Walter le Sopere accused 15 Oct at Windsor with others of breaking into the park at Bletchingley, Surrey Calendar of the Patent Rolls Edward II 1307-1313; incomplete google books snippet

Peter le Soaper & Thomas Soaper abutted to the south of a property mentioned in this book : Early Medieval Surrey: Landholding, Church and Settlement Before 1300 - Page 86; incomplete google books snippet

Richard Soper & daughter Elizabeth Terngton, a court case 1500-1510 : Thomas Teryngton & Elizabeth, his wife, daughter & heir of Richard Soper. v. William Flynt : re Detention of deeds relating to land in Kingston, Surrey. National Archives C 1/364/35

Richard Soper servant to Thomas Mathew of Ewell, (& Epsom) husbandman with wife & 5 children (buried in churchyard; high altar 4d) In his will, 18 Dec 1557 gave Soper a ewe sheep & John Tooke, servant a ewe : Overseer: [brother in law] Nicholas Elliott : Witnesses: Richard Braye of Ewell, gentleman; Thomas Fenner; Nicholas Waterer : Surrey Will Abstracts from Origins Soper mentioned in 'Surnames in Chesham', 27 Nov 1583 p.191 : source

Elizabeth Soper m.Richard Marshall, 1618 at Southwark, St Saviour, Surrey
William Soper m.Elizabeth Pelham, 1620 at Southwark, St Saviour, Surrey
Elizabeth Soper m.Robert Henly, 1624 at Southwark St Olave, Surrey
Eln Soper m.John Carpenter, 1624 at Southwark, St Saviour, Surrey; Boyd's Marriage Index

Thomas Soaper & Elizabeth Soaper, Haslemere, Parish Registers, children Elizabeth Soper bapt 3 Nov 1622 : Mary Soper 30 Mar 1628 : Joane Soper 17 Feb 1631* : Thomas Soper 27 Mar 1636* : Thomas buried 4 June 1640 by now 'sonne of ye widowe Soaper': *only these mention mother Eliz : ancestry.com
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Thomas Soaper, Haslemere, Parish Registers, 15 Sep 1638. Banns, 'Mo Exhibited hitherto at ye Visitacion holden at Guildford May 10th, Ano pr'dict.' : ancestry.com : [a Thomas Soper bapt 27 Mar 1636, Haselmere to Thomas & Elizabeth] : [connection? : A Soper Farm in Haselmere]

Silvester Soper, of St Mary, Newington Butts, Surrey [nr Elephant & Castle] , 24 Jan 1662, Ref VH 98/2/19. Act Book [probate records after a death?] VH 98/2/19 : Lambeth Palace Library, Archbishop of Canterbury Archives, Vicar General records : Croydon & Shoreham. from www.a2a

Elizabeth Soper m.Thomas Frost, 1663 at Southwark, St Thomas, Surrey
Alice Soper m.Thomas Powell, 1665 at Southwark, St George
William Soper m.Elizabeth Brettam, 1676 at Southwark, St George
Robert Soaper m.Elizabeth Albert, 1679 at Southwark, St George; all Boyd's Marriage Index

Thomas Soper (could sign?) witnessed will of widow Edith Hopkins (X) of St Saviour, Southwark, 3 0ct 1665; her children Joan, Eleanor, Martha & Gabriel Merrie, son in law Thomas Clark, grandchild Mary Tompkins, dau Ann Tompkins, brother John Nobes of London, brewer : other witnesses: Elizabeth Milner (X), Elizabeth Pollard (X) : Surrey Will Abstracts, from British Origins Joseph Soper, Ann Ely & William Elsey witnessed will of David Griffyn, snr ('x') of Esher, yeoman. 15 Sept 1688, proved 18 Feb 1690/1 : Children; William Griffyn, 6 acres in Esher, & estate residue : Elizabeth �40, David �30, John �20, Mary �40, James �20, Ann �40 all on 21 or marriage. Wife gets chamber & bed in house for life : from wills at Surrey History Center [a Joseph Soper m.Jean Bell 28 Feb 1687, Kingstone]

William Soper a mariner of Bermondsey, Surrey. His will 15 Nov 1690. nationalarchives.gov.uk prob11/402 [scan available online]

Elizabeth Soper m.Edward Camden, 1691 at Bermondsey St Mary Magdalen
Ann Soper m.Baldwin Hoskin, 1692 at Southwark, St Thomas
John Soaper m.Susan Curtis, 1697 at Bermondsey St Mary Magdalen, Surrey; all Boyd's Marriage Index

Joseph Soaper occupied the Eight Bells, Thames Street, Kingston when it was leased (for 500 years) from Balifs & Freemen of Kingston to Charles Salter, gent : Rent 16s p.a. : 5 Sept 1694 : [mentioned elsewhere in the batch of documents 'Messuage called the Eight Bells in Thames St'] Royal Borough of Kingston Upon Thames : ref KC1/1/83 www.a2a [All Saints, Kingston had an expensive set of 8 bells installed. 1681]. Available online from National Archives [a Joseph Soper m.Jean Bell 28 Feb 1687, Kingstone] & see 1688

Joseph Soaper, of Kingston, victualler, received 1 shilling in the will of his kinsman, Daniel Bech of Kingston, victualler, who was sick 18 Nov 1700 : 1 shilling to sister-in-law Phyllis Weed, residue to Thomas Hyes, victualler of Kingston. Witnesses, Richard Birchett, Robert Freeman, Caleb Cheeseman. Will proved 2 Jan 1700/1 : from wills at Surrey History Center

Joseph Soaper a mariner, now bound to sea in the Bonadventure of Kingston, Surrey, 19 May 1712, Will available online from National Archives Prob 11/527 [HMS Bonadventure a 50 gun frigate, launched Chatam, Kent, 1711, renamed HMS Argyll in 1715] : [a will before sailing seems to indicate a naval vessel? but surely a 50 gun vessel could not reach Kingstone-upon-Thames?]

Mary Soper m.Richard Webb, 1721 at Camberwell St Giles, Surrey; Boyd's Marriage Index

? Soaper, one of several people mentioned in will of Jane Young, widow of St Saviour, Southwark, 1 Jan 1725/6 : Proved 24 Apr 1728 : from wills at Surrey History Center

William Soaper, late of St. George's Southwark in Surrey. Mariner. Prisoner in Wood St Compter, [wiki] intends to take Benefit of the Act of Insolvency at the next Sessions held 25 Aug 1725, at Guildhall (London Gazette 6 Jul)

Soper occupied 1 of 7 messuages autting Mitcham Common, left in the will of John Williams (X) late of Mitcham and now of Godalming, yeoman 1 Jan 1725/6 to his wife Elizabeth : Surrey Will Abstracts, from British Origins

Thomas Soper, Elizabeth Soper, Hannah Soper & Ann Soper (names not ordered) 1729, MIT [Mitchum] : record SET 8588 [settlement record?] from Surrey History Center

Elizabeth Soaper, received 1 shilling in will of her father Richard Sherring of Lambeth, waterman, 20 July 1733 : His boat, a small werry to wife, will continues : from wills at Surrey History Center. Witnesses: Marmaduke Abbey; James Bookham

William Soaper, Rose Soaper & Thomas Briddle witnessed will of Joseph Smith of Bermondsey, gardener, weak 27 Sep 1736, all to my wife Ann Smith, exec. to Ann Sharrard 1s. Proved: 16 Oct 1736 to exec. (who affirms as a Quaker) ; (died this morning) : Surrey Will Abstracts, DW/PA/5/1736/97 from British Origins

Richard Soper 1740, SEN : record APP 3956 [apprenticeship?] from Surrey History Center

William Soaper, late of Hickmans Folly, [a street] nr St Saviour's Dock, Southwark, Surrey, ropemaker & chapman, declared bankrupt, to surrender himself to the Commission 24 Mar 1752 at 4pm & 1 & 28 Apr (http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/9149/pages/3 14 Mar) [insolvant mariner 1725?]

Jane Soper spinster, Windlesham, marriage bond, 8 Nov 1752 from Thomas Turner source : [at Surrey Commissary, Surrey; Boyd's Marriage Index]

Jane m.Thomas Turner of Sunninghill, by licence 1752 Registers of Windlesham, Sy source
: Jane Soper of Windlesham, spinster, 18 m.Thomas Turner of Sunninghill, Berks, butcher, 25 at Windlesham 8 Nov 1752; Jane Atlee of Widlesham, widow, made oath that she brought Jane up since her parent's death & is her aunt consents to intermarriage with Thomas Turner. Sign, of Thomas Turner & Jane Atlee. Henry Grove of Chobham, feUmonger, 2nd s. Both sign. from Commissary Court Surrey. Allegations for marriage licences source

Thomas Soper & Ann Soper 1754, BATT [Battersea?] : record SET 8588 [settlement record?] from Surrey History Center

a Soper bapt Wandsworth, Surrey 1756, 1781, 1783,4,5, 6 & 7. a Soper marriage there 1765 [see Mary below] & burial 1766, 1775 : scan for sale Theoriginalrecord.com

Mary Soper m.Thomas Downton, 1756 at Putney, Surrey
William Soper m.Jane Fipps, 1764 at Malden, Surrey
Mary Soper m.Thomas Wanslaw, 1765 at Wandsworth All Saints, Surrey; all from Boyd's Marriage Index

Henry Soper mariner, bachelor, Saint Mary, Rotherhith, marriage bond, 21 May 1766 to Elisabeth Foster source

Mary Soper Will, Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Feb 1771 : englishorigins.com

William Soper Hannah Bennett & Jane Phipps witnessed will of Francis Bowry of Malden 20 Jan 1772 . He had owned & rented The Plough alehouse, Phillip Lane, Malden with 5a of meadow. Built a house in Phillip Ln. Land bought from Benjamin Brown and John Stevens. Dau Elizabeth Bowry had died. John Saunders owed him �200 on mortgage on copyhold at marriage. Most to wife 'to prevent her being solicited to marry again & if she does remarry all legacies to her void though superfluous as believe she will never remarry. Dau Catherine Rose. Died in Sept DW/PA/5/1772/5

William Soper a gentleman, bachelor marriage bond to Jane Phipps 15 Apr 1774 at St Mary, Putney : London Metropolitan Archives, from source

William Soper charged on oath, Mary Coleman with stealing quantity of wood in Richmond Park, property of His Majesty ; Committed 23 Sept 1782, by magistrate at Surrey qtr sessions, Kingston; to 1m Kingston house of correction [fmp]

Thomas Soper, bachelor, St Saviour, Southwark, marriage bond, 17 Nov 1783 with Mary Richardson source

Sarah Soper spinster, St Saviour, Southwark, marriage bond, 2 Jul 1783 from John Potter source

William Soper labourer of Mortlake, Sy accused of assault & threatened violence on John Eyles. 20 Apr 1784 at Surrey qtr sessions, Reigate; Removed to higher court [fmp]

William Soper & Alice Soper 1784, MIT [Mitchum] : record SET 11555 [settlement record?] from Surrey History Center

William Soper Will, Prerogative Court of Canterbury, May 1784 : englishorigins.com

Mary Ann Soper m John Collyer (b.1785) Thursley, Sy (nr Farneham), son John b 1820. Family at Wanborough settlement, Edwards Co ILL 1822-4 then disappears, poss settles in Pittsburg PA. Was marriage in England prior to coming IL? : lost link : This link says Mary Ann was sister of Joshua

John Soper, apprenticed to John Scuffham, sadler 23 Sep 1786 at Richmond, Sy; Register of Duties Paid for Apprentices' Indentures scan

John Soper bound as a Thames waterman 22 Jan 1789 at Walton; his master William Fencock; Thames watermen & lightermen's binding records; from findmypast
: John Soper, apprenticed to William Fencock, waterman 10 Feb 1789 at Walton Upon Thames, Surrey; Register of Duties Paid for Apprentices' Indentures scan

Thomas Soper, a turner of London Rd, Sy, owed �1 5s at Meeting of Creditors at Guildhall 13 May 1790 : from The Times 12 May : 1/746n

Thomas Soper of Surrey, his will proved Oct 1793 ref: 200047, Public Records Office : englishorigins.com
Thomas Soper boat builder of Kingston upon Thames, Sy, Will of 1793, PROB 11/1238 : from A2A

George Soper Will, Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Mar 1797 : englishorigins.com

Richard Soper Will, Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Oct 1798 : englishorigins.com

William Soper widower, St Mary, Frensham, Sy, marriage bond, 23 Apr 1800 to Catherine Hall source
: connection George Hall Soper, bapt 22 Sep 1802 Frensham (igi)
: connection 2 Sopers b.Frensham '61cen George (c1794-?) at Union Workhouse, Farnham. 68 horsekeeper b.Frensham, Sy & wife Elizabeth 67 b.Farnham, Sy both paupers & [connection? a John 53 gentleman's coachman also b.Frensham at Alton Hants with wife Martha 52 & Charles W 12]
Abraham Soper stationer & bookseller, formerly & late of Lewes, Sx. 29 July 1806. Prisoner in the Kings Bench Prison, Surrey London Gazette 2nd notice 2 Aug : 3rd notice 5 Aug : [see Abraham 1801]

William Soper of Wandsworth, fisherman, took William Penny as an apprentice, assisted by Lee's charity : Egham Parish Records 1810 : exploringsurreyspast.org.uk K36/1/202 : [Henry a Wandsworth arrested fishing 1801]

John Downs Soper gentleman, St Saviour, Southwark, marriage bond, 4 Apr 1811 to Ann Wrightson source [see London notes]

Elizabeth Soper St Mary, Rotherhithe marriage bond, 1 Sep 1814 from John Horsford Head source : [parents Capt William Soper (c1755-1839) m.Elizabeth, bef.1795 Rotherhithe]

Robert Soper of Windlesham [5m NE Farnborough] accused of stealing silver watch belonging to Peter King; Soper & Thomas Perrin of Windlesham examined, with the information of Peter King of Windlesham; 9 Dec 1817 Surrey History Centre, Woking

John Soper yarn maker & shopkeeper, now prisoners for debt in the King's Bench prison, Surrey, will be beard at Guildhall, Westminster, 13 Aug London Gazette 21 Jul 1818

William Soper labourer & Catherine Soper bpt 4 children 4 Aug 1819 at Farnham, by W P Jones scan
- Ann Soper
- William Soper; ?a William a labourer & Sarah bpt children at Farnham >1840
- James Soper; ?a James, a weaver & Sarah bpt children at Farnham >1837
- Henry Soper

Ann Soper spinster of Kingston, Sy, died possesed of �1,000 consols at 68.5% = �685 (in 3% consolidated bank annuities): Sworn under �800; By her will 23 Apr 1817 attested by 3 witnesses appointed William Ranyard, sole executor to whom probate was granted at Doctors Commons 14 Jul 1820;
: �50ea each to Sarah Smith, George Smith, John Smith [d.in lifetime of testrix] & William Smith, nieces, nephews, daus & sons of my sister Ann Collins Susannah Westfold;
: �50 consols & �50ea to Henry Mitchell & Frances Jordan : [children of Charles Mitchel]
: �200 consols to Charles Mitchell, brother-in-law, the 3% dividend for his life, then shared between his children Henry Mitchell & Frances Jordan; [Charles Mitchel disposed of the �200 13 Jul 1824 to Henry & Frances Bignall (formally Jordan)]
: �50 consols ea to Ann Collins, Susannah Westford, Sarah Smith, George Smith, John Smith & William Smith the testx's nieces & nephews;
: �400 to William Ranyard [paid from Aug 1820 to Dec 1822] ; from Bank of England Wills Extracts scan
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: Ann Soper, spinster of Kingston upon Thames, Surrey : Her will, 15 July 1820 PROB 11/1632 : from nationalarchives.gov.uk; scan

John Soper 1826, BAS [bastardy record?] : record FRM 12589 [Frimley Workhouse?] 3m N Farnborough : from Surrey History Center

Jane Soper (c1800-1828) died aged 28, 7 Aug 1828. Third daughter of Capt William Soper, of Paradise St, Rotherhithe, Surrey, died aged 28 : from The Times 12 Aug ; 14/211p : [from Times 1828 : Harriot Hamlyn Soper died of grief 11 weeks after her sister Jane. Father William Soper of Paradise St, Rotherhithe] : [Harriot b.1804, Jane b.1800, to William & Elizabeth] : [Capt William Soper (c1755-1839) m.Elizabeth, bef.1795 Rotherhithe]

James Soper [Reg.n 6514 17 Feb 1829] of Red Cross Alley, Red Cross St, Southwark, Sy (but late of Red Cross Court, Red Cross St), died possesed of �1,800 consols @86�% = �1,552 10s & �900 @96 3/8% (bank annuities at at 3%) = �867 7s 6d; will sworn under �3,000; Will dated 13 Sep 1824 attested by 2 witnesses appointed his son John Downes Soper & his, daughter Elizabeth, & his two nephews John & James executors. Probate was granted at Doctors Common 16 Feb 1829 to executors John Downes Soper & James Soper. After funeral & testamentary expences, I bequeath;
: to son & nephews John Downes Soper, John & James �900 consols & �900 annuities at 3�%
: to dau Elizabeth Soper �900 consols ; from Bank of England Wills Extracts scan

