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Counties with more Sopers, are on seperate pages Berks : Cornwall : Devon : Dorset : Hants : Kent : London : Surrey : Somerset : Sussex : Wilts :

-------- Also : Ireland, Scotland, Wales : Isle of Man : [also see Europe, Other Countries]

Ralph le Sopere of Girardeston (Girardestone) [1m from Cranborne Chase, Wilts source], taken because he avowed (advacavit) [admitted] a hood taken by night [so more serious] at William son of Luke�s house. Ralph puts [himself on trial by a jury of] 12 of Dunton hundred [of Biggleswade, Bedford?] who say n.g. So quit. [not guilty] : Please of Juries & assize at Wylton, Wilts, [nr.Salisbury] Easter 9 Wdw.1 [20 Apr 1281] wiltshirerecordsociety.org.uk

Only 5 igi records for Beds, Elizabeth below & 4 Soupers 1842-9 below (& 51 bmd records)

Elizabeth Soper bapt.7 Apr 1608, Stevington, [igi]

Elizabeth Soper d.1608, Bedfordshire from National Burial Records

Richard Soper b.1832 Bedfordshire, d.1899 Glos [see Glos for family] www.berksfhs.org.uk

Elizabeth Soper (-1749-?) b.bef.1749 : spouse: William Snelson (-1749-?), m.6 Oct 1769 Dunstable, Beds : www.southernx.com.au

1841 Census, 3 families

Hannah Soper 13, John Soper 5, John Soper 3, at Pulloxhill, Beds, all but John 5 b.Beds; scan, perhaps others in household, a very poor census sheet, perhaps another family in Pulloxhill (Thomas, Amma. Mary & Ellice Soper?)

John Soper 40-5 'troe maker' at Muggerhanger, Beds [between Sands & Bedford], Ann Soper 45-9, Mary Soper 15-9, Charles Soper 15-9, Lambeth Soper 13, Helen Soper 10, Elizabeth Soper 8, & Mary? B�es? 70-4, all b.Beds scan [Transcribed as 'Tope' but looks like 'Soper'] : ['51cen not vis, no Sopers b.Beds]
: ?assume unconnected? Lambeth Soper & Samuel Benstead witnesses m.26 Jun 1837 at Donington in Holland, Lincs, of Robert Kyme & Sarah Weathers (by banns, both unm of Donnington) : [FreeReg]

Charles Edward Souper bapt.22 May 1842, Francis Abraham Souper bapt.28 Jan 1844, Katharine Milford Amelia Souper bapt.25 Oct 1846 & d.Jan>Mar 1847, Bedford & Mary Oriana Sandiford Souper bapt.14 Mar 1849 all at St Mary, Beds [igi] : [see family]

1851 Census, 7 entries

Sarah J Souper 21 head, daughter of Registrar of Louth, of 1st instance; British Subject at Cauldwell St, Bedford, St Mary, Beds '51cen, b.Isle of Trinidad; Julia A Souper 20 dau of Registrar of Louth, of 1st instance; British Subject b.Isle of Trinidad; Jessey G Souper 15 scholar at home b.Lon*; Jane H Souper 13 scholar at home b.Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales; Francis Souper* 7 scholar; Mary O Souper 2 both b.Bedford, Beds; scan : [*'b.London' but 'of Trinidad' at marriage 1869 below] : [*Frances Abraham Souper's biog] : [parents Phillip Dottin Souper & Oriana Jane, see biog] : ['81cen with with mother Oriana J Souper 77 at Croydon, Surrey]

Born Bedfordshire, but living outside county
C M Soper 39 b.1812c, living London : [no obvious '61/'71cen]

1861 Census, no Sopers in Beds, but 3 born Beds
Charles Sopher (c1802-?) age 59 b.Chelmsford, Beds, head job 'Ch', at 3 Hayes Place, St Mary, Islington, Lon, wife Martha Sopher 59 b.Abbingdon, Cambs (bind) son William Sopher 28, an unm labourer b.Clerkenwell, Lon
Elizabeth Soper (c1826-?) age 35 b.Everton, Beds, wife of Richard at 10 Featherstone Buildings, Holborn at St Andrew, London
Mary Soper (c1814-?) age 47, a 'cotton window', b.Dunstable, Beds at Shoreditch, Msx, with husband John Soper, age 50, a carpenter b.City & dau Elizabeth Soper 25, a laundress b.Cripplegate, M.sex

1871 Census; no Sopers in Bedfordshire, (2 wives b.there)

Sarah Soper wife 25 at 18 Cavern Rd, Tormoham, Torquay, Dev; a miliner; b.Luton, Beds
Elizabeth Soper wife 45 at 5 Paddington St, Islington, St Mary London; b.Everton, Beds

Charles Edward Souper m.Annie McCausland 1871 : [biog Souper notes]
- Philip Richard Patrick Souper b.8 Jun 1875 at Cork, Ireland
- Male Souper 20 May 1877 at Corbally, Limerick, Ireland
- Charles Alexander Souper b.24 Apr 1879 at Corbally; b.Apr>Jun 1879 Limerick dist
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Emily Soaper b.Apr>Jun 1877 & Emily Soper d.Apr>Jun 1877 age 0

1881 Census, 8 entries

William Soper 41 a brass finisher at 18 Duke St, Luton; Elizabeth Soper 45; Walter Soper 15 brass finisher; Lydia Soper 13; Edward Soper 10; James Soper 8, scholars all b.St Lukes, M.sex : [William Catherine Soper m.Elizabeth 1860]
: '71cen William Soper (c1840-?) a brass finisher 31, b.Shoreditch, St Leonard, Msx; at 14 White Lion Yard, Finsbury, St Luke; Elizabeth 35, b.Hoxton, Msx; Charles 9; Walter 5; Lydia 3; Edward Soper 9m, all b.St Luke, Msx : scan

presume son
Charles Soper 19 brass finisher at 3 Back Gaitskell, Luton; b.St Lukes, M.sex : wife Jane Soper 18 a sewer of hats b.Luton, Bedford : [Charles m.1881 assume to Jane Fox]

Francis Souper (c1844-?) a School Master at The Meads, Eastbourne, Sussex in 1881 census , aged 37. Living with wife, cousin & 5 children. A Clerk In Holy Orders : MA Cambridge, born c1844 Bedford, Beds. Assume mother & sisters may be living on dividends, Croydon : Oriana J Souper 77 : 'Gerald' O'GRADY, a widow 47 & Mary O Souper 32 : census : [assume the Francis A Soaper MA who married his nephew George Venour Rowcroft, London 12 Nov 1885] : [see Oriana J Souper in Wales 1837]

Charles Soper m Jane Fox Jan>Mar 1881, Luton; Charles William Soper b.Jul>Sep 1861, St Luke, Lon to William & Elizabeth who m.c1860
- Ann Maria Soper b.c1882 Luton : an Ann Maria m.Apr>Jun 1897 [to either Alfred Cumberland or Thomas Kirby]
- Eva Soper b.Oct>Dec 1883 Luton; s.h.machinist; Eva m. John Morgan Jan>Mar 1902 Luton
- Walter Soper b.8 May 1888 [b.Apr>Jun] all below b.Luton (bmd) : [a moulder before Pvt 5095 Bedfordshire Reg 1904-6, (see below)] : [a Walter nr3555 & Charles W nr3554 joined Bedford Reg together WW1, both at Gallipoli]; m.Violet Bacchus Jan>Mar 1921 Luton
- Lily Soper b.Jul>Sep 1890 : a Lily m.Arthur Day Oct>Dec 1912 Luton
- Charles William Soper b.Jul>Sep 1893; foundry worker; nr3554 Bedford Reg, at Gallipoli & d.WW1 12 Apr 1917, bur.Wancourt, France?]
- Mabel Soper b.Apr>Jun 1896 : [?Maud 5 i01cen?] a Mabel m.Percy W Northwood Jan>Mar 1925 Luton
- Horace Soper b.Jan>Mar 1899 : [?Fredk 3 '01cen] 5 '01cen?], [driver East Anglian Field Coy, Apr 1915 (for 19 days)]; ??a Horace m.Grace Hill Oct>Dec 1920; but b.1y later
- Frank Soper b.c1899 Luton
- Edward Soper 24 Nov 1902 [b.Jan>Mar] : motor driver; m.Mary E Gaylor Jul>Sep 1922 Luton
- Frederick Soper b.Apr>Jun 1904 : ?a Frederick m.Masie E Mair Oct>Dec 1925 Luton
: '71cen William Soper (c1840-?) a brass finisher 31, b.Shoreditch, St Leonard, Msx; at 14 White Lion Yard, Finsbury, St Luke; Elizabeth 35, b.Hoxton, Msx; Charles 9; Walter 5; Lydia 3; Edward Soper 9m, all b.St Luke, Msx : scan
: '81cen : Charles 19 brass finisher at 3 Back Gaitskell, Luton; b.St Lukes, M.sex; wife Jane 18 a sewer of hats b.Luton, Bedford : [?'81cen perhaps parents William 41 also a brass finisher at Luton & Elizabeth 45?]
: '91cen Charles 28 married engineer's labourer, prisoner at The Gaol, Victoria Rd, Hoddesdon, Herts; b.Hoxton, Beds ; scan
: '91cen Jane wife 28 married straw hat machinist (not employed)�in 4 rooms at �28 Cobden St, Luton; Ann Maria 9 both b.Luton; Eva 7 b.not known, both scholars; Walter 2; Lily 7m both b.Herefordshire scan : [why n/k where her born?]
: '91cen Rose 5 student, b.Luton at 43 Hitchin Rd, Luton (St Mathews); with grandmother Jane Fox 63 widow, living on own means b.Luton, Beds; scan
: '01cen : Charles 39 straw hat blocker at 36 Burr St, Luton, Beds; Jane 38 straw hat finisher; Rose 14; Walter 12; Lily; Charles 9; Maud 8 [Mabel?]; Harry 5; Fredrick 3; Frank 2 all b.Luton, Beds; scan
: '01cen; Eva 17 straw hat finisher at 9 Park Lane, Luton, b.Luton, boarding with Mary A Morgan widow 52 straw hat sewer b.Luton & son John Morgan 18 s.h.blocker b.Liverpool, Lancs; scan : [Eva m. John Morgan 1902]
: family at 25 York St, St Mathews, Luton 1904 when Walter enlisted Pvt nr.5095 in 3rd Btn, Beds Reg 1904-6; b.St Mathews, Luton; parents Charles & Jane, older sister Evea Morgan [m.1902] & younger brother Charles; job, moulder for Mr E Elston, Hitchen Rd, Luton : 5ft 3�in 118lbs; 34�in chest expands 2in; fresh complexion; grey eyes; brown hair; C of E; 2 moles on chin, scar of scald right ankle; 3 bad teeth : Attested for 6 years in Militia, 21 Oct 1904; age 17y 6m [so b~Feb 1887 - 1y underage?], previously belonged to 3rd Batt, Vol Bed Reg; medical 13 Mar 1905* Bedford [*??, 6m later, still 17y 6m] : Discharged by purchase 23 Apr 1906 [permitted for �10 in 1st 3m of service; but also permitted if underage] army record
: '11cen : Charles William 49 straw hat blocker at 3 Windmill St, Luton, Beds; b.St Lukes, Lon; Jane 48 {m.30y, 10 births, 9 alive} s h machinist (at home); Walter 22unm iron moulder's labourer; Lily 20unm s h finisher; Charles William 17 iron moulder's lbr; Mabel 15 co-operative society coca works; Horace 12; Edward 9; Frederick 7 all at school; all b.Luton, Bed scan; [younger brother Walter, a straw hat manufacturer]
: 1915 family at 81 Boyle St, Luton when son Horace joined Territorials 1915. sons Pte C W nr.3554 & Pte W nr.3555, both of 1/5th Bedfords of 81 Boyle St; 26 Jul 1915, regiment given rousing send-off on St Albans train to Devonport & sailed to Gallipoli source
: 1915 Mrs Soper, of 81 Boyle Street, Luton, has received a letter from her son, Cpl W Soper, 1/5th Bedfords, who is in hospital in Cairo suffering with dysentery. Prior to being called to the Colours, he worked at the Diamond Foundry. Luton News: 25 Nov 1915 source
: 1933 Charles W Soper (c1861-1926) d.Oct>Dec age 65 : ?a Jane (c1862-1933) d.Apr>Jun Luton, age 71
: 1961 ?a Walter (c1887-1961) d.Jul>Sep Hitchen, Beds, age 74

John Soper appointed executor in will of JCMcG, Stratton Park Estate, Biggleswade, Beds, 1881 : removed as executor in 1887 www.a2a.pro.gov.uk

Francis b.17 Jan 1877 & Percy b.17 Jan 1881 admitted 12 Aug 1887 to Harrold National/Lower School, Harrold; parents - of Mill House [all others on page parents listed] left 5 Oct 1987 scan [seems both were 2y younger - so family linked]"

Walter Soper straw hat mfr m.Elizabeth Strapp Apr>Jun 1890; Walter S 'Wally' b.Jan>Mar 1866 St Lukes to William m.Elizabeth c1860 : Strapp tree
- Sidney Soper b.Oct>Dec 1890 & d.Apr>Jun 1891 Luton, age 0 : [7m in '91cen]
- Sidney Walter Soper b.Oct>Dec 1894 Luton : [Pvt Middlesex Reg d.23 Apr 1917 Somme WW1 see]
- Beatrice Elizabeth Soper b.Oct>Dec 1892, Luton; m.Frederick Ashpool Apr>Jun 1917, Luton (factory manager)
- May Hilda Soper ('Mary'?) b.Jul>Sep 1896, Luton (bmd)
- ?a Rosie Soper b.Apr>Jun 1899 & d.Jul>Sep 1900, age 1, Luton [2 children died by '11cen]
- Gilbert Soper b.6 Dec 1899; b.reg Jan>Mar 1900, Luton : [a seaman WW1 see below] : a Gilbert m.Annie Kiff, Apr>Jun 1923; sprayers mate when father's executor 1937
- Kenneth Soper 'Ken' b.Apr>Jun 1903 : m.Kathleen Brazier Apr>Jun 1927 : [Keneth d.Jan>Mar 1930 age 26 in a factory fire] all Luton : [?a Kathleen m.Arthur Moulster Jan>Mar 1931 Luton?]
- Percy Rupert Soper b.Oct>Dec 1906 : Percy R Soper m.Olive A Else Apr>Jun 1928
: '81cen Walter Soper 15 brass finisher with parents William 41 & Elizabeth 45
: '91cen Walter 24 straw hat blocker (em'ee)�at �62 High Town Rd, Luton (St Mathews), Beds; b.Lon; Lizzie 22 straw hat machinist (em'ee) & Sidney 7m both b.Luton; also boarder Maria Strapp 50 widowed straw bonnet sewer, b.Luton {assume m-in-l}; scan & scan
: 1898 Walter Soper Straw Hat Manufacturers & Merchants in Luton section of Kelly�s Directory of Bedfordshire 1898 : [1 of 100s of s h mfrs in Luton]
: Luton, UK's main centre of ladies� hat production for +200y source; Luton's Straw Hat boom 1890-1910 source
: '01cen Walter 34 straw hat blocker at 41 York St, Luton, Beds; Elizabeth 32 straw hat machinist; Beatrice 8; Sidney 6; May H 4; Gilbert Soper 1; also mother-in-law Maria Strap 62m s.h machinist & boarder Maud Montgomery 20unm s.h.machinist all b.Luton; scan
- '11cen Walter 44 straw hat manufacturer (at home) in 6 rooms at 41 York St, Luton, Beds, b.St Lukes, Lon; Elizabeth 42 {m.22y. 8 births, 6 alive}; Beatrice 18 both sh machinists; Sidney 16 sh stiffener: Mary 14 straw finisher; Gilbert 11; Kenneth 7; Percy 4 & widowed mother Maria Strapp 71 all b.Luton scan
: son SWS (or his parent's) address in WW1; 241 High Town Rd, Luton
: 1928 ?a Kenneth Soper of Bedford, fined 5/- for riding bike without front light at Kempsom 30 Aug; 'Bedfordshire Times' 28 Sep scan
: 1930 Kenneth Soper 25, married of 12 Ascot Rd, Luton, 1 of 8 who died in fire at Vyse's Straw Hat Factory, 47-53 Bute St, Luton, 25 Feb 1930
: 1930 Ken Soper son of Walter S Soper �Wally� of 241 High Town Rd, Luton, well-known High Town resident & 2 or 3y ago director of Luton Town Football Club. The deceased�s mother is lying seriously ill at home. 6 died, victims appealing but fire & fumes barred the way. Luton News 27 Feb
: 1930 an Elizabeth Soper (c1870-1930) d.Apr>Jun, age 60, Luton
: 1931 Walter S Soper m.Amy F Carr Jul>Sep 1931, Brighton, Sx (bmd)
: 1937 Walter Samuel Soper d.24 Jan 1937, of 241 High Town Rd, Luton, Beds; d.Bellvue Nursing Home, Napier Rd, Luton; probate Lon 5 Apr 1937 to Amy Frances Soper, widow, [son] Gilbert Soper, sprayers mate, [son-in-law; Beatrice] Frederick Ashpool, factory manager; estate �3,743 2s 7d (otherwise Walter Soper); from Probate Calender, scan [Walter S (c1866-1937) d.Jan>Mar, Luton, age 71]

born at Luton (bmd) not allocated to families here
Sydney Soper b.Oct>Dec 1890 & d.Apr>Jun 1891

1891 Bedfordshire Census, 5 entries

George H Soper (c1871-?) 22unm lawyer's clerk at 23 St Leonard's Street (St John), Bedford, Beds; b.Minchinhampton, Glos '91cen, with uncle/aunt James S Butler coach trimmer (employee) b,Huntingdon; Marion 44 b.Lambourne, Berks, dau Sarah S 17 dressmaker b.Biggleswade, Beds & son John C 12 scholar b.Beds; scan & scan : [George Henry Soper m.1898 below] : [parents Richard m.Elizabeth Butler 1862, Huntingdon]

Jane Soper (c1889-?) wife 28m straw hat machinist (not employed)�in 4 rooms at �28 Cobden St, Luton (St Mathews), Beds '91cen; Ann Maria Soper 9 both b.Luton, Beds; Eva Soper 7 b.not known, both scholars; Walter Soper 2; Lily Soper 7m both b.Herefordshire scan : [husband Charles 28 prisoner in Hoddesdon Goal, Hert; Charles m.Jane Fox 1881; {why n/k where her dau born?}]

Rose Soper 5 student, b.Luton, Beds at 43 Hitchin Rd, Luton (St Mathews); '91cen, with grandmother Jane Fox 63 widow, living on own means b.Luton, Beds; scan
: [dau of Jane 28 above; '01cen age 14 at Luton, parents Charles 39 & Jane 38 : Rose m.Jan>Mar 1904 Thomas Fleckney]
: 1904 Rose Soper at St Saviours Church 23 Jan 1904. 5 children - Rose Maud, Lily Annie, Ivy, Thomas & Sidney Harold; lived at 7 Elizabeth St, Luton. Husband Pte Thomas Fleckney, 31848, 6th Battalion York & Lancaster Reg, d.6 Dec 1916, aged 32, from wounds sustained on the Somme. source"

Walter Soper (c1867-?) 24 straw hat blocker (em'ee)� at �62 High Town Rd, Luton (St Mathews), Beds '91cen; b.Lon; wife Lizzie Soper 22 straw hat machinist (em'ee) b.Luton, Bed & son Sidney Soper 7m b.Luton; also boarder Maria Shapp 50 widowed straw bonnet sewer, b.Luton {assume m-in-l} scan & scan : [see m.1890]

Sidney Walter Soper b.c1894, a Private, 1st Battn, Middlesex Regiment, parents Walter & Elizabeth : wife ? : home, 241 High Town Rd, Luton, Beds, d.23 Apr 1917 Somme, France : buried/monument Arras Memorial : from, Soper war deaths
: ['01cen, age 6 at Luton Walter 34 & Elizabeth 32 straw hat blocker & machinist : '11cen with parents 16]
: [Sidney Walter Soper b.Oct>Dec 1894 Luton : see parents m.1890]

James Soper m.Sarah Ann Tyler Jan>Mar 1896 births all at Luton (bmd); James b.6 Dec 1871 London [b.not vis bmd]
- Sidney James Soper b.30 Sep 1896 [b.Jul>Sep]; WW1 Signal Corp; 1918-19 to Egypt; m.Edith F Coleman Jan>Mar 1923 Luton; '39cen postman
- Lily Beatrice Soper b.Oct>Dec 1897 Luton; Lily B m.Stuart Broughall Jan>Mar 1918 Luton
- Rosy May Soper b.1899 death recorded in '11cen ['Rosie' b.Apr>Jun; d.Jul>Sep 1900 Luton]
- James Soper b.10 Nov 1900 (b.Oct>Dev); m.Olive M Bosworth Jul>Sep 1927; straw hat worker
- Albert Edward Soper b.Jul>Sep 1902 Luton; ?m.Winifred V Bracey 1927 Luton
- Ivy May Soper b.Oct>Dec 1904 & d.Oct>Dec 1906 Luton, age 2
- Stephen Cyril Soper b.Jul>Sep 1906 Luton; Stephen C d.Oct>Dec 1950 age 44 Luton
- Violet May Soper b.Jan>Mar 1909 Luton; m.Sidney Smith Apr>Jun 1928 Luton Silver Wedding 22 May 1953, Luton News, "Congratulations from Bob. Tony, Jenifer, Betty & Ron" source
- Stanley Ernest Soper b.26 Sep 1910 Luton (b.Oct>Dec); 6m in '11cen; m.Constance V Battrick Oct>Dec 1932 Luton; lorry driver
- Harold Soper b.10 May 1913 (b.Apr>Jun Luton) (mother nee Tyler); m.Kathleen N Keating Jul>Sep 1938, Luton; insurance agent
- Grace Soper b. & d.Apr>Jun 1916 Luton, age 0 (m.ne Tyler)
: '01cen James 26 b.Lon straw hat blocker at 70 Brunswick St, Luton; Sarah A 25 s.h machinist, Sidney J 4, Lilly 3, James 4m & boarder Annie Lowin 24m straw hat machinist all b.Luton; scan
: '11cen James 39 straw hat blocker in 5 rooms at 133 North St, Luton; b.Lon; Saharahann 35 {m.15y, 9 births, 7 alive} s.h.machinist; Sidney James 14 green grocer; Lily Beatrice 13; James 11; James 8; Stephen Cyril 4; Violet 2; Stanley Ernest 6m all at school, all b.Luton scan [Rosy May Soper & Ivy May Soper (lines crossed out) both died]
: 1915 at 133 North St, Luton, Beds when son Sydney enlisted & same address when he returned from Egypt 1919
: '39cen James H 67 straw hat worker & blocker (b.6 Dec 1871) at 157 North St, Luton; Sarah A 63 unpaid dom duties (b.1 May 1876); also Thomas H Cambridge b.20 Nov 1899 postman GPO, heavy worker scan
: '39cen James 38m steamer (straw hat work) (b.10 Nov 1900) at 190 North St, Luton; Olive A 32m milliner (straw hat work) (b.23 Dec 1906) also Daisy Bosworth b.26 Apr 1882 widow, unpaid dom duties; Frederick Bosworth b.22 Jun 1920 plater labourer & Thomas A Bosworth b.11 Aug 1921 motor van driver] scan
: '39cen Stanley E 29m lorry driver (& AFS Luton) [axillary fire service] (b.26 Sep 1910) at 40 Hartley Rd, Luton; Constance V 25m unpaid domestic duties (b.2 Jan 1914); 3rd line blacked-out scan
: '39cen Harold 26m co-operative insurance agent (b.10 May 1913) at 64 Colin Rd, Luton; Kathleen N 24m unpaid dom duties (b.3 Mar 1915) scan
: 1945 a James H Soper (c1873-1945) d.Apr>Jun Luton, age 72
: 1965 a Sarah A Soper (c1876-1965) d.Jul>Sep Luton, age 89

George Henry Soper (1868-1962) 29 clerk of 28 St Leonards Ave m.Mary Kate Newman 28 of Maitland St, 19 Sep 1898, at St Pauls, Bedford, both unm, parents Richard a butler & Frederick Newman (deceased) moulder Bedford marriages : [m.Jul>Sep Bedford] : [only Soper m. in Bedford 1837-1901] children all b.Bedford, Beds : [b.22 Nov 1868 Minchinhampton [b.Oct>Dec, Stroud RD, Glos] (bpt.27 Dec Minchinhampton, Glos) to Richard (c1835-?) m.Elizabeth Butler 1862, Huntingdon]
- Frederick George Richard Soper b.24 Sep 1899 [b.Oct>Dec]: m.Doris Irene Mead 1927 : d.1982
- Mary Alice Kate Soper 'Polly' b.1 Oct 1901 [b.Oct>Dec] : Mary A K Soper m.Edwin G Eeles Oct>Dec 1931 at Roman Catholic Church Bedford
- Charles John Frank Soper b.9 May 1903 [b.Apr>Jun]; brother's best man 1927; m.Edith L M Ginn Apr>Jun 1932 Bedford : [?a C J Soper seaman 1941?] '39cen engineer designer
- William Henry Robert Soper b.21 Jul 1911 [Jul>Sep] at Bedford (mother nee Newman); '39cen below, electrical engineer; & Jean 24 book keeper; m.Jean Isabel Trotter 13 Sep 1941 St Andrews, Bedford
- ?Sidney A Soper b.Oct>Dec 1912, at Holborn, Lon (m.ne Newman) [assume not as only 2 names & not in army record]
- Joan Elsie Elizabeth Soper b.22 Oct 1917 [Oct>Dec], at Bedford (m.ne.Newman); brother's bridesmaid 1927; Joan Elsie Elizabeth Soper job 'Lb & T', Post Office Sep 1935
: ['81cen Richard 48 a butler at Providence Buildings, Minchinhampton, Glos b.Padworth, Berks, Elizabeth 44 b. St Johns, Huntingdon, George H 12 & Charles K 8 both scholars b.Minchinhampton]
: perhaps son?? a George Henry Soper b.c1868 (21 Mar?), a learner GR, age 14 in Midlands Railway 24 Apr 1882; Nov'82 to Camp Hill [Birmingham] �30; removed Nov'83 Tamworth [Staffs]; May'84 �35; Oct'83 severely reprimanded & warned about dismissal; Nov'83 promotion deferred for 6m; Jan'84 reprimanded & fined 2s 6d general neglect of duty, carelessness; Sep'84 Water Orton [Warwick]; Nov'83 promotion deferred for 6m; May'86 fined 7s 6d, severely reprimanded for dealing carelessly with messages & other irregularities; Oct'86 fined 2s 6d for gross carelessness, dismissal warning; Nov'86 junior at Bedford �35+5; Jul'87 �45; fined 1s & repremanded for carelessness; Nov'88 �50; Jan'89 fined 1s inattantion; Mar'89 repimanded for inattention; 31 Aug 89 resigned by request for general carelessness & intemperate working; at Camp Hill [Birmingham]; scan 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5 : [3 George Henrys b.1868(/9); 1) Apr>Jun Totnes, Dev (best dofb match, but a groom/gardener '91cen), 2) Oct>Dec Stroud, Glos (this family; best place-match & '91cen a lawyer's clerk, Beds); 3) b.Jan>Mar 1869 Greenwich (father a railway clerk see)]
: '91cen George H 22unm lawyer's clerk at St John Bedford b.Minchinhampton, Glos, with uncle/aunt James S Butler coach trimmer (employee) b,Huntingdon; Marion 44 b.Lambourne, Berks, dau Sarah S 17 dressmaker b.Biggleswade, Beds & son John C 12 scholar b.Beds; scan
: '01cen George H 32 surveyors clerk at 34 Maitland St, Bedford Western Ward St Paul, Bedford St Paul, Beds, b.Minchinhampton, Glos; Mary K 37 b.Reading, Berks; Frederick G R 1 b.Bedford scan
: 1901 Mary A K b.'1 Oct 1901', admitted 2 May 1905 to Harpur Trust (Horne Lane) School (infants), Bedford; 1st school; family of 34 Maitland St scan; Polly Soper b.1 Oct 1901; from Harpur Infants to Harpur Trust Girls' School 31 Aug 09; Left 16 Jul 14 exibition to Modern Sc; 11 Sep 14 scholarship to High School scan &
: 1903 Frederick George Richard b.14 Sep 1899 admitted, elementary exhibition, HT Infants School, Horne Ln, Bedford 3 Feb 03; to HTs Boys School, 3 Sep 07, fee 13; father George of 34 Maitland St; fees (only 1911) 1st term 6/11 & 2nd term 4/11; left 21 Sep'11 'very excellent little boy'; To Bedford Grammer School; exhibition; fees 1st term 6/11 & 2nd term 4/11 scan, b, c & d
: 1908 Charles John Frank Soper b.9 May 1903; admitted to HT School, Horne Lane, class 9, 28 Apr 1908; To HT's Boys School 30 Aug 1910; achieved standard 7 in 1914; father George Henry of 34 Maitland St; Left 29 Sep 1915 exhib of �10; Modern School Exhibition? scan &
: '11cen George Henry 42 land agents clerk in 6 rooms at 34 Maitland St, Bedford, Beds; b.Minchinhampton, Glos; Mary Kate 41 {m.12y 3 births, all alive}; Frederick George Richard 11; Mary Alice Kate 9; Charles John Frank 7 all at school; all b.Bedford & adopted dau Lily Kate Harris 17 dressmaker, self employed at home, b.Kensington, Lon scan
: 1915, George Henry attested Territorial Force Jan 1915, Bedford for 4y; age '38' [but 46]; b.1868 Minchinhampton; 5ft 7in; good vision; good physical development; chest 41>43in; clerk nr.1702 EAD Royal Engineers; Corp'16; needs glasses Mar'18; Sgt'18; QMS Srgt, RE'19; Nov'19 Demob age 50; [still] at 34 Maitland St; 4y home service only ww1 records
: 1923 son C J F Soper 4th year county apprentice award; W H Allen co ltd; 'Bedfordshire Times' 30 Aug scan
: 1927, George Henry Soper, accountant's clerk, (& Robert Oria Watt, solicitor's clerk) executors [of mother] Elizabeth Soper d.9 Jan 1927, widow of West End, Minchinhampton, Glos; probate London 15 Feb 1927; value �889; from Probate Calender (ancestry.com)
: 1927 G H Soper, 6 Alexander Place, Bed when eldest son Frederick George Richard Soper m.Doris Irene Mead at St Peters, eldest dau of T H Mead, 2 Peel St, Bed; best man C J F Soper (brother), bridesmaids the small sisters Joan Soper & Joan Mead, reception Alexander Hall left for Madeira & Canary Islands; 'Bedfordshire Times' 28 Aug scan
: 1930 Charles Soper chaired Bedford Angling Club; 'Bedfordshire Times' 20 Jun
: 1930 Charles Soper secured a 2�lb chub; anglers notes by 'Piscator' [FGR Soper]; 'Bedfordshire Times' 15 Aug
: 1931 Mary Soper m.Edwin Eeles at Roman Catholic Church Bedford, only son of E G Eeles (Dep Grand Master of NUO Free Gardeners), Mary eldest dau of 6 Alexandra Place, Bed; Reception at Alexandra Hall & left for South Coast; 'Beds Times' 9 Oct 1931scan
: 1932 C (Mr) Soper to replace his brother, who has left the town on committee of Bedford Natural History Soc; 'Bedfordshire Times' 14 Oct
: 1933 C (Mr) Soper on brief visit home from the north of England, had good bag of perch at Bedford Angling Club; 'Bedfordshire Times' 23 Jun
: '39cen George H 70 accountants clerk (& ARP warden town co�) (b.22 Nov 1868) at 6 Alexandra Place, Bedford, Beds; Mary K 69 unpaid dom duties (b.24 Nov 1869); 3rd line blacked out scan
: 1939, son Charles J F Soper manager of a pump manufacturer Gateshead, Durham 1939
: '39cen William H R 28unm electric engineer (b.21 Jul 1911) at 14 Dorchester Ave, Cardiff, Glam; with William P Hopkins b.18 Dec 1880 gas control attendant, steel, heavy worker; Hilda M Hopkins b.5 Aug 1892 udd; Dorothy M Hopkins b.10 Jul 1925 at school; lines 4 & 6 temp withheld; Catherine Hopkins (m.Mr Bown) b.27 Sep 1935 under school sge; Soper 7th scan
: '39cen Jean I Trotter (will m.Mr Soper) 24unm book keeper, electrical engineer (b.8 Jul 1915) at 21 Worcester Ave, Crosby, Lancs; with Alfred E Rogers b.18 Oct 1873 supervisor grain storeage company; Janet H Rogers b.19 Aug 1886 udd, both married; Jane L Holiday b.1 Apr 1850 retired (incapacitated) widow & Jean 4th scan
: 1941, Mr & Mrs G Soper of 6 Alexander Place, Bed when son William H R Soper m.Jean Isabel Trotter 13 Sep 1941 at St Andrews, Bedford; youngest son of & eldest dau of Mr & Mrs Trotter of 'Minterburn', Kimbolton Rd, Bed; 'Bedfordshire Times' 19 Sep
: 1954, Mary Kate Soper of 50 Warwick Ave, Bedford d.24 May, aged 84; 'Bedfordshire Times' 26 Aug, from fmp
: 1962, George H Soper (1868-1962) d.Jan>Mar 1962, age 94 N.Bucks reg dist [or Bedfordshire?] : source

Gilbert Soper (1899-?), b.Luton, Bedfordshire, 6 Dec 1899, nrF54033, Admiralty's Registers of Seamen's Services National Archives ADM 188/646
: [a Gilbert's b.1900 : '11cen with parents Walter & Elizabeth who m.1890] : [?Gilbert m.Annie Kiff Apr>Jun 1923]

1901 Census, 27 entries
Straw hat making families at Luton & 2 families at Bedford

Charles Soper 39 straw hat blocker at 36 Burr St, Luton, Beds '01cen; Jane 38 straw hat finisher; Rose Soper 14; William 12; Lily; Charles 9; Maron 8; Harry 5; Fredrick 3; Frank 2 all b.Luton, Beds; scan : [m.1881]

Eva Soper 17 straw hat finisher at 9 Park Ln, Luton, Beds, '01cen, b.Luton, boarding with Mary A Morgan widow 52 straw hat sewer b.Luton & son John Morgan 18 s.h.blocker b.Liverpool, Lancs; scan : [Charles m Jane Fox 1881, Luton]

George H 32 surveyors clerk at 34 Maitland St, Bedford Western Ward St Paul, Bedford St Paul, Beds, '01cen, b.Minchinhampton, Glos; Mary K 37 b.Reading, Berks; Frederick G R 1 b.Bedford, Beds; scan : [George Henry m.Mary Kate Newman 1898]

Grace Soper 12 at Luton, Beds '01cen, b.Luton, Beds; scan : [not in fmp '01cen]

James 26 b.Lon straw hat blocker at 70 Brunswick St, Luton '01cen; Sarah A 25 s.h machinist, Sidney J 4, Lilly 3, James 4m & boarder Annie Lowin 24m straw hat machinist all b.Luton; scan [m.1896]

Walter 34 straw hat blocker at 41 York St, Luton, Beds '01cen, Elizabeth 32 straw hat machinist; Beatrice 8; Sidney 6; May H 4; Gilbert Soper 1 all b.Luton; scan : [m.1890]

William Soper 36 at Bedford St John b.Hammersmith, Lon. a warehouseman '01cen, Mary Soper 37 b.Reading,

John Gilbert Soper m.Florence Ford 21 Apr 1908, Cranfield Parish Church, Beds (Apr>Jun Ampthill bmd) (2nd dau of William Ford) : b.26 Oct 1878 Guildford, Sy; bpt.3 Jun 1880 at Christchurch, Worthing; Educ St Saviour's School, Eastbourne, Sx; [to Thomas Rundle Soper & Annie who m.1874]
- John William Soper b.Jan>Mar 1909 Chertsey, Sy [b.Byfleet '11cen]
: '81cen Annie 33 at rooms over Augusta Place Coach House, Broadwater, Sussex wife to an absent groom, b.Dover, Kent & 4 sons; William 6 b.York : Thomas E 4 : John Gilbert 2 both b.Guilford : Frank 1 month b.Worthing, Sx. (? a Thomas Soper 31 a groom N D lodger at West St, Storrington, Sx b.Angmering, Sx)
: 1880 family address, 13 Gloucester Place, Christchurch, Worthing, when son bapt
: '01cen son John G 22unm domestic footman at 40 Cadogan Square, Chelsea, Lon; b.Guildford, Surrey; with 3 housemaids 19-62 & governess 42 scan
: '11cen John 33 married butler {m.3y, 1 child} b.Guildford, Sy at 42 Lowndes St (18 rooms), Knightsbridge SW [Chelsea RD] servant to Ethel Sands 37 private means & visitor Anna Hope Hudson 41 both US residents; footman 19, chef 38, kitchenmaid 22, housemaids 28 & 24, ladies maid 24 scan
: '11cen Florence 31 married {m.2y, 1 birth} in 6 rooms at High St, Cranfield, Woburn in Lodden, Beds, b.Cranfield, Beds; John William 2 b.Byfleet, Surrey; with parents William Ford 56 butcher, wife Louisa 65 {m.36y, 11 births, 9 alive} & sons 20, 17 & 11 all b.Cranfield scan
: Enlisted Royal Sussex Reg 16 May 1915; Served Expeditionary Force, France & Flanders from 25 Aug; Wounded, Hill Wood 26 Sep & invalided home; Rejoined Reg 18 May 1917
: J G Soper b.c1879, Lance Corporal, Royal Sussex Regiment, wife Florence; home 91 Cheyne Walk, Chelsea, Lon, died Pas de Calais, France; 25 Sep 1917, buried/monument Etaples Military Cemetery : from, Soper war deaths : [Florence's m./d. not obvious]

Francis Joseph Soper m.Elsie May Blunt Apr>Jun 1909 Biggleswade, Beds/Herts
- Francis E Soper b.Jul>Sep 1910, Hendon, Lon
: '11cen Francis Joseph Soper 33 Italian warehouseman at 54 Brook St, Kennington SE, [Lambeth RD], Lon; b.St Pancras, Lon; Elsie May Soper 21 {m.2y} b.Sandy, Beds; Francis Elizabeth Soper 1 dau b.Fulham, Lon

William Soper (c1840-1910) d.Jan>Mar 1910, Luton, Beds; age 70 (bmd)

1911 Bedfordshire Census, 36 Sopers

Charles William Soper 49 straw hat blocker at 3 Windmill St, Luton, Beds; b.St Lukes, Lon '11cen Jane Soper 48 {m.30y, 10 births, 9 alive} s h machinist (at home); Walter Soper 22unm iron moulder's labourer; Lily Soper 20unm s h finisher; Charles William Soper 17 iron moulder's labourer; Mabel Soper 15 co-operative society coca works; Horace Soper 12; Edward Soper 9; Frederick Soper 7 all at school; all b.Luton, Bed scan : [assume m.1881]

Florence Soper 31 married {m.2y, 1 birth} in 6 rooms at High St, Cranfield, Woburn in Lodden, Beds, b.Cranfield, Beds; John William Soper 2 b.Byfleet, Surrey; with parents William Ford 56 butcher, wife Louisa 65 {m.36y, 11 births, 9 alive} & sons 20, 17 & 11 all b.Cranfield scan : [John Gilbert Soper m.Florence Ford 1908 Ampthill, Beds] : [?a John William Soper b.Chersey, Sy]

George Henry Soper 42 land agents clerk in 6 rooms at 34 Maitland St, Bedford, Beds; b.Minchinhampton, Glos; Mary Kate Soper 41 {m.12y 3 births, all alive}; Frederick George Richard Soper 11; Mary Alice Kate Soper 9; Charles John Frank Soper 7 all at school; all b.Bedford & adopted dau Lily Kate Harris 17 dressmaker, self employed at home, b.Kensington, Lon scan : [m.1898 above]

James 39 straw hat blocker in 5 rooms at 133 North St, Luton; b.Lon; Saharahann 35 {m.15y, 9 births, 7 alive} s.h.machinist; Sidney James 14 green grocer; Lily Beatrice 13; James 11; James 8; Stephen Cyril 4; Violet 2; Stanley Ernest 6m all at school, all b.Luton [Rosy May Soper (11-13) & Ivy May Soper (4-8) both died [lines crossed out]] : [m.1896]

Walter Soper 44 straw hat manufacturer (at home) in 6 rooms at 41 York St, Luton, Beds, b.St Lukes, Lon; Elizabeth 42 (m.22y. 8 births, 6 alive}; Beatrice 18 both sh machinists; Sidney 16 sh stiffener: Mary 14 straw finisher: Gilbert 11; Kenneth 7; Percy 4 all b.Luton & widowed mother Maria Strapp 71 b.Luton scan : [see m.1890]

William Patterson Soper head 47 electrical machinist, (employee at) sack & rick cover manf, in 7 rooms at 6 Victoria Rd, Bedford, b.'Hammersmith, Lon; Amry Ann Soper 48 {m.23y, 3 births, 2 alive}, Gladys Emma Soper 21 dau shop assistant b.Reading, Berks scan : [unreadable word in WPS's disability column?] : [William Patterson Soper m.Mary Ann Patterson, Reading, Berks, 1887] : [WPS, son of Giles Ching Soper]
: [William P Soper d.Jul>Sep 1918, Luton, age 54]

