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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]
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]
presume son
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
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
born at Luton (bmd) not allocated to families here
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
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
James Soper m.Sarah Ann Tyler Jan>Mar 1896 births all at Luton (bmd); James b.6 Dec 1871 London [b.not vis bmd]
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]
Gilbert Soper (1899-?), b.Luton, Bedfordshire, 6 Dec 1899, nrF54033, Admiralty's Registers of Seamen's Services National Archives ADM 188/646
1901 Census, 27 entries
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]
Francis Joseph Soper m.Elsie May Blunt Apr>Jun 1909 Biggleswade, Beds/Herts
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 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
Sid Soper (Middlesex Regiment, late Kenilworth Rangers) centre-half of Cliftondale Football Club; Beds & Herts Saturday Telegraph 9 Sep 1916 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
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
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
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]
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]
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
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)}]
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
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]
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
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
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]
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]
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
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]
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)]
Cyril S Soper m.Marjorie C M Brown Apr>Jun 1929, all at Luton : ['11cen no Cyril S] Cyril b.26 Jul 1906
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;
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]
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]
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]
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]
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
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]
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
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
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
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
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]
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]
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)
Sidney Soper m.Clara Ellen Preston Jul>Sep 1907, Eton RD (Clara b.Apr>Jun 1878 Taplow, Bucks);
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
William J Soper m.Lily Grimsdale Jan>Mar 1935; b.7 Dec 1901 [b.not vis bmd]
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]
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]
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]
- 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?]
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
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
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
John Soper m.Mary Piggott, 1700 at Haddenham, Cambs
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
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
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
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]
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]
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 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
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
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
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]
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]
Herbert Edward Soper (1865-1930) at Trinity College, Cambridge, from 8 Mar 1884
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]
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
Soper of Jesus College, Cambridge, Law Tripos 20 June 1896: from The Times 22 Jun 165/211p
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*]
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.
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
Michael Henry Ray Soper 1932 an alumni at Pembroke College (also Queen's College, Oxford 1948)
John Malcom Philpott Soper 1955 an alumni at Pembroke College : [2 other Philpott Sopers above]
Robert Chevallier Soper 1958 an alumni at Pembroke College
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
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)]
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]
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
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
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]
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 :
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**
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
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
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
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]
