, Rev R M Bonnor, vicar of Rhuabon, Wales; from Google Books
: 1810 Harriet Soper Dempster, of Skibo Castle, Sutherlandshire, North Britain, ob 16 Oct 1810, aged 25; 'her remains in vault, in north transcept (eastern side), from Ashburton & its Neighbourhood, pub.1875, p27
: 181? William Soper's 2nd marriage to Jean Ferguson, daughter of Charles Ferguson esq & sister to Sir James Ferguson. Their only son George Soper died young in 1800* [m. not dated *lost link & the 1800 date does not seem to make sense?]
: 1810 William Soper Dempster of Skibo 1 of 6 on committee set up by JPs & Commissioners at Dornoch to consider the most effective means of supressing illicit distillation, following recent Distillation Regulations; Caledonian Mercury 2 Sep 1816 ; from newspapers.bl.uk : scan & at meeting giving results offering 15 suggestions on limiting illicit distillation 19 Oct scan
: 1816 William Soper Dempster was president of a meeting of landowners & justices of Sunderland. at Dornoch, 7 Oct 1816 They made 15 resolutions to stop illicit distillation of spirits; The Edinburgh Advertiser 22 Oct : from ancestry.com
: 1822 William Soper Dempster of Skibo headed represtentatives from Sutherland at a General Meeting at Dornoch Castle & seconded motion to approve speech to be given to the King on his visit to Scotland; in 'Caledonian Mercury' 15 Aug 1822, from newspapers.bl.uk : scan
: 1830 William Soper Dempster of The Honorable East India Company, Civil Establishment, at Bombay & Surat in the East Indies, retired to Scotland & died 26 Mar 1830
: 1830 William Soper Dempster esq (c1863-1830) of Skibo, died age 67, 26 Mar 1830 at his house in Charlotte Sq, Edinburgh, 'The Aberdeen Journal', 7 Apr, from newspapers.bl.uk
: Miss Soper Dempster of Skibo; m.James Hawkins at Edinburg; Mr Hawkins remitted �5 for the benefit of the poor of the parish of Dunnichen; quote from Aberdeen Chronical; from Caledonian Mercury (pub.Edinburgh) scan : [Charlotte Soper-Dempster above]
: 1848 Captain Dempster bought the Estate of Sikbo, Sutherland [far North of Scotland] 1795. Estate passed to his dau, wife of William Soper (William Soper Dempster esq). She d.1810 so her husband's interest in the estate ceased & son George Demster succeeded. from a tenant's court case 1848 google books
George Soper-Dempster of Skibo (1804-1889) His seal showing the arms being Dempster (the plain undifferenced arms) impaling Dundas of Arniston. He had no right to the plain Dempster arms, being the son of the illegitimate daughter of Captain John Hamilton Dempster of Skibo (probably by Olivia Devenish, later Lady Raffles). Captain Dempster's elder half-brother bore the quarterly arms of Dempster within a bordure per pale Argent & Sable. from heraldry-scotland.com Photo from James Dempster
Mr Soper-Dempster 'had a tall grim looking house near the town church' (at St Andrews) 'that grey old city' said his step dau, Cath L Hawkins-Dempster (1836-1913) in her biog, written Cannes 1912 [William's son George adopted children of his sister Charlotte; They went to St Andrews for sea bathing]
Nancy Sopher (30-34) & Mary Sopher (2) both born Ireland at Middle St, Falkirk, Stirlingshire 1841 Census; freecen.com
Thomas Soaper, b.Scotland 30-4, secty to plate shop comp, at Walcot Place, St Mary Sq, Lambeth, Surrey; Salome Soaper 25-9 not b.Surrey; James Soaper 20-4 b.Scotland, upholsterer; Agnes Soaper 15-9 b.Scotland
Hunter Soaper 25 at Midlothian, Scotland; Magdlen Soaper 25; Sarah Soaper 0, all b.Midlothian
Alexander Soaper 30 at Kincardineshire, Scotland; b.Kincardineshire; Sarah Soaper 27 b.Scotland; Jannet Soaper 3; John Soaper 1 both b.Kincardineshire
Jane Soaper at Aberdeenshire 65; b.Aberdeenshire
8 Souper in 1841 Census : see Scottish Soupers
1851 English Census, only 3 entries : No Sopers in 1851 Scotish Census scotlandspeople.gov.uk
Dr Walter Soper Gervis (1828-1892) MD of Ashburton, Dev. He obtained his MD degree at Mariscal College, Aberdeen 1854 & MRCS Eng in the same year : [see medical sopers]
Susan Soper born c1855 Scotland; a general servant '71cen 16 at 18 George Rd, St Peter Port, Channel Islands : (not vis '61/'81cen) : [assume Susan m.1874 Edinburgh below]
Richard Soper m.Mary A bef.1855 [not vis bmd, so assume Scotland? (perhaps nee Wigens? from nephew)] a house painter b.Portsmouth; Mary b.Bluntisham, Hunts
William Soper b.c1856 Edinburgh : John b.c1858 both b.Scotland to Richard (c1835-?) & Mary, b.Bluntisham, Hunts; back in London c1860 when Richard b.St Georges, Lon [parents biog]
William Soper m.30 Aug 1856 to Helen Law at St Nicholas, Aberdeen [igi]
Elizabeth E Soper daughter of Charles Soper, b.Scotland, m.John Wilson, emmigrated to US (1860 Ingham County Michigan Census) source
3 Sopers, 2 Sophers & 1 Soaper in 1861 Scotish Census scotlandspeople.gov.uk
William Soper age 5, a scholar : John 3, both b.Scotland living with parents Richard (c1835-?) at a Cottage, South Shoebury, Essex age 26 a carpenter & joiner b.Portsmouth, wife Mary 25, b.Bluntisham, Huntingdonshire & sons & Richard 1, b.St Georges, Lon, '61cen : [see London '11cen] : [Richard & Mary m.bef1855]
W _W Soper m.6 Mar 1863 to Hannah Preston at Ayr [igi]
Emily M Soper b.1868 Scotland father in 6th Foot Reg; '81cen 13 scholar, dau at Camberwell, London dau of William V Soper 44 a school board visitor & chelsea pensioner; Mary 36, from births they travelled from Kent, Scotland, Hants, Wales, Ireland & Warwickshire; see his army record
Byron P Soper, migration record 1868 Scotland source : [assume Byron Pinney Soper (1830-1877), employee of the Colts Pistol Factory , Hartford, Connecticut, m.1859. Sent by Colt to London, Eng & Belgium to set up machinery in plants; from Soper Compendium p.118
Elizaberth Ann Soper m.28 Feb 1868 to Robert Douglas at Kilmarnock, Ayr [igi]
3 Soper household heads at 'Bastard', Ontario '71cen : 1) William Soper 34, born ?, baptist, Scotch : 2) Electa Soper 56 b.Ireland, Scotch : 3) Edward 35 �born O� Scotch : from gencircles.com 12 Sopers & 2 Soapers in 1871 Scotish Census scotlandspeople.gov.uk
Andrew Soper 47 household head, tailor at East Back Road West Side No 8, Irvine, Ayrshire; b.Dreghorn, Ayrshire; Mary Soper 35 bonnet worker b.Irvine, Ayrshire
Charles Soaper 50 shoemaker at 3 Bank Street, Old Machar, Aberdeenshire '71cen; b.Nigg, Kincardineshire; Mary Soaper 48; Isabelle Soaper 25 shopwoman; Ann Soaper 23 shopkeeper; Hugh Ross Soaper 21; Mary Soaper 19 factory girl; Jessie Soaper 16 all b.Old Machar
Mary Sopher (/Pyper/or Stott) 41 millworker at 2 Commerce Street, Montrose, Angus; b.Montrose, Forfarshire
living with mother Magaret Stott 81 housekeeper, b.Montrose
Mrs R Sopper 77 wife on own means from property at 54 Mcintosh St, Glasgow Springburn, Lanarkshire '71cen b.Glasgow, Lanark : [but seems no husband & household of 1]
1871 English Census, 6 Sopers born in Scotland
William Soper (c1858-?) 15 b.Edinburgh, Scotland; '71cen, living Battersea, Surrey; a painter 23 '81cen : [son of Richard & Mary carpenter of Battersea, see grandparents Richard & Amelia m.1831 Portsmouth] : [ '11cen]
Susan Soper (c1855-?) a general servant 16 b.Scotland; at 18 George Rd, St Peter Port, Channel Islands '71cen; with William Courtenay 63 watchmaker (emp 2) b.Eng, Rachel 57 b.St Martin, William R 16 apprentice b.StPP, lodger Catherine Gasesigne 56 b.StPP : also visiter Robert Gillespie 76 widowed retired gentleman farmer b.Eng : scan : (not vis '61/'81cen) : [assume Susan m.1874 Edinburgh below]
John Soaper (c1831-?) a landlords servant 40 at 27 Hancock Rd, Bromley St Leonard; b.Scotland; at 27 Hancock Rd, Bromley St Leonard; Caroline Soaper 41; John Soaper 20 bricklayer; Caroline Soaper 19 machinist, all b.London; Margaret Soaper 17 domestic servant b.Birmingham, Warwickshire; Emma Soaper 9; James Soaper 7 both scholars b.London scan
Mary E W C Soper 23, b.Reston, Scotland with husband Edwin Soper (c1843-?) a baker 28, at Nursling Rd, Nursling, Hants '71cen; b.Blanchford, Dorset; Frances Kate Soper 2; Florence A Soper 6m both b.Nursling; Elizabeth Soper 67, b.Chedder, S.set : [Edwin Soper m.Mary Elizabeth W C Robertson, Apr>Jun 1868, Romsey, Hants]
Mary Soper 72 b.Orkney, Scotland at 9 Henry St, St Pancras, London '71cen; with husband Samuel Soper (c1805-?) an assesor? 66, b.Bovey Tracy, Devon; scan
Mr C Soper m.8 Oct 1872 to Jessie Sinclair at Edinburgh Parish, Midlothian [igi]
Hugh Ross Souper (1850-1900) m.Isabella Duff Mollison (1853-1880), Ab'n c1873 & m.Elizabeth Lorimer (1885-1925) 17 Apr 1883 Old Machar Ab'n : children
John Soper died at Old Monkton, Lanark, N Britain; 29 Dec 1874, miner of Tavistock, Dev; will proved at Principle Registry 22 Feb 1876 to Thomas Brooks innkeeper of Tavistock, one of the executors; estate under �300; from Probate Calender, scan