William Soper engineer, 1914 event, mentioned on p.102 of a Wilstead History Book source : [bankruptcy 1921]

Bedfordshire units in WW1 : Service Medals (issued to all servicemen) 1914-1920 :from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
Walter Soper, Private..., Bedfordshire Regiment, nr3555 : [a Walter b.Apr>Jun 1888, Luton, Beds]
Charles W Soper, Private..., Bedfordshire Regiment, nr3554 : [d.WW1] : [a Charles William b.Jul>Sep 1893 Luton, Beds : brother? Walter nr3555 next number]

Sid Soper (Middlesex Regiment, late Kenilworth Rangers) centre-half of Cliftondale Football Club; Beds & Herts Saturday Telegraph 9 Sep 1916 source
: Pte Sidney Soper (Middlesex Regiment), 241 High Town Rd; added to Luton Roll of Honour: Beds & Herts Saturday Telegraph: 9 May 1917. source

Mr Soper re-elected as a director Luton Town Football Club, & Mr Walker & Mr Edwards elected to fill vacancies created by Mr Crick & Mr Woods source

Charles William Soper, b.Luton, a Private in the Bedfordshire Regiment, parents ? & ? : wife ? : home, ?, Bedfordshire?, died Pas de Calais, France : 12 Apr 1917, buried/monument Feuchy Chapel British Cemetery, Wancourt from, Soper war deaths. ('11cen a Charles William 17 at Luton, if so, he died aged abt 23 : 'Luton' from military-genealogy.com
: Pte Charles William Soper (Beds Regiment), 81 Boyle Street, Luton; added to Luton Roll of Honour: Luton News: 26 Apr 1917 source

Madge M Soper b.Oct>Dec 1918, Luton, Beds (mother nee Soper); m.Arthur J Crick Jul>Sep 1939, Luton (bmd)

W P Soper born ?, a Private, Royal Defence Corp 42nd Protection Coy, parents ? & ? : wife ? : home, ?, Bedfordshire?, died Bedfordshire : 31 Jul 1918, buried/monument Bedford Cemetery from, Soper war deaths
: [William Patterson Soper m.Mary Ann Patterson, Reading, Berks, 1887 : a William P Soper d.Jul>Sep 1918, Luton, age 54]

Robert C Soper m.Winifred H Catlin Jul>Sep 1918 Luton, Beds : [?US soldier?? or ?? Robert Cole Soper b.Oct>Dec 1893, Wincanton, Dorset, son of Giles Elford Soper (c1851-1939) m.Martha Cole, at Merthyr Tydfil, Glam 1879] : '01cen Robert no vis
- - Robert Cole Soper (c1894-?) 26, sailed from Southampton, on The Aquitania, arriving Ellis Island, NY. 9 Oct 1920, Residence, Luton, Eng; married
- - Winifred H Soper (c1894-?) age 27, single, sailed from Liverpool, Eng, on The Aquitania, arriving Ellis Island, NY. 30 Jan 1921, Residence, Luton : [??a Winifred 8 at & b.Portsmouth, Hants '01cen : '11cen 17 b.Portsmouth a sewing machinist with widowed mother Sarah b.Dev] : [though 'single' assume wife of Robert?]
- - Winifred Soper d.8 Jul 1926, age 34y Wayne County, Detroit; 11m 28d; of labor pmumonia of 1m 5d; bur.Fairhaven; residence 141916 Faircrest, at town for 5 years; housewife m.Robert Soper [the d.informant]; b.11 Aug 1891 Luton, [Beds], England; to Tom Catlin & Sarah Sinfield scan

The Bedford Royal Arch Chapter .... began to strengthen with the support from the Bedford Lodge and from long-serving members, particularly from different generations of the Soper and Balls families, from 1918. [FRG Soper below was a mason] www.bedford157

Horace Soper m.Grace Hill Oct>Dec 1920, Luton, Bed (bmd) b.5 Dec 1899 [??a Horace; b.Jan>Mar 1899; to Charles & Jane Fox m.1881, Luton... but b.1y earlier]
- Grace Soper b.28 Apr 1921 (b.Apr>Jun) (all mother ne Hill, b.Luton); m.Edgar F Dillingham Jan>Mar 1941; Grace rem Jack R A Watts Oct>Dec 1952 Southend
- Winifred Soper b.19 Apr 1923 [b.Apr>Jun] : a Winifred m.John A Coles Oct>Dec 1945 Luton
- Gladys L Soper b.Jul>Sep 1928 d.Oct>Dec 1930, age 2
: ?'11cen : Charles William 49 straw hat blocker at 3 Windmill St, Luton; b.St Lukes, Lon; Jane 48 {m.30y, 10 births, 9 alive} s h machinist (at home); Walter 22unm iron moulder's labourer; Lily 20unm s h finisher; Charles William 17 iron moulder's lbr; Mabel 15 co-operative society coca works; Horace 12; Edward 9; Frederick 7 all at school; all b.Luton scan; [younger brother Walter, a straw hat manufacturer]
: '39cen Horace 39 married labourer public works (heavy work) (b.5 Dec 1899) at 66 Hitchin Rd, Luton; Grace (m.Mr Dillingham; m.Mr Watts) 18unm felt hardening (b.28 Apr 1921) ['M']; Winifred (m.Mr Coles) 16unm felt weigher (b.19 Apr 1923) ['B']; [ref nr37adpl rm61; 4 Jun 47] scan
: '39cen Grace (later m.Mr Fensome) 39 married straw & felt hat machinist, ladies & childrens (b.31 Jan 1900) at 105 Frederick St, Luton [CR283 23.11.61 BD] ; with Arthur B Worboy b.27 Feb 1884 vegetable & fruit salesman, own account; line 2 blacked-out scan
: 1961 Horace Soper (c1899-1961) d.Jan>Mar 1961, Luton, age 62
: 1961 Grace Soper m.Bertie Fensom/Fensome Jul>Sep 1961, Luton, Beds (bmd)

Robert Cole Soper (c1894-?) 26, married, sailed from Southampton, on The Aquitania, arriving Ellis Island, NY. 9 Oct 1920, Residence, Luton, Eng : [a Robert Cole Soper b.Wincanton, Dorset Oct>Dec 1893, Luton] : [?a Robert C Soper m.Winifred H Catlin Jul>Sep 1918]
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Winifred H Soper (c1894-?) age 27, single, sailed from Liverpool, Eng, on The Aquitania, arriving Ellis Island, NY. 30 Jan 1921, Residence, Luton : [??a Winifred 8 at & b.Portsmouth, Hants '01cen : '11cen 17 b.Portsmouth a sewing machinist with widowed mother Sarah b.Dev] : [though 'single' assume wife of Robert?]

William Soper farmer & machinist, Church Farm, Wilstead, Beds. Bankruptcy, Bedford Court, 23 Apr 1921. Receiving Order 9 May (London Gazette 13 May) : Order 13 May (20 May) : Creditor's meeting Red Lion Hotel 8 Jun : Public exam 14 Jun Shire Hall (31 May) : Proofs by 16 Nov (1 Nov) : Proofs by 15 Mar 1922 (28 Feb) : 32 7/16d paid 2 May 1922 (2s 6d div 30 Dec not paid) (25 Apr) : Trustee release 9 Nov (17 Nov) : [a mention 1914 above]

Walter Soper m.Violet Bacchus Jan>Mar 1921 at Luton; Walter b.8 May 1888 to Charles & Jane m.1881
- Walter W Soper b.13 Sep 1921 [b.Oct>Dec Luton, (but coincidence? as mother ne Fensome not Bacchus)]
: '39cen Walter 51m iron moulder, heavy work (b.8 May 1888) at 94 Collingdon St, Luton, Beds; Violet 49m unpaid domestic duties (b.1 Jun 1890); Walter W 18unm packer ladies hat manufacturer (b.13 Sep 1921); also Kate I Bachus (m.Mr Large) b.30 Oct 1912 domestic hat machinist; Phyllis M Bacchus (m.Mr Barrett) b.24 Dec 1914 hat milliner; 5th line blacked out & 6th Walter W scan

William E Soper (c1903-1921) d.Apr>Jun 1921, Bedford age 18 : [William Edward Soper b.Jul>Sep 1902, St Thomas : William Edward Soper b.Jul>Sep 1902, Weymouth : William Edwin Soper b.Oct>Dec 1902, Kingsbridge : {not William Ernest b.Jul>Sep1904, Lewisham (a chemist 1941)}]
: William Edward Soper b.16 Jul 1902, admitted 16 Jul 1911 Harpur Trust Boys' School, Bedford Admissions; class 8; last school London; father/guardian Frank Baylis of 8 Ashburton Rd; Left 28 Jul 1916,achieved standard VII in 1916; left as over age, wanted at home; a good boy; scan

John R Soper m.Elizabeth Strapps Jul>Sep 1921, Luton, Beds (bmd) b.19 Jul 1891 ?b.Jul>Sep 1891 Wincanton RD, b.Templecombe, S.set to Giles Elford Soper (1851-1939) & Martha m.Merthyr Tydfil, Glam 1879
- ?a Mabel M F Soper b.Jan>Mar 1927, Eastbourne, Sussex (mother nee Strapps)
: ?'11cen John Richard 19 numbertaker [railway cleaning house] b.Templecombe, with parents Giles Elford 60 numbertaker at railway cleaning house in 5 rooms at School Ln, Templecombe, S.set, b.Basingstoke, Hants; Martha 53 {m.31y, 6 births, all alive} b.Maiden Wells, Pembrokeshire; Rosa Mary 14 b.Templecombe scan
: '39cen John R 48m licensed victualler (b.19 Jul 1891) at 43 Thorne Rd, Lambeth, Lon; Elizabeth M 39m unpaid dom duties (b.11 Sep 1900); 3rd line temp withheld; James A Spencer b.14 Sep 1877 barman, widowed scan
: 1944 ?a John R bur.Abney Park Cemetery & Greenford Park Cemetery, Ealing, M.sx, age 53 : John R Soper d.Oct>Dec 1944, age 53, Brentford, Lon

Edward Soper m.Mary E Gaylor Jul>Sep 1922, all Luton : [an Edward b.24 Nov 1902 to Charles William Soper & Jane assume m.1881]
- Beatrice Soper b.Jan>Mar 1923 Luton (mother nee Gaylor)
- Edward H Soper b.21 Oct 1923 [b.Jan>Mar] Luton (mother ne 'Galer')
- Reginald C W Soper b.Apr>Jun 1927 Luton (m.ne Gaylor)
- Arthur Soper b.3 Apr 1930 [b.Apr>Jun] Luton (m.ne Gaylor)
: '39cen Edward 36m motor driver, transport (b.24 Nov 1902) at 8 Luton Rd, Luton; Mary E 43m laundry press hand (b.14 May 1896); Edward H 15 dye worker improver (b.21 Oct 1923); 4th line blacked-out; Arthur 9 under school age (b.3 Apr 1930) scan

Annie Soper rented 8 room house, Southville Rd [Bedford] 1912 from Mr Roberts as he went to Canada, but returned 1918 & needed a home & suggested taking half the house. Miss Annie Soper let rooms for her own maintainance & mother Mrs Soper completely bedridden. Judgement to return house in 3m; 'Bedfordshire Times' 17 Dec 1920 : [dau of William Patterson Soper m.Mary Ann Patterson, Reading, Berks, 1887]

Gilbert Soper m.Annie Kiff, Apr>Jun 1923 : [?assume a seaman b.1899] : a Gilbert b.6 Dec 1899; b.reg Jan>Mar 1900, Luton, to Walter & Elizabeth who m.1890
- Freda M Soper b.Jul>Sep 1926, Luton (mother ne Kiff)
: 1899 Gilbert Soper (1899-?), b.Luton, Bedfordshire, 6 Dec 1899, nrF54033, Admiralty's Registers of Seamen's Services National Archives ADM 188/646
: assume ['11cen Walter 44 straw hat manufacturer (at home) in 6 rooms at 41 York St, Luton, Beds, b.St Lukes, Lon; Elizabeth 42 {m.22y. 8 births, 6 alive}; Beatrice 18 both sh machinists; Sidney 16 sh stiffener: Mary 14 straw finisher; Gilbert 11; Kenneth 7; Percy 4 & widowed mother Maria Strapp 71 all b.Luton scan]
: 1937 Gilbert Soper, sprayers mate; executor of Walter Samuel Soper who d.24 Jan 1937, of 241 High Town Rd, Luton, Beds (estate �3,743)
: '39cen Gilbert 39m capstan lathe & general machine operator (b.6 Dec 1899) at 39 Boyle St, Luton, Beds; Annie 39m straw hat trimmer (b.25 Dec 1899); 3rd line blacked out scan

Sydney James Soper m.Edith F Coleman Jan>Mar 1923 at Luton, Beds : Sidney b.30 Sep 1896 [b.Jul>Sep], Luton to James & Sarah Ann Tyler m.1896 Luton
- Joan E Soper b.9 May 1923 [b.Apr>Jun] (mother nee Coleman); m.Robert Tomkins Oct>Dec 1943
- Beryl D Soper b.Oct>Dec 1929 (m.ne Coleman)
- Derrick S Soper b.Oct>Dec 1930 (ne Coleman)
: '11cen James 39 straw hat blocker in 5 rooms at 133 North St, Luton; b.Lon; Saharahann 35 {m.15y, 9 births, 7 alive} s.h.machinist; Sidney James 14 green grocer; Lily Beatrice 13; James 11; James 8; Stephen Cyril 4; Violet 2; Stanley Ernest 6m all at school, all b.Luton [Rosy May Soper & Ivy May Soper both died (lines crossed out)]; scan
: 1911 ?Mrs C Soper (1839-?) 72 & S J Soper (m) 15 sailed 2nd class on "Siciliam" (Allan Line), London to Montreal, Canada, from 29 Jun 1911; Nationality English (via Le Havre); scan; from findmypast
: 1914 a Sydney J Soper (c1895-?) 19 clerk, sailed 3rd class on "New York" (America Line) from New York, US Liverpool, Eng arriving 8 Oct 1914; Last permanant address Canada; Planned future residence England, 601 passengers scan; UK Incoming Register; also 13 St Stevens Gardens, E Twickenham, M.sex scan
: 1915 Sidney James Soper (1896- ) 528320 Signal Corp Co, Royal Engineers; 133 North St, Luton, Beds; father James; 9 Mar 1915 Embodied, Driver, 2051 Signal Corp; 4y Territorial Force; 17y 189d; C of E; 18y 6m; vision good; Physical development, fair; Chest 34-36in; Jan 1918; Dec 1917 Embarked Southampton to Port Said; May 1919 Appointed A/L/Cpl; Jun 1919 Embarked Port Siad for UK, on 'Ellenga'; Jul 1919 Demob at Chatham; WW1 record
: '39cen Sidney J 43m postman (b.30 Sep 1896) at 151 North St, Luton, Bed); Edith F 39m straw hat trimmer (b.4 Apr 1900); Joan E (m.Mr Tomkins) 16unm assistant for lady in hat trade (b.9 May 1923) [MDPL 24.1.44] scan

Herbert C Soper m.Theophila H Bird Jan>Mar 1925, all at Luton dist, Beds/Herts : [?a Herbert C Soper, Hussar WW1] : ['11cen no Herbert in Beds] : [b.10 Mar 1889 ?speculate to Giles Elford Soper & Martha Cole m.1879 S.set]
- Christopher J Soper b.Apr>Jun 1925 (mother ne Bird) at St Albans, Herts
- Michael P H Soper b.& d.Apr>Jun 1927 age 0 (mother ne Bird)
- Clement P H Soper b.Jan>Mar 1929 (mother ne Bird); m.Mary J M Grist Jan>Mar 1952 Yeovil; Clement P H Soper (1929-1962) d.Apr>Jun 1962, age 33, Penzance, Con; Mary Johnetta McArthur Soper (1930-2004), bur.Yeovil Cemetery
: '39cen Herbert C 50m storekeeper (b.10 Mar 1889) at 14 Church Fields, Wincanton, S.set; with Frederick W Edwards b.28 Aug 1888 police pensioner & store keeper; Henrietta L Edwards b.31 May 1886 udd; Betty I Edwards (m.Mr Gordon) b.26 Sep 1916 officer cerk bread milk products; unm & Herbert 4th scan
: 1967 Herbert C Soper (c1880-1967) d.Jul>Sep 1967, Wincanton, S.set, age 78

Frederick Soper m.Maisie E Mair Oct>Dec 1925 at Luton [Frederick b.22 Mar 1904 Luton [b.Apr>Jun] to Charles William Soper & Jane assume m.1881]
- Charles R R Soper b.Jan>Mar 1927 Luton (mother ne Mair) : m.Esther Liddle Jan>Mar 1948 Luton
- John F Soper b.Jul>Sep 1930 Luton (mother ne Mair); m.Joyce White Jul>Sep 1953, Luton
: '11cen : Charles William 49 straw hat blocker at 3 Windmill St, Luton, Jane Fox?* 48 s.h.machinist: Walter 22 iron moulder's labourer; Lily 20 s.h.finisher; Charles William 17 iron moulder's labourer; Mabel 15 co-operative society coca works: Horace 12: Edward 9: Frederick 7 all at school, all b.Luton, Beds
: '39cen Frederick 35 shop porter, jewellers (b.22 Mar 1904) at 20 Corncastle Rd, Luton; Maisie E 35 hat trade trimmer (b.16 May 1904) [lines 3, 4 (assume 2 sons) & 6 blank; line 5 Arthur Margetts b.3 Jun 1926 at school] scan
: '39cen Joyce White (later m.[John F] Soper) 4 under school age (b.28 Mar 1935) at 43 Wimborne Rd, Luton; with William White b.23 Mar 1899 general labourer; Sarah White 1901 unpaid dom duties; Lilian White (m.Mr Rodell) b.7 Jun 1931 at school (cr283 16.12.59 bd) & Sidney Phillips b.14 Apr 1914 universal grinder (AFS Mar 65) scan

Frederick George Richard Soper m.Doris Irene Mead, Aug 1927 at St Peters, eldest son of G H S of 6 Alexander Place, Bed & eldest dau of T H Mead, 2 Peel St, Bed; best man, C J F Soper (brother), bridesmaids the small sisters Joan Soper & Joan Mead, reception Alexander Hall left for [Liverpool], Madeira & Canary Islands; 'Bedfordshire Times' 28 Aug; [m.Jul>Sep] : Frederick b.24 Aug 1899 Minchinhampton, Beds to George Henry [clerk & sgt royal engineers WW1] & Mary Kate who m.1898 Bedford
- Pamela M Soper b.Jul>Sep 1928 (mother ne Mead); typist; m.Edward S Raven Apr>Jun 1966
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: F�G R Soper educated Bedford School, m.1927, Beds : worked for the Sun Insurance Office for the whole of his professional life. Records inc Soper's "Angling Diary" with entries from 1924-1930 Bedford Angling Club (& Ouse & Cam Fisheries), Bedfordshire Natural History & Archaeological Soc; ration books of 7 family members; involved in masonics; appointed magistrate 1953; Work with the RSPB; d.2 Apr 1982 Beds www.a2a & www.berksfhs.org.uk
: '11cen George Henry Soper 42 land agent clerk at 34 Maitland St, Bedford; b.Minchinhampton, Glos; Mary Kate Soper 41 {m.12y}; Frederick George Richard Soper 11; Mary Alice Kate Soper 9; Charles John Frank Soper 7 all at school, all b.Bedford & adopted dau Lily Kate Harris 17 dressmaker, b.Kensington, Lon : [parents m.1898]
: 1917 ?a Lieut Soper visited St Asaph School; mentioned inannual prize giving; Denbighshire Press 22 Dec 1917 scan : [but sgt above]
: 1919 Fred Soper [an old boy of St Asaph's County School] congratulated on gaining a 1st in pure mathematics & a 2nd in applied mathematics on 5 months work at UCNW; 'Denbighshire Free Press' 27 Dec
: 1919 'E G Soper' old boy of St Asaph's County School] visited the school after demob [during the year]; 'Denbighshire Free Press' 27 Dec scan
: 1927 F�G R Soper age 27 round voyage from Liverpool [on honeymoon to Madiera]
: '39cen Frederick R 40m chief clerk insurance corp (b.24 Sep 1899) at 102 Chaucer Rd, Bedford, Beds; Doris I 41m unpaid dom duties (b.22 Jul 1898); 3rd line blacked out scan
: 1940 F G R Soper member of Ouse & Cam Fishery Board; 'Bedfordshire Times' 29 Mar
: 1940 Pamela Soper pianoforte, transitional RSM exam; 'Beds Times' 26 Apr; [also exam Jan 1938 her teacher at 36 Clapham Rd, Bed]
: 1943 F G R Soper who will be remembered for his interesting angling notes in our columns for many years under the pen-name of Piscator�, writes; 'Beds Times' 15 Jan
: 1943 F G R Soper of 102 Chaucer Rd, Bedford; member of Bedfordshire Ouse Preservation Soc; 'Bedfordshire Times' 24 Sep
: 1943 Miss P Soper attended funeral of aunt May Irene Gertride Neal (nee Dodson) wife of Keith of 2 Mount Pleasant Ave, Toddington; d.maternity home, Luton age 36; 'Banbury Guardian' 28 Jul
: 1946 F G R Soper founder member of Natural History Society & 1966 was President, when at The Briars, BrOluham/Brolnhanl Pk, Bedford
: 1947 F G R Soper gave talk, Bedford Natural History Soc, on The life-cycle of the eel, saying it has puzzled naturalists for centuries; 'Beds Times', 10 Jan
: 1947 Pamela Soper gained a Pitman speed cert for 70 words per minute; typewriting class of Bedford High School; 'Beds Times' 6 Dec
: 1948 F G R Soper 102 Chaucer Rd, insurance official, had shop lease & archaeology article
: 1948 Frederick George Richard Soper wrote 'Study of Natural History & Archaeology in Bedfordshire (1789-1945) in Journal of the Beds Natural History Society: Beds & Luton Archives www.a2a
: 1949 F G R Soper 4th in (21b 40z). The Wadsworth Cup fishing match; 'Bedfordshire Times' 4 Feb
: 1949 F G R Soper District Master of the National United Oder of Free Gardeners Friendly Soc, attended funeral of W Wildman a treasurer; 'Beds Times' 9 Sep
: 1949 F G R Soper 1 of 10 on council of Bedford Natural History Soc; 'Our freshwater fish' 12th meeting, Luton, & 22 Aug as leader reported Ruffs at Bedford Sewage Farm; & 10 Oct [dau] Miss Pamela Soper assisted with a species list on visit to Aspley Wood; & wrote about Firbanks Pit, Leighton Buzzard that produced a 28lbs pike source
: 1950 F G R Soper of Robert de Parys Freemason Lodge, attended funeral of Sir G Royal (with 100's others); 'Beds Times' 25 Nov
: 1950 F G R Soper re-elected as a director of Bedfordshire Building Society; in 'Bedfordshire Times 3 Mar
: 1852 F G R Soper of North Bedfordshire Preservation of the Countryside Association, gave a lecture on their work; 'Beds Times' 7 Mar
: 1953 F G R Soper of The Briars, Bromham Park, appointed a Justice of the Peace for Bedford Borough; 'Beds Times' 16 Oct
: 1954 F G R Soper YWCA's representative to Beds County Council; in; 'Beds Times' 19 Mar
: 1954 F G R Soper presiding at Bedford Borough Magistrates� Court; 'Beds Times' 28 May
: 1954 F G Soper, Chairman of Bedfordshire Hospital Fishing Cup in town waters, awarded a prize (photo); 544 anglers; 'Beds Times' 8 Oct
: 1954 F G R Soper JP, Chairman, Beds Natural History Society & Field Club, arranged the 6th Bedfordshire Ornithological Conference; 'Beds Times' 19 Nov
: 1982 d.2 Apr 1982 Beds

Albert E Soper m.Winifred V Bracey Jul>Sep 1927, Luton : [?an Albert Edward Soper b.Jul>Sep 1902 Luton ?to James & Sarah Ann Tyler m.1896] : [age 8 '11cen with parents]
- Hugo A Soper b.Jan>Mar 1928, Luton
- Jean L Soper b.Jul>Sep 1930, Luton
: '39cen Winifred V 32 married, straw hat worker machinist & felt polish (b.8 Oct 1906) at 136 Wenlock St, Luton; Hugo A 11 at school (b.24 Feb 1928) scan

E R Souper Index of Inductions to Bedfordshire Parishes, Tilsworth (& Stanbridge), Oct 1927 National Archives (parish's next election Jan 1939) : [Rev Edward Reinagle Souper b.Eastbourne, Sx. C of E, Rector, Tilsworth & Stanbridge, Beds see]

Percy R Soper m.Olive A Else Apr>Jun 1928, all at Luton, Beds : [assume Percy Rupert Soper b.18 Nov 1906 [b.Oct>Dec, Luton reg dist] (to Walter & Elizabeth who m.1890)]
- Jean O Soper b.Oct>Dec 1929
- Roy K Soper b.Oct>Dec 1931; ?a Roy Sidney Soper d.21 Sep 2012, aged 80, cremated source
: '11cen Walter 44 at 41 York St, Luton, Beds b.St Lukes, Lon: Elizabeth 42 {m.22y}: Beatrice 18: Sidney 16: Mary 14 all straw hat workers: Gilbert 11: Kenneth 7: Percy 4 all b.Luton & widowed mother Maria Strapp 71 b.Luton
: '39cen Percy R 32m fell hat steamer (heavy work) (b.18 Nov 1906) at 18 Frederick St, Luton; Olive M 31m furrier finisher (b.15 Jul 1908) ; lines 3 & 4 blacked-out scan

Cyril S Soper m.Marjorie C M Brown Apr>Jun 1929, all at Luton : ['11cen no Cyril S] Cyril b.26 Jul 1906
- Keith S Soper b.Jul>Sep 1929; m.Helen D Warren Apr>Jun 1956, Luton; Keith (c1929-2015) of Luton d.10 Dec 2015, age 86
- Sylvia G Soper b.Jul>Sep 1929
- Roy S Soper b.Jan>Mar 1932
- Pearl Mildred Soper b.28 Jun 1934 [b.Jul>Sep]; m.Richard J Thomas Jan>Mar 1954, Luton
- Greta M Soper b.Oct>Dec 1936
- Gloria D Soper b.Apr>Jun 1940, Luton (mother nee Brown)
- Brian R Soper b.Oct>Dec 1942 (m.ne Brown); m.Jillian B Camp Oct>Dec 1961, Luton
- John C Soper b.Apr>Jun 1946, Luton (m.ne Brown)
- Philip C Soper b.Apr>Jun 1950, Luton, Beds (m.ne Brown)
: 1912 Cyril Soper admitted 1912 to St Matthew's Infants' School, Luton; 'marked absent for 6 & 7 Mar instead of Claude Tyson, the register corrected' scan
: '39cen Cyril S 32m shop assistant grocery incapacitated (b.26 Jul 1906) at 112 Cobden St, Luton, Beds; Marjorie C M 30m milliner hat trade (b.24 Dec 1908); Pearl Mildred Soper (m.Mr Thomas) 5 at school (b.28 Jun 1934) [16.6.65 CR283 - BD]; lines 3, 4 & 6 blacked-out scan
: '39cen Helen D Warren (later m.[Keith] Soper) 4 under school age (b.9 Dec 1934) at 30 High St, Luton 'Ccr283 7.12.59 bd'; 1st line blacked-out; 2nd Dorothy Warren b.28 Aug 1908 outdoor hat work, milliner; 3rd line Helen scan
: '39cen Jillian B Camp (later m.[Brian] Soper) 0 under school age (b.14 Oct 1938) at 15 Cumberland St, Luton; 'cr233 2.12.63 bd'; with Horace C Camp b.24 Apr 1912 cleansing dept lorry driver, heavy work; lines 2 & 3 blacked out & Jillian 4th scan scan

Kenneth Soper, age 25, married, of 12, Ascot Rd, Luton, 1 of 8 who died in fire at Vyse's Straw Hat Factory, 47-53 Bute St, Luton, 25 Feb 1930 when a vat of beeswax for the showroom floor caught fire: source;
: Ken Soper son of Walter S Soper �Wally� of 241 High Town Rd, Luton, well-known High Town resident & 2 or 3y ago director of Luton Town Football Club. The deceased�s mother is lying seriously ill at home. 6 died, victims appealing but fire & fumes barred the way. Luton News 27 Feb
: [b.Apr>Jun 1903 (to Walter & Elizabeth who m.1890), m.Kathleen Brazier Apr>Jun 1927 (?a Kathleen m.Arthur Moulster Jan>Mar 1931 Luton?)]

Alvin C Soper b.Jan>Mar 1930 Leighton Buzzard, Beds/Bucks (mother ne Munday) : (Alvin E Soper m.Ada Munday at Alton, Oct>Dec 1923 : [son of William Soper* m.Sarah Jane Perry who m.1884]

Donald G E Soper m.Elsie Blake Apr>Jun 1930, at Luton : (Donald Giles Elford Soper b.12 Jan 1905 Horsington, S.set [b.Jan>Mar Wincanton reg dist] to Giles William & Charlotte who m. 1901) [Elford from grgrmother Emma Elford who m.Giles Ching Soper 1879]
- Patricia J Soper b.21 Dec 1933 [b.Jan>Mar Luton reg dist, (mother ne Blake)]
: '11cen Donald Giles Eliford Soper 6 b.Horsington, S.set; with Giles William 30 coal miner, hewer in 5 rooms at 19 Gladstone Terrace, Merthyr Tydfil, Glam; b.Merthyr, Glam; Charlotte 28 {m.7y, 3 births, 2 alive} b.Yeovil, S.set; Kenneth Herbert George Soper 1 b.Treherbert, Rhondda, Wales scan
: 1924 Donald Soper fitter 19 3rd class on "Barrabool" (P&O) from Lon to Melbourne, Aust, from 20 Dec "Australia/australia_combined_records.htm#1924ds">1924, 20 Regency St, Westminster; Last residence Eng; Future residence Aust; scan
: 1928 Donald Giles Soper engineer 23 3rd class on "Berengaria" from S'ton to New York from 5 Dec 1928; 10 Bascot Rd, Luton; Last residence Eng; Future residence US; scan (connection? on same sailing but 2nd class Doreen Soper school 5 address Hammersmith, W7; Last res.Eng; future res.US (sharing ticket & address with Nellie Davies 23 bookeeper, her last residence foriegn) scan
: 1929 Donald Soper 24 engineer 2nd class "Bremen" NY arriving Southampton 18 Nov 1929; Last & future residence Eng, Luton, Beds scan]
: '39cen Donald G E 34m toolmaker (turner or grinder) (b.12 Jan 1905) at 476 Hitchin Rd, Luton; Elsie 32m unpaid domestic duties (b.2 Jul 1907); Patricia J 5 at school (b.21 Dec 1933) scan
: 1948 Donald Giles Elford Soper of 116 Stanford Rd, Luton, Beds; patented improvements in multi-point cutting tools for reaming & boring, 19 Jan 1948. The screw expands the 2 cutter bars to required diameter; Engineer magazine 10 Apr 1950
: 19?? Donald Giles Elford Soper US naturalization record, issued Michigan ancestry.com record
: 1987 Donald Giles E Soper d.May 1987 Luton, b.12 Jan 1905 [death registration index]

Rev E R Souper 1931 new light & heat system, Stanbridge Vicarage, Beds. Church of England : National Archives, ref. P57/2/4/5 : [Rev Edward Reinagle Souper b.Eastbourne, Sx. C of E, Rector, Tilsworth & Stanbridge, Beds see]

Edward Soper of Chalton Cross, [Luton, Beds] fined �1 for using car with defective tyres 1 Jan at Woburn & Leonard Buckingham of Toddington fined �2 for permitting the offence. Buckingham said nearly new but PC Green said worn to canvas; 'Bedfordshire Times' 25 Jan 1935 scan

Joan Elsie Elizabeth Soper (Bedford). Sorting Clerk or Telegraphist, Post Office: (London Gazette 8 Nov 1935) : [a Joan E E Soper b.Oct>Dec 1917 Bedford, assume parents m.1898 above]
: Joan E E Soper appointed 1935, Bedford Dept; Post Office Records scan

Rev Edward Reinagle Souper Rector, in Stanbridge, Bedfordshire Kelly's Trade Directory 1936 - The living is a vicarage, net yearly value �280, including glebe, with residence, in the gift of the vicar of Leighton Buzzard & held since 1927 by the Rev Edward Reinagle Souper L.Th. of Durham University source : [Rev Edward Reinagle Souper b.Eastbourne, Sx. C of E, Rector, Tilsworth & Stanbridge, Beds see]

Caroline Sayphena? Lockyer (will m.Mr Soper 'cr283 23/8/65 NEL') 44 married (b.15 Sep 1895) at 27 Dewey Rd, Dagenham, Ex 1939cen; with Thomas W Lockyer b.17 Jun 1892 provision merchants stock clerk; 3rd line blacked-out scan : [Thomas W Lockyer m.Caroline T Armond Jul>Sep 1917 W.Ham]
: 1962 Alfred W Soper m.Caroline T Lockyer Jan>Mar 1962, Romford, Ex (bmd) : [??see '11cen?]

Albert William Soper male nurse, of Stagsden Rd, Bromham, [Beds] sentenced 6m hard labour for stealing, while a bailee, a gents bike, value �8; Soper sold it for 50s to a bike dealer; 'Bedfordshire Times' 3 Oct 1941 : [??b.1905 Romsey, Hants]

C J Soper 11 Mar 1941, Barton Hills, Beds : Register of Seamen, Discharge Papers R679515, National Archives ref BT 372/2075/183 : [?speculate Charles John F Soper b.Apr>Jun 1903, Bedford : ?a Charles J F Soper m.Edith L M Ginn Apr>Jun 1932] : [parents? George Henry to Mary m.1898]
: '39cen Charles J F 23m designer & general manager chartered mechanical engineer, amorally? miners department (& aux fire service) (b.9 May 1916) at 1 Oakwood Ave, Gateshead, Durham; Edith L M 33m unpaid dom duties (b.4 Jun 1906); lines 3 & 4 blacked out scan

D J Soper Mrs of 102 Chaucer Rd, Bedford, Fire Prevention Service training certificate, 21 July 1943 Street Party. Civil Defence Duties (Compulsory Enrolment) Course nr64 : bedford.gov.uk : [?a Doris I Mead m.Frederick G R Soper 1927, at same address below]

F G R Soper 29 Sep 1946, 1 of 29 interested in Natural History met at St John's Ambulance HQ Bedford He wrote about thier activities & monthly meeting, 21 years later, when at The Briars, BrOluham/Brolnhanl Pk, Bedford & President (with another year to serve) of Bedfordshire Natural History Society in 1966 (his speciality was recording Amphibians, fishes & reptiles) : a href="http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:hrlzVi8HoP0J:www.bnhs.co.uk/focuson/journals/pdfs/BedsNats%25201965-67%2520No%252020-22.pdf+%22soper%22+Sheerness+dawn&cd=9&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=uk&source=www.google.co.uk#47">www.a2a
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Frederick George Richard Soper of 102 Chaucer Rd, Bedford, insurance official. On 15 Nov 1947. 1 of 7 (church officials?) leasing a shop attached & owned by St Peters Church, Bedford : Beds & Luton Archives : ref. P100/6/74 www.a2a :
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Frederick George Richard Soper, in 1948 wrote 'The Study of Natural History and Archaeology in Bedfordshire (1789 - 1945) in Journal of the Bedfordshire Natural History Society: Beds & Luton Archives www.a2a.pro.gov.uk
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F G R Soper 1 of 10 on council of Bedford Natural History Soc 1949; 'Our freshwater fish' 12th meeting, Luton, & 22 Aug as leader reported Ruffs at Bedford Sewage Farm; & 10 Oct Miss Pamela Soper assisted with apecies list on visit to Aspley Wood; & wrote about Firbanks Pit, Leighton Buzzardthat produced a 28lbs pikw was being filled in source : [m.1927, biog]

W H R Soper best man m.J A Ross & MN G Trotter at Bedford; 'Bedfordshire Times' 16 Oct 1953

Miss Soper Cadet Officer, St. John Ambulance Brigade. at Dunstable Red Cross HQ ceremony; Luton News 17 Jun 1954

a Soper recorded in Kelly's Directory of Inhabitants of Bedford, 1957 : scan for sale originalrecord.com

Michael Henry Ray Soper, farmer; address; Beech Cottage, Marcham, Abingdon, Berks; Telephone Frillford Heath 244 : The Author's & Writer's Who's Who pub.1960 Google Books snippet

F G R Soper elected to the council [1964?]; due to retire from the council 1969; The Salmon & Trout Magazine 1964 Google Books snippet

William H Soper recieved a 25 year service award from Cutler Hammer Europa, of Bedford, May 1973 : Bill Soper retired 1973 : from house magazine Sept/Nov source

Peter E Soper & Partners of Milton House, Estate Agent: 1975 43 Cardiff Rd, Luton : Housing Developments in Bedfordshire www.a2a

Philip C Soper living Luton, East Anglia (with Marion?), his grandau Milly Soper 20 looking to meet him, Feb 2016, last met when 7, source

Helen Dorothy Soper (c1935-2015) d.3 Mar 2015, age 80 at Luton & Dunstable Hospital ; sister of Marian & loving cousin of Kath & Janet from 'Luton Today' source

Soper mentioned, 27 Nov 1583 (p191) Register of 'Surnames in Chelsham', Bucks : source

Elizabeth Soper m.Joseph Wilkinson, 1662 at Burnham, Buckinghamshire; Boyd's Marriage Index Soper defending a case : D'Oyley v. Coates, D'Oyley, Soper, Hunt, Hide; Bucks, 1672 : C 10/168/31source

Mrs Sloper relict of the late William Sloper of of Woodhay, Bucks died 23 Nov 1797 : from The Lady's Magazine Google Books snippet

John Soper a Gentleman of Taplow , Bucks. Will 10 May 1811 National Archives : scan available online ref prob11/1522

Robert Soper (c1796-?) a carpenter & wife Ellis Soper aged 24 & 22, colinisers in the 16 man 'Thornhill Party'. It's labourers, recruited Bucks, bound themselves to work for 6 years. Assembled at The Greyhound Inn, Marlow, Dec 1819, walked to Deptford [41m, nr Greenwich] & sailed 1820 : see SA imigration Deptford

No Sopers in '41cen

Ann Sopher b.Buckinghamshire c1821, living London 1851 census

Ann Sopher b.Buckinghamshire c1821, living Kensington with husband Edward 1861 census : no Sopers living in county

John Browne Soper (c1840-1872) m.Fanny Susannah Daley Jul>Sep 1863, Eton, Bucks : [why in Eton?] : [b. Dartmouth c1840 b.not vis bmd/igi to John & Caroline nee Wills at Dartmouth, Dev who m.1839]
- Amy Caroline Soper b.Jan>Mar 1866 Totnes, Dev (Ann C in '71cen; not vis '8cen; 25unm Dartmouth '91cen) m.25 Jun 1891 Dartmouth to Dr John Henry Harris; see below
- Jessie Soper b.Jul>Sep 1867 Totnes, Dev; [unm 23 with grandmother '91cen, Dartmouth]
(another John Browne Soper (c1833-1909) m.Elizabeth Jane Manchip, Apr>Jun 1870, Bridgwater, S.set; a grocer & wine dealer at Bridgewater; d.Axbridge, S.set, age 76)
: '41cen John 55-9 [should be 36-7?] spirit merchant St Saviour, Dartmouth; Caroline 28, John Brown Soper 1, all b.Dev scan]
: '51cen John 47 spirit merchant at Lower St, St Saviours, Dartmouth, Dev, b.Ditterham, Dev; Caroline 39; John Brown Soper 11 scholar; Robert Wills Soper 9 scholar all b.Dartmouth, Dev; & Louisa Head 18 house servant b.Galmpton scan : ['61cen parents not vis]
: 1859 ??J B Soper of Dartmouth, agent of Royal Insurance Co; in 'Trewman's Exeter Flying Post' 6 Oct 1859; scan [if him, then age 19]
: 1867 John Brown Soper wine merchant of Dartmouth accused Mr Marray of overcharged him 10s 8d & was offered 17s 6d discount. Judge said he couldn't claim as account paid; Case law mentioned in Liskeard County Court; 'Royal Cornwall Gazette' 17 Jan 1867. [so perhaps from some time earlier]; scan
: '71cen John B (c1840-?) 31 wine merchant at South Town, St Petrox, Dartmouth, Dev; Fanny S 30; Ann C 5; Jessie 4 all b.Dartmouth; & gen serv's Sarah Kelland 23 & Susan Forworthy 20 b.Dartmouth scan
: 1871 Fanny Susanna d.Jul>Sep 1871, Totnes bmd dist; Mrs Fanny from St Petrox, d.12 Jul 1871, aged 31 at Southtown, Dartmouth, buried in a brick grave special site at St Petrox 18 July by Rev W Laidlay, wife of J B Soper dartmouth-history.org.uk & from 'Trewman's Exeter Flying Post' 19 Jul, from newspapers.bl.uk
: 1872 John Browne Soper spirit merchant of St Saviors, Dartmouth, d.aged 32, buried in a re-opened special site at St Saviors, 5 Feb 1872 dartmouth-history.org.uk (left probate record) : [John Brown Soper d.Jan>Mar, age 32 Totnes] : [a 2nd John Browne Soper (c1833-1909) grocer of Bridgewater '81cen]
: 1872 John Browne Soper d.29 Jan 1872, wine & spirit merchant's assistant, widower of Dartmouth, Dev; Administration, Exeter 2 May 1872 to Caroline Soper of Dartmouth, widow, grandmother & guardian of Amy Caroline Soper, Jessie Soper, infants, the daughters & only next of kin; estate under �1,000; from Probate Calender, scan; & Administration London 15 Oct 1904 to Amy Caroline Harris, [dau] wife of John Henry Harris, Effects �259 10s 1d; former grant Exeter May 1872, scan
: 1874 J B Soper, deceased; his property, items for sale at Lucerne House, Southtown, Dartmouth www.dartmouth-history, 16 Jan 1874; Auction 22 & 23 Jan. Contents listed
: '91cen mother & dau's Caroline 79 widow, living on private income at Newcomin Rd, St Petrox, Dartmouth, Dev; grandaughters Amy C 25unm; Jessie 23unm all b.Dartmouth, Dev; with cook Sarah A Gardiner 22; housemaid Alice M Radford 20 scan : [Caroline In 1878 White's Gazetteer of Dev, at same address; none vis '81cen]
: 1891 dau Amy Caroline m.25 Jun eldest dau of late John Brown Soper of Dartmouth m. 25 Jun 1891 St Saviours, Dartmouth to John Henry Harris MRCS,Eng LSA,Lon, of Dartmouth, youngest son of Alfred Harris MRCS,Eng of Forest Hill, Lon [m.Apr>Jun Totnes RD]
: ??'01cen a Jessie 34 at & b.Plymouth, Dev
: ??'11cen Jessie 45 clerk (to house decorator) in 7 rooms at 33 Oxford Place, Plymouth; b.Plymouth, St Andrews, Dev; cousin living with Alfred John Osborne 49 house decorator, Georgina 46 {m.25y, 1 birth, 1 alive), Henry Mallet Osborne 16 a hd all b.St Andrews, Plymouth, m-in-law Mary Webber 83 widow b.S.Zeal & servant Emily Gribble 18unm b.Devonport scan