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
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
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]
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
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
Thomas Soper a hatter m.Jane Elizabeth Davis bef.1867
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]
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
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
Guernsey 1871, 24 Sopers
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 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
& 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 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]
Soper from Southampton on 'The Waverley'; in 'The Star' pub.St Peter Port, 1 Jul 1871, from news.bl.uk; 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
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
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
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
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
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
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]
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
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
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....
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?]
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]
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
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
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
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
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
1881 Census : Only 1 household & visiting sailor
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
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]
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 Cheshire units in WW1 : Service Medals (issued to all servicemen) 1914-1920 : from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
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
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
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)
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
a Soper of Cumberland had a coat of arms [perhaps the 3 different crests means 3 seperate people?] : General Armory of England
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]
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
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
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
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?]
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
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
Ernest Soper m.Cecilia M Smith Apr>Jun 1929, Chapel-le Frith
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
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;
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
1851 Census 5 entries
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
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]
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
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]
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)
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
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
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]
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)
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
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
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
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
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
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
3 born Essex, but 3 living elsewhere
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)
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]
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]
only 1 family in 1861 Essex census
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
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
1871 Essex Census, 8 entries
George R Soper (c1842-1879) a manager in wine merchants 29, b.Hackney, Middlesex; at Vicarage Rd, Leyton, Ex; Amy J Soper 25, b.Hackney, Msx; Edith A Soper 2, Florence M Soper 1 both b.Leyton; with gen serv Catherine Gooderf 22unm b.Belchamp, Ex; '71cen scan : [George Robert m.Amy Jane Church, Hackney, Lon 1866]
Harry Sopper (c1864-?) a scholar 7, b.Kennington, Surrey; at Abbey Cottage, West Ham; living with Jane Pudney 37 widow, formerly draper b.Warlington, Sx, 6 children b.Clapham 8-10 & West Ham 5-1 & gen serv Harriet Pooley 17 b,Warlington, Sx : '71cen scan : [Harry Sopper b.Apr>Jun 1864, Lambeth, Sy (presume to William Sopper who m.Jul>Sep 1852, Newington, Sy) (a Harry Sopper m.Jul>Sep 1901 Chorlton, Lancs to Catherine Isabella McNiven & a Harry Sopper b.Oct>Dec 1905, Reigate, Sy)]
Jane M Soper (c1842-?) a wife of tea merchant 29, b.Ilford; at 4 Ilford Terrace, High St, Ilford, Barking; John P Soper 2, R L Soper both 3m, b.Ilford; also dom serv Clara Wigley 19 b.Norwich & Eliza Prior 15 b.Ex : '71cen scan : [see Henry Lewis Soper m.Jane Mary Philpott 1868]