Susan Soper m.31 Dec 1874 to Hugh Wyllie at Kilmarnock, Ayr [igi] : (not vis '61/'81cen) : [assume Susan 16 in '71cen above]
John Soper residing at Dundyvan [close to pit], killed in pit accident, Nr 1 Coalpit, Souterhouse, nr Coatbridge [10m E Glasgow]. He was decending in a 'kettle' when a falling skeleton cage knocked him out to the bottom of the shaft. Instantaneous death; in 'Glasgow Herald' 1 Jan 1875, from news.bl.uk; scan : [a Joseph Sophir 60 Souterhouse Colliery, Coatbridge d.1874: 6 died in seperate accidents 1875 scottishmining.co.uk] : ['71cen no John (or Joseph) miners]
Edith G Soper b.c1878, Scotland (from '81cen when family back in England, at Portland, Dorset) parents George Soper 32 & Pamela Soper 30. Father a marine light infantry sergeant, so presume why they were in Scotland
3 Sopers & 1 Sopper in 1881 Scotland Census scotlandspeople.gov.uk
Ann Soper 37 domestic servant b.Gallay, Wigtonshire at 6 Main Street, Glasgow Barony, Lanarkshire '81cen in houseold of William Adam 45, wife 42 & 7 children 1-20
Jane Sopper, wincey weaver at Old Machar, Aberdeenshire '81cen; b.Old Machar boarding with Christiana Sutherland 40 housekeeper b.Old Machar; dau Georgina Sutherland 21 mill worker paper b.Woodside, Aberdeensh & son James Sutherland 20 carter ceneral; b.Aberdeen
1881 England & Wales Census, lists 3 wives & 3 males born in Scotland
John Souper '81cen 43 gen laborer at 5 Spencers Cottages, Erith Marshes, Kent ; b.Aberdeen, Scotland
Hugh Souper late Free West Church, on committee to erect a peel of bells in tower of St Nicholas, Aberdeen, 'Aberdeen Weekly Journal' 14 Jun1882
John Souper of St Martins supplied a Scottish company [no date] Book on Jewish Scotland p.189
Private H Soper gunner nr.33434; Royal Artillery; Scottish; Discharged, 24 May 1883 by purchase, Chatam 740 army record
William Henry Soper enlisted in Kings Own Scottish Boarderers, home base was Berwick on Tweed: Reg Nr 1317, 1 Dec 1884 : became a Quartermaster Sergeant, In Boar War, Discharged age 40 after 21 years service biog
Susan E Soper pauper patient from 23 Jul 1884 Fisherton institution, Ayrshire [County Lunatic Asylum, Canmore], Scotland, discharged not improved 25 Oct 1902 [after 18y]; from Lunacy Patients Admission Registers scan : [not vis above; why not vis '91/'01cen; ?a Susan E in Exeter Asylem 1892-1902]
Hugh Souper amongst those who contributed to the enjoyment of the evening [sung?]; Aberdeen Highland Association at Bath Hotel; in 'Aberdeen Weekly Journal' 3 May 1887, from newspapers.bl.uk
A C W Soper sailed 24 Apr 1890 on 'The Anchoria' from Glasgow to New York, a merchant, nationality; Scotch, unm : abt 290 immigrants, mostly from Scotland, farmers, labourer, masons ext, mostly s & m men, some families (from EnglishOrigins.com)
1891 Scotland Census; 2 Sopers scotlandspeople.gov.uk (findmypast transcript 0 Sopers but 1 Sopper)
Ellen Sopper 39 jute yarn winder at 17 Arthur St, Dundee, Angus '91cen; b.Letham, Forfarshire, boarding with David Thomson 47 jute selecter b.Dunfermline, Fifeshire wife Margaret 52 b.Dundee, Forfarshire & niece Maria Baillie 15 jute yarn winder b.Eng : [no Ellen in Sopper notes]
Frederick Soper Rowland 21unm private soldier infantry; Depot Royal Highlanders at Queens Barracks, Barrack Street, (East Church), Perth, Perthshire, Scot '91cen; b.Wales : [speculate mother '91cen Caroline Soper Rowland 58 widow, living on own means at Tanymaes, High Street, Bangor, Wales]
William Soper 23 sergt Royal Highlanders at Queens Barracks, Barrack Street, (East Church), Perth, Perthshire, Scot '91cen; b.Wales ; scan
1891 English Census, 6 Sopers born in Scotland
John Soaper 60 (c1831-?) widower labourer (employee) {3 rooms} at Johnsons Cottages, Belvedere, Erith, Kent '91cen, (DartfordRD) & son James Soaper 27 labourer both b.Aberdeen, Scotland; sharing property (or 3 rooms?) with family of 7 of James Kory 46 labourer b.Berks : scan
May Soper 44, dau, at Woolwich, London '91cen; b.Reston, Scotland
Mary Soper 42 wife in Wallsend, Northumberland '91cen; b.Scotland
Wilhelmina Soper 35 a wife in Lambeth, Lon '91cen; b.Scotland; husband William an engraver & enameller; see Soper Artists
Dora Soper, Mrs (c1864-?) 28 & Lottie 2 resided Copenhagen, Denmark. Nationality Scottish. Sailed from Glasgow, Scotland, on The Anchoria, arriving Ellis Island, New York 7 Dec 1892 : [see immigration page] : [Lottie not vis bmd & no Dora wife]
William Henry Soper, at one time carpenter on H M training ship 'Caledonian' attempt to make bankrupt in New Zealand. He'd aquired land in the colony & registered it in his name. Mr C Buddle (on behalf of Sheriff of Midlothian, Scotland) asked Auckland Court for an unusual law to be upheld (that undischarged bankrupts in GB became NZ bankrupts). Soper & his housekeeper told court, he was only a trustee for his housekeeper : Case dismissed 21 Jun 1894, from Otago Witness, NZ, NZ papers : [see m.Portsea, Hants 1870]
Lance Corporal G A Soper, killed, 2nd Battalion of Royal Highland at the Battle of Magersfontein : from The Times 18 Dec 1899 531/746n : [George Alfred Soper b.Henwalia, bpt.30 May 1872, Llanbeblig, Caernarvon; see Wales]
Maud Soper [b.1896] d.age 28 months bur.Troqueer Cemetery, Dumfries, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, address 3 Warwick Place, Ryedale; 6ft grave; bur in same grave as Ethel; Grave purchased 21 Jun 1898 scan
Frank A Soper LDS RCS m.22 Dec 1898 at Albury Rd, Aberdeen to Elizabeth H Aird, grand dau of late Erskine Macdonald of Aberdeen (by Rev Brebae of Ollcomston? Parish Church); in 'Aberdeen Weekly Journal' 28 Dec, from newspapers.bl.uk
Henry Short Soper 'Harry' m.Annie Frances Coutanche (1874-1935) 20 Oct 1900 St. Marchar, Aberdeen; b.2 Jun 1874 Fordington, Dorchester, Eng; to Anne Sophia Soper (1849-1911) who m.Charles Henry Prowse 1878 Dorchester
Sopher mentioned in a handwritten letter about music, 1 Aug & 8 Aug 1900 from William Cowan (1879-1921), 47 Braid Avenue, Edinburgh, to James Mearnes (1855-1922), 'a Hymnologist'
source
Henry Short Soper 'Harry' m.Florence Maud ? 20 Oct 1900 St Marchar, Aberdeen wikitree; b.1874 Dorchester; [a Harry Short Soper below
Catherine Soper (b.23 Jul 1901, Aberdeen d.28 Feb 1959) daughter of Harry Short Soper b.1874 assume in UK & m.Annie Frances Coutanche (b.1874 d.2 Jan 1935, Edinburgh, Scotland). Catherine m.Albert Henry Johnston, in Edinburgh 27 Sep 1930. Albert rem.18 May 1938 Edinburgh. from Harry's gr-grandson Alan Johnston source : [later Alan says the family came from Poole, Dorset & evangelist, Dr Donald Soper was a cousin of Harry] : [no Soper/Coutanche m.date vis, so see b.b.1874] : ['01cen an Annie Soper b.c1873 in Aberdeenshire 28 married]
17 Sopers & 6 Sophers in 1901 Scotish Census scotlandspeople.gov.uk
Clara Soper 30 at 'Rysdale', Troqueer, Kirkcudbrightshire '01cen, Ada Soper 8, William Soper 7, Alfred S Soper 6 all b.Eng, Clara Soper 5 Dumfries, Dumfriesshire all scholars, Walter Soper 2, Frederick Soper 1 both b.Maxwelltown, Kirkcudbrightshire, no scan yet
Elizabeth L Souper 46 private means at 21 Beechgrove Terrace, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, '01cen, b.Potterton, A'shr; Hugh Ross Souper 13 scholar b.Aberdeen (City); James Lorimer Souper 8 scholar b.Aberdeen also gen dom serv Bella Jamison Finnie 18 b.Hythie, Aber; (no scan yet) 1873
Frank Arthur Soper 32 surgeon dentist at 2 Hamilton Place, (St Machar), Aberdeenshire, Scotland; b., Eng; Elizabeth H 26 b.Moffat, Dumfrieshire, [but child not there?]; Annette Esther Soper 35 b.Eng; George Edward 19 dental student b.Eng & gen dom serv Mary Wilson 27unm bTurriff, Aberdeenshire; [no scan yet] : [*learning dentistry; children of Frederick & Elizabeth m.1863, Sussex]
b>Henry Soper 27 fish shop keeper at 13 Belmont Rd, (St Machar), Aberdeenshire, Scotland '01cen, b.Eng; Annie Soper 24 b.France (british subject); scan : [Henry Short Soper 'Harry' m.1900 Aberdeen]
Henry Soper 27 fish shop keeper at 13 Belmont Rd, (St Machar), Aberdeenshire, Scotland '01cen, b.Eng; Annie Soper 24 b.France (british subject); scan : [m.not vis Eng]
Henry Soper 24, at Aberdeenshire
John Souper 61 granite settmaker at 9 Mugiemoss Rd, Newhills, Kirkcudbrightshire, '01cen, b.Nig, Kirkcudbrightshire; Betsey 58 b.Eassie, Forfarshire; dau Catherine A 14 papermill worker b.Newhills, Aberdeenshire (no scan yet) : [John b.1840 to Alexander & Sarah Grant who m.1837 Aberdeen]
Joseph Sopher 26 unm pedler at Main Street, Govan, Gorbals, Lanarkshire, '01cen; widowed mother Sarah Sopher 60 both Russian Naturalise [& a few doors away...]
