Soper Notes -- Navy & Seamen in Britain  : in approximate date order; . : 1700 : 1800 : '41 : '61 : '81 : '01 : '11 : WW1 : WW2

Stephen Sopere, polentar (R) [probably a poletier, fisherman] : 1302/3 : Rolls of Freemen, Canterbury City : Canterbury Cathedral Archives: ref CC/R/F/2

'The Soper', was a Wareham vessel recorded as landing goods at Topsham (Exeter), in 1312. The master William Fog : Local Customs Accounts of the Port of Exeter. M Kowaleski. Devon & Cornwall Record Society : source [Wareham in Poole harbour. Master does not always mean owner, especialy as Fog does not appear in tax records as a ship owner would. The Feg's were mariners in Purbeck area]

William Soper, (c1390-1459) Southampton merchant and MP, who between 1420 and 1441 held the important position of Clerk of the King's Ships, organised building the Gracedieu, the largest ship in the world, none built bigger in England until the 17thC. (He came from outside Southamption and left no children)

William Soaper or Soper will proved 15 Nov 1690, a mariner of Bermondsey, Surrey : ancestry.com Nat Archives Prob 11/402 [scan available online]

John Soper [cryptic record summary may say he deserted?]. Captain Thomas Kenney, the Swan at Plymouth, [Devon]. Having given leave to John Soper of 'The Albemarle at the request of his parents to buy necessaries on shore, he has run and sends a ticket. His father lives at Brandford [in Dorset?]. He has 105 men & 20 days' provisions Letter to the Navy Board, 4 Nov 1696 : National Archives ref ADM 106/490/319 [HMS Albemarle, launched 1680, a 90-gun 2nd rate ship of the line]

Kenneth Robert H Eckford-Soper b.13 Jan 1923; bound as Thames waterman 8 Feb 1939; freed 14 Jan 1947 West Ham; his master Joseph Henry Soper [assume waterman apprentice 1906-13 above]; Thames watermen & lightermen's binding records; from findmypast

End of Thames Watermen : [in Navy text above]

Humphrey Soper, of 'HMS Cornwall' (ship), Hampshire : probate administration 27 Apr 1709 : ref 1709AD/121 : On micrifiche at HRO AD121 : 3 lines/18 words in latin : "[comiss just?] Robto Burg of Southampton [freditori porinh?] xd sub xxv"

Joseph Soaper a mariner, now bound to sea in 'The Bonadventure' of Kingston, Surrey, 19 May 1712, Will available online from Nat Archives Prob 11/527 : [HMS Bonadventure a 50 gun frigate, launched Chatam, Kent, 1711, renamed HMS Argyll in 1715]

Thomas Soper, son of William deceased, apprenticed to Sam Anderson of Waterford Ireland, a mariner. Payment �21 [quite a large payment], 1720 [47/6] British Apprentice List, page 5478, from BritishOrigins.com : [a Thomas's will 1740, mariner]

William Soper, son of John of Plymouth, Dev, apprenticed to John Stephens, 1729, a mariner of Plymouth, Devon; Payment �21; ref 49/96, Page 5478 British Apprentice List, from BritishOrigins.com

Capt Soaper, arrived Boston, from North Carolina. While sailing near Cape Hatteras, he sighted a row-boat containing 6 men. The saved men said their sloop sunk & after 2 days they were almost void of reason & strength : from The Pennsylvania Gazette, 14 Apr 1737

Thomas Soper of 'HMS Romney' (ship) mariner, a Hampshire will 1740 ref 1740P/251 Hants Record Office : [a Thomas's mariner, apprentiship, 1720]
: Apr 1744 'The Dartmouth Galley', Capt Le Gross; captured 'The Ceres' of Nantz, 150tons from Martinice, & taken to Dartmouth, laden with sugar, coffee with �40,000; 29 Apr 1744 source : [Capt Soper of 'Young Ceres' took ships as priveteer, later] : [Ceres, goddess of agriculture] : [Capt LeGros on "Princess Augusta", captured 250ton vessel, Aug'44]
: May 1744 Capt James Soper/Soaper, commander of 'Young Ceres',, 12 guns, 80 tons crew of 60*, The gunner, boatswain, carpenter, surgeon & cook all named; Fitted out Dartmouth; Owners, 3 London merchants; Arthur Holdsworth, Israel Dalabert & James Soper; Letter of Marque* issued 29 May 1744; from Nat Archives; [no James businessman in Lon visable] : [Dalabert, Twyman & Company of London, merchants fitted-out privateer 'Young Eagle' http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/record?catid=-5166053&catln=7">1757].
: May 1744 Capt Soper of privateer 'Ceres', carried into Dartmouth, three bankers; Gentleman's Monthly Intelligencer 1735 - p423 source : [ banker=10-100ton fishing & salting cod on Newfoundland banks]
: Jun 1744 Capt Soaper carried a Martinico* ship of considerable value into Dartmouth, 26 Jun 1744 London Magazine, 16 Jul : [*Martinico=Martinique, French W.Indies : $7,000 found concealed in one of its hogsheads of sugar source; Daily Advertiser 25 Aug]
: Jul 1744 "Young Ceres", privateer took The "Solid", Capt Letores, from Newfoundland for Honfleur, & brought into Dartmouth source: [assume ship above?]
: Aug 1744 Capt Soper of 'The Young Ceres', privateer carried into Dartmouth, took French ketch from Nantz for Dunkirk, laden with brandy & salt, which he took near the Edistone [9m S Con/Dev border] & sent to Devonport [9m S Con/Dev border]; Newcastle Courant 1 Sept 1744 Lloyds 31 Aug
: Oct 1744 Capt Soper of 'The Dartmouth Galley', 20 gun priveteer & 10 gun ketch 'Fortune', sailed from Dartmouth, & after 2 days, 29 Oct 1744 fell in with 2 French men of war, 45 & 47 guns; The Dartmouth Galley engag'd very gallantly for 3 glasses, when her Commander, Cpt.Soper killed, with 2 man & several wounded & she was obliged to strike. Sea too high for French ship's boat, so ordered the Galley's barge to transfer, officers & 90+ men transfered. When boatswain, 20 men, 9 wounded were left in sinking boat at nighfall. They escaped in fog, reaching Dartmouth in 2 days, reporting seeing 11 French men-of-war; Stamford Mercury 8 Nov :
: Nov 1744 'Dartmouth Galley' fitted out as a privateer; took a month's insurance for �200; Capt & 2 men killed, the Lieut struck colours & surrendered; they later tried to get away, but were overtaken; a collision meant the french boarding party left the sinking ship; She was repaired & sent on another priveteer cruise, but insurance claim refused. [implication she was an ex-collier?] source
: Jan 1745 Capt Soaper, 'The Young Ceres', on; list of 99 Royal Navy priveteers of 225-50 ton ; & 100 fitted out in US colonies; (The Royal Navy had 129 ships) Gentleman's Magazine
Notes : [out of date list unless 2nd Capt Soper?] : Letter of Marque, government licenced privately owned warships, to capture ships from specified countries [France & allies]. Captains [like Soper] could expect to be executed as pirates if captured, but wealthy if successful: [*60 crew; large for a 80ton vessel, (20 perhaps normal) but needed for guns & to crew captured ships] : [War of Austrian Succession (1740-8) British privateers attacked Spanish shipping, French joined in 1744]

William Soper (Soaper) a mariner of 'HMS Plymouth' (ship), will 1746 ref 1746P/129 Hants Record Office : [a 60-gun 4th rate launched 1708, broken up 1764]

Richard Soper, a mariner of Rame. Will & oath, fragile 1746 : Archdeaconry of Cornwall, Probate Court AP/S/3056 : Cornwall Records Office

William Sooper of St Thomas, Southwark, Surrey, belonging to 'HMS Princess'. His will 5 Jun 1746. Prob 11/747 nationalarchives.gov.uk [HMS Princess 70 gun, captured from Spain 1740 wiki] : [HMS Princess Royal?, a 24 gun storeship 1739-50]

John Soper, mariner now belonging to 'HMS Medway'. His Will 3 Aug 1750 : National Archives ref PROB 11/782

William Soper, his will, formerly of 'HMS Preston' but belonging to 'HMS Princess Mary', Batchelor : 24 Mar 1753 : Nat Archives Prob.11/800 [will available online] : [perhaps on HMS Princess 1746]

John Soaper apprenticed to Robert Lee, 1756, a shipwright of Portsea, Hants; Payment, �6, ref 20/169, Page 5477, British Apprentice List, from BritishOrigins.com

Richard Soper, mariner on board 'HMS Eagle'. His Will 13 April 1758 : National Archives ref PROB 11/837 [a fourth rate 60 gun ship]

William Charles Soper (1758-?), b.Andover, Hampshire, 23 Oct 1758, nrJ99086, Admiralty's Registers of Seamen's Services, nationalarchives.gov.uk, ADM 188/845

Daniel Soaper (possibly an able seaman on 'HMS Lively') authorised power of attorney allowing his �12 share of bounty & prize money to be paid to a another [perhaps he died at sea?]. His power of attorney (& 2 others) were forged by William Barlow & paid by the ship's agent in London. He was sentenced to death for deception, Old Bailey, 14 Sep 1763 : www.oldbaileyonline.org. [The 20 gun HMS Lively, a frigate, built 1754, 150 crew. Shelled Bunker Hill 1775. 54 deserted in a 3 year American tour. She foundered off Stornoway 1782]

Henry Soper a bachelor mariner's marriage bond to Elisabeth Foster, St Mary, Rotherhith 21 May 1766 from London Metropolitan Archives, from www.cityoflondon.gov.uk

Richard Soaper, a shipwright at Portsmouth. Petitioned the Navy Board for more leave 20 Jan 1766: Two days later a warrant issued allowing this : ADM 106/1149/6 : ADM 106/1149/6 : Nat Archives
Richard Soaper in 1766 : A Navy Board Records (ADM 106/1145/27) 'Commissioner Richard Hughes, Portsmouth. Receipt of letter that the Juno is ordered to take the money to Plymouth and warrants to allow more leave to Richard Soaper, shipwright & the Pursers of the St George, Lenox & Warspite & for the Officers : [this might imply Soaper was at Plymouth, Devon], from www.nationalarchives.gov

Richard Soper a mariner of St Clements, Cornwall : His will, inventory & admin, 1766: Archdeaconry of Cornwall, Probate Court, AP/S/3400 : Cornwall Records Office

John Soper a lighterman, Hammersmith hamlet, Fulham parish, M.sx where he rented a Tenement of �4pa (paying Land Tax) & now rents a tenement of �5 pa; James Pond served the full 7y apprenticeship with Soper; Mary Pond 54, his wife of 18m, claimed settlement & parish relief from St Clement Danes Parish: 27 Nov 1767 ; londonlives.org : & 7 Oct 1778 Mary Pond who�s husband gone away & left her destitute claimed poor aid

Benjamin Soper a waterman of Twickenham, Middlesex, his will proved 24 Mar 1768 ref: 200037, Public Records Office : www.englishorigins.com also prob 11/937 available online from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk: [several Benjamin watermen from 1706]

Richard Soper. When 'HMS Fame' was paid off. His wages were refused because he had no certificate from the late Mr Mackaness, the Purser. He was steward to the Purser for 4� years. Letters to the Navy Board : 20 Mar 1768 National Archives ref ADM 106/1172/160 : [HMS Fame, 600 man, 74 gun battleship, launched Deptford 1759]. Another NA document - Certificate for Richard Soper to be paid as his steward on the Fame. James Mackaness, Hamoaze, [a Devonport anchorage] 26 Jan 1768 ADM 106/1172/161 [a James Mackaness will of St Olave, London 26 Apr 1768, prob 11/938]

John Soper (-1779) fisherman of Greenwich, was setting in the North Channel for sprats, parted from his anchor & drove to the back of Margate Sands, where he, his 2 sons & 2 servants, all perished. Recent hurricane blew 30 vessels onshore [much loss of life]; in 'Stamford Mercury 21 Jan 1779 [not linked] William Soper fisherman of St Nicholas, Deptford. Will Register 26 Jan 1779 prob 11/1049 www.nationalarchives.gov.uk

Philip Soper & 15 others Greenwich out-pensioners applying for admission into Greenwich Hospital as in-pensioners 9 Jan 1783 (after service in the Royal Navy, Royal Marines or the Naval Dockyards) ; Public Records Office, ADM 6/225/43

Allen Soper & 15 others Greenwich out-pensioners applying for admission into Greenwich Hospital as in-pensioners 9 Jan 1783 (after service in the Royal Navy, Royal Marines or the Naval Dockyards) ; Public Records Office, ADM 6/225/98

William Soper (Soaper) of Portsea, a shipwright. amin & bond 1785 ref 1785AD/57 Hants Record Office

Capt Soaper of 'The Amy', called on me, 2 July 1789, as promised & settled my bill, �5 11s for attendance on 6 of his hands. The attendance upon the Hospital Ship, as the Captain calls her, was a profitable job for me. from Dr. Alexander Anderson diary 1795-1798:
Perhaps Soaper was capt of the Baltimore Packet Boat which the Dr took from Philadelphia to 15 May. The Capt diverted to Marcus Hook because he had relations in the village & his passenders would be customers. On board, a Frenchman, Dutchman & Jew who lst 13$ gambling all night & a young lady of pleasure, pale & sickly, but struck the fancy of the Captain who was very familiar with her. Sailed 70m up the Chesapeake in 11 hours arriving 8pm 19th at Bowler's Wharf, Baltimore. Anderson took the same packet on it's return on 22-23 May (Stayed at a inn there. Jokes made about the Capt & their landlady a handsome widow) source : [apparently an American ship, but Joseph Soper, a Devon shipowner part owned another 'Amy' in 1867]

M Soper produced a 'Map of The Bay of Calvi' [Corsica Gilf], 1790 British Library

Jonas Soper (1791-?) b.Islington, Devon 25 Sep 1791. Parents William Soper & Ann (nee Coysh). He went to Newfoundland, then m.Charlotte Keating 1816 : from Shirley Pedder looking for any siblings of Jonas & William Soper's parents. source, &: In the Maritime History Archive; his father were experienced sailors.
: 1801 Soper, master of 'Duke of Kent' departed Dartmouth 11 Apr 1801 for Portsmouth; 'Trewman's Exeter Flying Post' (pub.16 Apr); & arrived Dartmouth 23 Feb 1802 from Vienna, laden with fruit ext has had 6 day passage; 'Trewman's Exeter Flying Post' (25 Feb) & into Southampton, from Oporto for Dartmouth both 2 Aug 1803 for Liverpool; 'Trewman's Exeter Flying Post' (4 Aug) & W Soper master, 'Duke of Kent' arrived Liverpool from Newfoundland with 261 casks of oil, 2500 staves, T Follett; in paper (3 Mar) 1804 & sailed from Liverpool for Newfoundland 29 May 1806 'Lancaster Gazette' 7 Jun & sailed from Dartmouth for Liverpool 3 Mar 1807 'Trewman's Exeter Flying Post (5 Mar) & arrived Liverpool from Newfoundland 26 Mar 1807 with 375 casks oil, T Follett; 'Lancaster Gazette ' (28 Mar)
: 1803 Jonas first joined his father's ship, 'The Duke of Kent', age 12. He spent his life sailing & owning ships*
: 1850 Jonas a Master Mariner when he died*. 11 Apr 1850 in Cupids, Newfoundland wikitree, father William, also a captain, usually sailed from Dartmouth : *his will will 2 [ ??In 1810 a Jonas Soper commenced a tannery in Gilboa, Schoharie County, NY] : [a Jonas Soper a voter 1 Sep 1835 Cupids?, Newfoundland]
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John Soper, a mariner of Ilsington regularly went to Newfoundland. His widow Joan Soper in Ilsington Poor Records 1813, John Soper possibly a close relative of William & son Jonas. I can give more details if you wish; from Jan Wood
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: Jonas Soper, Capt of 'The Blandford' mentions below from 1822-7 Newfoundland>Liverpool & later Newfoundland>Oporto, Portugal:
: Jonas, Capt of 'The Lochiel' sailed Newfoundland>Liverpool 1830-3 & Europe trips Eng>Turkey, France & Oporto

Elizabeth Soper 54, widow of William, of St Nicholas, Deptford [, Greenwich]. Trinity house petition 1791 : Trinity House Petitions from BritishOrigins.com [often for relief claims]

Richard Soaper mariner on 'HMS Niger' 1791; record for sale forces-war-records.co.uk

Robert Soaper/ Soper, a waterman of Twickenham, his will proved 23 Feb 1792 ref: 199818, Public Records Office : www.englishorigins.com Available online, A2A prob 11/1215 : [a similar will 1768]

Thomas Soper a boat builder of Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, Will of 1793, PROB 11/1238 : from A2A

George Soper of St Austell, was 1 of 4 having salt shipped from Bristol, on the brig 'Mary', 14 Mar 1794. Court case. William Warren, master, and Jacob Hook, mate claimed they lost a portion at sea, not due to any neglect by the crew or defect in the vessel : Cornwall Record Office ; QS/1/6/247 www.a2a.pro.gov.uk : [a 'Mary' was a hired cutter patrolling the French coast, 1804]

Richard Soper cook's servant, 'HMS Glory' awarded Naval General Service Medal for French Revolutionary Wars (1794-9) 1 Jun 1794; Claim verified by ships book, M/616; scan1 & 2; [a 98 gun ship wiki; The Channel Fleet v.French Atlantic fleet protecting US grain convoy c400m W of Lands End, "The Glorious First of June" see. 'Glory' 1 of 2 ships to fight through the French line. Both claimed victory, both fleets too damaged to continue & UK benifited]
: Richard Soper (c1780-1866) d.11 Dev 1866, Kingsland, nr.Plymouth Dev, age 86. Took part in naval battle 'The Glorious 1st June', Lord Howe defeated French off Ushant, taking or burning 7 ships; 72y ago & doubtful there are now any survivers]; 'Stamford Mercury' 19 Dec scan : [Richard (c1783-1866) d.Oct>Dec 1866, St Germans {nr.Plymouth}, Con, age 83]

James Soper a superannuated boatswain of His Majesty's Royal Navy, of Stoke Damerel, Devon. His will, 11 Nov 1794. Available online from Nat Archives PROB 11/1252

Soper, master of 'Amy' left [Plymouth?} for Dartmouth; 'Hampshire Chronical' 25 May 1795

a Soper recorded in list of sailors on board HMS Goliath, 1795-8, she took part in the destruction of the French fleet at 'the Battle of the Nile' 1 Aug 1798. The muster book 30 Oct Nov 1798, 590 men : scan for sale Theoriginalrecord.com : [74-guns, 3rd rate ship of the line 1781-1814]

William Soper (c1755-1839) m.Elizabeth (c1760-1839), m.bef.1795 [??speculate nee Hamlyn from below] : [map on right shows Rotherhithe Wall, Paradise Row & Street (paradise="walled garden") : "In 18thC wealthy shipwrights & captains lived in Paradise Row, the principal street" source (Paradise Row's sewer waterlogged for 20 hours a day in 1847 report of 'The Big Stink' source)]
: Their children:
- ?Maria Soper (c1795-1834) d.Mar age 39 [?dau nr1?] (added from monument)
- ?Elizabeth Soper (c1789-1833) [dau 2?] m.John Horsford Head (1785-1829) 1 Sep 1814 St Mary, Rotherhithe (a marriage bond) : a will, cityoflondon.gov.uk [assume also seaman as d.St Lucia 12 Jun, age 44]
- William Soper (c1792-1805) d.28 Jul 1805 Grenada, age 13y : [perhaps old enough for crew? or family living there?]
- Benjamin Soper (c1797-1841) m.Hester 1824 d.21 Apr, age 44 : d Apr>Jun Rotherhithe
- Jane Soper (1800-1828) bpt.20 Jul 1800 St Marys, Rotherhithe; d.7 Jun, age 28 Brighton (3rd dau of William & Elizabeth)
- George Francis Soper (1802-1840) b.20 Jun 1802 bpt.20 Jul St.M, d Jul>Sep 1840 Rotherhithe; [d.of alcholism age 39 unm - report on right]
- Harriet Hamlyn Soper (1804-1828) bap.19 Oct St.M, Rotherhithe; d.25 Aug aged 39 Paradise St, Rotherhithe
: 1793 Capt Soper 1st sailed to West Indies abt.1793
: 1828 Jane Soper (c1800-1828) died at Brighton aged 28, 7 Aug 1828. 3rd dau of Capt William Soper of Paradise St
: 1828 Harriot Hamlyn Soper (1804-1828), died 25 Aug 1828, youngest dau of William of Paradise St, died of grief for her sister whom she survived 11 weeks & 2 days : [?but it's 18d before not 11 weeks?] : [echoing another report parents William d.1839, aged 85, His wife, survived 65 hours]
: a W Soper owned & sailed "The Ruckers", (assume this William) see below (& left) a large trading vessel 1803-1837 : [presume wrong as he'd be sailing aged 48-82 & had retired by 1835 (see below) so speculate a son took over?]
: 1806 Capt Soper commanded 'The Ruckers' when captured off Grenada on route from London to Grenada Apr 1806 by 'General Ernouf' a French privateer of 14 guns & 120 men & carried into Guadaloupe; [assume William was this Capt Soper & he'd lost his 13y old eldest son 10m earlier in Grenada & now his income & vessel... seems ship soon recaptured as...] Capt Soper in Ruckers left London Jan 1808 for Grenada; 23 Sep 1808 Soper sailed on Ruckers from Deal' Kent to Barbados The Tradesman
: 1815 Capt Soper master & owner of 'Ruckers', run foul of by a man-of-war. He bought blocks worth �55 10s 4d, delivered to his agent Burridge, employed to engage tradesmen to repair vessel. Soper paid Burrage, who went bunkrupt; Payne v Soper; Payne, a Portsmouth blockmaker claimed off Soper, jury found for the plaintif; 'Hampshire Chronicle' 15 Mar 1815 but appeared in Soper v Pain jury found for the defendant, from HC 10 Jul 1815
: 1829 Capt Soper was to receive a present of a Spanish she-ass & her foal at West Indies Dock, for shipment to W.Indies. Alexander Richardson was taking it to Soper & in Tooley St, inflicted a wound in it's flank, (his son was thrown & trampled upon). Unable to pay 20s he was imprisoned for 3 months; from The Times 17 Nov 1826 : 22/746p
: 1827 Soper, master of 'The Ruckers' arrived Deal from London, 4 Dec for Grenada; in 'Morning Chronicle' (pub.Lon) 6 Dec 1827, from newspapers.bl.uk
:1832 Soper, master of 'The Ruckers' arrived of the Start from/for? Grenada, 15 May; 'Morning Chronicle' (pub.Lon) 21 May 1832, from newspapers.bl.uk
: 1833 Capt Soper said that he'd been 40 years in the West Indies sea service & judging from Capt Escott of "The Relience"'s testimony, he'd say she was seaworthy & that the damage was done previous to the ship leaving Tobago; Claim for damages of sugar cargo, lost when leaking in gale, as ship not seaworthy. Ship had to be re-caulked in Tobago; Case dismissed; in 'Morning Post' (pub.Lon 14 Dec) 1833, from newspapers.bl.uk
: 1834 Capt Soper made a comment at a public meeting at St Mary Rotherhithe, after a 'diabolical spirit of incendiarism' existed in the Rotherhithe docks & warehouse area, several fires had been recently put out; from The Times 26 Nov 1834 34/761n : [son was Capt George Francis Soper died 1840 below]
: 1834 William Soper of Rotherhithe (& James Soper of Mark Ln [The City, EC3]) & hundreds other City of London businessmen signed a brief address to his Majesty.... 'we desire further to dutifully express our entire confidence in your Majesty's paternal care....' [& similar guff, possibly aiming to discourage the new government from changing the 'King/Lords/Commons' staus quo] : from The Times 29 Dec 1834
: 1835 Capt George Francis Soper master of ship 'William Henry Angus' at 'Thames Office' Magistrates to show why he refused �6 15s to David Mills, seaman for a Grenada voyage. Angus taken off the ship & spent 68 days in prison when bail not paid, for assault. Pay was �2 5s pm. Soper claimed it was desertion. Capt [William] Soper an old & retired shipowner, said Angus had not claimed off his son before going to court. Defence appologised to contradict the Capt, a gent of great integrity & wealth, but a claim was made to his son. Magistrate said payment could not be forced, but there are things a Gentleman should do without intervention of the law. Mr Soper paid a cheque; in 'The Morning Post' (pub.Lon) 17 Sep 1835, from newspapers.bl.uk [assume above a Ships Chandler Shop as George William, chandler there, in debtors prison 1844 (grocer trading there 1811 & bankrupt ironmonger 1851) (Queens Head at nr 33 closed 1973 & developed on)]
: 1835 William Soper esq, treasurer of the parish of Rotherhithe 1835 : from Google Books
: 1836 William Soaper Gentleman of Rotherhithe, Surrey. Will 15 Nov 1836 Scan available online nationalarchives.gov.uk ref prob11/1919
: 1837 Capt Soper, senior, in Hunt v Soper, Court of Exchequer; 29 Jun 1837 to determind Soper's liability for the board, clothing & tuition of 2 young lads from the West Indies who had been placed in Hunt's school in Hammersmith; case referred : (2 lawyers each side); in 'The Morning Chronicle' (pub.Lon) 1 Jul, from newspapers.bl.uk
: 1839 William Soper (c1755-1839), died 7 Nov 1839 age 84 [from memorial below] (William d Oct>Dec 1839 Rotherhithe)
: 1839 Elizabeth Soper (c1760-1839) d Oct>Dec 1839 Rotherhithe, Lon [wife of Capt William, d.10 Nov 1839, age 79] : William Soper, died 7th Nov, age 85 & on Sunday Mrs Soper, in her 79th year; 'Hampshire Chronicle Mon, 18 Oct 1839, from newspapers.bl.uk

Richard Soaper a mariner on 'Niger' will 31 Jan 1791 [presume made on joining ship] : Will 21 May 1793 'Juno' : Will 6 Oct 1794 'Oiseau' : Will 27 Apr 1796 'Pheobe' a Quarter Gunner. In this 1796 will he wanted to leave his estate to his executor & brother William Soaper of Butchers Row, Portsea Common, a labourer belonging to His Majesty's Dockyard, Portsmouth, Richard signed with a X : Nat Archives. Click for biog & scan of will

Isaac Soper; 'HMS Fox'; Pay book number SB 372; Rank, Landsman; Relation, Mother Mary; When Alloted. 1796; Remarks, Discharged 24 Oct 1801 to 'HMS Victorius' : Allotment registers recording the sending of wages to next of kin : Public Records Office ref ADM 27/1/110 : [an Isaac had a Bastardy Order, with Prudence Bowder, 1814, Lustleigh Parish, Devon] : [HMS Fox, 10-gun cutter, hired 1795. Nelson attacked Santa-Cruz, Teneriffe, 29 May 1797, Fox [landed?] 180 assault troops, then sunk by shore-fire, 97 of 180 crew were drowned] : [HMS Victorious 3rd rater, 74 guns. Flagship in East Indies, returning home 1803 she was condemed & broken up at Gibraltar] : [an Isaac Soper bapt 15 Nov 1778, St.Sidwell, Exeter, Devon to Abraham/Mary igi (likely match as only 2 18thC Isaacs in igi list)] : [see 1805 below]

Captain Soper? - 'The Mercury', Soper, from Trinidad to London was taken by a French privateer from Guadeloupe, 20 Nov 1797, after a long engagement, in which the Captain & Mate were killed & 6 men wounded [it appears the Capt was Soper?] : from The Times 12 Aug 1798 : 9/746n [a 110ft armed frigate, 28 guns built 1779 on The Thames. A 75 years carrer, at battles of Cape St Vincent & The Nile source &] : ['Captain Stanhope sailed her until 1797 when Captain T Rogers assumed command' source] : Picture of HMS Mercury on right

George Soaper (?-1796) of 'The Emerald', died 12 July 1796 at sea. Pay book number: SB 116; Rank: Carpenter's Crew; Wife Patience Soaper; Alloted 1796; [Allotment registers record sending wages to next of kin] - see above : [of 22 crew allotted from The Emerald, only George died so presumably not killed in action (others deserted/transfered ext)]
George Soaper His will, Number 116 on the books of & belonging to 'HMS Emerald', 13 Mar 1797, available online from Nat Archives PROB 11/1288 [a 36-gun fifth-rate launched Northfleet July 1795, had been in Lisbon 3 weeks earlier (a desertion)]

Soper, master of 'Endeavour' arrived Southampton from Poole; 'Hampshire Chronical' 26 May 1798; & arrived Portsmouth from Swanage; in 'Portsmouth Telegraph' pub.13 Jan 1800; & sailed Poole to P'th 20 Nov 1801 'Hants Chronical'; & arrived Southampton, from Poole 'Hamts Chronical' 20 Dec 1802; & from S'ton for Poole; 'Hamts Chronical' 18 Jul 1803; & arrived Cowes, from Poole; 'Hants Chronical' 9 Sep 1803;

Soper, master of 'Endeavour' arrived Portsmouth from Swanage; in 'Portsmouth Telegraph' (pub.13 Jan 1800), from newspapers.bl.uk

William Soper, master of 'The Industry', a schooner of Dartmouth, withsith? and one of the Newfoundland convoy, arrived Plymouth 17 Jan 1800, The convoy, of 19 sail, left the banks 7 weeks ago, under the frigate 'Mercury'. She parted from the rest 5 days since in a gale of wind; in 'Portsmouth Telegraph' (pub.20 Jan), from newspapers.bl.uk

Soper, master of 'Duke of Kent' departed Dartmouth 11 Apr 1801 for Portsmouth; in 'Trewman's Exeter Flying Post' (pub.16 Apr), from newspapers.bl.uk; & arrived Dartmouth 23 Feb 1802 from Vienna, laden with fruit ext has had 6 day passage; in 'Trewman's Exeter Flying Post' (pub.25 Feb) & sailed from Liverpool for Newfoundland 29 May 1806; in 'Lancaster Gazette' 7 Jun & sailed from Dartmouth for Liverpool 3 Mar 1807; in 'Trewman's Exeter Flying Post 5 Mar & arrived Liverpool 26 Mar 1807 from Newfoundland with 375 casks oil, T Follett; in 'Lancaster Gazette ' 28 Mar

The enigmatically named* �Ruckers� built Shields, on Tyne, 1798, intended for W.Indian trade. A large vessel by contemporary standards at 459 tons. 1st owner, Campbell ran her London to Grenada. Then owned & commanded by Capt W Soper who ran her Grenada to W.Indies. Last owner Mr Marshall of London re-rigged her as a barque, her regular route Halifax & Canada. Last recorded �abandoned� 1837 (presume taken to sea & sunk) [Odd as Soper still sailed her 1837 Perhaps as Capt but not owner?] : Painting (on right) by Thomas Whitcombe (c1752-1824) auctioned for �3,585, The West Indiaman �Ruckers�, Sheerness Fort beyond bonhams.com : [painted before conversion as barque]
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Soper master of �The Ruckers�, at least 30 England to Granada voyages 1802-1836; reports below from newspapers;
: arrived Deal 20 Aug 1802, from Grenada; Put back, [ship only 3 or 4 years old, perhaps 1st voyage after Soper bought it : Assume Capt William Soper (c1755-1839) of Rotherhythe (above)]
: 1803 'Ruckers' for Madeira, put back, arrived Deal 22 Feb; & left Deal 23 Feb; from Morning News
: 1804 For Madeira & Trinadad, put back Deal 27 Feb; To sail for West Indies 16 Apr
: 1806 From London to Grenada was captured off Grenada 3 Apr by 'General Ernouf' a French privateer of 14 guns & 120 men & carried into Guadaloupe; [seems Capt Soper who'd lost his 13y old eldest son 10m earlier in Grenada & now lost his income & vessel... presume "Ruckers" was recaptured as ...]
: 1808 Came down from the River [Thames] at Deal 24 Jan for Grenada;
: 1813 From London to Antiqua, put into Portsmouth, dismasted by gale & damaged, having been since run foul of, by 'The Invincible' man of war; 25 Dec), scan
: 1815 From Deal for Grenada, 7 Dec
: 1816 Arrived from Grenada & sailed 21 Jul in company of 'The Grenada' for Glasgow from London;
: 1818 From London to Grenada at Lat 17' 16''; Lon 34' 42'' [about 134m N Madeira], 10 Apr when vessel spoken with (by The Martha who arrived Portsmouth);
: Arrived Deal 15 Aug
: 1818 From Deal for Madeira, 27 Jul; Arrived Portsmouth 4 Sept from Madeira & Granada; scan
: 1820 Came down from the river to Deal 21 Feb & sailed for Grenada; Passed up channel from Grenada for London; Arrived Plymouth 12 Sep from Grenada;
: 1820 Passed up channel from Grenada for London, 14 Sep; Arrived Deal 15 Sep from Grenada;
: 1821 Passed Portsmouth for the W.Indies 4 Feb; Arrived Deal from Grenada 12 Aug; Left Deal for Madiera & Grenada 12 Nov
: 1823 Came down from the River & sailed from Deal 12 Nov; From Deal to Grenada 13 Nov; Remains Deal for Grenada 22 Dec
: 1824 For Grenada from Deal 1 Dec
: 1825 London for Grenada; at Deal from the river 10 Dec; reported 15 Dec Falmouth, bore up from 7.26long : arrived Falmouth 23 Dec for Barbados : sailed Falmouth for Grenada, 24 Dec: sailed/returned? Falmouth for Barbados 26 Dec : scan, scan2;
: 1826 Arrived Deal 5 Jul from Grenada; scan; Arrived Portsmouth 22 Nov from Grenada;
: 1827 Arrived Deal from Grenada, 20 Jul; Arrived Deal from London, 4 Dec for Grenada;
: 1828 Arrived Portsmouth 26 Nov from Madeira; scan; Arrived Falmouth 4 Dec from London for Grenada; Sailed from Falmouth 14 Dec for Grenada;
: 1830 Off port of Falmouth 18 Oct from Grenada, experienced a hurricane from NE to NW on 25 Sep lat 43, lon 41;
: 1831 Arrived off Penzance; spoken with at sea [shipping reports]; Arrived Deal from Grenada 12 Sep; Sailed from Falmouth,27 Dec for Madeira & Grenada;
: 1832 Arrived of the Start from/for? Grenada, 15 May; Arrived Deal 10 Sep from Grenada;
: 1833 Arrived off The Wight from Grenada 19 Apr Arrived Deal from London 13 May; Arrived off Dover 12 Sept from Grenada; Between London to Grenada; spoken to 2 Dec lat 28, lon 31;
: 1834 Arrived Deal from London 13 Mar; Arrived off Margate 3 Sep & arrived Deal to Grenada; 3 Sep; Arrived Deal 12 May from Grenada;
: 1834 Sailed with Lieut Col K H Mait, Governer of Grenada with his horses & suite
: 1835 from Portsmouth 30 May for his Government; Arrived off Margate 3 Sep ; Arrived Falmouth 6 Sep from Grenada ;Off the port Falmouth; from Grenada for London, spoke to 'Grant' Santa Cruze for Copenhagen (36 11N; 54 47 W; 1 Sep 50 40N; 12 10W bark 'Elizabeth' 34d from New Orleans for Liverpool; & 2 Sep; 49 12N; 12 36W brig Donald 60 days from Maryport from Savanilla from Glasgow; ; Arrived Deal from the river & sailed for Granada 15 Nov; Entered inwards from Granada
: 1836 from Customs House 26 May; Arrived Gravesend 26 May from Granada; Arrived Deal 13 Jun for Granada; Arrived off Margate 3 Sep & Arrived Deal to Grenada; 3 Sep; Arrived from the river at Deal 9 Sep & sailed for Granada; Entered inwards 12 Sep from Granada; From Gravesend 4 Nov to Granada; Arrived from the river at Deal 7 Nov; Sailed to Granada; 9 Nov; Arrived Portsmouth 13 Nov, from London from Granada; from Plymouth 20 Nov for Granada; From Plymouth 21 Dec to Granada;
: 1837 Entered inwards [London] 16 Jun from Granada; (Soper the Master as on all of above)
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: a Philip Soper of Rotherhithe, Surrey, formerly Mate of the 'Ruckers' bankrupt prisoner 1827 [if mate perhaps son?]
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: Lloyd's Register 1814-5 nr.521 �The Ruckers� 1) pf W & C 22 [patent felt : sheathed in copper 1822?] Crp 25; 2) owned by B Soper; 3) sdb 480 [single deck with beams, 480 tons (?built 459 tons bef.lenthening?)]; 4) Sh'lds almost rebuilt; [Shield on the Tyne]; 5) 28x7; 6) master W Soper grp 22; 7) 18 [ft draught]; 8) Lo Grnda PIC [survey port London; home port Granada; proved iron cables]; 9) E1 [2nd class 1st quality materials]; 10) E11
: Lloyd's Register 1818 nr.471 "The Ruckers" 1) S [Ship]; s.W & C x7 [1817]; 2) W.Soper; 3) 480 SDB; 4) Shields len01,trp [lengthened 1801; thorough repair]; 5) 20x4; 6) Campbell Irp x7; 7) 18; 8) Lo Grnda almost rb x7 [almost rebuilt 1817]; 9) E1 11; 10) A1 4"
: Lloyd's Register 1826; nr521 "The Ruckers" 1) pf W & C 22 [patent felt : sheathed in copper 1822?] Crp 25; 2) owned by B Soper; 3) sdb 480 [single deck with beams]; 4) Sh'lds almost rebuilt; [Shield on the Tyne]; 5) 28x7; 6) master W Soper grp 22; 7) 18 [ft draught]; 8) Lo Grnda PIC [survey port London; home port Granada; proved iron cables]; 9) E1 [2nd class 1st quality materials] ; 10) E11
: The enigmatically named* �Ruckers� named by 1st owner, speculate origin 1) family harpsicord makers of Antwerp (& London) to 1770. 2) a Mr Ruckers involved in military stores to Grenada 1776">1776 & 3) a John Ruckers recently built a handsome villa on Wandsworth Hill 1792 source

Capt Soper of brig 'Flora' arrived Falmouth 12 Oct 1802 with pilchards for Leghorn; in 'Morning Post' (pub.London 16 Oct) from newspapers.bl.uk
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: 1802 Capt Soper, late of the brig 'Flora' of this town [letters] arrived Plymouth 6 Dec 1802; dated Majorca 11 Oct, received by his owners here, state the total loss of the Flora in a violent gale of wind on sunken rocks, The Flora when off Majorca 2 Oct, going large, struck fast on some rocks, near the extremity of the island, laden with pilchards for Venice for a market from this port. Capt Soper & his crew got to shore with difficulty & remained the night drenched in spray; By morning not the smallest remains of the Flora, or cargo remained; Capt Soper could not save a single paper & by the people of Majorca was marched to a hut at one end of the island to perform quarantine of 7 days. The Capt & crew got safe to Vice Consul's, who treated them with every civility. They are to embark for England, via Gibralta on the1st fair wind. The Flora was an brig armed with 14 guns in the late war, being a swift sailer, was generaly employed cattying dispatches; from 'Morning Post' (pub.8 Dec), &
: 1802 Capt Soper of this town [so Exeter] 'Trewman's Exeter Flying Post', 9 Dec : [?a Capt C Soper or Capt S Soper, from Plymouth, master 'Diana' 1805]

John Soaper, a carpenter's boy on 'The Windham', a merchant ship, lying at Blackwall, London. His chest was stolen from under his hammock, at 1am. 2 dockers were arrested, 1 hiding board, 1 rowing away with the chest. Old Bailey, 14 July 1802 : Chest's contained, a coat (5s), 2 jackets (5s), 3 waistcoats (3s), 8 pair trowsers (8s). 3 shirts (3s), a frock (1s), 2 pair of shoes (1s) & a pairbreeches (2s), pair stockings (2s), handkerchief (6d), 9 bound books (1s 6d) & a box (6d). Judge asked Soaper how could he buy these out his wages, Soaper said he he bought some from his mother & father & was an apprentice, bound to Mr Sturt, who finds him clothes. Sturt said he 'found him some cloaths in China'. (The capt John Brown threatened to heave a 9lbs shot into the skiff, so she seems to have heavy guns. 'Lumpers' unloaded sugar the day before & the following day) : Verdict 7y transportation each www.oldbaileyonline.org. [In 1807 "The Windham" in a fleet taking 14th Foot Reg to Madras (5 died on the trip] : [20 gun Indiaman 'The Windham' was in French hands near Mauritius, 1810 source & recaptured by 11 unarmed British seamen, with 30 French seamen & 26 cannon on board (The 4th time in 10 months, she had changed hands)]

Joseph Soper able seaman on 'Malta' 8 Jun 1803 -31 May 04 12m 3d '�5' [bounty?]; & 2nd M to Jul 08 4y 1m 3d; & Yeo P Brn to 31 Aug 08 2m 5d; On 'Ocean' 2nd Gr to 5 Feb 09 5m 24d [98 gun wiki]: gunner 'Sabine' to 30 Nov 16 7y 10m 24d & to 14 Mar 18 1y 3m 26d [diving tender 1916-21]; & ord at Plymouth to 20 Aug 18 5m 25d; on 'Cryene' to 16 Jan 22 3y 5m 12d; & to 6 Mar 22 1m 30d; & 'Bittern' (laid-up reserve Plymouth) to 7 Aug 22 5m 20d: & ord on 'Thetis' (l-u res Plymouth) to 23 Mar 23 8m 4d & to 19 May 23 2m 1d [ launched 1817, completed Aug 23 wiki]; 'Astroea' to 9 Sep 1843 20y 4m 1d [hospital ship from 1823 wiki]; & 'San Josef' to 30 Apr 44 8y 1m 3d [captured 1797; 1839 gunnery training ship & devonport guard ship wiki] : Total service 44y 11m 3d; Ranks; AB 2y; Superior PO 4y, Gunner in Comn 32y Gunner Ord 3y : A 18 May 1844; scan : [Joseph m.Elizabeth bef.1824 Cornwall?]