Sarah Ann Soper (c1803-?) a widowed land owner 68, at Little Waltham Lodge, Little Waltham; son William Laurence Soper 37 silk manufacturer, dau Sarah Brittania Soper 30, all b.M.sex; also housemaid Hannah Burton 22 & cook Eliza Hazell 26 : also in Lodge, gardener Charles Brown 42, wife & 3 sons : scan : [husband Henry was a London silk weaver see family] : [Sarah Ann Soper d.Jul>Sep.1879 Chelmsford, Essex, age 76]
George Joseph Soper (1860-1873) d.Apr>Jun 1873 age 13, West Ham, Essex (bmd) : [no George Joseph birth in bmd : 3 George's b.1860 Basingstoke : 1860 Kingsclere, 1861 Bermondsey] : ['71cen a George 12 at Plymouth b.Dev : George 10 at & b.Kingsclere, Hants]
William John m.Harriett Stead 15 Feb 1874 St Nicholas, Deptford, Kt [but anchored in Essex notes] : from a Stead researcher :
Annie Elizabeth Soper m.Jan>Mar 1893, Poplar, Lon (either William John Brett, Charles Burridge, John Alexander Bonwick, or Henry Edward Taylor)
Henry Lewis Soper, deceased. Chancery case between John Philpott Henry Soper [his son age abt.8] plaintiff (by Robert Harvey Barton his next friend [representative]) against Jane Mary Soper widow, defendant, 1877, Claims on estate H L Soper of Great llford, Essex, gent (who d.abt 27 May 1877) to come forwards by 18 Feb 1878 (London Gazette 22 Jan) : [see parents Henry Lewis Soper m.Jane Mary Philpott 1868]
George Robert Soper wine merchant of 59 Mark Ln, City & Florence Villa, Orange Park Rd, Leyton, Ex (died 15 Dec 1879), estate to Amy Jane Soper. Parties to come forward by 3 Apr 1880 (London Gazette 2 Mar) [George R d.Sep>Dec 1879 Hackney age 37] : ['71cen Leyton, Essex; George R 29, Amy J 25 both b.Hackney, 2 children]
1881 Essex Census, 18 entries in 6 households
Charles Soper pauper 14 b.Lambeth, Surrey, Scholar at "Exmouth" The Training Ship at Grays Thurrock, Ex�: [see Charles Valentine Soper b.1865]
Elizabeth Sopar 8 scholar at Nazeing Common, Nazeing, Ex; b.Finsbury, Lon '81cen; niece in household of Joseph Hale 62, at Nazing Common, Ex, sons John 27 & William 22 all ag labs b.Nazing : wife Maryann 61 b.Tiverton, Dev : [birth not vis bmd; not vis '91cen]
George Soper 50 sugar baker at 3 Hudson Terrace, West Ham, Ex '81cen : b.Windford, Dor : wife Georga Soper 47 b.Broadoak, Dor also George G Leggett 30 a boarder, stonemason, b.Yarmouth, Norfolk : [George m.Georgina Case 1857]
Henry C B Soper 50, b.London, '81cen a married silk manufacturer at Little Waltham, Essex : son Arthur Watson Soper 4 b.Lee,Kent & unm sister Britania S Soper 41 b.London, with 3 servants 32 & 33, (nurse,cook,maid) all b.Somerset : [Britannia living with a younger silk mfr brother William Lawrence Soper, by '01cen & '11cen.at Walthamstow] : [Henry C Soper of 31 Spital Sq, Lon m.Clara Dommett, 1866]
John P H Soper 12 & Robert W 10 boarding scholars at Grammer School House, High St, Chigwell '81cen, both b.Ilford, Ex '81cen : 27 male students (age 10-17) in school of Richard D Swallow 33unm chaplain, his sister, 2 teachers, & 4 servants : [see parents Henry Lewis Soper m.Jane Mary Philpott 1868]
William L Soper 47 silk manufacturer at Church End, Walthamstow, Ex '81cen, b.N.Folgate,Lon & wife Marian Soper 34 b.Camberwell, Sy & 2 unm servants, Mararet A Hicks 30 cook b.Chelmsford : Louisa K Watts 20 housemaid b.Wathamstow : [m?.Apr>Jun 1880 Islington]
William J Soper (c1842-?) 39 a lighterman at Creeksmouth, Barking, '81cen, b.Greenwich, Kt; wife Harriett Soper 33 b.Lewisham, Kt Thomas W Soper 8 b.Lee, Kt; Annie Soper 7; Charlotte Soper 6 both b.Deptford,Kt; Emma Soper 3; John E Soper 4 months both b.Barking : [William m.Harriett Stead 1874 Deptford]
born Essex but living elsewhere '81cen (& 3 wives Mary A 66 b.Maldon, Ex; Clara Ann 48 b.Brentford, Ex & Louisa 27 b.Pritwell, Ex)
Bentham Soper 35 bricklayer at Albert Rd Englefield Green, Egham, Surrey '81cen; b.London; Elizabeth 27 spinner b.Stratford, Ex; Bentham 3 b.Barking, Ex; Elizabeth 1 b.Egham, Sy Edith 12; Florence 11; Lilian 4 all b.Leyton, Ex with widowed mother Amy at Portsea, Hants Walter 2 b.Walthamstow, Esx, son of John Samuel 35 unemployed poultry salesman�b.City, at Bermondsey, Lon & wife Martha 33
Maria Elizabeth Soper b.Apr>Jun 1872 Shoreditch, Lon : d.Oct>Dec 1882 Epping, Ex, age 10 - not visable '81cen
John Soper m.Elizabeth Jane Nosworthy Jan>Mar 1889, Tavistock, Devon (bmd); John Lampear Soper b.Jan>Mar 1867, Tavistock to John Lampere Soper blacksmith, m.Mary Jane Dordan 1860, Tavistock
Fred Charles Soper m.Mary Ann Brett Jan>Mar 1890, Tendring, Essex : (? a Frederick Charles Soper b.Jan>Mar 1867 Plymouth, Dev)
1891 Essex Census, 17 names (& 14 Sopers in West Ham, London)
Arthur Soper 20 drapers assistant at 37 The Green, (St Johns), West Ham; b.Southampton, Hants with page of shop staff; a shop walker 25, carpet salesman 27, ironmongers ass 23, & 20 other male drapers.ass 18-33 : [perhaps staff of Roberts Dept Store, Stratford??] : scan : [Arthur James m.Charlotte Rosa Brown 1898, West Ham]
Charlotte Soper 15 gerneral domestic servant at 59 Borneo Terrace, (St Margaret), Barking, Essex '91cen; b.Detpford, London with Alice Spashett 26unm dressmaker b.Barking, Ex & 4 nephews surnamp Rainne, 3-7 scholars, b.Liverpool; scan : [parents below William J 49 lighterman (barge), at Church Row, Barking & Harriet 42]
Henry Soper 21 a boarder at West Ham, Ex, '91cen b.Plymouth, Dev [?sister Laura 16 servant in & b.S.Brent?] : Henry b.Apr>Jun 1870, Plymouth; & Laura Edith Soper b 4 Oct>Dec 1874 Plymouth to John S & Mary S Almond m. 1866, Plymouth, Dev
George Soper 52 sugar baker at 33 Hudsons Rd, (Holy Trinity), West Ham '91cen & wife Georgina 50 both b.Dorset & niece Alice Lambert 17 lady clerk b.Hants & boarder Walter Hostler 25 stoker b.Herefordshire; scan : [George m.Georgina Case 1857]