William Soper m.Ellen Blundell (1830-?), Dec 1854, Lewisham, Surrey; children Ellen Soper (1857-?) : Fanny Soper (1865-?) : Theodore Soper (1877-?) & Hugh Soper source

George Soaper, John W Mitchell, clerk to (Mr) R & J Rand of Guildford, solicitor; witnessed will of Thomas Champion of Cranleigh, carpenter 21 Mar 1833; proved; d.24 Apr; friends John Ellery of Cranleigh, surgeon & Thomas Child of Cranleigh, schoolmaster all freehold messuages at Bramley in occupation of John May & James Sanders in trust to his 4 children; Surrey Will Abstracts, SW/35_514 from British Origins : [George (c1774-1848) solicitor m.Mary Branson 1809 Hants]
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George Soaper, Parish: Portsea : Residence: Stoke, Surrey : Event: near Guildford, Hants, from 1834 Voters List for Portsea; from source
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Sarah Mier Soaper m.5 Sep 1835 at Stoke nr.Guildford, Charles E Deacon, solicitor of Southampton; youngest dau of George Soaper of Stoke, 'Bristol Mercury', 12 Oct, from newspapers.bl.uk
: Sarah Meier Soaper youngest daughter of George Soaper of Stoke, nr.Guildford m.Charles Ewen Deacon*, solicitor/attorney at law, of Southampton ; 5 Sep 1835 : marriage notice in The Times (marriage bond, 1 Sep source); *misspelt; Charles Ewens Deacon b.1803 Portsmouth, where father ran large brewery. Articled to a Portsmouth solicitor. Came to Southampton 1826 & in partnership with Mr Bryant at Lansdowne Ho, Castle Sq; from Charles's biog
: at least 13 children, inc ...
- Charles Soaper Deacon b.1837 & d.13 Jun 1838, age 17m [d.Jan>Mar 1838 S'tn]
- George Soaper Deacon b. Jul>Sep 1845 S'ton; m.Oct>Dec Watford, Herts & d.Apr>Jun 1909 Portsmouth, age 63
: 1812 Sarah Meier Soaper b.16 Jul 1812 to Thomas [assume mistake, should read 'George' (& Mary ne Branson) as above?] & Mary nee Miles. Witnesses at marriage George Smallpiece, Eliza Jenkin Jones, Mary Branson Soaper [sister b.1807]. Husband Charles Ewens Deacon bpt.16 Mar 1803 St Thomas, Portsmouth. Lived at Lordswood nr.Romsey, Southampton. 4 children 1849-55 source
: 1838 Charles appointed Southampton Town Clerk 1838, & held position for 32y*
: '41cen solicitor at Lansdowne Ho, Castle Sq, Southampton, Sarah, Sarah 2, Charles 6m & 5 servants*
: 1847 When his dau d.Oct 1847, he bought a family vault for 12 & reinterred with her, coffins of 3 children who died earlier, from All Saints church.
: '51cen solicitor at Nursling; Sarah Meier 37, Sarah Beanson 12; Mary 8; Elizabeth 6, George Soaper Deacon 5, Alice 1 & Charles Frederick* 4m governess, groom, 2 nursemaids, cook,& housemaid (*2 previous Charles 1837-8 Charles 1840-1)*
: '61cen solicitor at Poplars Oak, Nursling; Sarah, Sarah 22, Mary 18, Elizabeth 16, Alice 11, Margaret 8 & Charles 10, with 3 dom serv*
: 1862 Sarah Meier Deacon d.27 Oct 1862, age 49, after a short illness; bur in family vault, Southampton Cemetery, Plot K, 069/01* : beloved wife of Charles Ewens Deacon of Lordswood & Southampton; bur.family vault in Southampton Cemetery; photo. Had 13+ children; (some d.age 2 days, 10d, 13m & 17m) ; 41cen at Londowne Ho, S'ton with 2 children & 5 servants
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Sarah Mier Soaper m.5 Sep 1835 at Stoke nr Guildford, Charles E Deacon, solicitor of Southampton; youngest dau of George Soaper of Stoke, 'Bristol Mercury' 12 Oct, from newspapers.bl.uk : [see parents 1833 above]
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Miss Soper dau of a Portsmouth solicitor, who had retired to Guildford; m.Charles Ewens Deacon 1837 [Sarah Meier Soaper m.Charles 1835] a solicitor of 'Bryant & Deacon', freemason & Town Clerk for 32y; They lived at Lansdowne House (which remained Deacon's place of business until he died. Mrs Deacon chose the spot for Lordswood, Shirley & designed the house. 2 sons & 5 dau (3 married); Charles d.29 Sep 1873, age 70, at his home, Lordswood; CED b.1803, father, brewer of Portsmouth; in 'Hampshire Telegraph' 4 Oct, from news.bl.uk; scan

William Soper esq, Treasurer of the Parish of Rotherhithe 1835 Presentation Portrait of him
: from same book; In memory of the late united family of William & Elizabeth Soper of this parish. Whose remains are deposited in a vault beneath Jane b.Aug 1828 age 28 : Harriet Hamlyn : [Capt William Soper (c1755-1839) m.Elizabeth, bef.1795 Rotherhithe

- Sarah Soper; bpt.10 Feb 1837 at Farnham; father weaver (bpt privately) scan
- Ann Soper; bpt.4 Aug 1839 at Farnham; father weaver of East St scan
- James Soper; bpt.23 Mar 1842 at Farnham; father weaver scan

G Soaper esq of Stoke, [nr.Guildford, Surrey] subscribed to 'Sermon' a book by Rev Charles Neat, curate of Hatfield, Herts, pub.Lon 1839 : google books : [George Soaper m.Mary Branson 1806]

a Soper mentioned in Pigot's Commercial Directory for Surrey 1839, p.180 :also a Soaper mentioned p.185 : source

William Soper (c1754-1839) died 7 Nov 1839, aged 85, of Paradise Street, Rotherhithe. His wife, Mrs Soper survived 65 hours, dying 10 Nov : from The Times 12 Nov : 23/211p : [echoes a Times report of 1828 (speculate granddaughters) : Harriot Hamlyn Soper died of grief 11 weeks after her sister Jane. Father William Soper of Paradise St, Rotherhithe] : [Harriot b.1804, Jane b.1800, to William & Elizabeth]
William Soper, Gentleman of Rotherhithe, Surrey his will of 15 Nov 1839 : prob 11/1919 www.nationalarchives.gov.uk, available online : [Capt William Soper (c1755-1839) m.Elizabeth, bef.1795 Rotherhithe]

Mary Branson Soaper spinster, Saint John the Evangelist, Stoke, Surrey, marriage bond, 1 Oct 1840 St Peter & St Paul, Godalming, Sy from Charles Alexander Parson [a Dr of Godalming] source [m.Oct>Dec, Guildford, Sy (bmd)]: [Mary b.11 Jul 1807, bpt.13 Jun 1810 St Marys, Portsea George Soaper m.Mary Branson 1806]
- Sarah Soaper Parson b.Jan>Mar 1842 Guildford, Sy; m.William Huntington Butler Oct>Dec 1866 Guildford; [m.Dr Thomas Mapleson Butler; living at The Firs, London Rd, Guildford 1895 their children bpt.Stoke nr.Guildford source]
- Elizabeth Soaper Parson b.Apr>Jun 1843 Guildford; m.George Taylor Jul>Sep 1871 Guildford & Elizabeth Soaper Taylor d.Jan>Mar 1892 Midhurst, Hants, age 48
- Benson Soaper Parson b.Apr>Jun 1848 Guildford
: '51cen Charles Alexander Parsons 54 general practitioner & surgeon at High Street, Godalming, Sy; wife Mary Brownson Parsons b.Portsea, Hants; son William 16 apprentice; daus Sarah Soper Parsons 9, Elizabeth Soper Parsons 7 both scholars & niece Sarah Lyon 4 all b.Godalming & occasional nurse b.Ramsgate, Kent; Harriet Barnes 34 widow, cook; Harriet 22 housemaid; Charlotte Legg 23 nurse & Thomas Arlett 18 groom scan
: 1866 Sarah Soaper Parson [dau of Mary Branson Parsons ne Soper] m.4 Oct 1866 at Stoke nr Guildford to Thomas Mapleson Butler of Guildford, surgeon; 3rd dau of late Charles Alexander Parson of Godalming (by Rev Richard Parson), 'Hampshire Telegraph' (pub.Portsmouth 10 Oct)
: 1875 Abstract of conveyances made on the marriages of Mary Branson Soaper of Stoke next Guildford, Surrey, Spinster (dau of George Soaper of Stoke, Gent by Mary his wife) to Charles Alexander Parson of Godalming, Sy, surgeon; Sarah Soaper Parson of The Firs, Stoke nr Guildford, Sy, spinster (dau of Charles A Parson deceased & Mary Branson Parson) to Thomas Mapleson Butler of Guildford, surgeon; Elizabeth Soaper Parson of The Firs, Stoke spinster (dau of George Soaper of Stoke, Gent, by Mary his wife)[mistake?] to Rev George Taylor of Guildford, Clerk in Holy Order. Cites indentures dated between Oct 1840-Apr 1875. blackcountryhistory
: M B Soaper drew pencil drawing of Stoke Church [Guildford] & incribed it to her father; Date [18th-19th cent] in scrapbook collection of Thomas Thorp, bookseller of Guildford; surreyarchives
: Mary Branson Soaper [Parson?] this book belonged to her grandfather John [Hunthook?] Branson' incription on a 1686 book on Staffordshire; blackcountryhistory

James Soper (c1817-?) �[or James Soper Cheeseman], age 23 in Surrey Court, 26 Oct 1840; sentence Imprisonment : from Criminal Registers from Ancestry.com (where crime available)
: James Soper Cheeseman carpenter of Kingston-upon-Thames, charged with stealing a hand saw. James Briggs of Kingston working at Kingston New Town found a saw missing from his tool bag 20 Oct 1840 It was found in a pawn shop, pledged by 'John Soper' for a shilling; PC Pack found the reciept & others with 'James Soper' & took him in custody. Kingston Petty Sessions committed him for trial 24 Oct; from London Old England scan 31 Oct : [weak connection?? Joseph Soaper victualler of Kingston & Caleb Cheeseman 2 of many recipiants of a will in 1700, above] : [son?? a James Soaper (c1833-1899) of Richmond Grove, Surbiton Hill d.22 Jan, age 66; C of E, grave 2456 Kingston Cemetery 'C Class; a private grave or vault' scan]

Kingston Cemetery 11 names 1887-1944
: Mary Ann Soper (1886-1887) of London Rd**, Kingston [**as was Emma below] died 24 Apr; bur.28th, age 5 months; grave class C, C of E scan
: Emma Soper (c1876-1884) of London Rd**, Kingston, died 22 Aug ; bur.28th, age 8 months; grave 3594; class E, C of E scan
James Soper (c1833-1899) of Richmond Grove, Surbiton Hill d.22 Jan, age 66; C of E, grave 2456 Kingston Cemetery 'C Class; a private grave or vault' scan [a Mary 62 at address '01cen]
: Edith Maud Soper (c1890-1906) of Park Rd*, Hampton Wick, [*as was Mary below] died 2 Mar; bur.9th, age 16; grave class C, C of E scan : [parents Henry m.Ellen Coombes 1884, Kingston]
: Frederick William Soper (c1873-1908) of 81 Shortland Rd, Kingston; died 27 May; bur.2nd, age 45; grave 1927, class C, C of E scan
: Albert Arthur Soper (c1909-1909) of Elm Rd, died Oct bur.4 Nov age 6 weeks; grave 4386 class E scan
: Ann Soper (c1909-1911) of 2 Westfield Place, Portmouth Rd, Surbiton, died 21 Sep; bur.26th, age 52; grave 1780 class C scan [address used 1905 below]
: Mary Soper (c1838-1919) of Park Rd*, Hampton Wick, died 20 Nov; bur.25th., age 81; grave C 2456 private vualt or grave, C of E scan
: Henry Soper (c1861-1924) of 9 Park Rd*, Hampton Wick; died 12 Apr; bur.16th, age 63; grave 1780, class C, C of E scan : [Henry m.Ellen Coombes 1884, Kingston]
: Rosa Soper (c1861-1944) of 14 Bandon? Rise, Wallington, died 18 Dec at War Memorial Hospital, Wallington; bur.22nd, age 83; grave 1927 (reopened 5ft deep)/, class C, C of E
: Ellen Mary Soper (c1869-1949) of 9 Park Rd, Hampton Wick, died 22 Aug; bur.25th, age 82; reopened grave 7 1780 class C, C of E scan : [Henry m.Ellen Coombes 1884, Kingston]

John Soper late of 8 Meadow Row, New Kent Rd, Surrey (formerly of Rodney Buildings, New Kent Rd) builder, undertaker, licenced to sell beer (at British Queen beer shop at 8 Meadow Row, (corner of William St) : In Horsemonger Lane Gaol. Insolvency court 7 Aug 1841 (http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/20006/pages/2070 10 Aug) : a prisoner Court hearing Portugal St, 3 Dec, wife an assistant to Mrs Drinkwater, laundress of Meadow Row (London Gazette 12 Nov) : Insolvent nr51,965T ; 11 Dec Henry Bye appointed assignee (14 Dec) : [another (or same) insolvency 1850] : [John m.Elizabeth Maria Drinkwater 1819]

: '41cen George 40-4 ag lab at East St, Farnham, Sy; Elizabeth 50-4; under head James 25-9 servant?, Sarah 20-4, Ann 1; all b.Surrey; scan
- James Soper b.c1817 Farnham, Sy; m.Sarah c1838; police constable in Kent; see police notes
: '51cen George 63 ostler at East St, Farnham, Sy; b.Church, Sy; Elizabeth 60 b.Farnham scan
: '61cen George (c1794-?) at Union Workhouse, Farnham. 68 horsekeeper b.Frensham, Sy & wife Elizabeth 67 b.Farnham, Sy both paupers, 83 names listed [couple seperated there as on different pages] : [reducing ages 3 or 4y for work?] : [connection? a John 53 gentleman's coachman also b.Frensham at Alton Hants with wife Martha 52 & Charles W 12]
: ?a Elizabeth Soper d.Oct>Dec 1862, Farnham
: ?a George Soper d.Oct>Dec 1863, Farnham

'41cen William 25-9 hatter? at Farnham, Sy; Harriett30-4; Thomas 5 all b.Sy; Caroline65-9 not b.Sy
: '51cen William 38 hat maker at East St, Farnham, Sy; Harriett 43; Thomas 15 grocers servant all b.Farnham; Catherine 76 annuitant b.Longsutton, Hants : [?what relation George 63 & Elizabeth 60 next door but one]
: '61cen William (c1813-?) at Shepherd & Flock Inn, Bourne Place, Farnham, 48, a publican; wife Harriett 53 both b.Farnham, Surrey : [pub was in the cottage next door 90 years ago; www.travelpublishing.co.uk]
: William d.11 Jul 1864, hatter of East St, Farnham, Sy; 15 Aug 1864 to Harriott of Farnham, wife & sole executrix; estate under �200; from Probate Calender, scan
: '71cen Harriett (c1808-?) [widow?] publican 63 at Bourne Place, Farnham; b.Farnham & lodgers George Penton 45 labourer, widower & dau Mary Ann Penton 14 servant both b.Farnham scan : [perhaps several households in Bourne place, but overwritten 'Not']
: Harriet Soper d.20 Nov 1876, widow of Bourne, nr.Farnham, Sy; will proved Principle Registry 29 Dec 1876 to John May wine merchant of Odiham, Hants, the sole executor; estate under �300 (Harriet 'otherwise Harriott'); from Probate Calender, scan : [Harriet d.Oct>Dec.1876,Farnham, age 68]

Mr Soper, seconded the motion that Mr Currie (Conservative) be proposed at Guildford Election meeting, Town Hall. He sad "The present Administration during the whole of their career � were continually vacillating for any temporary purpose" [but Mr Wall & Mr Mangles declared by a show of hands]; in 'Morning Post' (pub.Lon) 30 Jun 1841, from newspapers.bl.uk : [at anti corn law meeting at Guildford, 1843]
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G Soaper proposed a motion supporting income tax, at an anti-Income-tax meeting at Guilford. He won the vote 4 to 1. [surely some mistake!] from The Times 7 Apr 1842 [Soaper would have been a Conservative, supporting Robert Peel PM] (Mr D Price from Portsmouth 'speedily found his radical oritory did not suit the latitude of Guildford', so perhaps this was the George Soper politician of Portsea, Hants 1817 & George Soaper, Stoke, Hants 1834; see m.1806]
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Mr Soper, spoke at anti corn law meeting at Guildford, Sy; 2,000 people, more labourers & Guildford inhabitants than farmers there. Moved to Barrack Field as too many there for the Town Hall. 2/3rds for abolishing protective laws (Soper against?); in 'Leicester Chronicle' 8 Jul 1843, from newspapers.bl.uk
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George Soaper of Guildford presented a vellum roll [to F Madden?] refered to Alwarestoke, Hants in 1250's : [no date, but around this time] GoogleBooks.com
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George Soaper esq of Guilford purchased papers of Rev Gilbert White, of Selbourne : The Gentleman's Magazine, page 827, Aug 1843 [see 1834 : d.1848?]
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George Soaper of Guildford once the owner of a batch of document rolls (inc weather reports 1768-89). Perhaps owned in 1881 by Rev George Taylor, curate of Pulborough, Sussex : from 'The Antiquary' 1881 : GoogleBooks.com