Edward Soper on HMS Tonnant's pay book number: (SB 771) 23 Feb 1805; E Soper appointed Master, RN, 1799. Not in Navy List after 1806. from Admiral Sir Tyler's memoir* p.218
: Edward Soper come into HMS Tonnant, as master, with Capt Charles Tyler; Tylor's charts auctioned Bonhams 2005; they include "A Plan of Oran and Marzaquiver Bay** 15 July 1805 by E Soper, HMS Tonnant" [**Mers-el-Kebir, a port in Oran Bay, Tangiers wiki; Capt Tyler joined Tonnant Plymouth Feb 1805 then blockaded Brest, France & Cadiz, Spain & cruised along African coast & to Cadiz*p124; US Navy fighting Barbary pirates along Tunisian coast 1805; & Trafalgar 4m later] : Admiral Tyler's biog
: Edward Soper fought at Trafalgar 21 Oct 1805, on 'HMS Tonnant' : Rank: Master : Ship's pay book number: (SB 771) '23 Feb 1805' source : Cat ref : ADM 36/16232 : The Tonnant a 3rd rater, 80 guns, built France 1792, captured 1798 & a British flagship by 1803 : 1805 Channel Fleet] : [At Trafalgar, Nr4 in the right hand column, so saw heavy action. Seems 3 Spanish/French vessels (all 74 guns) surrendered after engaging her. Hand-to-hand combat followed boarding by the French, 26 killed, 50 wounded inc Capt Tyler. HMS Tonnant had capt, 6 lieuts, a master, 4 master's mates & 12 midshipman* (Soper not wounded but died within 8 months*) : Repaired & in Channel Fleet 1806-9] : [A master was responsible for ships navigation & qualified to command HM ships on non-combatant duties] : [assume co-incidence - The Captain, Admiral Sir Charles Tyler's mother was Hon. Anna Roper]
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Edward Soper of Gosport, Hants, master of ships 'HMS Maidstone', & 'HMS Tonnant'. He latley died intestate (as is alledged) His widow Ann Soper. Inventory by Oct & a true & just account by April 1807. Administration given 2 May 1806. 3 signatures of Deputy Registrars (sworn �300). Hants Record Office 10M64/126 : [mostly a preprinted card form, the size of a paperback with stamps & embossed] : [HMS Maidstone, 28 guns, built 1758, but broken-up 1794] : Another HMS Maidstone, 32 guns, a 5th rater, built 1796, at Chatham 1805 for repair & held in reserve, disposed 1810 : source : [Where were Maidstone & Tonnant refitted? "Soper could have been Master of both vessels. In 1805/6 they both would be undergoing repairs after Trafalgar. A 'master' can command non-combatant vessel"]

Isaac Soper (c1779-?) fought at Trafalgar 21 Oct 1805, a Coxswain on 'HMS Euryalus' : age 26, b'Exeter, Devon : Ship's pay book number: (SB 188) 1 Feb 1805 became Quartermaster's Mate : Nat Archives : Cat ref : ADM 36/16727 : 23 Feb 1805 [a 36 gun frigate, built 1803, Bucklers Hard. Led the squadron of 5 frigates monitoring Cadiz at sunrise they saw the Spanish fleet hoist sail & exit the harbour, then shadowed the departing Franco-Spanish fleet, but Trafalgar fighting was left to the Ships of the Line, Afterwards she helped survivors & towed Royal Sovereign] source [see 1796 above] : for 2 days we communicated every movement until I thought Soper ('age 28 from Exeter) our signalman & sig midshipman Bruce must have died of it. When HMS Weazle left to find & warn R.Admiral Loius, Soper hauled up signals 122 & 87 'Make all possible sail with safety to mast'; 'Let 1 reef out of topsails' from 'Tales of Trafalgar' source

Elizabeth Soper (c1758-?) 47, widow of William, of Stowage, Deptford [nr Greenwich]. Trinity house petition 1805 : Trinity House Petitions from BritishOrigins.com : [connection to John/Amy 1816]

Capt C Soper, from Plymouth, Master of Ship 'Diana', Entered 4 Feb 1805. from Essequebo & Demerary Gazette (now Guyana) : [also Capt S Soper master of the Diana 1805, same site] www.a2a

William Soper, b.c1782 [bounty?] able seaman 'Alexander' 12 Apr 1806 2nd Gunner 1 Sep 08, CFC 30 Nov 10; Coy.n 1 Dec 10; '�5' [bounty?] 12 Jan 1811 to 'Crescent' as 2nd Mate; gunners mate 1 Jul 11; Paid-off 4 Sep 1815, 9y 5m 11d service; Greenwich 30 Mar 1838 [pensioned?] : Records headed �5 & Dorsetshire [bounty?]; scan

Soper, master of 'The Hero', from Petersburgh to Portsmouth, is wrecked near Liebau [place not obvious], crew saved; 'Caledonian Mercury (pub Edinburgh, 28 Nov) 1807, from newspapers.bl.uk

Elizabeth Soper bapt at Spettisbury, Dorset, 1807, dau of John & Matilda : Trinity House Misc Record [often for relief claims] : Trinity House Petitions from BritishOrigins.com

Soper, master of 'The Phillippa' arrived Liverpool 7 Apr 1808 from Newfoundland with 2,260 quintals cod fish, Hamilton & Graham [quintal=100 lbs]; in 'Lancaster Gazette' 9 Apr, from newspapers.bl.uk

Lloyds Register Vessel 1808
: Vessel nr.158; 'The -' S s 3) J Soper; 4) 180 SDB; 5) British; 6) 16; 7) J Hawkes; 8) 13; 9) Plym Co; 10) E 0
: Vessel nr.196; 'The -' Sr 3) T R Soper; 4) 108 SDB; 5) Boston; 6) 14; 7) H.Soote; 8) 10; 9) DaPrtgal; 10) E 1 1
: Vessel nr.393; 'The -', Bg pt s 07; 3) W Soper; 4) 100 SD; 5) Amer rsb ND; 6) 15 Ads; 7) Newman; 8) 10; 9) Da N'flnd; 10) E 1 3
: Vessel nr.405; 'The Ruckers', S a.W&C 06; 3) W Soper Ireland; 4) 488 SDB; 5) Shields len 01 [lengthened 1801]; 6) 10 01; 7) Cambell 10-18 C; 8) 18; 9) Lo Grnda / Lo Hayti; 10) A1 1; 11) E1 1

Richard Soper a naval Lieutenant, 13 July 1808, in "Commissioned Sea Officers of the Royal Navy, 1660-1815" : no discharge date : [presume date was on his appointment as lieutenant] : from Ancestry.com [see 1814 below]

Soper, Master? of 'The Henry' from Quebec to London, was taken off Dungeness Wed night by a French privateer 1809; from from Lloyds List in The Edinburgh Advertiser, 20 Jan 1809 Ancestry.com : [The same Capt Soper captured 1813? & in storm 1826]

Soper, master of 'The Sincerity' arrived Plymouth from London 24 Nov 1811, (wind fair NNW); 'Trewman's Exeter Flying Post 28 Nov, from newspapers.bl.uk

1st Lieut Soper 2nd in command of brig HMS Vautour (/Vauteur/Vulture; captured at Scheldt wiki 1810); a fine stout Irishman [as a midshipman, he went ashore London, spent all his money & obliged to hire himself as cabin-boy to trading captain to get passage back to Ireland, where he 'intended to run away to his friends]; Vautour's Cpt.Lawless (1st Lieut) an openhearted S.Irishman; Crew of 105, inc 4 midshipmen; 14 24lb guns & 2 long nines; They sailed Portsmouth 14 Sep 1812 after 'Pylades' to make it land army money at Lisbon, not Oporto; Reached Oporto 13th, but too late, so turned around, arriving Lisbon 17th diary (of army Lieut Larpent who took passage sharing capt's 10x12ft windowless cabin, 'very small accomodation') : HMS Vautour, sloop of war, floundered off Cornwall 1813, reportedly all crew died source

Mr Soper of Boston, 1 of 16 seamen�seized at Dantzie [port of Gdansk, Poland] & marched to Antwerp to man the French Fleet. The American Minister urged Soper's freedom on grounds of old age & was answered; 'if he's not too old for a merchantman, he'll do to serve on board a man of war'; Carmarthen Journal 11 Apr 1812 source [ironic that US supported�France by declaring war on Britain, Jun 1812, for impressing US sailors into the Royal Navy wiki]

Edward Soper, of Poole, Dorset, mariner & wife Jane were witnesses in a coriner's court. verdict accidental death, Ann Russell had a fit & fell from her chair into the fire, as she was old and infirm, 17 Jan 1813 : Dorset Record Office DC/PL/C/D/1/79 www.a2a

Lieut Richard Soper, commanded 'gunboat nr8'. A Royal Navy squadron; frigate Desiree (36 gun), 4 gun-brigs (12-14), a schooner sloop (10) & 8 gunboats at mouth of the River Elbe [downstream of Hamburg : map]. French garrison at Gluckstadt attacked, supporting attacking Swedish troops. Too shallow for Desiree, so 6x32lb & 2x18lb guns transfered ashore & 2x18lbs to each brig. The gun-boats cannonaded the fortress, 25 Dec 1813, the brigs joined next day. After 5 days bombardment, with fires in town & heavy casualties, the 161 gun garrison surrendered 5 Jan (gunboat's hulls recieved shot & 2 dismasted) : source : [Gunboats were like enlarged ships boats, often with 3 18lbs, 2 pointing forward, 1 rear]
: [also given as Lieutenant Richard Roper, presume the Richard Soper 1808 below]
: Richard Soper m.Charlotte bef.1813 speculate nee.Tucker?? : Charlotte b.St Margarets, Kt
- Charlotte Margaret Soper b.c1813 at Medway, Gillingham; d.30 Jun 1884 at East Villa, New Rd, Chatham, age 71unm, left �237 below
- Margaret Tucker Soper b.17 Nov 1816, Chatham; d.2 Sep 1892, Chatham, age 76unm; left �3,024 below
- Maria Soper b.1 May 1822, Chatham; d.Oct>Dec 1888, age 66 Medway, left �78 below
- Elizabeth Soper b.21 Apr 1824, Chatham; d.4 Jan 1884 Chatham; (or death registered Oct>Dec 1883), age 59unm; left �317 below
- Amelia Soper b.21 Dec 1825, Chatham; ?an Amelia d.Oct>Dec 1842, Medway dist
: 1828 ?a Richard Lieutenant in Royal Navy. Will Register, 19 Mar 1828, Ref PROB 11/1738. Scan available online, ancestry.com [death? - wills sometimes made at start of voyage]
: ['41cen, Charlotte 45-9 of independent means, at Caroline Place, Chatham; Charlotte 25-9, Mary 20-4, Maria 17, Elizabeth 16, Amelia 15 (all but Amelia b.Kent) scan] :
: ['51cen, no mother Charlotte vis] :
: '61cen Charlotte, 60 widow of naval officer, 1 East Villa, Chatham, b.St Margarets, Kt; unm children Charlotte M 40; Margaret J 36; Maria 32 & Elizabeth 30 all b.Chatham
: 1870 Charlotte Soper (c1791-1870) died Oct>Dec 1870, age 79, Medway bmd district : [Charlotte d.26 Oct 1870, widow of Chatham, Kt; d.Chatham; will proved, Principle Registry 27 Dec 1870 to William Willis hotel keeper of Sun Hotel, Chatham & Margaret Tucker Soper spinster & dau of Chatham, the 2 executors; estate under �100; from Probate Calender scan
: '71cen Charlotte M (c1817-?) 54 at 2 East Villa, Chatham; & sisters Margaret T 50, Maria 46, Elizabeth 42 all unm annuitant b.Chatham
: '81cen 4unm sisters, no occupations at 252 New Rd, Chatham, Kent, Charlotte Margaret 64, Margaret Tucker 60, Maria 56 & Elizabeth 50 all b.Chatham: [ages given were optimistic] : [Charlotte d.1884 age 71; Maria d.1888 age 66 & Margaret d.1892 age 76]
: 1882 Elizabeth d.1882, spinster of Chatham, Kent; will Chatham; 4 Jan 1884 to Margaret Tucker Soper of East Villa, New Rd, Chatham, unm sister, one of executrixes; estate �317 92 11d; from Probate Calender, scan (Elizabeth (1824-1883) d.Oct>Dec, age 59 Medway dist)
: 1884 Charlotte Margaret Soper d.30 Jun 1884, spinster of Chatham, Kent; died East Villa, New Rd, Chatham; will at Principle Registry 19 Aug 1884 to Margeret Tucker Soper of East Villa, one of surviving executrixes; estate �237 5s 1d; from Probate Calender, scan (Charlotte Margaret (1813-1884) d.Jul>Sep, age 71 Medway dist)
: 1888 Maria d.5 Nov 1888, spinster of Chatham, Kent; died East Villa, New Rd, Chatham; will Principle Registry 7 Dec 1888 to Margaret Tucker Soper of East Villa, spinster, sister & surviving executor; estate �78 19s 9d; from Probate Calender, scan : [Maria Soper (1822-1888) d.Oct>Dec, age 66 Medway]
: '91cen Margret L Soper (c1819-?) head 72 b.Chatham, at Chatham, Gillingham with servant Florance R Romary 16 b.Chatham : Online Parish Clerk
: 1892 Margaret Tucker Soper d.2 Sep 1892, spinster of Chatham, Kent; probate at London 20 Oct 1892 to Richard Stedman esq; estate �3,024 12s 4d; from Probate Calender, scan : (Margaret (c1816-1892) d.Jul>Sep 1892, Medway, Kent, age 76)
: 1892 Miss Margaret Tucker Soper; her charity; governing will proved 20 Oct 1892 V.U.V.180 AT; Charity 238626 registered 1 Dec 1965, removed 3 Dec 1996; Income to purchase coal of aged poor spinsters & widows of Luton at discretion of church opencharities.org

John Soper a mariner of Ilsington, sailed regularly to Newfoundland [perhaps 30 years before?] 1813 : Overseer of the Poor Deposition of his wife, Joan Soper, widow of Ilsington, 1813 [daughter, Mary Mitchell]. Joan was born Ilsington, lived there, at her parents home until marriage at 21 yrs to John, a mariner of Ilsington, who regularly went to Newfoundland. Several years later they rented Vicarage Estate in Woodland at �32 pa for 8 yrs. Returning to Ilsington, John was a day labourer for Charles Wills for many years, until he died. In this time John agreed with Mrs Filmore for ground to build house for 3 peoples lives. He payed no purchase money, only 10s pa high rent, with no rates or taxes. Joan lived there many years with her daughter On husband's death his will gave her 1 room in house for life, the other to her daughter. (On reverse - Joan Soper ill) : Ilsington Parish : Devon Record Office, ref 122 A/PO 84 www.a2a

John Soper, master of 'The Muster' from Newfoundland to Antiqua, captured by an American Letter of Marque ; in Royal Cornwall Gazette 11 Dec 1813, from newspapers.bl.uk; scan

Soper, master of the 'The Agnes' from Newfoundland to Antiqua has been taken by 'The Rambler' from Boston to Bordeaux. Retaken by 29 Nov 1813 by 'The Jane' privateer of London under Capt Gordon at lat 46.2; long 7.5, The Jane arrived Fowley 6 Dec; in from Lloyds marine List 10 Dec 1813 in 'Caledonian Mercury (pub.Edinburgh 13 Dec), from newspapers.bl.uk; scan
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Lloyds Register 1814-5
: Vessel nr.301; The "Agnes", Sr; 3) Soper; 4) 140 SD; 5) Amer; 6) -; 7) Moffatt; 8) 11; 9) Pl Antiga; 10) E1 2
: Vessel nr.861; The '-', Sr; 3) Soper; 4) 122 SD; 5) New York Fir Bms; 6) 1811; 7) Hawk r&c 6-6C; 8) 11; 9) Pl Gbral; 10) A2 1812

Soper, master of 'The Ruckers' from London to Antiqua, put to Portsmouth, Sunday, dismasted by gale & damaged, having been since run foul of by 'The Invincible' man of war; in 'Caledonian Mercury (pub.Edinburgh 25 Dec 1813), from newspapers.bl.uk; scan

Thomas Soper (c1800-?) Rainham, 'nr.Rochester & nr.Chatham', an address used by Abraham Sugdon, seaman, age 14 on HMS Goliath, when writing to mother Mrs Sugden Feb 1814 & Mar 1819. (In 1813 the address was Mrs Sugden's Boarding School, Gillingham). The transcriber suggests Soper may have been a relative & Mrs Sugden stayed there during holidays source

Soper, master of the sloop 'Joseph' of Fowley stated she was captured 9 Feb 1814 off the Dodman [a high headland near Mevagissey, Cornwall] by a French Privateer; in 'Royal Cornwall Gazette' 26 Feb, from newspapers.bl.uk

John Soper, master of 'Elizabeth & Grace', for sale at Navy Tavern, Plymouth 5 Dec; A strong servicable brig 57ft x 18ft, well found with anchors, cables, sails & stores; Burthens 95 tons, suited to coasting coal & forign trades, laying Coal Quay (Soper on board); in 'Trewman's Exeter Flying Post' 30 Nov 1815, from newspapers.bl.uk : scan

John Soper (c1762-?) 54, & wife Amy Soper of Stowage, Deptford. Trinity house petition 1816 : Trinity House Petitions from BritishOrigins.com : [perhaps a claim for relief?] : [connection to John/Amy 1816?]

Joseph Soper of Woolster St, Plymouth [owned?] fine new brig 'Briton', 180 tons Burthen, master Richard Lavis; to sail 1 May for New York with room for cargo or passengers; (particulars also from Robert Palmer at Ashburton); in 'Trewman's Exeter Flying Post' 11 Apr 1816, from newspapers.bl.uk

George Soper 15 Feb 1816 Assistant 4d* candles �90 salary : Excise clerks & others admitted : from House of Commons Papers, 1821 Google Books snippet : [perhaps a desk job, not a sailor]

P Soper of sloop 'The Samuel', 1817 : Report that vessel is stranded : East Kent Archives Centre : EK-U1453/B5/4/1219
: Soper (master), master of cutter 'Samuel' arrived 24 Dec 1817 arrived ??mey from from Southamton; in 'The Morning Chronicle' (pub.Lon 27 Nov), from newspapers.bl.uk
: Soper, master of cutter 'Samuel' from London to Penzance; reported from Margate 25 Dec 1817 as on-shore on the Nain, nr Reculver [tip of Kent] but with assistance, was off again & into harbour, with loss of anchors & cables, in 'The Morning Chronicle (pub.Lon 30 Dec), from newspapers.bl.uk
: Soper, master of 'The Samuel' from Malaga to London, put into Plymouth, Sunday leaky, loss of sails & other damage & in distress, having thrown part of her cargo overboard; in 'Morning Post' (pub.Lon) 1 Oct 1818, from newspapers.bl.uk

Soper, master if 'The Bee' cleared 17 May outward from Plymouth for Dartmouth; in 'Royal Cornwall Gazette' (pub. ) 24 May 1817, from newspapers.bl.uk (as other reports below)
: Soper, master if 'The Bee' cleared 16 Jul outward from Plymouth for Dartmouth; 26 Jul 1817
: Soper, master if 'The Bee' cleared 2 Sept outward from Plymouth for Dartmouth 6 Sep 1817
: Soper, master if 'The Bee' cleared 20 Sept outward from Plymouth for Dartmouth 27 Sep 1817
: Soper, master if 'The Bee' entered Plymouth from Dartmouth 22 Nov 1817

Capt N Soper : Capt Jocob Dunham (1779-?) [an american] published a biography of his sailing career included being chased by the English & pirates. Page 120 (on a 2,000 mile trading voyage Feb 1818)... 'My old mate Captain N Soper volunteered to take command' of a small 19 ton sloop 'The Traverse' for costal trading to the mother ship. mounting a swivel gun, bought by the owners of the 'Price' armed with a 6lbs cannon (abt 1818). "I ordered Capt Soper to proceed on The Traverse to the Main & trade at sundry ports & to meet me at St Blas" [, Panama; trading with indians for tortoise shell cocoa & rubber] : p128 they met on the River Cordee & exchanged cargos : p134 Capt Soper of the schooner 'Price' informed him he had lost a man overboard : Capt Soper then given command of the fully loaded Price to return to New York & return to meet up again at Corn Island. [presumably Soper also American] google books

Lloyds Register 1818; Vessel nr.471; 2) Ruckers S [=Ship]; s.W & C x7 [1817]; 3) W.Soper [=owner]; 4) 480 SDB; 5) Shields len01,trp [=lengthened 1801; thorough repair]; 6) 20x4; 7) Campbell [=master] Irp x7; 8) 18; 9) Lo Grnda almost rb x7 [=almost rebuilt 1817]; 10) E1 11; 11) A1 4"

Soper, master of 'The Speculation' from Oporto arrive Deal & remain in the downs, 22 Feb 1818; in 'Morning Post ' (pub.Lon) 24 Feb, from newspapers.bl.uk

Soper master of 'The Elizabeth' arrived Falmouth from Labrador, 16 Nov 1817; in 'Morning Post ' (pub.Lon 17 Nov), from newspapers.bl.uk
: Soper master of 'The Elizabeth', sailed from Falmouth for Pool Friday; Trewman's Exeter Flying Post, 21 Jan 1819
: Soper master of 'The Eliza', arrived Deal 23 Aug 1826 from Grenada; in 'The Morning Chronicle (pub.Lon 25 Aug), from newspapers.bl.uk
: Soper master of 'The Eliza', arrived Deal 2 Nov 1826 for Grenada; in 'The Morning Post' (pub.Lon 4 Nov), from newspapers.bl.uk
: Soper (master) master of 'The Eliza', arrived Gravesend from Grenada 23 May 1827; in 'The Morning Chronicle' (pub.Lon 25 May) from newspapers.bl.uk
: Soper, master of 'The Eliza', arrived Plymouth 16 Nov from London for Grenada; in 'The Standard' (pub.) 17 Nov 1828, from newspapers.bl.uk
: Soper, master of 'The Eliza', arrived Plymouth 16 Nov from London left Plymouth 19 & 20 Nov 1828 for Grenada; in 'Caledonian Mercury' (pub.Edinburgh) 20 Nov from newspapers.bl.uk
: Soper, master of 'The Eliza' sailed from London to Granada, spoken with lon 15W lat 41N, had lost bulwerks & heave? rails; reported by 'The Jean' on arrival at Plymouth; in 'Morning Post ' (pub.) 23 Dec 1828, from newspapers.bl.uk
: Soper, master of 'The Eliza', arrived Deal 9 May 1829 from Grenada; in 'Morning Chronicle' (pub.Lon 12 May), from newspapers.bl.uk

Lloyds Register 1818; 1) 471; 2) Ruckers S [Ship]; s.W & C x7 [1817]; 3) W Soper; 4) 480 SDB; 5) Shields len01,trp [lengthened 1801; thorough repair]; 6) 20x4; 7) Campbell Irp x7; 8) 18; 9) Lo Grnda almost rb x7 [almost rebuilt 1817]; 10) E1 11; 11) A1 4" : [see 1801]

Soper, master of 'Ruckers' passed up the channel Monday, from Grenada for London, 'Trewman's Exeter Flying Post', 14 Sep 1820, from newspapers.bl.uk

John Soper, of Dartmouth, shipwrecked for 2 years in the South Seas. One of 11 sailors on 'Princess of Wales', sailed from Paignton, Dev, 1820 hunting oil & fur seal skins (sailors received 1 in 90 skins). By Nov, they reached The Crozets, an uninhabited Pacific archipelago, between Madagascar & Antarctica (info & map). Having no harbour, � hunted ashore, the others stayed at sea salting skins. The ship visited weekly until Mar 1821, when a storm wrecked it. The crew fought for hours to land the ship's boat on an island. Finding the wreck later, they obtained salvage before it broke up. The islands were treeless volcanic hills, with strong winds & very rainy. The 'shore team' on another island, assumed their colleagues drowned, but met them after 9 months. They spent 9 months building an escape boat from salvage, seals & driftwood, but a storm destroyed it. The American whaler 'Philo' sighted Jan 1823 & Soper stopped it with a fire from the remains of a sea-elephant. They became crew on the Whaler. Soper & Newbee asked to be put ashore on the uninhabited Amsterdam Island. After arguing with 'Philo's captain, most of the others were put ashore on uninhabited St Paul Island. Rescued in 3 months & they were imprisoned in Tasmania,in July, as suspected mutineers. The cabin boy, got back to Paignton, 1831 & wrote A Narrative of a Voyage to the South Seas and a shipwreck of the Prince of Wales Cutter : After sealing on Amsterdam Island for 2 months, Soper & Newbee halted a boat with a fire & reached her on some nailed planks. The ship was small & Newbee would not abandon his skins. Soper agreed to stay with him, so they shook hands & were paddling back when a wave engulphed them & they perished. The crew said Soper was a wild fellow as a youth & ran away to sea. He'd taken the notion in his head that his grandmother, who lived at Dartmouth, had died & left him money. 2nd source
: [a J Soper of Woolster St, subscribed to the book pub.1838 : John M D Soper of Ashburton subscribed to 1841 reprint]

Joseph Soper of Woolster St, to auction 6 Feb, timber direct from Prince Edward's Island, landed at Teat's Hill from brig 'Hope', J Gouldsworthy master; 150 pieces yellow pine & a cord of lathwood; in 'Royal Cornwall Gazette' (pub.Truro) 3 Feb 1821, from newspapers.bl.uk : scan
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Soper, master of 'The Hope' arrived Lymington? From Weymouth 2 Nov; in 'Hampshire Telegraph' (pub.Portsmouth) 5 Nov 1821; & arrived Portsmouth from Swanage 1 Jun 1822 & arrived Lymington from Swanage 15 Jul 1922, & 5 May 1823 arrived Southampton from Poole
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Joseph ship owner. Pigot's Directory for Okehampton 1822 : from Genuki
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Soper master of 'The Hope' 6 Jul 1832 & Hope master Robinson, hence [Liverpool] at St Andrew's N B
: [a Joseph Soper Plymouth ship owner 1852 & J Soper] : [see 1860 Devon]

Jonas Soper was the capt mentions below from 1822-7 : [see b.1791 Devon, m.Newfoundland 1816] Soper, master of 'The Blandford' arrived from this port from Newfoundland, at Perrambuco; in 'Liverpool Mercury etc (Liverpool, England),' (pub.) 22 Feb 1822, from newspapers.bl.uk
: Soper master of 'The Blandford', 'hence at Newfoundland'; in 'Liverpool Mercury' 2 Aug 1822, from newspapers.bl.uk
: Soper master of 'The Blandford' sailed Newfoundland 18 Aug; in 'Liverpool Mercury' 23 Aug 1822, from newspapers.bl.uk
: Capt Soper of Brig 'Blandford', 29 June 1823 Gulf of St. Lawrence (Brigue to Quebec). Run down 11pm in fog, by a large ship, 20 leagues from Chapeau Rouge & instantly filled. Crew saved & arrived St John�s in H.M.Pandora 20 July [rebuilt/salvaged by 1826 below]
: Soper, master of 'The Blandford' hence at Newfoundland; in 'Liverpool Mercury' 18 Jul 1823, from newspapers.bl.uk
: Soper, master of 'The Blandford' from Newfoundland for Quebec is totally lost. The crew saved & arrived St John's, Newfoundland (a report; Liverpool 9 Aug) 22 Aug 1823, previously stated totally lost, has fallen in with & towed into Placentia, Newfoundland; in 'Liverpool Mercury' 15 Aug, from newspapers.bl.uk; Blandford run down in Gulf of St Lawrence, 29 Jun, 11 at night, in thick fog, by large ship, 20 leagues from Chapeau Rouge & filled instantly filled source
: Soper, master of 'The Blandford' arrived Liverpool 2 Feb 1824, from Newfoundland in 17 days; in 'Morning Post ' (pub.Lon) 5 Feb, from newspapers.bl.uk
: Soper, master of 'The Blandford' sailed from Liverpool for Newfoundland 29 Feb 1824; in 'Liverpool Mercury' 5 Mar , from newspapers.bl.uk
: Soper, master of 'The Blandford' from Newfoundland reported at 'Viana'; Naval intelligence; in 'Liverpool Mercury' (pub.15 Oct 1824), from newspapers.bl.uk
: Soper, master of 'The Blandford' from Newfoundland to Oporto; in 'Liverpool Mercury' 4 Feb 1825, from newspapers.bl.uk
: Soper, master of 'The Blandford' from Newfoundland to Oporto reported at Finquera; in 'Liverpool Mercury' 4 Mar 1825, from newspapers.bl.uk
: Jonas Soper, master of brig 'The Blandford', very leaky & disabled from the severity of a westerly gale from Newfoundland to Oporto : passed a wreck where survivers resorted to canabalism 9 Feb 1826 see story : scan
: Soper, master of 'The Blandford' arrived Liverpool 11 Jul 1826 from Newfoundland; in 'The Morning Chronicle' (pub.Lon), 14 Jul, from newspapers.bl.uk
: Soper, master of 'The Blandford' sailed 25 Jul 1826 from Liverpool to Hamburg; in 'Liverpool Mercury' 28 Jul, from newspapers.bl.uk : scan
: Soper, master of 'The Blandford' arrived Liverpool 23 Aug hence to Hamburg; in 'Liverpool Mercury' (pub.Liverpool) 25 Aug 1826, from newspapers.bl.uk
: Soper, master of 'The Blandford' arrived from Newfoundland reported at Babados, 27 Dec 1827; in 'Lancaster Gazette' 29 Dec, from newspapers.bl.uk

Joseph Soper a merchant of Harbour Grace, had built at Spaniard's Bay, 'Melina', a 100-ton brig.

Soper, master of 'The Ann' came down from the River to Deal 6 Nov 1823; in 'Morning Post' (pub.Lon 8 Nov), from newspapers.bl.uk

Capt Samuel Soper, 'Shipwreck!': A memorial account of unfortunate & distressing catastrophe of Soper & his crew, of the brig 'Ardent', from Boston, shipwrecked on sorrowful night of 28 Sept 1823, on passage home from whaling voyage to Western-Islands; Which melancholy event gave rise to a poem 'Shipwreck!' published source
: Capt Soper master of the brig 'Argent' [a whaler] coming home [perhaps provincetown area?] he was capsized in a hurricane & 4 crew were washed off. The remainer stayed on the brig & after 26 days on the wreck, five were taken off alive & carried to England, The mate died but Soper & 3 men got home, All have since died except one who is in Fernandina, Fla; from p.155 ,'Fishing Industries of the US' archive.org

Joseph gunner on HMS Astraea 1824,7 & 9 : a mariner '32 & 5, residence Flushing : [assumed family in 1824] : [Joseph m.Elizabeth bef.1824 Cornwall?]

Capt Benjamine Soper m.Hester Watts, only dau of R K Watts of Bermondsey, 25 Sept 1824 at St Mary's, Rotherhithe; from The Times 28 Sep 8/211p & from 'The Examiner'' (pub.Lon 3 Oct) from newspapers.bl.uk
: [igi says m.28 Sep (bpts say mother 'Hesther/Hester/Esther')] : Benjamin b.c1797 to William (c1755-1839) & Elizabeth (c1760-1839) who m.bef.1795 Rotherhithe]
- Esther Eliza Soper bpt.12 Oct 1825 St Marys, Rotherhithe; Hester Eliza d.Sep 1832 age 7
- Maria Soper bpt.11 May 1827 St Marys, Rotherhithe : [age 23, '51cen] : [with mother '61cen] ; unm, co-executor of mother 1864; '91cen 63unm own means Isle of Wight' d.1910, IofW, age 82
- Benjamin Watts Soper b.23 Jul 1828, bpt.20 Aug 1828 St Marys, Rotherhithe; d.Aug 1828 age 1m; on monument at St Mary, Rotherhithe
- Mary Emma Soper bpt.19 Aug 1829 St Marys, Rotherhithe; m.Henry Hall at Kennington 8 Jan 1852; lived Caterham
- Benjamin Soper bpt.12 Aug 1831 St Marys, Rotherhithe, d.Sep 1831 age 3m (so b.July?); on St Mary monument
- Eliza Soper bpt.26 Jul 1833 St Marys, Rotherhithe; d.May 1834 age 11m (so b.June?); on St Mary monument
- William Soper bpt.29 Apr 1835 St Marys, Rotherhithe; m.Auguste Schlesinger 1862; Guys hospital surgeon; divorce; m.Alice Spencer; d.1911, age 76
- Hesther Soper bpt.12 Jul 1839 St Marys, Rotherhithe; b.Jul>Sep Rotherhithe (bmd); d.13 Jan 1841 aged 19m (so b.June?)
: 1824 Benjamin Soper of 9 Jamacia Row, Bermondsey, a gentleman, was insured with Sun Fire Office. 15 Dec 1824 & 1835 : Guildhall Library, ref. MS 11936/500/1023811 a2a [connection Capt Soper 1798]
: 1826 Captain Soper was to receive a present of a Spanish she-ass & her foal at West Indies Dock, for shipment to W.Indies. Alexander Richardson taking it to Soper & in Tooley St, inflicted a wound in it's flank. His son was thrown & trampled upon. Unable to pay 20s he was imprisoned for 3 months : from The Times 17 Nov 1826 : 22/746p
: 1836 perhaps the Benjamin Soper in Purr v Soper. Court of Chancery, Answer 1836 : James Purr v George Wickes & wife, Thomas Plampin Richardson, James Richardson (abroad), William Alexander Horne (abroad) & Benjamin Sloper otherwise Benjamin Soper (abroad)? (& in Purr v Richardson '37)
: [a Mary Richardson/Thomas Soper m.1783 : Connection? a John Richardson Soper bankrupt 1865 Bermonsey]
: 1841 Benjamin Soper (c1797-1841) d.21 Apr, age 44 : [d Apr>Jun, Rotherhithe]
: 1841 Benjamin gentleman of Paradise Row Rotherhithe, Sy; Will 20 Oct 1841 Nat.Archives; Prob.11/1953/49; source
: '41cen Maria 14, Mary Emma 11 pupils at Greenwich, Kent, (page has female pupils 8-19 & a teacher from France) scan; (Hester 39 not vis)
: '51cen Hester 49 sister independent at 1b York Place, Lambeth, Sy; Maria 23; Mary Emma 21; William 15 all 'at home', all b.Bermondsey, Sy; with brother William George Watts 51 solicitor b.Bermondsey, Sy & house servants Maryann Wright 29unm b.Durham & Jane Batsman 16 b.Leeds, Yorks; scan
: '61cen Hesta 59 head at 14 Percy Place, Lambeth, Sy; b.Bermondsey; dau Maria 34 b.Bermondsey, Sy; with servants Laura Webb 24 b.Rochford, Ex; Eliza Smith 28 b.Westminster
: 1864 Hester (c1813-64) widow of Capt Benjamin Soper, d.29 Jan 1864 age 61, at 14 Percy Place, Clapham Rd
: 1864 Hester d.29 Jan 1864, widow of 14 Percy Place, Clapham, Sy; 4 Mar 1864 to William Soper, son gent of 1 St George's Villas, Stockwell, Sy; Maria Soper spinster & dau of 14 Percy Place & Henry Hall of Caterham, Sy [bro-in-law]; executors; estate under �10,000; from Probate Calender (ancestry.com) scan
: '71cen William 36 Guys Hospital surgeon; b.Bermondsey, Sy at 283 Clapham Rd, Lambeth, wife Augusta 27 b.Carlsruhe?, Germany, daus Agnes H Miriam 7 & Isabella M E 5 scholars, b.Stockwell son Richard W 1 b.Clapham & visitor Harriett E Porter 35unm b.Fareham, Hants & 3 unm gen servants Sarah J Long 23 b.Deal, Kt; Sarah Ann Tiffen 25 b.Stoke, Suffolk & Therasa Limmerman 24 b.Gurdlingen?, Germany; scan
: '71cen Maria 38unm, at 182 Clapton Rd, Lambeth; b.Bermondsey, Sur; visiting Isabella Watts 71 widow, annuitant b.Fareham, Hants & visitor Matilda Pearce 35unm b.Southsea, Hants; Maria Jenkins 33unm housemaid & Emma King 39 widow, cook scan : [was Isabella her gr.mother?]
: '81cen Maria 53unm gentlewoman at Essendine, Ventnor, Hants; b.Bermondsey, Sy; nephew* Charlton L Hall 24unm clerk to civil engineer; b.Clapham, Sy; Ann Webb Serv 29unm housekeeper dom; b.Rochford, Ex & housemaid Eliza Fielder 21unm b.Fareham, Hants : [*sister Mary E m.Henry Hall 1852]
: '91cen Maria 63 living on own means at Essendene, Bath Rd, Ventnor; b.Bermondsey, Lon & unm gen serv's Laura Webb 40 b.Southend, Ex & Lucy Chandler 22 b.Failham, Hants; scan : [sister Mary Emma b.1829; m.Henry Hall 1852]
: '01cen Maria 73 head living on own means at Ventnor
: 1904 Miss Soper at 'Essendene', Bath Rd, Ventnor, between Belgrave Rd & Esplanade, Isle of Wight Directory 1904 : [her brother, Dr William's d.1911 Essendene & his wife Alice (c1852-1919) d.there]
: 1910 Maria Soper (c1828-1910) d.Jan>Mar 1910, Isle of Wight, Hants, age 82

William Soper Parnell b.Devon 1824 C3409 Liverpool 1824; vol.11 1852-55, 1858-73; vol.23 1874-9; vol.38 1880-5; vol.53 no voyages listed; from Index to the Captains Registers of Lloyd�s of London; nationalarchives.gov.uk : [see 1st voyage as master 1852]

Leonard Charles Soper (1824-?), b.Lewisham, London, 28 Dec 1824, nrJ98920, Admiralty's Registers of Seamen's Services nationalarchives.gov.uk ADM 188/844

Lloyd's register of shipping 1826 'Ruckers' 1) 521; 2) pf W & C 22 [patent felt : sheathed in copper 1822?] Crp 25; 3) owned by B Soper; 4) sdb 480 [single deck with beams]; 5) Sh'lds almost rebuilt; [Shield on the Tyne] 6) 28x7 7) master W Soper grp 22 ; 8) 18 [ft draught]; 9) Lo Grnda PIC [survey port London; home port Granada; proved iron cables]; 10) E1 [2nd class 1st quality materials] ; 11) E11 : source : [see 1801]

Henry Soper, coxswain to Capt Freemantle, to be gunner of 'The Jasper', Naval Appointments; in 'Caledonian Mercury' (pub.Edinburgh, Scotland), 30 Mar 1826, from newspapers.bl.uk : scan : [assume the Henry gunner age 32 in 1836] :

Jonas Soper, Master of the brig 'Blandford' 9 Feb 1826 voyaging from Newfoundland to Oporto; Scudding under close reefed main top-sail, 9:30am in westerly gale; we saw a wreck ahead apparently an American schooner, waterlogged with only part of the mainmaststanding. Onboard were 3 men in deplorable state flying a Spanish jack, lashed to the windlass was part of a naked body which appeared to have been their only subsistanance for some time. Position N42* 4' : W34* 10'. We hove close, but were driven to leeward, at 3pm we lost sight of them. Our own vessel very leaky & disabled from the severity of the weather, with 2 crew unable to do duty & others much frost bitten, we put before the wind for our safety & anchored off Oporto : In Edinburgh Advertiser 21 Mar & 'Morning Post' (pub.Lon 14 Mar), from ancestry.com : [see The Blandford's history]

Philip Soper, late of Lower Neptune St, Rotherhithe, Surrey, formerly mate of the ship 'Ruckers', then mate of the ship 'Colonist', then master of the cutter 'Samuel', then master of the brig 'Speculation', then master of the sloop 'Sally' of Grenada, then master of the schooner 'David Graham' of Grenada, West Indies, then mate of the ship 'Percy' of London, then mate of the brig 'Tula', & late mate of the schooner 'Harriott' of Leghorn [Italian Port?]: Matters of the prisoners hereinafter named to be heard in the court house, Portugal St, Lincolns Inn 25 Jun 1827 [speculate father master of Ruckers 1801-1820] : [?sounds like bankruptcy proceedings?]
- 'Colonist' took 200 emigrants Liverpool to Quebec Jul 1850 & 1817 source
- 'Sally' sloop insured from Providence to North Carolina 1818 : immigrant ship 1800 immigrantships.net
- 'Tula' 74 circumnavigation exploring the Southern Oceans & Antarctic coast for seals & whales 1830 source
- 'Harriott' schooner 1805 Barbados (a slave ship?) sources
- 'Ruckers' merchant ship gale bound Falmouth to Maderia c1831? : 1806 a Grenada Judge captured on the Ruckers, taken to Guadeloupe source : &

Soaper, master of 'Byron', Newcastle to Landscrona, Sweden, carrying coals 31 Mar 1827 : The Edinburgh Advertiser 13 Apr ancestry.com

Joseph Soper's was one of 3 Principal establishments in Grady Harbour, Labrador, 60 schooners were in the area. 1827 picture

Elizabeth Soper m.John Hunt St James, Poole 1827 : Trinity House Petitions 'Extracted 1853' [perhaps a relief claim?] : from BritishOrigins.com

Soper, master of 'The Byron' arrived Dublin from St Petersburg 15 Sep 1828; in 'The Standard' (pub.17 Sep), from newspapers.bl.uk

Soper, master of 'The Grenada' passed Deal from London 12 Nov 1828; in 'The Morning Chronicle' (pub.Lon) 14 Nov from newspapers.bl.uk

Soper, master of 'Sir T Cochrane' sailed Liverpool 14 Oct 1828 for Newfoundland; in 'Liverpool Mercury' 24 Oct , from newspapers.bl.uk
: Capt Soper 20 Nov 1828 Shipwreck : We regret having to record the loss, on Sunday morning last, of the Brig 'Sir Thomas Cochrane', (Soper, Master,) belonging to C Cozens, Esq, of Brigus, on her voyage from Liverpool to that place [Carbonear?], with a general cargo, at Cape St Francis. [more details, then photocopy cut off] Harbor Grace & Carbonear Weekly Journal & General Advertiser for Conception Bay source
: Soper, master of 'Sir Thomas Cochrane' hence for Brigus (Newfoundland) was lost at Cape Francis 15 Jan 1829, having struck a rock during a snow storm, vessel & cargo lost; in 'Liverpool Mercury' (pub.30 Jan Liverpool, Eng), from newspapers.bl.uk

Soper, master of 'The Ruckers' sailed from Falmouth 14 Dec for Grenada; in 'Morning Post ' (pub.) 17 Dec 1828, from newspapers.bl.uk

Richard Soper (?-c1828) Lieutenant in the Royal Navy. Will Register, 19 Mar 1828, Ref PROB 11/1738. Scan available online, ancestry.com [wills sometimes made at start of voyage] : [commisioned 1813?]