Henry Soper 21unm chemists assistant in 2 rooms at 295 Romford Rd, West Ham, Ex; b.Plymouth, Dev '91cen boarding with James Hopper 34 chemist b.Deal, Kt, wife 26 b.Hackney & gen sev Susannah Tuffs 34unm b.Norfolk : scan : [parents John S Soper m.Mary S Almond 1866, Plymouth, Dev]
Robert Soper 54 life assurance agent, in 4 rooms at 4 Stevant Lane, (St Marys), Leyton, Ex '91cen; b.Bow, Lon; Hannah Soper 53 b.St Luke, Lon (sharing address with John Taylor 76 painter & wife 71 charwoman) scan : [Robert Benjamin m.Hannah Blay 1856 St Luke, Lon]
William L Soper 57 widowed retired silk manufacturer at 1 Walnuts, Church Lane, (St Marys), Walthamstow & sister Britannia S Soper 51unm living on her own means, both b.Norton Folgate, Lon; housemaid Sarah J Sale 22 b.Wilts & cook Louisa E Jane 29 b.Islington : scan : [William Lawrence Soper m.1880] : [both in '01cen & '11cen; 77 & Britannia Sarah Soper 71 at Walthamstow]
William J Soper 49 lighterman (barge), employee at 35 Lawer Cottages, Church Row (St Margaret) at Barking b.Greenwich, Harriet 42, Annie? Soper dau washer help 6 (her line crossed out) both b.Lewisham, Kt, Emma 13 gen dom serv, John 10, Mary 8, Joseph 5 scholars, James 8m all b.Barking : scan : [a Maud Helena Soper, b. Lewisham, Kent Jul>Sep 1875] : [William m.Harriett Stead 1874 Deptford]
William Soper lighterman, gave evidence at Thames Conservancy, when George Anderson, Thames pilot 61 summonds that Jul 1891 he navigated steamer Hawarden Castle being towed by tug Victoria without care.. The was was great wash & 1 of 15 barges moored at Lawes Wharf, nr Barking Creek, broke free. Soper said if he was not there (2pm) other barges would have come to grief & in 8 years he'd not seen a vessel so fast; Fine London Standard 5 Oct : [William m.Harriett Stead 1874 Deptford]
Annie Jane Philpott Soper (Nancy) m.Walter Reginald Tuckett MRCS.ext of Woodford; 12 Oct 1892 at Wanstead Church [Essex]; Nancy, eldest dau of late Henry Lewis Soper esq of Wanstead; Walter, late house surgeon of Maidstone Hospital, son of Wm F Tuckett esq JP Bath; service by Rev R D Swallow head master of Chigwell School; source 22 Oct 1892, from newspapers.bl.uk : [Henry Lewis Soper m.Jane Mary Philpott 1868]
Ellen Clowes Soper d.Oct>Dec 1893, age 51, Rochford, Essex (bmd) : [William gunmaker m.Ellen Clowes Hobbs 1866 Thatcham, Berks] : ('91cen Ellen C Soper 49 Mother at Plumstead, Lon : b.Thatcham, Berks, with 3 sons & 2 dau) : [an Ex connection; a son Ernest William m.1899, Ex]
William John Soper m.Elizabeth Ann bef.1895 [b1877 from ww1 naval record (but b.c1874 census)] ?? parents William J a lighterman at Barking who m.HarriettStead 1874 Deptford
Robert Lewis Soper, Theydon Towers, Epping : Elected Associate Member Institution of Civil Engineers 2 Feb 1897 : source : [b.Romford, 1870 to Henry Lewis Soper & Jane Mary Philpott m.1868]
Edward James Soper m.Esther Greenland Oct>Dec 1898, Romford, Ex : ['01cen family not vis (& no mispellings of Louis's surname) (Edward's b.Plymouth c1876 not vis)]
Mrs Jane Soper, inherited Uphall, Ilford, Essex from her parents John Philpot of Ilford, a corn dealer. Mrs Soper sold the estate : British History.com in 1898 & partly developed for housing : from History of Essex, Parish of Barking: pub1966 : [it's farmhouse demolished 1952] : [see Henry Lewis Soper m.Jane Mary Philpott 1868]
Arthur James Soper m.Charlotte Rosa Brown Jul>Sep 1898, West Ham, Ex [James added from death record, m.'Rosa']
Ernest William Soper m.Teresa E S Greenshields [Theresa Elizabeth Susan Greenshields] Jan>Mar 1899, West Ham, Ex (bmd) : b.29 Feb 1872 Reading, Berks to William (gunmaker) & Ellen Clowes Hobbs, who m.1866
Anne Soper (c1798-1899) d.Jul>Sep 1899, West Ham, Ex age 101 (bmd) : ['91cen eldest Ann 91 a grandmother at Basingstoke Hants; b.Overton, Hants : '81cen Ann head widow 81 at & b.Overton, Hants : '71cen not vis : '61cen Ann 63 widowed head, laundress at & b.Overton : '41cen Ann 40 wifes to Richard at Basingstoke & John at Upper Clatford, Hants]
Soper, representing Essex County Council, was on the House of Commons select committee on The Lee Valley Conservancy Board [a 27m navigable river, bringing fresh water towards London from the North] : from The Times 21 & 28 Mar 1900 534-5/746n
John Soper (Honiton), John Philpott Henry Soper & Ada Augusta Georgiana Mainwaring executors to Capt Horace Mann of Button House, Theydon Bois, Essex (d.11 June 1900 Almonds Nek, Natal, S.Africa) claims on estate to be sent by 23 Oct 1900 (London Gazette 18 Sep) : [FPPS invalided back from Cape Town 1902]
Alfred Soper 19 soldier, Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery at at Shoeburyness Barracks, South Shoebury, Essex, age 19, b.Crawley, Sussex; scan : ['91cen no Alfred 9 vis, (?An Alfred 7 at Stoke, Sy; b.Pirbright, Sy) : '11cen not vis]
Ann Sapper 66, at West Ham, (Lon) (?living with others) Benjamine Sapper 45 cabinet maker both b.Shoreditch, Lon & Beatrice Sapper 22 refreshment waitress b.Bow. Lon : [not Soper elsewhere : Saper not inc '91/'11cen]
Arthur James Soper 30 draper at 114 High St, Prittlewell, Ex b.Southampton, Hants, Rose Charlotte Soper 30 b.Stratford, Ex & Arthur Clifford Soper 2 & Irene Soper 4m both b.Southend, Ex & Jessie Staimmes 20 dom serv b.Burnham on Crouch, Ex; scan: [Arthur m.Charlotte Rosa Brown 1898, West Ham]
