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Sopers in Britain (including variations, Soaper/Sooper/ext)
English Counties Origins of the name
Census of Britain :
1841-1,300 names �
1851-1,354 names �
1861-1,322 names �
1871-1,433 names �
1881-1,840 names �
1891-1,912 names �
1901-2,060 names �
1911-2,287 names �
: only 1841, '61 & '81 have had full census details transcribed, so far here: Summary of the 8 Census
A2A Database, 'Access to Archives' service; currently 459 Sopers in 159 archives
Other Soper Databases & Links
Professions : Artists : Legal : Medical : Miners : Police : Post Office : Publicans : Religious : Seaman : Soldiers : (& fictional Sopers)
Military : 92 Soper War Deaths : Sopers in Navy : Army : RAF : 318 Sopers got WW1 service medals : 114 Soper military records to 1915
Soper Immigration/Records :
to Australia
- in Asia
- to Canada
- to Caribbean
- in India
- to New Zealand
- to South Africa
- to USA
- & in Other countries
Similar spellings : Sophers, Soppers & Soupers in Britain
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Berks :
Cornwall :
Devon :
Dorset :
Hants :
Kent :
London :
Surrey :
Somerset :
Sussex :
Wilts :
Other 'Minor' Counties :
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Birth, Marriage & Death Registers currently abt.12,500 entries (1837-1930s) from rootsweb
BMD Registers for non conformists & overseas records from bmdregisters
Boyd's Marriage Index (1538-1840) ; 673 Soper entries :
Genuki : Genealogical information for UK & Ireland : 20 Soper entries here 11/05
IGI : Mormon's births, marriages & death records. 5,070 records from familysearch.org
National Archives : Online scans of 611 Sopers
National Probate Calendar 1861-1941 : Details of will; 459 Sopers : scans : xls
Newspapers; Times 480 entries (1790-1920); Guardian, 185 entries (1832-1932) & Local Papers from Gale (1800-1900) 3,000+ entries
Parish Registers; being transcribed by freereg.org, currently 205 entries
Public Records Office : 362 Soper documents at the Kew PRO, at National Archives, an '.xls' spreadsheet
US Soper Slaves & British Empire Slaves
2003 Phone Directory : an approximate 'current census', 580 Soper entries indicate declining numbers since 19thC?