Capt William Soper of Paradise St, Rotherhithe, Surrey, was father of Jane Soper (c1800-1828) who died at Brighton aged 28, 7 Aug 1828. Third daughter : from The Times 12 Aug ; & London Morning Chronicle 13 Aug : [her sister died a few days later]
Harriot Hamlyn Soper (1804-1828), died 25 Aug 1828, youngest daughter of William Soper of Paradise St, Rotherhithe, died of grief for her sister Jane whom she survived 11 weeks & 2 days [abt 7 June 1828] : from The Times 28 Aug ; 15/211p : [but it's 18 days before Harriot's death not 11 weeks?] : [echoing another report parents William d.1839, aged 85, His wife, survived 65 hours : from The Times]

Edward Soper was a seaman cleared to depart The Port of Hobart, Tasmania, in 1829 crewing 'The Patience' www.genseek.net [possibly sailing for Sydney or England]

Soper owned & American captained �Buckers�, a 269 ton, single deck river barque �with beams�, hazel, �proved iron cables�, sC ('copper sheathed'), PF ('patent felt'). Surveying port London. Port of Madeira surveyed 1818 �A1�, Lloyd�s Registry of Shipping Jan 1829 : google book : [presume The Ruckers above but she was 480 tons?]

Henry Soaper, naval rating, born Devonport served 28 May 1829 - 2 July 1839 : Certificate of Service issued by the Admiralty, 15 Jan 1840. : ADM 29/22/145 : ADM 29/22/145 : Nat Archives : [possibly the Henry below, if he enlisted aged abt 17] : [perhaps d.1855?]

Capt Soper of 'The Fly' arrived Plymouth from Labrabor abt 10 Apr 1829, 'Trewman's Exeter Flying Post' 19 Nov, from newspapers.bl.uk Mistake here?? dates don't match : [a J Soper 2nd Master to 'The Fly' 1842]
: Soper, master of 'The Fly' sailed from Plymouth 4 Aug 1829 for Figuera (Majorca); in 'Hampshire Telegraph' (pub.Portsmouth 6 Aug), from newspapers.bl.uk
: Soper, master of 'The Fly' arrived Plymouth from Labrador 13 Nov 1829; in 'Morning News' (pub.Lon 17 Nov), from newspapers.bl.uk
: Soper, master of 'The Fly' arrived Plymouth 17 Apr 1830 from Poole for Liverpoool; in 'The Morning Post' (pub.Lon 20 Apr), from newspapers.bl.uk
: Soper, master of 'The Fly' sailed from Plymouth 28 Apr 1830 for Liverpoool; in 'Morning Post' (pub.Lon 29 Apr), from newspapers.bl.uk
: Soper, master of 'The Fly' entered Liverpoool for loading, for Newfoundland; (owners?/agents? Job, Bully & co); in 'The Sheffield Independent' 22 May 1830, from newspapers.bl.uk
: Soper, master of 'The Fly' arrived Plymouth 27 Oct 1830 from St John's New Brunswick; in 'The Standard' (pub.Lon 29 Oct), from newspapers.bl.uk
: Soper, master of 'The Fly' has arrived Leith from Faro [no date]; in 'The Morning Chronicle' (pub.Lon 23 Mar 1831), from newspapers.bl.uk
: Soper, master of 'The Fly' has arrived off Dartmouth 26 Jul 1831 from Newfoundland [The fly reported speaking to 3 vessels; in 'The Morning Post' (pub.Lon 29 Jul) from newspapers.bl.uk
: Soper, master of 'The Fly' has arrived Deal 29 Jul 1831 from Newfoundland; in 'The Morning Post' (pub.Lon 1 Aug) from newspapers.bl.uk
: J Soper, (act) to 'F??y' ['Fly'] 1832 Nautical Magazine p364 : google book snippet
: Soper, master of 'The Fly' arrived Plymouth 10 Jul 1833 from Newfoundland in a NW wind; in 'Morning Chronicle' (pub.Lon 13 Jul), from newspapers.bl.uk
: Soper, master of 'The Fly' arrived Falmouth & spoke to 'The Elizabeth' bound for Lisbon 10 Apr 1834, lat 41 lon 10; in 'The Standard' (pub.Lon) 25 Apr, from newspapers.bl.uk
: Soper, master of 'The Fly' arrived Plymouth from Lisbon 23 Apr 1834; in 'Morning Post' (pub.Lon 26 Apr), from newspapers.bl.uk
: Soper, master of 'The Fly' arrived Liverpool from Newfoundland 11 Sep 1834; in 'The Standard' (pub.Lon 13 Sep), from newspapers.bl.uk
: Soper, master of 'The Fly' arrived Plymouth from Newfoundland 29 Oct 1834; in 'Morning Chronicle' (pub.Lon 1 Nov), from newspapers.bl.uk
: Soper, master of 'The Fly' off Plymouth from Newfoundland 2 Nov 1836; in 'Liverpool Mercury' 9 Nov, from newspapers.bl.uk
: Soper, master of 'The Fly' arrived Plymouth 22 Jan 1837 from Alicante; in 'The Morning Post' (pub.Lon) 25 Jan, from newspapers.bl.uk
: Soper, master of 'The Fly' arrived Plymouth from Newfoundland 3 Dec 1837; in 'The Morning Post' (pub.Lon) 5 Dec, from newspapers.bl.uk
: Soper, master of 'The Fly' sailed from Plymouth 2 Jan 1838 for the Mediterranean; in 'The Morning Post' (pub.Lon) 4 Jan, from newspapers.bl.uk
: Soper, master of 'The Fly' arrived Gloucester from Naples 9 May 1838; he's spoken to 'Reindeer' packet from brazil to Falmouth 19 Apr lat 38 lon 33 supplied with provisions; in 'The Standard' (pub.Lon) 10 May, from newspapers.bl.uk
: J Soper, 2nd Master (additional Acting) to 'The Fly'; Royal Navy Appointments, from The United Service Magazine 1842 Google Books snippet : [connection John, 1844 above?]

Rev G Soper, one of several naval friends thanked in the forward of a book of poems,'Sea Weeds' for supporting the author in his personal calamity (no naval disability pension). Author Thomas Trotter, 'Physician to the Fleet' : pub Newcastle 1829 : google book

Soper, master of 'The Lochiel' from Newfoundland to Liverpool; reported at Baltimore, Ireland; in 'Liverpool Mercury' 22 Jan 1830, from newspapers.bl.uk
: Soper, master of 'The Lochiel' entered Liverpool for loading for Hamburgh, owner C L Bahr; in 'The Sheffield Independent' 13 Feb 1830, from newspapers.bl.uk
: Soper, master of 'The Lochiel' from Liverpool arrived Hamburgh; in 'Liverpool Mercury' 2 Apr 1830, from newspapers.bl.uk
: Soper master of 'The Lochiel' arrived Bristol 20 Jul 1829 from Newfoundland; in 'The Standard' (pub.Lon 21 Jul) from newspapers.bl.uk
: Soper, master of 'The Lochiel' arrived Liverpool from Newfoundland 25 Aug 1830; in 'The Morning Post' (pub.Lon 28 Aug), from newspapers.bl.uk
: Soper, master of 'The Lochiel' sailed from Terra Nova [?one in Newfoundland] at Pernambaco [naval intelligence]; in 'Liverpool Mercury' 27 May 1831, from newspapers.bl.uk
: Soper, master of 'The Lochiel' sailed from Smyrna [Aegean coast of Anatolia, Turkey], arrived Dartmouth 30 Nov 1831; in 'Morning Post ' (pub.Lon 30 Nov) from newspapers.bl.uk & in 'Naval Intelligence' 2 Dev, from newspapers.bl.uk
: Soper, master of 'The Lochiel' sailed from Hamburgh for Charente at Falmouth 12 Jan 1832; in 'Liverpool Mercury' 13 Jan, from newspapers.bl.uk
: Soper, master of 'The Lochiel' sailed from Falmouth at Rochfort, 29 Feb 1832; in 'Liverpool Mercury' 2 Mar 1832, from newspapers.bl.uk
: Soper, master of 'The Lochiel' sailed Liverpool for Nantes, 21 Apr 1832; in 'Liverpool Mercury' 27 Apr from newspapers.bl.uk
: Soper, master of 'The Lochiel' sailed Liverpool, at Nantes, 5 May 1832; in 'Liverpool Mercury' 11 May from newspapers.bl.uk
: Soper, master of 'The Lochiel' arrived Liverpool from Charente 5 Jul 1832; in 'Morning Post ' (pub.Lon 9 Jul) from newspapers.bl.uk
: Soper, master of 'The Lochiel' from Swansea for Oporto at Flamouth, 1 Aug 1832; in 'Liverpool Mercury' 3 Aug from newspapers.bl.uk
: Soper, master of 'The Lochiel' from Swansea arrived Falmouth 29 Jul 1832 & sailed for Oporto 30 Jul, in variable wind; in 'Royal Cornwall Gazette' 4 Aug from newspapers.bl.uk
: Soper, master of 'The Lochiel' arrived Liverpool from Oporto 8 May 1833; in 'The Standard' (pub.Lon 10 May), from newspapers.bl.uk
: Soper, master of 'The Lochiel' arrived Liverpool from Oporto 13 Oct 1833; in 'The Standard' (pub.Lon 15 Oct), from newspapers.bl.uk

Capt Soper , Master of 'The Goodwill' from Swanage arrived S'tn, 12 Jun 1830 (& again from Portland arrived S'tn; Hants Advertiser, 28 Apr 1832; from Hants Advertiser : [presume building stone]
: Soper, master of 'The Goodwill' arrived Southampton from Poole; in 'Hampshire Telegraph' (pub.Portsmouth) 23 Aug 1830, from newspapers.bl.uk; & Poole>S'tn 1832; [& 4 voyages to & from Sunderland to Poole 1837-8] : [a J Soper [master] of a 212 ton vessel, home port, Poole; Lloyd's register 1836]

Souper, master of 'The Johnstown' arrived Aberdeen from Sunderland 6 Sep; in 'The Aberdeen Journal (Aberdeen, Scotland),' (pub.) 14 Sep 1831, from newspapers.bl.uk

Soper, master of 'The Good Will' arrived Southampton from Portland 28 Apr 1832; in 'Hampshire Telegraph' (pub.Portsmouth 28 Apr) from newspapers.bl.uk : [see 'Goodwill' above]

Soper, master of 'The Hope' & Hope master Robinson, hence [Liverpool] at St Andrew's N B; in 'Liverpool Mercury' 6 Jul 1832, from newspapers.bl.uk

Lieut Soper killed; Part of The English Brigade (nearly all it's British officers killed or wounded) defending Oporto, Portugal. Seige went on with vigour 29 Sept an attack by Don Miguel's [Royalist] army repulsed. The brunt of the action fell on the British & French auxiliaries in Don Pedros service [civil war; ex King Pedro inside [with French & UK support) v. King Miguel despotic younger brother, Miguelites defeated 1833] : [a UK naval squadron there under HMS Orestes, so perhaps Soper a navy lieut?] ; in 'The Bristol Mercury (Bristol, England),' (pub.) 6 Oct 1832, from newspapers.bl.uk

J Soper (act) to 'F??y' ['Fly'] 1832 Nautical Magazine p364 : google book snippet : [see above]

'S R Soper' 130 tons, built at Scituate 1832, owned & sailed by Robert O Soper in 1865, whaling ; Lost on Bird Island, 25 May 1870

Thomas Lear Soper (1833-?) b.Totnes, Dev, 24 Sept 1833, Royal Navy nr 70921 : Register of Seamen's Service ref ADM 188/56 nationalarchives : [Thomas Lear Soper (c1833-?1914) m.1858 Dev] : [father? Thomas Lear Soper b.1811 Harberton, Dev] : [& navy son Thomas Lear Soper b.1862]

Capt Soper said that he'd been 40 years in the West Indies sea service & from Capt Escott 's of 'The Relience's testimony, he'd say she was seaworthy & that the damage was done previous to the ship leaving Tobago; Claim for damages of sugar cargo, lost when leaking in gale, as ship not seaworthy. Ship had to be re-caulked in Tobago; Case dismissed; in 'Morning Post' (pub.Lon 14 Dec) 1833, from newspapers.bl.uk

William Soper b.Cawshed? c1809?; to 'Magpie' 10 Nov 1833; 10 days [4-gun cutter for dockyard service; Portsmouth? see]; to 'Robin' [a river gunboat wiki] 21 Nov 33 1y 85d; able seaman 20 Nov 34; Chatham Hospital 3 Feb 35 ordinary seaman 8 Feb 35; Total service 4y 5d; N.18 Feb 76 scan
: William Soper b.Cawsand [, Cornwall; c1809; nr.Plymouth] '18 Feb 1876' [?meaning of date; no d.vis bmd]; on 'Magfil'? 10 Nov 1834-19 Nov 1833, age 24; on 'Rolia'? 21 Nov 1833-18 Nov 37; promoted OS 20 Nov 34; service gap 3-8 Feb 1835 with unreadable character entry; Service age 4y 5d; scan : [ a William m.1839, St Germans, Con]

Joseph Robert Start Soper, (c1813-1851), on 'HMS Columbine', 1834-6 when he sent letters to his future wife Jane Seldon Pearce (Peecy?) Mortimer. ['41cen carpenter, b & d Dev] : [see his m.1838 London]
"HMS Columbine" (1826-54) sloop; 1834 Sheerness (from Jamaca); Jun fitted as brig, Portsmouth: Aug Sheerness to Med station: Jan 1835 Malta for Vourla Bay, with mail: Feb 1835 Malta to Dardanelles with mail; cruised off Cervi Bay with the Med Sqdr; Oct Levant to Malta; May 1836 Gibraltar; sailed for Tangier & Plymouth in 1836, Sloop Columbine, 16 guns/110men combatting slave trade (had 2 deaths assume disease etc?); Jun 1836 at Plymouth, from Med & sailed for Africa; Oct St Helena; 1837 combatting slave trade 6 died; source

Capt George Francis Soper master of ship 'William Henry Angus' at 'Thames Office' Magistrates to show why he refused �6 15s to David Mills, seaman for a Grenada voyage. Angus taken off the ship & spent 68 days in prison when bail not paid, for assault. Pay was �2 5s pm. Soper claimed it was desertion. Capt [William] Soper' an old & retired shipowner, said Angus had not claimed off his son before going to court. Defence appologised to contradict the Capt, a gent of great integrity & wealth, but a claim was made to his son. Magistrate said payment could not be forced, but there are things a Gentleman should do without intervention of the law. Mr Soper paid a cheque; in 'The Morning Post' (pub.Lon) 17 Sep 1835, from newspapers.bl.uk see parents

Thomas Soper b.Devon, indentured, St. Woolas parish, Monmonth, 8 Feb 1834 for 7 years : On 8 Feb 184l; "To certify the within Thomas Soper has served me 6 years, 10 months, 22 days of his apprenticeship. Witnessed T Pain? Signed W Perkins, shipbuilder, Dry Sack, Newport, Monmouth : Then Thomas Soper, came to Newfoundland & m.Priscilla Spracklin, and I believe lived in Cupids. from Allen Temple Beagan

a Soper & a Soaper recorded in list of British merchant seamen 1835-6 : scan for sale Theoriginalrecord.com

George Soper (1835-?) b.Totnes, Devon, 4 Nov 1835, Royal Navy nr 46916 : Register of Seamen's Service ref ADM 188/16 www.nationalarchives

Lloyd's register 1836
F Soper [master] 308 : Sr ptIB : 93 tons 78 : [built] Plymh ND & Dr, 1824 : J Soper [owner] : [home port] Plymouth : [voyage] Plymouth to N'fndld : AE1 2 : [hull standard] AE 1 3,37
G Soper [master] 573 : Bk C32 : 269 tons : [built] London, 1829 : Soper [owner] : [home port] London : [voyage] Lon to Granada : 12 : [hull standard] A1 35
J Soper [owner] 681 : Bustler Sr : J Poland [master] : 74 tons : [built] Bridpt,1811 37 : [home port] Plymouth : [voyage] Ply to Newdld : - - [hull standard] A1 4,37
J Soper [master] 464 p.36 : 212 tons : [home port] Poole 681 : [a James, master of 'Freedom' 1827-42 collier of Poole]
J Soper [owner] : Sr ptIB : J Leader [master] : 96 tons : [built] Plymh,1832 : [home port] Plymouth : [voyage] Ply to Baltic : 10- [hull standard] A1 35 : Google Snippets

Joseph Soper one of about 18 British 'merchants engaged in the fisheries on the coast of Labrador', who petitioned the British Goverment to repeal an act taxing fisheries, that put the Labrador coast under Newfoundland jurisdiction. The coast had no government officers or policing only 'moveable fisheries without a single town or village' : [no date, but after c1836] : Labrador History

Soper, master of 'The Luckey' arrived Falmouth 14 May 1836 from Grenada; [E.Carinnean] in 'The Morning Post' (pub.Lon) 17 May, from newspapers.bl.uk

Soper, master of 'The Macasaar' arrived Dover 14 Jun 1836 from Batavia; [Netherlands (or Indonesia/NY/Surinam]; in 'The Morning Post' (pub.Lon) 16 Jun, from newspapers.bl.uk

Soper, master of 'The Tender' arrived Dundee 11 Sep 1836 from Archangel; [Russia] in 'The Morning Post' (pub.Lon) 15 Sep, from newspapers.bl.uk

H Soper gunner of 'HMS Exelent' awarded the Society of Arts silver medal & 5s for his life bouy. Presented 7 June 1836 google books : [perhaps the Henry below] : Mr Soper gunner of the 'Excellent' received �5 for a life bouy & bronze medal in Manufacturers & Mechanics Section : distribution of many prizes at Hanover Square Rooms by The Society of Arts : from Sydney Gazette & NSW Advertiser, 18 Oct 1836 : Oz Papers-broken link : [perhaps d.1855?]

John Soper (1836-?) b.Woolwich, Kent, 24 Jun 1836, Royal Navy nr 98822 : Register of Seamen's Service ref ADM 188/112 www.nationalarchives
: [?John Soper b.c1836, admitted 30 Sep 1844 age 8, transfered 2 Jul 1850 to Woolwich, see army record]
: '81cen 45 married bandsman; b.Woolwich, Kent; on 'HMS Agincourt' 1st class ironclad, of the Channel Squadron at Gibraltar; Capt Elibank Harley Murray; scan & scan.b : [(Minotaur-class frigate, 891 crew]
: 1883 J Soper yeoman, stores; nr.8151 on 'Agincourt'; His ship's nr.5340 awarded Egyptian Medal 11 May 1883, for Egypian campaign 1882 delivered to Agincourt' 11 May 1883; scan
: '91cen John 54 widowed pensioner in 1 room 49 Tavistock Rd (Kingers Arms);b.Woolwich, Kent, lodging with John Kane 48 organ blower b.Cookstown, Ireland; wife Harriett 79 b.Prince? Town, Dev; John Parson 45 beer retailer b.Bireoly>, Dev, wife Selina 61 b.Con (28 in 9 rooms) scan
: '01cen John Soper 54 pensioner�in 1 rooms at 49 Tavistock Rd (Kingers Arms), Stoke Damerel, Dev '91cen; b.Woolwich, Kent sharing 1 room with with John Kane 48 organ blower b.Ireland & wife Harriett 79 b.Dev, also John Parson 45 beer retailer b.Dev & wife Selina 61 b.Con (28 in 9 rooms at address); scan
: '11cen; John 75 widow in 5 rooms at 46 Charlotte St, Devonport; b.Woolwich, Lon; boarder with Edwin George Bullock 42 dockyard labourer, Emily 50 {m.22y 6 births, 2 alive}, dau 15 & 11 all b.Devonport & 3 other boarders 24, 25 & 37 ship workers scan
: 1917? a John Soper d.Jan>Mar 1917 at Devonport, Dev, age 81

James Soper master of 'The Freedom' 1827 to 1842 Poole=P & Sunderland=S: P>S 26 Nov 1827, S>P 24 Mar 1828; P>S 7 Apr, P>S 12 May. S>P 2 Jun, S>P 23 Jun, P>S 8 Sep; P>S 8 Dec 1828, P>S 16 Feb 1829, P>S 16 Mar (same page Donaldson master of 'The Freedom' S>S'ton), P>? 3 Aug, P>S 31 Aug 1829, S>P 15 Mar 1830 P>S 22 Mar, S>P 30 Aug P>S 27 Sep, S>P 18 Oct 1830; 26 Mar 1832 (that day 3 boats S>P & 3 P>S); P>S 30 Sep 1833; P>S 2 Dec; P>? 16 Dec 1833, P>S 28 Jan 1834, P>S 25 Mar, P>S 16 Jun 1834; P>S 30 Mar 1835; S>P 13 May 1837; S>P 17 Jun; P>S 24 Jun; from S>P 5 Aug; S>P 31 Aug 1837; from S>P 2 Sep; from P>S 4 Nov; P>S 4 Dec 1837; S>P 6 Jan 1838 (5 other ships that day & route); P>S 26 Mar; P>S 26 May; S>? 4 Jun, P>S 28 Jul 1838 (& 2 others); from Hants Advertiser; P>S has put into Yarmouth with loss of mainmast 18 Jan 1839, S>P 25 Dec 1940; ?>H'pool 5 Feb 1841; S>P 5 Oct; P>Hartlepool 18 Dec 1841, H>P put in Great Yarmouth 16 Jan 1842 [assume a collier?; assume all James as 1st name only given in 1833-5] : Soper (dead) master of 'The Freedom' arrived Poole from Hartlepoole 5 Mar 1842 : [no mention elsewhere of why Capt.Soper apparently died; no d.in bmd]
: J Soper [master] 464 of a 212 ton vessel: home port Poole 681; Lloyd's register, p.36 1836 : [same weight as 'Prize' below but 'built 1838']
: J Soper, master of brig 'The Prize' of Poole, built 1838*, 212 tons, owner Gaden & C; Voyage as a collier to Poole; Loyds Register 1840 google books
: Capt Soper , Master of 'The Goodwill' from Swanage arrived S'tn, 12 Jun 1830 (& again from Portland arrived S'tn; Hants Advertiser, 28 Apr 1832; from Hants Advertiser : [presume building stone]
: Soper, master of 'The Goodwill' arrived Southampton from Swanage 12 Jun 1830 & arrived S'tn from Poole 23 Aug 1830; & from Poole>S'tn 28 Apr 1832 in 'Hampshire Telegraph' (pub.Portsmouth), from newspapers.bl.uk

George Soper, a naval rating, b.Devonport; Age On Entry: 32. Served: 7 May 1834-16 Mar 1837; Application: Admiralty 28 Apr 1837 : Nat Archives ref ADM 29/14/275

Joseph Soper, merchant of Harbour Grace, Newfoundland, ordered the 100-ton brig 'Melina' built at Spaniard's Bay by Robert Gosse III. abt 1837 [Gosse's previous vessel was a brig for 2 local merchants & a banker from Dorset, England - Gosse's grandfather b.1723, Bridport, Dorset & came across on the fishing fleets. The Gosse family related to Ringwood, Hants & Poole, Dorset] source

William Soper (c1783-?); a naval rating, born: Dorset; Age On Entry: 23; Served: 12 Apr 1806 - 4 Sept 1815; Application at Greenwich 30 Mar 1838 : Nat Archives ref ADM 29/19/42

John Soper (Soaper) a shipwright of Portsea. Administration, bond & further probate document relating to John 1838 Hants Record Office ref 1838AD/70

Soper, master of 'The Hoffman' arrived Leith 28 May 1838 from Dantzic [Gdansk, Poland]; in 'The Morning Post' (pub.Lon) 1 Jun, from newspapers.bl.uk

William Soper (c1755-1839), died 7 Nov 1839 age 84, for many years treasurer for Rotherhithe : [Capt William Soper (c1755-1839) m.Elizabeth, bef.1795 Rotherhithe]

Soper, master of 'The Reform' arrived Creek 15 Jan 1839 from Cabia/Cahia; in 'The Morning Post' (pub.Lon) 17 Jan, from newspapers.bl.uk
: Soper, master of 'The Reform' entered inwards from Xabia [nr.Alicante, Spain] 19 Jan 1839, Customs House [London]; in 'The Morning Post' (pub.Lon) 21 Jan, from newspapers.bl.uk
: Soper, master of 'The Reform' entered outwards for Gibraltar, 28 Jan 1839, Customs House [London]; in 'The Morning Post' (pub.Lon) 29 Jan, from newspapers.bl.uk
: Soper, master of 'The Reform' arrived Bristol from Malaga 23 Apr 1840; in 'The Standard' (pub.Lon) 24 Apr, from newspapers.bl.uk
: Soper, late master of 'The Reform' arrived Plymouth from Newfoundland with loss of boats, bulwarks ext; in 'The Standard' (pub.Lon) 19 Nov 1840, from newspapers.bl.uk
: Frederick Soper, late master of the schooner Reform of Plymouth arrived 16 Dec 1840 with her colours half-mast. The master F Soper, son of Mr Soper merchant was suddenly washed overboard by a heavy wave on the banks of Newfoundland. A boy on board was by the violence of the same sea which deprived him of his captain & friend, thrown on the deck & fractured a jaw : [all ports received damaged ships after violent gale, several died]; in 'The Standard' (pub.Lon) 21 Dec, from newspapers.bl.uk
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Frederick Soper of Plymouth, Mar 27, 1841 a will in Oswyn Murray collection : [other Plymouth wills Frederick 1841, Elionai 1866, Elizabeth 1874, Charles 1821]

William Soaper able seaman on 'HMS Larne'; Awarded China Medal, First China War; scan

William Soper ordinary seaman �HMS Bellerophon�; Naval General Service Medal nr.616 for Syria & China 1840-2; scan : [Thomas above also on this ship]

J Soper, master of brig 'The Prize' of Poole, built 1838, 212 tons, owner Gaden & C; Voyage as a collier to Poole; Loyds Register 1840 google books : [a James, master of 'Freedom' 1827-42 collier of Poole]
: J Soper owned 'The Fly' of Plymouth, 93 tons, built 1824, master W Gibbs on voyage to Plymouth; labled missing?; Loyds Register 1840 google books
: J Soper of Newfoundland? owned the 101 ton brig, �Melina� built Newfoundland 1838; voyage London, Hamburg, Plymouth & Portugal; Master J Butler; Loyds Register 1840; Loyds Registrer 1840 google books [J Soper owned the 75 ton scooner, �Melina� built Plymouth 1852]

Henry Soper (1840-?) b.South Brent, Dev, May 1840, Royal Navy nr 41053 : Register of Seamen's Service ref ADM 188/6 www.nationalarchives [not in '41, but '61cen has a Henry, 21 carpenter b.S.Brent, with parents John/Jane]

Capt George Francis Soper (1802-1840) of 19 Rotherhithe Wall. Inquest at Queens Head, Paradise St, Rotherhithe. A bachelor, age 39, addicted to excessive drinking. He died sitting at Mrs William's parlour fire (his landlady). An inquest juryman spoke of the great quantities of spirit he'd ordered in the past 2 months. Verdict exhaustion of the system from intemperate habits : from The Times 25 Sep 1840 : 58/761n : He was born Rotherhithe 20 June 1802 to William & Elizabeth Soper [news article with father Capt William Soper above]
: Capt George Francis Soper (1802-1840) of 19 Rotherhithe Wall. Inquest at Queens Head, Paradise St, Rotherhithe. A bachelor, age 39, addicted to excessive drinking. He died sitting at Mrs William's parlour fire (his landlady). An inquest juryman spoke of the great quantities of spirit he'd ordered in past 2 months. Verdict; exhaustion of the system from intemperate habits, over a long time: The Times 25 Sep 1840: 58/761n : (d.Jul>Sep Rotherhithe bmd)
: Soper v Soper, a Chancery decree. The creditors of William Soper, late of Paradise St, Rotherhithe, Sy, Gentleman, deceased (who d.Nov 1839), are to come in & prove their debts before William Wingfield, Esq. at his chambers, Chancery Lane, London Gazette 10 May 1842 & 'Morning Chronical' paper 10 May scan : creditor deadline 25 Jul 1842 (28 Jun) : Creditors [or representatives for those who�d died! (- Chancery notoriously slow - This was 4�y after death)] to prove claim in Chancery chambers by 17 May 1845 (18 Apr & 2 May)
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Soper Family Monument in St Mary, Rotherhithe (a seaman's church) ; source
: plaque on wall of church (see right & left) presumably made by parents William & Elizabeth between the death of their last dau 1834 & their's 1839 : The couple had out-lived all 4 dau's d.1828 age 28, 1828 age 44, 1833 age 44 & 1834 age 39; their son d.1805 age 13 seems to have been added later : Several plaques in church, some with gaps for additions, but only one that hacks through the frieze running around church.
: In memory of the late united family of William & Elizabeth of this parish. Whose remains are deposited in a vault beneath
: Jane Soper (c1800-1828) d.Aug 1828 age 28 : [d.7 Aug 1828. Brighton 3rd dau of William/Eliz]
: Harriet Hamlyn Soper (1804-1828) d.Oct 1828 aged 39 : [bpt.19 Oct St.M, Rotherhithe; d.of grief for sister 25 Aug 1828]
: Elizabeth (c1789-1833) relict [wife] of John Horsford Head d.Jun 1833 age 44 : [??perhaps 1st dau of Wm & Jane]
: Maria (c1795-1834) d.Mar 1834 age 39 : [??perhaps 2nd dau of Wm & Jane]
: Henrietta, dau of John Horsford & Elizabeth Head d.Jun 1820 age 11m
: Hester Eliza (c1825-1832) d.Sep 1832 age 7
: Benjamin Watts Soper (1828-1828), son of Benjamin & Hester Soper d.Aug 1828 age 1m : [bpt.20 Aug 1828 St.M, Rotherhithe]
: Benjamin Soper (1831-1831) d.Sep 1831 age 3m : [bpt.12 Aug 1831 St.M, Rotherhithe]
: Eliza (1833-1834) d.May 1834 age 11m : [bpt.26 Jul 1833 St.M, Rotherhithe]
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: also William Soper (c1792-1805) son of William & Elizabeth Soper, died in Grenada 28 Jul 1805 age 13y
: also John Horsford Head (c1785-1829), died St Lucia 12 Jun 1829 age 44 [m.Elizabeth Soper 1814]
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The above named William Soper (c1755-1839), Many years treasurer of this parish. Which office he filled to the entire satisfaction of the parishoners, who to evince their high respects & esteem for his services presented him with his portrait & a silver vase. He died 7 Nov 1839 age 84 also
: Elizabeth Soper (c1760-1839) his wife, died 10 Nov 1839 age 79. The memory of the just is blessed : ['wife survived 65h]
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: also : George Francis Soper (c1801-1840) d.21 Sept 1840 age 39 : [bpt.20 Jul 1802 St.M, Rotherhithe; d.of alcholism]
: Hester Soper (1839-1841) d.13 Jan 1841 aged 19m : [bpt.12 Jul 1839 St.M, Rotherhithe; ?a Hester d.Jan>Mar 1841 Rotherham, W.Riding, Yorks (speculate mistrascribed Rotherhithe?)]
also : Benjamin Soper (c1797-1841) d.21 Apr 1841 age 44
: '51cen Heike? Soper 49 widow independent at 1b York Place, Sy, b.Bromley, Sy scan with brother William George Watts 51unm b.Bromley : [not vis '41cen]
: [ sister? a Mary Emma Soper m.Henry Hall esq of Clapham Rd, at St Marks Kennington 8 Jan 1852. dau of late Capt Benjamin Soper : from The Times]
: '61cen Hesta 59, widow & unm dau Maria 34, both b.Bermondsey also unm servants Laura Webb 24 b.Rochford, Essex & Eliza Smith 28 b.Westminster : [Maria not obvious elsewhere]
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: William Soper of Rotherhithe & his descendants. (author?) Philip Soper. 1973. - Devon Library hold a Typescript, in family file : source

Anthony Soper 40-4 in navy (not b.S.set) at High St, Bruton, S.set; staying with John Crofs 30-4 innkeeper, Ann Crofs 30-4, Isabelle Goddard 15-19 servant : scan : m.1821 : [assume family in E.Stonehouse, Dev : '51cen in Dev & '61cen Antony 63 labourer at 6 Victoria St, Charles, Dev; b.Chagford, Dev; Susannah 59 b.Drewsteignton, Dev; children Henry C 23, a plumber, gas fitter & weslian local preacher : Emma Jane* 13 a scholar, both b.Stonehouse, Dev : see son Whenry Coles Soper Windoe Blind Mfr, Lon]

John Soper (c1768-?) 70-4, a fisherman, High St, Swanage, Dorset, with Ruth 70-4 [a John 40, a mariner in same street] : [see 1844 below]

John Soper (c1798-?) 40-4, a mariner, High Street, Swanage, Dorset, with Jane 40-4, Amelia 10, Elizabeth 8, [John 70, a fisherman in same street] : [see 1844 below]

John Soper (c1826-?) 14 a sailor's apprentice at Paignton, Devon, with Mary Soper 18 dress maker & Emma Soper 9. all b.Dev : [ Mary Soper m.John Gliddon Hearn Aug 1851]

Margarette (c1808-?) age 30-34, a sailor's wife b.Scotland at 12 Unicorn St, Portsea Town, Hampshire, with Henry 11 & Margrette 6, also John Marggridge 45-9, a tea dealer : [perhaps the Henry, retired 1841, above was the father?] : [speculate son Henry seaman b.1831c in 1876]

Richard Soper (c1784-?) 55-9 fisherman, at Sham, Maker, Devon, Jane 57, Richard 25-9 fisherman, Jane 20-4, Eliza 20-4 (all except Jane born Devon) : [a Richards 25, a fisherman in same village]

Robert Soper (c1808-?) 30-4 a revenue officer at Patterson St, Stepney, London, with Grace Soper 65-9 & Elizabeth Soper 15-9 servant, next household a mariner (all born outside London)

Thomas Soper 30-4 waterman at Minster, Mary 30-4 both b.Kent; Mary Window 9 scan : [?a Thomas 14 seaman 1814 on HMS Goliath, Rainham, Chatham, perhaps with relative at Gillingham]
: '51cen Thomas Soper 48 widowed waterman at Kings St, Minster, Isle of Sheppey, Kent '51cen, b.Sheerness, Kent; scan
: ?the Thomas Soper, master of James ??, bound 8 Sep 1859; free 13 Nov 1866; Crayford, Kt; Thames watermen & lightermen's binding records, from findmypast
: '61cen Thomas 60unm; waterman at Barrells Yard, Minster, Isle of Sheppy, Kent; b.Sheerness, Kt; ancestry.com : [not vis '71cen]
: Thomas Soper (c1801-1867) d.Jul>Sep 1867, Sheppey, Kent, age 66

William Soaper (c1814-?) 25-9 fisherman at Thand? Maker, Devon with Elizabeth 25-9, William 7m, Elizabeth Williams 65-9, Susane Marks 40 ind & 4 Marks children : [a Richards 50 & 25, fishermen in same village] : [joined navy 1846 below?]

William Soper Parnell (1824-?) 16 apprentice mariner, living alone at 35 Graften Street, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, Lancs (born outside Lancs) : [see 1st voyage as master 1852]

John Soper, commanded 'The Gertrude' Her Majesty's Revenue Vessel : 9 Aug 1841 : The Navy List, June 1848 & 1850 google book [1844?]
: John Soper, master of 'The Gertrude' deputised mariner, seized last night (7 Oct 1841) in Studlands Bay, the smack Britannia of Portsmouth with 173 tubs of spirits, secreted in her cargo of pottery. The crew of 4 in custody; in 'Hampshire Advertiser' 9 Oct, from newspapers.bl.uk

Henry Soper, a naval Gunner, served 4 Apr 1837 to 30 June 1841; Application at Greenwich 9 Sept 1841 : National Archives ref ADM 29/25/210 : [a Henry gunner d.1855]
: Henry Soper, appointed Gunner; In list of officers appointed to commissioned at Plymouth to 'The Caledonia' 120 Capt A Milne (son of Admiral Milne [perhaps his flag ship?]); 'Morning Chronical' (pub.Lon) 29 Apr 1842, from newspapers.bl.uk

J Soper 2nd Master (additional Acting) to 'The Fly'; Royal Navy Appointments, from The United Service Magazine 1842 Google Books snippet : [connection John, 1844 above?] : London Standard m 4 Apr says 2nd Master (additional) ; Morning Post 11 Apr says 2nd Master (acting) , from newspapers.bl.uk
: J Soper owned 'The Fly' of Plymouth, 93 tons, built 1824, master W Gibbs on voyage to Plymouth; labled missing? google books

Richard Soper (1842-?) b.Plymouth, Dev, 15 Jul 1842, Royal Navy nr 43072; Register of Seamen's Service ref ADM 188/10 www.nationalarchives : [boy 1st class 'Magicienne'; China Medal for 2nd Chinese war (1858-60); Medal issued C/89 'Blenhiem' 11 Sep 1862 : scan]
:1860 Richard Soper boy 1st class, 'HMS Magicienne'*; his ship's nr.48; awarded China medal for 2nd Chinese war (1858-1860); Medal issued C/89 'HMS Blenhiem'** 11 Sep 1862 : scan : [*16 gun paddle wheel frigate wiki, crew 175; UK to Hong Kong 1858 & in China Station to abt.1860, at Devonport 1862] : [**60 guns. 1808-65 (so in reserve 1862?)]
: '61cen Richard Soper (c1843-?) a boy 1st class, HMS Magicienne b.Plymouth, aged 18 years 9 months, in crew of 261 under Captain John E Commerell; scan : [Cpt.John Edmund Commerell, made Commander of 'HMS Fury', China 1859 & Capt of 'Terrible', 1866 laying the Atlantic cable] : [Richard's Service Record b.1842?]