Soper v Soper, a Chancery decree. The creditors of William Soper, late of Paradise St, Rotherhithe, Surrey, Gentleman, deceased (who died abt.Nov 1839), are to come in & prove their debts before William Wingfield, Esq. at his chambers, Chancery Lane, London Gazette 10 May 1842 : creditor deadline 25 Jul 1842 (28 Jun) : creditors [or representatives for those who�d died! (Chancery notoriously slow)] to prove claim in Chancery chambers by 17 May 1845 (18 Apr & 2 May) : [Capt William Soper (c1755-1839) m.Elizabeth, bef.1795 Rotherhithe]

John Soaper m.Sarah Jane Coles Jul>Sep 1845, Andover, Hants (bmd)
: '51cen John 39 labourer b.Penton Hants at Barlows Ln, Andover; Jane 28 b.Andover; scan
: '61cen John 50 ag lab at Pitey? Farm, Cottage nr2, Farnham, Sy {Frimley parish}; b.Penton, Hants; Jane 38 .Andover, Hants; also married lodgers William Thomas, 52 painter glazier? b.Mayo, Cornwall & Avies Thomas 35 b.Hanwell, M.sex : [Jane/Sarah not vis '71cen; m or d not vis]
: 1864 John Soper pauper patient from 6 Dec 1864 Camberwell [House Lunatic Asylum], Surrey, died`there [3m later] 8 Mar 1865; from Lunacy Patients Admission Registers scan
: 1865 John Soper d.8 Mar 1865, of Barrossa Common, York Town, Frimley, Sy; a 27 Mar 1865 to Sarah Jane Soper of Barrossa Common, widow & relict; estate under �100; died at Camberwell House, Camberwell; from Probate Calender, scan : [John d.Jan>Mar 1865, Camberwell]

Samuel Soper (1846-1932) m.Sarah Piper. Children, Mary Ann (my line) 1868-1913, Arthur 1871, Agnes 1873, Walter, Mabel Lillian Dawson 1887 & Wilfred Augustine Samuel Soper (1889-1923) [m. Cicely Marie 1915 : d. Battersea] . The family lived in Southwark Park area of Surrey, from 1875-1932 except for Mabel who went to Hertfordshire (m. 1915 Robert Dawson, St Albans, Herts) & Mary Ann who went to USA 1907 (b. 1869 Titchfield [or 1871?] : m.1892 Frederick Cooper, Bermondsey : d.1913 Santa Barbara, California). From Nancy Robinson. source 1 : 2 : 3 : 4

[copied to London notes]
Mabel Lillian Soper m. Robert Dawson, Their dau Beatrice Dawson hould have married St Albans 1935-1945 (Her brother Ernest died April 1987, age 74, St Albans) : from NancyEllen looking for details & Sopers in Bermondsey, Surrey : Soper [Mar'06] www.rootschat.com

George Soaper esq, late of Guildford, Surrey died 27 Aug 1848 at Godalming : obituary from 'The Patrician' 1848 GoogleBooks.com
: George d.Sun, 27 Aug at Godalmin, age 74, late of Guildford & formerly solicitor of Portsea, 'Hampshire Telegraph' 2 Sep 1848, from newspapers.bl.uk
: George of Godalming, Surrey. His will processed 9 Jan 1849 National Archives ref PROB 11/2087 : [see 1842 above]

Sarah Soper pauper patient from 20 Jul 1849 Surrey institution; from Lunacy Patients Admission Registers scan : [not linked yet; a Sarah in a Surrey asylem 1859-81]

John Soper of the British Queen, 8 William St, Meadow Row, New Kent Rd, Surrey, licensed retailer of beer & carpenter, bricklayer & builder, carrying on business as J Soper & Sons & having a shed in William St. Interim order 12 Nov 1850 at Lincolns Inn : (London Gazette 29 Oct) : [see London; John m.Elizabeth Maria Drinkwater 1819]

Susannah Soper bur.1850 at St Johns New Ground on New Street, Horselydown, Surrey : more details available from Non-Conformist bmdregisters

1851 Census; all Sopers in the census are below (or moved to London notes)

Sarah Soper Parsons? 9 & Elizabeth Soper Parsons 7 scholars b.Godalming at High Street, Godalming, Sy '51cen, with Charles Alexander Pardons 54 general practitioner & surgeon; wife Mary Brownson b.Portsea, Hants; son William 16 apprentice; daus Sarah Soper 9, Elizabeth Soper 7 both scholars & niece Sarah Lyon 4 all b.Godalming & occasional nurse b.Ramsgate, Kent; Harriet Barnes 34 widow, cook; Harriet 22 housemaid; Charlotte Legg 23 nurse & Thomas Arlett 18 groom scan [ Mary Branson Soaper b.1807 m.1840 Charles Alexander Parson of Godalming]

George Soper 63 ostler at East St, Farnham, Sy '51cen, b.Church, Sy; Elizabeth Soper 60 b.Farnham scan : ['41cen George 40-4 ag lab at Farnham; Elizabeth]

Hannah Soper 70 sister-in-law housekeeper at Cheam, Surrey '51cen, b.Chiddingly, Sussex; with William Bakers 67 widowed, retired farmer b.Buswark?, Sx; & son William Jessee Baker 36unm brickmaker; b.Epsom, Sy; scan : [parents Richard m.Jane Jarvis 1771]

John Soaper 47 visitor, married, plasterer at Swanswalk Rd, Mickleham, Dorking, Surrey '51cen, b.Bristol, Somerset; John Soaper 25 married plasterer b.Whitechapel, M.sx; with 4 other visiting plasterers; William Cheeseman 26 b.Hammersmith; John Davis 51 b.Chelsea; Daniel Sullivan 49 b.Whitechapel & John Sullivan 22 b,Stainsted, Sx scan : [John m.Sarah bef.1831? London]

Mary Soper 25 cook at Lea, Hambledon, Surrey '51cen, b.Wolverton, Hants; servant with Mary Leech 45 land proprietor b.Thursley, widowed brother 31, visitors 53 landholder & 25, ladys maid 22 & 22, housemaid 36 & annuitant servant 85; scan [Mary b.c1928 not linked to parents yet]
: '61cen Mary 33unm, servant b.Wolverton, Berks; at Farringdon Rd, St Helen, Abingdon; Berks; in household of John Moses Carter 64, brewer; b.Beenham; wife Susannah 60 b.H Wycombe; visitor Eliza Lloyd 33 b.Lon & unm servants Mary Carr 36 b.H Wycombe; William Holder 21 footman b.Stroud, Glos; Martha Hollister 18 b.West Ilsley scan
: '71cen Mary cook, 43unm, b.Wolverton, Hants at 10 Phillimore Gardens, Kensington, Lon; only servants in household cook 43, parlourmaid 20, housemaid 32 & kitchenmaid 16, (all neighbours had staff) scan
: '81cen Mary Soper 52unm cook (N O) visiting at School House, Sanderstead, Sy, post mistress visiting Hannah Baggs 54 widow b.Wolverton; Mary Jane Baggs 25 unm school mistress & boarder, Sarah Soper 16 asst school mistress [Mary Annes's dau]; also visiting Mary Anne 46m ; [& her sons] William 14 groom & George 1 all b.Wolverton [Mary Anne Rolfe m.William 1858; so what relation was Mary, seems not sister of William] : [not vis '91cen]

Mary E Soper (1845-?) , aged 6, b.London, one of 3 scholars living with governesses Maria & Mary Ann Thompson & a servant, at Blackheath Hill, Greenwich, Kent: Page 11, Nr 132: '51cen : [assume the Mary Elizabeth b.1844] source

William Soper 38 hat maker at East St, Farnham, Sy '51cen; Harriett Soper 43; Thomas Soper 15 grocers servant all b.Farnham; mother Catherine Soper 76 annuitant; b.Longsutton, Hants : [?what relation George 63 & Elizabeth 60 next door but one] : [see '41cen]

William Soper esq at Oregon Terrace, Nunhead, Surrey, [1m SE Peckham] 1851 : from Post Office Directory : [?a W Soper of Littlefield Lodge, Peckham d.1857 below]

David Soper (c1823-?) a private, 3rd battalion, Grenadier Guards, quartered at Windsor, age 30. With another, aged 22, took a butcher's cart in Windsor, 19 Oct 1852 (wip, harness, horse, greatcoat & 9 stone meat, value �27. Driving at a furious rate, through Eton to Datchet a comrade recognised them. They returned to barracks within 2 hours. A fake alibi established felonious intent, rather than a prank, so Soper given 6 months hard labour & Private Robinson 3m : from The Times 22 Oct 101/746n : [also, burgulary 1868, see David's biog military]

George Soper, Great Guildford St, Blackfriars, Surrey, linendraper, in Debtors Prison for London & Middlesex: 31 Dec 1853 Orders made vesting in the provisional assignee the estates & effects (On Own Petition); from The Jurist 1854 Google Books snippet

Hannah Soper Spinster of Cheam, Surrey. Will Register 15 Nov 1854 ref: Prob 11/2201 nationalarchives.gov.uk : Available online from

George Soper, late of 30 Great Guildford St, Southwark, Surrey, Linen Draper (late a shopman to linen draper, same address). In Gaol of Surrey. Insolvancy Order 17 Feb 1855 : (London Gazette 20 Feb) : Court case 23 Mar GS �then a prisoner� : [so perhaps released?] (9 Mar) see London

Elizabeth Soper of Camberwell, Surrey. Will Register 9 Feb 1857 ref: Prob 11/2247 nationalarchives.gov.uk : Available online from

Mr W Soper of Littlefield Lodge, Peckham, Surrey. Entered into peace 21 Feb 1857 after only a few days' illness, at an advanced period of life, Our loved & valued friend was well known and highly esteemed among many of the churches of the saints, & his o..... snippet from Google Books

William Soper (c1858-?) b,Edinburgh, a decorater, living Battersea, Surrey : 1881 England & Wales Census

W Soper of Reigate amongst 10 botanists enrolled at the monthly Thirsk Natural History Club 8 Jan (also from Reigate J Linnell, jnr (artist) & J A & W Brewer : from The Naturalist 1858 Google Books snippet : [see Dr William Soper (c1835-) surgeon of Guys Hospital, Lon]
: 1858 William Soper of Reigate & Robert Slee of Southwark, executors of W G Watts, probate, 28 Jan 1858; will written 25 Aug 1856 (WGW's nephew) source

Anne Sopere b.Kingstone on Thames source 13 Aug 1858 - 4 Aug 1859 - Register K16 index : [parents James m.Mary Ann Milton.1856 Uxbridge {Hants notes}]

William Soper of Surrey certificate of merit, University of Edinburgh (3rd in Biological class, summer term) for a herbarian conttaining 140 species collected May & Jul 1858; in 'Caledonian Mercury' 6 Aug 1858, from newspapers.bl.uk : scan : [see Dr William Soper (c1835-) surgeon of Guys Hospital, Lon]

T J Soper, 6 Marlborough Villas, Studley Rd, Stockwell S; (& 60 Studley Rd), (& Lansdowne Terrace, S.Lambeth); 1) 'Farm at Wootton, Surrey'; 2) 'Hambledon Common, Surrey'; 3) 'Land Scene'; 4) 'Ludlow Castle, Shropshire'; 5) 'On the Lea Marshes'; 6) 'The Thames at Goring, Oxon' & 7) 'Dartmore & 8) 'The River Dart' : Exhibition of Royal Academy 1860 Google Books snippet : [see biog]

Ann Soper pauper patient from 10 Apr 1858 Camberwell [House Lunatic Asylum], Surrey; from Lunacy Patients Admission Registers scan
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: Sarah Soper pauper patient from 29 Aug 1859 Camberwell [House Lunatic Asylum], Surrey, discharged, not improved [7y later] 3 Jul 1867; from Lunacy Patients Admission Registers scan
: Sarah pauper patient from 3 Jul 1867 Brookwood [Woking - Surrey County Lunatic Asylum {same date she left previous asylem}], Surrey, discharged 'reld' [relocated (� released)] 25 Oct 1881 [14y later]; from Lunacy Patients Admission Registers scan : [not linked yet]
: '81cen Sarah 58m lunatic patient at Brookwood Lunatic Asylum Brookwood, Woking, Sy; b.Farnham, Sy scan : ['51/'61/'71/'91cen not vis; seems she's m?; others on page had jobs, no job by Sarah]
: Sarah Soper (c1821-1884) d.Oct>Dec 1884, age 63, Farnham, Sy

John Soper b.Caroline Watson 1860, Kingston, Sy (bmd); Caroline b.Kingston c.1839 : [John m.Caroline Watson 1860 Kingston, Sy, by '61cen employing 20 as widow blind maker, London]

1861 census of Surrey 20 names (+53) in 7 households (+20) in (+)=places now in London

Alfred Thos Soper (c1835-?) at 1 Loughton? St, Lambeth Alfred. Age 26, a builder Emily Soper 26 both b.Newington, Surrey. '61cen

Amelia Soper (c1801-?) at Battersea. 60, married, b.Portsea; 3 unm children Amelia A Soper 26; John Soper 22, builders clerk both b.Landport; Thomas Soper 17 architect's assistant, b.Southsea, all b.Hants. '61cen

Catherine I Soper (c1841-?) at 130 Willow Walk, Bermondsey, visiter, age 20 b.Hennock, Dev, Richard Hellier 59, a relieving officer & registrar born Lustleigh, Devon : wife Sarah S Hellier 66 b.Exmouth, Devon : Sophia S Hellier 30 : Mary S Hellier 28 : Richard Hellier 26, a banker's clerk all b.Bermondsey, Surrey : also servant, Esther Ellison, age 21, b.Hastings, Sussex. '61cen

Eliza Soaper (c1810-?) at 20 Kings Row, Newington St Mary. 51 unm job 'house property', b.Devon, in household of Sarah Stevenson 40, unm & 2 visiters Eliza Richards 26 a married dress maker b.Brixton & John Figgins 61 widower b.Tonbridge. '61cen

Emily Sopher (c1856-?) at 34 Uxbridge St, Newington. Niece, 5 b.Newington, in household of Richard May 47 b.? : wife Sarah May 46 b.Uxbridge, M.sex : 5 children Fanny May 21 b.Greenwich, Kent : Henrietta May 13 : Amelia May 10 both b.Mount Place S Westmin Roas?/or Oxon? : Thomas May 8 b.Uxbridge St, Newington : Walter May 4 b.Newington : also Rowland Prichard 25, a painter b.Poley St, Boro son-in-law & head's dau Louisa Prichard 24, a shoe binder b.Uxbridge : grandchildren Mary Prichard 3 b.Wellan St, Newington & Henry Prichard 1 b.Newington : also boarder Rebecca Irep 34, a widowed shoe binder b.Norwich, Norfolk. '61cen

George (c1794-?) at Union Workhouse, Farnham. 68 horsekeeper; '61cen & wife Elizabeth 67 both paupers b.Farnham, Sy, 83 names listed [couple seperated, on different pages] : [reducing ages 3 or 4y for work?]