Lucy Soper a witnesses (others Baldwin / Puzey) at wedding? of John & Susannah Finch, Langley Marish, Bucks 13 Oct 1866 source

James Soper m.Keziah K Hill Jul>Sep 1866, Eton , Bucks
a James Henry Soper b.Jul>Sep 1868, Eton [assume son, but not with parents'71cen] : James Henry Soper (c1869-1870) d.Jan>Mar 1870, age 1, Windsor, Berks [Eton & Windsor are joined]
: '51cen; James 17 pianoforte maker with parents William 54 at 31 Gower Pl, St Pancras, Marylebone; b.Exeter, Dev; Sarah 54 b. Ninehead?, S.set, both boot makers; James 17; John 17, both pianoforte makers; Ann 12, Edwin 10 scholars all b.St P; [sharing property with (son) William 24 boot closer b.St P & Sarah A 30 b.Danbury, Ex]; & lodgers Mary & Harriett Dove 40 & 62 seamstress; 3rd family in house William Pike 32 house painter & wife Abigale 33
: ['71cen James 36 pianoforte maker, b.Gower Street, M.sx; at William St, Slough, Stoke Poges; Kathrine 31, b.Farnham Royal, Bucks; dau & son-in-law to household head, Henry Hill 54 a green grocer & Keean b.Lifton?, Bucks John 19 gardener, Edward 17, Henryetta 14, Mathew A 12, Emily H 9 all scholars b.Farnham Royal, Bucks : scan]

James Soper (c1835-?) pianoforte maker 36, b.Gower Street, Middlesex; at William St, Slough, Stoke Poges; Kathrine Soper 31, b.Farnham Royal, Bucks; dau & son-in-law to household head, Henry Hill 54 a green grocer & Keean b.Lifton?, Bucks John 19 gardener, Edward 17, Henryetta 14, Mathew A 12, Emily H 9 all scholars b.Farnham Royal, Bucks : scan, [only Sopers in Bucks] 1871 census : [not vis '61cen or '81cen]

(Aron Soper (c1809-?) Head at Hammersmith, Lon 1871 census, age 62 b.West Wycombe, Bucks)

Charles S Soper b.abt 1874, Walter G Soper b.abt 1876 b.Newbury, Bucks (17 & 15 with parents in Milford, Wilts in '91cen)

1881 Census : No residence; 2 Bucks Bucks born wives

John Soper, Prospect Villa, Loudwater, High Wycombe : Kelly's Directory pub.1883 Google Books snippet
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: Kings Leigh
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: ?a John Soper elected to form the first council for Bucks County Council; from The Times 26 Jan 1889 334/746n : [speculate John blind mfr below]
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: Soper & Wheeler Ltd, Company Nr 187484; Board of Trade: Companies Registration Office: Files of Dissolved Companies
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: John Soper 61m paper manufacturer at Mill House, Loudwater, Chipping Wycombe, Bucks '91cen; b.Plymouth, Dev; Berkely Soper 24unm; Frederick P Soper 15; William F Soper 13 all b.Panceas, Lon; scan : [John window blind mfr m.Caroline Watson Jan>Mar 1860 Kingston, Sy]

Mr Rowland Soper, an accomplished pianist and humorous vocalist, was rapturously applauded in both his songs 'Love in the Lowther' & 'The three... South Bucks Standard Bucks, Eng; 28 Nov 1890
: Rowland Soper; song. 'The borderers' S.Bucks Standard 18 Dec 1896
: Staff Sergt Rowland Soper sung humorous song. 'The Farmyard'; Bucks Herald, Bucks 1 Apr 1916

Sarah A Soper 34m dressmaker (employee) at Bath Lane, (St Pauls), Buckingham, Bucks '91cen; with parents George Tombs 58 builder? (employer), Sarah A Tomes 56, unm sons builders?John Tomes 23 & George A Tombs 22; all b.Buckingham, Bucks scan : [Samuel m.Sarah Ann Tombs 1876 St Pancras, Lon]

Charles S Soper 17 & Walter G Soper 15 both b.Newbury, Buck with parents in Milford, Wilts in '91cen

John J Soper 22, household head; b.Chiswick, Lon, at Slough; Bucks in '91cen

B W Soper in the Slough, Eton & Windsor Observer. 18 May 1895 perhaps played cricket; Cippenham v Windsor Liberals [assume Berkley Watson Soper '81cen age 14 with parents William/Caroline a widow blind maker : '11cen wife Sarah & 4 children, a merchant 44 in Wycombe, Bucks]

Berkeley Watson Soper m.Sarah Phillips Jul>Sep 1897, Wycombe; or m.Cissie Phillips, 3 July 1897 at St Michaels, Hughenden : 4th son of late John Soper of Loudwater, Bucks & only dau of R H Bristowe of Hughenden : from The Times 6 Jul :171/211p : [b.30 Aug 1866, [b.Oct>Dec reg.Pancras, Lon] to John & Caroline Watson m.1860] : [sisters Mary Watson Soper & Rosa m. same year, see above] : [presume connection to Sidney Watson Soper & Kate who's son (1896-1916) died WW1 : also Arthur Watson Soper (1873-?) in '81cen] e] perhaps played cricket for Windsor Liberals against Cippenham : not vis '01cen
: 1904 Berkeley Watson Soper had a son, 6 Jun 1904, at Kingsleigh, Louswater, Bucks : from 8 Jun, from The Times: 193/211p [as with marriage, his wife is invisable!]
: 1906 Berkeley Watson Soper, paper manufacturer, trading as �Soper & Co�, Kings Mill, Loudwater, Bucks. Bankruptcy by debter�s petition 28 Sep 1906 (London Gazette 2 Oct) : {Bankruptcy Adjudication : from The Times, 3 Oct 647/746} : Public Exam 5 Nov Court at County Hall, Alesbury (2 & 19 Oct) : Debt proofs by 25 Jan 1908 (Gazette 10 Jan) : 1st & final dividend 11�d in the �; Payable St Aldates, Oxford, 4 Mar 1908 (25 Feb) : Trustee release 15 Jun (28 Jul) : [connection Soper & Wheeler Ltd, paper mfr disolved 1887 above]
- Lilian Norah Soper b.Oct>Dec 1899, Wycombe, Buck; Lilian N m.Robert G Prebble Apr>Jun 1925, Aylesbury, Bucks
- Frederick Stanley B Soper b.6 Jun 1904 Wycombe; b.reg Jul>Sep 1904; '11cen Frederick Stanley Berkeley Soper 6; m.Edith M Clark 1928, Fulham, Lon; '39cen 35 butcher
- Charles Soper b.Oct>Dec 1907 Wycombe; Charles R P Soper (b.c1907) d.Oct>Dec 1918 age 18, Aylesbury [but Charles Rowland Percy Soper age 2 in '11cen?] : [not a WW1 soldier?, as no service medal visable; a 'Spanish Flu' pandemic targeted the young Sep-Nov 1918]
- John C M Soper b.3 Dec 1910 [b.reg.Jan>Mar 1911 Wycombe]; '11cen John Cyril Maurice Soper 3; m.Violet F Clark 1933, Fulham, Lon; '39cen 28 licensed victualler
- Sylvia R Soper b.23 Apr 1913 [b.Apr>Jun Wycombe (mother ne Phillips)] m.Ivor Newton Jul>Sep 1941, Aylesbury, Bucks (bmd)
- Ronald E P Soper b.3 Sep 1914 [b.Oct>Dec Aylesbury (m.ne Phillips)]: m.Mabel E Hinton Jan>Mar 1943, Aylesbury; [Mabel d.26 May 2009 widow, mother to Tony & Gillian]
- Kenneth S H Soper b.2 May 1919 [b.Apr>Jun Aylesbury (m.ne Phillips)
: '71cen Berkeley W Soper age 4 at St Pancras
: '81cen Berkley W Soper age 14 at 18 Ampthill Sq, St Pancras; b.St P; father John 51, window blind manufacturer b.Devon & Caroline 42 b..Kingston see
: '91cen Berkeley ('Rukely') 24 with father at Chipping Wycombe, Bucks : [see above]
: In paper 1895 [above]
: '01cen Berkeley 34 a paper manufacturer, employer at Kings Leigh, London Rd, Chepping Wycombe (Loudwater parish), Bucks; b.St P; Sarah 24 b.Kingston, Bucks; Lilian N 1 b.Wycombe; visitor Sarah Phillips widowed on own means 50 b.Wycombe; & unm servants Mary Ayres 22 b.Cadmore, Bucks & Clare Baker 20 domestic nurse b.Wycombe; scan
: '11cen Berkeley Watson Soper 44 paper merchant, employer at "Bracklays", Flackwell Heath, Wycombe, Bucks; {6 rooms}; b.St P, Sarah 34 b.Shighaideu?, Bucks {m.13y; 4 births}; Lilian Norah 11 at school, Frederick Stanley Berkeley Soper 6, John Cyril Maurice 3, Charles Rowland Percy 2m all b.Chepping Wycombe : scan
: 1913 B Soper (c--?) sailed 1st class on "Macedonia" (P & O Line) from Marseilles, France to London, Eng arriving 4 Oct 1913; Last & future address England scan: [Berkeley only wealthy 'B' in '11cen]
: 1914 B W Soper, wrote [or published] 'The Record of Haddenham, Bucks in the Great War, 1914-18': pub 1922
: 1917 Mr Soper, Dover Cottage, Haddenham, Bucks to hold Sidney John Soper WW1 medals until SJ's godson J C M Soper 'is of an age to appreciate their value' scan: [Sidney enlisted 1914 when John was 5 {their fathers were brothers} & killed France Sep 1916 in a trench mortar unit, age 20]
: 1922 Berkeley Watson Soper trading as Soper & Co, Haddenham, Bucks, Bankruptcy at Aylesbury Court 12 Jan 1922. Receiving Order 7 Feb (London Gazette 10 Feb) order 18 Mar (21 Mar)
: '39cen Berkeley W 73 wholesale import & general merchant (b.30 Aug 1866) at Dover Cottage, Aylesbury, Bucks; Sarah 62 household duties (b.11 Jan 1877); Sylvia R Soper (m.Mr Newton) 26unm household duties (b.23 Apr 1913); Ronald E P 25unm sheet metal worker (b.3 Sep 1914); Kenneth S H 20unm welder (b.2 May 1919); line 6 blacked-out scan
: '39cen Frederick S B 35 married, butcher's supervisor (b.6 Jun 1904) at 14 Nella Rd, Fulham, Lon scan [wife with bro Frederick]
: '39cen Mabel E Hinton (m.Mr Soper) 23unm domestic help (b.24 Jul 1916) at Wayside, Aylesbury, Bucks [5443mc]; with Edith M Butler b.19 Jan 1869 & Anna I Parson b.1 May 1868 both private mean scan
: 1940 B W Soper d.Jan>Mar 1940, Aylesbury age 73, Bucks (bmd)

May Watson Soper m.Harry James Taylor, 7 Sep 1897 at St Marys, Willesden. youngest dau of late John & Mrs Soper, of Clovelly, Harlesden & Loudwater, Bucks & eldest son of Thomas Taylor, of Sturminster Mewton, Dorset; from The Times 10 Sept :172/211p [a Mary Watson Soper '81cen]
- Rosa Soper m.Henry Edmund Stevens of Salisbury, Mashonaland, S.Africa, 10 Dec 1897, at St Pauls, Durban, Netal. 2nd daughter of late John & Mrs Soper, of Clovelly, Harlesden & Loudwater, Bucks : from The Times 14 Dec:172/211p - A son b.1 Oct 1900, Victoria, Rodesia, from The Times 4 Oct :180/211p

Percy Soper b.3 Dec 1891 admitted 13 Jun 1898 to Olney Board School (Boys), Olney, Beds from London Road School; Left 5 May 1899, left the town scan : [birth not vis bmd, or census]

Berkeley Soper 34 a paper manufacturer, employer at Kings Leigh, London Rd, Chepping Wycombe (Loudwater parish), Bucks; 1901 census b.St P; Sarah Soper 24 b.Kingston, Bucks; Lilian N Soper 1 b.Wycombe; visitor Sarah Phillips widowed on own means 50 b.Wycombe; & unm servants Mary Ayres 22 b.Cadmore, Bucks & Clare Baker 20 domestic nurse b.Wycombe; scan : [see above]

Elizabeth Soper 79 widow, paralysed at London Road, High Wycombe, Loudwater, Bucks, '01cen, b.Southwark, Lon; with sister Maria Stonell widow 51 b.Chearsley, Bucks, 3 unm children all working papermill Jesse 20, Frederick 19 & Evelyn 16; b.Wycombe Marsh, Bucks & cousin Alfred Stonell 10 b.Cores End, Bucks; scan : [Maria Walker m.'Jesse Richard Stowell' 1879 (no Soper/Walker m.vis); '81 'Jesse R Stonnel's family; '91cen; Eldest son Jesse Rupert A 'Stonewell' b.1880 m.1903; 'Maria Stonell' d.Oct>Dec 1910 Wycombe]
: Elizabeth Sarah Soper (c1822-1904) d.Jul>Sep 1904, age 82, Wycombe, Bucks

Elvina Soper & Gladys Soper admitted Harpur Trust Girls' School, Bedford; 14 May 1901 from Reading National School [Berks]; father William of 8 St Leonards St; Elvina reached grade 4g, Gladys grade 3 scan : [parents William Patterson Soper m.Mary Ann Patterson, Reading, Berks, 1887]

Elizabeth Sarah Soper (c1822-1904) d.Jul>Sep 1904, Wycombe : [no obvious link]

Berkeley Watson Soper paper manufacturer, trading as �Soper & Co�, Kings Mill, Loudwater, Bucks. Bankruptcy by debter�s petition 28 Sep 1906 (London Gazette 2 Oct) : Public Exam 5 Nov Court at County Hall, Alesbury (2 & 19 Oct) : Debt proofs by 25 Jan 1908 (London Gazette 10 Jan) : 1st & final dividend 11�d in the �, 4 Mar 1908 (25 Feb) : Trustee release 15 Jun (28 Jul)
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Berkeley Watson Soper, trading as Soper & Co, paper manufacturer, Kings Mill, Loudwater, Bucks, Notice of Dividend of 11�d per �; Payable St Aldates, Oxford, 4 Mar 1908 : London Gazette 25 Feb : http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/28113/pages/1385 : [trustee Official Reciever, (speculate bankrupt? Aylesbury Court 14 of 1906)] : London Gazette : ['11cen Berkeley Watson Soper (c1867-?) 44 a merchant at (Field/Great/Heath/North/Hill), Wycombe, Bucks 'b.St Pancras, Hants', Sarah 34 b.?, Lilian Norah 11 at school ,Frederick Stanley Berkeley Soper 6, John Cyril Maurice 4, Charles Rowland Percy 2]

Sidney Soper m.Clara Ellen Preston Jul>Sep 1907, Eton RD (Clara b.Apr>Jun 1878 Taplow, Bucks);
: Sydney Steventon, Hants, bapt.1 Aug 1880 St Nicholas, Steventon to George (c1841-1909) & Elizabeth Prior (c1847-1904) who m.1866 Ashe & Dean, Hants
- Margery Clara Elizabeth Soper (1908-1966/7) b.13 Sept 1908 Taplow, Bucks [Clara Margery E Soper b.Oct>Dec Eton RD]; m.Benjamin Moss Tazewell Jul>Sep 1934, Surrey Mid Eastern RD; son/dau b.1944/5 Eton; ('Margery' '11cen)
- Sydney James Soper (1915-2005) b.26 Jun (b.Jul>Sep Eton RD mother ne Preston); m.Mary Jane Griffiths (1914-1973) m.Jul>Sep 1947 Surrey Mid Eastern RD. d.Jan>Mar Rushcliffe, Notts RD*; age 89 : *source
- Stanley George Soper (1920-1983) b.c4 Feb Marylebone, Lon RD; d.Apr>June Surrey SE RD
: much of above startx.co.uk
: any connection? a Sydney G Soper b.Jan>Mar 1920, Marylebone (mother ne Preston)
: '01cen Sidney 20unm under gardener domestic at New Way, Godalming Rural, (St Peter & Paul), Sy, b.Steventon, Hants; lodging with James Payne 39 domestic gardener b.Brentwood, Ex; wife Sarah 39 b.Southampton, Hants & 3 children 10-5; Ockford Wood next door with Thomas G Cooper 35 own means, & 7 servants scan : [not vis '9cen]
: '11cen Sidney 30 gardener (domestic) in 4 rooms at The Lodge, Elibank, Taplow, Eton, Bucks; b.Steventon, Hants; Clara 30 {m.8y, I birth}, Margery 2 both b.Taplow; scan
: Clara E d.Apr>Jun 1948 Surrey Mid.E, age 67 [b.Apr>Jun 1878, Taplow, Bucks]
: Sidney James Soper (1915- ) director of Stanton-On-The-Wolds Golf Club, Keyworth, Notts; 1991-2 source
: Sidney James Soper d.8 Jan 2005 at Landmere Nursing Home, Landmere Ln, Bridgeford, Notts; formerly of West Bridgford, Notts: thegazette : [b.Jan>Mar 2005 Rushcliffe RD, age 89]

J Soper & another, Manor of Great Horwood 16 Jan 1909 National Archives [doc available online]

Josephine Augusta Souper(c1849-1909) d.Apr>Jun Amersham, Bucks age 60 -bmd : d.5 Jun 1909, pay-to-view page wife of Edward Bennison Souper b.London : mother to Gerald Edward Ker Souper b.29 Nov 1871, Shanghai, Kiangsu, China. [Edward Bennison Souper m.Josephine Augusta d'Almeida, Jul>Sep, 1893, Pancras, Lon] : [son Gerald a actor] : ['81cen Josephine Souper, 52 a British Subject, b.Singapore, a married matron (dom ser); a cousin to household head Francis Souper 37 a school master in holy orders at Eastbourne, Sx]

1911 Census, 10 Sopers

Berkeley Watson Soper (c1867-?) paper merchant, employer in at "Bracklays", Flackwell Heath, Wycombe, Bucks; (6 rooms); b.St Pancras, Sarah Soper 34 b.Shighaideu?, Bucks [m.13y; 4 births]; Lilian Norah Soper 11 at school, Frederick Stanley Berkeley Soper 6, John Cyril Maurice Soper 3, Charles Rowland Percy Soper 2m all b.Chepping Wycombe; scan : [m.1897 above] : ['91cen connection? a Caroline Soper Rowland 58 in Wales]

Elvina Soper 22unm private means; b.Reading, Berks; visiting C R L Scott 'Queenie'? 32unm, in 8 rooms at Brockwell, Butlers Cross, Wycombe, Bucks [?a Brockwell Fm, Butlers Cross, Aylesbury, Bucks; nr N.Wycombe] with unm sibings Walter Ewart 22, Margaret A W 28, Winifred M 24, Nora H 19 & Alan D W 17, all famers b.Wilts, also visiting Thomas Miller Logan 26 civil servant GPO & wife Mable S? Logan 26; scan : [parents William Patterson Soper m.Mary Ann Patterson, Reading, Berks, 1887]

Heleanor Elizabeth Soper 22unm ladies housemaid at Eton, Bucks; b.Hove, Sussex '11cen; in suite of 11 servants to Edward Lyttleton 55 headmaster, Eton College, wife 49 dau 20 & 18 scan : [Eleanor's parents William Henry m.Caroline Smith 1883, Westhampnett, Sx]

Sidney Soper (c1881-?) 30 gardener (domestic) in 4 rooms at The Lodge, Elibank, Taplow, Eton, Bucks, '11cen, Steventon, Hants; wife Clara Soper 30 {m.8y, I birth}, Margery Soper 2 both b.Taplow; scan : [Sidney m.Clara Ellen Preston 1907, Eton]

M C Soper appeared to have made or designed stained glass window in St Peter's Church, Loudwater 1917 : Dedicatee; Carolina Soper, widow of John Soper & eldest daughter Lilian : Donor; The surviving children source

B W Soper The Record of Haddenham, Bucks, in the Great War, 1914-1918, etc, 1922 British Library : [see 1897 above]

Berkeley Watson Soper trading as Soper & Co, Haddenham, Bucks, Bankruptcy at Aylesbury Court 12 Jan 1922. Receiving Order 7 Feb (London Gazette 10 Feb) order 18 Mar (21 Mar) [Berkeley Watson Soper, m.Jul>Sep.1897, Wycombe, Bucks] �71cen son 4 St Pancras, Lon : The Record of Haddenham (Bucks) in the Great War by Anon (pub? Haddenham: B.W. Soper, 1922)

William J Soper (c1864-1932) d.Apr>Jun 1932, Wycombe, age 68

Kenneth H G Soper m.Jessie L E Cook Jul>Sep 1932, Luton, Beds (bmd); Kenneth Herbert G Soper b.Jul>Sep 1910, Pontypridd, Glam to Giles William Soper miner & Charlotte 1901
: '11cen Kenneth Herbert George Soper 1 b.Treherbert, Rhondda, Wales; with parents Giles William 30 coal miner, hewer in 5 rooms at 19 Gladstone Terrace, Merthyr Tydfil, Glam; b.Merthyr, Glam; Charlotte 28 {m.7y, 3 births, 2 alive} b.Yeovil, S.set; Donald Giles Elford Soper 6; b.Horsington, S.set scan
: '39cen Kenneth 29 lorry driver, heavy worker (b.5 Jan 1910) at 12 Park Rd, Dunstable, Beds; Jessie 26 unpaid dom duties (b.6 Oct 1912); 3rd line blacked out scan
: 1964 Jessie L F Soper (1912-1964) d.Apr>Jun 1964, Luton, Beds, age 51

William J Soper m.Lily Grimsdale Jan>Mar 1935; b.7 Dec 1901 [b.not vis bmd]
- Janet K Soper b.Jan>Mar 1936 (mother ne Grimsdale)
: '39cen William J 37m printer machine minder (b.7 Dec 1901) at 52 Harold Rd, West Ham, Ex; Lily E 34m unpaid dom duties (b.29 Apr 1905) scan

1939 Register/Census, 24 Sopers

Dorothy R Soper 52m unpaid domestic duties (b.18 Sep 1887) at Petergate, Eton, Buckinghamshire (police auxilary re[serve]); Daphne Soper (to m.Mr MacNaghten) 14unm student at home (b.3 Dec 1924) scan : [Horace N Soper m.Dorothy R Nye 1922]

Berkeley W Soper 73 wholesale import & general merchant (b.30 Aug 1866) at Dover Cottage, Aylesbury, Bucks; Sarah 62 household duties (b.11 Jan 1877); Sylvia R Soper (m.Mr Newton) 26unm household duties (b.23 Apr 1913); Ronald E P 25unm sheet metal worker (b.3 Sep 1914); Kenneth S H 20unm welder (b.2 May 1919) ; line 6 blacked-out scan : [m.1897 above] Ray Soper 49m (female) unpaid domestic duties (b.30 Apr 1890) at County Arms, Main Rd, Aylesbury, Bucks; line 2 blacked-out scan : [wife Ray not vis bmd]

Sarah J Soper 75 widow unpaid dom duties (b.1 Apr 1864) at 8 Baines Cottages, Totteridge Rd, High Wycombe, Bucks; & Gertrude Louisa Barnard (m.Mr Ryszewski) b.8 Jun 1901 counter land, married scan : [not linked]
: Sarah J Soper (c1862-1948) d.Jul>Sep 1948, Wycombe, Bucks, age 86

Violet R Soper 26m unpaid domestic duties (b.17 Feb 1913) at 18 Poplar Rd, Eton, Bucks; with Edward E Evemy b.21 Aug 1897 customs & excise clerk (p/t aux fire res); Agnes M Evemy b.25 May 1903 unpaid dom duties, lines 3-6 & 8 blacked out; Violet line 7 scan : [??a Robert O m.Violet R Howard 1934, Southwark, Lon]

Constance Nellie Melissa Soper d.2 Mar 1940, of 63 Bower Way, Cippenham, Slough, Bucks; administration London 3 May 1940 to ['husband] George William Soper, sales manager; estate �204 14s 3d; from Probate Calender scan : [George W Soper m.Constance N M Skuse Apr>Jun 1922, Lambeth, Lon]
: '39cen Constant M 38m unpaid domestic duties (b.23 Jun 1901) at 63 Bower Way, Slough, Bucks; [1st line blacked-out] George W 49m manager building department (b.9 Nov 1889); Nellie Stutely 68m unpaid dom duties (b.26 Jul 1871) scan

Sydney O Soper m.Nellie Rowe Jan>Mar 1940, Amersham : [?a Sydney O Soper b.Jan>Mar 1916 Lambeth, Lon (mother ne Hamilton), assume son of Alfred S Soper m.Mary M Hamilton, Croydon, Sy Jul>Sep 1915]
: '39cen Sydney O 23unm motor driver, unemployed (b.10 Mar 1916) at The Crown, Wycombe, Bucks; with James Dale b.18 Dec 1902 inn keeper; Mary M Dale b.14 Feb 1892 unpaid dom duties; Sydney line 3; Martha A Hamilton b.24 Oct 1871 widow, private means & Bertram H Palmer b.22 Sep 1881 unm, insurance clerk scan
: '39cen Nellie Rowe (m.Mr Soper) 20unm domestic servant (b.9 Dec 1918) at 17 Hyde Green, Beaconsfield, Bucks; with Richard G Rowe b.2 Mar 1885 carpenter; Nellie Rowe b.16 Nov 1896 unpaid dom duties; Arthur K Rowe b.9 Mar 1917 motor mechanic; 4th line Nellie; Margaret J Rowe (m.Mr Rippington) b.12 Jul 1922 photographer ass; Amelia J E Clarke b.24 Jan 1915 unpaid dom duties scan

- Bridget M Soper b. & d.Apr>Jun 1941, Amersham (mother ne Rackham) : [only Soper/Rackham m. visable is 4 years later, a Robert S Soper m.Mary B Rackham at Plympton Jan>Mar 1945?]
- Vivian M Soper b.Jul>Sep 1945, Surrey S E, Surrey (mother nee Rackham)

Vera J Soper m.James H McKee Jan>Mar 1945, Wycombe : [no Vera J birth or post 1900 spouce visable in bmd]

Jane Soper Languages Fr. Fr Oral. Art. Bio; Aylesbury Grammar School pupil; Bucks Herald, Bucks 22 Aug 1952

Gordon Leonard Soper 5 May 1949 - 29 Aug 1963 at St Peter churchyard, Burnham, Bucks; [b.Apr>Jun Eton mother nee Bridges & d.Jul>Sep Eton, age 14] & [parents George & Angela Bridges below]

R L Soper, CBE FFARCS, Air Commodore, RAF, d.6 Oct 1973. Buried St Michael Churchyard, Halton, Bucks : [Fellow, Faculty of Anaesthetics, Royal College of Surgeons] : [see Robert Louis Soper (1908-1973) RAF]

George Leonard Soper 11 Apr 1916 - 14 Mar 1988? & loving wife & mum? Angela Soper 27 Apr 1921-29 Dec 2001; at St Peter churchyard, Burnham, Bucks BillionGraves : [parents m.1915]

Cambridgeshire : now incorporates the old County of Huntingdonshire

Richard Soper son of Nicholas le Sopere of Waldene [Herts?] 1330 deeds of land nr Chesterton, Cambridge : see Herts

Peter le Sopere lived here in Cambridge in the 13th century : Homes of Family Names in Great Britain GoogleBooks.com

Richard Soaper (-1583) : Edward Soaper (-1588) : Edward Soaper (-1590) : Richard Soaper (-1595) : Jane Soaper (-1596) : Jane Soaper (-1598) all d.Bluntisham cum Earith, Huntingdonshire, from findmypast.com

Deaths at Bluntisham cum Earith, Huntingdonshire; from Index to Parish Records, Jane Soaper d.1598; Willyam Soper d.1599; Cattren Soper d.1605; John Soper d.1609; Jayne Soper d.1610; Joan Sopper d.1610; Thomas Sopper d.1619; Thomas Soper d.1627; Elsabeth Soper d.1630; Thomas Soper d.1693; John Soperd.1706; Thomas Soaper d.1711; Mary Soper d.1714; Mary Soper d.1725; John Soper d.1731

Willyam Soper d.1599, Bluntisham cum Earith, Huntingdonshire, Cattren Soper buried 1605, d.Bluntisham cum Earith, John Soper 1609, Jayne Soper 1610, Thomas Soper d.1627, Elsabeth Soper d.1830, Thomas Soper d.1693, John Soper d.1706, Philip Soper d.1708, Mary Soper d.1714, Mary Soper d.1725, William Soper d.1746 : Burial index for Huntingdonshire : from findmypast.com

Richard Soper m.Margaret Fortune, 1622 at Willingham, Cambs
Thomas Soper m.Elizabeth Cook, 1623 at Cambridge St Edward, Cambs
Joan Soaper m.Fran Pike, 1633 at Over, Cambridgeshire; all Boyd's Marriage Index

Richard Soaper, a haberdasher of Cambridge, his son Thomas Soper would have been born 1630's. apprenticed 1646 & became an apothecary & politician in London & died 1694 Rulers of London 1660-89 [see London 1646]

Joanne Soaper, m.Francis Pike at Curry Rivel or Over, 17 Jun 1633 : ancestry.com

Soper a defendant in a law suit : Jenyns v Collett, Askew, Taylor, Hul, Soper, Drury, Carter & others: Camb, 1670; C10/491/90 : source

Philip Soper, James Fareside & Philip Castle, [recieved?] a Treasury allowance asa sub-commissioners of Excise for county of Huntingdon: at the request of Lionell Walden, farmer of Excise of said county. 15 May 1672, British History Online

Thomas Soper of Erith, conveyed land in Erith called Le Wash from Richard Wooton 13 Apr 1672 of Erith, Hunts; source

Philip Soper, gent, mayor of Borough of Huntingdon. signed indentures 23 Feb, 31 Charles II (1679). Next 7 Feb he was an Alderman. (not on 1685 alderman list) Huntingdon Records from Google Books

Phillip Soper mentioned in Charles II 30 Mar 1680 [doc view by subscription] British History Online [Huntingdon not mentioned]

Catherine Sopper (-1682) d.Little Paxton, Huntingdonshire; from Index to Parish Records, from findmypast.com
: John Sopper (-1688) d.Little Paxton

Phillip Soper, Master, Lease 30 Sept 1692 for three lives to Edward, Earl of Sandwich; baulk near Gaol Lane, Huntingdon; St John's Hospital & Free Grammar School, Huntingdon; source

Phillipp Soper, gent, in list of 14 for town of Huntington : 'William & Mary, 1692 Act for granting to Their Majesties an Aid of 4 Shillings in the Pound for a year for carrying on a vigorous War against France British History Online

Mary Soper m.1692, Fenstanton, Huntingdonshire; from Index to Parish Records, from findmypast.com

Phillipp [Negus (fn. 42) fn42=Soper], Jo Negus Michaell Ringstead, Gent, in 14 gents & esq of the Town of Huntingdon paying the 4s in the � tax for William III's War against France 1695-6 [Soper was proffession or surname?] www.british-history.ac.uk

Elizabeth Soper of Earith m.John Collett of Over Cam by Bond 1699; Archdeaconry of Huntingdon Allegations & Bonds Index; source
: Elizabeth Soper, of Earith, bond 1699 Records of the Archdeaconry of Huntingdon : [see John Soper late of Earith 1729 below]

John Soper m.Mary Piggott, 1700 at Haddenham, Cambs
Elizabeth Soper m.Henry Barton, 1701 at Elsworth, Cambridgeshire; Boyd's Marriage Index
John Soper b.1701, Elsworth, Cambs, parish records (findmypast.com)

Phillip Soper a burgess of the borough of Huntingdon (& 6 others) sealed an indenture 25 Nov, 13 William III (1703) from Google Books

Thomas Soper d.1704, Sutton, Cambridgeshire

Fran Soper m.1708, Huntingdon Archdeaconry Marriage Licences, Huntingdonshire; from Index to Parish Records, from findmypast.com

Philip Soper d.1708, Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire; from Index to Parish Records, from findmypast.com

John Soper m.1709, Huntingdon Archdeaconry Marriage Licences, Huntingdonshire; from Index to Parish Records, from findmypast.com

John Sopper d.1713, Little Paxton, Huntingdonshire; from Index to Parish Records, from findmypast.com

Joan Soper, defamation against Elizabeth Seeley & Margaret Bond : 26 May 1714 : Bluntisham cum Earith parish : Court Records, Schedules of Excommunications [These were authorised by the Official of the court & describe the accusations against individuals amounting to possible excommunication] : Cambridgeshire County Record Office, Huntingdon, ref AH13/268/169 www.a2a
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John Soper late of Earith in the County of Huntingdon, Gent. Now a prisoner in Huntingdon Goal, intends to take the benefit of the late Act of Relief of Insolvent Debtors at the next Huntingdon Quarter Sessions : London Gazette 14 June 1729 [Elizabeth Soper, of Earith, bond 1699 Records of the Archdeaconry of Huntingdon]

Christian Soper m.1717, Huntingdon Archdeaconry Marriage Licences, Huntingdonshire; from Index to Parish Records, from findmypast.com

Mr Soper Manor of Somersham, Court Rolls [Huntingdon, Cambs] : a) 1718, Recovery for Mr Soper; b) 1750, Honour and Sansome; c) 1767, admission, Susanna Eden; d) 1779, admission William King, death of Ann Martin. Norris Museaum, Cambridge

John Soaper d.1719, Yelling, Huntingdonshire; from Index to Parish Records, from findmypast.com

William Soper m.1723, Huntingdon Archdeaconry Marriage Licences, Huntingdonshire; from Index to Parish Records, from findmypast.com

John Soper late of Earith, Huntingdon, gent, now prisoner in Huntingdon goal intende to take benefit of Act for Relief of Insolvent Debtors at the next qtr sessions; The London Gazette; 14 Jun 1729 www.thegazette

Hannah Soper, apprenticed to Ann Gale, mantuamaker [womans' clothing] of Thames; 1744 at Thruxton, Huntingdon; Register of Duties Paid for Apprentices' Indentures scan

William Sopper d.1746, Little Paxton, Huntingdonshire; from Index to Parish Records, from findmypast.com

T J Soaper one of many composers in 'A Collection of Psalms & Hymns for the Use of Parish Churches' by the most Eminent Masters. Selected & arranged by P Hellendaal. Pub. c1794 British Library [no obvious link]

Thomas Soper d.1740, Haddenham, Cambridgeshire

John Sopper 20-4 ag lab, Emma Sopper 20-4, Jane Sopper 2, Johnathan Sopper 1 month, living at Chatteris. All b.Cambs. The only family in Cambs in the '41cen

1851 Census, 3 entries
Maria Soaper born Cambridgeshire c1780 living in London
Mary Soaper born Scotland c1799, living in Cambridgeshire
Susan Soper born Cambridgeshire c1825 living in London

1861 Census, No residents : but 3 born in county, 4 wives (Cambs & Hunts) &

Joseph Sopher b.Cambridgeshire, age 12 with parents Joseph b.Essex & Elizabeth at Shoreditch, London

James Soper d.? Jul 1870, of consumption at Cheveley [Cambs], age 20, 2nd son of the late George Soper of Cheveley, 'Bury & Norwich Post' (pub.Bury St Edmonds) 12 Jul, from newspapers.bl.uk: [not vis bmd]: ['61cen not vis]

1871 Census, No residents : but 6 born in (Cambs & Hunts) all wives

1881 Census : Only 1 resident, a student below; 3 Cambs born wives

William Soper (1861-1940) 19unm at Trinity College Trinity St, Cambridge, 1881 census b.Camden Town, Lon: see students below

Herbert E Soper University College, London, won cross country race Trinity, Cam v.Oxford 1887. At 46, raced for University of London Athletic Union (The Times 31 May 1911 : a mathematition. Published 1913 & 1917 about ' probable error of correlation coefficients... [don't ask!]. In 1914, he coined the term 'Poisson distribution' [don't ask!] : received US patent 1920 'optical coincidence system'. Published on virus modeling 1929. [see 1884 below] : Silver medal from Royal Statistical Society 1930 : Full Biog
- The Cambridge Review, 1887, p91 : �� On reaching the hill Jones fell back, and Conway took up the running, closely attended by Soper, who passed the leader at the lane two and a half miles from � Google Books snippet
- assume Herbert, the Soper recorded in list of mathematics students at Cambridge University 1887, 1888 & 1890 : scan for sale originalrecord.com
- H R Soper to represent the university : Soper, & Just took the lead from the Wheatsheaf but was not followerd by the pack who lost the scent where it crossed another trail Soper drew up & took the leads at the Work's causeway. 2 miles from the end Clark passed him, but fell back again immediately : Cambridge won : 3 snippets (5 other snippets) from The Cambridge Review : presume the same Soper?
- H R Soper of Cambridge came 4th in annual race between the Thames Hare & Hounds & Cambridge Univercity, over 7 miles, with 42 mins 31 sec; from The Penny Illustrated Paper, 19 Nov 1887
- H R Soper came 2nd in the 7 miles steeplechase, Thames v Camb Uni; from The Penny Illustrated Paper, 1 Dec 1888
- H R Soper to represent the university : Soper, & Just took the lead from the Wheatsheaf but was not followerd by the pack who lost the scent where it crossed another trail. Soper drew up & took the leads at the Work's causeway. 2 miles from the end Clark passed him, but fell back again immediately : Cambridge won : 3 snippets (5 other snippets) from The Cambridge Review : presume the same Soper? Google Books snippet"

John Philpott Henry Soper at Jesus College, from 1887 : [b.1869; called to the bar, Lincoln's Inn see] [brother Frank Percy Philpott Soper also at Cambridge 1894]
: Soper at Jesus College, Cambridge; 66 points in list of Senior Optimes [4th out of 28] in Mathematical Tripos; Aberystwith Observer 14 Jun 1890 scan [Why in a Welsh paper?]