George Soper, a naval rating served 7 May 1834 to 16 Mar 1837; Application at Greenwich 30 Apr 1842 : National Archives ref ADM 29/25/290

Thomas Soper ship nr470 boy, then ordinary & able seaman on �HMS Bellerophon�; in boat action; awarded Naval General Service Medal nr.470, Medal & Award Rolls for Syria & China; 1840-2; scan1, 2 & awarded St Jean D'Acre Medal, 8 Jun 1842 scan [from Sultan of Otterman Empire] : [80 guns, wiki, a cruise Apr 1836 to Jul 1841 source; ship bombarded & at fall of St Jean D'Acre (Acre, Isreal) Nov 1840 (Capt.Charles Austen; Jane's brother)] : [William below also on this ship]

Alfred Soper able seaman 1843 USS Powhattan [a steam paddle frigate wiki]

Samuel Soper (owner Nickerson) �Samuel and Thomas� b[ark] of Provincetown, 191ton, sailed 15 Jul 1843 for the Atlantic picture
Robert Soper (owner Soper) �Franklin� brig of Provincetown, 172ton, sailed 9 Jul 1843 for the S.Atlantic reported at 28 Aug 1843 at Fayal with 24sp of oil : fropm Whaleman�s shipping list, Jan 1844 mysticseaport.org : [many other mentions of Soper whalers on this site]

Capt Soper of 'The Betty' took up 42 survivers of 'The Princess Louisa' (E India Co ship) from the island & took them to Virginia, 72 crew lost when struck rock off The Isle of May 18 Apr [now Maio Island, Cape Verde Islands, W of Africa; Perhaps Soper loading island's salt?]; The London Magazine 12 Aug 1843 Google Books snippet

Charles Soper (1844-?) b.Brent, Dev, 27 Oct 1844, Royal Navy nr 62741 : Register of Seamen's Service ref ADM 188/42 www.nationalarchives

John Soaper of Swanage, mariner, declaration of concerning Battle Mill Gate : 2 Feb 1844 : also declaration about Callands Close 29 Dec 1848 Dorset Record Office: ref. D/SEN/28/6/3/12 & 15 www.a2a : [see biog]
: '41cen? a John (c1798-?) 40-4, mariner, High St, Swanage, Dorset, Jane 40-4, Amelia 10, Elizabeth 8* [*more like age 6?], [father? John 70, a fisherman in same street]]
: [assume, J Soper 2nd Master to 'The Fly' 1842]
: [Jane d.Oct>Dec 1848 Wareham (inc Swanage) : husband John a coast guard officer on revenue cutter at Studland the night of 3 Jan 1849 when his house front was swept into sea by swollen river & waves, Mrs Soper drowned, dau 14 & 13 survived (but 7 & 6 in '41cen?)]
: John Soper (c1719-?) a widowed retired former mariner at & b.1851cen Swanage census living with his dau-in-law & 2 grandchildren : [assume son at sea?]
: [John Soper HM Revenue Vessel 'Gertrude']
: ['61cen; John (c1801-?) 60 a 2nd? master RN?, at 5 Broom Field St?, Wyke Regis, Dor; b.Swanage; Mary Ann 43 b.Plymouth, Dev; dau Elizabeth 26, unm, helps mother b.Rutland*, Dor {*Studland}]
: ['71cen Mary A M Soper 63 naval officer widow at 4 Bloomfield Terrace, Wyke Regis, Weymouth; with dau Elizabeth Smith 36 & sister Amelia Hunt 38 builder's widow both b.Studlands, Dorset, also lodger Sarah Brake 26 unm annuitant b.Sherborne]
: [John Soper d.1870, Weymouth, age 69 & Mary Ann M Soper d.1872 Weymouth, age 65, widow of Capt Soper]

Joseph Soper (c1782-?) a Naval Gunner, age on entry: 21; Served: 8 Jun 1803 to 30 Apr 1844; Application at Admiralty 18 May 1844 : Nat Archives ref ADM 29/24/72 : for family see 1824
- jobs at baptisms of his 5 daughters - a gunner on HMS Ashea 1824, 27 & 29 : a mariner 1832 & 35
- '61cen, a Joseph Soper 77 a Greenwich pensioner at St Andrews, Devon, b.Deptford, Kent : wife Elizabeth Soper 67 b.Tavistock, Dev : 2 dau Amy Soper 35, unm & Louisa Harvey 30 m both b.Falmouth

Thomas Soper rank B.2.2 [a boy 2nd class??] on 'HMS Conflict'*; crew list nr.5; Awarded Baltic Medal for Crimean War (1845-55) ; Medal issued Ba453, 9 Oct 1857 'Brunswick'** scan : [*a small wooden, screw, sloop launched 1846, landed troops at capture of Libau May 1854] : [**80gun 2nd rater]

William Soper rank private on 'Royal William'*; crew list nr.26; Awarded Baltic Medal for Crimean War (1845-55) ; Medal issued Ba173 'Impregnable'*, 18 Apr 1857 scan : [*120 gun, 1st rater] : [**98gun laid-up for 14y, reserve fleet, Devonport]

Thomas Soper 48 widowed waterman at Kings St, Minster, Isle of Sheppey, Kent '51cen, b.Sheerness, Kent; scan

William Henry Soper (1845-?) b.North Bovey, Dev, 20 Mar 1845, Royal Navy nr 76104 : Register of Seamen's Service ref ADM 188/65 www.nationalarchives

James Soper (1845-?) b.Salcomb, Dev, 1 May 1845, Royal Navy nr 50889 : Register of Seamen's Service ref ADM 188/23 www.nationalarchives

Soper, master of 'J J Grieve' arrived at Liverpool from Newfoundland; in 'The Manchester Times' 8 Jan 1848, from newspapers.bl.uk; scan

John Soper (naval career started?) 26 Aug 1847; RN Officer's Service Record ADM 196/76 from National Archives

James Soper (1847-?) b.Devonport, Dev, 1 Sept 1847, Royal Navy nr 50245 : Register of Seamen's Service ref ADM 188/22 www.nationalarchives

John Soper (1847-?) b.Portsmouth, Hants, 16 Apr 1847, Royal Navy nr 79576 : Register of Seamen's Service ref ADM 188/70 www.nationalarchives : BMD register, John Walters Soper b.Mar>Jun 1847, Portsea to Samuel Walters Soper private R.Marines, m.Fanny Crick 1875, Camberwell
: '51cen John W 4 at & b.Hants : [[no more details] :
: '61cen John (c1847-?) age 14, b.Portsea, Hants, a 'boy in HMS', living at 57 ?Emma? St, East Stonehouse, Dev; only person living with Sarah Walters b.Devonport [1 of 3 'Heads' at the address; Walters connection?] :
: 1861 John Soper nr.79576, b.16 Apr 1847, Portsmouth, Hants; to 'Centurion' 26 Mar 1861 ships steward's boy; 'Edgar' 17 Jul 62; ''Duke of Wellington' 15 Dec 65; 'Crocodile' 19 Apr 65; ships stewart's ass 19 Apr 66; 'Crocodile' 22 Aug 67; 'Tama' 20 Aug 70; 'Iron Duke' 29 Jul 71; For service in Manilla?; 4 Oct 71 ships steward 3C; to 22 Oct 75 ships steward; Total service 8y 192d; W 10 Nov 1875 Naval Officer & Rating Service Records, scan
: '71cen John ass ships steward 23, b.Portsea; at HMS Duke of Wellington, of Portsmouth Harbour, b.Portsea; inc her tenders Victory, Black Eagle, Firequeen & Sprightly; 53 men listed under Cpt G Hancock : [not vis '81cen]
: 1875 John Soper (c1848-?) assistant ships steward 23, b.Portsea; on HMS Duke of Wellington, of Portsmouth Harbour, Portsea; including her tenders Victory, Black Eagle, Firequeen & Sprightly : 53 men listed Cpt G Hancock; scan (inc an Edward Soper 21 able seaman) : [Replaced HMS Victory as Port Admiral flagship at Portsmouth 1869-91 Victory become her tender) wiki] : [also on HMS D of W, Edward 21 able seaman b.Swanage, Dorset, (not linked yet)]
: 1876 John Walters Soper (1847-1876) d.Jul>Sep Hendon, Lon, age 27

John Soper was the Deputed Officer of Her Majesty's Revenue Vessel, 'The Gertrude'. Stationed at Swanage circa 1847, 35 Tons, Crew of 8, [built?] 9 Aug 41 : [connection 1844 above?] source : [Commanded The Gertrude Jan 1848 revenue vessel list; scan]

Samuel Soper (1847-?), service in the Royal Marine Light Infantry, Plymouth Division, born 1847, Number 299. In a batch of RMLI records 1856-1872 : Public Records Office ref ADM 159/61/299

Richard Soper cook's servant on 'HMS Glory' 1848; record for sale forces-war-records.co.uk

Thomas Soper seaman on 'HMS Bellerophon' 1848; record for sale forces-war-records.co.uk

The 'James Loper' vessel, master Whippey, from the whaling grounds, destination Bay of Islands 25 Nov 1848 blaxland.com
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The 'James Loper' a 348 ton barque, master William Whippey. From New Zealand, on a Whaling voyage from Nantucket via NZ, to Port Jackson 4 Jan 1849, sailed 26 Mar 1849 : 'Could also be the JAMES SOPER although research with master Whippey confirms LOPER' mariners records : 31 Dec 1849 James Loper at Sydney. Voyage, Nantucket via NZ on a whaling trip

William Soper Parnell m.Jan>Mar 1849 Newton Abbott, Dev, (to Sarah Coldridge or Sarah Lambshead)
: William Soper Parnell (1824-?) b.Devon 1824 : Captains Registers of Lloyd�s, C3409 Liverpool. Voyages 1852-5, 1858-73 (vol.11), 1874-9 (vol.23) 1880-5 (vol.38), no voyages listed (vol.53) www.history.ac.uk
: ['41cen 16 apprentice mariner in Liverpool]
: ['71 cen 47, b.Shaldon, St Nicholas, Devon; master mariner of the 'The Mouteyman?'/"Montezuma" of Liverpool, Tranmere; 326 tons, a ship off Tranmere, Cheshire, also chief officer, cook/steward, boatswaine, able seamen x4 & a boy; scan & scan2]
: '81cen, a Mary Jane Parnell Soper 25, governess at Withycombe Dev, b.Bishopsteignton
- William Soper Parnell, (1824-?) master mariner on 'The Mouteyman?' at Cheshire; married, b.Shaldon St Nicholas, Devon. Ten on board, a Chief Officer 29, Cook 22, Boatswain 33 & 6 Able Seaman 17-40 [1st voyage as master 1852]
- William Soper Parnel Examining board at Liverpool, certificate 3409 O C [=a Master Ordinary] : Master & Mates List 1857 Mercantile Navy List
- William Soper Parnel m.either Sarah Coldridge or Sarah Lambshead at Newton Abbott Jan>Mar 1849 : Catherine's Marriage Index
: 1901 William Soper Parnell, Onondaga, Coombe Vale, Teignmouth (p.673) ; Kelly's directory of Devon 1901
: 1906 William Soper Parnell d.Oct>Dec 1906, Newton Abbott, Dev, age 82

Soper master of 'Ann Johnson' sailed from Glasgow for Newfoundland; in 'Glasgow Herald' 13 Apr 1849, from newspapers.bl.uk

John Soper & wife Sarah Soper of Poplar, New Town 1850 Trinity House petition : Trinity House Petitions from BritishOrigins.com : [perhaps a claim for relief?]

Sailors in 1851 Census

Henry Soper (c1812-?) was a seaman, aged 39 on The 'Adolphus Yates', sailing from Brixham [Devon] to Pernambuco [Brazil?] 1851 from Guernsey Crew Lists index : &

Jane Sooper 21 wife of a sailor at 25 Mill Street, Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales '51cen, b.not known; lodging with William Miles 58 master grocer b.Bath, S.set; wife Dinah 36 b.St George, Glos; 3 niece/nephews Greenland 4-12; lodgers Frederick Martin 22 brickmaker & wife Dinah all b.Newport ;John Webber 33unm b.Dev & Richard William 20 b.Newport, Mon laborers scan : [no Sooper m c.1850, no Soper/Miles m; not vis '61cen]

John Soper (c1719-?) a widowed former mariner born Swanage, in 1851 Swanage census, his dau-in law & 2 grandchildren : [assume son at sea connection 1844 above?]

Joseph Soper 67 gunner, superannuated; G.Pen at Adelaide Place, East Stonehouse, Dev '51cen, b.Deptford, Kent; Elizabeth 57 b.Whitechurch, Dev; Martha 28 b.Devonport, Dev; Amy 26 dressmaker b.Flushing, Cornwall; Elizabeth 24 milliner; Louisa 21 milliner; Mary 19 baby linen maker; Eliza 17 shop ass, apprentice all b.Falmouth, Cornwall; also visitor Edward Hooker 23unm shipwright b.East Stonehouse 1824 scan

Mary Soper* 56 married fisherman's wife at 5 Wood Wharf, Greenwich, St Alphauph?, Kent '51cen, b.Wandsworth, London; with grandson Jn? Henry Huntington? 11, scholar b.Greenwich scan : [*miss-transcribed 'Sofer'] : ['41cen not obvious; '61cen not vis]

Rhoda 28 mariner's wife b.Dublin, Ireland at Ram Alley, Totnes; '51cen Elizabeth 2 & Rhoda 1m; b.Dev; scan : [Nicholas m.Rhoda Rennolds 1848, Totnes]

Richard Soper (c1794-?) fisherman at Strand, Anthony, Cornwall, 57 b.Kingsand, Dev & wife Jane Soper 56 Callington, Cornwall at Strand, Antony '51cen : [see Cornwall]

Richard Soper (c1819-?) fisherman at Back St, Antony, Cornwall 32 & wife Sarah H Soper 23 & Richard Soper 6m at Back St, Antony, Cornwall, all b.Maker, Devon, '51cen : [Richard m.Sarah Hammond '1849 St Germans]

William Soper 28 waterman at Gilbert Street, Runcorn, Cheshire '51cen; Mary Soper 25; Edward Soper 4; Sarah Soper 2; Jane Soper 4m all b.Runcorn, Cheshire scan

William Soper 24 mariner at Rogers Lane, Poole, St James, Dor '51cen, b.Poole lodging with Edward Taplin grocer, wife Mary W, both b.Andover & Mary Downing, house servant 29 b.Woncham scan : [?a William Napier Soper m.Selina Manston 1851, Southampton]

Joseph Soper, 7 Woolster St, Plymouth, Devon in both 'Merchants' & 'Ship Owner' sections : Slater�s Directory for Devon 1852-3 [Joseph Soper Okehampton ship owner 1822 : J Soper 1860]

John Soper HM Revenue Vessel 'Gertrude'; from Thom's Directory of Ireland pub.1852 Google Books snippet : [connection 1844 above?] : [an officer on Gertude 1847]

William Soper Parnell (1824-?) b.Devon 1824 : Captains Registers of Lloyd�s, C3409 Liverpool. Voyages 1852-5, 1858-73 (vol.11), 1874-9 (vol.23) 1880-5 (vol.38), no voyages listed (vol.53) www.history.ac.uk : [see 1st voyage as master 1852]

Capt Samuel Soper on the schooner 'S R Soper' sailed 27 Feb from Provincetown hunting whales in the Alantic. Late July, (Long 22, Lat 34) 3 open row boats were lowered to chase a school of whales, After harpooning a whale, 2 boats found they'd lost the mother ship. The mate & 5 men in one boat reached Cape Fear in 6 days, after much suffering with no shelter or water. He assumed the other boat with Capt Soper & 5 men lost if the mother ship not found : New York Times : Seems Soper survived, NYT 24 Aug 1853 said the 'S R Soper' arrived, but was too short handed to continue 'It's 2 lost boat crews had a narrow escape' : Guardian article 14 Sept : In NZ newspaper May'54, 'Capt Soper hailed from Provincetown' : Ship built 1832 & lost 1870, see 1865

William Henry Soper (1853-?) born Devonport, Devon, 1 Sept 1853, Royal Navy nr 91307 : Register of Seamen's Service ref ADM 188/98 www.nationalarchives

Henry Soper (c1789-?), a naval gunner; age on entry: 32; Served: 9 Dec 1821 to 24 Jun 1853; Application at Whitehall 13 July 1853 : Nat Archives ref ADM 29/24/220 : [a Henry gunner d.1855]
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: Henry Soper superannuated gunner RN, advertised he would no longer be answerable for debts of his wife Margaret Soper after date of this notice 13 Oct; in 'Hampshire Telegraph' (pub.Southampton) 14 Oct 1854, from newspapers.bl.uk : scan : [a Henry gunner d.1855]

James Soper Sto [ker?] & leading seaman on 'HMS St Jean D'Acre' recorded in list of sailors & marines awarded the Baltic Medal (nr.154) in the Crimean War 1854-8. In the Crimean War, a British & French fleet entered the Baltic, capturing Bomarsund harbour & an Aland Island : scan & scan : [HMS St Jean d'Acre (1853-75) a 101 gun screw, 2 deck battleship wiki; 930 men, 1853-61]

Charles Soper/Toper (c1820-?) an unassisted immigrant, age 34 sailed from Southampton on 'Queen of the South', arrived [Melbourne?] 4 Jul 1854 'Or Toper, Steward, British; & Melbourne in SMH : status 'C' [crew?] : from NSW immigrant list
William Soper, steward, a passenger on 'Queen of the South' 1,253tons from Southampton to Sydney NSW 4 Jul 1854 [Apart from a normal crew & master, the passengers consisted of a full passenger vessel's crew including 2 captains, presumably going out to crew vessel/s] : NSW records

John Henry Soper (1854-?) b.Plymouth, Dev, 24 Jul 1854, Royal Navy nr 57287 : Register of Seamen's Service ref ADM 188/33 www.nationalarchives

Richard Soaper (?-1854) a superannuated warder [ie retired], died: 14 Dec 1854. Notes on executor's application for money owed by the Royal Navy. Number: 147 : Public Records Office ADM 45/33/147

W Soper, appointed sawyer at Dock Yard, Devonport on �20; in 'Hampshire Telegraph' 28 Oct 1854, from news.bl.uk; scan [??a William D Soper 43, ships carpenter in Jersey '81cen]

a Soper recorded in list of sailors & marines awarded the Baltic Medal 1854-7. In the Crimean War, a British & French fleet entered the Baltic, capturing Bomarsund harbour & an Aland Island : scan for sale Theoriginalrecord.com

George Soper (1821-?) a steward & 'passenger', age 34 on 'Queen of the South' of London, an iron, screw steamer sailed from Southampton 4 July 1854 to Sydney (then continued round the world) 37 crew, 125 passangers. The jobs of the most of the passengers show them to be a complete ship's crew. mariners records

Henry Soper a superannuated gunner, died 14 Apr 1855. Notes on executor's application for money owed by the Royal Navy. Will attached. : Number: 329. Public Records Office ADM 273/1/209 [probably 2+ Henrys below??]
: 1821 ?a Henry Soper (c1789-?) naval gunner; age 32 (on entry) Served: 9 Dec 1821 to 24 Jun 1853; Application at Whitehall 13 July 1853 Nat Archives ref ADM 29/24/220
: 1821 Henry Soper, (c1789-?) a gunner, born Plymouth; Age on entry: 32; [??perhaps 32 in 1836?] Served 9 Dec 1821 to 30 June 1836 : Nat Archives ref ADM 29/3/328 : [perhaps d.1855?]
: 1826 Henry Soaper, naval rating, born Devonport served 28 May 1829-2 Jul 1839 : Certificate of Service issued by the Admiralty, 15 Jan 1840. : ADM 29/22/145 : ADM 29/22/145 : Nat Archives : [possibly this Henry, if he enlisted aged abt 17]
: 1826 a Henry Soper, coxswain to Capt Freemantle, to be gunner of 'The Jasper', Naval Appointments; in 'Caledonian Mercury' (pub.Edinburgh, Scotland), 30 Mar 1826, from newspapers.bl.uk
: 1834 Henry Soper able seaman to 'Redwing' 9 Dec 1821, age 32 [?so b.c1789?] Plymouth Dock; 26 Sep 1822 Gunrs crew; 11 Feb 1824 'Jasper' gunners mate; 28 Mar 26 gunner; invalided; 27 Dec 1828 Portmo[outh?] ord'; 1 Oct 1929 'Rapid'; 21 Jul 33 'Cadmos' Portm[outh?]; 23 Nov 33 'Blanche'; 9 Mar 34 'Excellent'; Total service 8y 11m 1d10 Aug 36 sent to Admiralty in answer to question, how long he had been at sea scan
: 1836 Henry Soper, (c1789-?) gunner, b.Plymouth; Age on entry: 32;
: 1836 Mr Soper gunner of the Excellent received �5 for a life bouy & bronze medal in Manufacturers & Mechanics Section : distribution of many prizes at Hanover Sq Rooms by The Society of Arts; from Sydney Gazette & NSW Advertiser, 18 Oct 1836 Oz Papers
: 1841 ?a Henry Soper, a naval Gunner, served 4 Apr 1837 to 30 June 1841; Application at Greenwich 9 Sept 1841 : National Archives ref ADM 29/25/210 : [so not this Henry unless re-registered?]
: 1842 Henry Soper, appointed Gunner; In list of officers appointed to commissioned at Plymouth to 'The Caledonia' 120 Capt A Milne (son of Admiral Milne [perhaps his flag ship?]); in 'Morning Chronical' (pub.Lon) 29 Apr 1842, from newspapers.bl.uk
: 1854 Henry Soper superannuated gunner RN, advertised he would no longer be answerable for debts of his wife Margaret Soper after date of this notice 13 Oct; in 'Hampshire Telegraph' (pub.Southampton) 14 Oct 1854, from newspapers.bl.uk : scan : [no Henry/Margaret m in bmd (starts 1841)]
: 1855 Henry Soper superannuated gunner, died 14 Apr 1855 Public Records Office : [so either Henry d.Jan>Mar 1854, St Thomas, [Exmouth], Dev; or Henry Thomas d.Apr>Jun 1854, Greenwich, Lon] : [some of above may be 2 Henrys?]

John Robert Soaper b.Devonport, Devon, register of seamans services 14 Dec 1855, Royal Navy nr 56429 : Register of Seamen's Service ref ADM 188/32 www.nationalarchives

William Soper (1855-?) born Exmouth, Devon, Jun 1855, Royal Navy nr 101177 : Register of Seamen's Service ref ADM 188/117 www.nationalarchives

Sarah Soper Worth, Widow of Captain Royal Navy, who died: 7 May 1856. Notes on executor's application for money owed by the Royal Navy 1855-1856 : ADM 45/35/735 [Captain Worth 'Voyage of HMS Calypso, to the Pacific, pub London, 1852 (20 guns) : Charlotte Augusta Searle m.Captain Worth, she died 1841, without issue source] A Capt Worth snr, HMS Cyane 24 guns in action 1813 & HMS Venerable 74guns 1815 google books : Capt Henry John Worth (1804-1852) (son of Capt Worth snr) his obit 'wife Charlotte d.1842', but no mention of remarriage, He d.27 June at Windsor age 48] perhaps Capt Worth snr

John Soper (1856-?) b.Stoke Gabriel (nr Totnes), Devon, 4 Apr, Royal Navy nr 87186 : Register of Seamen's Service ref ADM 188/91 www.nationalarchives
[? a John b.1856 Totnes, Devon : Army Pensioner's Record from National Archives (scans available from findmypast)] : ['61cen/'71cen not obvious]

John Henry Soper (1856-?) b.Devonport, Devon, 2 Mar, Royal Navy nr 85315 : Register of Seamen's Service ref ADM 188/80 www.nationalarchives
?20 May 1884 John Henry SOAPER 28 bachelor Seaman RN HMS Duke of Wellington & Alice KNIPE 17 spinster 5 Hawke St married by Registrar�s certificate both signed fathers John Thomas SOAPER Blacksmith & William KNIPE Stonemason in the presence of Amelia MILLER & William ASHBY http://www.knightroots.co.uk/transcriptions/Parishes_P/Portsea_Portsmouth_Southsea/Marriages/marriages.htm

? Soper, of 'nation England', a quarter master on steam ship 'London' 800 tons from Melbourne to Sydney NSW 7 Sep 1856 : NSW records]

William John Soper, bound 9 Oct 1856; freed 13 May 1873, Deptford; master John Hoar; Thames watermen & lightermen's binding records, from findmypast : [??a William John Soper b.Oct>Dec 1841, Greenwich, Lon]

Samuel Soper member of King Hiram's Lodge of Provincetown, Massachusetts (founded 1795) was ships agent of '132 ton schonner 'E Nickerson', Capt.John Pettengil 16 Jun 1857; Capt.Robert C Soper accepted [into KHL?] 19 Nov 1860; Capt Robert Soper member of 158ton 'Mermaid' when lost to rebel privateer 'Calhoun' http://www.kinghiramslodge.org/history_part1.htm

Richard Soper boy 1st class, 'HMS Magicienne'*; his ship's nr.48; awarded China medal for 2nd Chinese war (1858-1860); Medal issued C/89 'HMS Blenhiem'** 11 Sep 1862 : scan : [*16 gun paddle wheel frigate, crew 175; UK to Hong Kong 1858 & in China Station to abt.1860, at Devonport 1862] : [**60 guns. 1808-65 (so in reserve 1862?)] : [Richard's Service Record b.1842?]

George Benjamin Soper (1856-?) b.London, 14 Sept, Royal Navy nr 112238 : Register of Seamen's Service ref ADM 188/139 www.nationalarchives : [George Benjamin Soper m.Elizabeth Hall 1886 at Lambeth, Lon]
: '81cen the George B (c1857-?) 24, b.London, Acting ERA [Engine Room Artificer], HMS Temeraire, a 1st Class, amour-plated ship, in Grand Harbour, Malta; on Mediterranean station; under Capt.Henry Nicholson; Built at Chatham Dockyard, launched 9 May 1876. A central battery/barbette ship, 8,540 tons. In Mediterranean Fleet, crew 580; scan & scan.b source (She shelled Alexandria, 1882) source
: 1883 G B Soper Engine Room Artificer, 'Temeraire'; nr.5007; Egyptian Medal nr.253 with Star & Alexander clasp?, for Egypt campaign 1882 delivered 21 Apr 1883; scan

John Soper certificate nr.13752 Class Examined as O C [Master Ordinary - can command vessel] at London (neighbouring certs 1852-55)
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William Soper Parnell certificate 3409, O C at Liverpool' : [see 1st voyage as master 1852]
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William Soper Harding certificate 5730 O C at Liverpool' (neighbouring certs 1851-53); List of Masters & Passed Masters & Mates; The Mercantile Navy List pub.1857 google books

Henry Soper Hanger, Assistant Engineer, 'HMS Edinburgh', who died: 7 Mar 1857, number 411. Notes on executor's application for money owed by the Royal Navy. Will attached : Public Records Office ref ADM 45/38/411 : Records of Effects Papers

John E Soper boy 2nd class [?age 15-17, signed on for 12y] on 'Boscawen' [70 gun 3rd rater] on ships book nr.70; Awarded Baltic Medal (1845-55) for Crimean War; Issued Ba 200, Boscawen 23 Mar 1857 scan

Soper master of 'The Unity' sailed from Cowes, Isle of Wight to Newcastle carrying ballast; in 'Hampshire Advertiser' 3 Oct 1857, from news.bl.uk; scan

? Soper (c1828-?) was Quartermaster age 30, English on 400 ton Steam Ship 'The London' of Sydney, 33 crew, (all British), 34 passengers, arrived Sydney from Melbourne 19 Oct 1858 mariners records

William Soper (1858-?) born Diptford near Totnes, Devon, 27 July 1858, Royal Navy nr 111508 : Register of Seamen's Service ref ADM 188/138 www.nationalarchives

Alexander Henderson Sopereargo d.1858 a passenger at sea bmdregisters [?but perhaps immigrant]

James Soper (1859-?) b.Sheerness, Kent, 10 Jan 1859, Royal Navy nr 111105 : Register of Seamen's Service ref ADM 188/137 www.nationalarchives [with parents William/Charlotte '61cen, Minster, Kent]

Edward Soper (1859-?) b.St Lukes, London, 25 Jan 1859, Royal Navy nr 88258 : Register of Seamen's Service ref ADM 188/93 www.nationalarchives [a Thomas Soper in 1861 St Lukes census : age 25 b.St Lukes, a labourer with wife & child : but an Edward Soper b.St Luke's 25 Jan 1856]

Thomas Soper (c1838-?) deserter from HMS Cordelia, 11 Jul 1859 ; description Ordinary Seaman, 21yrs, 5'6", light hair, hazel eyes; marks of bracelets on both wrists; of Eggbuckland, Devon : source [Possibly this was in Polynesia, An English trader, William Fox, was murdered 1856 by a chief on Savaii, Polynesia. In 1859 the Cordelia visited, demanding the murderer & strung him on the yard arm. The ship also visited Tanna Island in 1859 & was in Australia by Dec. Another 2 deserters recorded 28 Apr]

J Soper owned the 75 ton scooner, �Melina� built Plymouth 1852, �sheathed in yellow metal�, surveyed Jan 1857, home port Plymouth, Master J Pinkh�m. Lloyd�s Registry of Shipping 1860 [a James Soper, Plymouth ship owner 1822 & Joseph Soper 1852]
: J Soper of Newfoundland? owned the 101 ton brig, �Melina� built Newfoundland 1838; voyage London, Hamburg, Plymouth & Portugal; Master J Butler; Loyds Register 1840 google books

John L Soper tes? sco? 25 Mar 1843; [might this be a DofB?] W 5 Dec 1860 Royal Navy; Entry Books of Certificates May 60 - Oct 61 scan from Ancestry.com
: John Soper (1839-?) a rating. Application at Whitehall 5 Dec 1860. Born 4 July 1839, Totnes, Dev, See Also Adm 139/254 Cs 25349 Nat Archives ref ADM 29/63/150 : [a John Lear Soper (c1807-?) died 1867 Plymouth others b.1868, 1885 & 1890 (bmd)] : [a Thomas Lear Soper b.1833, Totnes, a seaman]

Henry Soper (1860-?) b.Tiverton, Dev, 25 May 1860, Royal Navy nr 97164; Register of Seamen's Service ref ADM 188/109 www.nationalarchives : [a Henry 2, farmer's son, Brixham '61cen (mariner's daughters '61 cen)]

Soper T Sugden assistant engineer, Acting 3rd class, appointed to 'The Cumberland' 70 guns, at Sheerness, for service in 'The Phaeton' 51gun screw frigate; in 'Standard' 5 Mar 1860, from news.bl.uk; scan : [ Soper Thomas Sugden (1839-1929) see 1867]

Sailors in 1861 Census

Charlotte Soper 60, the widow of naval officer, living at 1 East Villas, Chatham, Kent. unm children Charlotte M Soper 40 : Margaret J Soper 36 : Maria Soper 32 & Elizabeth Soper 30 all b.Chatham, Kent, widow b.St Margarets, Kent [just Charlotte & 5 children '41cen, Caroline Place, Chatham] : [Richard/Charlotte children : Charlotte Margaret Soper abt1813, Margaret Tucker Soper bt.17 Nov '16, Mary & Thomas c abt'17-'21, Maria bt.1 May '22, Elizabeth bt.21 Apr '24, Amelia bt.21 Dec '25] : [see family in Kent & husband Richard? 1813]
: '71cen Charlotte 54 at 2 East Villa, Chatham; Margaret 50; Maria 46; Elizabeth 42 all annuitants, all b.Chatham : scan

Elizabeth A Soper, age 13, 1 of 4 mariner's daughters at Ranscombe, Brixham, Devon : Rhoda Soper 10 : Eva Soper 3 : Susan J Soper 1 all b.Brixham, all mariners daughters, in house of fisherman William Woodgate 38, b.Beer , wife Susan: ancestry.com : [a Brixham mariner b.1860 Only 2 Soper families there, cousin?] : [William, age 16, at sea, presume brother]

Elizabeth Soper 41, the wife of RN Sailor with 3 children, James Soper 12 : Elizabeth Soper 9, both scholars : John Soper 4 all b.Stoke Gabriel. Living at Shake Hill?, Stoke Gabriel, Devon : ancestry.com : [see James stoker below]

John Soper Cornish b.Brixham, Devon 16 a boy on a vessel, Cornwall

George Soper (c1835-?) b.Totnes, Devon, 26unm, stoker at sea on HMS James Watt; crew 808, under Capt.Edward Lodd 56 (47 officers, 561 seamen, 144 marines & 56 boys) scan : [a 91 gun, 2nd rate vessel, Agamemnon Class. Commissioned 1853-62. Crew of 883 under Captain James? H B Wainwright : Rear Admiral Sir Stephen Lashington : source] : [George m.Jane 1870 below]

James Soper (c1828-?) leading stoker 33 married on vessel, b.Stoke, Dev; of 'HMS Leopard' in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; 316 on board; list headed by Sir Stephen Lashington & Cpt.Wainright; scan : [HMS Leopard an 18 gun, 1st class frigate; Capt J F B Wainright in Leopard, West Indies, 1857 assisting Agamemnon laying the Atlantic cable source] : ['41cen perhaps? 13 at Warmhill, Hennock, Dev with James 45 farmer & Sarah 45 : '51cen? John 22 at & b.Dev]
: No James & Elizabeth m.vis bmd : [might she be Narracott? (her grson's name)]
- James Soper b.c1849 Stoke Gabriel [b.not vis bmd; '51cen no James 2 vis, so step-son??] Royal Marine, m.Sarah Elizabeth Adams 1875, Lon
- Elizabeth Soper b.Jul>Sep 1851, Totnes, Dev; m.George Hill Jan>Mar 1874, Totnes, Dev; (at Infirmary? House, Chatham 1878 when brother inlisted)
- John Soper b.Apr>Jun 1857, Totnes RD (b.Stoke Gabriel) ; (Royal Dragoons 1878-86) Ire 82; Egypt 84; Ire 85; m.Sarah Worth Scoble, 1888
: '61cen Elizabeth 41 Shake Hill?, Stoke Gabriel, Dev, wife of sailor in RN; James 12; Elizabeth 9 scholars; John 4 all b.Stoke Gabriel
: '61cen James leading stoker 33m; on vessel, b.Stoke, Dev; of 'The Leopard' in Rio, Brazil; crew of 316 headed by Sir Lashington & Cpt.Wainright; scan : [HMS Leopard an 18 gun frigate; Leopard, W.Indies, 1857 assisting Agamemnon laying the Atlantic cable source]
: '71cen James 54 at Prospect Villa [or bet.Prospect Villa & Hill House], Stoke Gabriel, Dev, naval pensioner (Greenwich); Elizabeth 51; John 14, all b.Stoke Gabriel, Dev; scholar scan & scan ; [son John m.1888] : [James HM Ships, 'Northampton' when brother inlisted 1878]
: '71cen son James 21 pvt royal marines, at Royal Marine Barrack's Plymouth, East Stonehouse; b.Totnes scan
: '81cen James 64 at cottage in village, Stoke Gabriel a greenwich pensioner; Elizabeth 61 a Gnhs pensioner's wife; & grandsons Harry T Soper 5 & Frederick J Soper 3* both b.Stoke Gabriel
: '91cen James 74 pensioner in 4 rooms at Rosemount, Stoke Gabriel, Dev & wife Elizabeth 71 both b.Stoke Gabriel; scan
: ?a James Soper (c1816-1894) d.Apr>Jun 1894, Totnes, Dev, age 78
: ?an Elizabeth Soper (c1821-1895) d.Jan>Mar 1895, Totnes, age 74

William Soper (c1823) b.Kingsand, Dev 11 Apr 1823, fisherman; 5ft 5 1/2in; hair dark brown; fair complion; hazel eyes; 1st went to sea as boy; mate 1845, 91-78 / 12-45 B; 1846 master 94-78 / 6-46; ticketed age 23 at Plymouth Feb 1846; served in RN & foreign service; resides Kingsand; scan
: '41cen William (1812-?) 49 fisherman, at Back St, St Germans '61cen b.Maker, Dev, head; Elizabeth 49 b.Rame, Con; 2 children William 20u ap boatbuilder : Ann E Soper 18u dress maker both b.Maker

James Soper (c1846-?) Boy 15, on Argus [British vessel], at St Sampson Harbour, Geurnsey, Channel Islands 1861 census; b.Plymouth, Devon. In 'household' of master, Thomas Gibbins 42; mate Samuel Carder 32; able seaman William Edwards 28 all married & b.Exmouth; Ab Seamen William Trace 28 b,Liverpool; Aren Weddon 28, b.Exemouth & ord seamen Henery Griffith 21 b.Carmarthenshire; scan : [see 1874?]

James? 'Jm' Soper (c1847-?) ships steward, boy 14 on HMS Centurion; b.Portsmouth, Hants; The Captain, Henry Downing Rogers CD, 52; a 3rd rater, with 80 guns in the Channel squadron : 1861 census; scan : [HMS Centurian, 190ft, launched 1844, sold 1870]

John Soper (c1827-?) 34unm, sailor M.S., unm, living at 22 Brook St, West Teignmouth, Dev with mother Mary Soper 76, a widowed laundress b.Bovey & Jane Soper 29unm laundress both b.Teignmouth Ancestry.com : [parents '41cen]

John Soper (c1801-?) 2nd? master RN?, b.Swanage, Dorset, age 60; at 5 Broom Field St?, Wyke Regis, Dorset, wife Mary Ann Soper 43 b.Plymouth, Dorset & daughter Elizabeth Soper 26, unmarried, helps mother b.Rutland, Dor; Ancestry.com

John Soper (c1847-?) age 14, b.Portsea, Hants, a 'boy in HMS', living at 57 ?Emma? St, East Stonehouse, Dev; only person living with Sarah Walters b.Devonport [1 of 3 'Heads' at the address] : 1861cen : [see '61cen]

John Soper Cornish (c1845-?) b.Brixham, Devon 16, boy on fishing smack 'Peerless' at Cornwall; Crew of 4; James Cornish 24unm master [brother?], mate William Hall 25 & able seaman Samuel Rackley 22unm, all b,Brixam scan : [not vis elsewhere]

Joseph Soper (c1784-?) Greenwich pensioner, 77, b.Deptford, Kent; at 24 Oxford Place, St Andrews, Plymouth, Dev; wife Elizabeth Soper 67 b.Tavistock, Dev; dau Amy Soper 35unm & other dau, Louisa Harvey 30, married both b.Falmouth, Cornwall scan : [a gunner on HMS Ashea 1824]

Nicolas Soper (c1822-?) mariner, boarding at 26? Moon St, Stoke Damerel, Dev with wife Roda Soper both married boarders aged 39, both b.Moira, Dev : 1861 Census. ancestry.com : [Nicholas m.Rhoda Rennolds 1848, Totnes]

Richard Soper (c1784-?) 77 a fisherman at Cleave, St Germans, Cornwall : Jane Soper 78 both b.Maker, Corn

Richard Soper (c1843-?) fisherman 24 at Higher St, Brixham, Dev, b.Stoke Gabriel, Dev; Mary 24 & Mary J 9m both b.Brixham, [then in] Dev
: '71cen Richard 33 fisherman at 9 Mill St, Brixham, Mary 33 b.Stoke Gabriel, Mary J 11, Nicholas 9, Richard 7, Robert 5 & Olive 1 all but Mary b.Brixham, Dev scan & scan2
: '81cen Richard (c1837-?) 44 b.Stoke Gabriel, Dev & two of his sons, fisherman, at Paradise Alley, Brixham, Dev, with wife Mary 44, Mary J 20 gen serv, Nicholas G 19 fisherman, Richard 16 fisherman, Olive 11, Samuel 9, Ida 7, Sidney J 5 all scholars Elizabeth Ellis, 58 widowed sister, all b.Brixham
: '91cen Richard fisherman (employee) 54 b.Stoke Gabriel, at 7 Bay View Rd, Totnes, Dev; Mary 54, Olive 21 dressmaker, Ida 17, Sydney 15 shoemaker, all b.Brixham freecen.org.uk

Richard Soper (c1843-?) a boy 1st class, HMS Magicienne b.Plymouth, aged 18 years 9 months, in crew of 261 under Captain John E Commerell; scan : [an 16 gun steam powered paddle frigate wiki: Capt John Edmund Commerell, made Commander of 'HMS Fury', China 1859 & Capt of 'Terrible', 1866 laying the Atlantic cable] : [Richard's Service Record b.1842?]