Mary Anne Soper 10 visitor at The Croft, East Kilbride, Lanarkshire, '01cen, b.Russia, British Subject; visiting John Guthrie 49 artist (decorative), b.Edinburgh, Jessie 38; sons Hamish Campbell 5 & Donald Stalker 2 all b.Glasgow; housemaid Effie Matherson 17 b.Sky & Jane Ann Buchanan 20 cook b.Kilmoclan scan : [perhaps d.Lanarkshire 1919; executors Robert James Soper & widowed husband James Bannatyne Hamilton] : [Soper/Hamilton m.not vis]
Phenias J Sopher 27(/26?) cigarette maker at 46 Main St, Gorbals, Glasgow, Lanarkshire '01cen; Masha Sopher 27(/26?) both Russian subjects, Gedalyah Sopher 2(/1?), Joseph Sopher 1(/0?) both b.Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Morris Waaeson 17 brother in law bamboo furniture maker & boarders Judith Kleinmann 60 & Fanny Kleinmann 27 tailoress all Russian subjects (no scan yet)
Thomas Soper (c1854-?), 47 at Ayrshire : [??'91cen perhaps Thomas Soper 36 mate (em'ee)� on Vessel 'Jane Francis'a Brigatine of Salcombe Regis, Dev; b.Port Isaac, Cornwall with 3 able seamen; & cook/steward; Thomas's signature; scan 2 other Thomas's 36-38, but vis'01cen]
Walter Soper (1863-?) 38 (not b.Scot) grocers cellarman at 69 Bucclench St, Edinburgh (St Giles) Midlothian '01cen, wife Jane Soper 36 both b.Edinburgh; [no scan yet] : [m.not vis bmd; assume a soldier (??a Walter F Soper in army records Corfu 1895); '91cen Walters accounted for in '01cen]
William Souper 39unm Minister of the F & U C of Scotland at F C Manse, Crathie & Braemar, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, '01cen, b.Aberdeen & dom housekeeper Isobel Adamson 45m b.Keith, Banffshire : (no scan yet) : [Rev William Souper (c1862-1944) clergyman, see Religious Soper notes]
1901 English Census, 3 Sopers b.Scotland, presumably all wives
W Soper, Quarter Master Sgt, 3rd Batt, Kings Own Scottish Borderers, Distinguished Conduct Medal : from 1 Nov 1902, from The Times:188/211p
Mrs Mary Soper, Miss Soper, William Soper engineer (both unm adults) all scotch sailed on ''Furnessia'' from Glasgow to New York, USA, Anchor Line, saloon class, (all on page scotch); departing 28 Aug 1902 (3,598 tons; 560 passengers); scan & scan2; from findmypast : [link not obvious here if scotch, not the Berks gun engineers, '01cen no Eng engineer]
Frank Arhur Soper dentist LDS Eng, residence 2 Hamilton Place, Aberdeen; business 16 Golden Sq; [also at address Mackintosh Thomas Alexander LDS Edin] from Slater's 1903 Commercial Directory of Scotland; source : [dental surgeon see, b.Norwich]
Mrs Soper of Edinburgh (& Miss Pankhurst) spoke at a convention of the National Union of Woman's Suffrage Societies at Holborn Restaurant 25 Nov 1904 : from The Times, 28 Nov 609/746n
W Sopper Esq at 3 Upper Belgrave St, Belgrave Sq, SW London. Webster's Royal Red Book, May 1905 Directory. possibly born Dunmaglass, Inverness NB
Edith Sopper of Dunmaglass, Daviot, Scotland, 2nd daughter of W Sopper, married in 1908 to Major Herber Anderson Cape (1872-?) (After Charterhouse, Surrey, he joined the 18th Hussars & was wounded in S.Africa. In 5th Lancers 1907) Charterhouse, ex students : [Edith Soper (b.Streatham c1882) in 1901 census 2nd dau of William & Sarah Anne Sopper, a stockbroker 3 Upper Belgrave St, London ] : [a Frank W Sopper, was also in 18th Hussars in S.Africa - elder brother?, see 1891 census] William Soper head age 55 b.Scotland; at Wandsworth, London, UK 1911 census : [see London '11cen] : [William & brother John b.1856 & 58]
Phineas Isaac Sopher from Russia. Resident in Glasgow. Nationality & Naturalisation Certificate 19881, issued 16 Jan 1911 [another Russian/Glasgow Sopher in 1913] : HO 144/1097/197650 : National Archives Joseph Sopher from Russia. Resident in Glasgow. Nationality & Naturalisation Certificate Nr 24003, issued 15 Sep 1913 [another Russian/Glasgow Sopher in 1911] : HO 144/1281/240870 : National Archives
F & G Soper, firm of surgeon dentists, 20 Golden Sq, Aberdeen; Frank Arthur Soper L D S & George Edward Soper L D S, sole partners, disolved 31 Dec 1913 by retiral of G E Soper; F A Soper will continue the practice at same address Edinburgh Gazette 17 Feb : [F A Soper, dental surgeon see, b.Norwich] : [G E Soper, dental surgeon see, b.Norwich]
Scotland units in WW1 : Service Medals (issued to all servicemen) 1914-1920 : from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
Henry Felix Soper, 'Harry' m.Phyllis Margaret Leleux 9 Oct 1915 Christ Church, Camlachie, Glasgow, by Banns (Scottish Episcopal Church). (signed) H Soper, Staff Quarter-Master Sergeant, Army Service Corps, bachelor age 23 of Bulford, Wilts; Phyllis a typist, spinster, age 22 of 15 Ure Place, Glasgow; [Parents] Harry Felice Soper sculptor & Agnes Emily Soper (nee.Harrison) & Charles Leon Leleux, engineer, postal telegraphs & Jessie (nee Stentiford); witnesses Thomas Hetherington & Kitty H Macintyre : [Henry b 4 Jul 1893 Salisbury to Harry Felice Soper & Agnes Emily Harrison who m.1885; Phyllis (1892-1972) b.22 Dec Glasgow; d.Connecticut]
Marcus Soper m.Agnes Cameron mid 1940s; assume Scotland; Marcus E R Soper b.Apr>Jun 1916, Andover, Hants (/Wilts) to Frederick William Soper m.Emily Ethel Hoare m.1909 Hungerford, Berks
Charles Haward Soper m.Anne Catherine Clark (1895-) 1917 at China; b.12 Feb 1886 Catoomba, Australia myheritage.com to Rev John Alfred Soper & m.Caroline Doggett Haward 1881 Suffolk; Rev J A Soper Baptist minister to Australia 1890 & NZ 1891 & London by 1905
Sydney James Soper, Second Lieutenant, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
Mary Ann Soper or Hamilton d.5 Jul 1919, wife of Woodfoot, Leshmagow [Lesmahagow?], Lanarkshire; sealed London 13 Aug 1919 to Robert James Soper, James Bannatyne Hamilton (widowed husband); estate �- ; from Probate Calender, scan [Mary's d.not vis bmd] : [Soper/Hamilton m.not vis] : ['01cen Mary Anne Soper (1884-?) age 17 at Lanarkshire]
Hugh Ross Souper m.Alice Eleanor Milne 21 Sep 1919 b.8 Aug 1887, 21 Beechgrov Tce, Aberdeen. to Hugh Ross (above) & Elizabeth who m.1873 {failed link}; Captain Royal Army Medical Corps (WW1 service medal) : National Archives www.nationalarchives.gov; d.21 Oct 1936, 2 Queen's Tce, A'n [see biog Soupers page]
Alexander Soper b.c1895, Able Seaman in the Royal Navy HMS Victory, parents Henry John & Margaret Hannah : home, Auldhouse, East Kilbride, Glasgow (born Devonport), Devon?, died 2nd Jan 1915 : Commonwealth War Graves Site
Gedaliah Sopher of Great Portland St, Glasgow, 6 months prison for having a discharge certificate belonging to his dead brother; Issued North London; London police found he was the wrong height; Cambrian Daily Leader 20 Aug 1918 : scan
F A Soper of Aberdeen, Roll of Ivory cross Surgeon Dentists; from The Ivory Cross Journal July/Aug 1919 : tlemea.com : [Frank Arthur Soper, dental surgeon see, b.Norwich]
Dorothy Elizabeth Soper architect, studied full time at School of Art, Robert Gordon's College, Aberdeen Sep 1919 - Jun 21; then evening classes then full-time 1925-6. 1926 address Malcolm's Mount, Stonehaven, Kincardineshire, Scot; returned to full-time study Sep 1925-Jun 1926 passing professional practice exam Jul & admitted ARIBA 29 Nov; mid-1930s assistant in practice Wigglesworth & Marshall Mackenzie, Lon; In Birmingham 1951 source. Retired. At nursing home in Crieff, Perthshire, Scot 1980s?;