1891 Census : No residents, 2 Cambs born wives

Isabel Wingate (ne Soper), d.6 Nov 1896, at 60 St Andrews St, Cambridge, wife of W. Warburton Wingate, dau of William Soper of 307 Clapham Rd, SW London : from The Times 10 Nov 168/211p [father Dr William Soper at 283 Clapham Rd '81cen children 1-17] : [William m.Auguste Schlesinger 1862 see medical Sopers]

1901 Census : No residents, 2 Cambs born wives F Percy Soper in cast of Mr Benson's Shakespeare Company. 'The Merchant of Venice' , Stratford-on-Avon : from The Times 3 May 1910 54/85f [Cambridge Uni 1894]

'11cen Cambridgeshire : 1 Soper, 5 Soupers

Ellen Maud Soper (c1871-?) governess age 40 at [2 The Great Cambridgeshire Rd], Cambridge (an institution) teacher's governess b.Kings .., Dev [b.Jan>Mar 1871 Newton Abbott, Dev]
: '81cen John 42 farming abt300a at Whikeway Barton, Kingsteignton; Mary J 42; Mary F 19; Lousia J 17 both on farm; John 13; Frank J 12 all b.Bovey Tracey; Ellen M 10; Annie 8 all scholars; Constance E 3 all b.Kingsteignton, Dev; & George Hellier 78w visiting f-in-law b.Lustleigh, Dev; Anna A Soper 36 visiting unm sister b.Bickington, Dev; also 3 farm serv, all b.Kingsteignton; William Stevens 23, Charles Whitear 14 & Charles Sanders 12 & gen dom Mary Neck 26 b.Moreton

Francis Abraham Souper 67 clerk in holy orders in 13 rooms at Comberton Vicarage, Chesterton; b.Bedford, Beds '11cen Henrietta Mary 58 {m.20y, 0 births} b.Stockwell, Lon Adrian Wilfred James 23 undergraduate (student of theology); b.Eastbourne, Sx; & visitor Harriet Claudine Smythe 34unm masseuse b.Caxton, Cambs; servants Esther Read 53m cook b.Gt Sampford, Ada Elizabeth Aldred 21unm housemaid b.Ely, Cambs scan : [Rev Francis Abraham Souper (1844-1929) biog]

Edward Reinagle Souper 28unm clergyman (established church) at 12 Market St, Wisbech, Cambridge; b.Eastbourne, Sussex '11cen; boarding with Clara Johnson 42unm boarding house keeper, boarder Eliz Lewis 77 widow, retired schoolmistress & gen serv Bertha Chale 18 b.Cambs; scan : [Rev Edward Reinagle Souper (1882-1944) biog]

Jean E D Soper (m.Mr.Fletcher) 6 at school (b.21 Oct 1932) at Abbey Place, Thorney, Cambs ['m/bta 5.4.51'`kv] '39cen; with Margaret Lowe b.17 Apr 1872 schoolmistress retired, unm, Womans Volunary Service; Mary Gilby b.16 Mar 1891 assisrtant schoolmistress unm; Jean line 3; line 4 blacked out scan
: 1951 Jean E D Soper m.Benjamin Fletcher Jan>Mar 1951, Islington, Lon (bmd) : [Jean's b.not vis bmd]

Nancy Megan Brown (m.Mr Soper) 22, Hollerith machine operator [data on punch cards] (b.21 Oct 1916) at 71 Jesus Ln, Cambridge, Cambs '39cen; with Walter Thomas Jones 13 Aug 1886 disabled pensioner; Ethel May Jones 12 Oct 1896 lodging house keeper & 6 unm female hollerith operators scan : [John Kenneth Soper b.1916, Hendon to Frederick & Elsie Robson m.1915 Lon]

Arthur John Charles Soper (1914-44) Lieut Royal Artillery source; d.10 Jul 1944 'of Cambridgeshire', bur.Calvados France, WW2, see war deaths

Julie Ann Soaper bpt.1948 March, St John, Cambridgeshire
Sally Ann Soaper bpt.1950 March, St John, Cambridgeshire

J R P Soper of Holy Cross Green, Stourbridge wrote letter to The Ecologist about ground nut & tropical rubber plantations July 1975 : the comment queried Feb 1976 & : [see John Robert Philpott Soper at Cambridge Uni 1923]

Cambridge University Students;

Francis A Soaper, MA Cambridge, in Holy Orders, abt 1867?, see 1881 above

William Soper (1861-1940) admitted Trinity College, Cambridge, 2 June 1879, son of William Garland Soper of The Priory, Caterham Valley, Surrey (& Maria dau of George Davis of Cheshunt, Herts) b. 26 Aug 1861, Camden Town: School; Cheshunt (private); at Trinity College '81 &2 : BA 1883 : MA 1918 : lived 54 St Mary Axe, London; d.25 Oct 1940 : buried Caterham : from The Times 15 Dec 1882 & The Times , 29 Oct : [see father William Garland Soper biog]
- William Soper 19unm an undergraduate�scholar at Trinity College, Trinity St. b.Camden Town, Lon. The only Soper in county in '81cen : [see father William Garland Soper merchant of Caterham biog]
- Soper of Trinity College : Cambridge special exam in Political Economy lits 'class 1' Soper also 7 students 'class 2' : from Guardian Newspaper, 9 Dec 1882

Herbert Edward Soper (1865-1930) at Trinity College, Cambridge, from 8 Mar 1884
: son of Francis Lesiter Soper (publisher, of 7 Chomeley Park Villas, Highgate, Lon biog)
: b.6 Sept 1865 : Schools, Highgate (1 term) & St Paul's London
: exam 29 Jun 1885 : BA (15th Wrangler) 1887
: +2y post graduate : MA 1893
: also MA Cambridge 27 April 1893 : from The Times 28 Apr 146/211p 106/211p
: See 1930 biography & obituary : biog, Royal Statistical Society

John Philpott Henry Soper (1869-?) at Jesus College, from 1887 : b.18 Feb : [Called to the bar 1893, Lincoln's Inn : a London barrister Legal Sopers] : [younger brother FPP Soper below]
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Soper, won a 7 mile race, for Cambridge, between Oxford & Cambridge Universities : from The Times 10 Dec 1887 : 2nd google books snippet from The Cambridge Review, 1887, p91 : �� On reaching the hill Jones fell back, & Conway took up the running, closely attended by Soper, who passed the leader at the lane 2� miles from �
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a Soper recorded in list of mathematics students at Cambridge University 1887, 1888 & 1890 : scan for sale a href="www.theoriginalrecord.com">originalrecord.com
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Soper BA Trinity College, Cambridge, Mathematical Tripos, part II : from The Times 13 Jun 1888 : 119/211p
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Soper of Jesus College on list of Honors passes in part 1 of Cambridge's Maths Tripos; in 'Pall Mall Gazette' (pub.Lon) 28 May 1890, from newspapers.bl.uk : [not John Philpott Henry Soper (1869-?) London barrister as called to bar 1883 Legal Sopers]

Henry Soper Cox, of Cambridge University, called to the bar : from The Times 12 May 1892 : [Henry Soper Cox m.Georgina Alice Maud Ethelridge 1892 Lon]

Frank Percy Philpott Soper (1875-?); Matric. Michs 1894; Adm pens (age 19) at Jesus College, from Oct 1894, age 19; b.12 Oct 1875 [b.reg Romford, Ex Oct>Dec.1875 (bmd)]; at Ilford, Essex School, Chigwell; 2nd Lieut, 1st volunteer Battalion, The Essex Reg 1900; Served in WW1, Major RASC; lived Theydon Towers, Epping. b.12 Oct 1875 at Ilford, Ex; Son of H L Soper Esq; snippet from Alumni Cantabrigienses pub.1954 Google Books snippet
: Frank Percy P Soper b.Oct>Dec 1875, Romford, Essex
: [father Henry Lewis Soper (1845-1877) b.Tonbridge; m.1868 Romford & d.aged 32; mother Jane Mary Philpot (c1842-1911)]
: [other Philpotts 1910 & 1927 : Brother of John Philpott Henry Soper a barrister)]
: 1899 [assume he was the Mr Soper who achieved 'citizen 6' in Coriolanus & promoted to 'citizen 5' in Julias Caesar, Apr 1898 at RSC, Stratford]
: 1902 Frank Percy Philpott Soper (1875-?) a Lieutenant in 1st Volunteer Battalion, Essex Regiment, invalided back to England, on 'The Simla', from Cape Town, leaving 27 Apr 1902; from The Times, 1 May 1902 575/746n & : source
: 1904 [In Footlight's Play, 'Chiselling' 1894/5 & staged managed in another. Acted in Footlights as Percy Soper, F P P Soper & F P Soper 1896/7 & 7/8]. [Stock Exchange 1904], acted in Bensonian Shakespeare Company, 'Merchant of Venice' at Stratford-on-Avon, from The Times 3 May 1910 54/85fF.
: '11cenwith widowed mother age 35 at Epping, Ex : 1914 a Westminster phone nr : [family connection? a Soper & Co Ltd at Theydon closed 1938]
: 1912 Capt F P P Soper, transport officer;of Essex Brigade Divisional Transport & supply Column (No 2 Co), Army Service Corps, Territorial Force, at Bay Lodge, The Green : from Stratford 1912 Commercial Trade Directory source [the senior officer there?]
: 1912 Frank P P Soper m.Jessie Tucker Jul>Sep 1912, Lambeth, Lon (bmd)
: 1939 Frank Percy Philpott Soper , Probate Record 1939
: 1939 Frank Percy Philpott Soper d.8 Jan 1939, of The Breakers, Seaton, Dev; probate London 24 Apr 1939 to Walter Reginald Tuckett, surgeon; estate �1,643 18s; from Probate Calender, scan [Frank P P Soper (c1876-1939) d.Jan>Mar, Honiton, age 63]

Soper of Jesus College, Cambridge, Law Tripos 20 June 1896: from The Times 22 Jun 165/211p
Soper, Jesus College, Cambridge Third Class, Law Tripos Part 1, 1896 : from Guardian Newspaper, 22 Jun : [not John Philpott Henry Soper (1869-?) London barrister as called to bar 1893 Legal Sopers]

Noel Souper (c1878-?), in Hilton, Hunts at 1901 census aged 23, b.Eastbourne, Sx, an under graduate, Pembroke College [father Francis '81]

R G Soper, Class III, Trinity College, 18 Dec 1907; from The Times 19 Dec : 201/211p : He played in Cambridge University Footlights Dramatic Club, 1908, 9, 10 & 11 : source, footlights : [perhaps Ronald Garland Soper b.1888? - his father William at Trinity 1879; see]

W Soper, awarded MA degree, Trinity College, Cambridge : from article in The Times, 26 Nov 1917

Sidney Herbert Henely Soper Lichfield (also called Soper) b.21 July 1908 CF/19006; In care; [?a Sidney Herbert HENLEY b.Apr>Jun 1908 St Neots, Camb/Beds - but before birth] : [Too late to link? a Brian K Soper m.Betty G B Henley Apr>Jun 1942 Bristol]

P L Soper joined committee to build a war memorial at Epping. Jan 1919 : source : [no PLS in '11cen]

John R P Soper m.Marjorie T C Bridgeman Jan>Mar 1929 at Hampstead; John Robert Philpott Soper b.1904 to John Philpott Henry Soper (1869-1946) barrister & Edith Munro (1869-1942) who m.1902 : [Marjorie Theresa Chevallier Bridgeman b.13 Jul 1908 : b.reg Jan>Mar 1929 Hampstead] : [photo from book below*]
- Ray Perronnelle Soper b.c1932 (female)
- John Malcolm Soper b.c1934 [in 1935 their last address Zanzibar]
- R Soper b.c1938 [assumed from 1939 sailing]
: 1904 John Robert P Soper, b.Oct>Dec 1904, Epping, Essex (bmd) (b.31 Aug 1904) scan
: 1911 John Robert Philpot Soper 6 at Epping with family John Philpott Henry Soper 42 manufacturer of gas mantles & barrister at law, in 12 rooms at Woodlands, Theydon Bois, Ex [2m S Epping], b.Ilford, Ex, Edith Soper 41 {m.8y, 3 births all alive} b.Hendon, Msx, Margery Betty Soper 5, Helen Jane Philpott Soper 2 all b.Theydon Bois & unm servants Edith Brown 21 housemaid; Harriet Hall 28 cook & Helen Butcher 14 housemaid scan
: >1919 J R P Soper educated at Mr Munro, Dorset House, Littlehampton; In 4 acres, 10mins from sea, 36 boarders 7-14, dormitories & drill hall, preparatory for public schools source : [same Monro/Tonbridge combination by an RAF officer see]
: 1919 J R P Soper has been elected a Judd scholarship at Tonbridge School; 'Bexhill-on-Sea Observer' 21 Jun scan : [gr.father Henry Lewis Soper, sugar/tea merchant b.Tonbridge]
: 1926 John Robert Philpott Soper entered Pembroke College 1923
: 1926 JRPS 22 job education, London to Zanzibar, Tanganyika (Tanzania) 1926
: 1929 JRPS crown agent & Marjorie 20 of Fiona, Rock, Wadebridge, 1st class, "Malda", Lon to Zanzibar, 18 Apr 1929; Former address Eng, intended address Zanzibar scan & scan
: 1931 JRPS, 26 civil servant; Last permanant address Zanzibar; address Fiona Rock, Wadebridge, Cornwall sailed 1st class on "Ausonia", arriving 16 Mar 1931; scan
: 1933 Marjorie Theresa Chartter Soper (c1908-?) 25 housewife; british empire citizen, Last permanant address Zanzibar; address "Kynenia"? Blighton Lane, The Sands, Farnham, Surrey sailed from Zanzibar 1st class on "Llandaff Castle" (Union Castle Line) arriving Southampton, Eng 18 Sep 1933; (ship from Mombasa, Kenya) scan; UK Incoming Register
: 1934 John 29, Marjorie 25 & Ray 2 sailed 1st class, "Madura", London to Zanzibar, Tanganyika (Tanzania), departing 1 Jun 1934; scan
: 1935 John Robert Soper 31 civil service, Marjorie Teresa Soper 27, Ray Perronnelle Soper 3 & John Malcolm Soper 1 sailed 1st class on "Matiana" from Zanzibar to Plymouth, Eng; (ship from Lourenco Marques, Mozambique continued to London, arriving 22 Dec 1935), Last permanant address Zanzibar; Planned future residence England; address Fione, Rock, Wadebridge, Cornwall, scan; UK Incoming Register
: 1936 JRPS arrived in Province Wellesley 1936 [now Seberang Perai, Malaya] & served in Kedah & Perak;* He joined 9 clubs while in Northern Malata; He said 'there existed a sort of club fetish.. 'it was almost essential to join';
: 1936 JRPS (agricultural officer, Zanzibar), to be agricultural officer, Straits Settlements & Federated Malay States : source; Secretary of State for the Colonies, from Nature Magazine 25 Apr 1936
: 1936 J R P Soper who recently arrived from Zanzibar, replaced W G Higgins. Agricultural Officer, Penang & P W Higgins came to Singapore; 'Straits Times (Singapore)', 15 May 1936 scan
: 1930s John & Marjorie pictured as Robin Hood & Maid Marian at Butterworth Club in interwar years [Malay golf club, N of Parit Buntar]
: 1937 Ray Soper [dau age c4] said they celebrated Coronation at The Runneymede Hotel. [Singapore, in May]
: 1938 JRPS article on soil erosion Malay Agricultural Journal, p.26
: 1939 John colonial agricultural service said Sept 1939 found Malaya in a slump. Tin at half capacity & rubber little better, But the war by 1941 had created a boom*
: 1939 Soper said in the late 1930's his department, Agiculture was 'justifying its existance' & improving, irregation deserved praise, fisheries begining to produce results & forestry run by capable men*; he said government business was governed by a mystic volume called 'General Regulations'
: 1939 J Soper 34 colonial agricultural service, Mrs M 30, Miss R 7 {dau Ray}, Masters J 4 & R 1 sailed 1st class on "Carthage" from Penag? to Plymouth, Feb 1939; Planned future residence Eng; address Foina, Rock, Wadebridge, Cornwall* scan {*mother Edith d.there 1942}
: 1939 JRPS crown agent, A class, "Viceroy of India" (P & O) Lon to Singapore, 26 Aug 1939 scan
: 1939 Mrs J R P Soper & Miss Soper played golf; reported 21 Jun 1939 Western Morning News Dev source
: 1939 sailed to Singapore 1939 & 1946 see
: 1940 Ray Soper [dau] home schooled by her mother until 8, using Parents' National Education Union correspondance course which came from England. She swam in a costal pool of her neighbours at Tanjong Kling, nr.Malaga; she sensed privilage compared to servants 'I wondered how it would be to live in their one-room dwellings
: 1941 Soper agreed with the bafflement of the speed of the Japaneses advance & why defence was not made at Port Weld, [Taiping]*
: 1941 Soper lived at Parit Buntar [10m S Penang] braced himself to leave all his home & personal possession, collected over 13y of marriage, to looters [c18 Dec]. He left his pet mongrel dog*
: 1941 Soper now Company Serg Major with a mobile light arms patrol was S of Port Dickenson [20m S Kuala Lumpur] wiki when 'Japs landed up the Bernam river' threatening flanks*
: 1942 Soper, lieut, retreated across the Jahore causeway [between Malaysia & Singapore] 29 Jan, for the 2nd time in a fortnight*
: 1942 Soper found it impossible to face his platoon 'I broke down completely with tears..'; Britain surrendered Singapore 15 Feb & Japanese bombing ceased wiki
: 1942 Soper changed socks on each 1h stop to prevent soreness on march through Payar Lebar [Singapore city] to billets in India Lines [barracks at Chaigi forestess, E of Singapore Island], 30,000 troops marched into captivity*
: 1942 John wrote, after the capitulation in a flimsey excercise book, he tried to will his wife strength & for her to know he was safe. He felt her kneeling by him at the early morning service*
: 1942 Soper pondering if it was better not to come through, than to bring home to his wife disillusionment*
: 1942 J R S Soper wrote 'Sign Please' a script for a play based in incidents in Changi POW camp 1942; Royal Commonwealth Soc Library source
: 1942 Soper on long night marches through monsoon jungle to the highest reaches of R.Kwai to be 'white coolies' [F Force comprised 7,000 of the POW camp's sick, it laboured in Singapore; then train to Tailand Apr & 200m march to railway building camp; 3800 remained alive after 8m]*
: 1943 Soper was with the last of the doomed F Force to leave Thailand said 'nobody can invent things worse than actually happened'*
: 1943 Soper recalled a symphony concert Mar 1943 with a Schumann piano concerto; Never had we had so much leisure & so powerless to make full use of it*
: 1945 Soper [back] at Changi at Japan's surrendered. Red Cross cigarettes & food suddenly appeared, 'we really began to feel free'* ' [Singapore, Aug; wiki]
: 1945 Soper said 'after a month lanquishing in Singapore the RA in RAPWI was 'Retain All' not Recovery of Allied Prisoners of War'* [Sept]
: 1946 JRPS> col agrig service 41 sailed A class on "Mauretania" 25 Jun 1946 Liverpool to Singapore, address Upalong Rock, Wadebridge, Cornwall; Last residence Eng, future residence Malaya; scan
: 1946 Soper remained in Malaya until the Emergency, having survived the Thailand-Burma Railway* wiki
: 1947 JRPS 'Grow Your Own Vegetables', Dept of Agriculture Oct 1947 {Malay}]
: 1947 Marjorie Theresa Chevallier Soper 38 housewife, sailed A class on "Andes", Royal Mail Line; Southampton to Singapore, departing 19 Jan 1947; scan
: 1948 Majorie Soper visited Cameron Highlands [Malay hill station]; wrote to dau 1948, 'it looks much the same as pre-war, only more crowded'*
: 1948 JRPS �Investigations into Mechanical Stumping & Cultivation of Dry Padi on Felled Rubber Land� 1948
: 1949 civil servant 44 1st class on "Canton" 26 Aug 1949 S'ton to Penang, Malaysia; scan
: 1949 senior agriculture officer to broadcast from Radio Malaya before going to Tanganyika 1949
: 1949 sailed to Malaysia see
: 1949 Soper (c1908-?) age 41 (female), London to Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania 1949 : [assume Majorie?]
: 1953 [Director of Agriculture, Tanganyika [now Tanzania] : OBE 1953
: 1956 John Robert Philpott Soper (1904-) age 50 on 'Uganda', departed UK 1954, destination Dar Es Salaam
: 1956 wrote article, 'The African Cultivator', The East African Agricultural Journal, vol 22 p.367 source
: 1958 John Robert P Soper 53 (b.31 Aug 1904), Marjorie Theresa Soper 50 (b.13 Jul 1908) sailed from Mombasa, Kenya arriving London, Eng 29 Aug, scan; UK Incoming Register
: 1958 Director of Agriculture, Tanganyika. awarding Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE), Civil Division; 1958 Birthday Honours wiki; London Gazette 12 Jun source
: 1965 awarded Highly Commended, in Ximenes crossword clue-writing competition, The Observer, Dec 1965 [perhaps for 'masher (printer�s devilry)'?] source
: 1975 J R P Soper of Holy Cross Green, Stourbridge, Cambs; letter on rubber plantations 1975
: 1975 John Soper 'Bio-Dynamic Gardening', Bio-Dynamic Ag Ass, Stourbridge, W.Midlands; �4 +60p p&p advert 1984
: 1990 Marjorie Theresa C Soper (nee Bridgman, b.31 Jul 1908, d.Jun 1990; bur.St Enodoc Churchyard, Trebetherick, Cornwall source
: 1998 John Robert Philpot Soper b.31 Aug 1904 d.1998 Bromsgrove, Worcs; bur.St Enodoc, Con, Trebetherick, Cornwall source [his parents & 3 siblings bur.St Enodoc]
: *from Out in the Midday Sun: The British in Malaya 1880-1960 googlebooks; �5 Amazon

Donald Soper (Lord Soper the methodist leader) studied history at Catherine's College, his 1st appointment as a minister in 1926 [see also hon degree 1966]. While at Cambridge Donald met wife Marie Dean. He was overcome by her beauty. She was only 17. His brother Meredith died, aged 27.
Donald Oliver Soper (Baron Soper) (1903-98) Graduated from St Catharine's College, Cambridge University, 1927 with a Master of Arts (MA) & 1929 with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) [see biog]

C H G Soper Trinity College, class 3, Cambridge Tripos Lists : from Guardian paper, 18 Jun 1928 : [Cyril Hector Gibson Soper below]

J Soper Catherine's College, Cambridge : source : 1930
J Soper of Catherine's College, class 2, Cambridge Tripos List : from Guardian paper, 19 Jun 1931

Michael Henry Ray Soper 1932 an alumni at Pembroke College (also Queen's College, Oxford 1948)
M H R Soper (Matriculation year 1932 [ie entered]) Pembroke College, Cambridge; deceased : [at Oxford Uni 1932]

John Malcom Philpott Soper 1955 an alumni at Pembroke College : [2 other Philpott Sopers above]
J M P Soper ([entered] 1955) Pembroke College

Robert Chevallier Soper 1958 an alumni at Pembroke College
R C Soper entered Pembroke College 1955

Right Hon, Rev, Lord, Donald Oliver Soper, Baron of Kingsway MA Honory Degree 1966 [OK, his titles weren't all used at once]

Soper�s Lane at Stourbridge Fair, just outside Cambridge. Fair streets were known by London road names www.history.ac.uk

Channel Islands

Anne Souper/Soper bpt.6 Mar 1653 father Henry (Engilsh) god mother E1izabeth Danton; Hugh Souper/Soper bpt.10 Dec 1654 god parents Jean William, Rachel Alain; bpt.11 Oct 1657 Elizabeth Souper/Soper god mother Marie Bonhomme;

Elizabeth ne Sopper/Soper (English) & Thomas Stone bpt 3 children St Helier; William 12 Nov 1673 (god parents; William Leuses & his wife, Jean Haskings) ; Marie 1 Jan 1675 (gp Jean Haskain & Marie de Ste Croix) & Thomas 15 Aug 1680 (gp Hugh Wheit & Elizabeth Fautrals, his wife); theislandwiki

Mary Soper m.John Muchamore 12 Nov 1801; Sam Soper Muchamore bpt.15 May 1803 to John & Mary both at St Andrew Plymouth; source

C Soper minister appointed to the Great Union Rd Circuit, St Helier, Jersey sometime between 1823-39 : jerseyheritagetrust [? a Rev Charles Soper pastor of The New Tabernacle, Plymouth 24 Jun 1798? ; see religeous Sopers]

Amelia Soper b.abt 1829 Jersey : [igi]

George Wakeman Soper, Register of d�crets Mar 1832 Oct 1833, inc lists of creditors & acquisitors of bankrupt individuals, gives history of their financial debts. from www.jerseyheritagetrust

John Soper m. Jane bef 1835
- John Soper b.c1835 St Peter Port, Guernsey; m.Isabell, '71cen carpenter 30 at Isle of Wight
- John Soper b.c1834 England
- Richard Soper b.c1836 England (or b.St Peter Port, Guernsey); tailor
- Caroline Soper b.c1837 England
- William Helson Soper b.c1840 St Peter Port, Guernsey; m.Isabell Sophia bef.1867 perhaps at Guernsey
: '41cen John 40-44 a servant at the lane to the North of Belmont, St.Peter Port, Guernsey, District 11, Jane 27, John 7, Richard 6, Caroline 5 & William 1, b. Guernsey; all others b.Eng : source
: '51cen John 49 groom at 1 Croutas (off or nr Queens Rd), St Peter Port, Guernsey; Jane 37; John 16 shoe maker; Richard 15 tailor app; Caroline 14 dress maker app all b.Eng; William 11 scholar b.St Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands scan
: '61cen John 58 gardener at The Bocage, Formain Rd, Guernsey; Jane 47 cook; both b.Eng with Henry Crockford 45 independent, nephew Henry J 18 both b.Eng & serv Sarah Ford 10 b.Guernsey scan
: '61cen William 20 carpenter at Hubits Rd, St Martins, Guernsey; b.St Peter Port; boarding with Hilary Le Chaminont 25 carpenter b.St PP & wife 24 b.Eng scan
: '71cen Richard tailor 37 b.St Peter Port, Guernsey; at 26 Mansell St, St Peter Port : scan
: John d.5 Nov 1876, aged 73 years, 'The Star ' (pub.St Peter Port 18 Nov), from newspapers.bl.uk [not vis bmd - a John d.Exeter Apr>Jun 1875 age 73]
: ['81cen possibly William 40 carpenter at Lansdown Cemetery Lodge Lansdown Rd, Walcot, S.set; b.Guernsey]

Mary Ann Soper b.26 Jan 1838 Jersey d.Jul 1889 m.William Frederick Andrews, 1 Jan 1868, St Phillip, Lambeth, Surrey (WFA b.2 Aug 1825, Gr Berkhampstead, Herts) : '71cen at Bucks, a showamker & 7 children 7-18 source

Thomas Soper b.c1804-7 Modbury, Dev ; m.Mary Soper b.Cambridgeshire [not vis igi; assume m.bef bmd started; several early 1800's Modbury Sopers with poor law relief (& a landowner there)]
: '41cen Thomas 30-34 a waggoner; Mary 35-40, both b.Eng : at Mill Cottage, St Peter Port, Guernsey; source
: '51cen Thomas 47 miller at Charcoterie, Ash Grove Cottage, St PP; Mary 45 both b.Eng scan
: '61cen Thomas 54 miller at Ashgrove, Guernsey; Mary 56 both b.Eng, married servants with Afred Mansell 55 bank manager b.St PP Guernsey, wife & dau 20 b.Denmark; also serv Mary Mocombe 25 house servant b.Eng scan
: '71cen Thomas Modbury? Soper ag lab 65 b.Modbury, Dev; at 16 Mount Row, St Peter Port; Mary 67 b.Cambridgeshire; 2nd family in property? Thomas & Rachel Bechant 72 & 79 mason b.Guernsey : scan
: '81cen Thomas 76 gardener at 7 Ville Au Roi, St PP; b.Dev; Mary 78 b.Cambridge
: ?a Mary Mansfield Soper d.11 Nov 1889, age 86, St Peter Port Register

Robert Charles Soper in a bapt register covering 1841-8 : jerseyheritagetrust : [see parents Charle & Maria '51cen below]

William Soper m.Elizabeth May* bef.1841 [m.not vis eng bmd]
- William Soaper b.c1842 St Peters, Jersey
- Henry H b.c1843 England : [no HHS vis c1843 bmd]
- Elizabeth J Soper b.c1849 St Peters, Guernsey
- Amilia Soper b.cDec 1850 St Peters, Guernsey/?St Helier, Jersey; '71cen 20 gen servant; m.Adolphus Edmund Ozanne 1878
- Emma Mary Soper bpt.2 Dec 1852 Guernsey to William & Elizabeth *May
- Susan Soper b.c1856 Guernsey
- Ernest Soper b.c1859 St Peter Port, Guernsey
- Ellen Soper bpt.9 Oct 1861 Guernsey to William & Elizabeth May
: Emma Soaper b.c.1863 St Peter Port
: Emily Soper b.c.1866 St Johns/St Peter Port
: Susan Soper b.c.Jan 1870 St Peter Port
: '41cen William 20-4 'j' [=journeyman?] & Elizabeth 20-24 both b.Eng (age to nearest 5 years), living with Philip Deslandes 70-4 a carpenter, Jane Deslandes 50-4, George : '41cen, Vingtaine du Coin Varin, St Peter, Jersey : source :
: '51cen William 43 ag lab at Beamont Village, St Peters, Jersey; Elizabeth 38; William 9 b.St Peters; Henry H 7 scholar b.Eng; Elizabeth J 2; Amelia 4m both b.St Peters scan
: '61cen William Saper 44 lab at 6 Bruiet, St Peter Port, Guernsey; Elizabeth 39 lab; both b.Eng; Henery 18 lab; Elizebeth 12; Emilia 10 all b.Jersey; Emma 8; Susan 5; Ernest 2 all scholar; all b.Guernsey scan
: '71cen William 53 stonecracker at 13 Pedvin St, St PP, Guernsey; Elizabeth 48, both b.Eng; Ernest 11 stonecracker, Emma 8, Emily 5, Susan 1y 3m, all b.St Peter Port, Guernsey
: '71cen William 30 stonecracker at 13 Pedvin St, St PP, Guernsey b.St Helier; Elizabeth 33 dressmaker, both b.Eng
: '71cen Amelia gen servant 20, b.St Helier, Jersey; at 11 Esplanade, Le Bosq, St Peter Port; in household of Sarah P Rougier 39 widow anuintant & niece Emma R Bramwell 14 both b.Eng : scan : [?Amelia m.1878]
: '81cen William Soper 64 widowed stone dresser b.? at 23 St Georges Esplanade, St Peter-Port'; dau Emily 17unm, house keeper b.St Johns
: '91cen Emily Soper 23unm general domestic servant at 10 New St, St Peter Port, Guernsey; b.Guernsey, St. PP with Louisa Miller 39 widowed lodging house keeper, dau Myra 14, mother Margaret Farrell 80 own means & adopted child Florence L Gonbey 10 scholar b.St PP, also 7 lodgers, male workers 23-30, 1 with wife; scan
: '01cen Emily 34 general domestic servant, b.St PP
: '11cen Emily 40unm cook in 3 rooms at 35 North Ave, Plymouth, Dev; b.Guernsey (resident); visiting Martha Handford 39 widow {m.17y, 4 births, 1 alive} b.Plymstock, 4 children 6-16 eldest girt dom serv & visitor Maud Revell 30unm dom serv all b.Plymouth scan

Channel Island 1841 Census

Henry? Soper? 40-44 mason journeyman at St Helier, Jersey, Maria 25-9 both b.Eng, Henry 13 .. new census page... Emma Soper 6, ... so confirming surname... John 5, Cla.i.sa? (f) 3, at Ann St, Portland Place, all b.Jersey : '41cen, St. Helier, District 9, Jersey : source
- Amelia Sophia Soper b.c1834; '51 scholar 17; '61cen unm 27 [???speculate her child b.c1854]
- John Soper b.c1837; '51 mason 14
- Clariassa Soper b.c1839; '51 Clara house maid 22
- Robert Charles Soper b.c1842
(granddau; - Louisa Soper b.c1854; '71cen gen servant 17)
: '51cen Charle 52 mason at Limon Cottage, St Helier; Maria 48 both b.Eng; Amelia Sophia 17 scholar; John 14 mason; Clariassa 12 scholar; Robert Charles 9 scholar all b.St Heliers, Jersey scan
: '61cen Charles 61 mason at 5 Lywriter Place, St Helier; Maria 59 both b.Eng; dau Amelia 27 unm & granddau Louisa 6 scholar; both b.St Helier scan
: '61cen Clara 22 house maid at 2 Clarence Terrace, St Helier; b.St H; with Mathew Scholefield 62 physician, wife & other serv Mary Selous 28unm cook; scan
: '71cen Maria late charwoman 67, b.Eng; at 5 Ingouville Place, St Helier; Louisa 17 a general servant, b.St Helier : scan
??a Louisa Margaret Soper (Louisa Mary?) (b.c1855 St Helier) m.Frederick Angell gas fitter, at St Saviour's Church, Jersey; 16 children b.St Helier 1872-92

John Soper 20-24 a tailor, b.Eng with Thomas Watkins 20-4 a tailor, b.Eng at Sand St, St Helier, District 15, Jersey '41cen : source

Mary Soper 14, b.Jersey, living with Louisa Palmer 20 E at Phillips Street : '41cen, St. Helier, Jersey, District 9 : source

William Soaper 40-44 a servant at Nr 12, New St, St. Helier, Jersey, District 13, Ann 40-44 both b.Eng Thomas 7 & Caroline both b.Jersey : with Maria Hughes 40-4 a servant b.Eng; '41cen : source
: ['51cen William 52 coachman at 5 New St, St Heliers, Jersey; Ann 56 both b.Eng; Caroline 11; Thomas 16 both scholars b.St Heliers, Jersey; (9 in 3 households at address) scan]
: ['81cen assume Thomas 47 a hatter '81cen & if so assume another son Edwin 40 (but not vis in '51cen)]
: [?assume son Thomas m.Jane Elizabeth Davis bef.1867]

William Soper 20-4 'j' [=journeyman?] & Elizabeth 20-24 both b.Eng (age to nearest 5 years), living with Philip Deslandes 70-4 a carpenter, Jane Deslandes 50-4, George : '41cen, Vingtaine du Coin Varin, St Peter, Jersey : source : [presume a hatter '81cen] : [William Soper m.Elizabeth May* bef.1841]

Henry Soper 20-24 'j' [=employee? journeyman?] b.Eng, a neighbor of above, living with William de St Croix 50-54 farmer, Ann 40-44 & Samuel 7 also a midwife, Mary Bisson 60-64 Midwife '41cen, , Vingtaine du Coin Varin, St Peter, Jersey : source [perhaps widowed, Guernsey '81cen]

John Soper 40-44 a servant , Jane 27, John 7, Richard 6, Caroline 5 & William 1, b. Guernsey; all others b. England, at the lane to the North of Belmont, St.Peter Port, Guernsey, District 11, '41cen : source : [ John m.Jane bef.1835]

Thomas Soper 30-34 a waggoner with Mary Soper 35-40, both b.Eng at Mill Cottage, St Peter Port, Guernsey, District 10, '41cen : source : [see couple above]

Richard Soper 25-29 a paper maker, b.Eng at Park St, St Peter Port, Guernsey, District 10, '41cen, with William Moore 20-24 a Sawyer journeyman, born England : source : [m.Elizabeth 1845]

William Soper 40-44 a servant, with Sarah Soper 50-54 a publican, both b.Engl, Park St, [as Richard above], St.Peter Port, Guernsey, District 10, '41cen : source [There was a soap boiler in the area]
: '51cen William 46 innkeeper & grocer at 2 Charcoterie, St Peter Port, Guernsey; Sarah 56 all b.England scan
: '61cen William 55 master carpenter, empl 11 men at Charcoterie, St PP; Sarah 71 grocer; both b.Eng scan

Mary Ann Sopier age 22, at New Place, St Peter Port, Geurnsey '41cen : Folio 16, Page 2. b.Eng. Living in house of Willie Mellish's family, merchant : source : [?a Mary Sopier 70 in '91cen below]

Elizabeth Soper 30-34 b.Eng, a servant with Charles Stanbury 67 & Rachel 67 2 children & Mrs. Hoskins 75-79, at New St, St Peter Port, Guersey: (parents & Mrs H, born localy & of independant means, but all children b.Eng) source

The Sopier?, a farm in St Savior, '41cen of Guernsey : Nicolas De Garis (55) a farmer, wife & 3 children, Fol 35, Page 8 : source

Richard 25 paper m [maker?] at Park St, St PP b.Eng with William More 20 sawyer b.Eng: Moore site

William Soper policy with West of England Insurance Company, Fire Insurance Registers sometime between 1846-50 : jerseyheritagetrust

Georgiana Soper in a bapt register covering 1848-55 : jerseyheritagetrust : [not vis '51cen]

Henry Soper a seaman, age 39 on The 'Adolphus Yates', sailing from Brixham, Dev to Pernambuco [Brazil?] 1851 from Guernsey Crew Lists index

William Lane Soper (c1851-1881) b.Guernsey c1851, m.1877 Hull Yorks Henry b.1878 & Lena 1880 b.Hull :
: '51cen a Mary 2 & William 1 in Guernsey : '61cen not vis : '71cen 20 with sister Mary 22 in Yorks : '81cen a fisherman with family in Yorks : William d.1881 biog

Richard Soper (1814-1892) m.c1845 Elizabeth Vagg (b.Guernsey c1819. Parents in '41cen Edward Vagg bricklayer b.Eng & Rachel b.SPP);Richard b.4 Dec 1814 Ermington, Dev to Edward & Susanna**
- Ann Elizabeth Soper (1845-1917) (Eliza) b.1845 St.PP (m. John Bailey?) d.17 Oct SPP age 72 at Place Town Hosp, St PP
- William Soper b.27 Sep 1846 SPP ['81cen widowed stone cracker 35] [now removed?]
- Jabez Moses Soper b. 27 Sep 1846, SPP; '61cen servant boy 14 St.PP
- Jasper Soper (1846-1846?) b.27 Sep; d.28 Sep 1846 St PP source
- William Davey Soper b.18 Apr 1848 Ville Neuvre, SPP ['81 a William D at SPP-but age 42 b.Jersey : �91 in Glos? �01 in Hants?] : (d.SPP, age 70); bapt says 'William Davy Soper'
- Charles Edward Soper (c1850-1920) gardener [�71 ag lab : '81cen ag lab, wife Annie]
- Adelina Selina Soper 'Selina' b.20 Aug 1851 SPP* : [igi] dress maker �71 ; m.John James Henry Drew (bpt.Albert Charles Akarter Drew 8 Apr 1873 St PP, 1st of 6 Drew children 1873-81); rem.Philip Filleul c1887 : '91cen Mrs Filleul 39 dress maker with son Stanley Fillent 3 & 6 Drew step-kids
- Edward George Soper b.3 Aug 1853 SPP builder; m.Elizabeth Ozanne in Canada see; returned by 1879 with wife, �91 & �01 in Hants; d.1931 Dulwich, S.Lon
- Matilda Alice Soper (c1855-1892) b.Vale, Guernsey; �71 ironer, m.Henry Netherton (1854-1909; b.Cornwall, a nurseryman) 27 Apr 1876, Eldad Chapel, SPP; 12 children, d.22 Sep Villa Threasa, Ville au Roi, SPP age 37:
- George Henry Soper b.2 Aug 1857 SPP : �71 white smith
- Henry William Soper (1859-1859) b.22 Jul & d.Dec both at Bouet, SPP : rootsweb.com
- from Ruth James : & Vagg site & also decarteret.org:
: [�41cen Richard 25 paper m [maker?] at Park St, St PP b.Eng with William More 20 sawyer b.Eng: Moore site
: [�61cen Richard 50 sawyer at Guernsey; b.England; Elizabeth 43 laundress; Eliza 15 milliner; William 12 white smith; Charles 11; Adeline 10; Edward 8; Mathilda 6; George 4 scholar; b.St Peter Port, Guernsey scan]
: [�61cen Jabez 14 servant boy at Amhurst House, Amhurst on Fojle? Rd, St Peter Port, Guernsey; b.St PP]
: [�71cen Richard paper maker 56, b.Eng; at Fosse Laundry, Gormanville, St PP; Elizabeth 52 laundress, Charles 21 ag lab, Adelina 19 dress maker, Edward 16 carpenter, Mathilda 15 ironer, George 13 white smith, all but father b.St PP (also in property Samuel Beck blacksmith 30 b.Eng & wife Ann b.StPP) scan] : [was cloth fibres used for papermaking?]
: [�81cen Richard 65, servant at Vagg family, St PP, only Soper living with mother-in-law Mary 71]
: ['81cen Charles 31]
: [�91cen Richard father-in-law 76, Elizabeth 73 m-in-law b.St Peter Port with Philip J Filleul 37 head; an assurance agent (employee) b.St Clements, Jer, wife Adelina 39 dress maker residential b.Geurnsey & step children Albert A Drew 17; Winifred E 15 app dress maker; Ethel M 14 app grocer; Walter N 13 & Arthur W 12 both app gardeners, Clifford J 10 scholar & son Stanley Fillent 3 all b. St Peter Port, Guernsey: scan]
: [**Richard d.14 Apr 1892 Rue Pordrouse St Martins, Guernsey source]
: *from ancestry line source

W Soper, policy, West of England Insurance Company, Fire Insurance Register Nov; in batch of records 1846-Oct 1850. from jerseyheritagetrust

Elizabeth Soper m.Jean Hunt their dau Agnes Thursa Hunt b.9 Dec 1847, Guernsey : [m.not vis Eng bmd] : ancestry

a Henry Soper mThirza Maria Lane bef.1849 (c.9 Nov 1815, Brixham, Dev), assume m.at Guernsey as not vis Eng bmd
- Mary Ann Soper, b.12 Oct 1848, St PP, Guernsey to Henri & Thirza nee Lane: d.6 May 1911 at 12 Liverpool St, Sculcoates, Hull (acute pneumonia/exhaustion) : m.Charles Francois Le Nepveu, b.Guernsey 1841 d.Hull 1923) 7 children 1873-88 : source
- William Soper b.c.Oct 1850, St Peter Port; {6m '51cen}; William Lane Soper [a fisherman b.Guernsey m.Anna Eliza Thompson 1877]
: '51cen Thirza 32 seamans wife at 3 Paddos Houses, St Peter Port, Guernsey, b.Eng; Mary 2 scholar; William 6m all b.St Peter Port scan '61cen Thirza 44 widow, cook at Harelet Ho.10 Harelet Rd, Guernsey; b.Eng; with house servant Ann Rankler 59unm & housemaid Martha Manhalling 49m (householder not vis)] '61cen Mary 12 scholar; William 10 scholar both b.Guernsey at Bucket Ln, St PP, neice & nephew with Charles Hughes 33 servant; Mahala 34 both b.Eng; Henry Hughes 7 & Sally Ann Hughes 4 both scholars b.Guernsey; Mary Lane 71 mother-in-law, deaf, b.Eng & Sophia B Downy 44 blind both b.Guernsey; scan
: '91cen at grocer's shop, 525 Hessele Rd, Hull, fisherman's widow ('51cen )