Hannah Soper (c1846-?) at 41 George St, Lambeth St Mary. 15, a boarder, percussion cap maker, b.Christchurch, in household of Nancy J Lobb 55, a confectioner b.Sheerness : Napolen Lobb 20, a warehouseman b.London & niece Susannah L Bennett 26 a percussion cap worker, b.London [other neighbours also precussion cap workers] '61cen

James Soper (c1846-?) on a vessel. 15, a ships boy b.Plymouth, Dev in 'household' of master, Thomas Gibbins 42 : mate Samuel Carder 32 : able seaman William Edwards 28 all married & born Exmouth, Dev : Ab Seamen William Trace 28 b,Liverpool, Lancs : Aren Weddon 28, b.Exmouth & ord seamen Henery Griffith 21 b.Carmarthenshire, Wales : Census transcribed as surrey, but also reg district 'Holyhead, Anglesey' : Town 'St Sampson Harbour', (Gurnsey) : another Soper in neighbouring, or perhaps the same house. '61cen

John Soper (c1787-?) at 83 Union St, Lambeth. 74, a confectioner. John Soper 36, an engine driver both b.Westminster, M.sex [another Soper household in same building] '61cen
Henry Soper (c1828-?) at 83 Union St, Lambeth. 33, an engineer : Susan Soper 27 : Eliza Soper 9 : Henry Soper 7 : Fredrick Soper 5 : Thomas Soper 3 all scholars : Francis Soper 1, all born Lambeth, Surrey [another Soper household in same building] '61cen

James Soper (c1832-?) at Long Ditton. 29, an ag lab, b.Kingsclere, Hants; wife Mary A Soper 22 b.Cliddesden, Hants : 2 children Ann Soper 1, b.Kingston, Surrey & Henry Soper 1 month b.Long Ditton, Surrey 1861 census : [(1832-1899) son Henry James Soper (1867-1949)] : ['71cen a lab, Kingston] : ['81cen carman at Kingston] : [James m.Mary Ann Milton.1856 Uxbridge {Hants notes}]

John Soper (c1789-?) at 1 St Andrews Place, Newington. 72, a bricklayer born Blk Fu Rd, Surrey; wife Elizabeth M Soper 68; unm son Fredrick W Soper 21, a line worker, both b.Newington, also son-in-law Joseph Whiting 37, a carpenter b.St George Bord, Surrey, his wife Maud 35 b.Reigate, Surrey sons Joseph 11, Henry W 8, Arthur F 5, William A 3 b.Camberwell, Surrey, Elizabeth M 1 b.Greenwich, Kent, also unm lodger John J Russell 26 b.Greenwich [perhaps Maude Whitney was Miss Soper, (miss-transcribed as Marie, but possiby 'Maud' is still mis-transcribed)] '1861cen

John Soper (c1822-?) at 58 Salisbury St, Bermondsey. 39, a labourer : wife Mary Soper 36 : 3 sons Samuel Soper 14, all b.Bishopsgate : Joshua Soper 10, both scholars & George Soper 3 months, both b.Bermondsey, John Greenwood 41, a married borderer, labourer & son John Greenwood 14, scholar b.Shoreditch. '61cen

John R Soper (c1830-?) at 77 Borough Rd, Southwark St George. 31, a bricklayer, b.Newington, Surrey, wife Catherine Soper 25 b.Hammersmith, Lon; Annie M C Soper 3: John C Soper 10 months both born Southwark, Surrey, also unm brother-in-law Charles R Pyne 26, a sailor b.Hammersmith, M.sex. '61cen : [John m.1867 Croydon]

John Soper (c1834-?) at 27 Point Pleasant, Wandsworth. 27, a brewers? servant : wife Ann Soper 24 : 4 children James Soper 5 all born Kingsclere, Hants : John Soper 2 : Sarah A Soper 1 : Richard H Soper 1 month? all b.Wandsworth, also mother in law Charlotte Simpson 54, b.Banghurst, Hants : perhaps wife, Ann Soper was a Miss Simpson? '61cen

Lucy Soper (c1830-?) at 168 Southwark Bridge, Southwark St George. 31, a visiter, Teacher of Minie?, (Niece?) b.Cambridgeshire, in household of Thomas Hardwick 36, a cab proprietor b. Huntingdonshire : wife Mary Ann Hardwick b.Cambridgeshire Emma Hardwick 1 & Thomas Henry Hardwick 13 both b.Southwark, Surrey & Martha Howe 16, a servant, b.New Kent Rd, Surrey : another Soper in neighbouring, or perhaps the same house. '61cen

Thomas Soper (c1818-?) at 1 Lannsdown Terrace, Lambeth St Mary. 43, a artist / landscape painter, b.Favidale?, Edinburgh? & wife Elizabeth Soper 41, b.Bermondsey, Surrey, also niece, Elizabeth J M Gillis 8 'b.District of Columbia, Surrey' & an unm house servant, Martha Newman 22, born Southwark, Surrey. '61cen : [ see biog]

William Soper (c1813-?) at Shepherd & Flock Inn, Bourne Place, Farnham, 48, a publican; wife Harriett Soper 53 both b.Farnham, Surrey : [pub was in the cottage next door 90 years ago : www.travelpublishing.co.uk] : ['41cen William a hatter & Harriett at Farnham]

William Sopper (c1823-?) at 3 Beresford Cottage, Newington St Mary. 38, a ?manchester? warehouseman - buyer of calicao, b.Lincolnshire : wife Anne Sopper b.Suffolk, & 5 children William Sopper 7 : Catherine Sopper 6 : Charles Sopper 2 all scholars : Alfred Sopper 5? months & Hellen 5 months all born Walworth, Surrey, also mother-in-law Anne Reeve 67 a married gamekeeper's wife b.Cambridgeshire, & 2 servants Emily Haylock 19 b.uffolk & Mary Parsons 13, a nursemaid b.Newington [assume Miss Anne Reeve married William Soper] 1861 census. [A william sopper married 3rd qtr, 1852, Newington]

William Soper (c1835-?) at 165 Southwark Bridge, Southwark St George, 26, an 'L L A not in practice', unm b.Rotherhithe, Surrey, with other lodger William Spanger 56, Joiner b.Sudbury, Suffolk. '61cen

James Soper (c1782-?) living at 11 Canterbury Row, Newington. 79 b.St Saviours Southwark : & unm daus Eleanor Soper 45 b.Greenwich, Kent, Margaret Soper 39 b.Kennington, Surrey, all jobs 'NK' 'not known?' '61cen

Other families born in Surrey, 1861 census, but living in other counties

John Soper (c1781-?) at 17 Marlbro Place, Camberwell. 80, a customs superanuated widower, b.Southwark, Surrey : cousin Elizabeth Soper 40, an unm merchant's dau b.Kennington, Sy, also house servants Sarah Coppaerd 34 b.Camberwell & Ellen Townsend 21 b.Cirencester, Glos. '61cen : ['81cen not vis] : [??a John Downs Soper d.Jan>Mar & a John d.Jan>Mar 1865, both Camberwell ]

George J Soper (c1824-?) at 1 Grove Ln, Camberwell. 37 a builder b.Newington, Sy; wife Mary Ann W Soper 36 b.Norwich, Norfolk : & sons George John Soper 8 & Edwin C Soper 6 both scholars, b.Southwark, Sy, also widowed mother-in law Mary Syrett, formerly wife of a confectioner, b.Cusan, Norfolk & servant Lydia Buster b.Lomestop, Norfolk '61cen L : [George John Soper m.Mary Ann Waters Syrett 1846 Bermondsey]
- George John Soper b.Oct>Dec 1852, Southwark, St Geo, Lon (bmd) : [see d.1927 Grove Ln, Camberwell] : [b. to George John Soper m.Mary Ann Waters Syrett who m.1846, Bermondsey]

Thomas Robert Soper (c1828-?) at Surrey St, Stuarts? Gdn, Croydon. 32, an engine driver b.Poole, Dorset: wife Eliza Soper 33, a dress maker b.Croydon, Surrey 1861 census : [??a Thomas Robert d Oct>Dec 1862, Fareham, Hants]

William Soper (c1842-?) a soldier with 29th Foot Regiment, North Camp, Farnborough. 19, b.Ireland. Regiment headed by Brigadier General David Russell, 51 born Scotland. A list of 955 names 1861 census

George Soper (c1794-?) at Union Workhouse, Farnham. 68 horsekeeper & wife Elizabeth Soper 67 both paupers b.Farnham, Sy, 83 names listed [couple seperated, on different pages]

John Soper (c1811-?) at Pitey? Farm. Cottage nr2, Farnham. .50, an ag lab b.Penton, Hants : wife Jane Soper 38 b.Andover, Hants, also married lodgers William Thomas, 52 a painter glazier? b.Mayo, Cornwall & Avies Thomas 35 b.Hanwell, M.sex 1861 census End of 1861 census

Emma M Soper (1849-?) : Admitted for life to 'Earlswood Asylum for Idiots', Redhill, 28 May 1862 : dau of George Soper, 35 Caroline Place, Bayswater; Her details & hospital record; Parents George Soper(c1809-?) plasterer & Miriam, both born Devon, moved to London mid 1840's, 6 children : [she died there 20 Oct 1917]

James Soper private patient from 4 May 1863 Camberwell institution, Surrey, transferred to pauper list 4 Jun 1863; discharged [5m later] Reld 24 Feb 1864; from Lunacy Patients Admission Registers scan : [not linked yet; no James in Camberwell '61cen; A Sarah Soper also there 1857-67]
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James Soper pauper patient from 24 Feb 1864 Surrey institution, Surrey, discharged, recovered [6y later] 25 Jun 1870; from Lunacy Patients Admission Registers scan : [not linked yet]

William Soper d.11 Jul 1864, hatter of East St, Farnham, Surrey; 15 Aug 1864 to Harriott Soper of Farnham, wife & sole executrix; estate under �200; from Probate Calender, scan [d.Jul>Sep 1864, Farnham] : ['41cen William a hatter & Harriett at Farnham]

John Soper pauper patient from 6 Dec 1864 Camberwell [House Lunatic Asylum], Surrey, died`there [3m later] 8 Mar 1865; from Lunacy Patients Admission Registers scan
: John Soper d.8 Mar 1865, of Barrossa Common, York Town, Frimley, Sy; a 27 Mar 1865 to Sarah Jane Soper of Barrossa Common, widow & relict; estate under �100; died at Camberwell House, Camberwell; from Probate Calender, scan : [John Soaper m.Sarah Jane Coles 1845, Andover]

Sarah Soaper Parson m.4 Oct 1866 at Stoke nr Guildford to Thomas Mapleson Butler of Guildford; 3rd dau of late Charles Alexander Parson of Godalming (by Rev Richard Parson), 'Hampshire Telegraph' (pub.Portsmouth) 10 Oct, from newspapers.bl.uk [dau of Mary Soper & C A Parsons who m.1840]

John Soper Streeter was uncle of Elizabeth Streeter, who m.Thomas Stanton Hillman at Sanderstead Church, Surrey, 10 May 1866 (her father William) : from The Times 12 May: 60/211p : [JSS biog at legal Sopers]

Alfred Thomas Soper & John Garland [listed 1st] of 85 East St, Walworth, Surrey, builders & copartners, & of John Garland, stonemason, grant bankruptcy discharge 21 May 1866 (London Gazette 31 Oct) see London notes : [?can't see connection to William Garland Soper]

Mr Soper, the owner of a house in a new street in Bermondsey that was paved 1866 by the vestry of Bermondsey. Soper to contribute �38 5s 4d, he agreed to pay in 3 instalments. He failed to pay & was sued by the vestry & suffered judgement. Afterwards Soper became insolvent : The Solicitors' Journal : pub 1870 : [John Richard Soper bankrupt 1865; occupied 7 Layard Rd 10 Mar 1866 : Soper defaulted on payment 1871]

William Garland Soper (1837-1908) South Africa Merchant : see biog
bapt registered Plymouth, Devon Oct-Dec 1837 [Son of the late William Soper of Plymouth] :married 1860 Maria, dau of George Davis of Cheshunt :
children : William b.abt 1862 : Maria E Soper b.abt 1873
Moved to Caterham 1866
died at Harestone, Caterham Valley, aged 71, 20 Dec 1908 Obit

Charles Soper (c1867-?) 14, b.Lambeth, Surrey a 'pauper or scholar", from Ships in Port '81cen. Vessel: Training Ship "Exmouth" at Grays, Thurrock, Essex : source [a Charles (1864-?) Seamen's Services Register]

Mary Soper d.11 Oct 1867, widow of Little Field Lodge, Nunhead, Camberwell, Surrey; will Principle Registry 28 Nov 1867 to Edward Chitty of 12 Uxbridge Rd, Surbiton, miller, brother, Elizabeth Chitty of Little Field Lodge, Surbiton, unm sister, John Topham of Guildford, gent, the surviving executors; estate under �7,000; from Probate Calender, scan : [Mary (c1800-1867) d.Oct>Dec 1867, Camberwell, Lon, age 67]: [no Mary in Surrey '61cen]
: William Soper m.Mary Chitty Jan>Mar 1842, Islington, Lon (bmd)

Pellon Soper of Farnham, Surrey, marine store dealer, adjudged bankrupt Court of Surrey, Farnham, 25 Jan 1869, Last Examination & to make application for Discharge, at Farnham Townhall, Farnham 10 Mar 1pm (London Gazette 12 Feb) : [same job '71cen] : [of 41 Downing St, Farnham, Surrey general dealer bankrupt 1889] : [Pellon m.1863 Alton]

1871 census of Surrey list

Ann Soper (c1801-?) widowed mother in law 70 at Prospect Place, Caterham '71cen; b.Gravesend, Kent ['b.Eastgrenst..., Lon' crossed out], in household of James Barer (or Tobey Borer?) 39 engine driver at waterworks, wife Ann 37 b.Warlingham, John 16 carpenter, George 14, William 13, Arthur 11, Ellen 8, Elizabeth 7, Annie 5, Albert 3, Emma 1 all b.Caterham scan : [not vis '61/'8cen; no Soper/Barer m.vis]

Charlotte Soper (c1842-?) 29unm housemaid, b.Kingsclere, Hants; at Broom Hill, Teddington; & household; governess, 3 ladys maids, cook, housemaid, kitchen maid, underhousemaid, scullery maid, butler, footman, coachman, gardener & undergardener all but gardener unm : scan : [connection to bro? James 39 b.Kingsclere below] : [Richard m.Sarah Ingelfield 1831 St Catherine, Wolverton]

Eliza Soper (c1810-?) 61 widow, on funds, at Amm's Cottages, Croydon; b.S.Brent, Dev also visitor Elizabeth Perry 10 b.Horsham?, Kent, & serv Ellen Killick 22 b.Tonbridge, Kent scan

Emily Soper Beckett (c1857-?) 14, b.Marlow, [Bucks]; at Addleston Moor, Chertsey, Sy; dau with family Stephen Beckett 40 carter, wife Sarah 36 both b.Longcredon, [Bucks], Henry 14, Sarah 12, Richard 8, Eliza 5, John 3 & Stephen 1, lodger scan [no Soper/Beckett m.vis/name not vis www/m & b not vis bmd]

Emma Grace Soper ass matron 28, b.Totnes, Dev; at Female Convict Prison, Knaphill, Woking '71cen ; page of 25 ass matrons 23-36 : scan; [b.Oct>Dec 1842, Totnes to John & Sarah m.bef.1836]
: '61cen John 60 a carrier & green grocer b.Ermington; Sarah 47 b.Revelstoke & unm children; William W 23, a tailor b.Totnes; Emma G 18 b.N.Bovey; Thomas W 15; James 12 all b.Totnes; Frederick 7 b.Plymouth both scholars: scan
: '81cen Emma Grace 38 matron at "Female Convict Prison" Knaphill, Woking, Sy; b.Totnes, Dev (officer with assistant matrons on page)
: '91cen Emma Grace 48unm matron 'sec col 2' at Female Prison ('convict prison'), Knaphill, (St John), Woking, Sy; b.Totnes, Dev (on p.13, 9 chief matrons & 14 matrons); 53 officers, 285 convicts; scan
: '01cen Emma 58 living on own means at Plymouth, Dev; b.Totnes, Dev [assume with others]
: '11cen Emma Grace 68 matron at 63 [North/Road/Hill], Plymouth, Dev; b.� Bridge, household head with William Woods Soper 73 [widowed brother]
Emma Grace Soper d.9 Jan 1922, spinster of Furzehill Rd, Plymouth, Dev; d.North Friary Nursing Home, Plymouth; probate London 24 Mar 1922 to Frederick Soper butcher [assume brother], Emma Soper spinster [who was she?]; estate �618 4s 5d ; from Probate Calender, scan
: Emma Grace Soper, 11 Jan 1922, Inquisitions Post Mortem, HM Coroner, Plymouth, ref 1650/1650/2390 www.a2a

Harriett Soper (c1808-?) 63 [perhaps widow?] publican at Bourne Place, Farnham; b.Farnham; also lodgers George Penton 45 labourer, widower & dau Mary Ann Penton 14 servant both b.Farnham : [perhaps several households in Bourne place, but overwritten 'Not'] : [Harriet 68 d.Oct>Dec.1876,Farnham] : ['41cen William a hatter & Harriett at Farnham]

James Soper (c1832-?) common labourer 39, b.Kingsclere, Hants; at 2 Green Lane, Alpha Rd, Kingston on Thames; Mary Ann Soper 33, b.Cliddesden, Hants; Ann Soper 11 a scholar, b.Surbiton, Sy; Henry Soper 10 a scholar, b.Long Ditton, Sy : scan : ['61cen ag lab at Long Ditton] : ['81cen carman at Kingston] : [connection to Charlotte 29 b.Kingsclere above] : [James m.Mary Ann Milton.1856 Uxbridge {Hants notes}]

: '71cenJohn 54 head, fishmonger at 14 Bunhill Row, Finsbury, St Luke; b.Bovey Tracey, Dev; Pricilla 54, b.Everligh?, Wilts: scan : [John & Pricilla's m.not vis bmd]
: '81cenJohn 63 fishmonger at 14 Bunhill Row, Lon; b.Bovey Tracey, Dev; Priscilla 64 b.Emleigh, Wilts : ['91cen not vis]
: Priscilla d.11 Mar 1897, widow of 39 Vinyard Rd, Richmond, Sy; probate Lon 29 Mar 1897 to William Charles Miller, upholsterer; estate �50 5s 8d; from Probate Calender, scan : [Priscilla (c1817-1897) d.Jan>Mar, Richmond, age 80]