Robert Haward Soper m.Catherine Gillies 'Kate'; re.m.Anne Weir: b.18 Nov 1926 Hong Kong, to Charles Haward Soper & Ann m.1917 China, see above
Frederick Arthur Soper LDS RCS & Claude Frederick Haine LDS RCS disolved dental surgeon partnership at 20 Golden Sq, 1 Apr 1932; payments & debts to Mr Soper Edinburgh Gazette : [F A Soper, dental surgeon see, b.Norwich]
Mary 9 scholar, sailed tourist class on "Duchess of York" (Canadian Pacific Line) from Montr�al, Qu�bec, Canada to Liverpool, Eng arriving 28 May 1932; Last permanant address Canada; Planned future residence British Empire; address Pitlochry, Perthshire, scan
Charles H (c1886-?) 46 engineer; Annie C 36, Eila Annie 13, Diana J 11, John D 6, Robert H 5 scottish citizens, Last permanant address Straights Settlements; address Eriska, Connel, Scotland, sailed class on "Chitral" (P&O Line) from Penag, Malaysia (ship from Yokohama, Japan via Columbo, Bombay) arriving London, Eng 4 Mar 1932; scan; UK Incoming Register : [Charles Haward Soper m.1917 son of Rev John Alfred Soper]
Mary Soper (c1907-?) 27 housewife, sailed 3rd class on "Duchess of Atholl" (Canadian Pacific Line) from Montr�al, Qu�bec, Canada to Greenock, Eng (ship to Liverpool?) arriving 17 May 1934; Last permanant address Canada; Planned future residence Scotland; address 3 Leslie Tee, Thornton, Fife scan; UK Incoming Register
Mary Soper and Margaret Willia aged 7 & 7 months, from Scotland, were on the Cunard Vessel 'Antonia', which landed in Quebec on 5th May 1935. see Canadian Immigration List
Miss Betty Soper had presentation from Mackie Academy on leaving Kincardineshire for post with Stirlingshire Education Committee, 1937. Before appointment as a PT supervisor 3y ago, Miss Soper was full-time on Mackie's staff, which she joined 1934; from Mearns Leader 28 Dec 1956; source
Lieutenant Colonel Frank William Sopper, of Easter Aberchalder, Gorthleck, Stratherrick. A commission signed by the Lord Lieutenant of Inverness : from The London Gazette 12 Sept 1939
Walter William Soper, P/MX.53272 (Greenock). Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class Mention in Despatches (London Gazette 2 Jun 1944) : [a Walter William seaman in WW1 b.1900]
Jean Y Soper (1921-?) housewife 25 sailed 3rd class on "Scythia" (Cunard Line) from Liverpool to Halifax, Canada, departing 18 Mar 1946 address 37 Nethergate, Dundee; Last permanant residence Scotland (ship calling at St Johns, Halifax & Boston, Mass) ; scan; from findmypast : [page stamped immigration officer & of young women & children under 4, so assume all war brides] : [m.not vis bmb]
Annette Soper(c1931-2011) art teacher & watercolour painter. Lived in Stonehaven & had coastal studio at Catterline. [20m S of Aberdeen] : [see artists]
Walter Soper (c1917-?) 37 window cleaner, Eileen Soper 33 & Patrick Soper 6 sailed tourist class on "Queen Mary" (Cunard Line) from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada to Southampton, Eng arriving 6 Apr 1954; Last permanant address & planned future residence Eng; address 255 North Rd, Cardiff, scan; UK Incoming Register
C H Soper (1885-?) 67 retired & A C Soper 56 sailed 1st class on "Orcades" from London to Sydney, Australia, departing 6 Aug 1952; 34 Mornington Park, Edinburgh; Previous residence Scotland; Planned future residence Australia scan; from findmypast : [Charles Haward Soper m.1917]
J M P Soper, The Bank House, Kinlock Rannock, Perthshire. Letter to the editor, complaining that skid marks on Scottish Roads testifying to wandering sheep nuisance. Locals say sheep came before cars but it's scarcely an excuse for endangerig life. Main roads need to be fenced : from The Times 16 Aug 1960 Mr Soper married Mary Gustin, they had two children Lizzie & Frank before she re-married J.Scherers. Mary's sister Sarah left Scotland for Canada, so assume Mary also came from Scotland also : source The official government source of genealogical data for Scotland is, www.scotlandspeople.gov. It offers 100 records for Soper (20 Sopher & 3 Soaper, 2 Sopper : Records for Census, Wills, Birth, ext : Charges are �6 for 30 entries (in 2006)
'Lieutenant Colonel George Soper' ; is the name of a piece of pipe music. Other colonels are named in tunes, so he may have been a senior officer in the Royal Scots Regiment at some time, but an internet search produced no reference source
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: John Souper (c1628-1686) merchant burges of Aberdeen, departed life 13 Mar 1686 59th year &
: wife Margaret Clark (c1635-1708) d.4 Oct 1708, age 74 &
: son William Souper (c1660-1724) merchant of Abd 20 Sep 1724, 65th year
: wife Jean Byers (c.1670-1756) d.3 Jan 1756, age 86, wife of William
: Patrick Souper (c1715-1777) merchant of this city d.2 Nov 1777 age 62
: dau Isobel Souper (c1698-1781) merchant of this city d.9 Aug 1781 age 83. dau of William above
: grdau H L Souper (c1775-1793) grdau of Patrick d.1793, age 18
: Jean Souper (c1732-1808) mother of H L d.4 Apr 1808, age 74
- SOUPER. Perhaps from the occupation of soapmaker, ME. soper(e).
- William Super or Souper, carpenter was paid for work done, 1689. From Register of the Privy Council of Scotland (RPC., 3 ser. XiC, p.649-650).
- Soap was first manufactured in Scotland in 1619.
From newsgroup : source & groups.google.com
: bpt. Nig Parish to George & Anne (above) : d.11 Feb 1892, 34 Bank St Aberdeen, bur Allen Vale Ab'n, children
- Isabella Glegg Souper b.1846 ['01cen; shopwoman 25unm] (m.William Cruickshank 1875 : d.1825),
- Ann Souper1848 b.Old Machar, Ab'n, ['01cen; shopwoman 23unm]
- Hugh Ross Souper (1850-1900) bpt.Old Machar, Ab'n : m.Isabella Duff Mollison Ab'n c1873 & m.Alizabeth Lorimer 1883 Old Machar
- Mary Ann Souper b.5 Nov 1851 ['01cen; factory girl 18unm b.Old Machar] (m.Alexander Clark Dunn 20 Jun 1872 Ab'n, d.1925),
- Jessie Souper b.1855 (m.William Allan c1875 : d.14 Jan 1935),
- Charles Souper b.7 Jun 1860, Old Machar, Ab'n
: '71cen Charles Soaper 50 shoemaker at 3 Bank Street, Old Machar, Aberdeenshire; b.Nigg, Kincardineshire; Mary Soaper 48; Isabelle Soaper 25 shopwoman; Ann Soaper 23 shopkeeper; Hugh Ross Soaper 21; Mary Soaper 19 factory girl; Jessie Soaper 16 all b.Old Machar
: connection?
an Owen Soper (c1836-?) was in 1881 Canadian census, a farmer (45) at Bowmanville, Durham West, Ontario, with a large family, though b.Ontario, he gave his ethnic origins as Scottish : his wife Rebecca (45) b.England : www.familysearch.org
: A collection of letters & papers relating to George Dempster of Dunnichen, his purchase of the estate of Skibo, the economic condition of the Highlands, Lord Selkirk�s Red River settlement scheme etc.; Totonto Uni; Records vols 1-19
: Records Vol 2 George Dempster writes to Capt Dempster about �18,000 offer for Skibo, so apparent it was
bought for benefit of the Capt.