Channel Island 1851 Census

30 at Guernsey

John Soper 49 groom at 1 Croutas (off or nr Queens Rd), St Peter Port, Guernsey '51cen; Jane Soper 37; John Soper 16 shoe maker; Richard Soper 15 tailor app; Caroline Soper 14 dress maker app all b.England; William Soper 11 scholar b.St Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands scan : ['41cen John a servant & Jane]

John Soper 28 lodger labourer at Bradge Village, Alderney '51cen; b.England scan

Mary Ann Soper 31 servant house maid at Paradise, Doyle Road, St Peter Port, Guernsey '51cen, b.England scan

Richard Soper 35 sawyer at Pope? Andre, Noimanville? House, Guernsey '51cen, b.England; Elizabeth Soper 32 domestic duties; Eliza Soper 5; Jabez Soper 4 both scholars; William Soper 3; Charles Soper 1 all b.St Peter Port, Guernsey scan & scan : [Richard & Elizabeth m.1845]

Sarah Soper 25 visitor house servant at 7 Mill St, St Peter Port, Guernsey '51cen, b.England scan

Thirza Soper 32 seamans wife at 3 Paddos Houses, St Peter Port, Guernsey '51cen, b.England; Mary Soper 2 scholar; William Soper 6m all b.St Peter Port scan & scan : [Henry Soper m.Thirza Maria Lane bef.1849, perhaps Yorkshire]

Thomas Soper 47 miller at Charcoterie, Ash Grove Cottage, St Peter Port, Guernsey '51cen; Mary Soper 45 both b.England scan : [Thomas & Mary still St Peter Port '41cen, '51cen '71cen & '81cen]

William Soper 46 innkeeper & grocer at 2 Charcoterie, St Peter Port, Guernsey '51cen; Sarah Soper 56 all b.England scan : ['41cen]

11 in England b.Guernsey
John 49, Mary 47, Thomas 45, Jane 37, Richard 35, Thirza 32, Mary Ann 31, Sarah 25, Richard 15, Caroline 14, John 6

11 Sopers & 5 Soapers at Jersey

Charle Soper 52 mason at Limon Cottage, St Heliers, Jersey '51cen; Maria Soper 48 both b.Eng; Amelia Sophia Soper 17 scholar; John Soper 14 mason; Clariassa Soper 12 scholar; Robert Charles Soper 9 scholar all b.St Heliers, Jersey scan; ['41cen]

Mary Ann Soper 23unm servant general servant at 12 Upper Street, St Heliers, Jersey '51cen, b.St Aubins, Jersey, Channel Islands; servant with Elizabeth Sorel 66 widow fundholder & 4 children 23-40 all b.St H scan
: '41cen? a Mary 14, b.Jersey, living with Louisa Palmer 20 E at Phillips St, St. Helier, Jersey, District 9 : source

William Soper 52 coachman at 5 New St, St Heliers, Jersey '51cen; Ann Soper 56 both b.England ; Caroline Soper 11; Thomas Soper 16 both scholars b.St Heliers, Jersey; (9 in 3 households at address) scan : [?assume son Thomas m.Jane Elizabeth Davis bef.1867]
: '71cen Thomas hatter 36, b.St Helier; at 10 New St, St Helier; Jane Eliza 32, b.Trinity; Emma J C 4, Alice Mary 1 both b.St Helier; 2nd family in building Pr Aubin seaman 74, wife 67 dressmaker son & sister 57 milliner b.St Helier & shop assistant 32 [so speculate row of shops?] : scan : [Thomas m.Jane Elizabeth Davis bef.1867]

William Soaper 43 ag lab at Beamont Village, St Peters, Jersey '51cen; Elizabeth 38; William 9 b.St Peters, Jersey; Henry H Soaper 7 scholar b.England; Elizabeth J Soaper 2 b.St Peters; Amelia Soaper 4m b.St Peters scan : [William Soaper m.Elizabeth bef.1842]

5 in England b.Jersey
Ann 56, William 52 : - : William Soaper 43, Elizabeth Soaper 38, Henry H Soaper 7

Edward George Soper (1853-1931) b.3 Aug St Peters Port, Guernsey [to Richard & Elizabeth Vagg who m.1845] d.24 Mar Croxted Rd, S.London, m.Elizabeth Ozanne (1854-1933) b.c1854 St Samsung, Guernsey 15 Mar; d.5 Jul Croxted Rd) m.Canada, possibly Toronto. They stayed in Canada mid to late 1870's before returning bef'71cen (7 children, from '81cen & '91cen); from ruth.james'at'tesco.net, of Chelmsford, (gr-grdau;through Ida) Jun'99 source, &, ancestry tree
- Edith Elizabeth Soper (1875-1939) b.15 Feb Toronto, Can [parents at 14 Muter St, Toronto]; m.Percy Spencer Randell, 3 children; d.Vancouver, Can.
- Edward George Soper (c1877-1959) b.Toronto, Canada carpenter m.Alice Jane W Mondey Jul>Sep 1898, South Stoneham, Hants; 3 children. d.16 Nov Idmiston Rd, West Norwood, Lon
- Ida Mary Soper (1879-1956) b.27 Mar [b.Apr>Jun] Bedminster, Bristol, S.Set; a cook; m.William Cephas Johnson (1882-1938) Apr>Jun 1906, Lambeth, Lon; a stonemason; 7 children. d.25 May Crayford, Kent, Eng; Johnson tree]
- George Henry Soper b.28 Jun 1881 Cogan, Glam [b.Jul>Sep Cardiff reg dist, Wales] : [m.Christina McDonald Rough 1910 Sot'n; '11cen house joiner at Sot'n] '39cen 58m house builder d.Jan>Mar 1973
- Emily Soper (1883-?) b.Oct>Dec Cardiff (b.Penarth, Glam) : [??an Emily m.Jan>Mar 1907 Sot'n to George B Chipperfield or Thomas Henry Freeman]
- ?Ellen Soper (1886-1975) 'Nellie' b.Jul>Sep 1886, Cardiff (b.Penarth) : [??an Ellen m.Apr>Jun 1910 Sot'n to Albert Knight or ? ?]
- Nellie Soper (1887-1975) b.Cardiff; m.Arthur Monday 2 children.d.28 Oct Christadelphian Nursing Home, Birmingham, Eng
- Gertude Soper (1888-1947) b.Jan>Mar Sot'n; m.Samuel H Dawes Apr>Jun 1911 Sot'n, 2 children. d.19 May
: '51cen 'Richard, whose father Thomas & his wife Susannah, with other childern who was b.Ermington, Dev' [from Ruth]
: '61cen in Guernsey with father, Richard, a sawyer b.Eng
: '71cen Edward Soaper carpenter 16 at Fosse Laundry, Gormanville, St PP, Guernsey, with parents Richard 56 paper maker & Elizabeth & 5 children 13-21
: '81cen Edward (c1855-?) 26 house carpenter at 9 Maughan Terr, Penarth, Glam; Elizabeth Soper 25 both b.Guernsey, Edith 5, Edward 4 both scholars b.Canada & Ida Soper 2 b.Bristol, S.set; [5 uninhabited homes next door]; shared address with William Ellis 32 boatsman b.Lon, Mary A 27 b.Truro, kids 10 (b.Lon), 8, 6, 5, 2 & 11m all b.Penarth scan
: 1881-7 at Cardiff; when children births registered at Cardiff; at Cogan, Glam 1881 & at Penarth, Glam 81cen & births 83 & 87
: '91cen Edward G 36 carpenter & joiner at Bittome View, 1 Stanley Rd, S,Stoneham, Hants, Elizabeth 35 both b.St PP, Edith 16 & Edward 14 both b.Toronto, Ida 12 b.Bristol, S.set, George 10, Emley 8, Man 5 all b.Cardiff, Glam & Gertrude 2 b.Southampton, Hants scan
: '01cen Edward 46 house builder (employee) at 1 Emsworth Rd, Shirley (St James), Hants; Elizabeth 45 both b.Guernsey; Ida 22unm b.Bristol, Glos; Emily 17 & Nelley 14; both dressmakers b.Penarth, Glam, Gertrude 12 b.Southampton, Hants; scan
: '01cen Edward 23 a painter & decorator master at Portswood, Hants, b.Canada; Alice 25 b.Lon, Katie 1 & Marian 7m both b.Bittern Pk, Hants : [perhaps Edward also a visiter to Joseph THOMAS at Bath, S.set]
: '01cen George 19 a journeyman carpenter & joiner at Portswood, Hants; b.Cogan, Glam
: '11cen Edward George 56 builder (employer?) in 6 rooms at The Bungalow, Castle Rd, Bitterne Park, Southampton, Hants; Elizabeth 55 {m.36y, 8 births; 7 alive}; both b.Guernsey, Channel Islands; Gertrude 22unm b.S'ton scan
: '11cen George 29 house joiner (employee) in 4 rooms at Aberfoyle, Hillside Ave, Bitterne Park, Southampton; b.Cogan nr.Cardiff, Glam; Christina 27 {m.under 1y, no births} b.Biggar, Lanarkshire scan
: '11cen, an Edward G 33 builder & decorator, employer in 6 rooms at 55 Preston Rd, Beulah Hill, Upper Norwood, Sy; b.Toronto, Canada; Alice J W 35 {m.12y, 3 biths, all alive} b.Lon; Kate B 11; Miriam K 10 both school, both b.Southampton, Hants & Reginald E 4m b.Upper Norwood; all 'British Subjects' scan
: 1931 Edward George Soper d.24 Mar 1931, of 142 Croxted Rd, East Dulwich, Sy; probate Lon 14 May 1931 to [son] Edward George Soper, builder; estate �281 9s 7d ; from Probate Calender, scan [Edward G (c1854-1931) d.Jan>Mar, Camberwell, age 77]
: 1933 Elizabeth Soper d.5 Jul 1933, widow of 142 Croxted Rd, Dulwich, Sy; probate Lon 18 Aug 1933 to [son] Edward George Soper, builder; estate �695 5s 1d; from Probate Calender, scan [Elizabeth (c1854-1933) d.Jul>Sep, Camberwell, age 79]

Mary Ann Soper m.Thomas Fox (/Cox?), they bpt.Guernsey Mary Ann Cox bpt.23 Jun 1854; Thomas Hawke Fox bpt.26 Mar 1861; Hannah Fox bpt.19 Aug 1856 & Elizabeth Fox bpt.4 Jan 1858 : [m.not vis Eng bmd] : ancestry

Frederick Fry Soper m.Anne Hill, Jan>Mar.1856, Clifton, Glos; "Annie"; Frederick b.c1820 to John & Eliza in Bristol, Glos '41cen migrated 1864 [from son's '10cen]
- Fred Gill Soper b.Jan>Mar 1856; Clifton; bpt.18 Apr 1860 St John the Evangelist, Clifton, Glos to Frederick & Annie source; '80cen 'Frederic' 20 laborer, with parents; m.Mrs Mary Ann Wood 1888; '20cen 61 stockman, tractor co, property owner Peoria, Ill scan; d.1943 Peoria (see below)
- Harry Hill Soper b.Jul>Sep 1862, Clifton, Glos; to US 1864, '70cen 8 in US; m.c1871 Maggie b.W.VI; 1910 66 livestock shipper at Senachwine, Ill, wife & 5 children 14-30 b.Ill scan
- Frank Freeman Soper b.Jan>Mar 1865 Clifton, Glos; '80cen 15; '00cen 32unm day labourer; d.1916 Peoria, Ill
- Emma Mabel Soper b.Oct>Dec 1868 Clifton, Glos; '70cen 1 in US
- Edgar Cady Soper b.4 Jul 1878 Illinois; '00cen 22unm day labourer; d.7 Apr 1926 Peoria, Ill
: 1851cen Frederic 32 farmer at Glos, b.S.set; at 7 Cornwallis Place, Clifton, St Philip & Jacob?, Glos with parents John 68 tea dealer, b.Hatherley, Dev; Eliza 67 b.Bishops Compton, S.set; Adriana 28unm b.Banwell, S.set; Frederic32unm farmer of 53a emp 2 labs b.Lamerton?, S.set & Ann Williams 31unm gen servant b.Bristol; scan : ['41cen Fred not vis; but family at same address]
: 1861cen Fredrick Henry Soper 41 tea dealer, b.Compton, S.set at ; wife Anna Soper 25 lodging house keeper & son Fredrick G Soper 1, both b.Clifton, Glos, also visiter Emma Thuston 25unm milliner & dress maker, b.Ireland : [not vis '41/'71/'81cen]
: 1870 migrated to US source
: 1870cen Fredrick Soper 50 miller, b.Eng, living at Meriden, New Haven, Con, US; Anne 34 keeping house; Fred G at home 11; Harry H 8; Frank F 5; Emma M 1 all b.Eng scan
: 1880cen Fredric Soper 61 huckster [a hawker], b.Eng, living Peoria, Illinois, USA; Anne 46; Fredric laborer 20; Frank laborer 15 all b.Eng; with yongest son Edward 1 b.Illinois scan
: 1888 Frederick Gill Soper m.Mrs Mary Ann Wood 7 Aug 1888 Rock Island Co, Ill
: 1895 Fred F Soper d.2 Apr 1895; bur.Springdale Cemetery, Peoria; Veteran of the Civil War.; 'b.USA' findagrave
: 1900 cen Ann Soper 65w {2 births} b.Jul 1835 Eng (parents b.Eng); (owns property) at Peoria Township, (West Peoria village), Illinois, US; & sons Frank F Soper 32unm day labourer b.Eng Jul 1868; both immigrated 1870; Edgar C Soper 22unm day labourer b.Jul 1878 Illinois (father b.Eng) scan
: 1916 Ann Soper d.9 Nov 1916 at Peoria; age 50y 9m, 12d; bur.Springdale Cemetery, Peoria, Ill; b. Jul. 3, 1835 findagrave
: 1916 Frank F Soper Soper nee Hill d.8 Jan 1916 at Peoria; bur.Springdale Cemetery, Peoria, Ill; findagrave
: 1920 cen Fred G Soper 61 stockman, tractor co, to US 1861, property owner at Peoria scan
: 1920 cen Elgar C Soper 41 at Peoria, Illinois
: 1926 Edgar Cady Soper d.7 Apr 1926 at Peoria; bur.Springdale Cemetery; b.4 Jul 1878 Peoria; findagrave : [says father 'Joseph Soper', if so error above]
: 1940 cen Fred Soper 80 widower b.Eng; inmate at Peoria State Hospital, Limestone, Peoria, Illinois; 2 May 1940 census; scan
: 1943 Fred G Soper 7 Apr 1943, Limestone, Peoria
: 1944 Frederick Gill Soper, deceased, who resided at Peoria. Ill; Administrator of estate & the unknown helrs, devisees, and descendants Circleville Herald 7 Mar 1944 newspapers.com

Caroline Mary Soper m.Hilary Robert Le Cheminant, they bpt.Servington Hilary Le Cheminant [no date, ancestry.com] : ancestry

Marian Soper m.Alfred Hawksley Hall, they bpt.Florence Adra Annie Hall 2 Mar 1861 Guernsey : [m.not vis Eng bmd] : ancestry

Channel Island 1861 only 1 name, in Navy (but presumably more)

Clara Soper 22 house maid at 2 Clarence Terrace, St Helier, Jersey '61cen; b.St Helier; with Mathew Scholefield 62 physician, wife & other serv Mary Selous 28unm cook; scan; [?parents Charles & Maria '41cen]

Charles Soper 61 mason at 5 Lywriter Place, St Helier, Jersey '61cen; Maria Soper 59 both b.England; dau Amelia Soper 27 unm & granddau Louisa Soper 6 scholar; both b.St Helier scan

Charles Soper 60 retired farmer at 2 Clarence Terrace, St Helier, Jersey '61cen; b.England; also grandson? Charles Peppler 8 scholar b.Trinity Parish, Jersey scan; [not vis; above; ?an ag lab 50 vis Cornwall '51cen]

Elvina Amelia Souper 20 annuitant - haken? worker at 20 Queen St, Jersey '61cen; b.St Helier, Jersey : scan

George Soper 39 labourer at St Johns Cottage?, St Johns, Jersey; b.England; '61cen Jane Soper 26 farmers wife; b.Granville, Jersey; (below 2nd household of Charles Billet 43 shoe maker & wife Esther 39) scan; scan : ['81cen George labourer & Jane]

George Soper 35 stone mason at Temperana St?, Guernsey; b.Okehampton, Dev '61cen; wife Mary P Soper 32 milliner; b.Nassau, W.I. B.S. [West Indies; British Subject] also mother-in-law Hannah Harrett 69 widow, tailoress b.Devonport, Dev; godson William N Wifon 5 scholar b.Scilly, Con & b-in-law John Ladicombe 24m millwryht b.Crediton, Dev scan
: [connection?? a George m.Mary Providence Hamlyn (or Mary Porter) Oct>Dec 1852, Stoke Damerel, Dev]

Jabez Soper 14 servant boy at Amhurst House, Amhurst on Fojle? Rd, St Peter Port, Guernsey '61cen; b.St PP scan : [parents Richard & Elizabeth m.1845]

John Soper 58 gardener at The Bocage, Formain Road, Guernsey '61cen; Jane Soper 47 cook; both b.England with Henry Crockford 45 independent, nephew Henry J 18 both b.Eng & serv Sarah Ford 10 b.Guernsey scan : ['41cen John a servant & Jane]

Mary Soper 12 scholar; William Soper 10 scholar both b.Guernsey at Bucket Lane, St Peter Port, Guernsey, neice & nephew with Charles Hughes 33 servant; Mahala 34 both b.Eng; Henry Hughes 7 & Sally Ann Hughes 4 both scholars b.Guernsey; deaf, mother-in-law 71 b.Eng & Sophia B Downy 44 blind both b.Guernsey; scan

Richard Soper 50 sawyer at 5 Bruiet, St Peter Port, Guernsey; b.England '61cen; Elizabeth Soper 43 laundress; Eliza Soper 15 milliner; William Soper 12 white smith; Charles Soper 11; Adeline Soper 10; Edward Soper 8; Mathilda Soper 6; George Soper 4 scholar; b.St Peter Port, Guernsey scan : [Richard & Elizabeth m.1845] : [brother?? William next door?]

Richard Soper 23 taylor journeyman at Doyler Road, Guernsey '61cen; b.Sry?, Dorset; boarding with Annabel? Jenny 38 married grocer & school mistress b.Poole. Dorset scan : [not obvious here or Dorset notes]

Thomas Soper 54 miller at Ashgrove, Guernsey '61cen; b.Eng; Mary Soper 56 b.Eng; both servants with Afred Mansell 55 bank manager b.St PP Guernsey, wife & dau 20 b.Denmark; also serv Mary Mocombe 25 house servant b.Eng scan : [Thomas & Mary at St Peter Port '41cen]

Thomas Soper 27unm hatter at 13 New St, St Helier, Jersey lodging with John L Gillam 47 hatter; Jane 49; Jane 17 seamstress; Ellen 15 shop ass & Emily 13 scholar all b.St Helierscan : [Thomas m.Jane Elizabeth Davis bef.1867]

Thirza Soper 44 widow, cook at Harelet Ho.10 Harelet Road, Guernsey '61cen; b.England; with house servant Ann Rankler 59unm & housemaid Martha Manhalling 49m : [householder not vis] scan : [Henry Soper m.Thirza Maria Lane bef.1849, perhaps Yorkshire]

William Soper 55 master carpenter, employing 11 men at Charcoterie, St Peter Port, Guernsey '61cen; Sarah Soper 71 grocer; both b.England scan : [see '41cen]

William Saper 44 lab at 6 Bruiet, St Peter Port, Guernsey; Elizabeth Saper 39 lab; both b.England; Henery Saper 18 lab; Elizebeth Saper 12; Emilia Saper 10 all b.Jersey; Emma Saper 8; Susan Saper 5; Ernest Saper 2 all scholar; all b.Guernsey scan : [brother?? Richard next door?] : [William Soaper m.Elizabeth bef.1842]

William Soper 20 carpenter at Hubits Road, St Martins, Guernsey '61cen, Channel Islands; b.St Peter Port, Guernsey; boarding with Hilary Le Chaminont 25 carpenter b.St PP & wife 24 b.Eng scan : [with wife Isabell Isle of Wight '71/'01cen biog]

James Soper 15 b.Plymouth, Dev '61cen; boy on vessel, St Sampson Harbour; master, Thomas Gibbins 42 : mate Samuel Carder 32 : able seaman William Edwards 28 all married & b.Exemouth, Dev : Ab Seamen William Trace 28 b,Liverpool, Lancs : Aren Weddon 28, b.Exemouth, Dev & ord seamen Henery Griffith 21 b.Carmarthenshire, Wales

Elizabeth S Soper 30 '61cen. b.Guernsey, charwoman, with husband George Soper 3- a labourer b.Oakhampton, Dev, at Stoke Damerel, Dev

Edith Jane Soper m.Walter John Ward, they bpt.William John Ward 25 Jul 1862 Guernsey : [m.not vis Eng bmd; no Edith Jane Soper '61cen]

Walter Richard Soper, formerly of Basingstoke, Hants boot & shoemaker & leather seller, then of St Heliers, Jersey journeyman shoemaker, also carrying on business a shoemaker, in the name of Walter Richard Rowland, now of Basingstoke & out of business, adjudged bankrupt 28 Mar 1862, is required to surrender himself to Court of Bankruptcy 14 Apr 11:30, London. Assignee, Mr Lott, 44 Parliament St, solicitor. (1 Apr) : bankrupt passed his last examination & make application for discharge, 20 May 1862 Court, at Basinghall St court (18 Apr) : Order of Discharge made 20 May (1 Jul) : [see Hants]

Caroline Soper (now Savage) & James Savage a Corporal 61 Reg Foot, parents of Mary Charlotte Savage b.30 Aug 1863; bapt.24 Jan 1864, St Helier Church. : jerseyheritagetrust : ['41cen a Caroline 1 with William/Ann St Helier (& a Caroline age 5 with John/Jane Guernsey)]

Clarissa Matilda Soper (now Le Breton) & Philip John Le Breton a sailmaker, parents of Henry Charles Philip Le Breton b.15 Jun 1866, bapt.8 Jul St Helier Church. Mary Ann Soper godmother (also , & Philip Robert Le Breton b.23 Dec 1868 bapt.3 Feb godmother Jane Alexander) jerseyheritagetrust
: Clarissa Matilda (Soper) & Philip John Le Breton had dau Clarissa Maria Mary Ann Le Breton b.24 Mar 1876 (no fathers occupation) god father P G Le Breton & god mother C M Soper; also Geoffrey Morgan Le Breton b.2 Nov 1880 god parents W M Morgan & C M Soper; Taken from St James BK 5 Dec 1880; bpt at St Helier parish by J W Tapper

Thomas Soper a hatter m.Jane Elizabeth Davis bef.1867
- Emma Jane Caroline Soper b.17 Jan 1867, bapt.3 Mar St Helier Church, (mother ne Davis) : Godparents Thomas Soper, Mary Ann Soper & Jane Elizabeth Bisson
- Alice Mary Soper b.5 Jun 1869; bpt.27 Jun, father still a hatter; godparents Thomas & Mary Queree
- Edith M Soper b.c1875 St H, a miliner, unm 36 '11cen
- Florence Emily Soper, b.10 Jun 1877 St H; '11cen 34unm dressmaker; remained unm as WW2 Occupation Registration Card 1940-45; Jan 1941 of 6 Victoria Cottage Homes, St Saviour jerseyheritagetrust
- Hilda Jessie Soper b.5 Nov 1882; bpt.3 Oct 1882 to Thomas Soper, hatter & Jane Elizabeth (Davis); godmother Elvina Mallet, bpt at St Helier parish by L Seichan; from www.jerseyheritagetrust; will 1956
: ['41cen presume Thomas 7 with parents William & Ann ]
: ['61cen Thomas 27unm hatter at 13 New St, St Helier, Jersey; lodging with John L Gillam 47 hatter; Jane 49; Jane 17 seamstress; Ellen 15 shop ass & Emily 13 scholar all b.St H]
: ['71cen Thomas hatter 36, b.St Helier; at 10 New St, St Helier; Jane Eliza 32, b.Trinity; Emma J C 4, Alice Mary 1 both b.St Helier; 2nd family in building Pr Aubin seaman 74, wife 67 dressmaker son & sister 57 milliner b.St Helier & shop assistant 32 [so speculate row of shops?] : scan]
: Hilda Jessie, of 6 Victoria Cottage Homes, St Saviour, Jersey; b.10 Jun 1877; WW1 Occupation Registration card; 16 Jan 1941 & her will 22 Oct 1956 of 15, Victoria Cottage Homes; Record 21 May 1960 jerseyheritagetrust
: ['81cen Thomas 47 a hatter at 10 New St, St Heliers. b.St H; Jane E 42 b.Trinity, Jersey; Emma J C 14; Edith M 6; Florence E 4 all b.St H]
: ['91cen Thomas hatter at 10 Broad St, St Helier 56 b.St H, Jane 52 b.Trinley, Jersey, daus Edith 16 milliner, Florence 14; Hilda 8 all b.St H; scan]
: ['01cen Thomas hatter 66 self employed at home, 10 Broad St at St Helier, Jersey, b.St H; Edith milliner 26 b.St H, Florence 24 dressmaker (employee) b.St H, Hilda 18 b.St H; scan]
: ['11cen Thomas 76 widower, retired hatter {proficial hatter? retired through ill health - crossed out} {his father b.St H} at 1 Elizabeth Place, Jersey {6 rooms} & dau's Edith M Soper 36unm self employed milliner at home, Florence E Soper 34unm dressmaker employee at workroom & Hilda J Soper 28unm all b.St Helier, Jersey; scan]
: [a Matilda Elenore Soper's will 1909, recorded 1936, 3 West End Terrace, Peirson Rd, St Helier] : [Matilda b.1864 to Walter Richard Soper & Elecodie Olive Rachel Roussean who m.1863 Southampton, Hants]

Emma Jane Caroline Soper b.17 Jan 1867, bapt.3 Mar St Helier Church, to Thomas Soper, a hatter & Jane Eliza Soper (ne Davis) : Godparents Thomas Soper, Mary Ann Soper & Jane Elizabeth Bisson [age 4 '71cen Jersey see '81cen]
Alice Mary Soper b.5 Jun 1869; bapt.27 Jun, father still a hatter; godparents Thomas & Mary Queree jerseyheritagetrust [age 1 '71cen see '81cen]

William Helson Soper m.Isabell Sophia nee.Edwards bef.1867, perhaps Guernsey? (not vis Eng bmd) b.c1840 St Peter Port, Guernsey, parents John & Jane m.bef.1835
- Francis William Soper b.St Peter Port bpt.9 Dec 1863; not vis '81cen; died by '11cen?
- Amy Isabel Soper bpt.19 Nov 1864 Guernsey to Wm & Isabella; died by '11cen?
- Helen Soper bpt.11 Apr 1866 St Peter Port, Guernsey to Wm Helson Soper & Isabella nee Edwards & ; '91cen, 24unm dress maker; ?'01cen matron at Croydon m.Frederick Morris Garrett Apr>Jun 1904, I of Wight, Hants; he hosted parents '11cen 'married' so assume Helen alive
: '41cen William age 1 in Guernsey with family
: '51cen William 11 with John 49 groom at 1 Croutas (off or nr Queens Rd), St Peter Port, Guernsey; Jane 37; John 16 shoe maker; Richard 15 tailor app; Caroline 14 dress maker app all b.England; William 11 scholar b.St Peter Port scan
: '61cen William 20 carpenter at Hubits Rd, St Martins, Guernsey; b.St Peter Port, Guernsey; boarding with Hilary Le Chaminont 25 carpenter b.St PP & wife 24 b.Eng scan
: ['71cen William carpenter 30 at Little Isarel, Arreton, [I of W], Hants; Isabell Soper 31 a dressmaker, Francis Soper 7,Helen Soper 4, all b.St Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands : scan]
: ['81cen William 40 carpenter at Lansdown Cemetery Lodge, Lansdown Rd, Walcot, Sommerset; Isabella 41 & Helen 14 scholar all b.Guernsey; (also at lodge, John Leech 64 sexton, b.Ire, wife 53 & son 6 b.Bath) scan] : [?a William cleaning market 11pm Sat witnessed assault on fellow cleaner 1874 {now not vis}]
: ['91cen William 50 carpenter (employee) at Down Cottage, Winterbourne Down, Winterbourne, Glos; Isabella 50; Ellen 24unm dress maker all b.Guemsey, Channel Islands; scan] : [?in '01cen or ?an Ellen Harriet m.I of W 1899]
: ['01cen William 58 carpenter in 4 rooms at 18 New St, Newport, Isle of Wight, Hants; Isabella 57 both b.Guernsey; scan]
: ['01cen ??a Helen 31, instit matron at Croydon, Surrey; b.Guernsey]
: William Soper, at 18 New St, Newport, between Chapel St & Trafalgar Rd IofW Directory, 1904
: ['11cen William Helson Soper 70 at 22 Victoria Rd, South Lowestoft, [Mutford RD], Suffolk & Isabella Sophia Soper 71 {m.40y, 3 births, 1 alive} both b.Guernsey, Channel Islands 'Guernsey resident' living with with son-in-law Frederick Morriss Garrett 37m tramway inspector {m.7y} b.Toddington, Beds scan]
: Isabella S Soper (c1840-1917) d.Oct>Dec 1917, Dartford, Kent, age 77
: William H Soper (c1840-1919) d.Oct>Dec 1919, Dartford, age 79

Mr Soper arrived Jersey on the Normundy from Southampton 11 Nov; in 'The Star' (pub.St Peter Port), 13 Nov 1869, from news.bl.uk; scan

Mr Soper made speech at anniversary meeting of St James's Church; in 'The Star' (pub.St Peter Port), 4 Jan 1870, from news.bl.uk; scan

Soper arrived by Guersey on the Havre from Jersey 28 Jul ; in 'The Star' (pub.St Peter Port) 30 Jul 1870, from news.bl.uk; scan

Amelia Soper (c1851-?) a gen servant 20, b.St Helier, Jersey; at 11 Esplanade, Le Bosq, St Peter Port; in household of Sarah P Rougier 39 widow annintant & niece Emma R Bramwell 14 both b.Eng : scan : [Amelia m.Adolphus Edmund Ozanne 1878] : [4m with parents William Soaper; Elizabeth at St Peters, Jersey; '51cen]

Maria Soper (c1804-?) a widowed, late charwoman 67, b.Eng; at 5 Ingouville Place, St Helier; Louisa Soper 17 a general servant, b.St Helier; also dau sailors's wife Claressa LeBreton 25 & sons Henry 4 & Philip 2 all b.St Helier other families; a widowed needlewoman 54 son & sister, widowed charwoman 67 & 2 female boarders : scan : ['41cen]

Richard Soaper (c1815-?) paper maker 56, b.Eng; at Fosse Laundry, Gormanville, St Peter Port, Guernsey; Elizabeth Soaper 52 laundress, Charles Soaper 21 ag lab, Adelina Soaper 19 dress maker, Edward Soaper 16 carpenter, Mathilda Soaper 15 ironer, George Soaper 13 white smith, all but father b.St Peter Port, Guernsey; also in property, Samuel Beck blacksmith 30 b.Eng & wife Ann E b.St.PP : scan : [assume fibres used for papermaking] : [Richard & Elizabeth m.1845] : [Charles 31 in '81cen]

Richard Soper (c1834-?) tailor 37 at 26 Mansell St, St Peter Port, b.St Peter Port, Guernsey; scan : [ '51cen apprentice tailor with parents John & Jane]

Susan Soper (c1855-?) general servant 16 b.Scotland; at 18 George Rd, St Peter Port; with William Courtenay 63 watchmaker (emp 2) b.Eng, Rachel 57 b.St Martin, William R 16 apprentice b.StPP, lodger Catherine Gasesigne 56 b.StPP : also visiter Robert Gillespie 76 widowed retired gentleman farmer b.Eng : scan

Thomas Modbury? Soper (c1806-?) ag lab 65 b.Modbury, Devon; at 16 Mount Row, St Peter Port; Mary Soper 67 b.Cambridgeshire; 2nd family in property? Thomas & Rachel Bechant 72 & 79 mason b.Guernsey : scan : [Thomas & Mary still St Peter Port '41cen, '51cen '71cen & '81cen]

William Soper (c1806-?) contractor 65, b.Devon; at 5 Charrotterie, St Peter Port; Martha Soper 58 b.Chakrele?, Dorset : scan : [& 2nd household in the same property of William 30 son?] : [?'81cen perhaps the Martha widow 78 b.Plymouth (wrong age & b.place)]
- William Charles Sopier bpt.30 Apr 1867 St Pierre Port, Guernsey to William & Martha

William Soper 53 stonecracker at 23 St Georges Esplanade; '71cen Elizabeth 48, both b.Eng; Ernest 11 stonecracker, Emma 8, Emily 5, Susan 1y 3m, all b.St Peter Port, Guernsey : [no scan] : [William Soaper m.Elizabeth bef.1842]

William Soper (c1841-?) stonecracker 30; b.St Helier, Jersey; at 13 Pedvin St, St Peter Port; wife Eliza Soper 33 dressmaker & b.England; [& 2nd household in the same property of William 53 parents?]

William Soper (c1856-?) scholar 15 b.St Helier, Jersey; at Salt Pans, St Sampson; John Soper 14 a scholar b.Hampshire; with Henry Coggen 35 quarryman b.Dorset, & wife Elizabeth 27 b.Plymouth (the only people at salt pans, next family Church Rd) : scan

Jersey 1871, 9 Sopers

George Soper (c1821-?) gardener 50, b.Dorset; at Gelettes Hill, Coin, Tourgis, Sud, St Lawrence; Jane Soper 36, b.Grouville : scan : ['81cen George labourer & Jane]

Maria Soper (c1804-?) late charwoman 67, b.Eng; at 5 Ingouville Place, St Helier; Louisa Soper 17 a general servant, b.St Helier : scan; ['41cen]

Thomas Soper (c1835-?) hatter 36, b.St Helier; at 10 New St, St Helier; Jane Eliza Soper 32, b.Trinity; Emma J C Soper 4, Alice Mary Soper 1 both b.St Helier; 2nd family in building Pr Aubin seaman 74, wife 67 dressmaker son & sister 57 milliner b.St Helier & shop assistant 32 [so speculate row of shops?] : scan [Thomas m.Jane Elizabeth Davis bef.1867]

Walter Soper (c1862-?) scholar 9, b.Eng; at Hasting's Cottage, Roseville St, St Helier; scan
: [connection? Charles Goronwy Soper of Greenwood Hotel, Roseville St, St Helier. Grant of Probate 19 Sep 1969 : jerseyheritagetrust

& 5 born in Channel Islands, '71 cen but living in England

William Soper (c1841-?) carpenter 30 at Little Isarel, Arreton, Hants [central Isle of Wight] ; Isabell Soper 31 a dressmaker, Francis Soper 7,Helen Soper 4, all b.St Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands scan : [see biog in Hants]

Edward Sopher (c1839-?) 32unm plumber at 18 George St, St Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands; boarding with David St Croix 42 innkeeper & ships carpenter, wife Sally 42 & son 14 all b.Channel Islands scan : [no plumbers vis '61/'81cen; b.not vis bmd]

Edwin Soper b.c1841 Dev m.bef1871* to Jane Susan Gaundin** b.c1846 St L {both fathers b.Dev} [*m.39y '11cen] : [**assumed from '91cen] [assume his sister Louisa Canning 42 widow '81cen; Louisa Cannirty '91cen]
- Jane Susan Soper b.c1873 St Lawrence;
- Ellen Mary Soper b.c1874 St Martin
- Louisa Florence Soper b.c1876 St L; ['91cen 14 milliner with widowed aunt Louisa Cannirty]; ['11cen with husband William Joseph Cabot 38 carpenter; m.c1897]
- Mary Ann Soper b.c1878 St Lawrence; ['11cen 233 neice with Charles & Mary James (&'91/'01cen)] : [? a Mary Ann m. Arthur William Bisson, her will 1944]
- William Soper b.c1881 St Lawrence; '11cen 30unm Corp & nurse, Medical Corps, S.Africa
- John Soper b.c1883 St Lawrence; '11cen grocers ass 28 at St H; [a John of St Helier, b.1 Oct 1884; Reg card Jan 1941]
- Mable Maud Soper b.8 Feb 1887 St Lawrence; a Mable at school? '11cen 24unm laundress; m.George Hamon; at La Rocque, Grouville WW2; will 1954 br> - ? Soper's b?; total 11 births (6 still alive) in 1911 census
: ?a Louisa mentioned twice in Jersey National Girls school Log Book 1862-1901. from www.jerseyheritagetrust
: '81cen Edwin 40 engine driver, at La Cave, St L; b.Dev; Jane Susan 35 b.St L: Jane 8 : Ellen Mary 7 b.St Martin, Louisa Florence 5 all scholars; Mary Ann 3; William 8m, all but Ellen b.St L also Louisa Canning 42 b.St L widowed ironer, boarder & Esther Gusdin 40unm b.St L boarder, lunatic : source
: ['91cen Edwin 50 gen labourer in 4 rooms at La Cave, St Lawrence, Guernsey; b.Dev; Jane Susan 45; Jane Susan 18 dress maker; Ellen Mary 17 b.St Martin; William 10 both scholars; John 8; Mable M 4 all but Ellen b.St Lawrence, Jersey scan]
: ['91cen Louisa 14 milliner (dress) at 11b Devonshire Ln, St H; niece with Louisa Cannirty? widowed laundress, sister Esther Gaundin 50unm imbacile & brother John Gandin 42 unm sailmaker all b.St L; scan]
: ['91cen Mary Ann 13 scholar at 40 Aquila Rd, St H; b.St L; niece with Charles James 44 miller b.St Peters & wife Mary Ann James 53 shop keeper; b.St L, [6 in 3 households there] : scan]
: '01cen not visable : ('01cen Mary 23 at St Lawrence,still with uncle/aunt)
- '01cen William 30unm nurse, corporal in 22 Company, Royal Army Medical Corps, Castle Town, Cape of Good Hope District, South Africa; b.St Lawrence, Jersey, Channel Islands scan
: '11cen Edwin Soper 70 farm labourer at Sandy Brook, St Lawrence, Jersey {5 rooms}; b.Devon {father b.Dev}; Jane Susan 65 {39y 11births, 6 alive} b.St L {father b.Dev}; Mabel Maud 24unm laundress b.St L; scan; Listed at 'La Cave' in '11cen summary
: ['11cen Mary Ann 33unm green grocer (self employed) in 5 rooms at 40 Aquila Rd, St Helier, Jersey, b.St Lawrence, Jersey (father b.Devon) neice with Charles James 66 private means b.St Peter, Jersey (father b.Dev) & Mary Ann James 73 {m.39y, 1 birth, not alive} b.St Laurens, Jersey (as father) scan]
: ['11cen John 28 grocers assistant at 4 Le Geyt St, St Helier {5 rooms}; b.St Lawrence {father b.Devon} brother-in-law with William Joseph Cabot 38 carpenter b.St H, Louisa Florence Cabot 34 {m.14y, 2 births} b.St L, Linda Louisa Cabot 13 & Doris Ellen Cabot 11 both at school, b.St H; scan] : [?a J Soper in Royal Militia of Jersey 1914]

Soper from Southampton on 'The Waverley'; in 'The Star' pub.St Peter Port, 1 Jul 1871, from news.bl.uk; scan
: Mrs Soper arrived from Weymouth on 'The Aquilla' 8 Aug; in 'The Star' 10 Aug 1871; scan
: Mr Soper arrived on 'The Havre', from Southampton 13 May; in 'The Star' 15 May 1873; scan
: Mrs Soper arrived on 'Aquila' 9 Aug; in 'The Star' 11 Aug 1874; scan

Louise Mary Ann (Soper) & Frederick Angell a gas fitter; bapt children St Helier; Alice Maud b.9 Jul 1872, bpt.11 Aug; Robert Charles b.23 Jun 1873 bpt.12 Oct (godfather Joseph Fielding); Tom b.17 Jan 1879; bpt.9 Feb (godfather Tom Angell by minister D M Lempriere); Robert b.4 May 1881; bpt 18 May; Grace b.21 Sep 1883; bpt 19 Dec (both by curate P A Le Feuvre); Ann Florence b.4 Dec 1884 bpt 24.Jun 1885 (by minister C H Gough) Willia Douglas b.19 Jan 1887 bpt.2 Mar; Alice Gertrude b.12 Oct 1888 bpt 1 Apr 1890; Blanche b.12 Dec 1889, bpt 1 Apr 1890; all at St Helier parish; www.jerseyheritagetrust & theislandwik
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Louisa Margaret Soper (b.c1855 St Helier) m.Frederick Angell, St Saviour's Church, Jersey; 16 children b.St Helier 1872-92 tree

Adelina Selina Soper m.John James Henry Drew, they bpt.Albert Charles Akarter Drew 8 Apr 1873 St Pierre Port, Guernsey : [dau of Richard & Elizabeth Vagg who m.1845] : [d & m.not vis Eng bmd or '51/'61cen] : ancestry