Caroline K Sopher 3 at Sible Hedingham, Ex, Swindon, Wilts; cousin with George Perritt 57 retired farmer b.Wincanton, S.set, wife Annie 56 b.Gillingham, Dor, unm sons John 28 & George 25 farmers b.Wincanton, S.set: [not vis '11cen or bmd]
Charles Souper c1842, 59 at South Weald, Ex, b.Bedford (/'Bradfield'?), Berks, an Army Colonel : Anna Souper 59 b.Ireland : Frances Souper b.c1873 28, b.Woolwich, Lon : Richard Souper c1878, 23, b.Ireland an oganist & ... : Charles Souper c1880, 21, b.Ireland a flautist [not vis '51-'91cen & '91cen] : [a Richard & Elsie Souper sailed to NY 1914 & 1923] [m.1873 biog]
Charles Soper (c1888-?) 13 sailor boy in training on Metropolitan Asylums Board's training ship,'Exmouth', anchored in Tidal Thames off Grays, Thurrock, Essex; b.Wandsworth, Lon; [574 boys, 11-14, 19m & 3f officers, cook & housemaid] scan, b & c : [a 1854 battleship, moored 1877 to train London's paupers, for navy; condemed 1903 workhouses.org] : ['11cen Charles not vis (a Charles 19 in military in Aldershot, Hants {but Aldershot is army})] [? a Charles age 28 in army b.Wandsworth c1885 army record]: [birth not vis bms (a Charles Herbert b.Jul>Sep 1886 but Greenwich dist '11cen CHs 24 b.Lon with marine engineer father Thomas 59 & Selina 61)]
Emily Louisa Soper 11 at 28 Orwell Road, West Ham, Ex, '01cen, b.Bloomsbury, Lon; niece with Henry Albert Robinson 34 electrical engineer b.Kennington, Lon; Emily Thirza Robinson 31 b.Esher, Sy & Albert Leslie Robinson 7 b.Southwell, Lon; scan &. rootsweb re Robinson family : [Emily Louisa Soper b.Jan>Mar 1890, Holborn, Lon to Frederick Henry & Louisa Lydia Robinson m.1885 (police notes)]
Ernest William Soper 29 drapers assistant at 2 Francis Rd, Carlisle Terrace, Leyton, Ex, '01cen, b.Reading, Berks; Theresa Soper 29 b.Dalston, Lon; scan : [Ernest William Soper m.Teresa E S Greenshields 1899]
Florence Louisa Soper 19 governess school at 116-8 The Grove, West Ham, Lon '01cen ; b.Dulwich, Lon; with Albert Howel 39 draper, shopkeeper b.Norfolk; wife 37, children 8, 7 & 2; cook 21; housemaids 19 & 21; milliner 25 & drapers ass 22; scan : [father Rev.John Alfred Soper biog]
Frederick Soper (c1872-?) 29 police constable at Forest Lodge, Leyton, Ex [next to Forest House workhouse], b.Wolverton; Clara 31 b.Clains, Worcestershire; Elisa 4 b.Leytonstone, Ex; also visitor [mother?] Mary A Hill 64m living on own means b.Clains; scan : [lodge on map?] [m.Clara Hill, 1896; biog police notes]
George Soper 72 upholsterer at 33 Hudson Rd, West Ham, Ex; Georgina Soper 66 both b.Dor & nephew William George Case 32unm dock labourer b.Chichester, Sx & boarder Ernest Charles Venner clerk b.Canning Town scan : [George m.Georgina Case 1857]
Henry Soper 43 widow, machine printer (employee) at 35 Boulton Road, West Ham, Ex; '01cen, b.Bermondsey, Lon; Henry Soper 19 machine printer ('ee); William Soper 17 labourer general; Margaret Soper 11 all b.Newington, Lon; & dau Mary D Giller 21m b.Newington, Lon & grandau Margaret G D Giller 1 b.Canning Town, Ex scan : [Henry m.Sarah Goodall m.1879, Lambeth]
Henry Soper 31unm chemist & druggist at 113 Romford Road, West Ham, Ex '01cen & sister Laura E Soper 26unm housekeeper both b.Plmouth, Dev; scan : [parents John S Soper m.Mary S Almond 1866, Plymouth, Dev]
Henry Soper 31 at 35 Boulton Road, West Ham, Ex, '01cen, b.Plymouth, Dev; Henry Soper 19 b.Newington, Lon machine printer; William Soper 17 b.Newington, Lon labourer general; Margaret Soper 11 b.Newington, Lon; scan
James Soper (c1868-?) 33 farmer at Low St, Chingford, Ex; b.Ladock, Con; Martha Soper 32 b.Pickeridge, Herts, William J F Soper 4 & Dorothy Ellen Soper 1 both b.Chingford, Ex; also Ethel Pegram 13 gen dom serv b.Westnull, Hert; scan : [James m.Martha Ann Fordham 1895, Ware, Herts]
Jane Mary Soper (c1842-?) a widow, 59 living on private means, at Tower House, Forest Side, Epping Upland, Ex; b.Ilford, unmarried sons John Philpot Henry Soper 32 barrister at law & Robert Lewis Soper, 30 mechanical engineer. All b.Ilford, Ex, with a lady's maid 29 & 2 housemaids 25 & 15; scan : '01cen : [Henry Lewis Soper m.Jane Mary Philpott 1868]
John Soper 65 blacksmith at 61 Chewton Rd, Wathamstow, Ex; Mary J 62 both b.Marystone, Dev, Lily 21 b.N.Sketton, Yorks, Charles 22 drapers ass b.Tavistock; Alfred 19 grocers ass b.Milton Abbott, Dev [Alfred returned to Dev to m.1902*] scan : [John m. 1860, Tavistock, Dev]
John L Soper 35 electrical engineer at 60 Wellington Road, Walthamstow, Ex, '01cen, b.Tavistock, Dev; Elizebeth J Soper 31 b.Plymouth; Florence M Soper 11 b.Tavistock; Lilian Soper 9 b.Kings Cross; John L Soper 7; Ethel K Soper 5; William H Soper 2 all b.Walthamstow; scan : [John m.Elizabeth Jane Nosworthy 1889, Tavistock]
Joseph Soper 60 assistant inspector Carmans Assoct at 23 Second Avenue, East Ham, Ex '01cen; b.Exbourne, Dev; Mary Soper 53 b.Plymouth, Dev; son Thomas Soper 40unm traveller in table glass, b.Lon; scan : ['11cen Joseph pensioner, see police Sopers : Thomas m.Maud 1901]
Kate Soper 36 sick nurse, married, of Saffron Walden Union Workhouse, Radwinter Road, Saffron Walden, Ex, '01cen; b.Kington Magna, Dor; scan; [not vis '81/'91cen]
Margaret 11 at West Ham, Lon (/Ex) '01cen; b.Newington, Lon. (perhaps father Henry)
Robert B Soper 64 life assurance canvasser at 4 rooms, 84 Tyndall Road, Low Leyton; b.Lambeth; Hannah Soper 63 b.St Luke, Lon; scan : [Robert Benjamin m.Hannah Blay, 1856 St Luke, Lon]
Robert Soaper 55 boot maker at 256 Sherrard Road, East Ham, Ex; b.City of Lon '01cen; Fanny Soaper 55 b.Cambridge, Cambs : [Robert George Soper b.Shoreditch Apr>Jun 1846 : m.Frances Linstead Apr>Jun 1868, E London] ['91cen not vis : '81cen living Rotherhithe, Sy : '71cen called George 25]