: Vol 3 Capt Dempster by his trips to India, trying to amass enough to retire comfortably.
: Vol 4 fertilised the poor ground. Built farm cottages dug drainage ditches & planted 206,000 fir trees; promoted fisheries (unprofitably) & transport; Invested in cloth making at Spinningdale : News of disappearance of 'Earl of Talbot' on which Capt Dempster was sailing; niece now inheriting the estate of Skibo. News that Mr & Mrs Soper [later Mr & Mrs Soper Dempster] the new owners of Skibo are to return from India.
: Vol 8 innovated by sending Highland salmon in ice to London, previously it was salted.
: Vol 9 They go south due to Mrs Dempster�s ill health
: Vol 12 estate house burnt down with cellar contents & 400 book Rosehall library
- George Soper-Dempster of Skibo (1802*-1889) m. Joanna Dundas of Arniston; [inherited Skibo when mother d.1810] : [or b.1804 see below]
- Ellen Soper-Dempster* (?-1868) m.1828 Col Henry White MP, 1st Baron Annaly (c1790-1873). She lived in Dublin, becoming Baroness Annaly of Annaly & Rathcline 1863. The Baron died Sunbury Park, London : Ellen d.12 May 1868 : thePeerage.com
- Harriet Soper-Dempster m.1831 Robert Browne Esq. cousin of Marquis of Sligo
- Charlotte Soper-Dempster m.Mar 1830 James Whitshed Hawkins Dempster Esq, of Dunnichen (1796-1841) children's surnames 'Hawkins-Dempster' : George, Katherine, Lady Metcalfe Charlotte Louisa, Gertrude, Helen & d.1842 : [children adopted by brother George] : Charlotte Louisa Hawkins Dempster (1835�1913) wrote her biography in Cannes 1912 her wiki biog
- Rose Soper-Dempster b.1809 Skibo Castle; m.Rev R M Bonnor, vicar of Rhuabon (2nd of 3 wives), m.4 Oct 1833 Henllan, Denbighshire, Wales; d.Apr 1845 The Vicarage, Rhuabon, Den
: Ellen (n�e Dempster), Lady Annaly Wife of 1st Baron Annaly; daughter of William Soper Dempster. Sitter in 1 portrait. poto, albumen print, 17 June 1864; National Portrait Gallery 'image not available'
John Soaper 22 head glass polishers clerk at 37 Woolmore Street, Poplar, M.sx '51cen, b.Aberdeenshire, Scotland; Caroline Soaper 23 b.London; John Hy Soaper 10m b.London scan : [John m.Caroline bef.1850]
Cohen Sopher, (c1829-?) a merchants clerk born Scotland 22 a visitor, in Liverpool lodgings, Lancashire
Mary Sopher, (c1809-?) a nurse born Scotland 52 married, a nurse visiting Edward & Elizabeth Amps 66 a tailor, in Toft, Cambs
- William Soper b.c1856 Edinburgh; house painter; m.Annie, see below
- John Soper b.c1858 Scotland [not with family '71cen]; assume d.Oct>Dec 1866, Wandsworth age 9
- Richard Soper b.c1860 Pimlico, Lon; paralysed from birth; but 'former house painter' '11cen
: '61cen Richard 26 carpenter at a Cottage, South Shoebury, Essex; b.Portsmouth, Hants; Mary 25 b.Bluntisham, Hunts; William 5; John 3 both b.Scotland; Richard 1; b.St Georges, Lon
: ?John (c1857-1866) d.Oct>Dec 1866, Wandsworth, Lon, age 9 [assumed]
: '71cen Richard 35 carpenter & joiner at 5 Park Place, Surrey Ln, Battersea, Sy, b.Portsmouth; Mary A 36 b.Bluntisham, Hunts; William 15 scholar b.Scotland; Richard 11 scholar b.Pimlico, Msx, also Edwin Wiggins 1 b.Battersea; scan
: '81cen Richard 45 builders foreman at 9 Granfield St, Battersea; b.Portsmouth; Mary A 46 b.Bluntisham; William 23 painter b.Edinburgh; Richard 21 bricklayer b.Pimlico & nephew Edwin Wigens 11 b.Battersea : [no Soper/Wigins m.vis bmd]
: ?Mary Ann Soper d.Jan>Mar 1890, Wandsworth, Lon, age 5[6/5]
: '91cen Richard 54 widowed foreman furniture warehouse, in 4 rooms at 21 Henning St, (St Marys), Battersea, Lon; b.Portsmouth, Hants; son Richard 31unm paralysed from birth; b.Pimlico, Lon also nephew Edwin Wigins 21unm painter b.Battersea; scan
: '01cen Richard 62 foreman furniture dept, HM office of works in 4 rooms at 21 Henning St, Battersea, Lon, b.Portsmouth, Hants; Richard 40unm b.Pimlico, Lon; scan : [son William 41 & family in 3 rooms at address]
: 1906 ?a Richard 45 of Battersea Parish, admitted Wandsworth Workhouse, Lon; 13 Mar 1906 remain; from Derry's Margate (as 7 others adults) scan : [no Richard link vis to Margate; a mention of Thanet Union & Perry�s establishment; Lon children sent to Margate]
: '11cen Richard 76 widower, late forman of works, old age pension in 6 rooms at 17 Hennings St, Battersea; b.Portsmouth, Hants & nephew Edwin Wigens 40unm painter decorator (employee) b.Battersea, Lon scan
: '11cen Richard 51unm former house painter at Tooting Home for Aged & Infirm, Church Lane, Tooting, Wandsworth; b.Pimlico, Lon; scan & scan [so seems not badly paralysed from birth]
: 1914 Richard Soper (c1836-1914) d.Jan>Mar 1914, Wandsworth, Lon, age 78
: 1915 Richard Soper age 55, discharged from Mitcham Workhouse, Holborn; diet nr.2, 30 Sep 1915 transferred to the Wandsworth Mission (with others) scan
: 1920 Richard Soper age 60, discharged from, Swaffield Road Workhouse, Wandsworth; 5 Sep 1920 at own request, aged & infirm scan; 13 Sep admitted Swaffield Rd, painter, C of E, aged & infirm, destitute scan; 26 Dec discharged scan; 28 Dec readmitted painter, returned from leave, diet 2 scan
: 1921 Richard 61, discharged from Swaffield Rd 27 Dec 1921 scan; & readmitted by Master 28 Dec, no profession, diet 2
scan [perhaps family visit like year before?]
: 1926 Richard Soper (c1861-1926) d.Jan>Mar 1926, Wandsworth, age 65
: '61cen William 5, scholar : John 3, both b.Scotland living with Richard (c1835-?) at a Cottage, South Shoebury, Essex age 26 a carpenter & joiner b.Portsmouth, wife Mary 25, b.Bluntisham, Huntingdonshire & sons & Richard 1, b.St Georges, Lon,
: '71cen William, with parents at Battersea, Surrey b.Edinburgh
: '81cen William 23, painter decorater, living with parents at Battersea, b.Edinburgh
: ??a William Soper m.Apr>Jun 1887 Wandsworth, to??
- Ethel Maud Soper 'Maud' b.Oct>Dec 1888, Battersea (Wandsworth RD) : Ethel M m.Ernest G Bacchus Jul>Sep 1912, Wandsworth
- Ethalwin Gladys Soper 'Ethel' b.Apr>Jun 1893, Battersea (Wandsworth RD) '11cen kitchenmaid 18; [m or d not vis]
- Annie Violet Soper b.Jan>Mar 1896, Battersea (Wandsworth RD) ?an Annie V m.? Lunn Apr>Jun 1919, Wandsworth
- Richard Soper b.4 Sep 1897 Battersea (b.Oct>Dec Wandsworth); m.Sarah M Jenkins Jul>Sep 1920, Wandsworth; '39cen gen lbr, Lon
2 children died by '11cen; check?? Lucy Alice Soper b.Oct>Dec 1889 & d.Apr>Jun 1890 age 0 & William Walter Soper b.Jul>Sep 1889 & d.Jul>Sep 1890, age 1, all Wandsworth
: '91cen William 35 painter, in 3 rooms at 21 Henning St, (St Marys), Battersea, Lon '91cen; b.Pimlico, Lon ; Annie 34 b.Aldbury, Herts; Ethel M 2 b.Battersea, Sy; (same address as widowed father Richard 54) scan [1st census, implies birthplace unknow (or unliked?) ?]