Matilda Alice Soper (1855-1892) b.Vale, Guernsey; m.27 Apr 1876, Eldad Chapel St PP, to Henry Netherton (1854-1909) nurseryman; 12 children; d.22 Sep 1892, Villa Threasa Ville Au Roi S.P.P.Gsy; decarteret.org.uk

John Soper (c1803-1876) d.5 Nov 1876, aged 73 years [not bmd vis - a John d.Exeter Apr>Jun 1875 age 73], 'The Star ' (pub.St Peter Port 18 Nov), from newspapers.bl.uk [??'51cen a John 49 in England b.Guernsey] Florence Emily Soper, of 6 Victoria Cottage Homes, St Saviour, b.10 Jun 1877 : Immigration & Nationality Dept Record; 16 Jan 1941 : jerseyheritagetrust ['81cen age 4 with Thomas/Jane Eliza]

Louisa Soper in Jersey National Girls school Log Book sometime between 1878-92 : jerseyheritagetrust : [a Louisa 14 at St Helier '91cen b.St Lawrence, a milliner] : [?a Louisa Mary Ann Soper m.Frederick Angell a gas fitter, a son b.1887]

Amelia Soper m.Adolphus Edmund Ozanne, painter; Frederick William Ozanne b.10 Jan 1878; bpt 17 Aug 1879 & Albert Edward Ozanne b.29 Jul 1879; bpt 17 Aug 1879 to Adolphus Edmund & Amelia (Soper) painter; at St Helier parish by curate J U Pilbeam. from www.jerseyheritagetrust
: ['71cen Amelia (c1851-?) gen servant 20, b.St Helier, Jersey; at 11 Esplanade, Le Bosq, St Peter Port; in household of Sarah P Rougier 39 widow annintant & niece Emma R Bramwell 14 both b.Eng : scan] : [age 1 in '51cen with William Soaper b.Eng 43 & Elizabeth]

Guernsey 1881 Census, 17 Sopers

Anne D Soper 71, head, widowed gen serv b.Eng at 13 St Georges Esplanade, St Peter-Port : Margaret D Soper 13 grand dau, scholar b.America (British) : [Margaret not vis '71/'91cen or bmd ]

Charles E Soper 31 an ag lab at Cheminant Cottage La, Couture Rd, St Peter Port, Guernsey; b.St PP : wife Annie Soper 31 b.Eng : Amy Gertrude Soper 1 b.St PP; Vagg site
: Charles Edward Soper b.St PP to Richard & Elizabeth nee Vagg, m.1845 Charles m.Honor Beck [not vis uk bmd] & child Amy Gertrude Soper source
Amy Gertrude Soper b.3 Dec 1879 St PP ; a nurse '01cen lady's maid in Mayfair*; 31unm lady's maid
Eva Soper b.1882, St PP; '11cen 24unm children's nurse, Guernsey
Hilda Soper b.1884, St PP; '11cen 27unm nurse, Guernsey
Lloyd W Soper b.1889, Castel, Guernsey; to US 1907; Iowa farmer; m.Edith Vawter 1914
Nettie Soper b.1893, St Martins, Guernsey; '11cen Hettie 18 dressmaker; (1917-8 waitress, Pirbright soldiers' convalescent hosp, her sweetheart in Mesopotamia*)
: [Charles Edward b.1848 to Richard & Elizabeth]
: ['71cen with parents]
: '91cen Charles 41 gardener at Hubits Haut, St Peter Port; b.St PP, Annie 41, b.S.set, Amy 11, Eva 9, Hilda 7 all scholars b.St PP, Lloyd 2 b.Castel, Guernsey : scan
: '01cen 51 foreman gardening at St Martins, Guernsey, Annie b.St M 51, Lloyd 12 b.Catel, Guernsey, Nettie 8 b.St Martins
: '01cen Amy 21unm domestic nurse b.St Peter Port, Guernsey, at 'Widford Lodge', 5 Kings Rd, St PP, in household of Henry J Harvey 60 Lt.-Col. retired Kings Own Borderers; b.St PP, Guernsey, wife 47 & 3 children 8-12, cook 63 b.Lancs, housemaid 20 b.Dresdon, Germany; scan; from Harvey biog
: '11cen Charles 60 gardener at St PP, b.St PP {his father b.Ivybridge, Dev}, Honor 60 {m.32y; 7 children, 5 alive} b.Chard, S.set {father b.St Nicholas, Combe, S,set}, Hettie 18unm dressmaker (self employed at home) b.St Martins, Guernsey : scan
: '11cen Amy 31unm lady's maid in 20 rooms at Nea House, Somerley, Ringwood; b.Guernsey, Channel Islands; servant to Allan Fullerton 33 private means b.Hants, wife 28 {m.4y 1 birth}, son 2, married sisters 45 & 43, housemaid 43, under housemaid 20, nurse 34, parlourmaid 33, under parlourmaid 24, cook 30, kitchen maid 20, materinity nurse 48 scan
: '11cen Eva 29unm nurse maid in 24 rooms at McMount, St Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands; b.Guernsey; (father b.Guernsey) servant to Amand Prein 45 & wife Elsie 39 {m.13y, 1 birth}, housemaid 25, parlourmaid 26 & cook 32 scan
: '11cen Hilda 27unm domestic nurse in 13 rooms at Teckenham House, Queens Rd, St Peter Port, Guernsey, b.St Peter Port; father b.Chelmsford, Ex; servant with Earnest Hutchingson 39 fruit grocer, wife 38, 3 children 4-12 & cook 34. housemaid 23 scan
: 1920 Charles Edward Soper (1850-1920) gardener; d.28 Feb 1920 Hillstead Foulon Rd, St PP (gave up work 1918 as ill*)
'39cen ?an Eva M Soper 57unm ladys maid (b.24 Oct 1881) at Echobam, Echo Barn Lane, Farnham, Sy; with William N Budgen b.30 Dec 1879 sr col army service, royal artillery, retired; Alice E C Budgen b.30 Jul 1880 udd b & Alice E Aikman b.4 Oct 1852 incapacitated, widow scan : [b.not vis bmd; only Eva vis ;11cen]
: 1968 ?an Eva M Soper (c1882-1968) d.Jan>Mar 1968, Barking, Lon, age 86
: *Lloyd W Soper (c1889-1916) sailed from Liverpool, on The Lucania, arriving Ellis Island, NY. 31 Mar 1907 Residence London. Lloyd left his parents home, at "Hillstead," in Foulon, Guernsey, Channel Islands, via Liverpool. He became a farmer near Chariton, in Lucas County, Iowa & m.Edith Vawter, Feb 1914. Dau Alice b. Aug 1916. Within 3 months, Lloyd took tuberculosis treatment in Des Moines, staying with the Ozannes family, relatives from England & died. His parents Charles (?-1920) (gave up work 1918 as ill) & Annie, sisters, Amy (a lady's maid in Mayfair, Lon; a baptist, but attends conregational chapel as the minister splendid), Eva (children's nurse, Guernsey), Hilda & Nettie (waitress Pirbright soldier's convalescent hospital, 1917-8, her sweetheart in Mesopotamia). Edith rem.Mr Ashby 1920 : Alice m.Mr Shaw ; from Soper letters in US uni [link mislayed]

Edward Soper 26, wife Elizabeth Soper 25 both b.Guernsey, at 9 Maughan Terr, Penarth, Glamorgan : [Edward George b.1848 to Richard & Elizabeth] Edwin Soper 40 engine driver, at La Cave, St Lawrence, Jersey; b.Dev; Jane Susan Soper 35; Jane Soper 8 both St Lawrence, Jersey; Ellen Mary Soper 7 b.St Martin, Jersey; Louisa Florence Soper 5 all scholar; Mary Ann Soper 3; William Soper 8m all b.St Lawrence; & boarders Louisa Canning 42w, ironer & Esther Gaudin 40 both St Lawrence

Elizabeth Soper 63, wife (head), a laundress at Normanville Fosse Andre, St Peter-Port. b.St PP, also Francis Atkins 18 a dom serv : ['71cen laundress 52, husband 56 & 5 kids 13-21]

Martha Soper 78 retired serv b.Plymouth at 11 Victoria Terrace, St Peter-Port one of two female friends 54 living with Helier BAKER 78 a farmer b.Sark : ['71cen 58 b.Dorset & husband William 65? but wrong place & date]

Richard Soper 65 a dom serv at Belle Vue, St Peter-Port, born ?, the only servant in house of Mary JOHN 71, 2 dau, 6 gr.children 7-16 & a boarder : [m.Elizabeth 1845] : ['71cen perhaps 56 (if so wife Elizabeth laundress 52 above)]

Thomas Soper 76, gardener at 7 Ville Au Roi, St Peter-Port, Guernsey. b.Dev : wife Mary Soper 78 b.Cambridge : [Thomas & Mary still St Peter Port '41cen, '51cen '71cen & '81cen]

William Soper 64 widowed stone dresser b.? at 23 St Georges Esplanade, St Peter-Port; Emily Soper 17unm dau, house keeper b.St Johns : [William Soaper m.Elizabeth bef.1842]

William D Soper 42 ship carpenter at Bath Cottage S Jacques, St Peter Port, Guernsey. b.St Helier, Jersey; wife Isabella D Soper 38 b.Catel, Guernsey : Isabella D Soper 12 b.? & Walter W D Soper 11d b.St PP : [b.1848 to Richard & Elizabeth] : [with wife Isabell Isle of Wight '71/'01cen biog]

William Soper 35 widowed stone cracker at 15 Pollet St, St Peter Port b.St PP, Guernsey : [b.1846 to Richard & Elizabeth]

William Soper 30 fisherman b.'France', Guernsey, Ann Soper 27 servant, Henry L Soper 2 at Campbell St 6 Beaufort Terr, Kingston-upon-Hull, Yorkshire & Lena Soper 4m both b.Hull, Yorks

Jersey 1881 census, 15 Sopers

Edwin Soper 40 an engine driver at La Cave, St Lawrence. b.Dev; Jane Susan Soper 35 [assume ne Gaundin from '91cen] b.St Lawrence: Jane Soper 8; Ellen Mary Soper 7 b.St Martin; Louisa Florence Soper 5 all scholars; Mary Ann Soper 3; William Soper 8m, all but Ellen b.St Lawrence, Jersey; others in household Louisa Canning 42 b.St L widowed ironer, boarder & Esther Gusdin 40 b.St L unm boarder, lunatic : source : [m.bef1871]

George Soper 60 a labourer at La Cave (Merry Vale), St Lawrence, b.Dorset; wife Jane Soper 46 b.Grouville, Jersey 42 a widowed ironer scan
: ['41cen perhaps George Soaper 20-4 at Maiden Newton, Dorset, parents Mathew & Emmey]
: ['61cen George 39 labourer at St Johns Cottage?, St Johns, Jersey; b.England; Jane 26 farmers wife; b.Granville, Jersey; (below 2nd household of Charles Billet 43 shoe maker & wife Esther 39) scan; &]
: ['71cen George gardener 50, b.Dorset; at Gelettes Hill, Coin, Tourgis, Sud, St Lawrence; Jane 36, b.Grouville : scan]
: ['91cen George 69 agricultural labourer at Clear View Cottage, Rue de Haute, St Lawrence, 69 b.England; wife Jane 55 charwoman b.Grouville, Jersey (both employees); scan]

Matilda Soper 16 no occupation b.Southampton, Hants, at 32 Hilgrove Ln, St Helier niece, with Auguste M C Archer 32 master baker & wife Elonid Archer, both b.Jersey & a visiting schoolteacher 24 scan : [b.1864 to Walter Richard Soper & Elecodie Olive Rachel Roussean who m.1863 Southampton, Hants] : ['91cen with uncle/aunt Thomas/Jane] : ['01cen Matilda 32 at Jersey] : ['11cen Matilda 46 at Jersey]

Thomas Soper 47 a hatter at 10 New St, St Helier. b.St H; wife Jane E Soper 42 b.Trinity, Jersey; Emma J C Soper 14; Edith M Soper 6; Florence E Soper 4 all b.St H; (a publican's family also at address?) scan & : [Thomas m.Jane Elizabeth Davis bef.1867] : [parents? William & Ann '51cen]

born Channel Islands 1881 but living elsewhere

William Soper 40 carpenter at Lansdown Cemetery Lodge Lansdown Rd, Walcot, S.set, wife Isabella Soper 41 & Helen 14 scholar all b.Guernsey : [in Hants '71cen]

William Soper 30 fisherman b.'France', Guernsey at Campbell St 6 Beaufort Terr, Kingston-upon-Hull, Yorkshire; Ann Soper 27 servant, Henry L Soper (c1879-?) age 2 & Lena Soper 4m both b.Hull, Yorks : [William Lane Soper m.1877 & d.Apr>Jun 1881 age 30 Hull, Yorks]

Hilda Jessie Soper b.5 Nov 1882; bpt.3 Oct 1882 to Thomas Soper, hatter & Jane Elizabeth (Davis); godmother Elvina Mallet, bpt at St Helier parish by L Seichan; from www.jerseyheritagetrust

Herbert Charles Soper d.6 Jan 1886 aged 15 days (extract from the civil register); in 'The Star ' (pub.St Peter Port) 16 Jan, from newspapers.bl.uk

Louisa Mary Ann Soper (now Angell) & Frederick Angell a gas fitter, parents of Douglas Angell b.19 Jan 1887; private bapt.2 Mar 1887, St Helier Church : jerseyheritagetrust : [?a Louisa at school after 1878, assume niece of Thomas & Jane see '81cen]

Lloyd W Soper (c1889-1916) age 18, sailed from Liverpool, on The Lucania, arriving Ellis Island, NY. 31 Mar 1907. Residence London, Eng
: Lloyd left his parents home, at "Hillstead,", Foulon, Guernsey, Channel Islands, via Liverpool. He became a farmer near Chariton, Lucas County, Iowa & m.Edith Vawter, Feb 1914. dau Alice, b.Aug 1916. Within 3 months, Lloyd took tuberculosis treatment in Des Moines (staying with English relatives, 'the Ozannes') & died. His parents Charles (?-1920) & Annie; (Charles gave up work 1918 as ill); sisters, Amy [a lady's maid in Mayfair, Lon a baptist, but attends Congregational Chapel as the minister splendid], Eva (a children's nurse, Guernsey), Hilda & Nettie (a waitress in Pirbright convalescent hospital, 1917-8; had sweetheart in Mesopotamia). Edith rem Mr Ashby 1920 : Alice m. Mr Shaw : from Soper letters : [with parents '91cen & '01cen]

Mary Mansfield Soper d.11 Nov 1889, age 86, wife of Thomas Soper; from St Peter Port Register; in 'The Star ' (pub.St Peter Port) 16 Nov, from newspapers.bl.uk : [Thomas & Mary at St Peter Port '41cen - '91cen]

[assume] William (c1834-?) m.Jane Ann Torode (both b.St PP) widow of a soldier (who was b.Fort Houmet, Alderney) m.between 1869 & 1891
'91cen Jane 57m, head at 22 Pollesth, St PP, & son William Forode 22unm coachman (groom) both b.St PP (9 in 4 households there) : scan
'01cen William Soper 67 'z' [no job?] at 39 Cornet Street, St Peter Port, Guernsey 67 b.St PP, Jane Ann 57 b.St Peters, Jersey (27 in 6 households there) : scan
'11cen Jane Ann Soper 83 widowed mother supported by son in 3 rooms at Cornet St, St Peter Port, Guernsey {father b.Cornwall}, b.St PP (her father b.Cornwall) with her son William Torode 43 storeman at forage merchants b.St PP, (his father [so Jane's husband] b.Fort Houmet); Bridget 33 {m.13y, 5 births, 1 alive} b.Delaney (father b.Ireland) & Winnie Foronde 12 at school b.St PP: scan

Channel Islands 1891 Census, 30 Sopers

Charles Soper 41 gardener at Hubits Haut, St Peter Port, Guernsey; b.St PP, wife Annie Soper 41, b.Somerset, Amy Soper 11, Eva Soper 9, Hilda Soper 7 all scholars b.St PP, Lloyd Soper 2 b.Castel, Guernsey : scan : [parents Charle & Annie '81cen]

Emily Soper 23 unm general domestic servant, at 10 New Street, St Peter Port, Guernsey; b.St PP; with Louisa Miller 39 widowed lodging house keeper, dau Myra 14, mother Margaret Farrell 80 own means & adopted child Florence L Gonbey 10 scholar b.St PP, also 7 lodgers, male workers 23-30, 1 with wife : scan : [?parents William Soaper m.Elizabeth bef.1842]
: '01cen Emily 34 general domestic servant, b.St PP

Edwin Soper 50 general labourer in 4 rooms at La Cave, St Lawrence, Guernsey; b.Devon '91cen : wife Jane Susan Soper 45; Jane Susan Soper 18 dress maker; Ellen Mary Soper 17 b.St Martin; William Soper 10 both scholars; John Soper 8; Mable M Soper 4 all but Ellen b.St Lawrence, Jersey : scan : [m.c1872]

George Soper 69 agricultural labourer at Clear View Cottage, Rue de Haute, St Lawrence, Jersey; b.England : wife Jane Soper 55 charwoman b.Grouville, Jersey (both employees) : scan : [60 labourer at La Cave '81cen]

Jane Soper 57 married head at 22 Pollesth, St Peter Port, Guernsey '91cen & son William Forode 22unm coachman (groom) both b.St PP (9 in 4 households there) : scan : [William m.Jane Ann Torode bef1891]

Louisa Soper 14 milliner (dress) at 11b Devonshire Lane, St Helier, Jersey '91cen niece with Louisa Cannirty? widowed laundress, sister Esther Gaundin 50unm imbacile & brother John Gaudin 42 unm sailmaker all b.St Lawrence : scan : [parents Edwin & Jane Susan m.c1872]

Mathilda Soper 24 on own means at 21 Clarendon Road, St Helier, Jersey '91cen; b.Southampton unm niece with Auguste Magloir D'Archer?44 living on his own means b.St Lawrence, Jer; wife Elvine Ann 43 b.St Lawrence, Jer : scan : [b.1864 to Walter Richard & Elecodie Olive Rachel Roussean who m.1863 Southampton, Hants]

Mary Ann Soper 13 scholar at 40 Aquila Road, St Heliers, Jersey; b.St Lawrence '91cen, niece with Charles James 44 miller b.St Peters & wife Mary Ann James 53 shop keeper; b.St Lawrence [6 in 3 households there] : scan : [parents Edwin & Jane Susan m.c1872]

Philip Sopier at Jersey Orphans House, Grouville, 4 b.St Helier, Jersey : scan : [on 23rd page emplying big unit] : [assume gr.son or nephew of Wallace A Sopier 50 below; (Philip not vis later)] Richard Soper father-in-law 76 sawyer b.Eng, Elizabeth Soper 73 m-in-law laundress (retired) b.St Peter Port at Rue Pondunie R R, St Martins, Guernsey '91cen with Philip J Filleul 37 head; an assurance agent (employee) b.St Clements, Jer, wife Adelina Filleul 39 dress maker residential b.Geurnsey & step children Albert A Drew 17; Winifred E 15 app dress maker; Ethel M app grocer; Walter N 13 & Arthur W 12 both app gardeners, Clifford J 10 scholar & son Stanley Fillent 3 all b. St Peter Port, Guernsey: scan : [Richard & Elizabeth m.1845]

Thomas Soper (1835-?) a hatter? at 10 Broad Street, St Heleir 56 b.St H, Jersey; Jane Soper 52 b.Trinley, Jersey, 3 dau Edith Soper 16 milliner; Florence Soper 14; Hilda Soper 8 all b.St H; scan : [Thomas m.Jane Elizabeth Davis bef.1867]

Wallace A Sopier (1850-?) near Church, Terrace, St Martin, Vingtaine De L Eglise St Martins, Jersey, 41; Jane Sopier 50 b.St Martin & mother Mary Sopier 70 b.b.St Saviour, Jersey scan : ['91cen assume connection to Philip Sopier at Jersey Orphans House, Grouville, 4 b.St Helier, Jersey above]

& 5 born in Channel Islands, '01 cen but moved to another county
William Soper (1850-?) at Winterbourne, Glos 50, wife Isabella Soper 50, & dau Ellen Soper 24 all b.Guernsey '91cen : [in Hants '71cen]

Mable Soper in St Matthews Mixed schooll Millbrook Log Book 1894-1915. from www.jerseyheritagetrust : [?a Mable Maud b.c1887 to Edwin & Jane Susan m.c1872]

John William Soper Hunt bpt.7 Mar 1897 St Pierre Port, Guernsey to Elizabeth nee Soper & John Hunt; also Agnes Thursa Hunt bpt.9 Dec 1847 Guernsey; ancestry.com

William Soper (c1887-?) b.St Lawrence, Jersey, a gardener, Pvt 1st Reg Jersey Light Infantry; Jersey Militia; Attested at St Helier, Jersey, 17 Jul 1899; age 18; Joined Aldershot 21 Jul 99; Served 21 years Royal Army Medical Corps; S Africa 9y, Mauritius 2�y, Brit Ex Force, France 5y; biog

Channel Islands 1901 Census, 19 Sopers

Amy Soper (1880-?) 21unm domestic nurse b.St Peter Port, Guernsey, at 'Widford Lodge', 5 Kings Rd, St PP '01cen in household of Henry J Harvey 60 Lt.-Col. retired Kings Own Borderers; b.St PP, Guernsey, wife 47 & 3 children 8-12, cook 63 b.Lancs, housemaid 20 b.Dresdon, Germany; scan [Amy Gertude Soper's parents Charles E 31 ag lab at Guernsey & Annie '81cen] : [rootschat page notes on household head, Henry James Harvey]

Charles Soper (c1850-?) a foreman gardening 51 at Houbits, St Martins, Guernsey, b.St Peter Port, Annie 51 b.England, Lloyd 12 b.Catel, Guernsey, Nettie 8 b.St M, '01cen; scan : [see '81cen : '11cen, Charles 60 & Hettie Soper 18]

Elizabeth Soper (c1836-?) Guernsey 65 widow [in an institution, of old females], b.Catel Parish, Guernsey; scan : [no obvious above]

Emily F 34unm general domestic servant at 40 Hauteults?, St Peter Port, Guernsey, b.St PP '01cen with of A P Roger 43 watchmaker & jeweller, b.St Martin, wife Maud L b.Eng 31 & 4 dau 3-21 b.St PP scan : [Emily 23 unm general domestic servant '91cen]

Eva M Soper 19unm nurse? (domestic), at The Mount, Queens Rd, St Peter, Guernsey; b.Caslet, Guernsey '01cen; servant with Osmond Poiaula 35 on own means b.NSW, Aust, wife 29 & son 1, also maids 17 & 24 b.Guernsey : scan : [parents Charle & Annie '81cen]

Henry Soper 36 b.Devonport, Dev : Francis Soper 20 b.Tamerton, Dev an ordinary seaman 2 sailors at Sark Island;

John Soper at (c1879-?) a gunner R G A, [a barrack list, Royal Garrison Artillery] at Channel Islands 22; b.St Thomas, Exeter, Dev : scan: [?a J Soper in Royal Militia of Jersey 1914]

Mathilda Soper 32 unm at 21 Clarendon Road, St Helier, Jersey; b.Southampton; '01cen; niece with Auguste M LeArcher 51 retired baker, St Lawrence, Jersey; Elvina A L'Archer 49 b.St Helier : scan : [b.1864 to Walter Richard & Elecodie Olive Rachel Roussean who m.1863 Southampton, Hants]

Mary A Soper 23 neice at 40 Aquila Rd, St Helier, Jersey; b.St Lawrence with Charles James 33* dairyman (self employed at home), St Peters, Jersey; Mary A James 63 b.St L : scan [*seem OK but 11y age difference '91cen so 53?] : [parents Edwin & Jane Susan m.c1872]

Thomas Soper (c1835-?) widowed hatter 66 self employed at home at 10 Broad Street at St Helier, Jersey, b.St H; Edith 26unm milliner, both self employed) b.St H, Florence 24unm dressmaker (employee) b.St H, Hilda 18 b.St H, '01cen : scan : [Thomas m.Jane Elizabeth Davis bef.1867]

William Soper (c1834-?) 67 'z' [no job?] at 39 Cornet Street, St Peter Port, Guernsey 67 b.St PP, Jane Ann 57 b.St Peters, Jersey (27 in 6 households there) : scan : [William m.Jane Ann Torode bef1891]

& 5 born in Channel Islands, '01 cen but moved to another county
William Soper (c1843-?) a carpenter at Isle of Wight, Newport, Hants 58 & Isabella 57 both b.Guernsey : [in Hants '71cen]

Edward Soper (c1855-?) a house builder at Shirley, Hants 46 & Elizabeth Soper 45 both b.Guernsey

Helen Soper (c1870-?) a matron at institution, at Croydon C B, Surrey 31 b.Guernsey

Matilda Elenore Soper, 3 West End Terrace, Peirson Rd, St Helier. Will dated 1 Sept 1909. Record 30 Jan 1936 (joined with will dated 5 Mar 1890 of Edwin Adam Briggs of 3 West End Terrace, a doctor, record 17 Jul 1894) : jerseyheritagetrust: assume....
: [Matilda b.1864 to Walter Richard Soper & Elecodie Olive Rachel Roussean who m.1863 Southampton, Hants]
: '81cen Matilda 16 with aunt Auguste Archer
: '91cen Mathilda 24 on own means at 21 Clarendon Rd, St Helier, Jersey; b.Southampton unm niece with Auguste Magloir D'Archer?44 living on his own means b.St Lawrence, Jer; wife Elvine Ann 43 b.St Lawrence, Jer; scan
: '01cen Mathilda 32 unm at 21 Clarendon Rd; b.S'ton; niece with Auguste M LeArcher 51 retired baker, St Lawrence, Jersey; Elvina A L'Archer 49 b.St Helier : scan
: '11cen Matilda 46unm at 3 West End Terrace, Pierson Rd, Jersey {8 rooms}; b.Southampton.Hants {father b.Basingstoke}; neice with ? M L Arehen 61 retired baker b.St Lawrence; Alina? L Arehen 60 {m.34y no children} b.St Helier {both fathers b.France}; scan
: [Matilda Elenore Soper who wrote will 1919]

Channel Islands. 1911 census 17 names

Charles Soper 60 domestic gardener at St Peter Port, Guernsey {5 rooms}, b.St PP {his father b.Ivybridge, Dev}, Honor Soper 60 b.Chard, S.set {father b.St Nicholas, Combe, S,set} {m.32y; 7 children 2d}, Hettie Soper 18 dressmaker (self employed at home) b.St Martins, Guernsey : scan: [see '81cen]

Edwin Soper 70 farm labourer at Sandy Brook, St Lawrence, Jersey {5 rooms}; b.Devon {father b.Dev} & Jane Susan Soper 65 {39y 11births, 6 alive} b.St L {father b.Dev}; Mabel Maud Soper 24 laundress b.St L; scan; Listed at 'La Cave' in '11cen summary: [m.c1872]

Eva Soper 29unm nurse maid in 24 rooms at McMount, St Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands; b.Guernsey '11cen; (father b.Guernsey) servant to Amand Prein 45 & wife Elsie 39 {m.13y, 1 birth}, housemaid 25, parlourmaid 26 & cook 32 scan : [parents Charle & Annie '81cen]

Hilda Soper 27unm domestic nurse in 13 rooms at Teckenham House, Queens Rd, St Peter Port, Guernsey, b.St Peter Port; father b.Chelmsford, Ex; servant with Earnest Hutchingson 39 fruit grocer, wife 38, 3 children 4-12 & cook 34. housemaid 23 scan : [parents Charles/Honor above, see '81cen]

Jane Ann Soper 83 widowed mother supported by son in 3 rooms at Cornet St, St Peter Port, Guernsey {father b.Cornwall}, b.St PP (her father b.Cornwall) with her son William Toronde 43 storeman at forage merchants b.St PP, (his father [Jane's 1st husband?] b.Fort Houmet); Bridget 33 {m.13y, 5 births, 1 alive} b.Delaney (father b.Ireland) & Winnie Foronde 12 at school b.St PP: scan : [William m.Jane Ann Torode bef1891]

John Soper (c1883-?) 28 grocers assistant at 4 Le Geyt St, St Helier, Jersey {5 rooms}; b.St Lawrence, Jersey {father b.Devon} brother-in-law with William Joseph Cabot 38 carpenter b.St Helier, Louisa Florence Cabot 34 {m.14y, 2 children} b.St Lawrence, Linda Louisa Cabot 13 & Doris Ellen Cabot 11 both at school, b.St Helier; scan : [parents Edwin & Jane Susan m.c1872] : [?a J Soper in Royal Militia of Jersey 1914]

Mary Ann Soper 33unm green grocer (self employed) in 5 rooms at 40 Aquila Road, St Helier, Jersey, b.St Lawrence, Jersey, Channel Islands '11cen (father b.Devon) with uncle.aunt Charles James 66 private means b.St Peter, Jersey (father b.Dev) & Mary Ann James 73 {m.39y, 1 birth, not alive} b.St Laurens, Jersey (as father) scan : [parents Edwin & Jane Susan m.c1872]

Matilda Soper 46unm at 3 West End Terrace, Pierson Rd, Jersey {8 rooms}; b.Southampton, Hants {father b.Basingstoke}; neice with ? M L Arehen 61 retired baker b.St Lawrence; Alina? L Arehen 60 {m.34y no children} b.St Helier {both fathers b.France}; scan: [assume Matilda Elenore Soper who wrote will 1919]

Thomas Soper 76 widower, retired hatter {proficial hatter? retired through ill health - crossed out} {his father b.St H} at 1 Elizabeth Place, Jersey {6 rooms} & dau's Edith M Soper 36unm self employed milliner at home, Florence E Soper 34unm dressmaker employee at workroom & Hilda J Soper 28unm all b.St Helier, Jersey; scan : [his 3 dau '91cen : '81cen]

William Soper 69 married, general labourer in a male ward in a hospital St Peter Port, Guernsey, b.Brixham, Devon; {m.46y - so m.c1865, b.c1842}; (father b.Brixham) [page of 20 men, 5 in asylum, 15 hospital, but not divided] scan : ['Soper' but not vis above or in other census; bmd no m.vis Totnes RD only birth, William Francis Patey Soper b.Jan>Mar 1843, Totnes]

Mr Soper & 2 females at Oleah Lodge Toulon Rd, St Peter Port, Guernsey; [from '11cen summary, but not linked above]

J Soper, Private 'D' Company of 3rd South Battalion of Royal Militia of Jersey; Monthly Pay Lists covering 1 Aug - 31 Dec 1914 : jerseyheritagetrust : [?'01cen a John Soper 28 a (tea/assistant) at Jersey?]
Madge M Soper b.Oct>Dec 1918 (mother nee Soper) m.Arthur J Crick Jul>Sep 1939, both Luton, Beds (bmd)

Charles Edward Soper (1850-1920) gardener d.28 Feb 1920 Hillstead Foulon Rd, St PP : [ag lab '81cen]

Hilda Jessie Soper, of 6 Victoria Cottage Homes, St Saviour, Jersey b.10 Jun 1877 : Registration card of Immigration & Nationality Dept Record; 16 Jan 1941 : jerseyheritagetrust : [a Hilda, dau of Charles/Annie in '91cen but age 7, b.c1884]
- Hilda Jessie Soper, of 15, Victoria Cottage Homes, St Saviour. Will 22 Oct 1956 : Record 21 May 1960 : jerseyheritagetrust
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John Soper of 40 Aquila Rd, St Helier, b.1 Oct 1884; Registration card of 15 Jan 1941 : [same address as Mary Ann below, so assume sister b.c1878] : [??a John b.c1883 to Edwin & Jane Susan m.c1872]
- - - - Mabel Maud Hamon, n�e Soper, of Windsor Cottage, La Rocque, Grouville, b.8 Feb 1887; Blue Registration form 23 Jan 1941; Immigration & Nationality Dept. from www.jerseyheritagetrust
Mabel Maud Soper, widow of George Hamon, of 2, Windsor Cottages, La Rocque, Grouville. Will 8 Jan 1954. record dated 10 Jan 1967 : [Mable Maud b.c1887 to Edwin & Jane Susan m.c1872]

Mary Ann Bisson, n�e Soper, widow of Arthur William Bisson, of 40 Aquila Rd, St Helier. Will, bequeaths to Linda Louisa Picot (n� Cabot), Doris Ellen Brown (n� Cabot), Evelyn Jane Renouf (n� Goubert), Nellie Mary Goubert, Roy Stanley Picot & June Linda Picot �25 each. Residue bequeathed equally between her brothers & sisters. 16 Oct 1944 : jerseyheritagetrust : [Bisson connection? a Mary Ann Soper & Jane Elizabeth Bisson, godmothers to Emma b.1967] : [??a Mary Ann b.c1878 to Edwin & Jane Susan m.c1872] : [same address as John above]

Rhoda Norris Soper, of 35 Church Walk, Worthing, Sussex. Will 6 Mar 1953 (records of Jersey) : jerseyheritagetrust

Mabel Maud Soper, widow of George Hamon, of 2 Windsor Cottages, La Rocque, Grouville. Will Dated 8 Jan 1954; Record 10 Jan 1967 : jerseyheritagetrust : ['91cen age 4 with parents Edwin 50 & Jane Susan 45, parents m.c1872]

Charles Goronwy Soper of Greenwood Hotel, Roseville St, St Helier. Grant of Probate 19 Sep 1969 : jerseyheritagetrust
'71cen connection? a Walter Soper (c1862-?) a scholar 9, b.Eng; at Hasting's Cottage, Roseville St, St Helier : scan

Cheshire

4 igi & 10 bmd records for Cheshire

a Soper recorded in Cheshire Court Rolls 1259-90 : scan for sale originalrecord.com

Philip Soper m.Sarah Flapscott, 7 Nov 1758 St Oswald's, Chester

Edward Soper & Jane Soper bapt at Runcorn Mary Soper 5 Jan 1823, Sarah Soper 22 May 1825 & John Soper 8 Jul 1832
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Edward & Jane Soper in Cheshire Court, Jul 1828; sentence aquittal : from Criminal Registers from Ancestry.com (where crime available)

Mr Soper, independent minister seconded a motion for a [new] church-rate of 6d in the � for the year at meeting at Grantham vestry 575 to 200 suported motion. Support from a previous petition against church rates to parliament with 4-500 signatures against the rate did not materialise; in 'The Standard' (pub.Lon) 20 Jun 1837, from newspapers.bl.uk biog

Jane Soper m.Henry Foulks at St Elphin, Warrington, Jan>Mar 1839 [Warrington bmd district]

No Sopers in 1841 census

Richard George Soper (1829-1912) Congregational minister appointed to Birkenhead, Cheshire 1845 biog

Edward Sooper b.Apr>Jun 1847, Sarah Sooper b.Jan>Mar 1849 both Runcorn, Cheshire [both in '51cen]

Jane Sooper b.Jan>Mar 1850, Runcorn, Cheshire

1851 Census, only 1 family living in Cheshire
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 : [not vis '41/'61/'71cen]

R G Soper BA with many others listed at attending the opening of Owens College, Manchester (using a dwelling house in Quay St) : from Guardian Newspaper, 15 Mar 1851 [see Rev Richard George Soper (c1829-1912)]

Rev Richard George Soper BA of Clevedon, m.Mary Farmer 18 Dec 1855, at Langton St Chapel, Bedminster 2nd dau of late Frederick Farmer esq of the Army Medical Corps; [Oct>Dec Bedminster dist] [see Rev R G Soper (c1829-1912)]

Mr Soper of Liverpool (presume with Mr Steer, Mr Knott & Mr Downsman all of Liverpool) guests at St George Hotel, Llandudno; in 'North Wales Chronicle' 11 Sep 1858, from newspapers.bl.uk : scan

No Sopers in 1861 census

1871 census; 1 Soper

William Soper Parnell (c1824-?) 47, b.Shaldon, St Nicholas, Devon; master mariner of the "Montezuma" of Liverpool, Tranmere; 326 tons, ship off Tranmere, Cheshire, also chief officer, cook/steward, boatswaine, able seamen x4 & a boy : '71cen scan & scan2 : [see sailing Sopers]

James Soper a servant at Haslington, Cheshire, 15 b.Haslington

Richard George Soper (1829-1912) Congregational minister, transfered to Hoylake, Cheshire 1874-94 biog
- Rev R G Soper, BA accepted an invitation, unanimously given Jan 1874, to be pastor of the church, which was formally constituted in that year. Mr Soper still continues his useful labours here, was educated at Lancashire College & previous to his settlement at Hoylake, held pastorates at Clevedon, S.set & Ludlow, Shrops. "Lancashire nonconformity" scan
- Rev G Soper (1874 - 1894) A photograph of him at Hoylake United Reformed Church, Cheshire www.a2a.pro.gov.uk
- Rev R G Soper conducted a marriage at the Congregational Church, Hoylake, Cheshire : from The Times 26 Feb 1880: 86/211p
- Richard G Soper 52 independant minister Hoylake (B at London, Schoolmaster)�Grove Rd, Hoose b.Grantham, Lincs, wife Mary Soper 53 b.Ireland : Richard F Soper 24unm; Letitia M Soper 22u a schoolmistress both b.Clevden, Shrops; Frank A Soper 21unm cotton broker apprentice both b.Ludlow, Shrops : George C Soper 17 a banker's apprentice b.Northampton with 9 male students (8-15), an ass tutor (21) & 2 servants 1881 census [see er's apprentice, both b.Ludlow, Shrop : Also Herbert Adams 21 tutor & 9 pupils 8-15 all born Liverpool] : [see Richard George Soper's biog]
- Mary Soper (c1829-1907) died age 78 Birkenhead district Jan>Mar 1907 [bmd]
- Richard G Soper (c1830-1912) died age 82 Birkenhead district Jan>Mar 1912 [bmd]

Ann Letitia Soper (c1789-1875) d.20 Apr 1875 at The Grove, Hoylake, [Cheshire] in her 87 year, mother of the Rev R G Soper BA, Congregational Minister, 'Liverpool Mercury' 22 Apr, from newspapers.bl.uk
: Ann Letitia Soper d.Apr>Jun 1875 age 86 at Woodchurch. [Wirral bmd district] : [wife of Rev Richard Soper; biog]

1881 Census : Only 1 household & visiting sailor
Richard G Soper 52 an independant minister Hoylake (B at London schoolmaster), Grantham, Lincs, Mary Soper 53 b.Ireland, Richard F Soper 24 book keeper, Letitia M Soper 2 schoolmistress both b.Clevden, S.set, Frank A Soper a cotton broker apprentice, George C Soper bankers apprentice 17 both b.Ludlow, Shrops : & an ass tutor 21, 8 boarding boy students 15-8 & 2 dom servants : [Richard Frederick m.1885]

John Soper of Thorncross, [Warrington Cheshire?] a carter was charged with being drunk whilst in charge of horses & wagon. PC Whitlock saw the defendant at 1:30pm in charge of 5 horses, so drunk he rolled from one side of the road to the other. He afterwards got on the waggon, but when he tried to get off he was so tipsy, he fell down. Soper said he was not drunk. He'd been out since 1:30 in the morning with the waggon & had nothing to eat. He only had a quart of beer that was given to him. His 'mate' could prove he was not drunk; - Charles Soper who did not seem to understand any questions put to him, although repeated several times, was, after some instructions from the police, assisted to kiss the Testement. Being asked what relation he was to the defendant, he only grinned & made no answer. Defendant said he was not his son, he was his 'love child'; Q - Was the defendant was drunk or sober?; A - Sober; Q - Had he been drinking? A - I thinks he had a little; Q - You told the policeman he was drunk? A - No ; Q - How do you know he was not drunk? A - Cause I knows he wasn't (laughter). The Chairman said it was a more serious case of drunkeness as he was in charge of horses. Fined 10s & 6s 6d costs, or 14 days; The money was paid; from Isle of Wight Observer (Ryde, England), Saturday, 15 Jan 1881 : [no carter John in Apr '81cen & no adult Charles with a father John]

Ahmed Mahomed Sopper, 26unm fireman on "S S City of Baltimore" [a liner] in port at Birkenhead, b.Bombay, India; 1 of 26 firemen, 7 able seamen & 4 seamen all b.Bombay under a 3rd mate & night watchman, both b.Ireland; scan; source : [not vis elsewhere]

Richard Frederick Soper m.Florence Marie Fulton 24 Nov at Congregational Church, Hoylake; 3rd dau of late William Fulton of Birkenhead; conducted by [father] Rev R G Soper BA; in 'Liverpool Mercury' 25 Nov, from newspapers.bl.uk : m.Oct>Dec 1885, (civil marriage) Wirral, Cheshire
: b.3 Feb 1857 Clevedon to Rev Richard George Soper & Mary Farmer m.1855 (Religious Sopers)
- Richard Frederick William Soper (1888-1949) b.7 May at 421 Old Chester Rd, Rock Ferry* [b.Eastham, reg Wirral Apr>Jun] (m.Hannah Lemon Jan>Mar 1915 Birkenhead, Ches) a soldier, chemist, liberal: d.1949; *'Liverpool Mercury' 9 May, from newspapers.bl.uk
- Dorothy Fulton Soper b.25 Oct 1891 at Glenton, Dacre Hill, Rock Ferry [b.Oct>Dec Wirral bmd dist] '11cen typist
- Ronald Chatterton Soper (1896-1917) b.31 Oct Glenton, Dacre Hill, Rock Ferry [b.Oct>Dec Wirral bmd dist] : d.WW1 from 'Liverpool Mercury', 2 Nov newspapers.bl.uk
: '81cen Richard G 52 an independant minister Hoylake (B at London schoolmaster), Grantham, Lincs, Mary 53 b.Ireland, Richard F 24 book keeper, Letitia M 2 schoolmistress both b.Clevden, S.set, Frank A a cotton broker apprentice, George C bankers apprentice 17 both b.Ludlow, Shrops & an ass tutor 21, 8 boarding boy students 15-8 & 2 dom servants
: '91cen Richard F 34 cashier in merchant office at 415 New Chester Rd, St Peters, Higher Bebington, Birkenhead, Cheshire; b.Clevedon, S.set; Florence M 28 both b.Birkenhead; Richard F W 3 b.Rock Ferry, Cheshire & sister-in-law Annie H G Fulton 22unm & Gertrude J R Fulton 20unm both b.Rock Ferry & gen serv Alice Doad 19unm b.Buckley, Flints; scan
: 1899 R Soper esq of Rock Ferry Mrs Soper & family staying at Burton Villa, Abergele Rd (landlady Mrs Perry, also Miss McGee, Hamiltons of Cheltenham & Lodders); Visitors' Chronicle for Colwyn Bay 18 Aug 1899 scan (still there & 1 Sep) : [does esq mean he owned land?]
: '01cen Richard F 44 gen merchants cashier at 19 Bauiaigh? Rd, Birkenhead, (Christchurch), Cheshire, b.Clevedon, S.set; Florence M 38 b.Birkenhead; Richard F W 12; Dorothy Fulton 9; Ronald C 4 all b.Rock Ferry, Cheshire & gen servant Mary E Hugh 19unm b.Liverpool, Lancs; scan
: 1905 Richard Frederick William admitted at Birkenhead Institute, age 13; father R J Soper manufactuers agent of 19 Barnard Rd; crossed out 1905 11 Banborough Rd; School records 1902-5; Account rendered �3 9s pa [perhaps problems paying with instalments sometimes?] paid extra for Practical Chemisty & Physics; left age 16, to Westminster School, Easter scan, &, &, &, &
: '11cen, Richard Frederick 54 commercial clerk (soap manufacturer) in 7 rooms at 40 Allcot Ave, Bekinton Rd, Tranmere, Cheshire [Birkenhead RD] b.Clevedon, S.set, Florence Marie 45 music master, professional musician {m.25y 3 births, all alive}, both b.Birkenhead, Richard Frederick William 22unm chemist analytical (soap mfr), Dorothy Fulton 19 typist (soap mfr) & Ronald Chatterton 14 at school, all b.Rock Ferry, Cheshire; scan
: 1920 Florence M Soper d.Apr>Jun 1920 age 58, Birkenhead, Cheshire
: 1925 Richard F Soper aged 67 left London 3 Feb 1925 bound for Brisbane.
: 1929 Richard Frederick Soper d.24 Jul 1929 Queensland father Richard Soper.