Robert G Soper 50 monamental mason at East Ham, Ex '01cen; b.Egg Buckland, Dev; Betsy H Soper 56 b.Plymouth, Dev; Charles Lewington boarder 19unm grocers assist b.Poplar, Lon; scan : [Robert m.Betsy Harris Gullett 1885, East Stonehouse, Dev]
Sarah Soper 60 widow, domestic cook at Upper Park, Loughton, Ex, '01cen, b.Landulph, Con; servant to Joseph Lowery 42 secty to Marine Salvage Ass & his sister Barbara 33unm both b.Durham; scan : [not vis '81cen/'91cen '11cen at W.Ham 74]
Sophia Soaper 41 a domestic servant at East Ham, Ex b.Meean, India, Lahore, '01cen : ["not vis '91 or '11cen none b.India] : [?a Sophia M Soper died Apr>Jun 1936 age 76 Brentford]
William L Soper retired silk manufacturer, age 67 '01cen, at 1 Church Lane, Walthamstow, Ex, also sister Brittania S 61 living on own means, both b.Norton Folgate; & unm servants, Henrietta Norris 52 cook b.Walthamstow, Ex & Sarah J Gale 32 housemaid b.Staple Ashton, Wilts ; scan : [William Lawrence Soper m.1880] : ['11cen; William Lawrence Soper 77 & Britannia Sarah Soper 71 at West Ham]
William J Soper 59 lighterman at 35 Creeksmouth, Barking, Ex; Harriett Soper 52 both b.Greenwich; John E Soper 20unm lighterman; Joseph H Soper 16 lighterman; Jane F Soper 10; Arthur W Soper 8 all b.Barking scan : [William m.Harriett Stead 1874 Deptford]
William Soper 42 carpenter at 9 The Crescent, Walthamstow, Ex, b.Dipper Town, Dev; Ellen Soper 42 b.Quarmby, Yorks; scan : [?William m.Ellen Shaw 1884, Middlesborough, Yorks, N.Riding (bmd) : not vis '11cen]
William C Soper 30 trinity room RNR [Royal Naval Reserve] in 3 rooms at 72 Dale Rd, West Ham, Essex, '01cen, b.Falmouth, Dev; Agnes Soper 33 b.Scotland; Florence D Soper 1 & (baby) Soper [Stanley] 5d & lodger Mrs Thompson 72 widow, monthly nurse, b.Bishopsgate, Lon [Stanley] both b.Canning Town, Essex; scan : [William Carvasso Soper mariner trinity service m.Agnes, see '11cen]
William Soper 27 lighterman at 44 Creeksmouth [parents nr.35], Barking, b.Lee Elizabeth Soper 26 both b.Deptford; William Soper 5: Alfred Soper 4; Elizabeth Soper 2 [?d. age 4]; John 3m & boarder Richard Plyford 28unm engine driver stationary all b.Barking scan : [William John m.Elizabeth Ann bef.1895]
born Essex but living elsewhere in '01cen
'01cen Joshua Soper 26 market clerk Walthamstow, Ex; b.Bermondsey, Lon : [son of John Samuel '81cen 35 unemp poultry salesman�b.City, at Bermondsey; Martha : see '11cen]
Thomas Samuel Soper m.Maud Mary Youlton Jul>Sep 1901, West Ham, Ex (bmd)
Willie Soper age 6 at Creeksmouth Board School, Barking 1901 : went to hit a companion with an open pocket knife during schooltime. However Robert Hearn age 3 was getting off a stool & was fataly stabbed above right eye. The West Ham coroner said Soper was too young to be held liable; from 'The Guardian', 23 Jul 1901; & 'Banbury Advertiser' 25 Jul scan : The Coroner; verdict 'death from misadventure' & admonished the little offender in a kindly way scan : [?assume b.4 Apr 1895 to William John lighterman & Elizabeth 1895]
Arthur James Soper & William John Hone [listed 1st] carrying on business as drapers & milliners, 114 High St, Southend-on-Sea, under �Hone & Soper� dissolved by mutual consent 2 Jul 1901. All debts due to & owing to A J Soper (London Gazette 9 Jul) : [Arthur m.Charlotte Rosa Brown 1898, West Ham]
Henry Soper chemist at 113 Romford Road (north side) Stratford : 1902 Post Office Trade Directory source : [see Henry '91cen]
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 : Cambridge University Alumni 1894 says b.12 Oct 1875 : he lived Theydon Towers, Epping : [see biog]
Henry Soper m.Grace Maria Smith Oct>Dec 1903, West Ham, Ex (bmd)
John Robert P Soper b.Oct>Dec 1904, Epping, Essex (bmd) : [see John Robert Philpott Soper]
H J Soper 'O' : Greenhalgh & Brockbank 'A' [?Occupier & Architect?] ; Building plan of alterations submitted to Southend Borough Council, for premises, 114 High St, 1904 : Essex Record Office : [& also 1919 alterations 114 & 116 The Broadway] : [Arthur J & Charlotte Rosa Brown m.1898, a draper of Southend]
Joseph Henry Soper m.Gracie Ward Oct>Dec 1906 Romford : (Joseph b.Apr>Jun 1885, to William John lighterman a lighterman who m.Harriett Stead 1874 Deptford]
Ernest Henry Soper m.Lillian Julia Kelsey Apr>Jun 1908, Bristol, Glos (bmd) ??an Ernest Henry b.Oct>Dec 1879, Dorchester, Dor see [not vis '11cen]
John Edward Soper m.Mary Ann Quinlin Apr>Jun 1908, Romford, Ex (bmd) John Edward Soper b.Jan>Mar 1881 to William John lighterman & Harriett Stead who m.1874 Deptford
William Soper m.Elizabeth Clara Chuter Oct>Dec 1908, West Ham
William Lawrence Soper a shareholder of the Great Western Railway. Named in the 'Probate Book' 1868, 1874 & 1908. (1908 in Essex). [90% entrys involve a death, 5% marriage] : (William Garland Soper of London & Henry William Dommett Soper in same year) : details for sale from findmypast.com : [see m.1880 : at West End Ex '11cen]
George Soper Cansdale (29 Nov 1909 � 24 Aug 1993) BA B.sc b.Brentwood, Ex; Brentwood School; degree forestry St Edmund Hall, Oxford 1929-32. Colonial Service; Forestry Officer for Gold Coast (now Ghana) 1934-48, Supplyed animals for zoos, inc London Zoo. Books inc Animals of West Africa (1946), Animals & Man (52), George Cansdale's Zoo Book (53), Belinda the Bushbaby (written with wife, 53), Reptiles of West Africa (55), Ladybird Book of British Wild Animals (58), West African Snakes (61), Behind the Scenes at a Zoo (65) & Animals of Bible Lands (65). Superintendent Zoological Society of London 1947-1953. Churchwarden of All Souls, Langham Place, 1950-1971. President of Crusaders Union. Broadcast for the BBC. Married Margaret Williamson, (a fellow student at Oxford) 1940; Died Aug 1993 aged 83. wiki