Samuel Soper (c1848-?) a 23 year old, private, Royal Marines, HMS Northumberland in Keyham Basin, Devon, b.Totnes, Devon. 739 people under Lieut Clifton : 1861 Census. He was not aboard at the census night ancestry.com

Thomas Soper (c1801-?) a waterman at Barrells Yard, Minster, Isle of Sheppy, Kent : unm, age 60, b.Sheerness : Ancestry.com

Thomas L Soper (c1833-?) 28unm leading stoker on vessel on St Jean d'Acre, Cadiz Bay [HMS St Jean d'Acre (1853-75) a 101 gun screw, 2 deck battleship wiki; 930 men, 1853-61]

William Soper (1812-?) 49 fisherman, at Back St, St Germans '61cen b.Maker, Dev, head; Elizabeth Soper 49 b.Rame, Con; 2 children William Soper 20u ap boatbuilder : Ann E Soper 18u dress maker both b.Maker

William Soper (c1844-?) 17 a 'boy' only person on board 'The David', in Weymouth Harbour, Dorset : '61cen of Weymouth, a brig (in home trade); 150 tons (master Thos Waters) source

William Soper (c1845-?) 16, Boy 1st class, b.Totnes, Dev, on HMS Intrepid in Beirut [now Lebanon]; 97 people listed in census. Commander Joseph K Harrgate. ; scan : [Commander Joseph K Harrgate Intrepid was possibly a 6 gun gunboat built 1855, sold 1864 www.pdavis.nl]
: '71cen : William Soper 27unm cox pinn?, on 'Cambridge', of Plymouth, R N; b.Totnes, Dev scan : [shorebased list of about 570, many officers & seamen; several other Cox 'Pinn?' perhaps a position like pinnicle as 'Cox Forcastle' ext there]

William Soper (1845-?) a boy age 16 on 'The Peerless' at Catwater, Plymouth, Cornwall. Four on board, Master James Cornish 24, unmarried [brother?], a Mate 25, an Able Seaman 22; all b.Brixham, Dev : Registration District, Holyhead, Anglesey : ancestry.com [presume brother of Brixham mariner's daughters '61 cen]

William Soper (1844-?) a 'Boy HMS', age 14 b.Portsea, Hants visiting Sarah Walters at East Stonehouse, Devon (b.Devonport, possibly a widow) ['81 cen a Chief Petty Officer]

End of 1861 census

Capt Soper of Provincetown, of schooner 'Mermaid, a Massachusetts whaler, captured by New Orleans pirates [2 other Provincetown whalers also reported captured]; Boston Journal 16 Jun 1861 nytimes.com

Cpt Soper of British barque 'Concorde' left Singapore for Saigon 28 Dec 1861; "Straights Times"; findmypast.com

Wiliam Soper & 5 other seamen on board the merchant ship 'Ethereal' charged with refusing to go to sea [others un-named, so perhaps Soper the senior or leader?]. They got a month's pay when joined ship previous Thurs [29 Dec]. Brought up Spithead [in The Solent] after a heavy gale Sat. They claimed the damaged forecastle was wet & not fit to live in. 'The Capt kindly offered' alternate space until it 'could be repaired in a few hours of good weather'). Magistrates advised to return to ship, they refused & sentenced to 10 weeks hard labour ; in 'Hampshire Telegraph', Fri 5 Jan 1861, from newspapers.bl.uk : scan : [not obvious in '61cen above 12 weeks later]

George Soper a naval rating, served 4 Oct 1817 to 11 May 1827. Application at Whitehall 3 Jun 1861 : National Archives ref ADM 29/63/317

Frederick Soper (1846-?). a naval rating; b.11 Jan 1846, Hammersmith, M.sex; Application at Whitehall 22 Dec 1862 [presume pension application]. See also Adm 139/573 Cs 17247A : Nat Archives ref ADM 29/67/124 [a Frederic Soper in '61cen, labourer, age 14, b.Hammersmith at Trafalgar St, Hammersmith; m.Jane Yeates ] continuous service nr.17247a; w.22 Dec 1862; UK, Naval Officer & Rating Service Records, 1802-1919 scan
: 1870 ?a Frederick Soper sailor before Newport magistrates for stealing pair trousers from Jacob Isaacs, pawnbroker of Commercial St & stealing Henry Norris's silver watch from the sailors home which he pawned; 3m prison; [8 adult Freds in '71cen but none inNewport; no sailors, or in '61cen]; Western Mail 4 Jun 1870 scan

Henry Soper & 7 other seamen summonsed at Liverpool for refusal of duty on 'Khimjee Oodowjee' [an iron barque of Liverpool, Edward Bates & Sons 1856-88] from Liverpool, to Calcutta. They signed the ships agreement but refused to sail as forecastle was too small. It was 84 cubic feet, 10 more than required by law. Soper & 3 others sentenced 8w hard labour in Bodmin jail, other 4 ordered to sail; 'Royal Cornwall Gazette' 31 Jan 1862, from news.bl.uk; scan : ['61cen no Henry at Liverpool or a sailor] : [??connection to Henry absconding from Hull fishing smack 1864 & Henry 30d prison for signing but not joining 'Fair Wind' from Jamaca to Pensacola 1867]

Soper's the name of the style of the 12ft dia screw of the federal sloop 'Tuscarora'; in 'Freeman's Journal' (pub.Dublin, Ireland),' 11 Aug 1862, from news.bl.uk; scan

James Soper (1819-?) a naval rating, b.18 Nov 1819, Stoke Gabriel, Devon. Served: 21 July 1863 to 21 Sept 1863. Application at Whitehall 19 Aug 1863 : Nat Archives ref ADM 29/67/422 [not in '61cen]

Henry John Soper b.21 Jul 1845 Plymouth, Dev; SE.562 Entered age 20y 4m; 13 Jul 1863 passed highly creditably for 1st class at Devonport, SE.2038; 29 Nov 1865; Station, home; Having undergone a course of instruction at Kensington, was entered as 2nd class Assistant with seniority to date he completed his Engineer Studentship, 29 Nov 1865; 1 May 1868 1st class certificate from D of E; 2 Aug 1868 Northumberland, commissioned; 29 Nov 1868 promoted Ass Engineer 1st class AO.3126; 2 Aug 1869 dischaged service at own request; scan [Henry John (1845-1900) b.21 Jul Plymouth, Dev [b.Jul>Sep Plympton RD]; m.Mary Andrews 1872 Plymouth; tax officer; d.Cardiff]

Henry Knapman Soper m.Arabella Hammett Jul>Sep 1863, Stoke Damerel, Dev; [b.c1841 S.Brent]
- Arabella Melinda Soper 'Milly' b.Jan>Mar 1864 Stoke Damerel; dressmaker; m.1890 Plymouth (& a Arabella Melinda F b.Jul>Sep 1901 St Germans, Con) (Arabella m.17 Jun 1890 at Ridgeway to John Thomas of Launceston; dau of Henry of Underwood, Plympton; in 'Royal Cornwall Gazette' 26 Jun, from http://newspapers.bl.uk/blcs/"]
- Henry John Soper 'John?' b.Jan>Mar 1865, Stoke Damerel, Navy carpenter/officer m.Margret Hannah Hall 1887 Stoke]
? - Charles Thomas Soper 'Thomas?' b.Jul>Sep 1869, Stoke Damerel
- Edith Soper b.Jul>Sep 1875, Stoke Damerel; m.William John Perraton Jul>Sep 1898, Plymouth, Dev
'51cen ?a Henry 11 scholar with family John 50 shoemaker at S.Brent, (Totnes); Jane 54; John 23 shoemaker; Elizabeth 17 shoemaker all b.S.Brent ; scan
: '61cen ?Henry20, carpenter at & b.S.Brent
: (?a Henry refused to sail from Jamiaca, 1867?)]
: '71cen Henry (c1841-?) stoker RN 30, at 14 Pym St, Morice Town, Stoke Damerel, Devonport; b.Brent, Dev; Bella 28, b.Kingsbridge, Dev; Milly 7 scholar; John 6 scholar; Thomas 2 all b.Stoke Demerel, Dev scan; (25 people in 5 households in building)
: '81cen Henry 40 leading stoker at 65 Albert Rd, Stoke Damerel,�b.Sth Brent; Arabella 38 b.Kingsbridge; Milly 17u dressmakers app; Henry J; 16u shipwright apprentice with family ; Thomas 11; Edith 5 all b.Stoke Damerel
: '81cen Henry married, age? South Brent, Dev. Ld Stoker Seaman; from Ships in Port. Vessel: "HMS Indus" at Devonport : [assume Henry's entry duplicated at his family home in South Brent] source
: 1882 H Soper leading stoker on 'Falcon'; His ship's nr.57; Awarded Egyptian Medal nr.10610, 8 Apr 1888 for Egypian campaign 1882 delivered to 'Indus'? 4 Aug 1886; scan
: '91cen Henry K 50 farm lab (em'ee) in 4 rooms at 1 Boringdon View, Plympton St Mary, Dev; b.S.Brent; Arabella 48 � b.Kingsbridge; Edith 15unm draper's apprentice b.Devonport; also Mini Frost 11 scholar b.Plymouth; scan
: '01cen, Henry 60 chief petty officer HMS retired at Station Rd, Newquay, Cornwall; b.S.Brent; Arabella 58 b.Kingsbridge, Dev; with son-in-law William J Perraton 25 confectioner & empire hotel keeper b.Gunnislake, Con; Edith Perraton 25 pub b.Devonport; dau Winifred 1 b. Newquay & servants, waitress 22, cook 28, shop ass 23 & baker 25 & boarder Seymour Darlington 30unm mechanical engineer b.Birmingham scan
: 1901 Henry of Underwood, Plympton when dau m.
: '11cen, Henry 70 in 7 rooms at 2 Cheltenham Villas, Plympton St Mary, Dev; b.S.Brent; Arabella 68 {m.47y} b.Kingsbridge, Dev; with son in law William John Penaton 34, baker & confectioner (employer) b.Gunnislake, Callington, Con, Edith Penaton 35 {m.13y, 4 births, 4 alive} b.Albert Road, Devonport, Audry 9, Gwendoline 5 both b.Plympton & William Jack 2 b.Plympton, St Maurice & dom servants Emily May 22unm & May Hayman 17 both b.St.M scan : [their deaths not vis bmd]

Mr Soper owned 'The Keturah' 1863, 151 Tons, Registered Port: Plymouth, Master: Mr Pinkham : by 1867 Mr Pinkham was the vessel's owner : Devon Record Office: Devon Crew Lists : ref 1976/Keturah/5813

Soper, master of schooner 'J W Birdsall', of Virginia, arrived 23 Dec 1863 with wood. New York Times

James Soper (1864-?) b.Saint Charles Plymouth, Devon, 8 Oct 1864, Royal Navy nr 112182 : Register of Seamen's Service ref ADM 188/139 www.nationalarchives

Richard Soper, b.Brixham, Dev; nr.2555D; Date 18 May 1864, record BT 164/9 : Royal Naval Reserve Records of Service from nationalarchives
: '81cen Richard 16 fisherman with father Richard (c1837-?) 44 at Brixham; '01cen Richard 37 fisherman Brixham : [father Richard m.Mary Prowse Farley 1859, Totnes]

Joseph Soper RN of Plymouth's 4th dau; Mary Soper m.R Stephens, builder of London, 3 Aug 1864 at Stoke Church; son of R Styephens, 'Royal Cornwall Gazette', 12 Aug, from newspapers.bl.uk : [m.not vis bmd]

Thomas Soper Talbot (c1786-1864) bur.11 Apr 1864 St.Marys, Melcombe Regis, age 78, waterman; source : [Thomas Soaper Talbott m.Phillis Bates 1811]

Thomas George Soper (1864-?) b.St Ives (nr.Liskeard), 22 Oct 1864, Royal Navy nr 111890 : Register of Seamen's Service ref ADM 188/138 www.nationalarchives: [assume parents Thomas/Susanne m.1859]
: '81cen Thomas G Soper (c1865-?) aged 16, b.Liskeard, Cornwall, Boy 2 Class : Ships in Port '81cen on 'HMS Impregnable' [no port given, at sea?] source
: 1882 Thomas G boy 1st class on 'Euryalus'; His ship's nr.10.53; Awarded Egyptian Medal nr.8994; for Egypian campaign 1882; medal awarded 10 Jun 83 & sent to 'Euryalus' 30 Jun 1883 scan
: [?'91cen Thomas 27 widow? royal marine alone at 4 Adelaide Pl, East Stonehouse, Dev. b.Con]
: '01cen with parents Thomas 70 b.Eggbuckland, Dev arsenical mundie miner at St Ive, Cornwall; Susanna 64 b.Buckland M & Thomas 36 arsenical mundie miner; Minnie 23 & Mabel 5m all b.St Ive]
: '11cen Thomas 81 a farm lab b.Eggbuckland, Dev, at Pensilva, St Ive, Liskeard (4 rooms), b.Eggbuckland, Dev; wife Susanna 74 (m.12y 12 children inc 6 died), b.Bucklandmann, Dev; unm son Thomas George 46 [no job mentioned] b.?Kercsidred, Con
: [a Thomas G Soper d.Jul>Sep 1912 Liskeard age 47]

Henry Soper was charged with absconding from the service of his master Mr Halfyard, fishing smack owner; Prison 21d hard labour; in 'The Hull Packet' 30 Dec 1864, from news.bl.uk; scan : [no Yorks links] : [??connection to Henry absconding from Hull fishing smack 1864 & Henry 8w hard labour for refusing to join 'Khimjee Oodowjee' Liverpool, to Calcutta 1862]

Hester Soper (c1813-1864) widow of Capt Benjamin Soper, died 29 Jan 1864, aged 51, at 14 Percy Place, Clapham Rd : from The Times 1 Feb : 55/211p [married 1824]

Charles Soper (1864-?) b.Clerkenwell, London, 10 Aug 1864, nr124895, Admiralty's Registers of Seamen's Services nationalarchives.gov.uk ADM 188/164 : [perhaps the Charles Soper b. c1866 �Boy Under Training�, "HMS Arethusa" at Swanscombe, Kent '81cen]

Walter Soaper, an apprentice, washed overboard & drowned. 'The Advice' of Hartlepool was wrecked on the Durham coast nr Whitburn 9 Oct, she was 'laden with deals from Riga'. She spung a leak in a gale & her pumps & became disabled. All the other crew rescued by the coastguard with rocket apparatus. Several ships lost in the gale all 'ill-found, under-manned & leaky', 8 Oct 1865 1865 from The Times 13/26a : The Cork Examiner death notice 16 Oct said died at sea, Tyne & Wear area [presume Walter J Soaper 10 b.Whitechapel '61cen (& not in '71cen)]

Edward Soper Master of the schooner �William H. Kenzel� of New Jersey (owner William H Kenzel), commenced this ledger Nov 1865 the year the Civil War ended; 360 hgand written pages; ship spent most of her time at sea inc Baltimore, Alexandria, Georgetown, Chesapeake, Galveston, Potomac, Cuba; also Edward d.13 Feb 1885 Waretown Ocean County NJ; estate 10 Mar 1885; for sale $650 GoogleBooks.com

Henry Soper, & Franz Pichloff, seamen on board brigatine 'Patella', charged with stealing hempen rope, value 13s, from John Mann, master & owner; 6 weeks hard labour at Grimsby Police Court 26 Jan 1865; Stamford Mercury 3 Feb : [not linked]

'S R Soper' 130 tons, built in Scituate, 1832 : Samuel Soaper capt when her 3 row boats were lost 1853 : Owned & sailed by Robert O Soper 1865, whaling : She was lost on Bird Island, 25 May 1870 : History of Shipbuilding on North River, Plymouth County, Massachusetts - 1889 : from GoogleBooks.com

John Samuel Soper (1865-?), b.Devonport, Dev, 22 Apr 1865, nr130787, Admiralty's Registers of Seamen's Services nationalarchives.gov.uk ADM 188/176 : [m.1892]

H Soper engineer's student ordered to be sent to the school of Naval Architecture from Devonport dockyard; in 'Morning Post' 26 Oct 1865, from news.bl.uk; scan : [assume Henry John, commissioned 2nd class Ass Engineer 1868]

Soper & Moyse & Owner of 'The Emma' (47908), 1866. Master, Moyse. A 38 ton ship, Registered Port: Plymouth, Devon : Devon Record Office: ref 1976/Emma/47908 [see also 1876 & 1900] www.a2a

Joseph Soper d.27 Jun 1866, superannuated gunner, Royal Navy of Plymouth, Dev; died at 24 Oxford St, Plymouth, will proved Exeter 21 Jul 1866 to George Gray, Plymouth, painter, one of the executors; estate under �200; from Probate Calender, scan [Joseph Soper (c1784-1866) d.Apr>Jun 1866, Plymouth, age 82]
: '61cen Joseph 77 Greenwich pensioner St Andrew, Dev; b.Deptford, Kt; Elizabeth 67 b.Tavistock, Dev; Amy 35, unm & other dau, Louisa Harvey 30m both b.Falmouth, Con

J B Soper, Barnstable, Dev owned 'Dauntless', Dartmouth; nr4097; 221 tons JBDF; from The Mercantile Navy List 1867 : [John Browne Soper (c1840-72) m.1863 Eton, Berks, a spirit merchant of St Saviors, Dartmouth]
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William Soper, Stokenham, Dev owner ship 'Bazaleel', Dartmouth; nr 15294; 130 tons, LRQM; from The Mercantile Navy List 1867 Google Books snippet

Henry Soper, refused to join the ship 'Fair Wind', after signing articles for a voyage from Jamaica to Pensacola, with the view of defrauding the Sailor's Home of the advance for board & lodging. Having persisted in refusing to join the ship, the magistrate at Jamaica Police Court, sentenced him to 30 day's imprisonment. From 'Jamaica Daily Gleaner', 11 June 1867 : [??a Henry Soper able seaman b.1831c in Lon>Sydney 1876] : [??connection to Henry 8w hard labour for refusing to join 'Khimjee Oodowjee' Liverpool, to Calcutta 1862 & a Henry absconding from Hull fishing smack 1864]

Soper Sugden (1839-1929) b.28 Jan 1839 [from RN record ; 1859 record says 4 Jul 1839] : BMD Register Jul-Sep, Malling District, Kent : vol 5 page 293
Soper J Sugden, Engineer RN Officer's Service Records, 16 Sept 1859; Malling, Kent, born 4 July 1839 [so not 28 Jan?] ref ADM 196/24 Nation Archives
T Soper Sugden assistant engineer, Acting 3rd class, appointed to 'The Cumberland' 70 guns, at Sheerness, for service in 'The Phaeton' 51gun screw frigate; in 'Standard' 5 Mar 1860, from news.bl.uk; scan
Soper T Sugden Assistant Engineer 3rd class (acting) in 1861 census, single, age 21, b.Addington, Kent on board 'HMS Cumberland' ancestry.com, perhaps 1,050 names
Soper T Sugden of 'The Wanderer' promoted to be Acting 1st Class Assistant Engineer; Admiralty 6 Nov 1963; in 'Morning Post' 7 Nov 1863, from news.bl.uk; scan
Soper Thomas Sugden to be Engineer in Her Majesty's Fleet, Admiralty notice 23 Mar 1867 (Soper listed as 1st name 'Soper Thomas Sugden') from London Gazette 26 Mar, The Times 27 Mar: 61/211p (London Gazette 26 Mar) & in 'Morning Post'; scan
- 'June 1870 : 479 - Sylvia 16 Oct 1867 from RN Engineer List [HMS Sylvia, a 185 ft, wooden Cormorant class gunvessel, launched 1866 as a survey vessel. On the China station 1866-1873. 4 guns, screw powered source]
- Soper Thomas Sugden - nr 496 engineer seniority 23 Mar 1867 : Engineer 12 Jan 1872
- Soper Thomas Sugden - married Apr-Jun 1871 to (Emily Sarah Shepherd?) : marriage registered Epping District : vol 4a, page 102
- Soper Thomas Sugden (c1840-?) a engineer, Royal Navy 31 '71cen, b.Addington; at Ryarsh St, Private House, Park Corner, Ryarsh; with father Chatham Sugden 71 retired paymaster RN b.Brompton, Kt, dau Mary Ann Sugden 37unm b.Gillingham & sister in law Elizabeth Heaven 61unm b.Ryarsh : scan
- Soper J Sugden (c1844-?) a engineer 27, '71cen, b.Sheerness; in Reserve of Sheerness at Minster, Sheerness 'Borne on the books but not on board' (page 51 of 52 so abt 1,000 names?) : scan
- Soper Thomas Sugden engineer RN, m.Emily Sarah Shephard 3 Jun 1871 at St Johns, Buckhurst Hill, Essex; 2nd son of A Sugden, paymster RN; only dau of John Shepherd of Buckhurst Hill; by Rev W H Frend; 'Hampshire Telegraph' (pub.Portsmouth) 10 Jun, from newspapers.bl.uk
- Soper T Sugden engineer to 'Monarch'; Naval Appointments; in 'Hampshire Telegraph' 8 Nov 1871; scan
- T Sugden Soper engineer, to 'The Euphrates'; 'Hampshire Advertiser' 3 Oct 1874; scan; [an Edwin, seaman on 'Euphrates' 1873]
- T Sugden Soper 1st class ass engineer to 'The Asia' as supernumerary (with 3 others); in 'Daily News' 21 Sep 1874; scan : [& 4 days later]
- T Sugden Soper engineer to 'The Euphrates' (with 3 others); in 'The Standard' 25 Sep 1874; scan
- engineer in HMS Asia to HMS Thunderer, [a battleship wiki], 31 May 1875 : Admiralty appointments, : 77/211p
- Soper T Sugden nr405 engineer 23 Jan 1875 : seniority 23 Mar 1867; from The Navy List, 1884
- 'poor Sopers Home affairs' taken up when Heaver Sugden visited Portsmouth. 'I hope he will be able to settle them in such a manner that poor S may not be subject to any annoyance in future if he is well enough'. he will join the Thunderer when commissioned � but if not he will have to go to the hospital � and then after a while � get sick leave � and come among us and be resuscitated. From July 1876 letter from Abraham Sugden at Ryarsh, Maidstone mentioning sons Hever Sugden & Soper Sugden source : Abraham wrote to son Soper Sugden, Oct 76 "I trust your health is improving" & "your service is not required on the Thunderer or other large ships, I do not think you have strength to undertake the duties of them" [Abraham (1799-) {son of Abraham (1776-) wrote to his mother Frances Sugden ne Soper who lived at a Thomas Soper's address, Rainham Kent 1814]
- Soper Thomas Sugden promoted to engineer 23 Mar 1877 His qualifications were a pass for Chief Engineer
- connection to Thomas Soper promoted engineer 28 Oct 1877? [see 1877 'born in Asia' perhaps refers to HMS Asia]
- Placed on the retired list of his rank (engineer), Admiralty 31 Jul 1883 (London Gazette 3 Aug) : 4 Aug 1883 95/211p
- Mr 'Thomas Soper' resigned as Chief Engineer in Contollers Dept to be manager Humphrys, Tenant & Co. The Times wrote; a navy Engineer-in-Chief earns �1000pa +�200 after 5y, this is considerably less than a company pays for superintendant, but he takes complete charge of the steam dept of the greatest steam navy in the world; 'Banbury Advertiser' 18 Apr 1889 scan
- Soper T Sugden (c1840-1929) 57 a retired engineer R N, Navy Officer in 1891 census, married, b.Addington staying at Ryarsh, Kent at sisters house Mary A Sugden, 54 b.Gillingham, single, deaf, living on her own means, another brother 50 & 1 servant
- Soper T Sugden engineer 23 Jan 75: from The Navy List 1891, Admiralty
- Soper Thomas Sugden 61, married in 1901 census. His younger brother John Sugdon 60, single, was household head 'living on own means', also housekeeper 24 [Soper T Sugden d.Jan>Mar 1929 at Malling, Kent, age 89]
- Soper Thomas Sugden, Heaver Sugden, [listed 1st] & Charles Jeremiah Mellin, executors of John Sugden of �Heavers�, Ryarsh, Kent (d.31 Dec 1904) (source 3 Mar 1905) : Soper T Sugden (c1840-1929) d.Jan>Mar, Malling District, Kent, age 89
- connection? perhaps sons? : Alfred Soper Sugden b.Jan-Mar 1867 Islington, London & Ernest Soper Sugden, b.Portsea Island, Hants, 1879 (Ernest m.Lewisham 1906) : connection? to Mrs Sugden & Thomas Soper 1814 her son 14 in Navy?

Henry J Soper 2nd class Assistant Engineer to the Northumberland when commissioned; in Birmingham Daily Post 11 Aug 1868, from newspapers.bl.uk : scan

George Henry Soper b.15 Nov 1868 Deptford, Kent nr.130174, Admiralty: Registers of Seamen's Services (from Nat Archives) :
: [George Henry Walden Soaper bpt.20 Dec 1868, Deptford to George Henry/Matilda Maria (ne Walden) they m.Deptford 2 Feb 1868, igi (George Henry Soper m.? ? Jan>Mar 1868 Greenwich; George Henry W Soper birth reg Jan>Mar 1869, Greenwich)]
: '71cen George Soper 2, grandson at 13 Adolphus St, Deptford, St Paul, Kent; b.Deptford, Kent; Matilda Soper 21 wife of railway clerk; with parents Henry Walden 55 an engine tender at works b.Woolwich, Kt, wife Matilda 55 b.Chelsea Lon; sons Alfred 27 & Henry 18 both b.Greenwich; & lodger Alfred Deal 27 engine fitter : ['81/'91cen George/Matilda not vis (only bmd Matilda m.at S.Stoneham, Kt 1874)] : ['01/'11cen not vis]

Henry John Soper, 2nd class Assistant Engineer, to HMS Northumberland when commissioned : from The Times 11 Aug 1868 : 65/211p & in 'Morning Post'; scan
- H Soper engineer's student ordered to be sent to the school of Naval Architecture from Devonport dockyard; in 'Morning Post' 26 Oct 1865; scan
- promoted 3 Dec, to 1st cl Ass Engineer in Her Majestey's Fleet, with seniority of the 29 Nov 1868; from The Times
- Henry John Soper promoted to 1st class Assistant Engineer in Her Majesty's Fleet; in 'Freeman's Journal' (pub.Dublin), 7 Dec 1868, from news.bl.uk; scan

William Soper a youth apprenticed to Mr Haycock, smackowner charged with absonding 9 Sept. Defence, he'd bound himself without his mother's consent; 30 days prison with hard labour, 2 other absconded lad from boats got 30d also; in 'The Hull Packet' 13 Nov 1868, from news.bl.uk; scan : [not obvious from '71cen; Perhaps a 7y contract, normally from abt age 8/9, but presume later for William without consent, say from 13, so b.c1849-1856?]

William Soper of Southampton, 1 of 18 able seamen on large all British crew of 'Ruahine' 1,018 tons from Wellington to Sydney NSW 1 June 1868 : NSW records

William Soper (c1842-?) an able seaman on 1,018 tons 'The Ruahine' of London, age 26, British (84 crew, all British, 31 passengers), arrived Sydney from Wellington 1 June 1868 mariners records : [see 1869]

William Soper (c1843-?) of London, age 26, 1 of 4 able seamen on 8 man crew of 'Western Star', 179 ton, from Port of Cherebon [Java?] to Sydney NSW 26 Apr 1869, 2 passengers : NSW records : [see 1868]

William Soper able seaman on 179 ton 'Western Star' from Cherebon to Sydney 26 Apr 1869, 8 crew, 2 passengers : mariners records

[William?] Soper (c1840-1870) lost his life, age 30, while diving off Calshot Castle in Southampton Water, Good Friday : Hampshire coroner held inquest. Soper was a diver in India for a few years & was at present a boatswain employed by P&O Co. He asked Thomas, an acquaintance, to find him a divers job. Thomas 1st dived with the suit & equipment, then Soper dived (to 13 fathoms), after a 7 minutes he returned to the surface bleeding, he swooned on the boat & died in a few minutes. Coroner concluded his oxygen had run out & body sent for post-mortem : from Guardian Newspaper, 20 Apr 1870 [a William Soper death registered Apr>Jun 1870, S.Stoneham, Hants, age 30]

'J R Soper', a whaling schooner, of Provincetown, wrecked on Bird Island, Caribbean Sea, 25 May 1870 vessel a total loss, crew saved & reached St Croix in 2 whaling boats on the 20th from New York Times

William Soper, was master of George Thomas Siddall bound 13 Sep 1870 Woolwich; free, drowned; Thames watermen & lightermen's binding records, from findmypast

Frederick Soper Royal Marine Light Infantry 1870; record for sale forces-war-records.co.uk

Thomas Soper b.Portsmouth, Hants 1842 to 1844, on crew lists 1870, 2, 3, 4, 4,& 1877, age 26 to 32 : Crew Lists 1861-1913 findmypast.com : [a Thomas Lear Soper b. Apr>Jun 1842 & a Thomas b.Oct-Dec 1843 both at Portsea Island, Hants]

John Soper d.25 Jun 1870, master mariner of 4 Bloomfield Terrace, Weymouth, Dor; died at Bloomfield Terrace; will proved 22 Jul to Mary Ann Maria Soper of Weymouth, widowed wife, the sole executrix; estate under �200; from Probate Calender, scan : [d.Apr>Jun 1870, Weymouth, age 69] : [John of Swanage m.Jane Forder 1827]

George Soper m.Jane Lamerton Jan>Mar 1870, Plymouth, Dev (assume family below) George b.c1836 b.Totnes/ b.Ashburton/b.Harburton [?so assume mistake]
- John Soper b.Jan>Mar 1871, Plymouth
- ? Soper b.? [a 2nd birth recorded '11cen, who'd died]
: '51cen ??George 15 currier b.Harburton, Dev; with John 42 journeyman blacksmith at 13 Eldad Place, St Andrews, Plymouth, Dev; Ann 38 both b.Harburton; Elizabeth 18; Thomas 17 blacksmith both b.Dodbrook, Dev; George 15 currier; John 12 errand boy; Richard 9 scholar; William 7 both scholars all b.Harburton scan scan
: '61cen George 26 stoker at sea on 'HMS James Watt', b.Totnes, Dev, crew of 883 under Captain James? H B Wainwright; Rear Admiral Sir Stephen Lashington [a 91 gun, 2nd rate vessel, Agamemnon Class. Commissioned 1853-62]
: '61cen Jane Lamerton 24unm b.Quiddick, servant to George Kingston 63 Lieut RN at 51 Coburg St, Plymouth; wife 43m m-in-l 73 & sis-i-l 39
: '71cen Jane (c1836-?) wife of stoker 35, at 9 Wyndham St, Plymouth, St Andrew; b.Quicthick, Con; John 1m, b.Plymouth, Dev
: '81cen George 45 pensioner RN at 21 Wolsdon St, Plymouth St Andrew; b.Ashburton, Dev; Jane 45 b.Quethiock, Con; John 10 scholar b.Plymouth
: '91cen George 55 labourer (em'ee)�in 2 rooms at 25 Wilton St, Stoke Damerel, Dev '91cen; b.Kingsbridge, Dev; Jane 55 b.Quithick, Con; John 20unm blacksmith (em'ee)� b.Plymouth, Dev; (10 in 6 rooms at address) scan
: '01cen George naval pensioner, in 1 room at 7 Stuart Place, Dodbrook, Dev age 65, b.Dodbrook & Jane b.Quethiock, Con ; scan
: ??a George Henry L Soper (c1836-1904) d.Jan>Mar 1904, Devonport, age 68 : [but if so why 'HL' here & not above]
: '11cen Jane 75 widowed of private means {m.41y, 2 births, 1 alive}, in 2 rooms at 51 Palmerstone St, Devonport; (or 76 at Plympton b.Con) b.Qyithiock?, Con (on her own at household) scan : [a Jane 75 widow at nr51 (m.George 1889,]
: ??a Jane (c1834-1917) d.Apr>Jun 1917, age 83, Devonport, or Jane d.Apr>Jun 1932, age 96, Plymouth, Dev

William Henry Soper m.Charlotte Jane Carvosso 16 Oct 1870 St Mary, Portsea, Hants : [Charlotte b.c1845, Mylor parents Robert & Jane Carvosso (farmed 92a at Tregew)] William b.20 Mar 1845 [from RN record] ?in North Bovey, Dev [
- William Henry Soper b.Oct>Dec 1846, Newton Abbott reg dist (inc N.Bovey)]
- William Carvosso Soper b.Falmouth 1871 (bpt 8 Jul 1871 Mylor) to William Henry Soper (a navy officer) & Charlotte Jane Carvosso who, m.1870; mariner; m.Agnes c1896 [from '11cen]
- John Frederick Soper b.27 Jun 1873, Mylor, bpt.Falmouth, Wesleyan Methodist, to William Henry Soper & Charlotte Jane : see Carvosso family : source : [b.reg Falmouth Jul>Sep (bmd)] :
- Rosina Agnes F Soper b.21 Nov 1877* Ford, Devonport (?registered Stoke D.dist Jan>Mar 1878); m.George Frederick Furnivall Oct>Dec 1903 Devonport; d.Jan>Mar 1970 Plymouth
: [2 other William Henrys Reg of Seamen's Service nr 76104, b.North Bovey, Dev, 20 Mar 1845 (in '81cen below) & 2nd b.Devonport, 1 Sept 1853 : & seems a 3rd William H navy engineer below] :
: 1869 ?a William H Soper CS.37845A; N 20 Feb 1869; scan [CS=Continuous Service]
: 1871-3 at Falmouth, when sons born
: '71cen William H Soper (c1845-?) shipwright 26, b.-, London; at 'HMS Monarch', in Number 10 Dock, of Portsmouth Dockyard, Portsmouth; Able seamen & 3 shipwrights 316 on board, 209 not on board (William on board); Capt Charles Murray ?Aynaley scan : [perhaps wrong, as b.Lon]
: '71cen Charlotte J Soper (c1845-?) carpenters wife at Tregew, Mylor, 26 b.Mylor, with parents Robert Caravosso 59 farmer of 92a, wife Jane 60, sister Charlotte 24 all b.Mylor & 2 servants (Charlotte about to give birth) scan
: 1873 at Stoke Damerel, when dau born
: 1876 William H Soper, acting rank Carpenter 20 Apr 1876. from The Navy List, 1876 Google Books snippet
: 1876 William Henry Soper, promoted to carpenter, 20 Apr 1876 [date of his seniority 1891 carpenter list- Car in 1891]
: 1877 at Stoke Damerel, when dau born
: 1878 William Henry Soper b.20 Mar 1845; 1st warrant 20 Apr 1878; 4 Oct 79-17 Nov 83 carpenter on 'Miranda', (S183 Dec 80, court decision?); 10 Sep 84-7 Sep 87 'Belleisle' good draftsman, recommended for advancement; 20 Nov 87-31 Dec 90 on 'Agamemnon' (S183 Dec 81 temper? fair) advancement if he could learn to control his temper more than at present. Shows a want of tact & temper in performance of duties; Capt Dansan informs Adml.Hawkins that he is very bad tempered, quarrelsome man; bad disposition; v.insubordinate, but not bad carpenter; v.good draughtsman; S183 good all round irascible temper & unpleasant, provoking manner with men from Com.Watson Jan 83; Reported for misconduct, going on shore after having been refused leave to. Had been previously logged 3 times for misconduct Com.Watson Mar 83; L.1157 Minute, to be tried by C M if an opportunity occurs. Ct Ml sentence to be deprived of 2 years seniority; S183 fair conduct & ability, Indifferent knowledge; good draughtsman; self-opinionated, bad tempered with no tact. Offensive manner with his subordinates; S183 vsg, zealous, recommended for advancement Cpt.Loftus Jan 85 vgc 86/87/89/90; 31 Dec 90-23 Jul 91 on 'Caledonia' in Reserve; 22 Jun-7 Jul 1893; in hospital with dyspepsia, discharged & pensioned unfit with debility 29 Jul 1893; scan
: 1879 William Henry Soper notice; .... for any debts that my wife, Charlotte Jane Soper (whose maiden name was Carvosso, of Tregew), now on visit at Flushing, nr.Falmouth, may contract after this date. (signed) W S Soper; RN 1 Oct 1879. Cornwall Advertiser, 16 Oct 1879 source
: 1880 William H Soper carpenter to 'Miranda' 4 Oct 1879; Ship 22 Jul 1880; scan
: '81cen, Charlotte b.Mylor, Cornwall wife of warrant officer at The George, Moreton Hampstead, Dev, with William C 9 & Rosina A F 3 b.Ford : & a William 36, b.North Bovey, Dev, carpenter on 'Miranda', Dev (b.1845 above)
: [seems 2 separate people? William H Soper carpenter nr.324, seniority 20 Apr 1876, p.55 : William H Soper carpenter seniority 4 Oct 1879, p.225 The Navy List 1882 Google Books snippet]
: 1881 William H Soper; assistant engineer on officer list of 'The Miranda', commanded by Hon E S Dawson. Arrived Farm Cove, Australia 18 Mar 1881. A modern sloop of war. On maiden voyage from Plymouth Aug 1879. via Inaccessible Islands, Cape, Perth (Dec), Adelaide (Jan), Melbourne, Port Arthur (Mar). To remain in port for a month & proceed to Fiji; from Maitland Mercury, 24 Mar : Oz Papers
: 1881 ??aWilliam Soper (c1845-?) 36 b.North Bovey, Dev, married carpenter on HMS 'Miranda'; steam sloop; at Sydney; Australia station;15 officers listed under Lieut.James C Farie b.Victoria Melbourne; Capt.Hon.Edward S Dawson scan & scan.b
: 1884 William H Soper nr55 carpenter 20 Apr 1877 p.55 or William H Soper, carpenter 10 Sep 1884 p.198 from The Navy List 1884] : href="http://ndpbeta.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/816194?searchTerm=soper">Oz Papers
: 1883 William H Soper carpenter to 'Miranda' 4 Oct 1879; 12 Sep 1883? PO d 25 com; 17 Nov 1883 arrived in England; 44 days leave; scan
: 1887 William Henry carpenter of 'Agamemnon' 22 Nov 87; pd.13 Dec 87; PO 16 Dec 90 recomended; add PO 17 Dec 90 [perhaps petty officer?], ship recommissioned at Malta 13 Dec 87 scan
: 1890 William Henry, Warrant Officer RN of 25 Cambridge Rd, Ford, Dev; from 1890 Whites Directory [perhaps the seaman 1885?]
: '91cen William H 48 warrant officer RN at 25 Cambridge Rd, Stoke Damerel; b.N.Bovey, Charlotte J 46 b.Mylor, Con; Rosina A F 13 b.Ford scan
: 1891 William Henry Soper; Car seniority 20 Apr 78: from The Navy List - 1891 Google Books snippet
: 1893 William Henry 22 Jun-7 Jul 1893; in hospital with dyspepsia, from 'Caledonia' in Reserve; & discharged & pensioned unfit with debility 29 Jul 1893 [from RN record above]
: 1893 Mrs Charlotte Jane Carvosso or Soper or Picardy Placo, Edinburgh, Court of Session to-day, action against husband, Wm Henry Soper, capenter, training-ship 'Caledonia', residing Springwell Terrace, Queensferry; snippet from 'Ship carpenter & his wife's money', article in Edinburgh Evening 8 Nov 1893 source
: 1894 William Henry, once carpenter on H M training ship 'Caledonian', bankrupt in UK. A NZ landowner by 1894 Sheriff of Midlothian, Scotland tried to claim assets there. ('81cen & his child b.D : Rosina Agnes F Soper m.Devonport, Dev Oct>Dec 1903, b.Devon c1878 might reject the WH Soper steerage immigrant 1875)
: 1896 W H Soper (1841-) merchant seaman record 1896, age 56, b.Dev; home Devon Park, Hamilton West, NZ; previous service HMS Caledonia; on 'Waimate' of Plymouth 5610ton London to Port Chalmer, Dunedin, NZ ; WHS engaged London 26 Dec 1896, to be discharged in the colony; discharged Dunedin 18 Jan 1897; crew apt.77; J Robertson, trimmer lost/died; scan, &, &, &, &
: '01cen Charlotte 54 supported by husband abroad at 4 Rutger Place, Devonport; b.Mylor, Con; Rosina 22unm stationers assistant b.Dev; (16 in 10 rooms & 6 households) scan : ['11cen WHS, Charlotte & JFS not vis]
: '01cen son William C 30 trinity room RNR [Royal Naval Reserve] in 3 rooms at 72 Dale Rd, West Ham, Ex, b.Falmouth, Dev; Agnes 33 b.Scotland; Florence D 1 & (baby) Soper [Stanley] 5d & lodger Mrs Thompson 72 widow, monthly nurse, b.Bishopsgate, Lon, both b.Canning Town, Ex; scan
: 1905 Charlotte Jane 'Sopke' (c1845-1905) d.Oct>Dec 1905, age 60, Plymouth, Dev
: '11cen son William Carvosso 39 mariner trinity service, wife & 2 children
: [*connection? a Benjamin Carvosso (1789-1854) was 1st Wesleyan Minister to preach in Australia, 1820 : his father d.1983 at Mylor

William H Soper m.Johanna (Waterson?) bef.1871 [m.not vis bmd] ?a William Henry Soper b.Oct>Dec 1849, Plymouth, Dev : [another William H carpenter/officer above]
- Henrietta Soper b.c1872 Plymouth, assume Henrietta Wiliema L Soper m.Jan>Mar 1892, Plymouth, Dev (to either William Campbell or Thomas Maynard)
- William H Soper b.c1873 Plymouth, '91cen stoker in steamboat
- Charles Soper b.c1874 Plymouth; '91cen 17 private, militia
- Ernest Walter Soper b.Jul>Sep 1880, Plymouth, Dev [not vis '91cen] '01cen 23unm ship engineer
: '71cen William H 22 engine fitter, at 14 St Andrew St, Plymouth, St Andrew; b.Lodeswell, Dev; Johanna 22, b.Devonport, Dev scan
: '81cen William (c1850-?) 31 civil engineer at 60 Fawcett Rd, Deptford, Kt; b.Plymouth, Dev; Johanna 30 b.Devonport, Dev; Heneretta 9; William 8; Charles 7; Ernest 9m all b.Plymouth, Dev
: '91cen William 42 engineer in steamboat (em'ee) at 3 Norley Pl, Plymouth Charles, Dev; b.Kingsbridge, Dev : Johanna 42 b.Devonport, Dev; Henrietta 20 tailor's improver (em'ee) W H Soper 19 stoker in steamboat; Joseph 12 all b.Plymouth
: '91cen ?a Charles 17 private, militia at Depot, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry, Barracks, Bodmin, Cornwall ; b.Plymouth, Dev; 272 records at depot headed by Major Henry Thos Ward Allatt 44; scan : [??'01cen a Chas Soper 25 a hawker at & b.Plymouth (but 2y too young?)]
: '01cen William H 52 steam ship engineer at 8 Wellfield Rd, Preston, Lancs; b.Lon, Johanna 52 & Ernest 23 engineer steam ship; both b.Plymouth, Dev, also Florence Waterson* sister-in-law 18unm b.Sunderland, Durham scan : [*?a William Estill Soper m.Rebecca Waterson 1894]
: '01cen duplicate* William 52 engineer at "Forsham" steam sand pump (vessel), Preston, Lancs, b.Lon scan : [354 tons; pumping sand, & rubble; based at Preston dock; On board; mate 36m, engineers 52m & 39m, steward 36m, fireman 19, able seamen 34m, 34unm & 17; ord seaman 17] : [*assume William duplicated census entry above]
: '11cen Johanna 63 married wife, housekeeper, {m.15y, 6 births, 1 alive} alone in 4 rooms at 3 Cottam Lane, Ashton, Preston, Lancs; b.Devonport, Dev scan : [son Ernest not vis]
: ?a Johanna Soper (c1850-1927) d.Jul>Sep 1927, age 77, Devonport, Dev

Sailors in 1871 census of England

Don Francisca Soper, on vessel in Lancashire, Mariner, 38, b.Sabin, Erpana, c1833 [Spain?]

Caroline Soper (c1838-?) carpenter's wife, royal navy 33, b.St Pool; at 14 John St, Charles '71cen; Thos L Soper 8 a scholar, Frances K Soper 5 a scholar, all b.Plymouth; Sophia Soper 9m, b.Plymouth; 5 households in property : scan

Edward Soper (c1850-?) able seaman 21unm, b.Swanage, Dorset; on 'HMS Duke of Wellington, of Portsmouth Harbour, Portsea '71cen; under Commander J L Purvis 30 from Whitsbury, Hants : 35 officers 680 men & 78 marines: scan : [not vis '61/'81cen : no birth bmd] : [also on HMS D of W, John Soper ass ships steward 23, b.Portsea see]

George Soper (c1831-?) steward 40, b.Wynford Eagle, Dorset; on 'Try Anza'? of London', at Southampton St Mary '71cen; (11 crew under 3rd officer, 4 seamen, 3 fireman, 2 stewards & engineer); scan : ['61cen no George b.Hants/Dorset vis was he duplicated below?]
: George Soper (c1832-?) steward 39, b.'Winford Eagle', Dorset; at 1 Britton Street, Southampton, St Mary '71cen; wife Georgeina Soper 37, b.Broad Oak, Dorset; (other household in property Matilda Mill 32 b.Everton, Liverpool, wife of engineer) scan : [duplicate entry?] : [m.Georgina Case m.1857]

George Soper (c1848-?) b.Penton, Hants, 23 single, a private in RMLI [Royal Marine Light Infantry], 347 people on HMS Asia in Portsmouth Harbour ancestry.com : 216 on board (inc all 57 marines & 8 officers & many patients), 106 not on board (inc 72 officers!) : [84 gun, 2nd rater built 1824 & a guard ship of Ordinary (a hulk?) in the Portsmouth harbour] : [perhaps '61cen age 11 in Portsea with sailor's widow Margaret 57, but unlikely as b.Portsmouth] : [awarded medal 1880 : '81cen Sergeant Royal Marine Light Infantry 32 on 'HMS Warrior', b.Andover, Hants]

George Soper (c1852-?) on 'dividends' 19, at 89 Great Suffolk St, St George The Martyr, Lon '71cen; b.Hants; living alone; 29 people in 12 households in property scan, scan2

Henry Soper (c1841-?) leading stoker RN 30, at 14 Pym St, Morice Town, Stoke Damerel, Devonport; b.Brent, Dev; Bella 28, b.Kingsbridge, Dev; John 6 scholar; Milly 7 scholar; Thomas 2 all b.Stoke Demerel, Dev scan; (25 people in 5 households in building) : [Henry Knapman Soper m.Arabella Hammett 1863, Stoke Damerel]

James 54 at Prospect Villa, Stoke Gabriel, Dev, naval pensioner (Greenwich); Elizabeth 51; John 14, all b.Stoke Gabriel, Dev; scholar scan & scan

James Soper 35unm able seaman on HMS Royal Oak, moored off military moles, Naples, b.Salcombe, Dev scan '71cen : ['61cen? (but b.Plymouth)] : [91 gun, armoured 3rd rate frigate, 46 officers, 414 seamen, 47 boys & 101 marines on board (4 officers & 6 men not on board), Capt Leveson Eliot Somerset 51unm [Soper the oldest AB on his page (from age 21)] : wiki: [?witnessed drowning 1873?]