Richard G Soper (c1829-?) an Independent Minister Hoylake BA, London, Schoolmaster at Grove Road, Hoose, Cheshire in '81cen, age 52, b'Grantham, Lincs. wife Mary Soper 53 b.Ireland, unm children Richard F Soper 24, Letitia Soper 22, schoolmistress both b.Clevedon, S.set, Frank A Soper 21 cotton broker apprentice, George C Soper 17 banker's apprentice, both b.Ludlow, Shrop : Also Herbert Adams 21 tutor & 9 pupils 8-15 all b.Liverpool & 2 servants : [Richard George's biog]

Richard G Soper (c1829-?) 62 congregational minister, Cable Rd, Little Meolse, (Holy Trinity), Hoylake, Cheshire, 1891 census, b.Grantham, Lincs. wife Mary Soper 62 b.Ireland, children Letitia Soper 32, governess b.Cleveland, S.set, George Soper 27 cotton broker's clerk, b.Ludlow, Shrops; also Charles S Watson 29 schoolmaster b.Fromefield, S.set & Sarah Hewett 18 servant b.Buckley Flintshire; scan : [Rev Richard's biog] : [son Richard (c1857-?) in 1891 census, a cashier with wife & child at St Peters, Birkenhead, below] : ['01cen both 72 & '11cen 82 (no Mary) both Birkenhead]

Richard F Soper 34 cashier in merchant office at 415 New Chester Road, St Peters, Higher Bebington, Birkenhead, Cheshire '91cen; b.Clevedon, S.set; Florence M Soper 28 b.Birkenhead, Cheshire; Richard F W Soper 3 b.Rock Ferry, Cheshire; scan : [Richard Frederick Soper m.Florence Marie Fulton 1885; son of Rev Richard Soper above]

Dorothy Fulton Soper birth reg Wirral district Oct>Dec 1891 [bmd] : [see parents Richard & Mary m.1885] : ['11cen, age 19 at Birkenhead]
: Richard F Soper's wife of a dau b.25 Oct 1891 at Glenton, Dacre Hill, Rock Ferry; in 'Liverpool Mercury' 26 Oct, from newspapers.bl.uk

Nurse Soaper was sent 10 Nov to a small-pox case at Lymm, Cheshire. She (possibly) caught small-pox & took to bed. Manchester Royal Infirmary sent a 2nd nurse who found a improvised small-pox hospital in two dirty cottages with 10 victims with no water (including Miss Soaper, ill in bed). One died & the nurse had to screw down the coffin top as the bearers refused to enter. After Soaper recovered enough to be removed, the 2nd nurse refused to work there & a court supported her : from Guardian Newspaper, 11 Nov 1893 : [2 families in Ceshire; perhaps?? '91cen Letitia 32 governess, unm dau of Rev Richard George Soper (1829-1912), congregational minister 1865]

Richard F Soper's wife of a son b.31 Oct 1896 at Glenton, Dacre Hill, Rock Ferry; in 'Liverpool Mercury' 2 Nov, from newspapers.bl.uk : [Ronald Chatterton Soper born to parents Richard & Mary m.1885]

1901 census; 11 Sopers

Bessie Soper 38 a hotel manageress at Northenden, Cheshire, b.Blandford, Dorset '01cen

Florence Soper 22 a domestic waitress at Poynton with Worth, Cheshire, b.Loddinwell, Dev '01cen

J Soper 31 stoker on ''Wolf' at East Float, Birkenhead, (Bucklow), Cheshire, '01cen, b.Okehampton, Devon; scan & scan : [torpedo boat destroyer 1897-1921 wiki]

Richard G Soper (c1829-?) 72 widower, retired congregational minister at 34, 36 Poplar Rd, Oxton, Birkenhead, Cheshire, '01cen, b.Grantham, Lincs; Mary Soper 72 b.(Portlaw - crossed out), Ireland; sau Mary L Soper 42unm; Clevedon, S.set & son George C Soper 37unm cotton broker's clerk b.Ludlow, Shrops (other Sopers in Birkenhead below scan : [see Rev Richard George Soper's biog]

Richard F Soper 44 general merchants cashier at 19 Bauiaigh? Road, Birkenhead, (Christchurch), Cheshire, '01cen, b.Clevedon, S.set; Florence M Soper 38 b.Birkenhead; Richard F M Soper 12; Dorothy Fulton Soper 9; Ronald C Soper 4 all b.Rock Ferry, Cheshire & gen servant Mary E Hugh 19unm b.Liverpool, Lancs; scan : [m.1885]

Mary Ann Soper m.John Henry Williams Apr>Jun 1907, St Paul, Seacombe, (Birkenhead bmd district)

1911 census 9 Sopers

Richard George Soper 82 a widower in 8 rooms at 36 Poplar Rd, Oxton, Birkenhead, Cheshire; '11cen, retired congregational minister; b.Grantham, Lincs; dau Letitia Mary Soper 52unm b.Clevedon, S.set; son George Chatterton Soper 47unm chartered accountants clerk, b.Ludlow, Shrops; scan : [see Rev Richard George Soper's biog] : Richard G Soper d.Jan>Mar 1912, Birkenhead age 82

Richard Frederick Soper 54 commercial clerk (soap manufacturer) in 7 rooms at 40 Allcot Avenue, Bekinton Road, Birkenhead, b.Clevedon, S.set, Florence Marie Soper 45 professional musician, {m.25y 3 births} both b.Birkenhead, Richard Frederick William Soper 22unm chemist analytical (soap mfr), Dorothy Fulton Soper 19 typist (soap mfr) & Ronald Chatterton Soper 14 at school, all b.Birkenhead; scan : [m.1885]

Robert Soper 13 at school, an inmate at an institution, Tattenhall House, Tattenhall nr Chester [CofE home for �Waifs & Strays Soc� head, an army pensioner; 45 boys 8-14]; b.Devonport, Dev '11cen; scan : [b.not vis bmd; not in '01cen, a Robert 4 at Hackney b.Deptford]

Frank Arnold Soper (c1860-?) a 'Cotton Mac.t' aged 52, sailed from Liverpool on 'The Winifredian' arriving Boston, US, 29 Sep 1912 last permenent residence, Birkenhead : sister Miss L M Soper, Oxton, Birkenhead, Eng : final destination Oklamoma rootsweb.com
Frank Soper (c1860-?) job 'cotton', aged 53, sailed from Liverpool on 'The Franconia' arriving Boston, US 27 Aug 1913 English : job, Cotton : unm, sister L M Soper of 129 Woodchurch Rd, Birkenhead [Cheshire] : going to Oklahoma City : a 2nd cotton trader on same voyage Robert Salisbury 25, his father at 9 Sefton Drive, Liverpool rootsweb.com ['81 census, a Frank A Soper, cotton broker apprentice, b.Ludlow Shrop, living Hoose, Cheshire age 21 unm, with family : '61 Frank Arnold Soper b abt Mar 1860 to Rev Richard George Soper at Ludlow, Shrop] : [presume connection to Frank S Soper, cotton buyer visiting US 1902] : [see father, Rev George Soper's biog]

Cheshire units in WW1 : Service Medals (issued to all servicemen) 1914-1920 : from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
Ronald Soper, Private..., Cheshire Regiment, nr2094 [died 21 Apr 1917, see R Soper below]
Henry Soper, Private, Cheshire Regiment, nr21806

Richard Frederick W Soper m.Jan>Mar 1915 to Hannah Lemon at Birkenhead, Cheshire : b.7 May 1889; b.Apr>Jun 1888 Wirral RD to Richard Frederick Soper & Florence Marie Fulton; m.1885
- Richard Donald Soper b.Apr>Jun 1916, Birkenhead (mother ne Lemon)
: ['01cen at Birkenhead with parents, Richard age 12]
: 1905 Richard Frederick William admited at Birkenhead Institute, age 13; father R J Soper manufactuers agent of 19 Barnard Rd; crossed out 1905 11 Banborough Rd; School records 1902-5; Account rendered �3 9s pa [perhaps problems paying with instalments sometimes?] paid extra for Practical Chemisty & Physics; left age 16, to Westminster School, Easter scan, &, &, &, &
: 1906 Richard Frederick William Soper (1888-), Private nr.1236 10th Scottish Batt Territorial, The King's Liverpool Reg 25 May 06-7 Apr 08; attestation as Lance Corp, Liverpool 8 Apr 1908, age 19, unm (labourer's or) laborotary ass; b.Rock Ferry; 13 Beech Rd, Rock Ferry, Birkenhead, Chestershire; Present Mar 09; 2 week Camp Jul 10; Re-engaged 28 Mar 11; 2w camp Jul 11 & Jul 12; re-engaged 7 Apr 13; Discharge to Territorial Reserve 3 Apr 14, father Richard Frederick Soper 13 Beech Rd; from War servicemiitary scans
: '11cen Richard Frederick William 22 chemist at Birkenhead with parents Florence Marie
: '39cen Richard Soper of 10 Waring Ave, Tranmere, Cheshire; Member of Red Cross, Abbotsford Hospital, Rock Ferry, Cheshire; VAD [Voluntary Aid Detachment]; good service; part time 270 [hours, total service?] Transport, Birkenhead. Orderly duty at Ionic St, Rock Ferry. Still serving [at end of WW1?] redcross.org; scan & scan b
: 1930 chairman of Birkenhead Young Liberals 1930
: '39cen Richard F W 50unm political agent & organiser (& first aid party, LBC) (b.7 May 1889) at 26 Harpenden Rd, Lambeth, Lon; with Sidney Barber 10 Aug 1891 cashier wages clerk (labourer); Florrie K Barber b.15 Jan 1895 u d duties [Florrie K Smith m.1919 Lambeth]; line 3 temp withheld; Richard 4th; John A Brown b.5 Nov 1916 clerk (canned goods) unm scan
: '39cen Richard Donald 23unm tea salesman (b.11 Mar 1916) at 10 Waring Ave, Birkenhead, Cheshire; Hannah 55m unpaid dom duties (b.20 Jul 1884) 'CWC 1.89/2454'; with Richard John Tilstone b.17 Mar 1909 unm trainee sales manager scan
: 1949 Richard F W d.Jan>Mar 1949, age 60, Wandsworth

Private Henry Soper, Cheshire Regiment, home Cheshire?, died Somme, France : 19th Jul 1916, buried/monument Thiepval Memorial, from, Soper war deaths

Miss Soper's Club for Soldiers. A members card; in the property of a Manchester soldier WW1 source

Stanley Soper m.Ruby E B Stewart Oct>Dec 1928, Wrexham; b.12 Mar 1909, W.Hartlepool, Durham [b.Apr>Jun] to Richard J & Laura J Pinder m.1903 Bishops Auckland, Durham
- John S Soper b.Jan>Mar 1929, Wrexham, Cheshire (mother nee Stewart)
: '11cen Stanley 2 with Richard J 32 at Barnsley, Yorks, Laura J 32 Norman W 6, Harry P 3
: '39cen Stanley 30 solicitor managing clerk (& special constable nr.40 Lancashire Constablulary; Fulwood Div) b.12 Mar 1909, at 12 Yewlands Crescent, Fulwood, Lancs; Ruby E B 29 unpaid dom duties, b.5 Feb 1910; 3rd line temp withheld & Adrien Slattery b.26 May 1930 scan
: 1967 'Smith & Ibberson' solicitors of 31 & 33 Church St, Barnsley (John Roberts Beeson, William Spencer Beeson & Stanley Soper) dealt with a probate 1967 source
: 1995, Stanley d.May, Barnsley, S.Yorks, age 86 tree

Richard George Soper BA (London) 36 Poplar Rd, Oxton, Birkenhead, The Congregational Year Book, 1928 from Google Books

Harry Soper (c1913-?) 16 student; empire citizen, Last permanant address Newfoundland; address Arrone Park, Birkenhead, Cheshire sailed 3rd class on "Newfoundland" (Furness Withy Line) from Boston, Massachusetts, US (via embarked St John's) arriving Liverpool, Eng 25 Jul 1929; [most on page students using same address] scan; UK Incoming Register

R F W Soper a member of Nation Leaque of Young Liberals, appointed chairman of Birkenhead Liberal Association : from Guardian paper, 12 May 1930 (& at Blackleys Liberals Open Air Meeting, 1929) : ['11cen Richard Frederick William Soper 22 at Birkenhead : m.1915]

Albert Soper m.Hilda Jones Apr>Jun 1931, St James, Gatley, (Stockport bmd district)

Ann Jennifer Soper b.1935, Elizabeth Claire Soper b.1937, both b.Stockport, (mother ne Trollope)

Geoffrey Soper b.1937, Bredbury; Stockport district (mother ne Page)

Colonel Soper from Burtonwood arrived at the crash scene shortly afterwards together with a number of personnel and equipment and by spraying foam on the fire [assume USAF as test flight from Burtonwood, Cheshire, UK's largest WW2 airfield of a prototype US jet fighter] ; source

Cotterill Soper & Co Ltd Registered Office Acton Ave, Appleton, Cheshire Court, Birkenhead winding-up petition County Court 4 Sept 1947 (London Gazette 3 Oct) : of 34 Hamilton St, Birkenhead. Court Order 27 Oct 1947 Gazette 4 Nov : & dissolved & struck off Companies Register (London Gazette 18 Oct 1955

Richard J Soper m.Margaret Shaw Apr>Jun 1953, Northwich, Cheshire (bmd)
: '39cen Margaret Shaw (later m.Mr Soper) 38unm bank clerk (b.2 Jul 1901) at "Fern Villa" Way's Green, Winsford, Cheshire ['3.5.56 EMC? LL']; with Joseph O Dodd b.6 Feb 1874 gents outfitter (billetting officer); Mabel Dodd b.12 Apr 1883 udd; Stanley S Dodd b.6 Mar 1909unm commercial vehicles representative (sgt pilot RAF vr); Theodore L Dodd b.7 Oct 1915unm bank clerk; Margaret line 5; William S Shaw b.9 Oct 1896 unm farm bailiff scan

Naim Ezra Sopher (?-1965) & Hilda Saleh Sopher, (?-1971) buried Southern Cemetery Manchester Burial Records

Walter Soper, the oldest D-Day veteran unveiled the Royal Artillery memorial stone at the Birkenhead Cenotaph by the Town Hall; Jun 2013 source

Cumberland

a Soper of Cumberland had a coat of arms [perhaps the 3 different crests means 3 seperate people?] : General Armory of England
Shield : Argent, a saltire engr between 12 billets sa
Crest 1 - a demi lion rampant holding between his paws a billet all sa.
These arms were issued around 1700 to John Soper of Hampshire, with no connection to Cumberland, so perhaps was issued to someone before this?
font color="gray">Two other arms, but county not given.
Crest 2 - a demi cupid holding a billet sa.
Crest 3 - a demi lion rampant gu holding a billet sa.

No Sopers in 1851 census

Mathew Soper born in Cumberland c1804, living in Lancashire. Only Soper in 1851 Census

No Sopers in '61-'11 census

George Isabell Soper, Bucklesbury, London, a mining secretary & 3 others made a 2 year agreement to search for minerals, manor of Birker, Cumberland : 5 Oct 1865 : ref DSTAN/3/38 [large iron ore deposits there] [Bucklesbury, nr The Bank, City of L] - [b.1796 Truro, Dev : m. 1835 Stoke Damerel] : www.a2a

4 bmd records Cumberland : 0 records in igi

William White Soper m.Margaret Smith Farmer at Cockermouth, Cumb district, Cumberland Jul>Sep 1904 [bmd]
: b.19 Jan 1869, Doddiscombsleighn Dev [b.Jan>Mar St Thomas RD] to Edward & Wilmot Anne Northcott who m.1859
- Ernest Soper b.Jul>Sep 1905, Carlisle, Cumberland [?? an Ernest m.Cecilia M Smith Apr>Jun 1929, Chapel-le Frith, Derbyshire (bmd)?]
- Florence Wilmot Soper b.Jan>Mar 1907, Carlisle m.William John O'Keeffe 1932 Liverpool, Lancs
- William Edward Soper b.Oct>Dec 1909, Carlisle
: 1881 William White Soper b.19 Jan 1868 admitted to Bradninch National School, Bradninch from Doddiscombeigh school; admitted grade 1; 21 Mar 1881; parent/guardian William Manley of Fore St; Left school 28 Aug 1881 scan
: '01cen William W 32 professional chef at 83 Wellington Hotel, Mount Ephraim, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, b.Great Leigh, Dev, servant to Henry W Boston 42 hotel manager b.Sx, wife, 6 visitors; 3 bookeepers, linenkeeper, barmaid, 6 chambermaids, 2 chefs, kitchenmaid, kitchen porter, still room porter & maid, plateman, porter, 9 waiters, stoker, 2 pages scan
: '11cen William White Soper 42 tasty cook [pastry?] in 7 rooms at 33 Oak St, Holt Rd, Moston, Prestwich, N Manchester, Lancs; b.Doddiscombsleigh, Dev; Margaret 31 {m.7y, 3 births, 3 alive} housewife b.Frerington, Cumberland; Ernest 6; Florence Wilmot 4 & William Edward 2 all b.Carlisle, Cumb; with widowed visitors Liza Farmer 73 b.Snenton, Notts [an in-law?] & Sarah Jane Pickering 47 dressmaker b.Scalegill, Cumb; scan [a Sarah Jane Farmner m.John Pickering Cockermouth Jan>Mar 1885]
: 1928 William White Soper d.1928, Buxton, Derbyshire b.1869 Parish Records, from findmypast.com : [d.Jul>Sep 1928, Chapel-le Frith RD age 59]
: '39cen Margaret S Soper 59 widow visitor; unpaid dom duties (b.30 Jun 1880) at Park Farm, Bakewell, Derbyshire; with Simon H Buxton b.11 Jun 1870 dairy farmer; Ester E Buxton b.19 Jun 1868 housewife; Margaret 3rd; Jane Bond b.7 Nov 1879 widow, guest, udd; Richard Prince b.8 Feb 1907 & Thomas Critchlow b.22 Sep 1900 cowman, both unm farm labourers scan

Frank Arnold Soper (c1860-?) a cotton trader arrived Boston USA, 29 Aug 1912 on SS Winifredian, age 52, last permenent residence, Birkenhead, Eng : sister Miss L M Soper, Oxton, Birkenhead : final destination Oklamoma
: Frank Soper (c1860-?) job cotton arrived in Boston, from Liverpool, 27 Aug 1913 on SS Franconia, age 53unm : Kin, sister Miss L M Soper of 129 Woodchurch Rd, Birkenhead : destination Oklamoma City : [with a 2nd cotton trader, Robert Salisbury 25, his father, Francis, at 9 Sefton Drive, Liverpool] : [presume the same, a Frank S Soper age 42y 4m, arrived Boston 1 Sep 1902 from Liverpool, a visiting cotton trader] from Ancestry.com
: Frank Arnold Soper d.26 May 1924 of Birkenhead, Merseyside; died Norfolk Protestant Hospital, Virginia, USA; admin Chester 22 Jul 1924 to George Chatterton Soper, accountant's clerk; estate �448 4s 2d; from Probate Calender, scan Frank [b.1860, so d.abt64] : [Frank Arnold Soper b.Ludlow Apr>Jun 1860 to Rev Richard Soper biog]

Rev F R H Soper, Rectory, Clitheroe, secretary of the Dalehead Branch of The Young Woman's Christian Association 1918 : from www.tlemea.com

Derbyshire

Soper Lane in Dronfeilde mentioned in 1602 it is south S Sheffield : www.a2a

Guil. Soper m.Maria Barlow 26 May 1630 Sutton On The Hill, Derby [igi - only 2 Derby records]

Ann Soper m.Sergt John Truelove of the 9th Regiment of Light Dragoons at St Werburgh's, Derby 15 Nov 1815 Register of Marriages from www.a2a : 'Anne' in [igi]

Only 2 people in 1841 census
Juan Loper [mistranscribed, should be Lopez] a mariner 30-4, born in foreign parts at Lords Mill St, Chesterfield with another foriegn mariner, &
William Sopher 15 a butcher at Bridge St, Dunfield in household of Jacob Smith 65, butcher, wife & children

8 bmd & 2 igi records in Derbyshire

Ann Soper (c1819-?). The only Soper in the 1861 census for Derbyshire, age 42, a servant born Wirksworth, Derbyshire living at Aston Hall, Aston Upon Trent in the household of Mary S Holden, her 5 children, sister & 9 servants

Jane Fenton Sopper m.Apr>Jun 1865, Derby, Derbyshire to either William Hill or Kames Allsop [no Fenton/Soper b.vis, or 1st m in bmd]

Henry Soper transfered to Greenhill, Derby 1879, served Weslyan ministry until transfered to Leicester 1882
Henry Soper 49 a Wesleyan Minister Chapel House, Derby St Peter, 1881 census; b.S.Brent, Dev : wife Elizabeth Soper 44 b.Poole,Dorset : William H Soper 18 a clerk b.Barbados : Florette Soper 11 b.Frome, S.Set : Herbert K Soper 9 : Edward K Soper 8 both b. Salisbury, Wilts : Maud Soper 3 b.Taunton [see Rev Henry biog] : [Herbert Keens Soper (a tailor) m.Lincoln 1894 to Louisa Henrietta Oxley] : biog

Reuben Sopher/Sophir at Blackwell 49 b.Pickwell, Lei & wife Anne Sopher 65 b.Oakerthorpe, Derbyshire 1891 census : [not vis '81/01/'11cen perhaps connection to William Sopher 29, at Kippax, Yorkshire wife Mary 30 & Emily Ann 6 all b.Smalley, Derbyshire other 2 dau b.Yorks '71cen]

Walter James Soper/Piper? 41 newspaper editor at 4 Arborsluan Square, (St James), Litchurch, Derby, Derbyshire '91cen; b.Bath, S.set; W J S Soper 19; Harold F Soper 16 both newspaper reporter; Ethel K Soper 14 scholar; Reyurald Geo Soper 11 all b.Sheffield, Yorks & general servant Emily Jones 30unm printer? b.Portley, Salop; scan & scan : [not vis '71/'81/'01cen or bmd, so assume not Soper]

Herbert Keene Soper 29 a 'tailors traveller at 6 Kingston St, St Alkmund Derby b.Salisbury, Wilts '01cen, Louisa Henrietta Soper 29, Harold Vince Soper 6 at school both b.Lincoln, Lincs & Alice Mary Frost 15 gen serv b.Derby ; scan scan : [Herbert Keens Soper b.1871, Alderbury, Wilts m.Lincoln 1894 to Louisa Henrietta Oxley] : [father Rev Henry above]

Maud Soper died Basford Apr>Jun 1904 age 26 [bmd] : [assume b.Jan>Mar 1878, Taunton, S.set dau of Rev Henry above?]

Frances Mary Soper, St Asaph b.Apr>June 1905 & died age 1 Apr>Jun 1906 [bmd]

PC Soper Derbyshire 'career of' record [often given at retirement] 1908 Police Index [same date/details for PC Soper, Plymouth - same person?]
PC Soper Hillstown [nr Bolsover], Derbyshire. Obituary record 1915 Police Index

Henry Soper died Apr>Jun 1910 Basford age 78 [bmd] : [assume Rev Henry above]

Herbert Reens Soper 40 master tailor at 6 Kingston St, Derby; b.Salisbury, Wilts; Louisa H Soper 41 {m.17y, 1 birth, 1 alive} b.Lincoln & Harold V Soper 16 b.Derby & dom serv Elsie Beardsley 16 b.Holbrook, Derby, 1911 census scan [the only Sopers in Derbyshire] : [Herbert Keens Soper m.Louisa Henrietta Oxley 1894 Lincoln]

Ellen M Soper m.George Videll at Burton Apr>Jun 1913 [bmd]

Frank A Soper m.Sarah A Fletcher at Glossop, Derbyshire Apr>Jun 1913 : son
- Frank A Soper b.Oct>Dec 1915 at Mansfield, Nots (mother ne Fletcher) & d.Apr>Jun 1921 age 5 at Chesterfield & father?
: 1915 Frank A Soper (c1874-1915) died Oct>Dec 1915 age 41 at Mansfield [bmd] : [?a Frank Arthur Soper b.Bromley, Sy Jan>Mar 1875]
: '39cen ?a Sarah A 66 widow, visitor; unpaid dom duties (b.28 Mar 1873) at 4 New St, Bolsover, Derbyshire; also Gerald Arnot b.5 Jan 1915 unm horticultural contractor? & 3rd line blacked-out scan & scan
: 1967 Sarah A Soper (c1874-1967) d.Jul>Sep 1967, Chesterfield reg dist [inc Bolsover], Derbyshire, age 93

Herbert Keens Soper tailor, carrying on business under the style of Hughes & Soper of 28 The Strand, Derby, lately residing at 91 Green Lane, Derby (bankruptcy?) order 19 Feb 1916. (case 4 of 1916), 1st meeting 29 Feb : Creditors to contact by 14 Apr 1917 : Release of Trustee (The Official Recever) 21 Sep 1917 : 11�d in the �, 1st & final dividend 21 May (11 Mar) : Trustee release 21 Sep London Gazette (27 & 28 Sept) : London Gazette : & : & : [Herbert Keens Soper b.1871, Alderbury, Wilts m.Lincoln 1894 to Louisa Henrietta Oxley]

John C Soper b.Oct>Dec 1921; William R b.Apr>Jun 1923; Rebecca M b.1924 & Olive b.Jan>Mar 1930 all b.West Derby, mother ne Peers; bmd dist : [William J m.Amy Peers 1920]

William W Soper (c1869-1928) d.Jul>Sep 1928, Chapel-le Frith district age 59
William White Soper d.1928, Buxton, Derbyshire b.1869 from Index to Parish Records, from findmypast.com : [William White Soper b.1869, Doddiscombsleigh, Dev; m.Margaret Smith Farmer 1904 Cockermouth]

Ernest Soper m.Cecilia M Smith Apr>Jun 1929, Chapel-le Frith
assume Ernest Soper b.Jul>Sep 1905, Carlisle, Cumberland to William White Soper & Margaret Smith nee Farmer at Cockermouth, Cumberland 1904 (William d.1928 Chapel-le Frith above)
- Barry E Soper b.Jul>Sep 1930, Chapel-le Frith (mother ne Smith) : Barry Ernest Soper b.1930, Buxton & m.1953 Burbage, Derbyshire from Index to Parish Records, from findmypast.com

Dora Betts (m.Mr Soper) 31m unpaid domestic duties (b.14 Sep 1908) [nca m 27.11.51] at 34 Grange St, Alfreton, Derbyshire 1939 census; with Reginald A Betts b.13 Sep 1905 motor bus cleaner at garage & 3rd line blacked out scan : [Harry /Harris Soper m.Dora Betts Oct>Dec 1951, Blackpool, Lancs]

Isobel J Crane (later m.Mr Soper) 18unm inmate, student (b.24 Mar 1921) at Elvaston Castle, Repton, Derbyshire 1939 ['or283 21.3.68 sa']; page mostly females b.1921 scan : [Isobel d.Apr>Jun 1921 Atcham, Shrops (mother nee Bromwich); but no Soper/Crane m.vis]

Philip Anthony Soper b.1950, Belper, Derbyshire from Index to Parish Records, from findmypast.com

Soaper Lane, Dronfield, Derbyshire : map, before 1650 there was soap making and tanning by the river bank, associated with sheep rearing in the area : source

Durham

Roger Sapere 1243 in Durham Assize Roll, from A Dictionary of English Surnames, by P. H. Reaney & R. M. Wilson, (London: Routledge, 1991; Oxford University Press, 1995) & www.british-history.ac.uk

Margaret Soppe of Staynton, widow, took a grant of a croft in Staynton from Marjory daughter of Adam Wodekoc of Staynton, 1350 : Nottinghamshire Archives: ref DD/FJ/1/274/10 www.a2a
Margaret Soppe of Staynton, widow, released a croft in Staynton to John Glewe of Staynton, 19 Apr 1355 : (witnesses Boteler, Mayhew, Glew, Dey) Nottinghamshire Archives: ref DD/FJ/1/274/11 www.a2a

Elizabeth Sooper d.1675, Brancepeth, St Brandon, Durham; from Index to Parish Records, from findmypast.com

Sarah Sooper bur.1762 at Durham : more details available from Non-Conformist bmdregisters

Matthew Sopper bapt.1821 at Durham to George Sopper & Jane Sopper : more details available from Non-Conformist bmdregisters

Elizabeth Soper (c1770-1819) of Mill Dam, buried 9 Apr 1819 aged 49, at South Shields, St Hilda - County Durham Burial Index GenUKI H/R081

Hannah Soper b.1825, Bishopwearmouth, Durham;
Margaretta Catherine Soper b.1827, Bishopwearmouth; from Index to Parish Records, from findmypast.com

Charlotte Soaper m.10 Dec 1827 at Haughton Le Skerne, Durham [igi]

Susanna Soper 20 living at Newfield, Auckland, St Andrew, Durham. A servant with Phil Milner 45-9, farmer & family in 1841 Census : [The only Soper in the county : Susanna Soaper m.28 Jun 1841, St Andrews, Auckland (igi)] : [Susanna perhaps mistranscribed 'Toper' '41cen from LittleClaire rootschat.com]

bmd records
at Auckland : Susanna Soaper m 1841 : Richard John b 1878 : Samuel Soaper b 1880 & d 1881 age 0 : Samuel d 1881 : Thomas m 1882 : Thomas William b.1882 : William m.1882 : William d.1883, age 23 : Mary Jane b.1885 : Mary Jane m.1887 at Byers Green : Elizabeth Ann m.1889 : Eliza Ellen b.1893 : Edith m.1894 : Eliza m.1895 : Joseph m.1901 : William b.1902 : Doris b.1903 : Richard John m.1903 : Annie Irene b.1907 : William d.1907 age 69 : Nellie b.1910 : Mary J m.1911 : Eliza m.1912 to Mr Ivey
at Hartlepool : Eliza m.1912 : Norman William b.1904 : Harry Pinder b.1907 : Stanley b.1909
at Sunderland : Ellen m.1880 : Lena m.1901 : Florence Emily b.1879 : Elizabeth Sopper d.1857

1851 Census 5 entries
Ann Soper b.Durham c1810 living in Hampshire : [see Ann Laybone Soper & husband John '61cen below]
Oscar Sopher 24 at St Mary, Gateshead, Durham '51cen; b.Newcastle on Tyne, Staffs; Elizabeth Sopher 26 b.Gateshead; Elizabeth Sopher 6 b.Newcastle; William Sopher 1 b.Gateshead; scan : [not vis elsewhere]

1861 Census no entries ; 2 wives Elizabeth 42 b.Monk Wearmouth * Ann Laybone Soper 51 wife of John b.Auckland, Durham.

Walter Soaper, an apprentice, was washed overboard & drowned. 'The Advice' of Hartlepool which 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 was rescued by the coastguard with rocket apparatus. Several ships were lost in the gale all 'ill-found, under-manned & leaky', 8 Oct 1865 : from The Times 13/26a

1871 Census no Sopers in Durham (or born there)

'The Sopher', sailed from Shields to Lauriga [South Shield, Durham?] 29 Apr 1878 - Florence Emily Soper b.Oct>Dec.1879 Sunderland, Durham
: '81cen Florence E Soper b.Sunderland, Durham, age 1; at Camborne, Cornwall with mother Mary 28 (married) b.Withycombe, Dev; with her sister Elizabeth Lovering 16 : [John m.Mary Lovering 1879, Redruth, Con : perhaps indicates John another Devon miner? : seems not a son of William below?]

William Soper 40 at Auckland Park, Thomas St, Coundon Grange, Durham; an engine driver '81cen; Mary Soper 40; William Soper coal miner 21u; Thomas Soper 20u coal miner; Elizabeth Soper 13; Edith Soper 10; Eliza Soper 8; Joseph Soper 5 all b.Newlyn, Cornwall; Richard Soper 3 b. S.Church, Durham Only Sopers in the county [perhaps grandson T W Soper in '91cen? below?] : [Only Sopers in Durham] : [William & Mary m.1859 Truro; see biog Cornwall] : [William d.Oct>Dec 1907 age 69 Auckland]

William Soper m.Mary Jane Mills Jan>Mar 1882, Auckland, Durham: [perhaps?? William Thomas b.Jul>Sep 1859 Perranzabuloe, Con to William & Mary Curtis m.1859 Truro; Cornwall]
- step-son Thomas William Soper b.Jul>Sep 1882, Auckland m.Martha Collier Apr>Jun 1913, Pontypool, Monmouth
: '81cen assume William coal miner 21u with parents William 40 at Auckd Park, Thomas St, Coundon Grange, Durham; engine driver; Mary 40; William coal miner 21u; Thomas 20u coal miner; Elizabeth 13; Edith 10; Eliza 8; Joseph 5 all b.Newlyn,Cornwall; Richard 3 b. S.Church, Durham Only Sopers in the county
: William Soper (c1860-1883) d.Apr>Jun 1883, Auckland, age 23
: Mary Jane Soper re.m.Edward Davison Jul>Sep 1887 (Edward m.Francis Hannah? Oct>Dec 1878, she d.Jan>Mar 1880) all at Auckland
: '91cen Thomas William 8 stepson at The Village (St Michaels), Bishop Middleham, Durham; b.Coundon, Durham with Edward Davison 40 limestone, quarryman b.Mordon, wife Mary Jane Davison 32 b.Aycliffe, Frances Rose 11 b.Bradbury & Frederick 3 & Gibson Davison 0 b.Frimdon? Col, all b,Durham; scan & scan
: '01cen Thomas at Bradbury, Durham, 18 an 'ordy agric labourer' b.Bp Auckland
: 11cen Thomas William 28 limestone quarryman boarding at Hawthorne Terrace, Bishop Middleham, Durham; b.Auckland P, Dur; with Robert A Murray 27 limestone quarryman b.Durham Rose Emily Marray {m.2y} b.Durham dau Getrude Davison 8 & Fred Murray 2 both b.Bishop Middleham scan

Thomas Soper m.Elizabeth Ann Lowe Oct>Dec 1882, Auckland, Durham; Thomas b.8 Dec 1860 Perranzabuloe, Con [b.not vis bmd] to William & Mary m.1859 Truro; Cornwall
- Mary Jane Soper b.Apr>Jun 1885, Auckland; ?a Mary J m. Oct>Dec 1911, Auckland
- Eliza Ellen Soper b.Jan>Mar 1893, Auckland; ??an Eliza m.Frederick Ivey Jan>Mar 1912, Auckland
: '81cen Thomas 20u coal miner, b.Newlyn; with parents William 40 engine driver at Auckd Park, Thomas St, Coundon Grange, Durham; wife Mary 40; William coal miner 21u; Thomas 20u coal miner; Elizabeth 13; Edith 10; Eliza 8; Joseph 5 all b.Newlyn; Richard Soper 3 b.S.Church, Durham
: '91cen Thomas 30 coal miner, in 2 rooms at 123 Gurney Villa, Grange Hill, Coundon Grange, (St Andrews), Auckland Park, Durham; b.Truro, Cornwall; Elizabeth A 25 b.Sunderland, Durham; Mary J 5 scholar b.Eldon, Durham; scan
: '01cen Thomas 42 coal wagon wayman below ground at 23 Gurney Valley, Coundon Grange, Durham, b.not known; Elizabeth 37 b.Sunderland; Mary Jane 15 drapers dressmaker; Eliza Ellen 8 both b.Coundon Grange; scan
: '11cen Thomas (c1861-?) onsetter at pit bottom [*handles the pit cages & skips] 50 b.Truro, Cornwall in 2 rooms at Wood Row, 38 William St, Coundon Grange parish. Auckland Park, Dur, Elizabeth Ann 45 {m.28y, 2 births, both alive} b.Corn Hill, Sunderland; Mary Jane 25unm & Eliza Ellen 18 milinery, shop assistant both b.Coundon Grange scan
: '11cen Eliza Ellen Soper 18 milinery, shop assistant both b.Coundon Grange
: '39cen Thomas 78 retired coal miner (b.8 Dec 1860) at 38 Wm St, Bishop Auckland, Durham; Elizabeth A 73 unpaid dom duties (b.27 Nov 1865) scan
: 1946 ?a Thomas Soper (c1861-1946) d.Jan>Mar 1946, Durham, W.Durham, age 85
: 1946 ?an Elizabeth A Soper (c1865-1946) d.Apr>Jun 1946, Durham, W.Durham, age 81

Durham 1891 census

Thomas Soper 30 coal miner, in 2 rooms at 123 Gurney Villa, Grange Hill, Coundon Grange, (St Andrews), Auckland Park, Durham '91cen; b.Truro, Cornwall; Elizabeth A Soper 25 b.Sunderland, Durham; Mary J Soper 5 scholar b.Eldon, Durham; scan : [Thomas m.Elizabeth Ann Lowe 1882, Auckland]

Thomas William Soper 8 stepson at The Village (St Michaels), Bishop Middleham, Durham '91cen; b.Coundon, Durham with Edward Davison 40 limestone, quarryman b.Mordon, wife Mary Jane 32 b.Aycliffe, Frances Rose 11 b.Bradbury & Frederick 3 & Gibson Davison 0 b.Frimdon? Col, all b,Durham : [Thomas William b.Jul>Sep 1882, Auckland m.Martha Collier Apr>Jun 1913, Pontypool, Monmouth; scan & scan]

William Soper 55 stationary engine driver, in 4 rooms at 284 William Street, Coundon Grange, (St Andrews), Auckland Park, Durham '91cen; Mary Ann Soper 52 both b.Truro, Con; Edith Mary Soper 20unm; Eliza Soper 18 dressmaker; Joseph Soper 15 coal miner all b.Newlyn East, Con; Richard J Soper 12 scholar b.Coundon Grange, Durham; scan : [son Thomas 30 above] : [assume William m.Mary Ann Curtis 1859 Truro; Cornwall]

William Soper Wilson b.Jul>Sep 1892, Auckland, Durham : [son of Elizabeth Ann Soper who m.Robert Wilson Jul>Sep 1889, Auckland, Durham : age 17 see '11cen below]
: 1918 William Soper Wilson nr.401402 Pte, RAMC; Home address, 6 William St, Barnard Castle, Durham; on Absent Voters List 1918 scan

Henry Soper p.749; Durham 1894 Whellan's Directory source

Durham 1901 census

Richard J Soper 22unm commercial clerk at 28 Holt St, Coundon Grange, Durham b.Bishop Auckland; boarding with Harriett Ward 61 widow, 4 unm children 20-32 all b.Yorks & boarder James Ness 30unm scan : [parents William/Mary below, m.1859 Cornwall; Richard m.Laura Jane Pinder 1903 Durham]