- '01cen William 41 house painter (employee) in 3 rooms at 21 Henning St, St Mary, Battersea, b.Pimlico; Annie 44 b.Albury; Maud 12; Ethel 8; Anne 5; William 3 [is this Richard?] all b.Battersea; scan
- '11cen William (c1856-?) 55 painter building trade (government contractor, employee) in 4 rooms at 44 Church Rd, Battersea, Wandsworth, Lon; b.Edinburgh, Scot; Ann 54 wife b.Trig , Herts {m.23y, 6 children, 4 alive}; Ethel Maud 22unm dau dressmaker (juvenile outfitter); Annie Violet 15 dau shop assistant (athletic outfitters); Richard 13 son at school, all b.Battersea, Sy : scan
: '11cen Ethelwyn Gladys 18unm kitchenmaid in 20 rooms at 64 Great Cumberland Place, St Marylebone; b.Battersea, Lon; servant to Edmund Owen 53 surgeon {widow, 5 children, 4 alive}, 4 dau 19-25; parlourmaids 20 & 32, housemaids 18 & 27 & 32, kitchenmaid 18 & cook 30 scan
: 1929 Annie d.21 Feb 1929 of 44 Church Rd, Battersea, Sy; admin Lon 23 Apr 1929 to William painter widowed husband; estate �227 16s 5d; from Probate Calender, scan [Annie (c1858-1929) d.Jan>Mar, Wandsworth, age 71]; (William's d.not obvious bmd)
: 1939 ??a William Soper (c1857-1939) d.Oct>Dec 1939, Surrey S E, Surrey, age 82
bpt Old Machar, Aberdeen 1850 to Charles (b.1818) & Mary Ann [see biog Soupers page]
- Isabella Souper b.c1878;
- Hugh Ross Souper (1887-1936) b.8 Aug Aberdeen: m.Alice Eleanor Milne 21 Sep 1919 : Aberdeen. d.21 Oct Ab'n
- James Lorimer Souper b.15 Nov 1892; b.Aberdeen : [see Souper records]
: '01cen Elizabeth L Souper 46 widow private means at 21 Beechgrove Terrace, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, b.Potterton, A'shr; Hugh Ross Souper 13 scholar b.Aberdeen (City); James Lorimer Souper 8 scholar b.Aberdeen also gen dom serv Bella Jamison Finnie 18 b.Hythie, Aber; (no scan yet)
Emily M Soper (c1840-?) b.Scotland, daughter of a school visiter, travelling from Kent, Hants, Wales, Ireland & Warwickshire
John Souper (c1838-?) b.Aberdeen, Scotland, 43 a gen lab at Erith, Kent. wife & children b.London : [John m.Caroline bef.1850]
William Soper (c1858-?) b.Edinburgh, 23 a decorater, living Battersea, Surrey : [son of Richard & Mary carpenter of Battersea, see grandparents Richard & Amelia m.1831 Portsmouth] : [see London '11cen]
John Souper '81cen 41 sett maker stone; boarder at 86 Day St, Kingston-upon-Hull, Yorkshire; Kincardine, Scotland : [John b.1840 to Alexander & Sarah Grant who m.1837 Aberdeen]
William Soper '81cen b.c1856 23unm� painter & decorator�at 9 Granfield St, Battersea, Lon; b.Edinburgh, Scotland
Edith Soper '81cen b.c1878 3 dau, at Cove Cottages, Portland, Dorset; b.Scotland
M Soper '81cen 75 widow, head� at 47 Rosoman St, London; b.Scotland
Emily M Soper '81cen 13 scholar, dau at 3 Sydney Villas Henslowe Rd, Camberwell, London; b.Scotland
Mary E Soper '81cen 33 wife at Nursling St, Nursling, Hants; b.Scotland
Mina Soper '81cen 25� wife, 639 Wandsworth Rd Ss, Clapham, London; b.Scotland
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Mr Souper. �24 10s contributed towards the �3,000 for 36 bells for St Nicholas, Aberdeen; in 'Aberdeen Weekly Journal' 17 Jul 1883, from newspapers.bl.uk : [Hugh Ross Souper (1850-1900) m.1873]
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H R Souper warehouseman, elected to executive committee of Aberdeen Liberal Unionist Association; in 'Aberdeen Weekly Journal', 18 Mar 1889, from newspapers.bl.uk : [Hugh Ross Souper (1850-1900) m.1873]
: ['A C W Soper sang 'Am I In The Way?' & as an encore, one of his well-known & popular whistling selections' at the 'Curling Concert' 7 Feb 1903, Winnipeg to welcome the Scottish visitors; p.484 of 'The Scottish Curling Tour of Canada 1902-3' archive.org] : [1892see
John Soaper & James Soaper, b.c1831 & b.c1864. A head 60 & son 27 both b.Aberdeen, Scotland, living in Erith, Kent : [John m.Caroline bef.1850]
May Soper, b.Reston, Scotland c1847. A daughter, living in Woolwich, London
Mary Soper, b.Scotland c1849. A wife, living in Wallsend, Northumberland
Wilhelmina Soper, b.Scotland c1856. A wife living in Lambeth, London
Agnes Soper, b.Scotland c1868. Living in West Ham, London
Edith Soper, b.Scotland c1878. A daughter, living in All Saints, Sussex dau of George Soper (c1849-?) b.Andover, Hants 32, Sgr RM Light Infantry [stationed Scotland '78?] ['81cen]
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William Henry Soper formerly carpenter in HMS Training Ship Caledonia, lately residing at Springwell Terrace, South Queensferry, now believed to be in New Zealand, or elsewhere furth of Scotland, were sequestrated 25 Jan 1894 by Court of Session. First deliverance 30 Dec 1893. Meeting to elect trustee & commissioners 2pm 2 Feb 1894, Dowell's Room, 18 George St, Edinburgh. Creditors to lodge debts by 30 Apr 1894. Future advertisements relating to this sequestration will be published in the Edinburgh Gazette alone (London Gazette 30 Jan)
: Ethel Soper [b.1897] d.age 14m; bur in same grave as Maud; Grave purchased 21 Jun 1898
: Lilian Soper [b.c1903] d.age 8m; bur.29 Aug 1904 at Troqueer Cemetery; at Militia Barracks, Dumfries; infant; 5ft grave 2nd burial of above
: Violet Soper [b.1905] d.age 3d; bur.12 Mar 1905, Troqueer Cemetery, at Militia Barracks, Dumfries; infant; 5ft grave 3rd burial in grave of above : [dau's of William Henry Soper Quartermaster Srg King's Own Scottish Borderers, his home base was Berwick on Tweed, biog]
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: 1899 Frank A Soper's wife of a son b.23 Sep 1899 at 2 Hamilton Place, Aberdeen : Frank 'LDS RCS, Eng'; in 'Aberdeen Weekly Journal' 26 Sep, from newspapers.bl.uk : ['01cen Frank Arthur Soper 31, Elizabeth H Soper 26, at Aberdeenshire, but child not there?] : [Frank Arthur Soper, dental surgeon see, b.Norwich]
: 1903 Frank A Soper LDS; wife of a dau b.22 May 1903 of Hamilton Place, Aberdeen : Frank 'LDS RCS, Eng'; in 'Aberdeen Weekly Journal' 26 Sep, from source
: 1937 Marjory MacDonald Soper, dau of Mr & Mrs Frank A Soper, Malcolm's Mount, Stonehaven; m.James Henry Crabb, 1937, son of Mr & Mrs T Crabb, of Tringwood, Chesham, Bucks source [her grgrgrfather a MacDonald]
- Catherine Soper b.23 Jul 1901 Aberdeen, Scotland; m.Albert Henry Johnston, Edinburgh 27 Sep 1930; d.28 Feb 1959
: '01cen Henry Soper 27 fish shop keeper at 13 Belmont Rd, (St Machar), Aberdeenshire, Scotland '01cen, b.Eng; Annie Soper 24 b.France (british subject); scan
: '01cen Ann with mother in St Peter Port, Guernsey}
: 1935 Annie Frances Soper b.1874; d.2 Jan 1935 Edinburgh, Scotland
: 1938 Henry's 2nd m.Florence Maud Day (nee Weeb) b.20 Oct 1900 St Marchar, Aberdeen; "Ashford, M.sx; 18 May 1938 in Edinburg" [as m.not vis in Eng bmd, so assume Scotland]
: 1961 Henry d.13 Nov 1961 Stanwell, Lon soper forum from Henry's grgrandson Alan Johnson & wikitree from Eddie Prowse a relation from mother Anne Sophia Soper (1849-1911) : see also myheritage.com tree
: William Henry Soper m.Clara Downes at Newcastle upon Tyne 25 Mar 1891
- Clara Soper b.4 Feb 1896, b.Scotland ['01cen 5 b.Dumfries, Dumfriesshire]
- Walter Soper b.25 Apr 1898 ['01cen 2 b.Maxwelltown]
- Frederick Soper b.16 Nov 1899?, b.Kirkcudbrightshire ['01cen 1 b.Maxwelltown]
: [family of William Henry Soper Quartermaster Srg King's Own Scottish Borderers in South Africa, his home base was Berwick on Tweed, biog]
- Gedaliah Sopher b.c1899 Glasgow; prison WW1; m.Annie Silkin 1923 [lost link], Chelsea, Lon]
- Joseph Sopher b.c1900 Glasgow; ?m.Sophie Orr-Chudesch Jan>Mar 1923, Willesden, Lon (bmd)
- brother? Sopher d. discharged military WW1 & d.bef 1918
: Gedaliah Sopher of Great Portland St, Glasgow, 6 months prison for having a discharge certificate belonging to his dead brother; Issued North London; London police found he was the wrong height; Cambrian Daily Leader 20 Aug 1918 : scan
: Gedaliah Sopher naturalisation certificate; ancestry.com
: Mary Soper, wife b.Reston, Scotland c1848. Living in Portwood, Hants
: Wilhelmina Soper, wife b.Scotland c1856. Living in Clapham, London
: Agnes Soper, b.Scotland c 1868. Living in West Ham, London
- William Sopper, 3 Upper Belgrave St, SW - Dunmaglass, Invernesshire; in Royal Blue Book: Fashionable Directory 1906 Google Books
Edward Sopper, Private..., Gordon Highlanders, nr15243
M J Soper, Private, Seaforth Highlanders, nr5397
Rupert S C Soper, Private, Coldstream Guards, nr10852 : [Rubert Samuel Charles Soper 19 at Newton Abbot, Dev with parents]
- Kenneth Soper b.30 Jul 1916 Glasgow, Scotland; 1940 infantry pvte, NY National Guard
- Victor R L Soper (1918-1985) b.16 Nov Northampton (or Birmingham); clerk?; coastal artillery national guard 1940; a VRLS, JP in Connecticut 1971 source, d.May 1985 from Leluex tree
- Marjorie L Soper b.Oct>Dec 1919 Wolverhampton, Shrops; Marjorie Leleux Soper m.Charles R Gebhardt, Capt US Navy. b.1914 W,Virginia