John Soper Streeter (c1844-?) an unm attorney solicitor 27, b.Sanderstead, Surrey; at White House Farm, Sanderstead, Surrey; with parents William Steeter 71 farmer 385a emp 8men & 4 boys, b.St Ann, Soho, wife Mary 61 b.W.Hothy, Sx, daus Ann 32 & Sara Ross Streeter 24 both b.Sanderstead, a visiter & 2 dom & 3 farm servants : from ancestry.com : scan : [biog at legal Sopers]

Katherine E Soper (c1841-?) 30 widowed dressmaker at 11 Walter's Rd, South Norwood, Croydon; b. at ?, London, Annie Soper 13, John Soper 10, Catherine Soper 8, Helena Soper 7all scholars, Rosa Soper 2, Emma Soper 1 b.Scholar all b.Surrey, also visitor Mary Pinn 18 b at ?, Surrey scan : [all sailed to Boston 1873] : [John m.Catherine 1867 Croydon]

Caroline Soper 50unm visitor, b.Southwark, Lon; at 109-10 West Street, Farnham, Sy & Mary A Soper 38unm; b.Farnham, assistant to stationer William Fleet 50; wife Eliza 47 dau Emily 18 assistant, nephew Frederick Janeway 15 scholar & domestic servant Harriett Little 14 scan : [not vis '51/61/81cen]

Pellon Soper (c1833-1906) 38 [male] widower, marine store dealer at 41 Downing St, Farnham; b.? dau Ellen Soper 7, scholar b.Farnham, also housekeeper/servant Charlotte Wilson 36m, (& her children?) Ellen L 11, John 5 scholar both boarders, Mary 3 & Kate Ellen 2 : [Pellon m.1863 Alton] : [a Kate Ellen Soper b.Jan>Mar 1864 & connection?] : [of 41 Downing St, Farnham, Surrey general dealer bankrupt 1889]

William G Soper (c1838-?) 33 cape commission merchant at The Priory, Caterham; b.Plymouth, Dev; wife Maria Soper 30 b.Lon, William Soper 9 b.Lon; also Griff Griffiths 67m retired colonial merchant b.Lon, Ellen Davis 34unm b.Lon, Ann Cooper 28 a cook b.Beds : see biog End of 1871 census

John Soper Streeter & William Henry Rowland [listed 1st] carrying on business as attorneys & solicitors, 104 High St, Croydon, Surrey, dissolved by mutual consent. Debts due & owing to go to W H Rowland 7 Nov 1872 (London Gazette 8 Nov) : [biog at legal Sopers]

John Soper Streeter. solicitor of Croydon, m.Marion Walker, 30 Dec 1873 youngest dau of Marmaduke Walker of Addington Lodge, Addington; at parish church, Addington, by his Grace Archbishop of Canterbury, assisted by Rev F Spooner; 'Morning Post' (pub.Lon) 3 Jan, from newspapers.bl.uk : [biog at legal Sopers] : [m.Oct-Dec Croydon reg dist]

Cath Soper (c1839-?) 34, Annie Soper (c1860-?) 13, John Soper (c1862-?) 11, Catherine Soper 10, Eleanor Soper (c1864-?) 9, Rose Soper (c1868-?) 5, Richardson Soper (c1870-?) 3 sailed from Queenstown, Ireland & Liverpool, traveling steerage on 'The Atlas', arriving Boston, Us 22 July 1873. An English family, planning to stay in US : [John m.Catherine 1867 Croydon]

W G Soper�s Presidential Address to the Surrey Congregational Union was published 1875

J Soper appointed PO, Aug 1875, messanger, Crawley To Staplefield Dept; Post Office Records scan : [not obvious '81cen]

Charles Soper m.Charlotte Bowyer 15 Oct 1876 St Mary the Virgin, Twickenham, Msex; m.Oct>Dec Brentford, Lon : [Charles b.Oct>Dec 1851 Tower Hill, Kingsclere; bpt.12 Oct St Marys, to John & Jane Smith m.1836; bpt.12 Oct St Mary, Kingsclere] : [in NSG line]
- Charles Soper b.Jul>Sep 1878; d.Apr>Jun 1879, age 0 both Richmond, Sy
- Arthur Soper b.Apr>Jun 1879 Richmond, Sy; Hackney policeman; m.Rose Annie Humphries 1901 Windsor, Berks]
: '61cen John 56 ag lab; Jane 47, Jacob 17 farmers lab, Joshua 14 bricklayer lab, Fanny 11 nursemaid, Charles 9 scholar, Frederick 7, Emma 3 all b.Kingsclere
: '81cen Charles 29 unemployed labourer at 40 Houblon Rd, Richmond, Sy b.Kingston, Hants; Charlotte 29 b.Warfield, Berks; Arthur 1 b.Richmond
: '91cen Charles 39 carman, in 4 rooms at 40 Houblon Rd, (St John the Evanjalist), Richmond, Sy; b.Kingsclere, Hants; Charlotte 39 b.Warfield, Berks; Arthur 11 b.Richmond; scan
: '01cen Charles 49 carman (employee) in 4 rooms at 40 Houblon Rd, Richmond, (St Johns), Sy, b.Hants; Charlotte 49 b.Warfield, Berks; also boarder Frederick Bullock 39unm ironmongers carman b.Richmond (2 other 1 person/1 room households sharing address); scan
: '11cen Charles 59 furniture carman (employee) [still] at 40 Houblon Rd [4 rooms]; Charlotte 59 {m.34, 2 births, 1 alive} b.Warfield, Berks also boarder Frederick Bullock 39unm ironmongers carman b.Richmond scan
: Charles Soper d.Jan>Mar 1925, age 73, Wandsworth, Lon; bur.4 Feb Richmond Cem
: ???a Charlotte (c1852-1930) d.Jul>Sep 1930, Hackney, Lon, age 78

Samuel Henry Soper m.Louisa Jenner, 1879 Q1 Reigate 2a 191 & Louisa then '81, '91 & '01 census each suggest her birth 1842/43, Brighton. from www.rootschat.com (the draper of Brighton Soper's Drapery Emporium)

Eliza Rose Soper (1879-1949) b. Wandsworth, Surrey : Residence: 1901 Surrey : Died 1949, Eng in a Sept'08 private tree in Ancestry.com

Robert George Soper 16 Commercial Place, Plough Rd, Rotherhithe in Kelly's Directory of the Leather Trades, pub.1880 from Google Books : [see 1877]

??a William Soper m.Emily Smith Jul>Sep 1880, St Thomas, [Exmouth], Dev (bmd) [perhaps family below]
- Mabel Soper b.Jul>Sep 1879, Richmond, Sy [but not vis '81cen] Mabel Blache Soper bpt.5 Jun 1881 St Mary Magdalene, Richmond; father steward by H Russell, Westfield Curate scan; '01cen laundress; m.Apr>Jun 1906, Richmond, Sy (to either Robert William H Bailey, George Edward Cook or Alfred George Crowe)
- William Henry Soper b.Apr>Jun 1881, Richmond; bpt.5 Jun 1881 St Michaels Church (Barnes, St Mary), Westfield; father steward scan
- Albert Percey Soper 'Percy' b.Apr>Jun 1883, Richmond; Albert Percy bpt.30 Dec 1883 St Michaels Church (Barnes, St Mary), Westfield; father coachman of 4 Mary's Cottages, Archway St scan; m.Nellie Stevens at Lambeth Jan>Mar 1906; a clerk rem.1934
- Ethel Louise Soper b.Apr>Jun 1885, Richmond; bpt.17 May 1885 , Stoke nr Guildford; father coachman of 4 Mary's Cottages scan; housemaid; m.age 20 of 16 Holmwood Rd, S.Norwood to Henry George William Williams 22 compositor of 16 Holmwood Rd, S.Norwood; 1 Oct 1905 at Church of Holy Innocents, S.Norwood {fathers William Henry groundsman & William Williams, compositor}; witnesses Albert Percy Soper [brother] & Bertrum Alfred Williams; scan; m.Oct>Dec Croydon (bmd RD)
- Winifred Mary Soper b.1 Dec 1890; bpt.5 Apr 1891 St John the Evangelist, Stoke nr Guildford; father labourer of 4 Mary's Cottages (b.reg.Jan>Mar 1891, Richmond scan) '11cen housemaid 20; '39cen servery ass, dairy 48unm
: '71cen William 17 ag lab; b.Weyhill, Hants; at Gerrard's Farm, Nether Wallop; with James Girl 50 ag lab & wife Ann 48 both b.Nether Wallop scan
: '81cen William 27 steward of artisans club at 4 St Marys Cott Archway St, Barnes, Sy; b.Andover, Hants; Emily 26 b.Devizes, Wilts; & 3 lodgers, working men, 19, 32 & 39 scan
: 1883 & 1885 William coachman of 4 Mary's Cottages, Archway St (when dau's bpt); by 1890 father labourer
: '91cen William 36 gen lab at 4 St Marys Cottages, The Morrings, (St Marys), Barnes, Sy; b.Andover, Hants; Emily 37 b.Devizes, 'Dev' [Wilts]; Mabel 11; William 9; Percy 8; Ethel 6; Winifred 4m b.Barnes, Sy; also nurse-child Dora Rhasark/Russek 1m b.Wandsworth scan & scan
: William Soper (c1854-1893) d.Jul>Sep 1893, age 39, Paddington, Lon
: '01cen Emily 40 widowed cook domestic at 13 Park Crescent, St Marylebone, (Holy Trinity), Lon, b.Devizes, Wilts; servant to Florence A Beck 56 wife & 7 children 27-13; parlourmaid 29 & 18, housemaids 25 & 19, cook 40, maid 28 scan a & b
: '01cen Mable Blanche 21 laundress at 28 Archery Rd, Barnes, Sy, b.Barnes; with William Goff 49 brewery drayman b.Roehampton, Sy & Mary Ann Goff 51 b.Wilts scan : [m.1906 Richmond]
: '01cen Ethel L 16 housemaid domestic at 49 Sydenham Hill, Camberwell, Lon, b.Barnes, Sy; servant with Richard Thornton 27 member of stock exchange, 4 brothers & sisters, butler 72, nurse 57, housemaids 17 & 31, kitchen maid 27 scan : [m.1905 Croydon]
: '01cen Mable Blanche Soper 21 laundress wash at 28 Archery Rd, Barnes, Sy; b.Barnes, Sy; with William Goff 49 brewery drayman b.Roehampton, Sy & Mary Ann Goff 51 b.Wilts scan
: '01cen Winifred Mary 10 scholar at King Edward's Schools, St George's Road, St Saviour Southwark, Lon, b.Barnes, Sy; (204 scholars, 5 servants & 23 staff) scan & scan: [not vis bmd or '11cen]
: '11cen Winifred Mary 20unm housemaid in 15 rooms at 12 Divsham Villas, Kensington; b.Barnes, Sy servant to Bertha Diana Bell [Lady Bell] 50 private means {m.28y, 4 births, 3 alive}, cook 33, kitchenmaid 22, butler 63 {m.28y}, footman 17, nurse 59, maid 22 7 housemaids 20 & 30 scan : ??a Winifred M m.Mr Harling Apr>Jun 1922, Wandsworth [but a Winifred Maud b.1899 Wandsworth]
: 1905 William Henry groundsman 16 Holmwood Rd, S.Norwood (when dau m.)
: '39cen Winifred M 48unm servery assistant, dairy (b.1 Dec 1890) at 28 Archway St, Barnes, Surrey scan

Laura Soper 46 assists sister's dressmaking (independent crossed out) in 9 rooms at Hartendale, Frensham Rd, Fensham; b.Reading, Berks; lodging with John Dutton 77 private means b.York, Annie 50 {m.32y, 8 births, 4 alive} taking boarders, dau 30 & 18 daily governesses & son 13 & other lodgers 3 White children 4, 6 & 8 b. Irel/lon & Lancs scan : [Charles m.Jane 1863 Marlborough]

Lucy Ann Soper 65 no occupation, nearly blind, in receipt of parish relief, lodging in 1 room at 10 Victoria Rd, Teddington, [Kingston RD], Sy [on own; mistranscribed as Loper] scan : [George m.Ann Cumbeler 1844, Newbury]

Maria 70 widow private means {m.49y, 2 births; 2 alive} in 27 rooms at Harestone, Caterham Valley, Sy; b.-, London '11cen; with companion Ann Maud Dudfield 62unm, sick nurse 32, cook 45, parlour maid 27, house maid 27, house maid 28, kitchen maid 16, groom 24 scan

Mary Jane Soper 56 widow {m.29y, 3 births; all alive} in 4 rooms at 9 North Place, Guildford, Sy, b.Sutton Bridge, Lincs '11cen Mary Palmer Soper 28 dressmaker; Amy Harriet Soper 20 dressmakers; both b.Guildford, also unm boarders Robert Anderson 24 driller b.Poplar & Ernest James Titcombe 24 print machine minder b.Reading scan : [Albert m.Mary J bef.1883]

Maria Soper Hall 26 in 10 rooms at Goldsworthy Lodge, 64 Goldsworthy Road, Woking, Sy; b.Woking '11cen with father William Henry Hall marriage status column 'unknown, separated from wife', surgeon (self employed at home) {m.32y, 5 births, all alive} b.Clapham, Lon; & his dau Maggie Blanche Hall 30unm b.Battersea, Lon [oddly the dau are separated by 27 blank lines from father on the page] scan : [no Soper/Hall m.abt 1879, vis bmd]
: William Henry Hall of Woking, surgeon executor of Eliza Spooner 1890 thegazette.co.uk
- Maria Soper Hall b.Jul>Sep 1885, Guildford, Surrey

Maud Soper 31unm in 14 rooms at at Grayswood House, Haselmere, (Hambledon RD), Sy; b.-, Hampshire '11cen servant to Edward Oakes 48 b.Suffolk & Beatrice Oakes {m.17y, 2 births} b.Kent, 2 dau 15 & 14 boarder 40 & 3 other unm female servants 17-31 [no job given for any] scan : [not vis '01cen (a Maud 18 b.Hants, but she was a teacher '11cen] : [b.not vis bmd; not vis '01cen (a Maud 18 b.Hants, but she was a teacher '11cen]

Robert Soper 5 in patient at Queen Mary's Hospital for Children, Stanley Park, Carshalton; b.Camberwell, Lon '11cen scan & scan : ['11cen assume duplicate George Albert 5 b.Camberwell with parents George Henry 40 & Elizabeth; George m.Elizabeth Owen, Farnham, Hants 1894]

Rosa Soper 49 widow in 6 rooms at 81 Shortlands Rd, Kingston on Thames, Sy; b.Milborne Port, S.set '11cen Edward Joseph Soper 21 railway clerk; Margaret Emma Soper 16 clerk (furniture dept); both b.Wandsworth, Lon scan [�11cen an Edward Joseph 21 railway clerk at Kingston b.Wandsworth & Edward William 16 sweeper at Islington, b.Islington] from Edmonton can anyone help genesreunited.co.uk] : [Frederick William m.Rosa Hallett 1886, Wandsworth]

Susy Jane Soper 41unm ladies maid, servant at 18 rooms at Durrington House, 3 Cotton Park Rd, Kingston, Sy; '11cen ; b.'Withcombe', Dartington, Dev; servant to Constance P G Melville 62 widow private means b.Lon, cook 33, housemaids 24 & 20 scan : [Susan J Soper m.John Dingwall 1922, Kingston]

Victor Sylvanius Soper 21unm [?he was 27 & b.'Horace V'] 'out of work - wants it - jewelry salesman' in 7 rooms at 'Kenlichere', 1 Shallsarne Rd, Kingston; b.Clapham, Lon; visiting Walter Mugford 38 lawyers clerk b.Dev; Francis Emma 34 {m.16y, 2 births} housewife b.Kemble, Berk, sons 8 & 14 both b.Kensington & boarder Violet Bergmenia 18unm bressmaker b.Lon scan : [father William enamellers & jewellers biog]

Walter Soper 41 forman at brushmakers at in 6 rooms at Alston Cottage, Longfellow Rd, Epsom '11cen; b.Andover, Hants; Mary Ann 38 {m.20y, 8 births, 7 alive}; Mildred 15 milliners apprentice; both b.St Olave (Bermondsey); Dorothy 11; b.Camberwell, Lon; Harold 7 b.Lon; Walter 5; b.Lon Frank 3; b.Worcester Park, Sy scan : [Walter m.Mary Ann Livock 1891, Southwark, Lon]