Robert Lewis Soper & Thomas Smith Barke, agreement for tenancy of Berwick Berners Hall, Abbess Roothing 1909. Receipts & notes on tillage, 1912; correspondence, 1912-13. Thaxted auctioneers records Essex Archives Online : [parents Henry Lewis Soper m.Jane Mary Philpott 1868]
James F Soper m.Margaret Quinlan* Apr>Jun 1911, Romford, Essex (bmd); [James Frederic b.13 Jul 1890 [b.Jul>Sep], Romford, Ex to William John lighterman & Harriett Stead m.1874 Deptford, Kt]
Alfred William Soper m.Aggie Agnes Swan 29 Jun 1911 Barking Parish Church* [m.Jan>Mar - June m.date wrong at m,under 1y 11cen] Both unm; Aggie's father Walter Swan of 4 Coverdale Rd source; Alfred William b.28 Sep 1892 Barking, [Romford RD] to William John lighterman & Harriett Stead who m.1874 Deptford
98 Sopers in Essex in 1911 census
Alfred Soper 20 waterman in 4 rooms at 140 Oban Rd, Barking, [Romford RD], Ex; Agnes Soper 20 {m.1y 1 birth}; Edward Soper under 1m, all b.Barking ; scan : [Alfred W m.Aggie A Swan 1911]
Annie Souper 69 widow of Lt Col, army pensioner {6 births} in 10 rooms at Twickenham Villa, Brook Street Hill, South Weald [Billericay RD], Ex b.Dublin, Ireland, & dau Frances O Souper 38unm musician b.Woolwich, Kent also dau Katherine Macpherson 37m school principle b.Woolwich her unm sons Philip R P 35 & Charles A 31 musician b.Limerick, Corbally & 2 grdau 12 b.Nova Scotia, Halifax & 7 b.Brentwood, Ex & gen serv Edith Brindle 20 gen serv b.S.Weld, Ex scan : [with husband Col Charles '01cen]
Arthur Soper 44 police pensioner, learning dairy farming in 7 rooms at Forest View House, Kings Head Hill Chugford, Ex; b.Bristol, Glos, Kathleen Soper 45 {19y, 2 births, both alive} b.Weymouth, Dorset, Ethel Soper 18, Leonard Soper 9 both b.Lon ; scan : [see Arthur Stanley J Soper London PC 1893]
Arthur John Soper 41 farmer in 8 rooms at Hatfield Broad Oak. Dunmow, Ex; b.St Blazey, Cornwall; Mary Elizabeth Emma Soper 37 {m.15y, 3 births, all alive}, b.Victoria, Aus; John Lewis James Soper 14 son college scholar b.Braughing, Herts, Arthur Edmund Soper 8 son at school, Olive Hilda Soper 3 both b.Hatfield Bd Oak, Ex ; scan : [see biog, Cornwall]
Arthur Soper 40 draper in 7 rooms at 114 High St, Southend-on-Sea, Ex [Rochford RD] b.Southampton, Hants, Rosa Soper 39 {m.12y 5 births, 4 alive} b.Shatford, Ex, Irene Soper 10 school, Kenneth Soper 3, Donald Soper 9m all b.Southend also Hephzibah Turner 19 nurse & Kathleen May 23unm dom serv ; scan : [Arthur James d.21 Jan 1945 executor Rosa Charlotte Soper] : [Arthur m.Charlotte Rosa Brown 1898, West Ham]
Blanche 36unm servant, staff nurse, sick nurse at District Nurse's Home, Plaisow Fever Hospital, The Maternity Charity, Howards Rd Plaistow E, Ex; (West Ham RD) b.Camden Town scan [Plaistow Maternity Hospital there now] Henry Charles m.Isabella Middlemiss 1865 Plymouth]
Ernest William Soper 39 haberdashery shipping buyerin 6 rooms at 409 Grove Green Rd, Leytonstone [West Ham RD], Ex; b.Reading, Berks, Theresa Elizabeth Susan Soper 39 {m.13y, 3 births, all alive} b.Dalston, Lon, Ernest Lindsay Soper 9, Madaline Theresa Soper 5, Kathleen Irene Soper 2 all b.Leyton, Ex & visitor Emma Sayers 35unm trained nurse b.Bermondsey, Lon; scan : [Ernest William m.Teresa E S Greenshields 1899]
George Soper Cansdale age 1 b.Sherfield, Essex with parents in 6 rooms at Ebenezer Cottage, Ingrave Rd, Ex [Brentford RD] Billericay; George William Cansdale 39 stockbrokers clerk b.Somers Town, Lon & Alice Louisa Cansdale 39 {m.10y 4 births, 3 alive} b.Slapton, Dev & William 15, John 7 & Percival 5 ; scan : [biog above, b.1909]
Henry 41unm dispensing chemist & photographic dealer (emlployer) in 6 rooms at 113 Romford Rd, Stratford, Ex [West Ham RD]; & sister Laura Edith Soper 36unm, both b.Plymouth, Dev ; scan : [see Henry '81cen]
Henry Soper 29 letter press printer, machine minder in 5 rooms at 49 Derford Rd, Canning Town, Ex [West Ham RD], b.Old Kent Rd, Lon; Grace Soper 28 {m.7y, 3 births, 3 alive} b.Poplar, Lon; Grace Soper 6 b. Canning Town, Ex, Ellen Soper 2, Beatrice Soper 9m, both b.Plaistow, Ex; scan : [Henry m.Grace Maria Smith 1903, West Ham, Ex]
James Soper 43 farmer in 9 rooms at Low Hall Farm, Chingford, Ex [Epping RD]; b.Laddock, Cornwall, Martha Ann Soper 42 {m.15y 7 births, 5 alive} b.Puckeridge, Herts, William J Soper 14, Dorothy E Soper 11, Mabel A Soper 9, Kathleen A Soper 8 all at school, Phillis E Soper 3, all b.Chingford, Ex & gen serv Eliza Day 26 b.Melden Hall, Suffolk & gen dom serv Eliza Day 30unm b.Melden Hall, Suffolk; scan : [James m.Martha Ann Fordham 1895, Ware, Herts]
Jane Mary Soper 69 widow in 21 rooms at Theydon Towers, Epping on private means; sons; Robert Lewis Soper 40unm civil engineer manager, Frank Percy Philppott Soper 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 : [Jane died shortly after : Henry Lewis Soper m.Jane Mary Philpott 1868]
John Soper 43 electrician (emloyee) in 6 rooms at 35 Elms Dale Rd, Walthamstow, Ex [West Ham RD]; b.Tavistock, Dev; Elizabeth 41 {m.22y 9 births, all alive} house keeper ('ee) b.Plymouth, Dev, Mabel Soper 21unm domestic servant b.Tavistock; John Soper jun. 16 electrical labourer (district council), Ethel Soper 15 domestic servant, William Soper 12, Fredrick Soper 9, Louisa Soper 6 all at school, Alfred Soper 3, Ellen Soper 3 all b.Walthamstow, Ex also Mrs Short 48 b.Clapham, Sy, Mr Short 27unm photographer b.Paddington & Robert Short 4 b.Fulham; scan : [John m.Elizabeth Jane Nosworthy 1889]