- Sheila Soper b.3 Jul 1923 New Jersey, US; m.Robert Steele Montgomery 1944; 4 children, d.11 Apr 2004 usgwarchive : Robert (1922-2007) Nabisco salesman biog [Sheila alive 1961 Woodbury, Connecticut. I'm not sure when Harry died. from John Humphrey Sept'10 grandson of Phylis's sister source]
: 1892 : Phyllis Margaret Leleux b.Jul>Sep 1892 Plymouth, Dev (nee Soper) emigrated to New Jersey, USA (her sister Hilda Mary Leleux was grandmother to researcher Bruce Humphrey genforum
: 1901 : Phyllis : [ '01cen Charles L Leleux 43 in Ayreshire, Jessie 38 Charles H 18; Hilda M 14; Ada A 13; Dorothy 9; Phyllis M Leleux 5; Bertrund V 5]
: 1904 : Harry b.4 Jul 1893 admitted 12 Sep 1910 to Bishop Wordsworth's Grammar School, Salisbury from St Marks School; Exempt tuition fees Sep'06; Exams, Oxford Local 1908 jnr & 1909 snr; Lon Uni matriculation exemption; Passed County intermediate without award; left 21 Jul 1909 to be clerk in Inland Revenue scan
: 1911 : Henry Felice Soper 52 stone & marble mason (employer, working at home) '11cen in 10 rooms at 59 London Rd, Salisbury, Wilts b.Lon; Agnes Emily 47 {m.25y 2 births, both alive} b.Dunsfold, Sy, Harry 17 boy clerk to Surveyor of Taxes, Inland Rev Dept, Ronald 14 school both b.Salisbury scan
: 1913 : Phyllis Margaret Leleux appointed post office typist & shorthand writer at Glasgow 20 Oct 1913; in Edinburgh & London Gazette
: 1915 : Henry Felix Soper Staff Quarter-Master Sergeant, Army Service Corps, age 23 of Bulford, Wilts on m.Phyllis Margaret Leleux 1915, Glasgow
: 1921 : [Emigrated to USA - Henry 46 on 'The Caronia', Liverpool>NY arrived 26 Jun 1921, residence Liverpool: Family, on 'The Scythia' arrived Ellis Island, NY 30 Aug 1921 with Kenneth 4, Victor R L 2 & Marjorie L 1. Home, Orange, New Jersey: [William Soper 53 was also on this sailing as a member of the crew. He seems not to have been a regular sailer]
: 1921 Phyllis M Soper (c1893-?) age 28, married, with Kenneth 4, Victor R L 2 & Marjorie L 1 sailed from Liverpool, on 'The Scythia', arriving Ellis Island, NY. 30 Aug 1921; Residence, Warwick, Eng : [Kenneth 4 added from findmypast list] : [William Soper 53 was also on this sailing as a member of the crew. He seems not to have been a regular sailer] : [husband Harry 28 emmigrated 2 months earlier]
: Henry Felix Soper U.S. Naturalization Records, Massachusetts : [husband Harry 28 emmigrated 2 months earlier]
: 1927 : ?a Harry Soper (c1892-?) 35 manufacturer sailed 1st class on "Mauretania" (Cunard Line) from New York, US (via disembarked Plymouth) arriving Southampton, Eng 4 Oct 1927; Last permanant address USA; Planned future residence foriegn [ie not UK], address Savoy Hotel, scan; UK Incoming Register
: 1927 : parents Henry retired 69 & Agnes 63 sailed cabin class on "Lancastria" (Cunard) from Liverpool to New York on 5 Sep 1927; address 19 Bourne Rd, Copsewood; Last & intended future residence Eng; scan; from findmypast : [10m later] they sailed 2nd class on "Homeric" (White Star Line) from NY to Southampton 13 Jul 1928; planned future residence England; 19 Bourne Rd, Copsewood, Coventry scan
: 1930 Henry Felix Soper (c1894-?) mail at 76 Prospect St, Greenfield, age 36; Naturalsation Certificate [image on right] 26 May 1930 nr 3215652 at Boston, Mass : source
: 1930 Henry Soper (c1873-?) 57 manufacturer & wife Phyllis Soper 56 housewife, Kenneth Soper 13 scholar & Victor Soper 11 student, sailed cabin class on "Laconia" (Cunard Line) from New York, US arriving Liverpool, Eng 11 Jul 1930; US citizens, Last permanant address US & planned future residence Foreign Countries [ie not uk], address The Haven, Dunsfold, Surrey; scan;
: 1930 Henry F Soper, Phylis Soper, both 37 (b.c1893); Kenneth Soper 14 (b.c1916) & Victor Soper 12 (b.c1918) arrived from Liverpool to New York on 'The Samaria' 10 Sept 1930
: 1932 a Henry F Soper (US citizen) of Montclair, Essex, New Jersey patented an ornamental design Ink Bottle Cap (for 14 years) Patent number: D89939, Filed 23 Sep 1932; Issued May 1933 (drawing attached) www.google.dk/patents
: 1932 a Henry F Soper of Montclair, NJ & Edgar P Sparkes of Calif, assignors of LE Waterman Co of NY patent 12 Mar 1932 for decorative container for a bottle of liquid ink source & an ink bottle 31 Oct 1933 source
: 1933 : Henry F Soper (US citizen) of Montclair, Essex, New Jersey patented an ornamental design Ink Bottle Cap (for 14 years) Patent number: D89939, Filed 23 Sep 1932; Issued May 1933 (drawing attached) www.google.dk/patents
: 1935 : family lived at Montclair, New Jersey (from 40cen)
: 1940cen Henry Soper 46m electrical engineer, telephone co (52h pw, $5000pa) b.Eng; at Wyoming Ave, Maplewood Township, Essex, New Jersey; 2 May 1940 census; [lived at Montclair, New Jersey 1935] Phyllis 47; Kenneth 23 Scotland; Victor 21 clerk, air transport (44p pw, $1000pa); Marjorie 20; both b.Eng; Sheila 16 New Jersey, scan
: 1940cen duplicate Henry Felix Soper 46m; director of research & engineering, liquid meter mfg (56h week); hotel guest at Mark Hopkins Hotel, San Franciso, California; b.Eng; residence, Montclair, Essex, New Jersey; scan
: 1940 Kenneth L Soper Private, Co L 107th Infantry, New York Guard; enlisted 6 Mar 1940; residence Maplewood, New Jersey; b.30 Jul 1916 Glasgow, Scotland source; & enlisted private nr.20272057 Coast Artillery Corps or Army Mine Planter Service, National Guard 10 Feb 1941, residence Chautauqua Co, NY, insurance salesmen, 2y college, b.Britain; unm, 5ft 7in, 125lbs source; [??so different Kenneth L, b.1917, Private nr.17026628 Quartermaster Corps, Regular Army; enlisted Fort Snelling 3 Oct 1941. unm, no dependents, 5ft 10in, 171lbs, grammer school education; Occupation, cooks; Residence Todd Co, Minnesota source]
: 1940 Victor R L Soper nr.20271943; Btry A 307th Coast Artillery, [& Btry A 207th Coast Artillery inactive], New York Guard; unm; education 1y college; clerk (or similar occupation); 1y enlistment; military service 3 Oct 1940 Maplewood, New Jersey; 16 Nov 1918 Birmingham, Eng; residence Maplewood; New York Records of the State National Guard
: 1941 : Henry F Soper of East Orange, New Jersey; assignor to Neptune Meter Company of NJ; designed & patented an ornamental design of an automatic cutoff device for dispensing apparatus 10 Jun 1941 source
: 1942 : Henry Felice Soper age 48, US WW2 draft registration 26 Apr 1942, residence 161 Myoming Ave, Maplewood, Essex, New Jersey, b.4 Jul 1893, Salisbury; N of K Mrs Phillis Soper, same address; employer Neprtune Motor Co; 5' 10�", 195lbs, grey eyes & hair, eyes 50w 50th [why Felice?: His father 'H Felice S' but his birth registered 'H Felix S']
: 1961 : letter from Charles Montgomery to dau Heidi when visiting her uncle Harry, aunt Phillis & cousin Victor in a big house with log fire 1961)
: 1973 : Henry Felix Soper (1893-1973) b.4 Jul, d.4 Feb & Phyllis Leleux Soper (1892-1974) b.22 Dec, d.9 Sep, Plaque G-013 St Andrew's Episcopal Church's, St Francis Memorial Gdn, 419 South St, New Providence, NJ source
- Ruth Soper
- Caroline Soper
: 1934 Marcus Eli Ralph Soper b.24 Mar 1916, Andover, Hants, Midshipman nr.R120186, ship Glenanroy; Seaman's cert issued; 2 Jun 1934, Victoria Docks, Lon [blue eyes, fair hair, fair complexion; Certificate on 1st voyage] signed ; [26 Jun 34 ship nr.137826; 17 Apr 35 137826; 16 Oct 35 144217; 1 Mar 38 147140; 5 Nov 38 144605; Columbia S'ton; 30 May 39 167259] scan
: 1937 Agnes Cameron (who would m.Soper) at 1937 picnic, King George VI's coronation source
: 1939 M E R Soper Acting Sub-Lieut to be Sub-Lieut. 26 Aug 1939 (London Gazette 27 Oct; & sub Lieut 26 Sep 1939 source
: 1940 Agnes, dau of Charlie & Jean Cameron, owned Cameron's store at the pier, Kyleakin, Isle of Skye, with home attached to shop; Agnes later m.Marcus from Dorset, Eng; in the navy; & had children Ruth & Caroline, from an evacuee from Sunderland age 6 (& sister & mother) who lived with Agnes source[Kyleakin, E coast, Isle of Skye]
: 1940 M E R Soper, Sub-Lieut to be Lieut, RN Reserve with seniority as of 21st May 1940. (London Gazette 5 Jul)
: 1940 Lieut Marcus Eli Ralph Soper Royal Naval Reserve; seniority 21 May 1940; on 'HMS Argus' (Po) 29 Jul 1942 [a WW1 aircraft carrier on harbour service from 1944 wiki]
: 1948 M E I Soper Lt Royal Navy Reserve to be Lt Cdr 9 Jun 1948 with seniority of 21 May 1948 (London Gazette 25 Jun)
: 1950 M E R Soper Lt.Cdr. Royal Naval Reserve awarded the RN Reserve Decoration 8 Feb 1950 (London Gazette 17 Jan)
: 1950 Marcus Soper of The Pier, Kyleakin, president of Strath Burns Club 1950; organising a Burns supper, followed by dance source : [founded 1948, 70 members source]
: 1951 Ruth Soper & Caroline Soper (both center) at Cliffe Cottage, Kyleakin 1951 source [& Ruth Soper in c1949 source]
: 1952 M E R Soper of The Pier, Kyleakin, secretary of Strath Burns Club 1952, 60 members; President, Charles Cameron
: 1956 Agnes Soper (waving) & Marcus Soper (right of car aerial) at Royal visit to Kyleakin, 1956 source]
: 1960s Agnes Soper at Dunringell, Kyleakin, at a WRI fundraiser, 1960s source.