William Henry Soper (c1865-?) 46 army pensioner & hallkeeper in 6 rooms at 60 Robinson Rd, Lower Tooting, Croydon, Sy; b.Ifield, Sx; Clara 41 {m.20y; 14 births, 8 alive} b.Manchester, Lancs; Ada Florence 18 embroidress, dressmaker, b.Anthony, Con; William Albert 17 draughtsman for Nat Telephone Co, b.Plymouth, Dev Alfred Sydney 16 clerk, general office of newspaper; b.Berwick, Nortumberland Clara 15; b.Dumfries, Dumfrieshire Walter 12; Frederick 11 both at school; b.Maxwelltown, Kircudbrightshire Bessie Eugenie 4; Claud James 2 both b.Mitcham, Sy scan : [William Albert age 17 '01cen, Croydon, son of William Henry Soper Quartermaster Sergeant, Kings Own Scottish Boarderers biog]

William Charles Soper (c1870-?) 41 head, baker maker in 8 rooms at 391 Durnsford Rd, Wimbledon Park SW, Kingston, Sy; b.Southampton. Hants; Emma Charlotte 34 {m.16y, 3 births, 2 alive} assisting with business, b.Notting Hill, Lon; Phyllis Eleonore 11 school b.Walham Green, Lon, Violet Isabel 8 b.Fulham, Lon, also Violet Jennie Wisdom 21unm 'useful help in house, shop' b.Woolwich; Albert Jacob 31m bread baker b.Hastings & brother-in-law George Frederick Karsch 31unm bread forman b.Hammersmith scan : [William Charles m.Emma Charlotte Karsch 1896, Fulham]

William George Soper (c1879-?) 32 head civil service, 2nd division clerk / PO SB GPO in 6 rooms at 18 Torridge Rd, Thornton Heath, [Croydon RD], Sy '11cen b.Newington, Lon; Susanna Jackson Soper 31 {m.under 1y, 0 births} b.Camberwell, Lon scan : [William G Soper m.Susanna J Gamble 1910]

William Henry Soper (c1882-?) 29 drapers head porter in 10 rooms at 29 Wellesley Road, West Croydon, Surrey b.Barnes, Lon; Jeanie Louise Soper 34 {m.9y, 4 births, all alive} b.Peckham, Lon; William Henry Soper 7; Alfred Percy Soper 3; Dorothy Miriam Soper 3 & Edward John Soper 11m all b.Croydon, Sy scan : [William Henry Soper m.Jeanie Louise Humberstone 1902, Croydon, Sy]

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Catherine Isabella Sopper 41 {m.8y, 5 births; 5 alive} in 14 rooms at Bayhorne, Horley, b.Manchester, Lancashire '11cen Caitriana Isabel Sopper 7; b.Horley, Surrey Thomas Hugh Sopper 6; b.Horley, Surrey Harry Sopper 5; b.Horley, Surrey Annie Margaret Sopper 4; b.Horley, Surrey John Campbell Sopper 2; b.Horley, Surrey 4 servants, nursury governess 29*, cook 41, housemaid 22 & nurse 17* both b.Argylshire & visitor Joy Paterson 5 b.Horley, Sy scan : [Thomas & Catherine m.1821]

Fhas Sopper (c1859-?) 52 stock exchange in 8 rooms at Furzefield House, Furzefield Cres, Reigate, Sy; Kennington, Lon; Marianne Sopper 53 {13, 1 birth} both b.Toddington, Lon; Catherine Sopper 6 b.Reigate; & gen servant Edith Rosa Elizabeth Watts 30unm b.Teddington scan a

Elizabeth Soper pauper patient from 27 Jul 1911 Cane Hill [Lunatic Asylum, Cousdon] institution, Surrey, discharged recovered 23 Nov 1911 [5m later]; from Lunacy Patients Admission Registers scan : [with no age, not linked]

Doris Soper & Winnie Baker were leaving a meeting of the Nightingale Girl Scouts at Mission Hall, Walton Rd, Woking, Surrey, 7pm, 5 Dec 1912. A stranger said their teacher wanted them. Doris would not go, but Winnie went with him. She was found murdered in an nearby ally. Inquest verdict, murder. The man still not found : from The Times - 19 Dec 721/746n : [Doris Maude Soper dau 10 at school at [48 Sutton/St John/Place/Rd] Guildford, Surrey : b.Farnham, Surrey]

William Edward Soper of Littlefield Lodge, 2 Linden Grove, Nunhead, Sy, gent (d 24 Oct 1911) Probate 23 Nov. Executors Charles Topham Naylor, of Dean Ho, Kilmeston, Alresford, Hants, barrister, Beatrice Eliza Kettle wife of Ernest Albert Kettle of 2 Linden Grove stores manager, & Frederick Charles Langford, West Lodge, 142, Peckham Rye, Lon : Claims on Estate by 2 Jan 1912 (London Gazette 5 Dec) : [no obvious links]

Arthur Joseph Soper General Register Office, Assistant Clerk (Abstractor) : 11 May 1911 (London Gazette 2 Jun) : Appointed postman (Bromley) [Surrey] 2 Jun 1911 (2 Jun)
Arthur Joseph Soper : registration as Temporary Boy Clerk, Post Office 6 Aug 1909, Edinburgh Gazette
: ['11cen Joseph Edwin 47 commercial traveller? at Wandsworth b.Chichester, Sx, Bessie 44 b.S.set, Dora Blanche 19 music teacher? & Arthur Joseph 17 boy clerk ('81cen)]
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an Alfred Albert Soper (Bromley) appointed Postman, Post Office 6 Jun 1911, Edinburgh Gazette

James Soper, [bankruptcy?] adjudications London Gazette 21 May 1912 : Le Soken, Geraldine Rd, Wandsworth in London, builder, Wandsworth, 27 Feb order, petition 5 Feb : London Gazette

Car Soper female pauper patient from 25 Jan 1912 Banstead [Lunatic Asylum - run by M.sex], Surrey, discharged reld [released/reassigned, but no transfer vis] 5 May 1913 [1y4m later]; from Lunacy Patients Admission Registers scan : ['11cen 11 Carolinesw, none patients; ]

William Charles Soper baker of 391 Durnsford Rd, Wimbledon Pk, Surrey : Bankrupt, Kingston Court 25 Sep 1912 : Receiving Date 14 Nov 1912 (London Gazette 19 Nov) 10 Dec Exam (19 Nov) : Petition Filed 25 Sep (22 Nov) : Hearing 8 Apr 1913 (21 Mar) : Discharge suspended for 2y 6m 8 Apr (2 May)
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William Charles Soper of Soper's Corner, Durnsford Rd, Wimbledon Park, Surrey & William Edward Cooper of 333 Fulham Palace Rd, Lon. bakers & confectioners formerly trading as �Soper & Cooper�, Deed of assignment for creditors, 12 Jan 1913. Their creditors to sent claims by 8 Nov 1913 (London Gazette 14 Oct) : Deed of Assignment 12 Jan 1913. Their creditors to send in claims for debts by 8 Nov. Notice from trustee Ernest Blandford of Old Broad St, Lon : Gazette 14 Oct : [William Charles m.Emma Charlotte Karsch 1896, Fulham]

William Henry Soper publican/inn keeper of The Nutley Hall Public House, Nutley Lane, Reigate from 1913 (other publicans listed 1912 & 1915) source : [? a William Henry Soper Quartermaster Sergeant, Kings Own Scottish Boarderers, retired from army after 21 years; his family in Croydon, Surrey '01cen biog] : [?but a Corporal William Henry Soper of S.Norwood, Sy, killed 1917]

E J Soper won a handicap race in The Dingy Club's annual regatta at Kingston on Thames : from Guardian paper, 7 Sept 1913 [see survived sinking 1916]

Mrs Soper of Sanderstead, donated �1 to �22,550 Belgian Relief fund for wounded allies : from Guardian paper, 27 Sept 1914 [presume Mrs John Soper Streeter]

Percy C Soper m.Jessie E Gossington Jul>Sep 1913, Richmond, Surrey (bmd) : [see Lon]

Edward K Soper m.Emily A Dore 12 Jul 1914, Dartford Registry Office, Kent (m.Jul>Sep bmd)
: Edward Knight Soper b.23 Mar 1873 Salisbury, Wilts [b.Apr>Jun Alderbury RD] to Rev Henry & Elizabeth see biog
- Albert Thorpe Soper b.11 Jun 1915 : [b.Jul>Sep, Dartford ('mother nee Dove')]
: '81cen Henry 49 Wesleyan Minister at Chapel House, St Peter, Derby; b.S.Brent,Dev; Elizabeth 44 b.Poole,Dor; William H 18 clerk b.Barbados; Florette 11 b.Frome S.Set; Herbert K 9; Edward K 8 both b.Salisbury, Wilts; Maud 3 b.Taunton; with servant Sarah Jenkins 20unm; b.Churchingford, Dev
: 1886 Edward R Soper of Hatton House School, [Beacon Hill Rd, Newark, Notts] 2nd grade certificate for freehand and model drawing; Newark Art School, prize giving at town hall, Fri evening; in 'Stamford Mercury' 24 Dec 1886
: '91cen Edward K Soper 18unm lace designer (employee) at 16 Mona St, Beeston, Notts '91cen; b.Salisbury, S.set; boarding with Emily A Huddleston 46m b.Plymouth, Dev & father John Shillabeer 72m pensioner b.Alberton, Dev scan
: '01cen Edward lace designer, at Hornsey, Lon; b.Salisbury, Wilts
: ['11cen no Edward K vis]
: E K Soper nr.154402 Royal Army Medical Corps, 8th Company; 45y 2m; 5ft 7�in; 126lbs; chest 34�in, expansion 2�in; Occupation; labourer/kilnman of 1 Weller Cottages, Woodbridge Hill, Guildford, Surrey; Enlisted Apr 1918; grey hair; fresh complexion; 4 vaccination marks left arm; vision 6/6; Dentally fit; Birthmark on back (Lt); visited Grantham hospital, Blackpool, York; Demob Jun 1919, pay to Sloop Hill, Parkstone, Dorset ww1 records
: Emily Ada Soper d.7 Jun 1937, (wife of Edward Knight Soper) of Woodview, Willow Rd, Farncombe, Godalming, Sy; probate Lon 14 Jul 1937 to William Henry Rishworth Dawson*, insurance clerk; estate �218 1s 11d last seen 7 Jun; her dead body found 13 Jun in River Way, Arlington, Guildford; from Probate Calender, scan [Emily A (c1883-1937) d.Apr>Jun, Surrey S W, age 54] : [*Edward's sister Florette m.Herbert Rishworth Dawson]
: an Edward K Soper (c1873-1952) d.Apr>Jun, age 79, Surrey S W

G Soper, of Thistlecroft, Hersham, on the Hersham Ward Committee, Walton on Thames 1914 : www.tlemea.com

William T Soper m.Rose E Chandler Apr>Jun 1914, Chertsey, Surrey (bmd)
: '39cen Rose Ellen Soper 49 widow, retired (b.30 Jul 1890) at Besley Green, Bagshot, Surrey; with Herbert Chandler b.29 Jan 1881 painter unm; William Chandler b.29 Jan 1881 carpenter, unm scan

Surrey units in WW1 : Service Medals (issued to all servicemen) 1914-1920 : from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk :
William A Soper, Serjeant..., East Surrey Regiment, nr200074 : [speculate William Albert age 17 '01cen, Croydon, son of William Henry Soper Quartermaster Sergeant, Kings Own Scottish Boarderers biog]
William H Soper, Corporal..., The Queen's Regiment (Royal West Surrey Regt), nrT-3899 : [d.W-Vlaanderen 1917]

Thomas Soper joined Typographers Union, Guildford Branch, Sy, membership card lodged at Bournemouth, [Hants] scan at Guildford, Sy Branch; membership card lodged at Cheltenham 1915; scan

John E Soper m.Ida M White Oct>Dec 1915 Epsom, Sy : [no John E above]

Alfred Sydney Soper m.Jul>Sep 1915 Mary M Hamilton, Croydon, Sy
- ?a Sydney O Soper b.10 Mar 1916 [b.Jan>Mar Lambeth reg dist, Lon (mother ne Hamilton)]; m.1940, motor driver
: [Alfred Sydney Soper b.Jan>Mar 1895 Berwick, Northumberland (to William Henry Soper Quartermaster Sergeant, Kings Own Scottish Boarderers who m.N-upon-T, Northumberland, 1891]
: Clara Soper 30 at Kirkcudbrightshire; Ada 7, William 6, Alfred S 5 all b.Eng, Clara 4 b.Scotland, Walter 1, Frederick 0 both b.Kirkcudbrightshire : [father W H Soper Qmtr Serg, in S.Africa, his home base Berwick on Tweed, biog] : [not vis '11cen]
: Alfred Sydney Soper d.15 Sep 1922, of 26 Clarendon Rd, Merton, Sy; probate London 4 Mar 1926 to Mary Maria Soper, widow; estate �90; from Probate Calender (ancestry.com) [Alfred S Soper (c1895-1922) d.Jul>Sep, Croydon, Sy, age 27]

James Soper m.Elizabeth E[lizabeth] Beardmore Apr>Jun 1916, Croydon, Sy; b.24 Dec 1889 m.Sarah Haley 1883, Fulham
- Margaret H Soper b.Apr>Jun 1917, Southwark, Lon (mother nee Beardmore); m.James D Skene Oct>Dec 1946, Surrey Mid E
- Donald J Soper b.Jul>Sep 1922, Wandsworth, Lon (m.ne.Beardmore); ?m.Adelaide M J Turner Jan>Mar 194, Surrey Mid E
: '11cen James 21unm telephone wiremans labourer; b.Hammersmith, Lon with mother Sarah 57 {m.28y, 6 births, 2 alive} widow in 3 rooms at 10 Marsland Rd, Manor Place, Walworth (St Mary Newington parish, Southwark dist); b.Colnbrook, Bucks; James 21unm telephone wiremans labourer; b.Hammersmith, Lon; Frederic Alfred George Soper 18unm telephone faultfinder's mate b.Walworth, Sy scan
: '39cen James 49 underground linesman (b.24 Dec 1889) at 5 Florence Ave, Merton & Morden, Sy; Elizabeth 'Ellen E' 48 unpaid dom duties (b.28 Dec 1890) 'name ref from '2mul tw 23/3/64'; Margaret H Skene (Soper 'm cmv 14/5/47') 22unm warehouse assistant (b.2 Jun 1917) scan

Stanley J Soper, rifleman, died WW1, on Men of East Twickenham, War Memorial, St Stephens Church, Richmond Rd, Twickenham : A Stanley Soper of 1st Surrey Rifles, London Reg, d.23 May 1916 in The Somme, Arras Memorial. A Stanley Soper service medal list Ist London Regiment Pvt nr3462, then London Regiment Pvt nr651229: from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk : ref WO 372/18 : "The 21st (1st Surrey Rifles) London Reg was virtually wiped out on 15 Sept 1916 at Highwood on the Somme" source : see Soper War Deaths

W G Soper's trustees selling Harestone, Caterham. A beautifully appointed , 15 beds, 2 dressing, 2 baths, billiard, 4 reception, fine central hall, stabling, garage, 2 cottages & timbered grounds in 21 acres. Sale or auction by 20 Sept : from Guardian paper, 26 Aug 1917 [see William Garland Soper above]

Henry C Soper m.Gertrude Jester/Jeather Apr>Jun 1917, Croydon, Sy (bmd)
: assume b.Oct>Dec 1877 Pancras; to Henry Charles & Isabella Middlemiss 1865 Plymouth; At Hampstead, Lon '91cen
: Henry Charles Soper d.17 Aug 1926, of 34 Cavendish Rd, Finsbury Pk, Lon; admin London 13 Oct 1926 to Gertrude Soper, wdow; estate �177 died at North Middlesex Hispital, Silver St, Edmonton; from Probate Calender (ancestry.com) : Henry C Soper (c1878-1926) d.Jul>Sep 1926, Edmonton, Lon, age 48

William H Soper, a Corporal in the The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regt.), died W-Vlaanderen, England : 4 Oct 1917, buried/monument Buttes New British Cemetery, Polygon Wood, Zonnebeke : from, Soper war deaths [perhaps b.1890, see '01cen]

F H Soper Serjeant (A/S M) of 4th Bn (Reading), Kings Royal Rifle Corps. Mentioned in Despatches, London Gazette 8th Supplement. 30 May 1919 : from www.tlemea.com

W A Soper, Cpl nr200074 (A./L./Sjt.), l/5th Bn. (TF) East Surrey Regiment, notice for distinguished & gallant services & devotion to duty, by Lieu Gen Marshal, Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force [in Persia] 7 Feb 1919 (London Gazette 9 Jan 1920) : [a William A Soper, (Surrey Corps) given a service record] : [speculate age 17 '01cen, Croydon, son of William Henry Soper Quartermaster Sergeant, Kings Own Scottish Boarderers biog]'