James Soper 23 gun room steward on HMS Lord Warden, of Mediterranean station, at Naples, b.Devonport, Dev, c1848 : [3rd rate, wood armour plated, Capt Thomas Brandreth, : 55 officers, 432 seamen, 76 boys & 102 marines (+18 not on board) - the heaviest wooden ship ever built wiki; Soper with 3 other stewards the leading seamen & band] : [?witnessed drowning 1873?] : [?a bankruptcy 1874?] : [??a James Soper (marine) m.Christian Prior 1874 E.Stoneham]

Pvte James Soper (c1850-?), age 21 b.Totnes, Dev a private in Royal Marines, Royal Marine Barracks, Plymouth. In 1871 census. 836 people headed by Colonel Commandant William Grigor Luther; scan : [James m.Sarah Elizabeth Adams 1875]

Jane Soper (c1836-?) wife of stoker 35, at 9 Wyndham St, Plymouth, St Andrew; b.Quicthick, Con; John 1m, b.Plymouth, Dev : [George m.Jane 1870]
John Soper mariner 52, b.Boveys, Dev; at John Str, Penarth; Harriet Soper 52, b.Devonport : scan

John Soper (c1848-?) assistant ships steward 23, b.Portsea; on HMS Duke of Wellington, of Portsmouth Harbour, Portsea; including her tenders Victory, Black Eagle, Firequeen & Sprightly : 53 men listed Cpt G Hancock; scan (inc an Edward Soper 21 able seaman) : [Replaced HMS Victory as Port Admiral flagship at Portsmouth 1869-91 Victory become her tender) wiki] : [??possibly John Walters Soper (1847-1876) b.Apr>Jun, Portsea & d.Jul>Sep Hendon, Lon, age 27; see] : [also on HMS D of W, Edward 21 able seaman b.Swanage, Dorset, (not linked yet)] : [see 1861]

John Soper, on vessel in Hampshire, Ass Ships Stewd, 23, b.Portsea, Hants, c1848 [prob.a 'boy HMS' in '61cen]

: '71cen John Soper (c1848-?) able seaman 23, b.Newton Abbott, Dev; at 'Royal Adelaide', of Devonport, scan : [flag ship at Hamoaze, Devonport, Capt Cooke, 297 seamen 'on board' 240 'not on board', no officers listed : HMS Royal Adelaide 104-gun 1st rate ship of the line, launched 1828, Depot Ship 1860 : wiki]
: '51cen John 3 b.Newton Abbott with parents Christopher 27 shoemaker journeyman at Phillips Court, Wolborough, Newton Abbot, Dev; b.Dolton, Dev; Eliza 27 b.Dawlish, Dev; John 3 b.Newton Abbott scan : ['61cen not vis]
: '81cen John (c1848-?) 33 Capt Q D Men� [rank not vis www; NCO of quarter deck?], b.Newton Abbot, 'Emerald', Royal Navy; 4th class corvette at Farm Cove, Sydney, NSW; on Australian station; Capt H Maxwell; scan & scan.b : [built 1876, 230 men, 12x64lb guns, to Eng Oct 1881 & placed in reserve wiki] : ['91cen not vis]

John Soper 18 serving his time in HM navy with parents John thatcher 49, at Village, Diptford, Dev; Mary Grace 39; Margaret 14; William 12 scholar; Fred 10 scholar all b.Diptford scan

John H Soper (c1854-) on 'Cambridge', of Plymouth, Devon, Boy 1st Class, 17, b.Brent, Dev scan : [HMS Foudroyant, tender to HMS Cambridge : 'gunnery' ship morred in Hamoage, under Capt Hon T A C Foley; 2 officers, 6 seamen & 247 boys (+2 officers & 17 seamen & 6 boys not on board)] : [no John b.Brent '61/'81cen]

John Soper K??den [Kewden or Novden?] (c1855-?) 16, b.St Marys; a boy 2nd class on 'HMS Impregnable' of Devonport; [page 27, lists 20 2nd class boys, (so 540 names before & ?after)] : scan
: John Soper (c1855-) 16 on vessel in Devon, a Boy 2nd Class, on 'HMS Impregnable', of Devonport; b.'Deptford, Dev' c1855; [Diptford? but perhaps Lon??] under William Gore Jones 43, 239 boys (1st & 2nd class), 11 officers & 61 seamen scan [seems not the John Soper, 25 '81cen, Able Seaman, HMS Ganges; b.Devonport c1856 : ??m.1875]

Mary A M Soper 63 naval officer widow at 4 Bloomfield Terrace, Wyke Regis, Weymouth; with dau Elizabeth Smith 36 & sister Amelia Hunt 38 builder's widow both b.Studlands, Dorset, also lodger Sarah Brake 26 unm annuitant b.Sherborne; '71cen scan
: John Soper d.Apr>Jun 1870, Weymouth, age 69 & Mary Ann M Soper d.Jul>Sep 1872 Weymouth, age 65]
'41cen? a John (c1798-?) 40-4, mariner, High St, Swanage, Dorset, Jane 40-4, Amelia 10, Elizabeth 8, [father? John 70, a fisherman in same street]
'61cen; John Soper (c1801-?) 60 a 2nd? master RN?, at 5 Broom Field St?, Wyke Regis, Dor; b.Swanage, Dor; Mary Ann Soper 43 [might this be 53?] b.Plymouth, Dev; dau Elizabeth Soper 26, unm, helps mother b.Rutland, Dor [Studland] : [Amelia Soper m.William Hunt Jul>Sep 1853, Wareham] : [Elizabeth Soper m.Charles Smith Oct>Dec 1866, Weymouth]

Nicholas 47 mariner at Geo St, Tormoham, Torquay '71cen; b.Brixham, Dev; Rhoda 47 general servant, b.Dublin, Ireland; visiting Emanuel Charles 49 fisherman b.Dev, Hannah 53, dau Hannah 27unm both b.Torquay, dau-in-law 20 servant & grdau 1 all b.Brixham : [Nicholas m.Rhoda Rennolds 1848, Totnes]

Richard Soper (c1822-?) age 29unm, b.Totnes, Dev, a stoker on 'HMS Flirt', a gun vessel, tender to Black Prince at, Tobermory, Clyde Arl www.freecen.org.uk [67 crew listed, HMS Flirt built 1867, 4 guns]

Samuel Soper (c1848-?) Royal Marines Private 23, b.Totnes, Devon, on The 'Northumberland', of Home [Fleet] ; [3rd rate ironclad steam ship 6,621tons under Charles H May, at Keyham Basin : 52 officers, 130 marines & 555 boys & seamen (265 on board, 472 not on board), Soper not on board (ship there '61cen) : Harbour bound 1890, became a coal hulk in 1909 (but her name to changed 'c8') : www.history.navy.mil] : scan

Samuel Soper, on vessel in Devon, Private Royal Marines, 23, b.Totnes, Dev, c1848

Selina 31 naval wife at Portsea '81cen b.Yarmouth : Edmond P* 5 : Thomas H 4 : [*assume Edward Pitt Soper, navy engineer, biog]

William Thomas Soper, (1840-?) 31 boat builder at Anthony, Cornwall, head b.Kingsland, Dev : wife Mary Wilhelmina Soper 25 b.Devonport, William John Soper 3 b.Charlton, Kent, Edith Jane Soper 2 both scholars, Thomas Henry Soper 10m both b.Cawsand, Con

Thomas Soper 28, Engine Room Artificer, on Indus, of Plymouth in Devon, b.Devonport, Dev, scan : [Chief Engineer 1873?] : [guard ship, steam reserve, in Hamoaze, Devonport, Cpt Charles Fellows on board, 1 marine officer, 333 seamen, 1 boy & 120 marines (+592 not on board), (all 20 on page married)]

William D Soper signalman on HMS Malabar, off Gozo Island (Malta), 27, b.Salcombe, Dev, c1844: [33 officers, 199 men, 4 boys & 22 marines, also passengers, 823m 85f & 134 children : Capt Sholte Douglas] ; ['Malabar' launched 1866, an iron screw troopship for 17 day Portsmouth to Bombay route wiki] so not the Wm b.Harberton (17mN) below?
: '81cen, Chief Bosun's Mate 37 on 'HMS Cambridge' : [see biog, Dev]
: William, chief boatswain's mate of the 'Cambridge' awarded medals for long service & good conduct by The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty (& 2 others); Denbighshire; Wrexham Advertiser; 1 Jul 1882 scan
: '91cen William 47 naval pensioner�, in 3 rooms at Stoke Damerel, Dev; b.Harberton, Dev; Sophia 42 b.Cornwood, Dev; William 10; Catherine 8; John 7; Sophia Soper 7; Charles 6; Sidney 4 all scholar�all b.Stoke Damerel, Dev; (Phillipa Thompson listed 1st in 1 room 78 widow living on own means); scan & ; scan
: '01cen William (c1844-?) seaman pensioner RN, blind, in 3 rooms at 51 Charlotte St, Devonport, Dev, b.Harbertonford, Dev; Alice 40 b.Taunton, S.set; Kate 18 dressmaker; Sydney 14 general labourer; Wilfred 3 & Lily 2 all b.Devonport ; scan; ?a William m.Alice Sharp Jan>Mar 1896, Stoke Damel

William Soper 27unm cox pinn?, on 'Cambridge', of Plymouth, R N; b.Totnes, Dev scan : [shorebased list of about 570, many officers & seamen; several other Cox 'Pinn?' perhaps a position like pinnicle as 'Cox Forcastle' ext there]

William H Soper (c1845-?) shipwright 26, b.Lon; at 'HMS Monarch', in Number 10 Dock, of Portsmouth Dockyard, Portsmouth '71cen; able seamen & 3 shipwrights 316 on board, 209 not on board (William on board) : Capt Charles Murray ?Aynaley : scan : [built 1869, HMS Monarch the world's 1st ocean-going turret ship wiki] : [perhaps the William Henry 25 m.Portsea 1870?]

William Soper (c1849-?) steward 22, married on the 'Chanticleer of London' b.Bovey Tracey, Dev; also a member of HM Customs, a seaman & a fireman, all married scan : [9 Williams m. in previous 3y] : [b.not vis Newton Abbott reg dist; not vis '61/81cen] : [Chanticleer, an British merchantman, brig]

William Soper, (1811-?) mariner, head at Back St, Anthony, Cornwall; b.Kingsland, Dev, head & wife Elizabeth Soper c.Cawsand, Cornwall & Hannah E Redfern, grandaugter 5 a scholar b.Kingsand, Dev : [so presume a dau m. Mr Redfern?]

End of 1871 census

Thomas Soper (1851-?) a chief engineer; b.12 June 1851 [started officer career?] 28 Jan 1873, RN Officer's Service Record ADM 196/25 from National Archives : [perhaps? b.Apr>Jun 1851 Plymton (bmd)]
: ['71cen assume Thomas (1843-?) 28, engine room artificer, on 'Indus', of Plymouth in Devon, b.Devonport, Dev scan] : [Guard Ship, Steam Reserve, in Hamoaze, Devonport, Capt Charles Fellows on board, 1 marine officer, 333 seamen, 1 boy & 120 marines (+592 not on board), (all 20 on page married)]
: [Thomas Soper engine room artificer, 'Seagull'; his ship's nr.28; Awarded Ashanti Medal nr.2723; Third Ashanti War [now Ghana] 1873-4; Mis; List no.53 scan] : [Plover class gunboat; crew 90, screw, 3 masts, 3 guns, served overseas as obsolete]
: [??assume not the Thomas promoted to engineer 1877 & chief engineer see]

Capt Robert Soper commanded brig F H Moore which sailed from Boston May 1873 on whaling voyage; Bahama & Florida coast, San Domingo, Jamaica; Capt Soper offered $5 for 1st whale sighting; A fine navigator he taught his crew navigation; A kind Capt, allowed no unnecessary work on Sundays. Mrs Soper joined them at Key West, slim & past 60 & shared their cabin accomodation source

Mary Anne Soper, b.30 Mar 1873. Her name & birth engraved with a monogrammed SAM onto a round scrimshawed box, decorated with a nautical scene of a steamship, three-mast ship, people, rowboat with men & docks : Size 4"x3�"dia : jamesdjulia.net. For sale $345, 5/07 : [Mary Anne not known, perhaps Provincetown, Cape Cod is the most likely candidate, a Samuel Soper owned a whaling wharf there 1831->1879, when Robert Soper was whaling master] : [There's a Royal Marine called Samuel in '71cen above]

Joseph Soper (c1857-?), b.Southampton, Hants, on an 1873 crew, age 16 : Crew Lists 1861-1913 findmypast.com

James Soper witnessed fatal drowning; seaman of 'HMS Duke of Wellington', Portsmouth, 6 Oct 1873; Edwin Soper seaman of 'HMS Euphrates', John Quan of Kimmeridge & Jeremiah Quan 19 seaman 'HMS D of W', a receiving ship for seaman awaiting draught at Portsmouth; The 4 left Kimmeridge 2 o'clock in 11ft sailing punt with a mainsail. Accident between Kimmeridge & Warbarrow, Dor she capsised on Warbarrow Ledge, where sea is always v.rough. They crew tried to swim to shore, but tide too strong & returned to boat & held on until rescued after � hr by fishermen, but Jeremiah Quan made 2nd attempt to swim & was drowned. The boat was sound & men sober; The Times 9 Oct; ['71cen; 2 James; 23 & 35unm; but neither visable in '81cen; Edwin not vis (??an Edwin [British] death registered at a Polish port 1881-5)] : [not in bmd] & 'Hants Telegraph' 11 Oct; scan : ['71cen ?? a james 23 steward in dartmouth below {?a John 23 steward on 'Duke of W', but she replaced 'HMS Victory' as Port Admiral flagship at Portsmouth 1869-91 (Victory become her tender) wiki}]

James Soper Pte comp.27 m.Christian Prior 22 Sep 1874 register of marriages of the Plymouth Division Royal Marines, from www.britishmedals.us : [m.Jul>Sep E.Stonehouse] James b.1 Sep 1847 Stoke Damerel, Dev [if so, b.not vis bmd]
- Elizabeth Jane Soper b.Jul>Sep 1875 East Stonehouse :
- Alice Maud Soper b.14 Feb 1878 [b.Jan>Mar], Hull, Yorks, E.Riding; m.Samuel Charles Soper 9 Nov 1898 Paignton, Dev [m.Oct>Dec Totnes Charles b.1872 to Richard & Mary Prowse Farley m.1859; d.1900, a fishing skipper drowned]; rem. Thomas Piddell 27 Apr 1902 Totnes, Dev [m.Apr>Jun Totnes]; rem John H Bickel 1912 Totnes*
- James William Soper b.Jan>Mar 1880, East Stonehouse, Dev : [??a James William Soper m.Oct>Dec 1904 Totnes, Dev]
: '61cen ?a James, Boy 15 on 'Argus' [British vessel], at St Sampson Harbour, Guernsey, Channel Islands. b.Plymouth, Dev. In 'household' of master, Thomas Gibbins 42; mate Samuel Carder 32; able seaman William Edwards 28 all married & b.Exmouth; Ab Seamen William Trace 28 b,Liverpool; Aren Weddon 28, b.Exemouth & ord seamen Henery Griffith 21 b.Carmarthenshire; scan
: 1867 James Soper Official nr.50245 b.1 Sep 1847 at Stoke Damerel, Dev; to 'Lord Warden' [frigate; wiki] 4 Sep 1867 as gun room servant 5y 121d to 31 Dec 1872; v.good conduct (shore Portsmouth, paid off 24 Sep 70, [but appointed same job next day]; then to 'Shannon' [steam frigate; wiki] as DIC for 4y 264d excellent? conduct; 7 Feb 1878 (date of application); total service 10y 20d; Medal 28 Feb 1878 scan
: '71cen?? a James (c1848-?) gun room steward 23 at HMS Lord Warden, of Mediterranean station, at Naples, Devonport, Dev, b.Devonport [Plymouth] scan [3rd rate, wood armour plated, Capt Thomas Brandreth : 55 officers, 432 seamen, 76 boys & 102 marines - heaviest wooden ship ever built : Soper with 3 other stewards]
: 1873 [?witnessed drowning 1873 above?]
: 1874 ?? a Mr Soper, Messman, is the slipperiest, blackguard on earth; The mess has been going to blazes"; wrote Midshipman Marx on the 'Lord Warden', flagship of the Mediterranean Fleet; Soper, the messman [an enlisted man on temporary duty in officers' mess serves food & clears the tables], after many rows with the wardroom officers, gave notice & the officers took charge. Marx thought this 'a damnable nuisance' [v.admiral Drummond took over, so c1874?] source
: 1874 ?? a James of 41 Victoria St, Landport, Hants, Steward in the Royal Navy. 1st meeting of creditors at accountants 9 Union St, Portsea, 5 Dec 1874 11am (London Gazette 13 Nov; & 'Hampshire Advertiser' scan); Request for creditors to come forward by 23 Mar 1875 (26 Mar) :
: '81cen Mrs Christian Soper mariner's wife 30 at High St, Padstow, Con, b.Padstow; Elizabeth 5 b.Stonehouse, Dev; Alice M 3 b.Hull,Yorks; James W 15m b.Stonehouse (no Christian/Alice vis '91cen) : ['81cen no James vis b.Devonport]
: 1898 Alice Maud Soper 21 m.Samuel Charles Soper fisherman, 26, of Higher St, Brixham 9 Nov 1898 Paignon [m.Oct>Dec, Totnes]; fathers James lbourer & Richard fisherman; witnesses James? Soper & Bessie Cooper
- - gr son John Stewart Soper b.25 Jul 1899 Brixham [b.Jul>Sep, Totnes]; clerk 1915; m.Florence H Hicks 1927 below
- - gr dau Daisy Gertrude A M Soper d.cOct 1900; d.Jul>Sep 1901 Totnes, age 0 : [b.not vis]
: '01cen James 52 market gardener at Durrell Cottage, Paignton; b.Stoke Gabriel, Dev; Christian 51 b.Padstow, Con; [dau] Alice Maud 23, widow b.Hull, Yorks; John Stewart Soper 2 b.Brixham, Dev & Daisy Gertrude 6m b.Dartmouth, Dev; & niece Florence Chapman 11 b.Hayle, Con; scan & scan
: 1902 Alice Maud Soper m.Thomas Piddell Apr>Jun 1902, Totnes; Wikitree says her children Thomas Reginald J Piddell (1903-7), Gwendoline A C Bickel (1914-14), Thomas H Bickel (1915-1970) & Stanley Bickel (1916-1987)
: 1906 John b.25 Jul 1899 admitted 1 Feb 1906 to National School (boys), Paignton; father/guardian James of 2 Norton Terrace; left 30 Jul 1909 as left the town (joined with Harcourt Stentiford of 1 Norton Terrace b.1899 who left same time) scan; John readmitted from Cardiff School 14 Sep 1909 from Cardiff; left 9 Sep 1910 non scholarship scan
: '11cen James 63 married general labourer; patient at Totnes Union Workhouse, Plymouth Rd, Totnes, b.Stoke Gabriel, Dev; scan : [mix of inmates & patients, men female & children]
: '11cen Christiana 61 married {3 births, all alive}, head, lodging house keeper in 5 rooms at 10 Ebenezer Place, Totnes Rd Paignton, Dev [Totnes RD]; b.Paignton, Cornwall; grandson John Stewart Soper 12 b.Brixham, Dev; & lodgers Alice & Julia Ringhele 21 & 19, laundrymaids b.Brixham scan
: 1915 John Stewart Soper registered ast temp boy clerk; The Gazette 8 Jan 1915 source
: 1913 ?a James (c1848-1913) d.Jan>Mar 1913, age 65, Totnes, Dev
: 1927 John S Soper m.Florence H (m.'Sloper') Hicks Jul>Sep 1927, Launceston, Con (bmd)
: 1939 Christian Soper (c1851-1939) d.Jul>Sep 1939 Totnes, age 88
: 1944 Sudden death of wife at Launceston; John Stewart Soper, food executive officer for borough & rural districts of Launceston, suffered bereavement on Sat at sudden death his wife, age 43, she had been ill for... Western Morning News, pub.Plymouth 3 Oct 1944 source : [Florence H (c1901-1944) d.Oct>Dec, Launceston, Dev, age 43] : [no John S d.vis]

Mr Soper, Messman, is the slipperiest, blackguard on earth; The mess has been going to blazes"; wrote Midshipman Marx on the 'Lord Warden', flagship of the Mediterranean Fleet wiki; Soper, the messman [an enlisted man on temporary duty in officers' mess serves food & clears the tables], after many rows with the wardroom officers, gave notice & the officers took charge. Marx thought this 'a damnable nuisance' [v.admiral Drummond took over, so c1874?] source
: 1874 James Soper of 41 Victoria St, Landport, Hants, Steward in the Royal Navy. 1st meeting of creditors at accountants 9 Union St, Portsea, 5 Dec 1874 11am (London Gazette 13 Nov; & 'Hampshire Advertiser' scan); Request for creditors to come forward by 23 Mar 1875 (26 Mar) : [?witnessed drowning 1873?] : [?a bankruptcy 1874?] : [??a James Soper (marine) m.Christian Prior 1874 E.Stoneham above]

Joseph Soper (c1844-?) b.Teignmouth, Dev, on an 1874 crew, age 30 : Crew Lists 1861-1913 findmypast.com

2 Capt Sopers on 2 schooners arriving NY on the same day in 1874 : 'The Helen Hasbrouck' Capt Soper, from Georgetown & 'The J P Cake' Capt Soper, from Virginia : New York Times

Soper, master of 'Minnie Allen' arrived Cardiff east docks, from St John's with deals; Western Mail 29 Jun 1874 scan

Thomas m.Selina Pitt Jul>Sep 1874, Stoke Damerel : [Thomas b.Apr>Jun 1851 Plymouth(/Plympton), Dev (b.Apr>Jun, Plympton to Henry & Mary Ann Symonds or Lavers who m.1846 Stoke Damerel, Dev)] : Selina b.1848 Yarmouth, Isle of Wight to Edward & Elizabeth; '51cen father coastguard at Freshwater Bay, IoW Pitt tree
- Edward Pitt Soper b.13 Jul 1875 Portsmouth, Hants [b.Jul>Sep Portsea (bmd)] (navy engineer, Lieut; see) m.Hilda Gwendolen A Roberts, Lewisham 1906; d.1955, Waltham, Ex
- Thomas Henry Soper b.10 Feb 1877 Portsmouth (engineer commander, see see); d.1921 left �3,400 to sister
- Frederick Walter Soper b.Jan>Mar 1879, Portsea; insurance clerk, m.Rosie Griffith 1902 Greenwich
- Selina Pitt Soper b.Oct>Dec 1880 Plymouth [London classical singer see]; 1936 Canada>Eng, music teacher of Herts
- Charles Herbert Soper b.Jul>Sep 1886 Greenwich (connection? a Charles H b.Apr>Jun 1922 Romford); m.Dorothy E [m.not vis bmd]; bank clerk, Bromley, Kt '39cen
: Thomas's (c1852-1921) Kensington; (1849-1924) Wandsworth; Thomas R (1850-1929)
: '61cen Thomas 9 b.Plympton St Mary, Dev; with parents Henry 44 mason (emp 4 men & 4 boys) at 9 Ridgeway, Plympton St Maurice; Mary Ann 43; Clara 12 & Thomas 9. both scholars, all b.Plympton St M; scan
: 1873 Thomas 2nd Class AE to HMS Fleet, Nautical Magazine 1873 g.books) : [next AE listed Cornelius Pitt; & ?'61cen Edward Pitt in Kentucky {so assume navy}, wife Elizabeth & children Cornelius b.1852 & Selina]
: '71cen Thomas 16 royal naval engineer student, at 5 Benbow St, Stoke Damerel, Devonport; b.Plympton, Dev scan
: 1875 Thomas 2nd Ass Engineer to 'The Jumua'?; in '' 3 Feb 1875, from news.bl.uk; scan
: 1879 Thomas engineer to 'HMS Crocodile' 29 Aug 1879; 19 May 1882 'Crocodile'scan
: '81cen Thomas (c1852-?), 29, married; b.Plympton, Dev, Engineer on 'HMS Crocodile'; on page of 15 junior officers; scan & scan.b : [??a troop-ship 1867-94, 1870 photo] : also
: '81cen Selina 31 naval officers wife at 119 Buckland Rd, Portsea, b.Yarmouth, I of W; Edmond P * 5 : Thomas H 4 scholars; Frederick W 2; Selina J 6m & dom serv Ellen S Soper 17 all b.Portsmouth [Ellen not obv '71cen or bmd, so mistranscribed?]
: 1882 Thomas Soper RN, appointed engineer 1882: Admiralty Inspector of Machinery by 1888. In 1889 resigned as Chief Engineer in the Admiralty's Controller's (steam) Dept to become assisant manager, of Humphrys, Tennant & Co [last mention 1895, unless he was the Thomas H Soper mentioned 1896-1909]
- 1882 engineer appointed 19 May 1882, to the 'Asia', 'additional, vice Jolliffe' : 20 May: 87/211p: Assistant, William Rabbage 'additional to the Asia, vice Soper', Feb 1883.
: 1882 Thomas Soper 19 May 1882 engineer 'Asia'; for Reserve Office; President for ?lessia@ at ?deliccirdly? 25 Apr 1883 scan
: 1883 Thomas Soper engineer to 'President' 25 Apr 1883; Add.r for service at the admiralty 27 Jan 1885 Gp Mg.r Insp.r ; promoted 16 Feb 1886 scan
: 1883 T Soper lecturer on engineering at Greenwich, appointed to assistant to the engineer-in-chief at the Admiralty, from 1 May 1883; from The Times 28 Apr 1883 93/211p
: 1884 Mr Soper, Admiralty's Engineers Dept tested two 2nd-class torpedo boats by Messers Thornycroft, of Chiswick, at Long Reach on Thames, below Greenwich, 20 Mar 1884 "Nepean" [pictured right] from Australasian Sketcher source
: 1884 Mr Soper of the Engineers department of the Admiralty inspected two new 67ft Thornycroft torpedo boats, bound for Australia. They achieved 20mph over a measured mile on the Thames near Westminster; from The Argus 1 May 1884 vicnet.net.au
: 1885 To HMS President, appointment by the Admiralty : 31 Jan 1885 102/211p
: 1885 witnessed trials of a 'Torpedo Catcher' at Portsmouth. A 22 knot, 150ft boat, to kill torpedo boats : 26 Nov 1885 299/746n
: 1885 represented the Admiralty at trials of the 34 knot, 135ft, Faulk Torpedo Boat, for the Austrian Government : 25 Dec 1885 .300/746n
: 1886 Thomas engineer has been promoted to the rank of chief engineer in Her Majesty's Fleet. 16 Feb 1886 (London Gazette 23 Feb)
: 1886 appointed, chief engineer 'HMS President', 'additional' : 24 Feb 1886. 110/211p
: 1886 Thomas engineer to 'President' 22 Nov 1886; chief, 30 Mar 1889 scan
: 1887 attended trials of a 140ft Italian Torpedo Boat, at Gravesend, on behalf of the Admiralty : 29 Mar 1887 314/746n
: 1887 Soper of the Admiralty attended trials of the 300ft cruiser 'Galaten' designed for commerce protection, at Portsmouth : 15 Nov 1887 319/746n
: 1888 Thomas R.N. gave a talk on 'Boilers under forced draught on the closed stokehold system' at Institute of Naval Architects, Adelphi : from The Times 24 Mar 1888 324/746n
: 1888 Admiralty Inspector of Machinery, attended trials of 265ft Cruiser 'HMS Medea' at Portsmouth : from The Times 22 Dec 1888 333/746n another in the class tested 15 Mar 1889 335/745n : source
: 1889 resigned his position as Chief Engineer in the Controller's Dept (Steam Dept) of the Admiralty to become ass manager at Messrs. Humphrys, Tennant & Co's engineering establishment at Deptford : 4 Apr 1889 : 12 Apr : 124 & 5/211p : Changes made to the Steam Dept of the Admiralty consequent to retirement of R Sennett & Thomas Soper; Newcastle Courant 18 May
: 1889 formerly of the Admiralty, represented the contracters (Humphrys, Tennant & Co?) on Steam trials of the 345ft 'HMS Trafalgar' : 9 July 1889 338/746n
: ??a J Soper, chief engineer, attended a Royal Navy 'entertainment' of 40 warships, off Portsmouth, for 700 colonial & Indian visiters review 2 trains left Victoria, Soper was in the of Navy staff attending 'group C' of the visiters : from The Times 24 Jul 1886 302/746n
: 1889 ?a James Soper given as an example of the loss of men from the navy 'late chief engineer of the controller's department of the navy resigned to take up three times as much money as manager to the old house of Humphreys Tennant & Co' from New York Times 28 Apr 1889; New York Times
: ? James of H Tennant & Co visited the steamer 'Prudence' at Rouen, France to examine an experimental water boiler that could produce 50 tons of distilled water a day & found it in good condition & suitable for the Navy : The Times 23 Aug : from New York Times : [but seems likely this was Thomas (1865-1939) who resigned as C.Engineer to work for Tennant & Co 1889; {But, a James RN engineer, but still boiler apprentice '81cen & an RN boiler officer '01cen; see m.1888}]
: 1890 Thomas manager for Humphrys, Tennant & Co, marine engine builders of Deptford, examined the engines of The Prudence at Rouen & found it sound after 70 days after stream; The Times 23 Aug 1890 354/746n
: '91cen (c1852-?) Thomas 39 general manager marine engineer at 15 Endwell Rd*, (All Saints), Deptford, St Paul, Lon; b.Plympton, Dev; Selina 41 b.Isle of Wight, Hants; Thomas H 14; Frederick W 12; Selina P 10 all b.Portsmouth, Hants; Charles H 4 b.Detpford with gen serv Alice Durnford 19unm at Plumstead, Kt & Annie Leader 17 serv, domestiic nurse; b.Deptford; scan & scan [*road of quality 3 story Victorian terraces] & '91cen Edward P 15 b.Portsmouth. a student marine engineering RN, boarding at Keyham Dockyard Training College, Stoke Damerel, Dev, [3 officers, 151 students age 14-20 & 13 servants]
: 1891 represented Robert H Humphrys at trials of 'HMS Vulcan' a torpedo boat depot ship. She could carry & repair torpedo craft for use with a fleet. She could carry 8 boats : from The Times 2 May 1891 360/746n
: 1892 attended 8 hour engine trial of 'The Blenheim' at Portsmouth 1892. Soper took charge of the machinery on behalf of the manufacturers & Mr Oram represented the Admiralty, she averaged 20.4knots : from The Times 23 Jan 140/211p Battleship trials, Empress of India, May 1893
: 1892 with R.Humphrys, conducted the engine trials of battleship, 'HMS Royal Sovereign' (with 17ft propellers) : from The Times 20 Apr 1892 368/746n
: 1892 in charge of the engines of battleship 'HMS Repulse' at trials off Portsmouth : from The Times 6 Dec 1892 143/211p : & Battleship 'Hood' 1893
: 1893 represented the contracting engineers, at the trials of 360ft cruiser HMS Grafton : from The Times 29 June 1893 378/746n
: 1895 in charge of machinery at trails of Argentine Cruiser, The 396ft Buenos Aires : from The Times 4 Nov1895 422/746n
: '01cen Thomas 49m marine engineer (employer) at Royal Pier Hotel, Southsea, Portsmouth, Hants, b.Plymouth, Dev; hotel manageress, 10 servants & 23 guests most on own means scan
: '01cen Selina 51 at 3 Tressillian Crescent, St Paul, Deptford, Lon b.Yarmouth, I of W; Frederick W 22unm clerk insurance; Selina P 20unm both b.Portsea, Hants; Charles H 14 b.Brockey, Lon & servants Clara A Sennett 28unm cook b.Rushton, Northants & housemaid Lily E Bowles 17 b.Deptford scan
: '01cen Thomas H 24unm engineer in "Sans Pareil" 1st Class Battleship, at Kent, b.Portsmouth, Hants; (329 {93} seamen 13 {12} officers, 68 {1} boys, 70 {8} marines {+ not on board} [Victoria-class battleship 1887-1907 a Sheerness guardship 1900-4 wiki] scan, b, c
: 1901 T Soper represented the engineer contractors when cruiser 'Drake's official water tests of engines & boilers were satisfactorily concluded at Pembroke Dock, Wales; 'The Welshman' 20 Dec 1901scan
: '11cen Thomas 59 marine engineer, retired in 11 rooms at 3 Tressillian Crescent, Brockley SE, Greenwich (St Paul); b.Plympton, Dev; Selina 61 {m.36y, 5 births, all alive}; b.Yarmouth, I of W, Hants; Selina Pitt 30unm professor of music, b.Portsmouth; Charles Herbert 24unm bank clerk; b.Brockley & gen servant Elizabeth Maud Rouse 22unm b.Suffolk scan
: 1916 Engineer Commander Soper joined 'HMS Vengeance' 8.30am 8 Jul 1915 at Gibraltar; Sailed to Plymouth 21-26 Jul. Refit 30 Jun-15 Dec; Crew arrived Devonport 16 Dec [but not Soper, so perhaps not remaining on ship which...]; Excercised at sea 30 Dec to 8 Jan Plymouth to Sao Vicente.[Cape Verde islands]; 14 Jan Freetown Sierra Leone. 25 Jan Walfisch Bay, 29 Jan Simons Bay; 10-12 Feb to Port Natal [now Durban]' 'to North 14 Feb; Kilindini [Mombasa] 20 Feb; Coastal patrols off Zanzibae, E.Africa; sailed from Tirene Bay, Mafia Island 23 May; 27 May 1916: Stopped at sea 6-7am Lat-9.4, Long39.7: sent for mails: Discharged Eng-Cmdr E P Soper to HMS �Armadale Castle�. HMS Vengeance's log http://www.naval-history.net/OWShips-WW1-01-HMS_Vengeance.htm
: 1916 Commander Soper (E) RN transfered at sea to 'HMS Armadale Castle' from HMS Vengence 6-9am 27 May 1916 'embarked for passage' ; Durban to Kilindini, arrived 28 May http://www.naval-history.net/OWShips-WW1-08-HMS_ArmadaleCastle.htm
: 1918 Selina Soper d.20 Nov 1918, age 69?, bur.Ladywell & Brockley Cemeteries, Lon (Kt) billiongraves.com
: 1918 Selina d.20 Nov 1918, wife of 3 Tressillian Crescent, Brockley, Kent; probate London 9 Jan 1919 to Thomas Soper retired marine engineer, widowed husband; estate �1,310 15s; from Probate Calender, scan : [Selina (c1849-1918) d.Oct>Dec Greenwich, Lon, age 69]
: ?date T Soper, Commr. RN at Messrs. Armstrong, Whitworth & Co, Naval Yard, Walker-on-Tyne (for Machinery Depot). Eng. [date?] source
: 1921 Thomas d.26 Apr 1921 of Campden Grove, Kensington, M.sx; probate Lon 28 Jun to [dau] Selina Pitt Soper, spinster; estate �3,411 13s 5d; from Probate Calender, scan : [Thomas (c1852-1921) d.Apr>Jun, Kensington, Lon, age 69
: 1921Thomas d.1921, age 69 husband & Selina d.1918 age 69 wife: Memorial Inscriptions Ladywell & Brockley Cemetery, Lewisham, NW Kent; source
- '39cen son, Thomas H 62 retired Engineer Commander RN (b.10 Feb 1877) at 1 Christchurch Terrace, Chelsea, Lon; Sybil G C 49 unpaid dom duties (b.9 Oct 1889) scan

Rev Edwin Herbert Soper (1859-1898) b.Southampton, youngest son of William & Mary Soper. At 15, against his parents wishes to be an engineer, he wanted to go to sea. He became a missionary. In Brazil 1885 : [see biog]

Henry Soper, of Southampton, 1 of 15 able seamen on crew of 'Lady Octavia' 1172 tons from London to Sydney NSW 22 Feb 1875 : NSW records : [a Henry able seaman b.1831c in Lon>Sydney 1876]

Edward Pitt Soper b.13 Jul 1875 (from his service record), [b.July-Sep Portsea, Hants (bmd)]
... parents Thomas a marine engineer m.Selina Pitt Jul>Sep 1874
... 'Edmond P age 5 in 1881 census Selina 31 b. Yarmouth naval wife at Portsea (so husband at sea?); Edmond P 5; Thomas H 4; Frederick W 2; Selina J 6m, also Ellen S Soper 17 domestic servant, all b.Portsmouth
... Edward Pitt Soper, Admiralty Engineer Student after open competition, (26 names) 12 Jun 1890 Edinburgh Gazette 20 Jun (London Gazette 17 Jun)
... Edward P Soper age 15 b.Portsmouth. a Student Marine Engineering Rn, boarding at Keyham Dockyard Training College, Stoke Damerel, Dev, 1891 census [3 officers, 151 students age 14-20 & 13 servants]
... Edward Pitt Soper joined navy 29 June 1894, RN Officer's Service Records, from National Archives
... Edward P Soper, appointed probationary Ass Engineer, by the Admiralty, 4 July 1894 : from The Times 5 Jul 156/211p (repeat article 24 Sept)
... Edward P Soper, ass engineer to HMS Trafalgar 18 Aug 1899 : from 19 Aug The Times:177/211p
... Promoted to rank of Engineer 5 Feb 1901 :
... Edward Pitt Soper engineer, 25unm HMS Trafalgar, 1901 census,1st Class Battle Ship on Portsmouth station, Weymouth; b.Portsmouth, Hants; scan
... engineer to HMS Pembroke 17 Dec 1901
... for HMS Grafton 14 Jan 1902 :
... to HMS President for service to Woolwich, to assist resident engineer inspecting gun mountings at Elswick 23 Apr 1905
... Edward Pitt Soper married Hilda Gwendolen A Roberts, Lewisham, Oct-Dec 1906 [bmd]
... in addition to this Engineer Lieutenant, to HMS President, 14 Jun 1907 :
- Robert Louis Soper b.Jan>Mar 1908, Tynemouth, Northamptonshire (bmd) : an RAF doctor d.1973 see biog
... 1 of 14 Eng Lieutenants listed �For service at Royal Naval College�, in the 1908 Navy List, taken 18 Dec 1907
... advanced to the Senior List 8 Jan 1908
... to HMS Halcyon The Times 10 Aug 1908
... '11cen Edward Pitt Soper 35 head engineer Lieutenant, Royal Navy in 7 rooms at 31 Stuart Rd, Gillingham, Medway, Kt; b.Portsmouth, Hants, Hilda Gwendolen 25 {m.4y, 1 birth} b.Brockley, Lon & Robert Louis 3 b.Cullercoats, Northumberland & Dora Kate Durrant 21unm dom servant b.Beckingham, Lon scan : [son Robert b.15 Feb 1908 Nthumld a medical Air Commodore biog]
... Engineer Lieutenant promoted to the rank of Engineer Commander in HM Fleet, 3 Jan 1912 (London Gazette 5 Jan)
... engineer commander 1 Jan 1912; appointed Eng Com 2 Jul 1913 on 'Dartmouth' (see wiki; ship commissioned Dec 1911, 5,250 tons); 2nd light cruiser squad; from The Navy List for Aug 1913
... Ernest P 2nd Hd nr.17447/Da, RNR (Royal Naval Reserve); Awarded Victory Medal, Europe, British War Medal; Medals Issued V/B; sent to S [S=home?]; scan
... engineer commander on 'HMS King George V'; Awarded Star, Victory Medal, Europe, British War Medal; WW1 Medals Issued St/V/B; scan : [dreadnought at Battle ofJutland, crew 782]
... engineer commander on 'Dartmouth', medal nr.653 with clasp for Persian Gulf 1909-14; sent to 'Vivid' (Vengerance) 22 Nov 1915 scan : ['Vivid' ex-civilian base-ship at Devonport]
... E P Soper RN engineer commader; sailed 1st class on "Norman" from via joined Cape Town (ship from Durban, SA) arriving London, Eng 16 Aug 1916; [also on page 22 RAF, navy & soldiers] scan; UK Incoming Register
... as an Engineer Comander RN he gave �1 to the Westminster Abbey appeal; The Times 21 Jul 1920 : 745/746n
... wife Hilda Gwendoline A Soper d.Apr>Jun 1934 Chelmsford, age 48 (d.Great Waltham, Ex; from Parish Records)
... Edward Pitt Soper d.1955, Great Waltham, Ex; from Index to Parish Records, from findmypast.com : [not vis bmd; ??an Edward P d.Jan>Mar 1956 age 80 registered at Devises Wilts]

Soper, Master & Owner of 'The Wonder', 1876. A 39 Ton ship, Registered Port: Brixham, Devon : Devon Record Office: Devon [see also 1900] www.a2a

Albert William Soper (1876-?), b.Romsey, Hants, 18 Feb 1876, nrJ98063, Admiralty's Registers of Seamen's Services nationalarchives.gov.uk ADM 188/843 : [see b.1876]

William Henry Soper, promoted to carpenter, 20 Apr 1876. Royal Navy List [perhaps the William Henry 25 m.Portsea 1870?]
William H Soper a carpenter [started officer career?] 20 Apr 1876 : RN Officer's Service Records ADM 196/31; from National Archives

H Soper (c1831-?) able seaman 45, from Southampton on 1,040 ton, oldest of 17 able seamen (+7 ordinary seamen) on crew of 'Star of India' of London, 36 crew, 330 emigrants, from London to Sydney 17 Jun 1876 mariners records : [a Henry b.Portsea 1830] : [a Henry, seaman 1867] : [Henry Lon>Sydney 1875 above]

Robert Soaper b.London, 12 Jan 1876, Royal Navy nr 132557 : Register of Seamen's Service ref ADM 188/180 www.nationalarchives

Thomas Soper promoted to Engineer 'The Neptune', 28 Oct 1877. Date of Navy List - Appointment & date: June 1879 : 340 - Neptune 3 May 1878 (borne in "Asia") www.a2a [connection to Thomas Sugden Soper, engineer on HMS Asia. In Navy 1867-83 see 1867] : [a Thomas, engineer 1873] �

Joseph Soper, master of British ship 'Eastern Empire', charged at County Cork Assizes with firing at, with intent to kill William Brennan, his chief officer on 2 May, when vessel arrived off Cork harbour for orders. Bad feeling existed between Soper & Brennan. Alleged Soper addicted to drink was intoxicated. Brennan had flesh wound to neck. Jury convicted & recommended mercy on ground of provocation. Sentence deferred. S.Wales News 28 Jul 1877 scan : [1,014 ton passenger ship Eng>Aust mid 1860s; but lost? SA 1869] [Joseph not obvious, perhaps not a Brit; 2 Joseph seamen '81cen]

Thomas Soper, 28 Oct 1877 'R' The Navy List, pub Admiralty 1883 ['R' retired?] from Google books

Alfred Soper (1851-?), b.Landport, Hants, in an 1878 crew, age 27 : Crew Lists 1861-1913 findmypast.com : [an Alfred Algustus m.Jul>Sep 1874, Kingsclere : �81cen Alfred 29 master green grocer b.Landport, at Northwood, Hants, Ellen 28 b.Shalfleet, Hants, Alfred Augustus 4 & Harriett Ellen 1 both b.W Cowes]

William Dixon Soper, Yeoman of Signals, 'HMS Boadicea', medals for sale; South Africa 1877-9, one clasp 1879; condition nearly extremely fine : See illustration �400-450 : Provenance Spink, Oct 1977. For sale Spink 20 Nov 2008 (476 medals issued for ship) 'medal known to exist in Texas'; [the crew of HMS Bodicea fought in Zulu & 1st Boer wars; replaced Mar 1882] : [a Bacchante class corvette, 16 guns, launched 1875 : 1879 to Cape Town for Zulu War; sent 378 men to the Naval Brigade, fighting at Ginginhlovo The brigade formed the corner of a square charged by an impi of Zulus 5-10,000 : deaths c1,000, helped by gattling guns & artillery]

James William Soper (1879-?), b.Padstow, Cornwall, 21 Jan 1879, nr192267, Admiralty's Registers of Seamen's Services nationalarchives.gov.uk ADM 188/329 : [on HMS Niobe boar war] : [a dom serv '11cen : a NZ sailor WW1]

George Soper, able seaman on 'Shah'; ship's nr.187 awarded South Africa Medal nr.2312 with clasp of 1879; Basuto & Zulu Wars 1877-9; medal sent to 'Duke of Wellington' 8 Sep 1881 scan : [steam frigate, crew 500; flagship of Pacific Station; fired 1st torpodo at a Peruvian armoured turret ship May 1877, diverted to SA on way home]

G Soper, Sergeant of the Royal Marines of HMS Warrior awarded medal for long service & good conduct : from The Times 4 Oct 1880: 84/211p [the world's first ocean-going, iron-hulled, armoured, battleship, launched 1860, obsolete within 10y, withdrawn 1883, now at Portsmouth] : ['81cen George Soper on 'Warrior' b.1849c Andover, Hants]

The 'Albert Soper', Lumber on Steamer Boat at Menominee, MI, c1880-99 photo from e-bay : [Capt James Hogan entered employ of A C Soper, 1881, built the Albert Soper in Grand Haven, took an interest in her, & sailed her til 1895. A good business venture, in 1887 she made 95 trips, Chicago to Muskegon carriying 40 million feet of lumber, a record. source

Sailors in 1881 census of England

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 [Charles Valentine Soper b.1865]

Charles Soper (c1866-?) 15 b.London, Middlesex, �Boy Under Training�, from Ships in Port '81cen. Vessel "Arethusa" at Swanscombe, Kent : Charles Valentine Soper (c1871-?) orphan 10. '81cen, a pauper in "The Exmouth" a naval training hulk at Thurrock, Essex. a career soldier starting as a bandsman that year

Charlotte I Soper (1865-1927) wife (Head) 36 wife of warrant officer in the Navy at The George, Moreton Hampstead, Dev : William C Soper 9 both b.Mylor, Cornwall : Rosina A F Soper 3 b.Ford Devonport [William Henry m.Charlotte Jane Carvosso, Portsea 1870]

Mrs Chistian Soper 30 at High St, Padstow, Cornwall, mariners wife (married) b.Padstow, Cornwall, Elizabeth 5 b.Stonehouse, Alice M 3 b.Hull,Yorks, James W 15 months b.Stonehouse : [James (marine) m.Christian Prior 1874]

Edward J Soper (c1856-?) 25unm, able seaman, b.Newbury, Berks "HMS Excellent", '81cen; a shore based unit on Whale Island, Portsmouth, Hants : [an amed, 5 mast screw frigate] : [??an Edward John m.1887 Portsea; ??prison 1891; d.Apr>Jun 1892, Portsea, Hants, age 36]

George Soper (c1836-?) 45 an RN pensioner b.Ashburton & wife Jane Soper 45 b.Quethiock, Cornwall : John Soper 10 b.Plymouth, at 21 Wolsdon St, St Andrew�Parish, Plymouth, Dev, '81cen : [George m.Jane 1870]

George Soper (c1849-?) b.Andover, Hants, married, 32 Sergeant Royal Marine Light Infantry, from Ships in Port '81cen. Vessel: "HMS Warrior" at Portland, Dorset : source wife nearby - Pamela Soper (c1851-?) a wife (Head)�30 at Cove Cottages, Portland, Dorset, Annie E 9 scholar both b.Canterbury, Kent & Edith 3 b.Scotland
- Annie E Soper b.1872 Upper Walmer, Canterbury, Kent
- Edith G Soper b.c1878, Scotland : [connection? a Edith Gertrude Soper m.Oct>Dec 1899 Fulham]
- Cyril E Soper b.Apr>Jun 1890, Lewes, Sussex (?a Cyril E Soper m.Apr>Jun 1911 Uxbridge?)
: [appointed ass warder 1888]
: ['91cen : George E 42 naval prison warder at All Saints, Sussex, Pamela 40, Annie E 19 dressmaker both b.Walmer, Kent; Edith G 13 Scotland; Cyril E 11m b.Lewes, Sx]
: [?a George (c1849-1897) d.Jan>Mar Lewes, Sx, age 48 : & ?? a Pamela Soper m.Oct>Dec 1900 Brentford, Lon]
: ['01cen Annie 27 at Islington, b.Upper Walmer, a ladys maid domestic & Cyril 10 at Islington]
: ['11cen Cyril Edward Loper household head 21 b.West ..., Sx - others not visable]
: [??a Capt George E retired 1919 (but another GES b.1898?)]