: 19?? Mr Soper the Kyleakin village milk man, served the village for many decades; photo source
: 1982 Marcus Soper photograph 1982 commemorating HMS Trelawney* & 1st Minelaying Squadron at the Lochalsh Hotel, Kyle source : [*harbour of Kyle of Lochalsh named HMS Trelawney (on Scots coast 1m from Kyleakin, Isle of Skye) Mine-laying for the British fleet was carried out HMS Trelawney source]
: 1989 Marcus Soper Seabank, Kyleakin, Skye, b.Mar 1916, a director of Kyleakin Feus Ltd 26 Sep 1989-13 Sep 2002 source
: 2002 Marcus E R Soper, electorial roll, Isle of Sky, Inverneshire
- Eila Anne Soper 'Anne' b.26 Dec 1918 Shanghai m.Alex Fraser; d.16 Jun 2010 Cincinnati, OH, US
- Diana J Soper m.Herman Fraser
- John Duncan Hayward Soper b.18 Jul 1925 1st m.Catherine Morrisson (1929-1999); d.18 Sep 2002
- Robert Haward Soper b.18 Nov 1926 Hong Kong; m.Katherine Gillies (1929-2004) rem Anne Weir; d.at Haggs 2011
: 1902 his father of Melbourne, spoke at Ponsonby, Aukland, NZ, before returning to England 1902; & a minister at West Hampstead, London by 1905
: 1907 Charles Haward Soper in a room, top floor of 10 Quinsan Gardens, Shanghai; Sat, 26 Jan 1907. James Marshall (ex purser SS Maori King, employed for 2w by Chinese Engineering & Mining Co) & Allen McInnes 26unm (2nd Officer, SS Maori King) & shared a room next to Mr Soper's room. They had been drinking in Mr Soper's room at 1pm (after tiffin time) with Mr. Clarke (office of Dent & Co ) & Mr Couch (Soper's friend), which had a bed & couch. Mr McInnes who was intoxicated with wisky, left the room to lay down. Soper heard 2 shots, At 4:30pm, McInnes entered his room, took a revolver from under his kimono and 'blew his brains out'. All 3 witnesses at inquest held same day & address adjurned to Supreme Court 28th source
: Occupation: Station Manager for Cables & Wireless
: 1911 C H Soper english citizen, sailed 1st class on "Marmara" from Shanghai, China arriving London, Eng 22 Apr 1911; scan; UK Incoming Register
: 1932 Charles H 46 engineer; Annie C 36, Eila Annie 13, Diana J 11, John D 6, Robert H 5 scottish citizens, Last permanant address Straights Settlements; address Eriska, Connel, Scotland, sailed class on "Chitral" (P&O Line) from Penag, Malaysia (ship from Yokohama, Japan via Columbo, Bombay) arriving London, Eng 4 Mar 1932 scan; UK Incoming Register
: 1952 C H Soper (1885-?) of 34 Mornington Park, Edinburgh, age 67 retired & A C Soper 56 sailed 1st class on "Orcades" from London to Sydney, Australia, departing 6 Aug 1952; Previous residence Scotland; Planned future residence Australia scan; from findmypast
: 1952 what connection? Bette Yvonne Haward Soper (1918-?) nurse 34 sailed 1st class on "Strathaird" (P & O Line), London to Sydney, Australia, from 11 Feb 1952 address 34 Morningside Pk, Edinburgh; Last permanant residence Eng; Intended future residence Australia; scan; from findmypast : [b./m. not vis bmd]
: 1963 Charles d.15 Mar 1963 Edinburgh, Scotland
: 1988 Ann d.29 Dec 1988 Edinburgh geni.com
: Charles Haward Soper (1886-1963) photo MyHeritage, assume family detaild behind paywall
: Mary Ann Soper b.Apr>Jun 1883, Romford, Essex; ?'11cen Mary Ann Soper 28 a former / dom servant / national, an inmate at an institution at (Thetford/Black/Grey/Corner), b.Essex
or : Mary Ann Soper b.Jul>Sep 1883 Barnstaple Dev
: brought to Scotland in infancy & grew up in Edinburgh obit
: educated at Edinburgh Institution & Heriot Watt College tree
: 1930s RHS came to Scotland where grfather Duncan Clark was merchant & hotelier by way of Wei-Hei-Wei & Penang
: 1944 in King�s Dragoon Guards, in the D-Day reserve, missed continental action & spent his time in uniform in Long Range Desert Rescue in Libya & Palestine, 1945-8
: a quantity surveyor; FRICS; Fellow, Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
: 1950's joined Cumbernauld Development Corp & began a 50y association with town; Left to start his own practice
: 1976 Robert H Soper & Co., Cumbernauld, Glasgow surveyed budget for improvements in Citizens' Theatre, Gorbals
: 2011 d 26 Nov 2011 in his home at Haggs
: 2011 survived by wife Anne (nee Weir) & 6 children from 1st m.to Catherine (Kit or Kate; deceased, nee Gillies & latterly Manders) source
: Mary� Soper (c1923-?) age 9, scholar, sailed from Greenock to Montreal, Canada, on Duchess of York, Canadian Pacific Line, 1932 : from findmypast.com : [sailed age 2 with mother Annie 29 1924]
: Mrs Jean Soper (from Scotland) (perhaps with Mrs Sellars & child?) on "SS Scythia" departed Liverpool 17 Mar 1946, arrived Halifax, Nova Scotia 22 Mar : a ship of War brides to Newfoundland : them on SS "Baccalieu" arriving St John's Newfoundland 26 Mar- place of settlement matched. 17 Mar 1946 Google Books
: Jean Young Soper housewife 27 David Thomas Soper 1 sailed tourist class on "Newfoundland" (Furness Warren Line) from Liverpool to St Johns NF, Canada, departing 28 Aug 1948 address c/o 37 Nethergate, Dundee; Intended future residence Newfoundland (ship to St J, Halifax & Boston) ; scan; from findmypast
: Annette Soper, artist; From 1950
: Annette Soper, Joan Eardley, Angus Neil & Lil Neilson together formed what some have referred to as a Catterline School. Through the 1900's, Catterline, [Stonehaven, Kincardineshire] became known less for its fishing than for it's artists : [this seems only www ref to school or Annette, so 'some' may be all too true] : source
: ['01cen connection? an Annette Esther Soper 35m, in Aberdeenshire] : [Annette Esther Soper b.Apr>Jun 1864, Lambeth, Lon
(Hennington/Camberwell, Sy); to Frederick m.Elizabeth Greenway who m.1863, Brighton]
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: Bette Yvonne Haward Soper (1918-?) nurse 34 sailed 1st class on "Strathaird" (P & O Line), London to Sydney, Australia, from 11 Feb 1952 address 34 Morningside Pk, Edinburgh; Last permanant residence England; Intended future residence Australia; scan; from findmypast : [b./m. not vis bmd]