Herbert E Soper m.Marjorie A Hiscutt Apr>Jun 1920, Richmond, Surrey (bmd) [father Arthur Hiscutt; Surrey Marriages : a Richmond family]
- Harold H Soper b.Oct>Dec 1922, Richmond, Surrey (mother nee Hiscutt)
- John E Soper b.Jan>Mar 1927, Epsom, Surrey (mother nee Hiscutt)
: ? [a Mr H E Soper (c1887-?) age 19, sailed from Liverpool to Quebec, 1906 : from findmypast.com]
: '11cen : Julia Ann 59 widowed furniture dealer (employer), [m.18y, 9 children, 7 alive] in 6 rooms, 161 High Rd, Chiswick, Brentford, M.sx; b.Marylebone, Lon; unm children William George 32 shop ass, at home, b.Paddington, Lon; Lucy 25 dressmaker, at home; Herbert 23 shop ass, at home; Ethel 21; Harry 19 clerk, cloth warehouse; Kitty 16 clerk, phonograph trade, all grandson b.Chiswick also Stanley Orriss 1 [Julia's child] : scan
: 1918 ?an H E Soper, Private..., Middlesex Regiment, won service medal (issued to all servicemen) 1914-1920
: '39cen John E 12 at school (b.3 Feb 1927) at Deep Dene, Top Park, Eton, Bucks; with Cyril S Dingley b.21 Jul 1888 sales director, plastics & chemical (&ARP warden), Christine (M) Dingley b.5 Dec 1892 unpaid dom duties & evacuation billetting officer; Robert A Duncan b.7 Sep 1923 at school; Ronald H Morley b.5 Sep 1924 at school; (John line 4); & Sarah (A) MacDowell b.17 Oct 1923 dom service scan
: 1972 Herbert Evelyn Soper b.26 Dec 1886 [b.reg Jan>Mar 1887 Brentford] d.Jul>Sep 1972 Hastings, Sx
: 1974 Marjorie Alice Soper b.10 Jul 1886, d.Jan>Mar 1974 Hastings, Sx

Aubrey L[ouis] Soper m.Vera A Kinge Oct>Dec 1943, Surrey S W : [b.Oct>Dec 1920, Farnham, Sy (mother nee Higgins) to Aubrey & Edith A Higgins who m.1915, Plymouth]
: Aubrey Louis Soper railway record; engine cleaner; entered 23 Nov 1937, wage 2 Nov 37; Jul 40 fireman 9s 6d; Nov 40 to Reading; Jul 42 63s; Jul 46 102s 6d; Jul 45 175s driver at Oxford; Jul 45 increase to 175s; 200s Jun 56; to Reading Nov 56 ; at Old Oak Common, Soper Co; military service 2 Sep 39 to 26 Sep 40; recalled 24 Jun 42 to 24 Oct 42; recalled 5 Jul 43 to 1 Aug 46; record scan

Thomas Soper d.18 Jun 1921, of 49 Leander Rd, Brixton, Surrey; administration London 24 Feb 1922 to Solicitor H M Treasury; estate �607 10s 8d; from Probate Calender, scan : [?Thomas (c1875-1921) d.Apr>Jun, Lambeth, Lon, age 46] : [not linked yet; not Thomas Henry or Thomas Randle, both 34 in '11cen]

Charles Sopper d.8 Jun 1921, of 21 Furzefield Crescent, Reigate, Sy; admin Lon 20 Jul 1921 to Marianne Lawrence Sopper, widow; estate �423 4s 6d; from Probate Calender, scan : [? bmd]

Marianne Lawrence Sopper d.30 Jul 1932, of 21 Furzfield Crescent, Reigate, Sy; probate Lon 28 Sep 1932 to Charles Walter Johns, accountant; estate �2,327 8s 11d; from Probate Calender, scan [Marianne L (c1857-1932) d.Jul>Sep, Reigate, Sy, age 75]

Arthur J Soper m.Sarah P Pack Jan>Mar 1921, Camberwell, Lon; Arthur b.1 Jun 1891 [??an Arthur John b.Jul>Sep 1891, Barton Regis, Glos; not the Arthur J b.Jul>Sep 1893, Wandsworth as civil servant in '39cen; not vis ;11cen]
- Arthur J C Soper b.Jul>Sep 1927, Croydon, Surrey (mother nee Pack); m. ;Arthur John Compton Soper 'John' d.1991 Pack tree
- Norman C Soper b.Jul>Sep 1933, Croydon (m.ne.Pack)
: '39cen Arthur J 48 traveller (b.1 Jun 1891) at 4 Upper Selsdon Rd, Coulsdon & Purley, Sy [perhaps age wrong?]; Sarah P 43 unpaid dom duties (b.2 Oct 1895) scan scan
: 1959 Arthur J Soper (c1891-1959) d.Jul>Sep 1959, N.E.Surrey, Lon, age 68
: 1972 Sarah Priscilla Soper (1895-1972) d.Apr>Jun 1972, Sutton, Sy, age 76; b.2 Oct 1895

Alfred Sydney Soper d.15 Sep 1922, of 26 Clarendon Rd, Merton, Surrey; probate London 4 Mar 1926 to Mary Maria Soper, widow; value �90 ; from Probate Calender (ancestry.com) [Alfred S Soper (c1895-1922) d.Jul>Sep, Croydon, Sy, age 27] : [m.Jul>Sep 1915 Mary M Hamilton, Croydon, Sy]

Susan J Soper m.John Dingwall Jul>Sep 1922, Kingston, Surrey (bmd); Susan Jane b.Jan>Mar 1868, Dartington, Dev to Samuel m.Rebecca Ford 1858, Kingsbridge, Dev
: '81cen Susan J 13 b.Dartington with parents Samuel 43 game keeper water bailiff�at Main Rd, Dartington, Dev; Rebecca 41 dressmaker b.Woodleigh, Dev
: '91cen Susan 23unm servant domestic at Convalescent Home, Cockington, Torquay, Dev; b.Dev servant to Ada Turner 30 widowed lady superintendant to Home of rest b.Kent, dau Kath 7 b.Lon; boarders Emmelia Vine 26 on own means b.Dorset & Ann Radmore 44 teacher b.S.set, also cook Emma Bate 21 b.Chobham, Sy; scan
: '01cen Susy 32unm domestic parlourmaid at Durrington House, Cottenham Pk Rd, N Wimbledon, Sy, b.Dartington, Dev; servant to Wm Melville 50 on own means, b.Sy, wife 50 b.Norfolk, cook 35 b.Exeter, Dev, housemaid 18 b.Bowe, Dev scan
: '11cen Susy Jane 41unm ladies maid, servant at 18 rooms at Durrington House, 3 Cotton Park Rd, Kingston; b.'Withcombe', Dartington, Dev; servant to Constance P G Melville 62 widow private means b.Lon, cook 33, housemaids 24 & 20 scan

Frederick Soper m.Violet A Hornegold Jan>Mar 1922, Croydon, Surrey (bmd)
- William R Soper b.12 Jul 1922; [b.Jul>Sep], Croydon, Sy (mother nee Hornegold); '39cen 17unm plumbers mate; ?a postman, 1947
- Frederick S Soper b.13 Feb 1927 [b.Jan>Mar], Croydon (m.ne.Hornegold)
- Gwendoline B Soper b.18 Oct 1929 [b.Oct>Dec], Croydon (m.ne.Hornegold); post office typist, 1947
- Joyce M Soper b.Oct>Dec 1930, Croydon (m.ne.Hornegold); d.Jan>Mar 1931, Croydon, Surrey, age 0
: '39cen Frederick 41 builders foreman (b.16 Mar 1898) at 20 Northway, Beddington and Wallington, Sy; Violet A 40 unpaid dom duties (b.27 Apr 1899); William R 17unm plumbers mate (b.12 Jul 1922); Frederick I 12 at school (b.13 Feb 1927); Gwendoline B (will m.Mr Young 'cr283 sy 24/5/56') 9 at school (b.18 Oct 1929) scan

Thomas R Soper m.Ethel M Barnett Apr>Jun 1922, Southwark, Lon (bmd)
- Ethel M Soper b.Jul>Sep 1923, Lambeth, Lon (mother nee Barnett)
- ??Terence M Soper b.Jul>Sep 1935, Westminster, Lon (ne Barnett) : d.Jul>Sep 1944, Croydon, Sy, age 9
: 1943 ?an
: Ethel M Soper (c1894-1943) d.Jan>Mar 1943, age 49, St Pancras, Lon; (an Ethel M d.Apr>Jun 1948, age 53, St Pancras, Lon if register made after war)
: 1944 Thomas Soper (c1875-1944) d.Jul>Sep 1944, age 69, Croydon, Surrey
: 1944 Thomas 68 & Terence Mitchell Soper 9, killed 27 Jul 1944. Residence, 14 The Crescent, Surrey, on Croydon, Civilian War Dead Register : Terence's parents Thomas & Mrs E (late)

Ronald Claud T Soper m.Winifred M Smith Jul>Sep 1924, Croydon, Sy; b.Oct>Dec 1901, Bristol, Glos to Harry Norman Soper [advert painter] m.Ann Eliza Tregedeon 1888, Plymouth, Dev; who'd moved to Croydon after '01cen
- Joyce W Soper b.Jul>Sep 1925, Croydon, Sy (mother nee Smith); m.Robin E Hole Jul>Sep 1950, Surrey NW
- Joan C Soper b.9 Jul 1928 [b.Jul>Sep], Croydon (m.ne.Smith); m.John A F Ashley Apr>Jun 1951, Surrey NW
: 1908 ?at a funeral... Willie Soper, Mrs Malcolm Lyon, Mrs Willie Soper, Mr J Malcolm Lyon, Mr Ronald C Soper, Master Douglas Lyon, Master Vivian Soper, Miss Doris Soper, & Mias Dudfield; snippet from Surrey Mirror 25 Dec 1908
: '11cen Annie 41 widow monthly sick nurse (self employed) {m.22y, 12 births, 7 alive} in 4 rooms at 6 Oakwood Rd, Stanley Grove, W.Croydon, Sy; b.Tavistock; George 18 [William?] controller cleaner, South Met Tramway b.Plymouth; Ronald 9; Vera 7 both b.Bristol, Glos; Nora 4 b.Croydon, Sy scan
: '39cen Ronald C 38 builders painter (b.11 Sep 1901) at 8 Kerry Terrace, Woking, Sy; Winifred M 41 unpaid dom duties (b.6 Jan 1898); Joan C (will m.Mr.Ashley) 11 at school (b.9 Jul 1928) scan
: 1953 ?a Winifred M Soper (c1898-1953) d.Apr>Jun 1953, Harrow, Lon, age 55 : [but a Winifred M m.Arthur Soper 1922]
: 1975 Ronald C T Soper (1901-1975) d.Jul>Sep, Surrey NW, age c74

Ernest Walter Soper age 31 bank clerk of Church Ln, Chessington, Sy, m.Dorothy Upperton 24 bank clerk of 1 Percival Parade, Worcester Park; 4 Apr 1925 at St Mary, Chessington {fathers Walter retired clerk & William Upperton, builder}; witnesses Harold & Mary Soper & Hilda Edwards; scan: [m.Apr>Jun Epsom bmd, reg dist]; Ernest b.6 Sep 1893 [b.Oct>Dec], St Olave, Lon to Walter & Mary Ann Livock who m.1891, Southwark
: '11cen Ernest 17 private at Mill Hill Barracks wiki, Bittacy Hill, Mill Hill, Hendon; b.St Olave (Bermondsey RD), Surrey / Lon b.St Olave (Bermondsey) scan
: Ernest W Soper, Pvt, Middlesex Reg; WW1 service medal L/Corp Midsx Reg, injured twice in France & discharged 1917; see biog in WW1 record
- Beryl M Soper b.Jan>Mar 1927, Croydon, Surrey (mother nee Upperton); m.Harold Smith Apr>Jun 1948, SE Surrey
- Brian M Soper b.14 Mar 1931; [b.Apr>Jun], Dorking, Sy (mother nee Upperton)
: '39cen Ernest W 46 bank official (b.6 Sep 1893) at 2 Deepdene Vale, Dorking, Sy; Dorothy 38 unpaid dom duties (b.3 Jan 1901); line 3 temp withheld; Brian M 8 at school (b.14 Mar 1931) scan
: 1950 Ernest W Soper d.5 Jan 1950 [d.Jan>Mar SE Surrey, age 56]

Charles W R Soper m.Edith J Day Apr>Jun 1925, Farnham, Sx (bmd)
- Barbara M Soper b.Oct>Dec 1925, Farnham (mother nee Day)
? - Peter C R Soper b.Jan>Mar 1928,Isle of Wight, Hants (mother nee Day) [a Peter Charles Roland Soper, Colour Serjeant, M.sex Reg attached to 4th (Uganda) Bat, King's African Rifles, awarded British Empire Medal 1957]
? - Brian L Soper b.Jan>Mar 1931, Hendon, Lon (mother nee Day)

Soper played for the Kingstonians in Athenian Football Leaque, London Senior Cup : from Guardian Newspaper, 28 Feb 1926

R H Soper took a photo of Holy Trinity Church, Roehampton 1927 : source

Cyril John Soper m.Doris E M August Apr>Jun 1928, Farnham, Sy (bmd); Cyril b.10 Sep 1904 [b.Oct>Dec] & bpt.16 Oct Kingsclere to John S G Soper m.Elizabeth E Fisher 1903
- John E Soper b.Jan 1929 Warwick, Warwickshire
- Margaret Mary Soper b.27 Oct 1931 [b.Oct>Dec (mother ne August)]; m.Ivor J Pearce Jul>Sep 1952, Kingsclere, Hants
- James R Soper b.Apr>Jun 1934
- Doris D Soper b.Oct>Dec 1941 both Reading, Berks
: 1916 Cyril Soper absent from Kingsclere Boys' School, 15 Dec 1916. Left school 1917
: '39cen Cyril John Soper 35 furniture dealer own account (b.10 Sep 1904) at 288 Oxford Rd, Reading; Doris Mary 32 unpaid dom duties (b.5 May 1907); line 3 blacked-out; line 4 Margaret Mary (m.Mr Pearce) 7 at school (b.27 Oct 1931); line 5 blacked-out scan
: 1972 Cyril John Soper d.Jan>Mar 1972 Basingstoke reg dist, (b.10 Sep 1904)

Harold Soper age 25, accountant of Bones Gate Inn, m.11 Mar 1929 at St Mary, Chessington to Beatrice Agnes Philip 20 of Langholme, Brinkley Rd, Worcester Park; {fathers Walter retired clerk & Robert Crombie Philip postman, deceased}; witnesses Frank W Soper & Agnes C Philip; scan

Hilda Christabel Soper appointed telephonist, London 1 Mar 1929 (London Gazette 5 Apr) : [a Hilda C Soper b.Jan>Mar 1913 Epsom] : Telephonists- Without Competition : 12 Apr 1929 Edinburgh Gazette
Hilda Christabel Soper m.age 22 of 'St Elmo' Chessington Rd, Ewell to Arthur Frederick Abbott 25 schoolmaster of 'The Cottage', Lyncroft Gardens, Ewell; 26 Jul 1935 at St Mary, Ewell {fathers Walter Soper & Charles Linel Abbott}; witnesses C L Abbott & J A Farnham?; scan

George A L Soper b.? Smith Kingston 1930, Kingston, Sy (bmd)
- Thomas G Soper b.& d.Apr>Jun 1931, age 0 Kingston (mother nee Smith)
- William J Soper b.Jul>Sep 1932, Kingston (mother nee Smith)

Edward George Soper d.24 Mar 1931, of 142 Croxted Rd, East Dulwich, Sy; probate Lon 14 May 1931 to Edward George Soper, builder; estate �281 9s 7d ; from Probate Calender, scan [Edward G (c1854-1931) d.Jan>Mar, Camberwell, age 77]
: Elizabeth Soper d.5 Jul 1933, widow of 142 Croxted Rd, Dulwich, Sy; probate Lon 18 Aug 1933 to Edward George Soper, builder; estate �695 5s 1d; from Probate Calender, scan : [Elizabeth (c1854-1933) d.Jul>Sep, Camberwell, age 79] : [presume b.c1853 St Peters Port, Guernsey]

William Harrey John Soper 1924 - 1 Aug 1932 : Board of Education Certificate, University College of Southampton, Elementary Training Dept : Ass Master, Stanley Rd Council School '1924-8' : Head Master of C E School, Warter, E.R, Yorks '1928 onwards' ; Teachers registration Dept

Grace Helen Soper d.30 Nov 1933, widow of Cliftonville, Sutton Common, Sutton, Sy; admin London 2 Feb 1933 to Minnie Helen Leighton (wife of Frederick William Leighton); estate �127; from Probate Calender, scan [Grace H (c1865-1933) d.Oct>Dec, Epsom, Sy, age 68] : [George m.Grace Helen Kindred 1890 Lambeth]

Albert P m.Ellen A Glover, Croydon Jan>Mar 1934
a - Percy Soper b & d.Oct>Dec 1936, Croydon, Surrey, age 0
; a?? Albert Percy Soper m.Nellie Stevens Lambeth Jan>Mar 1906 & remarried