George Soper (c1857-?) 24unm b.M.Newton, Dorset; able seaman : from Ships in Port '81cen. Vessel: 'HMS Victory' at Portsmouth Harbour : source : [parents George (c1822-?) a carter & Anne m.c1845]

George B Soper (c1857-?) 24 years, b.London, Acting Engine Room Artificer, HMS Temeraire, Built at Chatham Dockyard, launched 9 May 1876. A central battery/Barbette Ship, 8,540 tons. In Mediterranean Fleet during '81cen, crew 580 : source (She shelled Alexandria, 1882) Source : [presume the George Benjamin Soper b.14 Sept 1856]

George Soper (c1860-?) 21unm, b.Plymouth, Dev. a Seaman M S, 1 of 24 prisoners at "Borough Prison", Prison Rd, Plymouth, Charles The Martyr�Parish, Dev�'81cen : [assume m.1884, Devon]

Henry 40 leading stoker at 65 Albert Rd, Stoke Damerel,�b.Sth Brent; Arabella 38 b.Kingsbridge; Milly 17u dressmakers app; Henry J; 16u shipwright apprentice with family ; Thomas 11; Edith 5 all b.Stoke Damerel : [Henry Knapman Soper m.Arabella Hammett 1863, Stoke Damerel]

Henry Soper, married, age? South Brent, Dev. Ld Stoker Seaman; from Ships in Port '81cen. Vessel: "HMS Indus" at Devonport : [possibly Henry's entry duplicated at his family home in South Brent] source

James Soper age? '81cen admiral's steward on HMS 'Northampton'; in Camber, Bermuda; [naval base] a 2nd class armour plated cruiser [wiki]; station N.America & W.Indies; capt.Edmund C Drummond; Soper & 11 others 'already on census return for Hamilton, Bermuda', scan & scan.b : [not vis without age]

James Soper 30 married, Pvt, Royal Marines at Royal Navy, listed with 14 Royal Marines Light Inf & 3 gunners, RM Artillery '81cen on tender HMS 'Flora', Ascension Isle [remote Island, mid S.Atlantic; Flora a Cape of Good Hope base ship, 'tender' just meant island service]; commander, Arthur George Robertson Roe scan & scan.b: [James m.Sarah Elizabeth Adams 1875]

James Soper (c1865-?) 16unm, b.Plymouth, Dev, Boy 2 Class : from Ships in Port '81cen. Vessel: 'HMS Impregnable' no port, at sea? source : [2 Sopers on this vessel] : ['91cen] : [James Alfred b.1864, Plymouth to John H & Elizabeth 1852]

John R Soper (c1856-?) 63 a fishmonger b.Bovey Tracy, Devon & wife Pricilla 64 b.Emleigh, Wilts

John Soper (c1836-?) 45 married bandsman; b.Woolwich, Kent; on 'HMS Agincourt' 1st class ironclad, of Channel Squadron at Gibraltar; Capt Elibank Harley Murray; scan & scan.b : [(Minotaur-class ironclad frigate, 891 crew, part of Channel fleet)] : [b.24 Jun 1836]

John Soper (c1848-?) 33 Capt Q D Men� [rank not vis www; NCO of quarter deck?], b.Newton Abbot, 'Emerald', Royal Navy; 4th class corvette at Farm Cove, Sydney, NSW; on Australian station; Capt H Maxwell; scan & scan.b : [built 1876, 230 men, 12x64lb guns, to Eng Oct 1881 & placed in reserve wiki]�[John Soper, an able seaman 23 '71cen]

John Soper 27m Serg RMLI, b.Exmouth, Exeter; on "Fautoun"; a sloop, alongside, at Camber, Bermuda, [a naval base] on N.America & W.Indies station,�Royal Navy; '81cen ; scan & scan.b : [4 gun, crew of 125 wiki] : [assume John d.1913 a chief officer in coastguards]

John R Soper (c1856-?) 25unm Devonport, Dev, Able Seaman: from Ships in Port '81cen. Vessel "HMS Ganges" at Falmouth, Cornwall : source : [??m.1875]

Joseph Soper (1858-?) 22unm b.Brent Tor, Dev; Able Seaman : from Ships in Port '81cen. Vessel: 'HMS Vernon' at Portsmouth, Hants source
: 1858 ?a Joseph Soper b.Oct>Dec 1858, Tavistock, Dev to William & Jane m.bef.1848
: '61cen William 44 ag lab, at Perkins Farm, [Brentor], Lamerton, Dev; b.Exbourne; Jane 40, b.Sourton; Jessie 5 scholar; Joseph 3 both b.Lamerton scan
: '71cen ?a Joseph (c1858-?) gen servant 13, at 9 Martin St, Plymouth, St Andrew; b.Brent, Dev; servant to John Luscombe 40 dairy man; wife 48 & son 20 farm labourer & gen serv Sarah Shirland 16 b.Exeter scan
: 1873 Joseph nr.83133; b.1 Sep 1858 Brent Tor, Dev; Admiralty: Royal Navy Registers of Seamen's Services; ADM 188 source
: '81cen Joseph 22unm b.Brent Tor, Dev; Able Seaman : from Ships in Port; Vessel: 'HMS Vernon' at Portsmouth, Hants source
: 1884 ?a Joseph Cap 2nd Dr; nr.#,133on 'HMS Briton'; Awarded Sudan Medal & Khedive's Egyptian Star, Sudan campaign 1884-6; scan : ['Briton', 22ft wooden screw 10 gun corvette, crew 200, 1831 tons, built 1869; Mar'84-Jul'87 Cpt.Rodney Maclaine Lloyd in E.Indies (& Sudan campaign) until sold Bombay; 1886 in Zanzibar source]
: '91cen ?a Joseph 32unm b.Tavistock, Dev; petty officer 2nd class; (not on board) at 'HMS Defiance' a torpedo training ship at Devonport, Dev (162 on board, 340 not on board), Royal Navy; scan : [not vis '01cen]
: '11cen Joseph 53 married, tenant, alone in 1 room at 9 Hastings St, Plymouth, b.Brent Tor, Dev scan
: Joseph (c1858-1914) d.Oct>Dec 1914, age 56, Plymouth, Dev [a record photo behind Ancestry.com's paywall]

Robert Soper 46 chief engineer R.Navy at 13 Lion Terrace, Portsea, Hants, in '81cen, Mahala 40, Millie Eliza 14, Robert Alfred 9 all b.Devonport & dom serv Elizabeth William 15 b.Portsmouth

Richard Soper (c1843-?) 38, a naval pensioner, b.Harberton Ford, Devon at 15 Edgcumbe Place, Stoke Damerel, Dev, in '81cen, in household of widowed mother Ann Soper 69 b.Dodbrooke & her unmarried dau Harriet Soper 27 b.Plymouth an upholsteress ['61cen, a Boy 1st Class, age 19] : [m.Hannah Maria Dimond 1889]

Richard Soper (c1837-?) 44 b.Stoke Gabriel, Dev & two of his sons, fisherman, at Paradise Alley, Brixham, Dev, with wife Mary Soper 44, Mary J Soper 20 gen serv, Nicholas G Soper 19 fisherman, Richard Soper 16 fisherman, Olive Soper 11, Samuel Soper 9, Ida Soper 7, Sidney J Soper 5 all scholars Elizabeth Ellis, 58 widowed sister, all b.Brixham [fisherman '61cen] : ['91cen]

Thomas Soper (c1852-?), 29 & married, b.Plympton, Dev; '81cen, Engineer on 'HMS Crocodile' with 15 junior officers : [a troop-ship 1867-94, 1870 photo] : [see Edward test engineer below] : [see Thomas's biog]

Thomas Soper (c1854-?) 27 a royal marine alone at 4 Adelaide Pl, East Stonehouse, Dev. b.Con

Thomas L Soper (c1863-?) 18, a shipwright in '81cen at Stoke Dameral with family, Thomas L Soper 47, Devon : b.Dodbrook, a blacksmith : wife Caroline 43 b.Southpool : Thomas L Soper 18 a shipwright Sophie 10 b.Plymouth : Flora 4 b.Devonport : Thomas L Soper 57 pensioner & son 28 a carpenter RN in '91cen : [1902 Thomas Lear Soper an officer]

Thomas G Soper (c1865-?) aged 16, b.Liskeard, Cornwall, Boy 2 Class : from Ships in Port '81cen. Vessel: 'HMS Impregnable' [no port given, at sea?] source : [2 Sopers on this vessel] : [see b.1864]

William Soper (c1839-?) a ships carpenter, 42 b.St Heliers, Jersey at Bath Cottage S Jacques, St Peter-Port, Guernsey with wife Isabrlla D 38 b.Catel : Isabella D 12 b.England : Walter W D 11 days old b.St P P in '81cen

William J Soper (c1842-?) a lighterman,�39 b.Greenwich, Kent, at Creeksmouth, Barking, Essex in '81cen, wife Harriett 33 b.Lewisham,Kt; Thomas W 8 b.Lee,Kt; Annie 7; Charlotte 6 both b.Deptford,Kt; Emma 3; John E 4 months both b.Barking

William Soper (c1844-?) Chief Petty Officer R N,�37 b.Harbertonford, Dev at 4 Sussex Rd, Stoke Damerel, Dev with wife Sophia R 33 b.Cornwood : William T 6m b.Devonport, in '81cen : [Chief Bosuns Mate HMS Cambridge 1881] : ['61cen, a William, boy on vessel 17, Weymouth Harbour b.Devon] : [William m.Sophia Crapp Thomson 1877 Plymouth]

William D Soper (c1844-?) 37 b.Salcombe, Dev, unmarried yeoman of signals on HMS Boadicea [retired & married in Cornwall '91 cen] : [William Dixon Soper?]

William Soper (c1844-?) married, 37 Harberton, Dev; Chief Bosuns Mate: from Ships in Port '81cen. Vessel: "HMS Cambridge" source ['61cen, 2 Williams, a Boy on vessel 17, Weymouth Harbour b.Devon & Boy 1st Class, 17 HMS Intrepid b.Totnes]

William Soper (c1845-?) 36 b.North Bovey, Dev, married carpenter on HMS 'Miranda'; steam sloop; at Sydney; Australia station;15 officers listed under Lieut.James C Farie b.Victoria Melbourne; Capt.Hon.Edward S Dawson scan & scan.b : [William Henry m.Charlotte Jane Carvosso, Portsea 1870]

William Soper (c1848-?) 33 mariner at 13 Brunswick St, East Teignmouth, Dev, b.Exeter, Dev; Eliza 30; William 6 scholar; Eva 4 & Edward 2 all b.Teignmouth : [William m.Eliza Wills 1874 Newton Abbott, Dev]

William H Soper, (c1853-?) 28, b.Devonport, Dev. married, stoker on 'HMS Indus' at Devonport : from Ships in Port '81cen. [a 2nd Soper on board] : [biog? 1870?]

William Soper 26unm seaman R N; at 66 St Aubyn St, Stoke Damerel; b.Devonport with mother Eliza Soper 60 widow; b.Newton, Dev & son : [Eliz d.1897]

William Soper 24 stoker, crew HMS Ringarooma, Devonport; b.St Budeaux, Dev at Staverton Bridge, Dartington, Dev; with parents Samuel K water bailiff game keeper (em'ee) 53 b.Loddiswell, Dev; Rebecca 52 dressmaker b.Woodleigh, Dev : [m.1902 Toynes, Dev]

William Soper (c1878-?) 22unm b.Totnes, Devon; Royal Navystoker, "Curacoa", a 4th class screw corvette in Hong Kong harbour; on China station; Capt.Wm Hy Cuming; scan & scan.b : ['61/'71cen no Wm at or b.Totnes; a Wm 10 b.Torquay, but he's a watchmaker '81cen; not vis to '91cen] : ['Sapper' in igi]

William Soper 20unm Corporal R M� "Fort Stamford" Plymstock, Dev '81cen; b.Plymouth, Dev : [a gallant marine? in Malaysia see (but perhaps too young?)]

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Charlotte Soper (c1845-?) b.Mylor Cornwall, 'wife of a Warrant Officer In The Navy',�at The George, Moreton Hampstead�, Dev, '81cen, with William C 9 b.Mylor, Cornwall : Rosina A.F 3 b.Ford Devonport [assume husband William Henry Soper? 1890, a warrent officer of Ford, Devon]

Lydia Soper (c1859-?) 22 sailor's wife,�living alone at 21 Clifton St, Plymouth, Dev; b.Holsworthy, Dev '81cen : [?? assume John m.Lydia Badcock 1875, East Stonehouse, Dev]

Selina Soper 31 a naval wife at Portsea (so husband at sea?) b.Yarmouth : Edmond P 5 : Thomas H 4 : [presume the 'Edmond P' a navy engineer, see biog] : [husband, Thomas a marine engineer m.Selina Pitt Jul>Sep 1874]

End of 1881 census

Egypt Campaign : [a uprising threatening Suez Canal]

E J Soper able seaman 'Minotaur'; His crew nr.386; Awarded Egyptian Medal nr.9781, for Egypt campaign 1882 in 6 Feb 1884; medal delivered to Party 6 Feb 1884; scan : [an armed, 5 mast screw frigate, flagship of Channel Fleet] : [??an Edward John m.1887 Portsea; ??prison 1891; d.Apr>Jun 1892, Portsea, Hants, age 36]

G B Soper Engine Room Artificer, 'Temeraire'; nr.5007; Egyptian Medal nr.253 with Star & Alexander clasp?, for Egypt campaign 1882 delivered 21 Apr 1883; scan : [presume the George Benjamin Soper b.1856]

H Soper leading stoker on 'Falcon'; His ship's nr.57; Awarded Egyptian Medal nr.10610, 8 Apr 1888 for Egypian campaign 1882 delivered to 'Indus'? 4 Aug 1886; scan : [?a Henry Knapman Soper m.Arabella Hammett 1863, Stoke Damerel]

J Soper yeoman, stores; nr.8151 on 'Agincourt'; His ship's nr.5340; awarded Egyptian Medal 11 May 1883, for Egypian campaign 1882 delivered to 'Agincourt' 11 May 1883; scan : [b.24 Jun 1836]

James Soper leading seaman on 'Penelope'*; His ship's nr.2925; awarded Egyptian Medal, with clasps for Alexandria & Tel Aviv; for Egypian campaign 1882 delivered to 'Cambridge'** 15 Mar 1883; scan : [*Penelope a small ironclad, built 1869; 350 crew, Suez flagship; bombarded Alexandria 1882 : **Cambridge built 1844 110 guns; from 1869 a gunnery ship off Plymouth] : [only James in '81cen age 16 & only ordinary seaman by '91cen]

Thomas G Soper Boy 1st class on 'Euryalus'; His ship's nr.10.53; Awarded Egyptian Medal nr.8994; for Egypian campaign 1882; medal awarded 10 Jun 83 & sent to 'Euryalus' 30 Jun 1883 scan : [see b.1864]

William Soper, chief boatswain's mate on 'HMS Cambridge', awarded medal for long service & good conduct. : from The Times 24 June 1882: 88/211p [?William 37 b.Harberton, Devon same job on the Cambridge '81cen]

The 'Serena R Soper', a large 3 masted schooner, principle owner Capt E Soper of Jersey City, 603 tons value $25,000, built 1879, carrying coal from Philadelphia to New York was holed in a collision with a British steamship, she sunk in 20 minutes & the 9 crew (Soper not on board) taken aboard the steamship (also carrying coal) : New York Times, 20 Aug 1882

John Soper, a boatman of the Coastguard awarded the medal for long service & good conduct 13 Mar 1883 : from The Times 92/211p [John a coastguard officer d.1913]

Robert C Soper, master of the American ship 'Zouave', which since arrived at Cardiff, 1 of 5 caught drinking whisky in the smokeroom of Oxford Hotel, Haynes; landlord fined 10s for selling alcohol on sabbath & costs. Soper not a resident as slept the previous night at Queen's Head, he'd gone to pier-head to look for his vessel's arrival, but it had not come-in; Mr Wright, water clerk for the docks often bought capts to the pub; S.Wales Daily News 8 Mar 1883 scan & scan
: 1860 Robert Soper master of 'Franklin', bark, of Provincetown. Built at Scituate 1840. 172-27/95 tons; length 84', 9"; breadth 22', 2"; depth 10', 5". Registered 26 Jan 1852 - permanent, Provincetown. Owners: Robert Soper, Samuel Soper, Jonathan, Thomas, Stephen Nickerson, Abraham Small, Provincetown. 1 deck, 2 masts, square stern, no galleries, a billet head. Previously enrolled 3 Mar 1841 at Barnstable. from archiver.rootsweb.com
: 1860 Captain Robert C Soper accepted into King Hiram's Lodge, Provincetown, Massachusetts. 19 Nov 1860 scan
: 1862 Capt Robert C Soper b.3 Sep 1838 Provincetown, Mass; to Robert Soper (1815-) & Mary B Cook (1819-); m.Salome C Lothrop (1828-1891) 1 Jan 1862 Provincetown, Mass; m.31 Aug 1904 Boston, Mass (both b.Provincetown; d.14 Jun 1915 Brookline, Mass capecodhistory
: 1883 Capt Robert C Soper of 'Zouave' a double decker 1,152 tons, built 1862 Richmond, overhauled 1883, 183 ft : 15 Jun 1888 New York Times
: 1883 Soper, Jones, Hearl & Ingram; masters? of 'Zouavre' US 1202 entered outwards Cardiff 21 Mar for Hong Kong; S.Wales News; 22 Mar 1883 scan
: 1888 Capt Robert C Soper & crew of the American ship Zouave, are reported on board The Larnica, now on her way to this port. The Zouave & all on board were supposed lost.... She had sailed from Mobile; 15 Jun 1888 'The Zouave's Crew Saved' NY Times article
: 1907 Robert C delivered capital stereopticon lecture in Provincetown, Mass; on whaling & mackerel & cod fisheries of the past & the story of the loss of his fine ship Zouave, with several of his crew on his last voyage in merchant service; from Moving Picture World (Sep 1907) [perhaps date of book, not talk?]
: 1815 Capt Robert C Soper d.14 Jun 1915 Brookline, Mass

Edward Frederick Soper (1883-?) b.25 May 1883 Plympton, Dev, [but birth registered Oct>Dec 1884 Plympton, so joined abt.18m too young? Parents Edward & Ellen Maria Hughes 1879 Plympton] nr205851, b.25 May 1883 Plymouth, Dev; a farm; 5ft 0�in brown hair, blue eyes, fresh complexion; (age 18 5ft 4�in & 25 May 1913 5ft 8�in fair complexion [4in growth 18-20 shows underage?]); 24 Aug 1899 Boy 2nd class on 'Impregnable' 10/- gratuity for training; May'00 2nd class; Jan'01 on 'Agincourt'; Mar'01 to 'Howe'; May'1901 signed-on for 12y age 16 Devonport?; May'01 ord seaman; Nov'02 to 'Mogus?' [Hogue?]; Nov'03 'Vivid 1' [barracks, Devonport]; Dec'03 'Hogue' [1900 cruiser]; Mar'04 to able seaman; May'04 'Cambridge'; Jan'05 'Vivid 1'; Jun'08 'Repulse'; May'09 'Temeraire'; May'11 'Impregnable'; Nov'13 'Colossus' [a dreadnaught hit by 2 shells Battle of Jutland in May'1916, 6 casuaies (of 800)] ; Feb'15 to leading seaman; Jun'16 traced medal �6; Dec'16 failed Educ Test for PO - passed Mar'17 �3; Jun'18 to petty officer [still on Colossus']; Jul 18 'Vivid 1'; Aug'18 'Vivid III (Subton)'?; Dec'18 'Ganges' '(Subton)'? [shore based training Shotley, Suffolk]; Apr'19 MCS; Aug'19 'Vivid I' Invalided, sypholis; May'20 KC nr.11554 issued; 3 good conduct badges Jul'04; May'09 & May'14; conduct on all ships 'VG' scan Admiralty's Registers of Seamen's Services nationalarchives.gov.uk ADM 188/358;
: Edward Frederick Soper (1884-1922) Enumeration Book; HMS Howe 1901; Ancestry have scan
: '01cen wrong age?? Edward F Soper (c1884-?) 'navy men', 17 boy 1st class; on HMS Howe, 1st Class Battle Ship, Station Coast of Ireland, at Portland, Weymouth, Dor, b.Egg Buckland Plympton, Dev; scan, scan a, b, c
: Edward Frederick Soper m.Susan Jane Sargent nee.Porrington c.1909
- son Ernest E Soper (1914-1984) b.23 Oct; bpt.12 Nov father labourer scan (& wife, Susan Jane nee Porrington (1881-1922) [she m.Robert Porrington 18 Mar 1901 Hessenford, Cornwall, (her father Robert) source])
- Cecil E Soper b.Jul>Sep 1910, Liskeard, Con; ? a Cecil E m.Leila C Casley Apr>Jun 1939, Totnes, Dev
: '11cen Edward F 27 b.Buckland, Dev on 'HMS Temeraire' [a 1906 battleship], at Portland, Weymouth, Dor; scan b.Egg Buckland, Dev; under Commander Charles W Ironsdale 36 scan a
: '11cen Susan Jane Soper 30 widowed* household head at West End Cottages (4 rooms), St Germans, Hessenford, Liskeard {m.2y 4 births, 3 alive}; son Cecil Edward Soper 8m; son Percy Robert Sargent 9 & Elizabeth Ivy Sargent 6 all b.St Martins, Con [*Edwards death c1910-11 not vis bmd]
: E F Soper leading seaman on 'HMS Colossus'; Awarded RN Good Conduct Medal; '2 Dec 1916 reciept nr.1977; scan : [in action, see above]
: Edward F Soper Petty Officer (PO) on 'HMS Sun'; Awarded Star, Victory Medal, Europe, British War Medal nr.47646; Medals Issued LC2301/1922; scan & scan [He became a PO Jun'18 & at shore traing bases by then; 'Sun' a Tilbury tug built 1920 (& other tugs ww1)]
: E F Soper Petty Officer (PO) on 'HMS Vivid'; Awarded nr.47646; War Badge; Medals sent 22 Dec 1919 scan : ['Vivid' ex-civilian base-ship at Devonport]
: ?an E F Soper is on Plympton St Maurice War Memorial, Dev, "men who laid down their lives WW1"; But no EFS in Commonwealth War Graves Commission's lists list
: Edward Frederick Soper (c1882-1922) d.Apr>Jun, St Thomas, Dev, age 40
: Susan Soper (c1881-1922) d.Apr>Jun, Plympton, age 41 [death assumptions confirmed by off-www tree at ancestry.com]

Joseph Soper Cap 2nd Dr; nr.#,133on 'HMS Briton'; Awarded Sudan Medal & Khedive's Egyptian Star, Sudan campaign 1884-6; scan : [perhaps the Joseph able seaman in '81cen]

Thomas Soper engineer 25 Apr 83 p.255
- Thomas Soper nr.385 engineer 28 Oct 77 p.55
- Robert W Soper, Dartmouth p.313
- William H Soper nr51 carpenter 20 Apr 77
- William H Soper carpenter 10 Sep 84 some of 16 Soper snippets from The Navy List, 1885 Google Books snippet"

Thomas Lear Soper m.Alice Elizabeth Snell Jan>Mar 1885, Stoke Damerel, Dev (bmd) see naval biog: [Thomas Lear Soper b.8 Jul 1862 Plymouth to Thomas Lear Soper & Caroline Adams who m.1858, Plymouth]
: [another Thomas Lear Soper b.1833 Dev] :
- Albert Lear Soper b.Apr>Jun 1891, [see below]
: 1881 ['81cen; Thomas L 18 shipwright b.Plymouth; at 15 Princes St (Barnstaple Inn), Stoke Damerel with family Thomas L 47 blacksmith; b.Dodbrook, Dev; Caroline 43 b.Southpool, Dev; Sophie 10 b.Plymouth; Flora 4 both scholars b.Devonport, Dev]
: 1887 [wife Alice Elizabeth Soper (c1866-1887) d.Apr>Jun, Stoke Damerel, age 21 (b.Devonport)] [no births vis that �]
: 1890 [2nd marriage Thomas Lear Soper m.Elizabeth Sarah Babb; 'Bessie'; Jul>Sep 1890 SD ('Bessie' b.Devonport)]
- Albert Lear Soper b.Apr>Jun 1891 Devonport (SD RegDist) m.Vera Boon 1 Mar 1916, St Jude, Plymouth, Dev (m.Jan>Mar); '11cen 20unm Devonport draper; d.9 May 1917 Pas de Calais, France, WW1; Private, Royal Fusiliers, parents Thomas & Bessie
: 1890 Thomas's Navy Records 1890-1912 scan : [the details are below]
: 1890 Thomas Lear Soper Carpenter (an officer) 1st warrent 19 Jul 1890; & chief carpenter 27 Apr 1911; b.8 Jul 1862; naval draughsman; holds certificate from South Kensington Science & Arts Dept as a teacher in 2nd grade art subjects; French & Spanish
: 1890 : 8 Aug'91- 13 May'92, carpenter, 'Orotes' informed T L consider his diaries for Oct, Nov & Dec 90 very satifactory; letter of 14 Jan 91; vgs zealous & attentive & capable, excelant physique, recm.d for responsible post Cpt.Nurock Jan'98
: 1891 : ['91cen Thomas L 28 carpenter royal navy (em'ee)�in 3 rooms at Stoke Damerel, Dev; b.Plymouth, Dev; Elizabeth L 26; Albert L 1m both b.Devonport, Dev; scan or scan {implies 'Lear-Soper' considered surname?}] :
: 1891 : Thomas L carpenter 'HMS Orontes' (only one on ship's complement) 10 Aug 1891; PO 13 May 1892; scan
: 1891 : Thomas L carpenter (1 on ship's complement) 'HMS Orontes' 10 Aug 1891; scan
: 1892 : 1 Jun'92-2 Jan'99 on 'Retribution' in reserve; vgs Cpt.Tudor May'91; vg zealous & attentive Cpt.Frosing Jan'96
: 1895 : Thomas L carpenter (one on ship's complement) 'HMS Retribution' 1 Jun 1892; [to Vivid?] 9 Apr 1895; scan
: 1899 : 3 Jan'99-16 Dec'01 on 'Vivid' DJ Reserve Stores; zealous a good accountat officer, recom.d, for advancement Cpt.Clive Feb'01
: 1901 : ['01cen Thomas L 38 warrent officer RN, in 3 rooms at 37a Waterloo St, Devonport, Dev; b.Plymouth, Dev, Elizabeth S 36 & Albert L 10 both b.Devonport; scan]
: 1902 : Thomas L shipwright lieutenant 25 Jan 1902 : RN Officer's Service Records ADM 196/35; from National Archives :
: 1902 : 24 Jan'02-4 Jan'04 on 'Jupiter' S206 vgs vg very trustworthy, recom.d, Cpt.Grenfell Jan'99; specially recom'd for advancement Cpt.Marone Jan'02; In connection with the collision of Hannibal & Prince George, Lord Beresford reports; made admirable plans of the damage done & method adopted to repair it, Lord Beresford Nov'03 [accident article By 1903 a ship�s �carpenter� longer concerned with wood but with ship�s steel framework & plating"]
: 1904 : 5 Jan'04-Feb'05 on 'Caesar' S206 vgs zealous, recom.d, for advancement; Cpt.Manack Jan'00; Excellent draghtsman, most zealous, R'd for A, Cpt.Thoms Feb'05
: 1905 : 1 Mar'05 - 4 Apr'06, President for Committee on Revision of Establishment; very zealous & efficient, recom.d, for a Cpt.Dampier Dec'05
: 1906 : 5 Apr'06 - 5 Apr'08 TE 'Defiance'; Stongly R'd for A Cdr.Fowler Jan'07; vgs, very zealous officer & able, R'd for A, special acquirement-drawing, Cpt.Field Jan'08
: 1906 [a carpenter joined 'HMS Defiance' 1908]
: 1908 : 5 May'08 - 25 May'10 'Caesar'; vgs hard working & energetic officer. Takes good charge of his men & gets through a great deal of work in a smart time Cpt.Aistreeler Jan'10; vgs, most satisfactory officer strongly, R'd for A Cpt.Etorstart Oct'08; 1st rate carpenter, full of zeal, able & intelligent, R'd for A, as a thoroughly good officer, Cpt.Anstruther
: 1910 : 26 Apr'10 - 21 Jun'12. on 'Dominion', R'd for A =, highly zealous & capable; promoted to Chief Carpenter 27 Apr 11; Exceedingly zealous offr Cpt.Singer Jan'12; vgs hardworking & zealous, recom.d, for a Cpt.Miln
: 1911 ['11cen; census Thomas L 48 Royal Navy, Overseas at East..., b.Dev see]
: 1911 ['11cen; Thomas L 48m carpenter on "Dominion", 2nd Division, Home Fleet Overseas, Royal Navy; at Glengariff Harbour, Ireland; b.Plymouth; scan]
: 1911 ['11cen; Elizabeth Sarah Soper 46 {m.21y, 1 birth} in 4 rooms at 37a Waterloo Street, Devonport, Dev; Albert Lear Soper 20 draper (employee) both b.Devonport scan]
: 1911 T L Soper chief carpenter HMS Dominion awarded 1911 Coronation Medal scan (dreadnought battleship crew 777) : (King George V, medal issued at discretion of local authorities)
: 1912 : 16 Aug'12 on 'Swiftsure' ('Argonaut')
: Thomas L Soper Carpenter Lieutenant; Dept of the Director of Naval Equipment, Staff of the Admiralty, Material Depts (Design, Inspection & Production) [date?] source
: 1913 [appointed to Dept of Director of Naval Equipment 27 Feb 1913, based at Temple Pier, London. He was "Borne in 'President'" [attached to?]; from The Navy List for Aug 1913]
: 1917 son Albert Lear Soper d.9 May 1917, Private 9th Royal Fusiliers; of 69 Beaumont Rd, Plymouth, Dev; died Canadian General Hospital Etaples, France; 'administration (with will)' Exeter 13 Nov 1917 to Vera Soper, widow; estate �20 14s; will & probate from Probate Calender scan
: c1918 Thomas L Soper shipwright lieutenant (Shpt.Lt); WW1 Awarded Star, Victory Medal, British War Medal; Medals Issued ST/V/B; scan
: 1920 [retired a Shipwt Lieut placed on retired list 9 Sep 1920]
: >1923 T L Soper Shpt Lt Rn (shipwright lieutenant); Awarded RN long service & good conduct medal nr.6134 (in batch issued 1923-35); scan
: 1927 Elizabeth Sarah Soper d.15 Jun 1927, age 46, wife of Thomas Lear Soper of Holsworthy Ho, 28 Battery Rd, Brixham, Dev; probate Exeter 13 Dec 1927 to William Thomas Hutchings, police detective inspector; estate �582; from Probate Calender, scan [Elizabeth S (c1854-1927) d.Jun>Sep Totnes, age 63]
: 1930 ?a Thomas L Soper (c1863-1930) d.Apr>Jun 1930, St Martin, [Westminster], Lon, age 67

William Henry Soper (1885-?), b.Tralee, Kerry, 14 Nov 1885, nr228586, Admiralty's Registers of Seamen's Services nationalarchives.gov.uk ADM 188/404 [see John above] : [see? 1890?] : [?father John a coastguard officer d.1913]

?N G? Soper d.1885 at sea bmdregisters [?but probably 'NG'=name not given=immigrant died at birth?]
N G Soper (c1861-1886) died at sea age 25 on Excelsior, from UK Deaths in Findmypast.com : [??an N G Soper, London mentioned in a letter Sammy Marks at Cape Town, Feb 1897 with references on diamond mines & Vaal River Scheme source] : [no N G in '81cen; (a Nicholas 9 at Brixham in '71cen)]

Frederick Robert Soper (1886-?), b.Padworth, Berks, 14 Jun 1886, nrF11778, Admiralty's Registers of Seamen's Services National Archives ADM 188/583 : ['11cen age 24 at Bradfield, Berks] : [parents Robert Henry Soper m.Jane Parris 1885, Bradfield]

Thomas Soper engineer has been promoted to the rank of Chief Engineer in Her Majesty's Fleet. 16 Feb 1886 (London Gazette 23 Feb) : [see 1873]

Solomon Soper, John I Soper & Samuel Perrini d.12 Feb 1886, courageous seaman 'surfmen', succumbed while attempting to save people from the wreck Kraljericas which struck the Barnegat Shoals. The life-boat (crew of 8) of Barnegat NJ : [google books snippet & Soper query]

: [?perhaps the William Dixon Soper b.Jan>Mar 1844 Kingsbridge, Dev] : [William Soper (1843-?) b.Falcombe, Devonport : a William b.1844 to Joseph (a coastguard) at Veryan (igi) but Devonport 50m along coast]

J Soper, Chief Engineer, attended a Royal Navy 'entertainment' of 40 warships, off Portsmouth, for 700 colonial & Indian visiters review 2 trains left Victoria, Soper was in the of Navy staff attending 'group C' of the visiters : from The Times 24 Jul 1886 302/746n [assumed resigned by 1889 below] : [??a James m.1888]

William Soper 42unm pensioner RN m.Mary Ann Johns 42 of Portloe (signed 'x'), 2 Mar 1886 at St Symphorian, Veryan, Con; fathers Joseph Soper coastguard & Peter Johns, deceased, fisherman; witnesses Henry Richards & James Rundle; Duplicated William superanuated coastguard m.Miss Mary Ann Caddy Johns, 2 Mar at Veryan Church; eldest dau of Peter Johns, coxwain of Gorfenkle Lifeboat (by Rev W E Bird) in 'Royal Cornwall Gazette' 5 Mar [m.Jan>Mar Truro]
: [a William b.1844 to Joseph at Salcombe?/Totnes? (coastguard) at Veryan (igi) but Devonport 50m along coast ??Joseph Soper (son of John) m.Ellen Dixon 26 Jul 1842, Newhaven]
: [wife Mary Ann b.21 Jul 1844 to Peter Blamey Johns & Mary Ann Williams Caddy, all of Veryan from a tree]
: William Dixon Soper b.Salcombe, Dev, 25 Dec 1843, Royal Navy nr 51136; Register of Seamen's Service ref ADM 188/23 nationalarchives : {b.Jan>Mar 1844 Kingsbridge bmd dist, Dev (which inc Salcombe)}
: '61cen? William Soper 16 b.Totnes, Dev; Boy 1st Class, 'HMS Intrepid'? in Beirut [now Lebanon]; 97 people listed; Commander Joseph K Harrgate
: '71cen William signalman 27, at HMS Malabar, off Gozo Island (Malta), Falmouth Dev; b.Salcombe, Dev {33 officers, 199 men, 4 boys & 22 marines & passengers, 823m 85f & 134 children : Capt Sholte Douglas; an iron screw troopship for 17 day Portsmouth to Bombay route, launched in 1866}
: 1879, William D; Yeoman of Signals, HMS Boadicea, medal in Zulu Wars
: '81cen Wm D Soper 37unm yeoman of signals,�b.Salcombe, Dev on 'HMS Boadicea', 3rd class screw corvette, at anchor off Port Natal [now Durban, S.Africa]; station, Cape of Good Hope & W.Coast of Africa ; scan & scan.b
: 1886 William superanuated coastguard m.Miss Mary Ann Caddy Johns, 2 Mar 1886 at Veryan Church, Con; eldest dau of Peter Johns, coxwain of the Gorfenkle Lifeboat (by Rev W E Bird) 'Royal Cornwall Gazette' 5 Mar & igi (m.Jan>Mar Truro bmd dist) William 42unm pensioner RN; m.Mary Ann Johns 42 of Portloe (signed 'x'), at St Symphorian, Veryan, Con; fathers Joseph coastguard & Peter Johns, deceased, fisherman; witnesses Henry Richards & James Rundle
: 1886 Mr Soper superannuated coast guard; his wife of a dau b.26 May 1886 at Portloe; in 'Royal Cornwall Gazette' 4 Jun, from newspapers.bl.uk : Ellen Ann b.Apr>Jun 1886, Truro dist [inc Veryan])
: 1887 - dau Ellen Ann Soper b.11 Aug 1887 at Veryan : (their only child)
: '91cen William head, naval pensioner 47 in 2 rooms at Portloe, parish of Philleigh, (St Austell), Veryan, Cornwall, b.Salcombe, Dev; Mary Ann 46; Ellen Ann scholar 4 both b.Veryan, scan; neighbours; [a 2nd William 47 naval pensioner & wife Sophia in Dev scan & scan b]
: '01cen William 57 pensioner at Veryan; b.Salcombe; Mary Ann 56/57 & Ellen Ann 14 both b.Portloe
: '11cen William 67�naval pensioner at Portloe Veryan, nr Grampound Rd, Con (4 rooms); b.Salcombe, Dev; Mary Ann 68�{m.25y; 1 birth}; Ellen Ann 24, both b.Portloe Veryann; scan
: 1914 a William D Soper d.Jul>Sep 1914, Truro age 70 : & a Mary A C d.Jan>Mar 1923 age 80; ?an Ellen d.Oct>Dec 1922 age 38 Plymouth
: '39cen Ellen A 53 unm, domestic duties, paid (b.26 May 1886) at Carlyon Farm, Kea, Truro, Con; with Samuel C Trethaway b.29 Sep 1885 mixed farmer; Iris M Trethaway b.26 Jun 1905 udd; Clifford G Trethaway b.5 Nov 1928 at school; 4th line blacked out; Ellen 5th line; Arthur J Peters b.12 Dec 1909 horseman on farm scan
: 1959 Ellen A Soper (c1886-1959) d.Oct>Dec 1959, Bodmin, Cornwall, age 73