Thomas Soper 42 coal wagon wayman below ground at 23 Gurney Valley, Coundon Grange, Durham, b.not known; Elizabeth Soper 37 b.Sunderland; Mary Jane Soper 15 drapers dressmaker; Eliza Ellen Soper 8 both b.Coundon Grange; scan : [Thomas m.Elizabeth Ann Lowe 1882, Auckland]

Thomas Soper (c1883-?), 18unm an 'ordy agric labourer' at Sands Farm, Bradbury, Durham, b.Bishop Auckland, Durham '01cen; 1 of 3 farm labrs with farmer George Lawson 37 b.Sedgefield, wife, sons 3 & 1& gen serv Mary Rocke 19 scan : ['91cen, age 8 with step-father] : [Thomas William b.Jul>Sep 1882, Auckland m.Martha Collier Apr>Jun 1913, Pontypool, Monmouth; scan & scan]

William Soper 62 at 6 William Street, Coundon Grange, Durham 'coal engines above ground' '01cen : Mary Soper 61; Joseph Soper 25unm 'coal wagon wayman below ground' both b.Perring.., Cornwall & niece Mary C Curtis 23unm b.Beechburn, Durham; scan : [m.1859 Truro; see biog Cornwall] : [William d.1907 Auckland age 69]

Lena Soper m.1901, Hendon, Durham; from Index to Parish Records, from findmypast.com : m.Apr>Jun Sunderland, (to either Michael Lydon or John George Ainsley) : ['81cen William 30 fisherman b.Guernsey, Ann 27, Henry L 2 & Lena 4m all b.Hull, Yorks]

Joseph Soper m.Margaret Hannah Pinder Jul>Sep 1901 Auckland, Durham (bmd) (Joseph (b.20 Oct) b.Oct>Dec 1876 Perranzabuloe, (Truro RD), Con to William & Mary Ann Curtis who m.1859, Truro, Cornwall)
- William Soper b.7 Jul 1902 Coundon Grange [b.Jul>Sep Auckland RD] [??a William m.Eda M Longstaff 1927 Auckland]
- Doris Soper b.2 Sep 1903 Eldon Lane [b.Oct>Dec Auckland rd]; m.Rodwell Harrison Jul>Sep 1930, Auckland
- Annie Irene Soper b.Jul>Sep 1907 Auckland rd; ?Annie I m.John H Wears Apr>Jun 1936 Darlington, Yorks
- Nellie Soper b.16 Jan 1910 Eldon Lane [b.Jan>Mar Auckland RD] '39cen 29unm school teacher
- Richard J Soper b.29 Apr 1913 [b.Apr>Jun]; m.Lily M Evans Jul>Sep 1932, Barnsley; '39cen 26 road engineer
: '81cen age 5 & '91cen 15 with parents at Coundon Grange, Durham
: 1900 Mr J Soper discharged his duties demontrating a galvanic battery (supplied by Mr Winter) & Mrs Soper helped on the drapery stall at Coundon Grange Wesleyan Chapel's annual bazaar; at the schoolroom; Northern Echo (Darlington), 4 Jan 1900
: '01cen William 62 at CG 'coal engines above around Mary 61 b.Perring, Joseph 25 b.Perring 'coal wagon wayman below ground', Richard 22 b.Bishop Auckland, commercial clerk
: '11cen Joseph (c1876-?) insurance agent (collection) 35 in 4 rooms at 4 Roumount, South Church, Bishop Auckland; b.Perranzavbuloe, Cornwall; Margaret Hannah 34 {m.9y, 4 births, all alive} b.St John Chapel, Weardale, Dur; William 8 b.Coundon Grange, Dur, Doris 7, Annie Irene 3, Nellie 1, all b.Eldon Lane, Dur scan] : [a tree extending to William Soper (1766?-1831) m.Newlyn E, Con
: '39cen Joseph 63m retired insurance agent (b.20 Oct 1875) [b.1876] at 2 Milton St, Darlington, Durham; Margaret H 62m unpaid dom duties (b.23 Oct 1876); Nellie 29unm school teacher (& ARP [air raid precautions]) (b.16 Jan 1910); also Doris Harrison b.2 Sep 1903 udd, married & lines 4-6 blacked out scan
: '39cen Richard J 26 civil engineer roads & bridges (b.29 Apr 1913) at 52 Rochester Rd, Coventry, W.wicks; Lily M 25 unpaid dom duties (b.7 Jan 1914); lines 3, 4 & 6 temp withheld; & Trevor A Brown b.4 Feb 1927 at school scan

Richard John Soper m.Laura Jane Pinder 14 Oct 1903 Bishops Auckland, Durham (m.Oct>Dec bmd births below mother ne Pinder) : Laura b.5 Jun 1878 Durham to Joseph Pinder & Annie Holmes
: Richard John Soper b.13 Jun 1878 at Bishop Auckland, Coundon Grange [bmd Apr>Jun Durham] to William & Mary Ann Curtis who m.1859 Truro, Cornwall [his family Durham miners] : [brother, Joseph m.another Miss Pinder]
- Norman William Soper (1904-1980) b.17 Jul, W.Hartlepool, Durham [b.Jul>Sep bmd]; timber merchant 23 to Italy 1927; ?a Norman W Soper m.Ellen M Brown Jul>Sep 1932 Banbury, Oxon; d.14 Apr (age 75) Barnsley, S.Yorks
- Harry Pinder Soper (1907-1952) b.28 Aug, W.Hartlepool, Durham [b.Jul>Sep]; articled clerk; d.1952
- Stanley Soper (1909-1995) b.12 Mar, W.Hartlepool, Durham [b.Apr>Jun] d.May, Barnsley, S.Yorks; articled clerk
- Joseph Soper (1911-1982) b.14 Dec, Barnsley, S.Yorks [b.Jan>Mar 1912] : d.24 Mar Bolton, Lanc
- Richard John Soper (1913-1984) b.29 Apr, [b.Apr>Jun] : m.Lily M Evans Jul>Sep 1932 : d.17 Apr all at Barnsley
- Geoffrey Frederick Curtis Soper (1921-21) b.11 Jan & d.18 Mar 1921 Barnsley [b. & d.Jan>Mar, age 0 bmd] see tree
: '81cen age 2 & '91cen 12 at Coundon Grange, Durham
: '01cen William 62 at CG 'coal engines above around Mary 61 b.Perring, Joseph 25 b.Perring 'coal wagon wayman below ground', Richard 22 b.Bishop Auckland, a commercial clerk
: '01cen Richard J 22unm commercial clerk at 28 Holt St, Coundon Grange, Durham b.Bishop Auckland; boarding with Harriett Ward 61 widow, 4 unm children 20-32 all b.Yorks & boarder James Ness 30unm scan
: 1908 Founded timber merchants company, RJ Soper Ltd 1908 wiki
: '11cen; Richard J 32 at 70 Park Grove, Barnsley, Yorks {6 rooms}, commercial traveller, timber merchant b.Coulsdon Grange, Bishop Auckland, Durham; Laura J 32 {7y 3 births} b.St John, Chapel Wfandale, Durham; Norman W 6, Harry P 3 & Stanley 2 all b.West Hartlepool, Durham, Yorks; with niece/visitor Eliza Liddle 14 b.Coulsdon Grange, Bishop Auckland, Durham]
: 1924 Elected a Barnsley Town Councillor 1924; a Liberal National politician; wiki
: 1925 Richard 46, arrived Quebec, 26 Jun 1925 on 'The Montclare'. Born England
: 1925 Richard J 47 job nil; British Empire citizen, address Trenmouth, Grampound Rd, Cornwall; Last permanent residence USA; sailed cabin class on "Montclare" (Canadian Pacific Line) from Montr�al, Qu�bec, Canada arriving Liverpool, Eng 10 Jul 1925; scan; UK Incoming Register
: 1925 N W Soper timber merchant 20 1st class, "Avoceta" from Liverpool on round cruise, from 7 Mar 1925 address Bridge House, Bond Rd, Barnsley; Last & future residence England; scan
: 1926 an R J sailed on a round world voyage 1926 & an S Soper & H P Soper round world voyage 1927 age 18 & 19 1927
: 1926 R J Soper 48 merchant, sailed 1st class on "Avoceta" from Las Palmas, Spain to Liverpool, Eng arriving 4 Jul 1926; address Ridge House, Bond Rd, Barnsley scan
: 1927 Norman William 23 timber merchant "Koningin Der Nederlanden", 2nd class, Southampton to Genoa, Italy, from 31 Mar 1927; [still] Ridge Ho, Barnsley; Future residence Eng scan
: 1927 H P Soper (c1908-?) 19 & S Soper 18 articled clerks; english citizens, Last permanant address England; address Ridge House, Bond Rd, Barnsley, Yorks sailed 1st class on "Andorinha" (Yeoward Line); (from Liverpool to Liverpool) from Las Palmas, Spain arriving Liverpool, Eng 20 Jul 1927; scan; UK Incoming Register
: 1929 Chairman of Wayland Timber & Sawmills Co Ltd, Barnsley. wound up after meeting 1929
: 1933 Richard witness marriage of neice, Lilian Meehan to Hugh George Collins; Wesley Church, Newgate St, Bishop Auckland, Durham; 10 Aug source
: 1934 Richard John Soper letter to Lord Simon, 1934 in Bodleian Library, Oxford source]
: 1930 a teatotaler : Liberal councilor Barnsley 1930 : Mayor 1930-31 : MP 1931-4 : Deputy Major 1932 : Alderman of the Town council 1933 : Free Churchman & well known preacher : Wesleyan Methodist 1934
: 1935 R�J Soper (c1878-?) age 57, sailed from Southampton to Madeira, Madeira, 1935 : from findmypast
: '39cen Richard J 61 timber merchant (b.13 Jun 1878) at "Ridge House", Salisbury St, Barnsley, Yorks (West Riding); Laura J 61 unpaid dom duties (b.5 Jun 1878) (member of womans' voluntary services b...); Harry P 32unm timber merchant (b.27 Aug 1907); also Eleanor Pinder b.14 Jul 1880 unpaid dd unm; Mary E Stevens 28 Nov 1900 paid dom duties, unm scan
: '39cen Norman W 35 secretary R J Cooper ltd, timber merchant (b.17 Jul 1904) at Silkstone Ln, Penistone, Yorks (W.Riding); Ellen M 36 unpaid dom duties (b.15 Mar 1903); line 3 & 4 temp withheld & Marion Beaumont (will m.Mr Bucock) b.22 Jul 1921 dom servant, unm scan
: 1939 ??a Norman Soper (c1913-?) 26 forester, sailed 3rd class on "Antonia" (Cunard Line) from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada to Liverpool, Eng arriving 18 Dec 1939; Last permanant address Newfoundland; Planned future residence England; address c/o Canadian High Commission, London [all on page foresters], scan; UK Incoming Register; {wrong age, unless 36}
: 1944 ?a Richard Soper MN of Victoria Rd, West Hartlepool; passed exam while prisoner of war, Northan Daily Mail 14 Oct 1944 page 2 col 3
: 1952 Harry P Soper (c1907-1952) d.Jul>Sep 1952, Barnsley, Yorks, age 45
: Richard John Soper witness m.of neice, Lilian Meehan to Hugh George Collins; Wesley Church, Newgate St, Bishop Auckland source
: 1954 Richard Soper (1878-1954) d.23 Jan 1954, age 75 : Laura died Jul>Sep 1951, Barnsley age 73

1911 Census 12 entries

Joseph Soper (c1876-?) insurance agent (collection) 35 in 4 rooms at 4 Roumount, South Church, Bishop Auckland; b.Perranzavbuloe, Cornwall; Margaret Hannah Soper 34 {m.9y, 4 births, all alive} b.St John Chapel, Weardale, Dur; William Soper 8 b.Coundon Grange, Dur, Doris Soper 7, Annie Irene Soper 3, Nellie Soper 1, all b.Eldon Lane, Dur scan : [Joseph m.Margaret Hannah Pinder Jul>Sep 1901 Auckland]

Mary Ann Soper 72 wife's mother, widow in 4 rooms at 6 Wood Row, Williams St, Auckland Pk, Auckland, Durham; b.Perranzabuloe, Con; with Robert Wilson 46 deputy overman (coal mine), b.Bishop Auckland, Durham; Elizabeth Ann Wilson 43 {m.21y, 5 births, 3 alive} b.Perran Zabuloe, Con, William Soper Wilson 18 student teaching; Dinah Wilson 16 & Lily Wilson 6 all b.Coundon Grange, Durham scan : [husband d.1907 Auckland age 69: William & Mary Ann Curtis m.1859, Truro, Con] : [m.1859 Truro; see biog Cornwall] ; ['81cen with husband Wliiam who d.1907] : [Elizabeth Ann Soper m.Robert Wilson Jul>Sep 1889, Auckland, Durham]

Richard J Soper 32 grocer at Barnsley, Yorks, Laura J Soper 32 Norman W Soper 6, Harry P Soper 3 & Stanley Soper 2

Thomas Soper (c1861-?) onsetter at pit bottom [*handles the pit cages & skips] 50 b.Truro, Cornwall in 2 rooms at Wood Row, 38 William St, Coundon Grange parish. Auckland Park, Durham '11cen, Elizabeth Ann Soper 45 {m.28y, 2 births, both alive} b.Corn Hill, Sunderland ; Mary Jane Soper 25unm : ['91cen, these 3 in Durham] & Eliza Ellen Soper 18 milinery, shop assistant both b.Coundon Grange scan : [Thomas m.Elizabeth Ann Lowe 1882, Auckland]

Thomas William Soper (c1883-?) limestone quarryman (rock man), 3 Hawthorne Terrace, Bishop Middleham, Sedgefield, Durham '11cen; b.Auckland Park, Durham; with Robert A Murray 27 limestone quarryman b.Durham Rose Emily Marray {m.2y} b.Durham dau Getrude Davison 8 & Fred Murray 2 both b.Bishop Middleham, Dur scan : ['91cen, age 8 with step-father]

William Soper Liddle (c1901-?) 10 at school in 4 rooms at 72 William St, Auckland Park, Durham '11cen; b.Auckland Park, Durham with parents James Liddle 38 deputy overman, below ground, b.Esconb, Durham; Edith Mary Liddle {m.16y, 7 births, 6 alive} b.Perrynzibla, Con; Joseph 15 law clerk b.Coundon Grange Marian 5 & Mildrend 3 b.Shildon, Dur scan : [William Soper Liddle b.Jul>Sep 1901 Auckland, Durham; assume to Edith m.James Liddle Oct>Dec 1894, Auckland, Durham; her parents? William m.Mary Ann Curtis 1859 Truro; Cornwall]

Mary J Soper m.Oct>Dec 1911 Auckland
Eliza Soper m. Mr Ivey Jan>Mar 1912 Auckland

Charles Joseph Soper (c1836-1912) of Whitburn 76 a bill broker left an estate in 1912 estimated at �1,461,180. (from an article on rich estates, only 8 over �1M were declared in 1911) : from The Times - 29 Jan 1912 712/746n : [was 'of Whitburn' wrong as it's his surname : see London 1866]
: [originally the job of a London bill broker was, for commission, allowing country bankers to discount their bills in London, also making loans against bills not yet due, but perhaps by this time he was acting more like a banker] :
: ['11cen Charles Joseph Soper Whitburn (c1837-?) 74 head at St George, London b.Lambeth, Surrey]

William Soper m.Eda M Longstaffe Jan>Mar 1927 Auckland; b.7 Jul 1902 Coundon Grange [b.Jul>Sep Auckland RD] to Joseph & Margaret Hannah Pinder m.1901 Auckland, Durham (bmd)
- William Soper b.Apr>Jun 1928, Auckland, Durham (mother nee Longstaffe)
- June Soper b.Apr>Jun 1931, Auckland, Durham (m.ne Longstaffe)
: '39cen William 37 repair N E electric supply company ltd (b.7 Jul 1902) at 14 Frances Terrace, Bishop Auckland, Durham; Edna M 31 unpaid dom duties (b.11 Oct 1907) ; lines 3 & 4 blacked out scan

Charles John Frank Soper appointed as general manager at E N Mackley and Company Limited, Hawks Rd, Gateshead, pump manufacturers [& suppliers of other mining equipment]. 2 documents, 14 Feb 1936 & 11 June 1941 :ref DS/MAC/2/2 www.a2a
: ['11cen age 7 at Bedford with parents George Henry Soper 42 & Mary Kate Soper 41]
: '39cen Thomas 78m retired coal miner (b.8 Dec 1860) at 38 Wm St, Bishop Auckland, Durham; Elizabeth S 73m unpaid domestic duties (b.27 Nov 1865) scan
: '39cen William 37m repair N E electric supply company limited (b.7 Jul 1902) at 14 Frances Terrace, Bishop Auckland, Durham; Edna M 31m unpaid domestic duties (b.11 Oct 1907); lines 3 & 4 blacked out scan

George E Soper LDS RCS (England) [part-time] 1 of 6 dental officers for Durham County source

Essex

Essex Archives Online seax.gov.uk 17 Soper 1 Sooper, 2 Sopper Records (Sep'10)

igi database 3 Soper Essex records

Births, marriages & deaths, registered in Essex 121 records

Essex OTP (online Parish Clerks) (no Sopers transcribed 2010)

John Sopere mentioned in 'Church of St Andrew, Fingringhoe, Essex [S of Colchester] : GoogleBooks.com

Sopere, Loof & Sankyn mentioned in snippet p136 'The Essex Review' pub 1957 : GoogleBooks.com

Johannis Sopere 1207 Harlow (PHR) [Essex] : Survey of English Place-names pub1924 GoogleBooks.com

Johannis Sopere mentioned in agreement between Leiston Abbey & Butley Priory, tithes of Knodishall [Suffolk] 18 Nov 1235 p109 Leiston Abbey Charters pub1979 : GoogleBooks.com

John le Sopere's house is probably the present Soppers a farm in Wickford parish. The Essex fleet of fines show that John le Soppere in 1239 had a messuage & 100 acres in Rawreth & this may be the house referred to. ... from 'Essex Review' pun 1959 google books snippet

Richard de Essex, le Soper (soparius), Feoffment by him to John prior of Holy Trinity, London, of 6s. quit rent in the Chepe (foro), St. Pancras parish, London, from his two shops (sopis) with solar above (cum solario desuper edificato). Paid 4 marks. Witnesses:� Ralph Hardel, mayor, 2 sheriffs, 7 aldermen & 3 others : Document A9656. Ancient Deeds: Vol 4, pub1902 British History Online [no date � Hardel mayor , 1254-8]

Alexander le Sopper held [or used to hold?] land called `Alineshal' in (or by) the parish of Thundersley 1260 Thomas de Thundersley granted 14a of land next to it c1260 (1 of the 9 witnesses 'Pet. de. Soberi') Essex Archives Online seax.gov.uk
- Alexander le Soppere c1260 in Essex, from A Dictionary of English Surnames, by P. H. Reaney & R. M. Wilson, (pub.1991) : [presume link to Sopers Grove, Thundersley 1554 below]

Brice Soper had land at Southchurch, on the East of a plot granted Leigh on Sea, 23 Jan 1303 on the road between Prittlewell & Hadleigh A2A ref CCA-DCc-ChAnt/H/81

Sopperes Wode & Soppereslond 1311; Soppers 1777; Suppers 1805; Sappers Place; for maps of Wickford, Essex placenames.org

Nicholas Soper, son & heir of Thomas Soper v Anne Soper, executrix & late the wife of the said Thomas : Detention of deeds relating to the manor of & to lands in South Mendham.: Essex, from a batch of records covering 1486-1529 : C 1/225/86 : source [no Mendham in Essex, a Mendham to the north in Norfolk]

Joan Soper, a court case 1492-1547 - see 1518

Thomas Saper Reg. Bray, Hugh Oldam (clerk), Thomas Frowyk (serjeant-at-law) Feoffmemt from Humphrey Conyngesby (serjeant-at-law) 20 July 1499 : Deeds Essex Archives Online
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Thomas Soper at Theydon Garnon [apparently just had his land grazed upon; on or nr.Epping Forest] easter session 1500 by Wm.Sparowe, gent & wife, Jn,Wylkynson & Hy.Trappys, husbandman, all formerly of Theydon Garnon, who with force & arm, broke the close & houses & cut down & carried away trees & underwood worth 20 marks & depastured their herbage (worth 10li) with beasts; The other properties 'attacked' Reg. Bray, knight, Hugh Oldham, clerk & Thomas Frowyk; serjeant-at-law source : & adds it was a land dispute over lands of John Prynce, they made unlawful entry into the manor; & similar charge of unlawful entry into the manor of Theydon Garnon, Trinity Term, 1500 source : [assume coincidence that Sopers were landowners at Theydon Bois, 1mW, early 1900's; & there today?]

Jane Soper & Elizabeth Soper, London/Essex. British Chancery Records 1518-1529 Vol 3, page 599, bundle 596 : ancestry.com

Joan Soper widow, to William Spencer: "Certain artycles of the demeanour of William Spencer agaynst me Jone Soper widow and my freendes by reason of the greate trust and confidence that I had in hym by his false and sootall maner" 1518-1529? : National Archives ref E 41/429
: Joan Soper, a court case involving a messuage & land in Leyton, Essex (between 1492-1547) : William Spencer of London, tailor, v Joan Soper & George Eliot : National Archives ref REQ 2/3/229

Jone Soper d.1546, Chelmsford, Essex; from Index to Parish Records, from findmypast.com: [connection with Sopers Farm after 1607 below?]

Sopers Grove in Thundersley [2m N Canvey Island] Manor of Chingfords records : 24 Mar 1554-5, Crown Grant Susan Tonge alias Clarencieux, widow Essex Archives Online : [presume link to Alexander le Sopper 1260 above]

Thomas Sopper (of Lexden?) 10s in Jury list for Essex. Epiphany 1575 [speculate 10s was a charge not to appear] : seax.gov.uk

Catherine Soper m.Gilbert Speed / Spede, 1585 at Bergholt, West, Essex; Boyd's Marriage Index

Deeds of Sopers Farm, watermill, Cole Gate, Culstie Green, Tobbitts Farm & Hawkins Farm, Woodham Walter 1607-1816 : Essex Archives Online seax.gov.uk : a Chelmsford solicitor's records : [connection with Jone Soper (?-1546) Chelmsford above] : [Chelmsford connection with Charles Soper (1674?-1723); m.1691) Chelmsford below]

Eliz Soper b. & d.1726, Dagenham, Essex; from Index to Parish Records, from findmypast.com

Sarah Soaper m.James Cumpen 29 Sep 1756, Little Braxted, Ex (igi)

Charles Soper of Edmonton, M.sx m.Martha Barfour/Barker? 1691 Lon; High Constable of Edmonton; 1715; d.Edmonton 1723, owned property in Clerkenwell & Chelmsford, Essex : [connection with Sopers Farm after 1607 above?]

John Soper m.Elizabeth Darman, 1758 at Rivenhall, Essex; Boyd's Marriage Index

Isabella Soper d.1771, Wanstead, Essex; from Index to Parish Records, from findmypast.com

Sarah Loper bapt.1786 at Essex to James Loper & Mary Loper : more details available from Non-Conformist bmdregisters

Charlotte Soper m.Eli Hayden : 6 Feb 1789 : page 869 : Braintree Marriages source [but perhaps Braintree, Vermont?]

Ann Soaper in Essex Court, Jan 1809; sentence imprisonment : from Criminal Registers from Ancestry.com (where crime available)

Robert Soper sold Berwick Farm (in Roding Abbess?) to Mr N Stacey 1837. from A History of Essex (1956) www.british-history.ac.uk Doc.15646

Elizabeth Soper 65-9 a nurse living at Crabb Tree House, Lambourne. 1841 Census

Francis Soper 22 (male, not born Essex) an usher? [teacher?] in school of George Maconachie 27 (b Scotland), wife, 3 servants & 40 boy students 9-13 [a schoolmaster in Margate, Kent in 1861 census, wife Mary Ann]

Mary Ann Sopier 30-4 living at West Ham 1841 Census, not born Essex

William Soper, present at meeting, Harwich Town Hall 70 signatures to gat the mayor to write to their MP, about how he votes & the coming railway line.; in 'Essex Standard' 10 Nov 1843, from newspapers.bl.uk

William Edward Soper b.Jan>Mar 1844, Tendring, Ex (bmd)

Henry Soper, esq of Little Waltham. In his chaise with a friend & servant by Sparrows Bank, High St, Chelmsford. An escaped carriage horse bolted knocking down it's driver 35, who later died. It shattered Soper's carriage on coming into violent contact & the two travellers were thrown backwards to the road, escaping injury. Thier spirited mare kicked furiously & was halted at Springfield Warf, sustaining much injury after following the bolting horse; in newspaper Oct 1846, from newspapers.bl.uk : scan : [Henry (c1802-1867) Spitalfield silk mfr m.1828]

Henry Soper esq. at Lodge, Little Waltham, Ex : 1851. Post Office Directory : [Henry (c1802-1867) Spitalfield silk mfr m.1828]

Henry Soper, deposed at inquest at Railway Hotel, Brentwood that he resided Spital Sq, Lon & a passenger on the 8am Colchester train. It was very foggy & we were in a curved cutting between 2 bridges. He saw the guard beckon 2 men on the bank to go back. He heard the whistle before the accident [the train came to a halt at Brentwood Station] & he heard 9 people had been killed, He attended to say the train crew were not to blame. 25 men got off a repair train beyond Brentwood which noisily blew off steam. The forman saw train approaching at 10mph & warned them, but some did not move away perhaps due to their pile of unloaded ballast between the rail lines & were hit; in 'The Morning Chronicle' (pub.Lon) & 'The Times' 20 Sep 1850, from newspapers.bl.uk : scan
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Henry Soper, a witness at Chelmsford Court. I live in London, I was going to my country house at Waltham 10 Nov, when overtaken by Mr Gooch inkeeper of Little Waltham [& took middle seat in his chaise]. At Marriage's Windmill an oncoming gig, driving uphill from Dunmow to Chelmsford, drew on our side of road & ran into our chaise which overturned, piching us out. I fell on my head but not hurt. Gooch's horse came loose & ran over it's owner breaking 3 ribs & collar bone. The men who caused the accident appeared drunk. Mr Soper's wrist was sprained & later he told a man he'd not seen the accident & didn't contradict someone saying Felton was on correct side of road. Gooch claimed �20 damages but jury found it an accident; from newspaper 22 Mar 1850, from newspapers.bl.uk : scan : [Henry (c1802-1867) Spitalfield silk mfr m.1828]

1851 Census,

John Soper 20unm private, ex laborer in East India Comp Depot, Warley Barracks, Little Warley, Essex 51cen, b.Okehampton, Dev; only Essex entry, about 405 entries for Barracks under Comandant Col Edward Hay; scan: [see soldiers]

2 other entries
John Soper 36 b.London c1815, living in Essexx : [not now vis]
Charlotte Soper 20 b.Devon c1831, living in Essex : [not now vis]

3 born Essex, but 3 living elsewhere
Charlotte Soper 66 b.Essex c1789, living in London ('61cen not vis)
Charlotte Soper 36 b.Essex c1815, living in London ('61cen not vis)
Elizabeth Soper 14 b.Essex c1837, living in Kent

Henry Soper struck out as voter for Little Waltham after liberal objection, by Chelmsford district Court (& many others, great majority of objections undefended) ; in 'Essex Standard' 15 Oct 1852, from newspapers.bl.uk : scan : [?so why?, seems he still lived there Henry at The Lodge, The only 'esq' in list of 39 Little Waltham residents 1848 & still there on 1853 list]

Henry Soper, esq [some other buyers 'Mr'] bought Link Field (4a) freehold in Little Waltham for �270 & 2 fields of 8a 1r 31p for �410, rent �12; 2 of 66 lots at auction of late C G Parker's 1,860a estate.; in 'Essex Standard' 29 Jul 1853, from news.bl.uk : scan : [Henry (c1802-1867) silk weaver m.1828]

Robert Benjamin Soper m.Hannah Blay, Jan>Mar 1856 St Luke, Lon (but parked here in Essex notes)
: '51cen George 59 head carpenter at 1 Peacock Place, St Judes, Bethnal Green, M.sx; dau Matilda 18 needle woman; Robert B 14 errand boy all b.St Saviors, Surrey scan
: '61cen Robert B 23 gold chain maker at 4 Spencer Rd, Hornsey, Msx; b.Bow, Sy; Hannah 22 b.St Luke, Msx
: '71cen Robert B Soper collector for draper 34 at 1 Rosemary Cottages Shepperton Cottages, Islington, b.Boro', Msx; Hannah 33 military embroideress; In 1st household in property Joshua Ellis 44 builder wife & dau; scan
: '81cen Robert 43 at 20 Alfred St, Lon; b.Lambeth, Msx, commercial traveler (draper); Hannah 42 b.St Luke
: '91cen Robert 54 life assurance agent, in 4 rooms at 4 Stevant Ln, (St Marys), Leyton, Ex '91cen; b.Bow, Lon; Hannah 53 b.St Luke, Lon (sharing address with John Taylor 76 painter & wife 71 charwoman) scan
: '01cen Robert 64 life assurance labourer at Leyton; b.Lambeth; Hannah 63 b.St Luke
: Hannah Soper d.Oct>Dec 1904, age 67, West Ham, Ex
: Robert Benjamin Soper d.Apr>Jun 1908, age 72, West Ham

George a sugar baker m.Georgina Case Apr>Jun 1857 Southampton, Hants [but anchored in Essex notes] : [George b.c1831 Wynford Eagle, Dor to George & Mary Hiscock who m.1813 at Tarrant Monkton]
: '41cen George Soaper (c1831-?) age 11, 1 of 2 ag labs living with John Rodford 61 ag lab & wife 65: Frome, St Quentin : ['51cen a George 21 at Dorchester
: '51cen George 62 farm labourer at Wynford Eagle, Dorchester, b.Toller Porcorum, Dor; Mary 62 b.Laniun?, Dor; sons John 34 widowed farm labourer; George 21unm farm labourer; grandau Harriet 7 scholar all b.Wynford Eagle, Dor scan
: 1852 George 21 labourer of Wynford Eagle, died Jan 1852, in patient at Dorset County Hospital, Somerleigh Rd, Dorchester [a charity treating working poor] historydch.com
: 1859 ?? a George 26 unemloyed labourer. His wife Louisa 20-6 got 2m prison for S'ton theft Dec 1859
: '61cen Georgina (c1834-?) 27 house servant in household of William Young 49 quartermaster (?Reg of Engineers?) at 5 York Terrace, All Saints Southampton; b.Broad Oak, Dor - George not vis - military/at sea?
: '71cen George steward 39, married, at 1 Britton St, Southampton, St Mary, b.'Winford Eagle', Dor; Georgeina 37, b.Broad Oak, Dor scan (other household in property Matilda Mill 32 b.Everton, Liverpool, wife of engineer)
: '71cen ?a George steward 40 on ''Try Anza'? of London', at Southampton St Mary, b.Wynford Eagle, Dor (crew of 11, 3rd officer, 4 seamen, 3 fireman, 2 stewards & engineer) : scan : [duplicate entry?]
: '81cen George 50 sugar baker at 3 Hudson Terrace, West Ham, Ex b.Windford, Dor; Georga. 47 b.Broadoak & boarder George G Leggett 30, a stone mason b.Yarmouth, Norfolk
: '91cen George 52 sugar baker at 33 Hudsons Rd, (Holy Trinity), West Ham & wife Georgina 50 both b.Dorset & niece Alice Lambert 17 lady clerk b.Hants & boarder Walter Hostler 25 stoker b.Herefordshire; scan (no Soper/Lambert vis bmd)]
: '01cen George 72 upholsterer at 33 Hudson Rd, West Ham, Essex; Georgina 66 both b.Dor & nephew William George Case 32unm dock labourer b.Chichester, Sx & boarder Ernest Charles Venner clerk b.Canning Town scan
: 1901 Georgina d.Jul>Sep 1901 age 66 W.Ham : George not vis '11cen & death not vis bmd

Mr Soper at Little Waltham. Workmen dug drains on his premises, behind his house & discovered a funeral urns, 16" high x 9" probably Roman. Mr Soper dug it out. Rain that night exposed another urn half the size & Mr Soper was particularly careful removing it, it contained bomes.; in 'Essex Standard' 23 Nov 1860, from news.bl.uk; scan : [Henry (c1802-1867) silk weaver m.1828]
: Mr Soper's 'Little Watham Lodge', at junction of the Dunmow & Braintree Roads with the Chelmsford Rd. Roman burial urns were found 28 Nov 1860 by workmen digging behind it source & source p4

only 1 family in 1861 Essex census
Richard Soper (c1835-?) living at a Cottage,South Shoebury, age 26 a carpenter & joiner b.Portsmouth, Hants, wife Mary Soper 25, b.Bluntisham, Huntingdonshire & sons William Soper 5, a scholar : John Soper 3, both b.Scotland & Richard Soper 1, b.St Georges, Lon : [Richard m.1862, Huntingdon, Hunts]

Joseph Sopher (c1819-?) b.Christchurch, Ex, 42 with wife Elizabeth at Shoreditch, London '61cen

Mary Ann Soper b.Maldon, Ex, 47 with husband Samuel at Shoreditch, London '61cen

Emily Harriot Soper m.Francis Fox 'esq' of Maldon, 3 Mar 1866 at Little Waltham; eldest dau of 'Mr' Henry Soper of Little Waltham , 'Essex Standard', 9 Mar from newspapers.bl.uk : [m.Jan>Mar Chelmsford bmd dist] : [b.12 Oct 1836 Spittlefields to Henry a silk maker & Sarah Ann who m.1828]

Henry Lewis Soper (1845-1877) of Tunbridge Wells (Henry Louis Soper) m.Miss Jane Philpott at Ilford church on Tue last [28 Apr 1868] only dau of J Philpott Esq. ; by Hon & Rev H W Bertie. The occasion of gaiety & rejoicing in the parish. Flags & devices were displayed at many houses & the children of National School & inmates of alms houses were entetained. After breakfast they spent their honeymoon on the continent; in 'Essex Standard' 1 May, from news.bl.uk; scan
: [b.12 Feb 1845 Hadlow, Kent; father Henry (c1819-?) plumber (emp 18) at Tunbridge Wells, Kent 1861]
- John Philpott Henry Soper b.18 Feb 1869, Ilford (b.Jan>Mar Romford bmd) : Cambridge Uni, Barrister; see legal Sopers] :
- Robert Lewis Soper b.Romford, Ex Jul>Sep 1870 : student member, Institute of Civil Engineers 9 Nov 1891, of Roseneath, Wanstead, E Lon source; civil engineer 1898 : (leased Berwick Berners Hall Farm, 1909, sold 1937)
- Annie Jane Philpott Soper b.Jul>Sep 1872 Romford : ['91cen not vis] 'Nancy' m.Walter Reginald Tuckett 12 Oct 1892 W.Ham (late surgeon of Maidstone Hospital)
- Bertha Philpott Soper b.Apr>Jun 1874 b.Romford, Ex ('91 at Folkstone school 17), (?a Bertha m.Royston Oct>Dec 1897 - to either William Herbert Smith or John William Worboys)
- Frank Percy Philpott Soper b.12 Oct 1875 Ilford, Ex [Romford bmd dist] : Cambridge Uni 1894 : Boar War invalid 1902 : Major RASC WW1 biog
- Maude Philpott Soper b.Jul>Sep 1877 b.Romford, Ex. m.Jul>Sep 1900, Epping, Ex (to either Herbert Baddeley or Arthur Reginald Rolfe) [bmd] :
: 1861 '61cen Henry Lewis Soper 16 with father Henry Soper 42 living at Jiweh? Place, Tunbridge Wells, both b.Hadlow, Kent : a married plumber & house decorater, employing 18 with unm servant 20
: 1871 Henry Lewis Soper bankrupt sugar dealer 1871; Secretary & liquidator of 'Alliance Economic Investment Co Ltd'
:1871 Henry Lewis Soper, tea & sugar dealer, of 6 Savage Gdns, Tower Hill, City & The Terrace, Ilford, Ex, late of 324 High St, Stratford, Ex; 1st creditors meeting at liquidator in Fenchurch St London Gazette 29 Sept
: '71cen Henry L 26 wholesale tea dealer with father Henry 51 decorater (emp 15)
: '71cen his wife Jane M wife of tea merchant 29; at 4 Ilford Terrace, High St, Ilford, Barking; John P Soper 2, R L Soper 3m
: 1874 Jane Philpot mentioned p211, 235 & p280, dates 1874, 1888, 1898, 1869 from History of Essex
:1876 Henry Lewis Soper of 36 Lincoln's Inn Fields, Secretary of Alliance Economic Investment Co Ltd, appointed liquidator to wind up the affairs of the Company (London Gazette 25 Aug 1876)
: 1877 Henry Lewis Soper d.27 Mar 1877, gentleman of Great Ilford, Ex; Administration Principle Registry 27 Jul 1877 to Mary Soper of Great Ilford, widowed wife; estate under �450; from Probate Calender, scan (Henry Lewis (c1845-1877) d.Apr>Jun Romford, Ex, age 32)
: 1877 His eldest son John (age abt 8) took their mother to court over will 1877: Chancery case between John Philpott Henry Soper plaintiff (represented by Robert Harvey Barton) against Jane Mary Soper widow, defendant : (John made a law career) Jane not obviously visable until '11cen, when John is living with her
: 1878 H L Soper of Great llford, Ex, gent (who d.abt 27 May 1877) Claims on estate to come forwards by 18 Feb 1878) (d.Apr>Jun aged 32, Romford, Ex) : [d.Great Ilford parish record]
: c1880 {'built an imposing villa with 4 storey tower in Theydon Bois 2. S Epping}
: '81cen John 12 & Robert 10 students at Chigwell boarding school (JPHS co-edited �The Chigwell Kalendar & Ten Year Book�. Pub.Lon.1887) (Jane 39, Bertha 7, Frank 6, Maud 3 not vis)
: '91cen Bertha at Folkstone school 17 (Jane 39, JPHS 22 (but at Camb Uni>1887), RLS 20 & Maud 13 not vis)
: 1897 son, Robert Lewis, of Theydon Towers, Epping when elected associate member of Institute of civil engineers, 2 Feb source
: 1898 Mrs Jane Soper, inherited Uphall, Ilford, Ex from her parents John Philpot of Ilford, a corn dealer. Mrs Soper sold estate 1898 & partly developed for housing
: '01cen Jane Mary 59, widow, at Tower House, Forest Side, Epping Forest on private means, unm sons JPHS 32, a barrister & RLS, 30 a mechanical engineer. All b.Ilford, with lady's maid 29 & 2 housemaids 25 & 15
: 1909 Mrs Soper of Essex sent �30 as Easter offering, to superintendent Miss Amy Evans to level & turf ground round Voluntary Hospital, Holton Rd, Barry Docks, so patients can be carried out in summmer; Barry Herald 23 Apr 1909 scan
: '11cen Jane Mary 69 widow in 21 rooms at Theydon Towers, Epping on private means; sons; Robert Lewis 40unm civil engineer manager, Frank Percy Philppott 35unm private means, all b.Ilford, Essex & 4 unm servants; Lucy Ketley 32 parlourmaid b.Ex; Ethel Lynch 28 b.Cheslea & Clarah Taylor 23 b.Notts housemaids & Mary Long 22 cook, b.Rugby; scan
: 1911 Jane Mary d.Jul>Sep 1911, Epping, age 69 (in Essex Burial Records) [d.Great Ilford parish record]
: 1914; Theydon Towers, a large yellow brick 19thC mansion house, lent to War Office by Mr Soper & his brothers as an auxiliary hospital; 36 beds by Nov with operating theatre & an X-ray, with belgium soldiers; 40 beds by Dec, treated 256 in 1st year, 45 beds 1917; post war 1921-7 a 30 bed, children's convalescent home; house converted 2008 to 4 apartments & stable block to a house, & another house built in grounds source
: [family connection? a Soper & Co Ltd at Theydon, closed 1938 {'built c1880 an imposing villa with 4 storey tower in Theydon Bois 2. S Epping}] : [it's farmhouse demolished 1952]

Mr Soper 's factory at Coggeshall; the large room lent for the occasion [seems well enough known not to need address, (but not vis www)] used for lecture 20 Jan 'Hogarth & his Pictures' by Rev Hohn Allen, the curate, illustrated by magic-lantern slides, followed by glees sung by the church choir; in 'Essex Standard' 2 Jan 1867, from news.bl.uk; scan
: & 9th evening lecture of the season on 7th Feb 'Insect Life' by Commander Howorth with magic lantern slides; 'Essex Standard' 13 Feb; scan
: & 'Self Help' by Joseph Beaumont Esq; 'Essex Standard' 27 Feb; scan
: & 2nd in series 'Wonders of Nature' by Rev J W Bennett, National anthem closed proceedings; 'Essex Standard' 29 Nov; scan;
: & 'China & the Chinese' by Commodor Howorth RN, 19 Dec; 'Essex Standard' 25 Dec; scan
: & 'Sweden & the Swedes' 30 Jan 1868 by Rev Spurrell to a crowded audience;
: & 'From Matter to Force' by F H Varley illustrated with heat, light, electricity & magnetism, glees & solos sung by Rev Bennett, Misses Dampier, Appleford & Lirkham & church choir; in 'Essex Standard' 7 Feb; scan

1871 Essex Census, 8 entries