Emily Ada Soper d.7 Jun 1937, (wife of Edward Knight Soper) of Woodview, Willow Rd, Farncombe, Godalming, Sy; probate Lon 14 Jul 1937 to William Henry Rishworth Dawson, insurance clerk; estate �218 1s 11d last seen 7 Jun; her dead body found 13 Jun in River Way, Arlington, Guildford; from Probate Calender, scan [Emily A (c1883-1937) d.Apr>Jun, Surrey S W, age 54] : [Edward K Soper m.Emily A Dore 1914]

Ernest R Soper m.Doris Hammond 1937, Surrey S W, Sy (bmd)

; ?an Ernest Richard Soper b.1904, Wandsworth to Frederick R H Soper m.Rosa Gates who m.1903
- Peter W Soper b.Apr>Jun 1938, Surrey S W (mother nee Hammond); ?m.Beatrice F Legg 1951, Warminster, Wilts

Saul Sopher d.16 Sep 1937, of 118 St James Rd, Croydon, Surrey; admin London 21 Oct 1937 to Alfred Edward Soper, boilermakers foreman; estate �281 12s 1d ; from Probate Calender, scan : [Saul Sopher d.Jul>Sep, Croydon, age 50] : [a Saul Sopher m.May I Sheppard 1913]

Wilfred T Soper m.Joan E Rathbone Jul>Sep 1938, Surrey Mid E; Wilfred b.15 Sep 1913
: '39cen Wilfred T 26 advertising agent, production money (b.15 Sep 1913) at Tandridge Gardens, Meadow Donne, Coulsdon & Purley, Surrey; Joan E 23 shorthand typist, (temporary) (b.15 Jan 1916) scan
: 1978 Joan Ethel Soper (1916-1878) d.Oct>Dec, Croydon, Surrey, age 61

William George Soper d.28 Mar 1938, of 9 Briton Crescent, Sanderstead, South Croydon, Sy; probate Lon 3 Jun to Susanna Jackson Soper, widow; estate �1,180 10s 2d ; from Probate Calender, scan [William G (c1879-1938) d.Jan>Mar, Surrey Mid E, age 59] : [William G Soper m.Susanna Gamble 1910]

Frederick Charles Soper d.29 May 1938, of 9 Woodstock Ave, Sutton, Surrey; died Sutton & Cheam Hospital, Banstead Rd, Belmont, Sy; admin London 20 Aug 1938 to Frances Soper, widow; estate �848 2s 6d ; from Probate Calender, scan [Frederick C (c1901-1938) d.Apr>Jun, Surrey Mid E, age 37] : ['11cen : m.not vis]

Stanley C Soper m.Beryle M Godfrey-Harris Apr>Jun 1939, Surrey Mid E; Stanley b.12 Oct 1904 [b.Oct>Dec] lambeth to Charles William & Mary Maud Larbey m.1897, Wandsworth
: '39cen Stanley C 34 civil engineer (re-enforced concrete) (b.12 Oct 1904) at 8 Furzedown Rd, Carshalton, Surrey; Beryl M 27 unpaid dom duties (b.17 Jun 1912) scan : [his parents also at Carshalton]
: 1974 Stanley Charles Soper (1904-1974) d.Jan>Mar 1974, Sutton, Surrey, age 69; (b.12 Oct 1904)

1939 Register/Census 130 Sopers, (+21 who will m.Sopers)

Caroline Soper 82 widow, inmate, incapacitated, retired (b.29 Mar 1857) at Whiteley Village Hospital, Walton & Weybridge, Sy; [44 females on page, retired incapacitated] scan : [2 Caroline wives '11cen, but both accounted for]
: 1947 Caroline Soper (c1857-1947) d.Oct>Dec, NW Surrey, age 90

Eva M Soper 57unm ladys maid (b.24 Oct 1881) at Echobam, Echo Barn Lane, Farnham, Sy; with William N Budgen b.30 Dec 1879 sr col army service, royal artillery, retired; Alice E C Budgen b.30 Jul 1880 udd b & Alice E Aikman b.4 Oct 1852 incapacitated, widow scan : [b.not vis bmd] : [?speculate the Eva b.Chanel Islands 1882 below]
'11cen ?an Eva 29unm nurse maid in 24 rooms at McMount, St Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands; b.Guernsey; (father b.Guernsey) servant to Amand Prein 45 & wife Elsie 39 {m.13y, 1 birth}, housemaid 25, parlourmaid 26 & cook 32 scan
: 1968 Eva M Soper (c1882-1968) d.Jan>Mar 1968, Barking, Lon, age 86

Muriel Soper 45unm civil service, higher clerical officer MOR (& PCW d/38/3296) (b.31 Oct 1893) at The Cottage, 6 Meredyth Rd, Barnes, Sy; 1939cen ; also Elizabeth M Durean b.22 Jun 1887 housekeeper, widow scan: [?a Muriel b.1891 Brentford to Frederick William & Laura Anne Ayre m.1890, South Molton, Dev]

William C Soper 81 widow, gardener (retired) (b.9 Mar 1858) at Radcliffe Convalescent Home, The Chart, Godstone, Sy; 1939cen scan : [b. & d.not vis bmd; not obv '11cen]

William Soper 52m publican manager [pcw 763/4556']; (b.3 Jan 1887) at 171 Cheam Rd, Sutton & Cheam, Sy; Linn 45m unpaid dom duties (b.2 Feb 1894); also James F Dow* b.4 Oct 1915 bank clerk, unm scan *b.Oct>Dec Truro, mother nee Tait: [nor obv '11cen; not linked; No Wm b.Oct>Mar 1886>7; no Soper/Dow m]

William Soper (c1861-1940) MA, Death notice in The Times. Died after a short illness 25 Oct 1940, aged 79, of 44 Lowndes Sq & 54 St Mary, Axe, London. Funeral Caterham [see 1901 census]

John Soper b.Dorothy M Kimber Surrey S W 1941 (bmd)
- Janet R Soper b.Jul>Sep 1942, Surrey S W (mother nee Kimber)
- Richard J Soper b.Apr>Jun 1945, Surrey S W (mother nee Kimber)
: '39cen Dorothy M Kimber (will m.Mr Soper 'm..') 34unm secretary to Kimber & Sons, bakers & grocers (b.17 Jul 1905) at Mayor House, Epsom Rd, Merrow, Guildford, Sy; with Elizabeth Kimber b.20 Jun 1872 private means, widowed; Dorothy line 2; Percy N Kimber b.2 Apr 1900 partner In Kimber & Sons, bread baker, unm; Gertrude J Lynn b.18 Oct 1885 confectionery shop ass scan

Mrs Annie Soper/Sopper, lived at Oaklands?, Baythorne Lane, Balcombe Rd, Horley. In 1942, she was renting a room to Dorothy Florence Jones? & her young son. Dorothy worked for Mr Whittaker on the farm. From Dorothy's gt.granddaughter www.curiousfox.org.uk [Jun 06] : [connection? a William & Ann Sopper, a calico warehouseman, at Lambeth '81cen]

Thomas Hugh Sopper, (c1905-1943) Lieutenant ; Service No: 151604 : Died 8 May 1943, age 38, 1st Bn King's Shropshire Light Infantry Memorial Reference I. B. 12. Massicault War Cemetery : Son of Harry & Catherine Isabella Sopper, of Horley, Surrey. [by mid April, Axis forces were forced back into a small area of NE Tunisia. They were defeated after an attack in April & May. The cemetery contains about 1,600 Commonwealth burials]
Thomas H Sopper birth registered Reigate Oct>Dec 1904 (& Caitriana Isabel Sopper b.Jul>Sep 1903, Catherin Sopper b.Jan>Mar 1904, Harry Sopper b.Oct>Dec 1905, Annie Margaret Sopper b.Oct>Dec 1906 & John Cambell Sopper b.Oct>Dec 1908, also presume father, Charles Sopper (c1858-1921) d.Apr>Jun all Reigate District)
- '01cen Kate 46 at Reigate living on own means b.Lambeth, M.Sopper b.Paddington & Charles Sopper 42, a stockjobber b.Lambeth)
- '11cen Fhas Sopper (c1859-?) 52 [*head] [stock exchange] at Reigate, Sy; [*2 Sopper families there] Marianne 53 wife both b.Lon; Catherine Isabella 41 [*head] b.Lancs; Caitriana Isabel 7; Catherine 6; Thomas Hugh 6; Harry 5; Annie Margaret 4; John Campbell 2 all b.Surrey
- Harry Sopper m.Catherine Isabella McNiven Jul>Sep 1901 at Chorlton, Lancs

1939 Register / Census

Doris A Marriott (will m.Mr Soper 'cr283 6182lnp') 21m unpaid dom duties (b.17 Dec 1917) at 36 Oxford Ave, Merton & Morden, Sy; with Henry C Marriott b.18 Sep 1908 tailor (repairs) married; Doris line 2; line 3 temp withheld; Mary P Britton b.10 Aug 1874 private means, widow scan : [Ernest W Soper m.Doris A Marriott Apr>Jun 1962, Surrey NE]

Joan M Buchanan (will m.Mr Soper 'm chv ic 22/1/46') 18unm typist (b.13 Oct 1920) at 7 Fairway, Merton & Morden, Sy ['see page 21'']; with John H Buchanan 30 Oct 1892 tourist agents booking clerk; Ethel N Buchanan 13 Jul 1888 udd, both married; Joan line 3 scan : [James A Soper m.Joan M Buchanan Oct>Dec 1944, Brentford, Lon]

Francis W Soper m.Eva Lawe Jul>Sep 1939, Surrey Mid E, Surrey (bmd)
: '39cen Eva 36 married receptionist clerk-education agents firm (b.26 Feb 1903) at 62 Salisbury Rd, Carshalton, Sy; with Susan F Lowe b.22 Sep 1876 udd, widow; Eva line 2 & Bernard Lowe b.15 Aug 1917 clerk, board of education, unm scan

James F Soper m.Murial Swain Jul>Sep 1942, Surrey N E
: '39cen Muriel Swain (will m.Mr Soper 'm..') 20unm book keeper (tailor) (b.6 Apr 1919) at 51 Wolsey Drive, Kingston-Upon-Thames, Sy; with Percy A Swain b.2 Apr 1883 carpenter & joiner, maintenance building dept L P T B; Mabel L F Swain b.6 Apr 1885 udd, unm scan

William G Soper m.Dorothy A Stenning Jul>Sep 1944, Surrey NW
: '39cen Dorothy A Stenning (will m.Mr Soper 'm anm? 7/10/44') 31unm unpaid dom duties (b.26 Aug 1908) at 30 & 32 Drapers Church St, Walton & Weybridge, Sy scan

Henry J A Soper m.Emma Slater Apr>Jun 1944, Surrey Mid E, Surrey (bmd); b.6 Nov 1910 E.Cholderton, [b.Oct>Dec Andover] to Henry John & Ida Margaret Lansley m.1909
: '39cen Henry John Albert Soper [changed from] 'Jack H A' '310'; 28unm grocers assistant (b.6 Nov 1910) at 13 Park Ln, Carshalton, Sy; with Reginald C Robinson b.12 May 1912 transport driver, heavy duties, unm; scan
: '39cen Emma Slater (later m.Mr Soper 'm 12/5/44') 18unm canteen counter hand (b.26 Jan 1921) at 4 Byron Ave, Easington, Durham; also Frank Tait b.28 Dec 1865 colliery over man (retired), widowed; Emma Bishop (Black) b.28 Aug 1905 udd, widowed; Elizabeth (J) Slater (Barnett,Slater) b.8 Jan 1876 udd, widowed & Emma 4th scan
: 1969 ?an Emma Soper (c1922-1969) d.Jan>Mar 1969, Sutton, Lon, age 47
: 1976 Henry John A Soper (1910-1976) d.Jan>Mar 1976, age 65, Sutton; (b.6 Nov 1910)

Thomas Soper (c1876-1944) age 68 & Terence Mitchell Soper 9, killed 27 Jul 1944. Residence, 14 The Crescent, Surrey. On Borough of Croydon, Civilian War Dead Register : Terence's parents Thomas & Mrs E (late) : [V1 flying bombs 1st attacked London 13 Jun 1844. Some launched 27 July 1944. After 8,000 V1s, stopped in Sept when French launch sites were overun] : [Thomas R m.Ethel M Barnett Apr>Jun 1922, Southwark]

Betty Rosamond Soper [listed 3rd], Rosina Holcombe & Reginald Charles executors of Ernest Charles Holcombe, (d,3 Nov 1945) 26 Valley Walk, Shirley, Croydon, Insurance Manager. Claims on Estate by 1 Mar 1946: (London Gazette : 30 Nov)

William Soper m.Annie Scott Apr>Jun 1945, Staines, Lon (bmd)
: '39cen Annie Scott (will m.Mr Soper 'm ic bra 13/2/45') 26unm mental nurse (b.3 Jun 1913) at Holoway Sanatorium, Private Mental Hospital, Coldharbour Lane, Egham, Sy scan

Sidney J Soper m.Mary J Griffiths Jul>Sep 1947, Surrey Mid E
: '39cen Mary J Griffiths (will m.Mr Soper 'm cma 3/11/47') 25m unpaid dom duties (b.3 Sep 1914) at 6 Howard Close, Banstead, Sy; with Edgar W P Griffiths b.5 Mar 1910 house decorator; Mary line 2 both married; line 3 temp withheld & Betty Sutton (Letitia Champion 'cr283 sy 14/7/59) (will m.Mr Czeszejko-Sochhcki 'm can 12/7/47') b.9 May 1922 comptometer operator, unm scan
: 1973 Mary Jane Soper (1914-1973) d.Oct>Dec 1973, Nottingham, Notts, age 58; b.3 Sep 1914

John Soper the headmaster of St. Leonard's School, Streatham; Remembered by a pupil who attended 1947. He retired soon after (so a challenging pupil?) source

William Henry Soper residing at Deepdene, 4 West May, Carshalton Beeches, Sy; Carrying on business as builder at West Way, Hove, Sx; Trustees appointed 22 Jan 1954; London Gazette 29 Jan scan

Spencer Soper Labour Party. Epsom 1955 recieved a letter from George Edward Cecil Wig (1900-1983) from Wigg�s archive

A B S Soper for labour party, for Epsom, Sy lost to Cons with 14k v 36k votes; General Election; Straits Times 28 May 1955 source

William R Soper d.Dorothy E Gilham Apr>Jun 1957, Surrey NE, Surrey (bmd)
: '39cen Dorothy Ellen Gilham (will m.Mr Soper) 10 at school (b.24 Dec 1928) at 86 Courtney Crescent, Carshalton, Surrey; with George H Gilham b.25 Jul 1900 gardener; Rose Gilham b.3 Mar 1901 udd; Rose I Gilham b.17 Jan 1924 shop ass, unm; Dorothy line 5; Jane E Brown b.2 Feb 1870 too old for work, widow scan

John Soper built St Paul's church, Ferndale Rd, Brixton, Surrey 1958 now a Seventh Day Adventist church wiki

D J Soper (not a parent) & v.many others donated to �5k appeal, 1962 for 2 squash courts for King Alfred House, Dulwich College, Dulwich; The Aluredian magazine aluredian.co.uk p.7; D S Soper played a villager in, a Junior House play, 'Farmer Tumbledown's Pig' 1961 p.20 aluredian.co.uk

Edith Emily Soper, spinster, d.1 Mar 1966, of Eversfield House, 45 Mulgrave Rd, Sutton, Surrey, formerly of 31 Bridgewood Rd, Worcester Pk, Surrey. Claims to relations Frank Edward Soper & Lilian Sarah Ann Soper : London Gazette : [Edith E Soper (c1886-1966) d.Jan>Mar 1966, Sutton, Lon, age 80]

Soper Places in Surrey

Sopers Cottage, Markedge Lane (East Side), Chipstead, Coulsdon, CR5 3SL. A protected,16thC building : source : [image on right] : Mrs Neame lived there, 1940 : enlarged in the 1960�s : Sold 1975, 5 bedrooms, staff cottage & grounds brochure photo, 'a detached property dating late 1800�s' : Sold 1998
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Sopers House, Chipstead in '41cen source & In pre 1840 OS map, (with the new railway added to etching - see scan on right) : For sale, 5 bed & staff cottage, 1975

Sopers Cottage, Hogs Hill, Fernhurst, Haslemere, Surrey GU27 3HX, James Stacy ag lab there '91cen : James Denyer there in '61cen

Sopers Farm Cottage, Friday's Hill, The Fernhurst, Haslemere : [a modern reference; Sopers in Haselmere 1660's]
Sopers Cottage, Hogs Hill, Fernhurst, Haslemere, GU27 3HX source : [photo right]

Soper's Corner, Durnsford Rd, Wimbledon Park, a baker there 1912
Soper Drive, Caterham : [modern road named after William Garland Soper]

Soper Memorial Hall, Harestone Valley Road, Caterham : [memorial of William Garland Soper] : [image on right]

Soper Researchers, Surrey

Bob Rashbrook looking for descendants (of his brother-in-law's grandfather) ; Sidney John Soper m.1897

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