Henry John Soper m.Margret Hannah Hall Jan>Mar 1887 Stoke Damerel, Dev : Henry John b.3 Feb 1865, Devonport [b.Jan>Mar, Stoke Damerel]
- Harry Soper b.c1888 Devonport, Dev
- Alexander Soper b.22 Nov 1894, Devonport [b.Oct>Dec Stoke Damerel] bpt.9 Dec 1894 St Mark, Ford, Plymouth; '11cen boy 16 in training RN; navy seaman d.2 Jan 1915 of illness; grave: Craigton Cemetery, Govan; [see WW1 deaths]
- Margaret Lewins Soper b.10 Jun 1898 bpt.1 Sep Torpoint, Dev [b.Jul>Sep St Germans, Con]
- Arabella Melinda Freda Soper bpt.6 Oct 1901, Torpoint : [b.reg St Germans Jul>Sep]
- Grantham Soper b.Jan>Mar 1905, Medway, Kent
- Robert Louis Soper b.Jan>Mar 1908, Tynemouth, Northumberland
: '81cen Henry J; 16u shipwright apprentice with family Henry 40 leading stoker at 65 Albert Rd, Stoke Damerel,�b.Sth Brent; Arabella 38 b.Kingsbridge; Milly 17u dressmakers app; Thomas 11; Edith 5 all b.Stoke Damerel
: '91cen Margaret 25, wife in 2 rooms at Fore St, Plympton, St Maurice, Dev Harry 3 scholar� both b.Devonport, Dev; scan : [Henry 26 not vis]
: Henry John Soper (1865-?) an acting carpenter (naval or officer career started?) 20 Sep 1900; b.3 Feb 1865 : RN Officer's Service Record ADM 196/35 from National Archives
: Henry J Soper carpenter on HMS Amphion 1900-01 (a cruiser 1883-1906) source
: '01cen Henry 36 carpenter RN on 'HMS Amphion', ship in Pacific, but trascripton says ?'Sark, Channel Islands', b.Devonport, Dev; scan a, b, c; a cruiser wiki : (21 officers, 250 seamen, 11 boys & 32 marines; 2nd class Cruiser, Capt.John Casemont, at Vancouver BC)
: '01cen Margaret H 35m in 2 rooms at 33 Fore St, Antony, Cornwall; b.Morice Town, Dev; Henry 13 b.Stokenham, Dev; Alexander Soper 5 b.Ford, Dev; Margaret L 2 b.Torpoint, Con; scan
: 1901 Henry John Warrant Officer of 4 Carbeal Terrace, 33 Fore St & Margaret Hannah Soper bapt dau at Torpoint, Cornwall, Margaret Lewins Soper 1 Sep 1898 (b.10 Jun) & Arabella Melinda Freda Soper 6 Oct 1901
: 1909 Henry John left Navy; �75pa reduced pension
: 1910 Margaret Lewins Soper b.12 Aug 1898; Anabella Malinda Freda Soper b.10 Jun 1902 [but b.1901 above] both admitted 7 Oct 10 to Troy Town Board School (girls), Rochester, from Borstal; father Henry of 17 Hoopers Place; Left 18 Oct 1910 'bad mother drinks, girls gone back to borstal school' scan
: '11cen; Henry John 46 carpenter RN retired; now shipwright Royal Dockyard (working at home) in 5 rooms at Hoopers Rd, Rochester, Medway, Kent, b.Downe, Kt; Margaret Hannah 45 {m.24y, 5 births, all alive} both b.Morice Town, Devonport, Dev; Margaret Lewins 12; Arabella Milenda Freda 9 both b.Torpoint, Cornwall; Grantham 6 all at school, b.Gillingham, Kent scan
: '11cen; Alexander 16 boy under training, b.Devonport at HM's Royal Naval Training Establishment, Samford, Suffolk (nr Ipswich); He joined navy 22 Nov 1912 for 12y
: ?a Henry John. RNAS Officers Service. page 209 : Document covering Service number: 36001-36243, 1914-18; Public Records Office ref ADM 273/1/209
: 1915 Henry John a navy dockyard carpenter at 7 Robert St, Govan, Glasgow & Parents Henry John & Margaret Hannah of Auldhouse, East Kilbride, Glasgow [when son d]
: Alexander Soper J8038. (Po.) Able Seaman, Royal Navy, HMS Victory d.1915, age 20, - HMS Victory once the Trafalgar flagship, now flagship of Portsmouth Naval base. Anyone serving there, classed as serving on her. There was an influenza pandemic at the time, perhaps Alexander died in it? : Alexander also listed as d.1915, at sea 'Rewa' so assume d.Gallipoli as HMT Rewa a troopship 1908-1918; at Gallipoli 1915; Naval record d.enteric fever on HM Hospital Ship Rewa roll-of-honour.com
: [perhaps father?? a Henry John Soper, Navy engineer 1868]
: Henry John Soper b.3 Feb 1865 Warrent 1 Apr 1897 CM (crossed out) 1 Oct 1898 CCM; Carpenters Mate 'Vivid' 93-95; to 'Caolus'/Vivid 25 Apr 1897; very good, sound judgement & zeal; physically strong' 'Auphion'/Vivid 4 Apr 00, appears to be incapable of givings a direct answer to any question; officer tried by CM for drunkeness, aquitted 3 Feb 02; Fair GG not temperate Jan 03; Has greatly improved in all ways Jan 04; 'Talbot' 10 Oct 04, All vg, average physique, Recomend for promotion Feb 06; 'Minerva' 11 Sep 06 conduct on board vg, ashore indifferent, has little or no controll over himself if he starts drinking; Since 'Minerva' has left Eng no fault to find, performs duty zealously Jan'07 Officer reported on quarterly special report Jun'07; Performing duty to my entire satisfaction Jun'07; Conducr entirely satisfactory, special reports to cease Dec'07; CM drunk on board, profane oaths, pleaded guilty, deprived of 1y's seniority & dismissed from ship Dec'07; Officer is quiet, well behaved whilst abstaining from all drink Dec'07; warned furthur misconduct his name will be name placed on pension list with reduced pension Jan'08; Changed to Chatham Depot; 'Vindictive' 5 Mar 08; 'Perseus' May'08 to 1 Mar'09; VG, not strictly temperate, not recommended for advancement Jan'09; Charge drunk on shore, pleaded guilty, deprived of 18m seniority & dismissed from ship 1 Mar'09; retired with pension of �75pa having been tried 3 times for drunkeness Apr'09; Navy record scan

Augustus E Soper, a passenger on the steamer Bristol, from New York, died this morning between Newport & this city [Fall River, Mass?], 'found dead in his berth'. He was 2nd mate of a schooner which recently arrived in NY & occupied a stateroom in company with... 9 May 1887 NY Times Archive

Capt Soper drowned. The steam barge Alcona & consort Alta, arrived here on 11 Nov 1887. Capt of Alta reports that abreast of Thunder Bay, [Ontario, Canada], her first mate, Capt Soper, while stowing away stay sail at 5am lost his grip & fell overboard. Before assistance could reach him, the vessel having passed on in her tow, he disappeared beneath the waves. The capt says Soper hailed from Detroit. source; Report 17 Nov

Capt Robert C Soper & crew of the American ship Zouave, are reported on board The Larnica, now on her way to this port. The Zouave & all on board were supposed lost.... 15 June 1888 'The Zouave's Crew Saved' NY Times article

Capt Robert C Soper of 'Zouave' a double decker 1,152 tons, built 1862 Richmond, overhauled 1883, 183 ft : 15 Jun 1888 http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9C02EEDA143AE033A25756C1A9609C94699FD7CF">New York Times

William Henry Soper (1872-) b.Kingsbridge, Dev; Boy on 'Vixen' of Plymouth, nr81042, 8ton, crew of 6; Towing vessels at Plymouth port; William joined 30 Jan 1888; previous ship 'Intrepid' 1887; Merchant seaman record 1888 scan, &, & : [m.Mary Ann Moore 1896 Kingsbridge]

James Henry Soper m.Alice Elizabeth Oldfield Oct>Dec 1888, Stoke Damerel RD, Dev
: James Henry b.Apr>Jun 1865, Stoke Damerel RD [inc Devonport] to John Theophilus Soper & Elizabeth Launder who m. 1858
: '81cen John (James) F K Soper 44 ass boiler maker, Keyham Yd, at 15 John St, Stoke Damerel, Dev; b.Egg Buckland, Dev; Elizabeth 44 b.Tavistock, Dev; Elizabeth A 19unm dressmaker; James H 18 boiler maker app; Alfred W 14 baker's errand boy; Blanche E.M 8; Sydney E 6 both scholars; George P 3m all b.Devonport, Dev & boarder William G Chapman 14 fitters appe (eng) b.Devonport [not obvious '91cen]
: 1883 J Soper (c1863 - ) joined Boilermakers & Iron Shipbuilders Union, Devonport Branch, Dev; 11 Nov 1883, age 20; R Branch scan
: 1886 ?a J Soper, chief engineer, attended a Royal Navy 'entertainment' of 40 warships, off Portsmouth, for 700 colonial & Indian visiters review 2 trains left Victoria, Soper was in the of Navy staff attending 'group C' of the visiters : from The Times 24 Jul 1886 302/746n
: 1889 ?a James Soper given as an example of the loss of men from the navy 'late chief engineer of the Controller's department of the navy resigned to take up three times as much money as manager to the old house of Humphreys Tennant & Co' from New York Times 28 Apr 1889 : New York Times
: ? James of H Tennant & Co visited the steamer 'Prudence' at Rouen, France to examine an experimental water boiler that could produce 50 tons of distilled water a day & found it in good condition & suitable for the Navy : The Times 23 Aug : from : New York Times : [but seems likely this was Thomas (1865-1939) who resigned as C.Engineer to work for Tennant & Co 1889?; This James still an apprentice '81cen]
: '91cen Alice E 24 at 30 Marlborough St, Stoke Damerel; b.Stoke Damerel :
: '01cen James (c1866-?) c engine room officer RN, 35, in 2 rooms at 44 Marlborough Stm Devonport; & wife Alice Elizabeth both b.Devonport; 2 other couples at address; scan
: 1907 J H Soper (c1863 - ) joined Boilermakers & Iron Shipbuilders Union, Plymouth Branch, Dev 27 May 1907, age 44; R out Oct 1917; T P, scan
: '11cen James Henry 46 instructor RN College, Dartmouth; in 7 rooms at 1 Evelyn Terrace, Dartmouth, Totnes, Dev at Alice Elizabeth 44 {m.22y, no births} both b.Devonport & sister Jessie Oldfield 51unm private means, all b.Devonport scan
: 1915 James H Soper (c1864-?) 51 english citizen of Calstock, Tavistock, [Dev]; HM Navy; [with 8 others all quite old, age 35-53] : of "HMS Charybdis at Bermuda" sailed 2nd class on "Hesperian" from St John, New Brunswick, Canada arriving Liverpool, Eng 22 Feb 1915; scan; UK Incoming Register : [an 1892 2nd class cruiser, converted to cargo, sold to Bermuda 1922]
: 1925 James Henry, pensioner RN [eldest son]; executor of John Theophilus Soper d.25 Mar 1925, of 163 Pasley St, Stoke, Devonport; scan
: 1937 James Henry Soper's funeral took place yesterday; he died at home, 29 Amherst Rd, Plymouth, on Thur. M. Soper had been an engine-room artificer & instructor, and while at Dartmouth .... snippet from Western Morning News, 17 Mar 1937 source
: 1937 James Henry Soper d.11 Mar 1937 of 29 Amherst Rd, Devonport, Dev; probate London 22 Apr 1937 to Alice Elizabeth Soper widow; estate �1,343 3s; from Probate Calender, scan : [James H Soper (c1865-1937) d.Jan>Mar, Devonport, age 72]
: '39cen Alice E 72 widow unpaid dom duties (b.30 Dec 1866) at 29 Amherst Rd, Plymouth, Dev scan
: 1941 Alice E Soper (c1867-1941) d.Oct>Dec, Plymouth, Dev, age 74
: 1942 Alice Elizabeth Soper 29 Amherst Rd, Plymouth, widow (d.23 Dec 1941) Will proved 24 Mar 1942 by executors Frederick Thomas Lee Oldfield, Arthur Ernest Williams & Ernest Alfred Turner. Claims on Estate by 24 Feb 1942

George Edward Soper, Admiralty: Assistant Warder, Naval Prison, Lewes, appointed without civil service competition (London Gazette 6 Apr Feb 1888) : [a marine sergeant, Dorset '81cen]

William Soper, armourer of 'HMS Vernon' awarded medal for long service & good conduct : from The Times 5 Mar 1888 : 119/211p : [just possibly this was Chief Petty Officer Soper (37) b.Harbertonford, Devon in '81cen] : [a Joseph Soper Able seaman, b.Devon on HMS Vernon, '81cen]

Joseph Edwin Soper (1888-?), b.New Cross, London, 8 Oct 1888, nrSS3226, Admiralty's Registers of Seamen's Services nationalarchives.gov.uk ADM 188/1097 [a Joseph Edwin Soper m. at Wandsworth, Lon 1890 (bmd)] : ['11cen 47 at Wandsworth, Lon]

Frederick John James Soper quartermaster HMS Winchester, Hants [or perhaps; 'quartermaster of 'HMS Wincheser', Hants'?] when his son Frederick James Soper m.Mary Ann Crozier; 24 Dec 1888, dau of William Crozier of Fortescue St, Brisbane, Australia Brisbane Courier 25 Dec; (m.at Sheriff St, Petrie Terrace, Brisbane source) : [oddly, not vis www or Soper pages for Hants, Sailors or Oz (at least William Crozier existed, he subdividing a Sheriff St property 1889)] : [ a Frederick James Soper, in a Brisbane Electorial Register 1889]

James Soper given as an example of the loss of men from the navy 'late chief engineer of the Controller's department of the navy resigned to take up three times as much money as manager to the old house of Humphreys Tennant & Co' from New York Times 28 Apr 1889 : New York Times

James Soper of H Tennant & Co visited The steamer 'Prudence' at Rouen, France to examine an experimental water boiler that could produce 50 tons of distilled water a day & found it in good condition & suitable for the Navy : The Times 23 Aug : from : New York Times [see J Soper 1886 above] : [seems likely Thomas (1865-1939) resigned as C.Engineer to work for Tennant & Co above?] : [?however a James m.1888 was RN engine room officer '01cen; but '81cen boiler apprentice, so too young?]

Walter James Scoble Soper, b.Erith, Kent; nr236224, Admiralty's Registers of Seamen's Services
Walter James S Soper b.Oct>Dec 1889 Dartford, Kt (bmd dist inc Erith) to John & Sarah Worth ne Scoble who m.1888 ADM 188/419
: '91cen John Sopher 34 at Deptford, St Paul, Lon; b.Stoke Gabriel, Dev; Sarah W 33; Walter J S 1; Percival M Sopher 4m, both b.Erith
: '01cen John 43 engineers labourer at 4 Malvern Rd, Hackney, Lon; b.Stoke Gabriel; Sarah W 43 b.Lynnup, Dev; Walter J S 11 at Hackney; Percival M 10 both b.Erith, Kt; Robert H 4 b.Deptford, Lon & visitor Elizabeth Allen 30unm b.Westbury, Wilts scan
: '11cen with mother Sarah Worth Soper 53 wife {m.13y, 4 births, 3 alive} in 3 rooms at 21 Merritt Flats, Merrit Road, Paignton, (Totnes dist), Dev; b.Harston, Dev; sons Walter James Scoble Soper 21unm, able seaman, Royal Navy; Percival Narrcott Soper 20unm domestic chauffeur, both b.Erith, Kt; Robert Henry Soper 14 domestic gardener, b.New Cross, Lon & visitor Herbert Joseph George Merrin 20unm able seaman RN b.West Ham scan
: W J S Soper, of Braddon Tor Cottage, Able Seaman HMS Highflyer, TD 23 Sep 1914 source : [Highflyer briefly flagship of the Cape Verde station 15 Oct 1914 : Remained on W.Africa station til 1917 wiki]
: Walter J S Soper gunner on 'HMS Vivid'; Entitled to WW1 Victory Medal; Army DD; Gazette 28 Jan 1916; RND; Awarded RN Good Conduct Medal; Medals Issued ST/VB; sent to 'Iron Duke'; medals sent to S [S=home?] scan : ['Iron Duke', flagship at Battle of Jutland May 1916: 'Vivid' ex-civilian base-ship at Devonport]
: Walter James Scoble Soper b.7 Sep 1889 Erith, Kent; nr.236224 Royal Navy Seamen List 1899-1919
: Walter J S Soper petty officer (PO) nr.236224; WW1 medal; scan
: Walter James Scoble Soper (1889-?) a Lieutenant Commander b.7 Sept 1889 [reg Oct>Dec at Dartford, Kent (bmd)] : [Started officer career?] 12 Oct 1917 : RN Officer's Service Records ADM 196/165; from National Archives
: W J S Soper gunner to be Cd Gunner, RN 24 Jun 1927 (London Gazette 28 Jun)
: W J S Soper Cd Gunr to be Lieut Royal Navy 14 May 1938 (London Gazette 3 Jun)
: Wallis J S Soper (c1890-?) 39 royal navy, sailed 1st class on "Tamaroa" (Shaw, Savill & Albion Line) from Wellington, New Zealand arriving Southampton, Eng 11 Jul 1929; Last permanant address New Zealand; Planned future residence Eng; address RN Barracks, Devonport, scan; UK Incoming Register
: Walter 49 RN; english citizen, Last permanant address Gibraltar; address RN Barracks, Devonport, sailed 1st class on "Rejputana" (P & O) from Gibraltar to Plymouth Feb 1939; scan; UK Incoming Register
: Walter 49 1st class on "Rajputana" (P & O) from Yokohama, Japan to Plymouth Jun 1939); Last address Gibraltar; future residence Eng; address RN Barracks, Devonport scan
W J S Soper, Lieut, placed on the Admiralty Retired List 7 Sept 1939. From The Times 9 Sept : www.gazettes-online
W J S Soper, Lt (Retd) to be Lt Cdr. (Retd) 14 May 1946 (London Gazette 12 Jul)
? a Lt Cdr Soper on HMS Obdurate, minesweeper/sub hunter sailing Nov 1953 from Gibratar to Harwich, he left on reaching port [so perhaps a passenger?] source

The Ally Soper registered Rochester, Kent 1890 : Net Tonnage 60 www.mariners.co.uk [Ally Sloper was a famous drunkard cartoon character - see London 1888]
W J S Soper d.1972

Robert Nicholas Soper m.Elfrida Parnell Jul>Sep 1889, Pembroke, Pembrokeshire (bmd) : Robert N b.Apr>Jun 1846 Brixham to Richard & Mary Prowse Farley who m.1859, Dev : (brother Richard Soper m.Elizabeth Parnell 1890; below)
- Ernest Parnell Soper b.Oct>Dec 1892, Totnes : 1941 fisherman when executor for father (estate �175)
- Robert Goodridge Soper b.Jan>Mar 1895, Totnes; drowned fishing 17 Aug 1913 see below: [d.Apr>Jun, age 18, Pembroke]
- Frederick George Soper b.Jan>Mar 1897, Totnes
- Elfrida Winifred Soper 'Winifred' b.Jul>Sep 1899, Totnes; Elfrida W Soper m.George H Tucker Apr>Jun 1923 Totnes
- Ruby Soper b.Jul>Sep 1902, Totnes
: '91cen Robert Q Soper 25 fisherman (em'ee) at 6 Bay View Rd, Brixham; Elfrida 23 [81cen not vis]
: 1900 Robert Nicholas Soper (1866-) b.Brixham; of 6 Bayview Terrace, Brixham cert nr.1592; R.Navy Volunteer nr.3120; owner & master [from 9 Oct] of 'Briton' nr.102994, 43 ton, crew 4, Trawling English Channel, 11 Jul 1900>31 Dec;
Richard Soper b.1863 Brixham previously on 'Emerald' 1900 RHV nr.2555; & 3 apprentices; Charles Richard Stooks 2nd hand b.1878 Brixham, ap.10 Dec 1895; Frederick George Mills 3rd hand b.1882 Hammersmith, [Lon] ap.3 Nov 97; Richard Kemel Soper Shepperds b.1882 Brixam cook ap.2 Apr 00; Merchant seaman record scan & scan
: '01cen Robert N 35 fisherman at Bay View Terrace, Brixham; Elfrida 32; Ernest P 8; Robert G 6; Frederick G 4; Elfreda W 1 all b.Brixham; scan & scan
: 1901 Robert Soper, smack owner, Parkham, Brixham (p104); Kelly's Directory of Devon 1901
: '11cen Robert 45 fisherman at 5 Glenmore Terrace, Brixham [Totnes RD], Dev; Elfeda 42 {m.20y}; Ernest 18 fisherman; Winifred 11; Ruby 8 all b.Brixham
: 1913 Robert Soper (1865-) cert nr.1592; 2nd hand on 'Gratitude', nr.95371, 49 ton, crew of 4 owner A.Gempton; trawling in English Channel 1 Jan-30 Jun 1913 ; Merchant seaman record scan, &
: 1913 Robert 19 of Brixham, 3rd hand on becalmed smack, by Thorne Island ]an 8m row map]; 'Guard' of Brixham, drowned at Neyland, on 17 Aug 1913, when he & the mate put into a small boat to get the fish to morning market. They accepted a tow from a Neyland tug but the rope fouled & boat overturned. The mate held-on to an oar & was saved: 'Guard' was becalmed at Milford Haven entrance Carmarthen Journal 22 Aug;Milford Haven inquest verdict, accidental death; Cambria Leader 1 Sep scan : [Robert (c1895-1913) d.Apr>Jun 1913, age 18, Pembroke]
: Robert Nicholas Soper d.4 Oct 1941 of 26 South Furzeham Rd, Brixham, Dev; administration Exeter 29 Dec 1941 to Ernest Parnell Soper, fisherman; estate �175 14s 7d; from Probate Calender, scan [Robert N (1866-1941) d.Oct>Dec Totnes, age 75]
: Alice Elizabeth Soper 29 Amherst Rd, Plymouth, widow (d.23 Dec 1941). Will proved 24 Mar 1942 by executors Frederick Thomas Lee Oldfield, Arthur Ernest Williams & Ernest Alfred Turner. Claims on Estate by 24 Feb : [James Henry m.Alice Elizabeth Oldfield 1888]

Richard Soper m.Elizabeth Parnell Oct>Dec 1890, Pembroke, Wales (brother Robert Nicholas Soper m.Elfrida Parnell Jul>Sep 1889, Pembroke; above); Richard b.18 May 1864 Brixham to Richard & Mary Prowse Farley m.1859, Dev
- Samuel Richard Soper b.20 Sep 1891 Tenby [b.Oct>Dec Pembroke]; '11cen 19unm student at St.Lukes College (diocesan training), Exeter; a Serj WW1; teacher; m.Gertrude Ash 1919, Exeter
- Arthur Gordon Soper b.29 Jan 1893 [b.Jan>Mar], Totnes, Dev '11cen Arthur 19 a fishing with father; m.Elizabeth J Clarke 1919; '39cen 46 yachtsman
- Frederick Howard Soper b.Oct>Dec 1894 Totnes; '11cen 17 seaman, cook fishing (with father); ?a Frederick H Soper m.Nellie E Jackman 1919, Totnes
- Elfrida Gwendoline Soper b.Oct>Dec 1896 Totnes '11cen 'Gwendoline' 14 at school
- Lily Irene Soper b.Jan>Mar 1899 Totnes
- Dorothy Ruby Soper b.14 Nov 1900 [b.Oct>Dec] Totnes; '39cen 38unm cook in Essex; d.Jan>Mar 1973, Torbay, age 72
- Harold Parnell Soper b.2 Jul 1903 [b.Jul>Sep], Totnes; Harold P m.Winifred S Babb 1930, Totnes; d.1946, age 43
- Elizabeth Vera Soper b.Apr>Jun 1905, Totnes
- Leslie Ronald Soper b.Oct>Dec 1907 Totnes
- Gladys Mary Soper b.Jul>Sep 1909 Totnes
: '81cen Richard 44 b.Stoke Gabril, fisherman; Mary 44; Mary J 20 gen serv; Nicholas G 19 fisherman; Richard 16 fisherman; Olive 11; Samuel 9; Ida 7; Sidney J 5 all scholars b.Brixham
: '91cen Elizabeth Soper Rowland 20 fishermans wife (employer) at Seamens Room, Quay Hill, St Mary Tenby In Liberty, Tenby, (St Marys), Tenby, Wales, Pembrokeshire; b.Ashburton, Dev with Elizabeth Parnell 53m [assume mother?] house keeper b.Brixham, Dev & son Samuel Parnell 10 scholar b.Tenbury, Pem (others on page fishermen) scan : [Richard not vis]
: 1896 : 4 dau to Brixham National School. Brixham; Gwendoline b.22 Nov 1896 admitted 1 Feb 1904 achieved grade V 1907 scan; Lily b.26 Feb 1899 admitted 25 Nov 1905 left 1906 achieved grade I scan; Dorothy b.14 Nov 1900 admitted from National Infants School; 6 Mar 1908 scan; Vera b.15 May 1905 admitted 15 Apr 1912 scan family at Mt Pleasant 1904 & Bolton St by 1907
: 1900 Richard owner & skipper of trawler 'Briton' of Brixham nr.102994, 43 tons, crew of 4; ran into 'La Touraine' 3 Mar 1900 & lost with all hands, off Edystone light, English Channel [off Con/Dev border]; Richard skipper (stayed temporarily ashore at Brixham), Samuel Soper 27, 2nd hand to skipper, Edward Giles Bulley 43, 3rd hand to 2nd & Thomas Netherton 49, 3rd hand, Ernest John Tribble 19 apprenticed 1897 & Stephen Henry Bodennar 15 apprentice (all 5 drowned); Merchant seaman record scan, &, & : [?a Samuel 55 d.vis Nov>Dec bmd] : [skipper, Samuel 28 brother of the owner, leaves wife & child; Bulley wife & 6; W.Netherton 19unm & 2 apprentices; run down by steamer 'La Touraine' {520ft French transatlantic liner wiki}]
: '01cen Richard 37 fisherman (employee) at Bay View Rd, Brixham, Dev, b.Brixham; Elizabeth 31 b.Pembroke, Wales; Samuel R 9 both b.Tenby, Pembroke; Arthur G 8; Frederick H 6; Gwendoline E 4; Lillie I 2; Dorothy R 5m, all b.Brixham; scan & scan
: '11cen Richard 46 crew, Master [fisherman crossed out & replaced] on 'Amphitrite' at Padstow, Cornwall; Arthur 19�crew, able seaman, 3rd hand; Howard 17�crew, ordinary seaman, cook; all b.Brixham, Dev; & [listed nr2], Mate, George Carpenter 51m, b.Torquay scan
: '11cen Elizabeth 40m {m.16y, 10 births; all alive} in 7 rooms at 62 Bolton St, Brixham, Dev; b.Tenby, Pembroke; Gwendoline 14 school; Lily 12 school; Dorothy 10 school; Harold 7 school; Vera 5 school; Ronald 3; Gladys 1 all b.Brixham, Dev scan
: '11cen Samuel R 19unm student at Saint Lukes College (diocesan training), Exeter, Dev; b.Tenby, Pembrokeshire; students 19-26 scan, scan b, c & d
: 1916 Richard Soper master, fishing on 'Amphitrite', ketch-rigged smack, 44 tons, built 1905, Brixham-reg BM248, . Sunk by gunfire 24 miles W by S of Portland Bill (wi - in 50.24N, 03.04W) (H/L/bm/wi), crew survived, 1 of 6 ships captured 28 Nov 1916, by UB.37 (Paul Gunther) Type [UB II submarine wiki] off Dorset & Dev: source
: 1939cen Dorothy R 38unm cook (b.14 Nov 1900) at Rishormel, Marsh Ln, Epping, Ex; with Beatrice Lack b.3 Apr 1905 udd; line 2 blacked out; Jeremy Lack b.10 Jun 1934 at school; Ethel B Snell b.14 Apr 1875 widow, private means; Gertrude L Bullock 10 Jul 1890 childrens nurse unm; Dorothy nr.5 & Ruth Tulip (Walton) b.21 Aug 1906 housemaid scan
: '39cen ?a Harold P 36 yachtsman (b.2 Jul 1903) at Sea Glimpoe, Heath Rd, Brixham, Dev; Winifred S 31 unpaid dom duties (b.23 May 1908); line 3 temp withheld scan ['38cen brother Arthur G 43 also a yachtsman]
: 1946 Harold Parnell Soper d.10 Jul 1946, age 43 Ranscombe Rd, Hilsea; burial registers for the non-conformist cemetery, Higher Brixham (d.Jul>Sep 1946, Totnes, age 43)
: 1973 Dorothy Ruby Soper (1900-1973) d.Jan>Mar 1973, Torbay, Dev, age 72; (b.14 Nov 1900)

W Soper Torp[pedo?] Art[ificer] nr.5:232 on 'HMS Boadicea'; Awarded Ashanti Medal nr.719; for Ashanti campaign, Africa 1890-8; Witu expedition 1890 [E coast Africa]; clasp for Bramhirce? 1895; medal sent to 'Vulcan' 26 Sep 1895 scan [Boadicea corvette 1876-97; 3 masts; 375 crew; Vulcan depot ship for 6 torpedo boats , 432 crew]

William Soaper or Soper, mariner of Bermondsey, Surrey. His will, 15 Nov 1890 : prob11/402 : www.nationalarchives.gov.uk, available online [??a William Soaper, able seaman in China War 1840]

Robert Wills Soper, Admiralty Surgeon, Medical Officer for borough & port of Dartmouth, New Road & Prospect House, Dartmouth, Dev : from 1890 Whites Directory
- Robert W Soper, Dartmouth p.313 from The Navy List 1885 Google Books snippet

William Henry Soper, Warrent Officer RN of 25 Cambridge Rd, Ford, Dev : from 1890 Whites Directory : [biog? 1870?] : ['81cen, Charlotte wife of Warent Officer with dau b.Ford]

Edward Pitt Soper Admiralty: engineer student after open competition, (26 names) 21 Jun Feb 1890 (London Gazette 17 Jun) [see Edward Pitt Soper]

William John Soper m.Emily Elizabeth Perkins Jan>Mar 1890, East Stonehouse, Dev
: William John b.c1868, Charlton*, Kent to William T m.Mary W Peterson who m.1866, Stoke Damerel, Dev : [*now 'Charlton, S.Lon' by Woolwich] so [perhaps? William b.Jul>Sep 1867 Lewisham. Lon]
- Edith Emily Soper b.Jul>Sep 1890, Stoke Damerel, Dev; ?an

Edith E m.Percy Farrant 1912, Woolwich, Lon
- Daisy Olive W Soper b.Jan>Mar 1894; m.Arthur E Berry Oct>Dec 1913, both Woolwich
- Ralph William Soper b.Jan>Mar 1902, East Stonehouse, Dev; ?a Ralph W m.Bettie Westoby 1929 Lambeth, Lon
: '81cen age 13 with William 40 Kingsand, Dev; shipwright HMD Yard at Higher Row, Maker, Con; Mary 35 b.Devonport; William 13 b.Charlton, Kt; Edith 12; Henry 10 both b.Rame, Con; Richard 8; Ellen 6; Elizabeth 3 all scholar; John 6m all b.Kingsand, Dev
: '91cen William (c1866-?) 25 seaman (employee) at 41 Ker St, Stoke Dameral; b.Cha arlton, Kt; Emily 25 b.Dawlish, Dev; Edith 9m b.Devonport, Dev & niece Annie Harrison 5 b.Tiverton, Dev
: '01cen William J master hand, ordnance vessel; 33 at 3 Valletort Place, E.Stonehouse; b.Charlton; Emily 35 b.Dawlish; Edith E 10 b.Devonport; Daisy O 7 b.Woolwich, Lon; scan [3 households at address]
: ??a W J Soper sailed to Ghana 1905, '07, '11, '12, '14, '15 ('N J'), '16]
: '11cen William John 44, married, master on 'Upnor', Naval Ordinance Vessel, East Stonehouse, Dev; b.Charlton, Lon/Kent; leading a crew of 14; 2 mates, 2 engineers, 5 seamen, 2 stokers & 2 boys (8 from Hants, 4 Kent) scan : [HMS Upnor a 151ft a store carrier/armament freighter with 3lb gun (1899-1952), captured at sea by IRA 1922 source]
: '11cen Emily 46 married {m.22y, 2 births both alive} at 10 Crenngll? St, Stonehouse; b.Dev; in 10 rooms with brother-in-law Henry Harrison 52 licenced victualer (self employed), Royal Marine pensioner b.Sandback, Cheshire; Alice Harrison 41 {m.26y, 1 birth} assisting in business b.Dawlish, Dev; dau Annie Harrison 25unm music seller (self employed) b.Tiverton, Dev & dom serv Catherine L Grealey 29unm b.Stonehouse (mistranscribed as Loper) scan : [4 Henry Harrison m.1883-6; not to a Soper or Perkins]
: '11cen Edith Emily 20unm dressmaker, working on own account at home in 7 rooms at 15 Olven Road, Plumstead, Woolwich RD; b.Devonport, Dev; & siblings Olive Daisy Williams Soper 17 dressmaker, on own account at home; b.Woolwich, Lon Ralph Williams 9 school; b.Stonehouse, Dev; father away at sea scan
: 1929 ?an Emily K Soper (c1866-1929) d.Apr>Jun, Crediton, Dev, age 63
: '39cen William J Soper 72 widower, naval service pensioner (b.11 Jun 1867) at 107 Cathles Rd, Wandsworth, Lon scan
: 1942 William J Soper (c1868-1942) d.Apr>Jun 1942, Wandsworth, Lon, age 74

Sailors in 1891 census of England

Edward J Soper 35 rigger (ship) at 52 Hope Street, (All Saint), Portsea, Portsmouth, Hants '91cen; b.Newbury, Berks; Hanah M Soper 31 b.'London', Kent; with visitor Laura F Norcott 10 school b.Leckhampstead, Berks scan : [an Edward John m.Hannah Maria Ayton 1887 Portsea; ??prison 1891; d.Apr>Jun 1892, Portsea, Hants, age 36]

Edward Pitt Soper age 15 b.Portsmouth. a Student Marine Engineering RN, boarding at Keyham Dockyard Training College, Stoke Damerel, Dev in '91cen 146 Students under a Commander RN 44 2 officers 29 & 27 & 13 servants : [see Edward Pitt Soper]

George E Soper (c1849-?) 42 a naval prison warder b.Andover, Hants; wife Pamela 40; Annie E 19 dressmaker both b.Walmer, Kent; Edith G 13 Scotland; Cyril E 11m Lewes, Sussex : [a marine sergeant, Dorset '81cen]

Henry Soper 20unm seaman war department vessel at Station Hospital Portsmouth, Lion Terrace, Portsea, Hants '91cen; b.Cawsand, Cornwall; mostly infantry privates on page; scan : ['81cen 10 b.Rame, Con?; '01/'11cen not vis (if b.Con) but d.not vis]

James A Soper (c1867-?) 24unm, Royal Navy seaman at 33 Kings Lane, Plymouth with widowed mother Elizabeth R Soper 55 charwoman & sister Ellen R Soper 18 laundress : all b.Plymouth, Dev; freecen.org.uk : [on HMS Impregnable '81 below??] : [James Alfred b.1864, Plymouth to John H & Elizabeth 1852]

James Soper 27unm able seaman at 'Black Prince' 3rd class battleship, stationed Devonport, Dev '91cen (not on board), Royal Navy; b.Plymouth, Dev (200 on board & c180 not on board); scan
: '81cen James 16, Boy 2 Class, b.Plymouth, Dev; from Ships in Port. Vessel: 'HMS Impregnable' no port, at sea? : ['91cen 24unm above??]

John Soper (c1866-?) 25 a ship stoker RN, at Stoke Damerel, Devon; b.Devonport, Dev

John Soper (c1861-?) 30 unm merchant seaman (employee) in home of father at 7 Cornwall St, Stoke Dameral, Dev, John 72 shoemaker, his Ann 66, Eliza 33 charwoman, William C 14 errand boy, John B 11 scholar all bar Ann b.Devonport : freecen.org.uk : [2 John grchild] : [a John 31 d.at sea 1891, but '01cen a John at Plymouth a steward on steam trawler; b.Devonport]

Joseph Soper 32unm petty officer 2nd class (not on board) at 'HMS Defiance' Torpedo training ship, at Devonport, Dev '91cen (162 on board, 340 not on board), Royal Navy; b.Lavistock, Dev; scan

Joseph Soper (c1858-?) age 33unm, seaman mercantile, staying with widowed mother Jane Laskey 76 both b.South Brentor '91cen: at 8 Nelson St, Plymouth Charles : freecen.org.uk : [parents William & Jane m.bef.1848] : [connection? a William Laskey Soper (c1857-1900) died Portmouth, Hants, age 43]

Richard Soper (c1837-?) age 54, a fisherman (employee) b.Stoke Gabriel, wife Mary 54, Olive 21 a dressmaker, Ida 17, Sydney 15 shoemaker, all b.Brixham, at 7 Bay View Rd, Totnes, Devon : freecen.org.uk : ['81 cen]

Robert Q Soper (c1866-?) 25 a fisherman (employee) at 6 Bay View Rd, Brixham (/Totnes?), wife Elfrida Soper 23 both b.Brixham : freecen.org.uk : ['11cen ?a Robert Soper, 45 & Elfeda Soper 42 at Totnes, Devon]

Soper T Sugden (c1840-1929) 57 a retired engineer R N, Navy Officer, married, b.Addington staying at Ryarsh, Kent at sisters house Mary A Sugden, 54 b.Gillingham, single, deaf, living on her own means, another brother 50 & 1 servant : '91cen (in 1901 census, Soper Thomas Sugden 61, married. His younger brother John Sugdon 60, single, was household head 'living on own means', also housekeeper 24 [Soper T Sugden d.Jan>Mar 1929 at Malling, Kent, age 89] [connection to Thomas Sugden Soper, see 1867]

Thomas Soper (c1852-?) 39, General Mfnf Marine Engineer & family, b.Plympton, Dev c1852 : [see Thomas's biog above]

Thomas Soper (c1855-?) widower, 36 a Mate b.Cornwall, Port Isaac on the 'Jane Francis' at Honiton, with 3 able seamen; Samual Ellis 30unm b.Plymouth; George Bent 26unm b.Grimby; John Steer 18 & cook & steward James Muller 21m both b.Port Isaac; Thomas's signature scan : [a 'Jane Francis' 185ton 107ft, built 1871 Padstow, to Lisbon 1873 : (an earlier 'Jane Francis' 350ton barque Capt. Francis & 11 crew, Eng>Aust 1851)]

Thomas L Soper (c1863-?) age 28, carpenter Royal Navy, at Stoke Damerel; b.Plymouth : wife Elizabeth L Soper 26, Albert L Soper both b.Devonport at Stoke Damerel, Dev : [1902 Thomas Lear Soper an officer] : [Thomas Lear Soper a chief carpenter 1911]

William T Soper 50 shipwright HM dockyard (em'ee) in 3 rooms at 37 Cherry Garden St , Stoke Damerel, (Devonport), Dev '91cen; b.Maker, Con; Mary W Soper 45 b.Devonport; Edith Jane Soper 22unm general domestic servant� b.Rame, Con; Elizabeth M Soper 13; John C Soper 10; Bessie Soper 8 all scholars b.Maker; scan : [William T m.Mary W Peterson 1866, Stoke Damerel {Cornwall notes}]

William H Soper (c1843-?) head 48 warrant officer RN at 25 Cambridge Rd, Stoke Damerel; b.N.Bovey, Charlotte J 46 b.Mylor, Con; Rosina A F 13 b.Ford scan : [William Henry Soper m.Charlotte Jane Carvosso 16 Oct 1870 St Mary, Portsea, Hants]

William Soper 47 naval pensioner�in 3 rooms at Stoke Damerel, Dev; 1891census; b.Harberton, Dev; Sophia Soper 42 b.Cornwood, Dev; William Soper 10; Catherine Soper 8; John Soper 7; Sophia Soper 7; Charles Soper 6; Sidney Soper 4 all scholar�all b.Stoke Damerel, Dev; (Phillipa Thompson listed 1st in 1 room 78 widow living on own means); scan & ; scan : [William m.Sophia Crapp Thomson 1877, Plympton, Dev ]

W D Soper, Yeoman of Signals, ''HMS Boadicea", medals for sale; South Africa 1877-9, one clasp 1879; condition nearly extremely fine : See illustration �400-450 : Provenance Spink, Oct 1977. For sale Spink 20 Nov 2008
: W D Soper Yeoman of Signals on 'Boadicea'; Awarded South Africa Medal, nr.873 for Basuto & Zulu Wars 1877-9; Sent to Party 20 Oct 1882 scan : [a Bacchante class corvette, 16 guns, launched 1875 : 1879 to Cape Town for Zulu War; sent 378 men to the Naval Brigade, fighting at Ginginhlovo The brigade formed the corner of a square charged by an impi of Zulus 5,000?v10,000 : deaths 11v1,000, helped by gattling guns & artillery]
: [William D, same ship '81cen below] : [retired in Cornwall '91cen & married] : [William Dixon Soper?]