John Philpott Henry Soper 42 manufacturer of gas mantles & barrister at law, in 12 rooms at Woodlands, Theydon Bois, Ex; b.Ilford, Ex, Edith Soper 41 {m.8y, 3 births all alive} b.Hendon, Msx, John Robert Philpott Soper 6, 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
: [widowed mother above : Henry Lewis Soper m.Jane Mary Philpott 1868; see legal Sopers]
John Ed Soper 30 lighterman in 4 rooms at Deptford at 23 Creeks Mmouth?, Romford, Ex; b.Creeks Mouth, Backey?, Ex; Mary Ann Soper 28 {m.4y, 3 births, all alive}, John William Soper 3 school, Mary Ellen Soper 10m, James Soper 6w, all b.Barking, Ex; scan : [John Edward & m.Mary Ann Quinlin 1908]
Joseph Soper 70 police pensioner; Inspr, Master Carmens Assoc {m.44y, 2 births, 1 alive} in 6 rooms at 23 Second Avenue, Manor Park, [West Ham RD], Ex; b.Exbourne, Dev; son Thomas Samuel Soper 40 table glass commercial traveller; dau in law Maud Mary Soper 39 {m.9y, 1 birth} both b.Stepney, Lon & grdau Hazel Maud Mary Soper 8 b.Little Ilford, Ex scan : [Joseph m.1865; see police Sopers] : [Thomas m.Maud Mary Youlton 1901]
Joseph Soper 25 lighterman (general cargo) in 4 rooms at 12 Creeksmouth, Barking [Romford RD], Gracie Soper 26 {m.4y, 0 births}, Ex both b.Barking, Ex ; scan : (brother John at nr23 & parents nr35) : [Joseph Henry m.Gracie Ward 1906 Romford]
Kate Soper 46 married nurse of workhouse, married servant at poor law workhouse, Saffron Walden, Ex; b.Kingston Magna, Dorset; her marriage details {m.18y, 2 births, both alive} crossed out, but not others (widow?); also 3 nurses, master, matron, porter, clerk, cook, 6 gen doms: scan : [so m.c1893; not vis '91cen : Kate/Catherine d. or re.m. not vis]
Lily Soper (c1892-?) 19unm general domestic in 9 rooms at 17 Sylvan Rd, Wanstead, Ex [West Ham RD]; b.Lon; only servant to James Brooks 49 mercantile cashier, wife 45, dau's 20 & 18 all b.Scotland, visitor Cyril 18 & Leran Cooper 17 confectioners B.Harrow; scan
George Soper m.Sarah bef.1855*; Sarah b.c1837, Landulph East, Con
William Lawrence Soper widower 77 retired silk manufacturer in 11 rooms at 1 Church Ln, Walthamstow, [West Ham RD], Ex; sister Britannia Sarah Soper 71unm both b.Norton Folgate, Lon; domestic cook Henrietta Norris 63 b.Walthamstow & housemaid Sarah Alice Mumford 42 b.Heyford, Ox scan
: [WLS m.1880]
William John Soper 69 lighter man in 4 rooms at 35 Creeks Mouth, Barking, Ex [Romford RD]; Harriett Soper 62 {m.37y, 1 birth, 1 alive} both b.Greenwich, Lon, James Frederick Soper 20unm lighter man b.Barkingscan : [William m.Harriett Stead 1874 Deptford]
William Frederick Soaper 66 b.Lon, at West/Road, West Ham b.Lon ; scan : [not vis '71-'01cen]
William Frederick Soaper 44 automatic gas meter collector for Gas Co in 4 rooms at 9 Ravenscroft Rd, Canning Town, Ex [West Ham RD]; Hannah Elizabeth Soaper 46 {m.16y, 4 births, all alive} both b.Limehouse, Lon, Annie Dorothy Soaper 15 b.Bermondsey, Lon; William Frederick Soaper 14 messenger Port of London Authority, at evening school, Hannah Elizabeth Soaper12 both b.Poplar, Lon; Winifred Amelia Soaper 6 school b.Stepney, Lon ; scan : [Frederick Soaper m.Hannah Elizabeth Bassenger 1894] : [assume father above]
William Carvasso Soper (1871-?) 39 head mariner trinity service in 5 rooms at 71 Ling Rd, Beckton Rd, Canning Town E, Lon [West Ham RD]; b.Falmouth, Cornwall, '11cen : Agnes 41 {m.6y} b.Edinburgh, Scotland; Florence 11 & Stanley 10 both at school, both b.Canning Town, Ex with boarder Kathleen Smidth 5m b.Canning Town scan : [William Carvosso Soper b.Falmouth 1871 to William Henry Soper (a navy officer) & Charlotte Jane Carvosso, m.1870] : [biog 1911 census sailing Sopers]
William Soper 38 waterman & lighterman in 5 rooms at Newport House, Ripple Rd, Barking [Romford RD], '11cen; Elizabeth Soper 36 {17y 9 births, 7 alive} both b.Deptford, son William Thomas Soper 15; Alfred Soper 14 both chemist's labourers; John Soper 10; Harry Soper 8; Joseph Soper 6; Dorothy Soper 3 & Edward Stanley Soper 5m, all b.Barking; (Elizabeth 5 dead & Richard died 3 days crossed out) & boarder Daniel Booth 28unm labourer, chemical mfr b.Deptford; scan : [m.abt1895]
William Soper 27 hammerman in 2 rooms at 42 Croydon Rd, Plaistow, Ex [West Ham RD], b.Walworth, Lon; Elizabeth Soper 27 {m.2y, 2 births, both alive} b.Canning Town, Ex; William Soper 1, Ellen Soper 3m both b.Plaistow, Ex; scan : [a William Soper m.Oct>Dec 1908, West Ham, to Elizabeth Clara Chutes (or Ethel Edith E Lane)]
born Essex but living elsewhere in '11cen
Walter Soper (c1879-?) 32 head a [meat �] at (28 Place) St Olave (Bermondsey), Lon; b.Walthamstow, Ex; wife Eleanor Mary Soper 39; James Soper 6 school; Grace Soper 3; Frank Soper 1all b.St Olave
Edward James Soper 35 a laundry ..., at [39 South/East/Avenue], Plymouth, Dev b.?; Esther Soper 39 b.West Ham, Ex, Louis Robert Soper 11 at school, b.Ex, Victor James Soper 4 b.Dev, also cousins Stanley James Soper 28 married a laundrey ass b.Plymouth, Dev, Florence Soper 24 b.Lon & Marjorie Florence Soper 2 b.Dev : [Edward James Soper m.Esther Greenland Oct>Dec 1898, Romford, Ex]
Mary Ann Soper 28 a [former domestic servant/national] inmate at institution, [Thetford/Black/Grey/Corner], Wayland, Norfolk b.Essex
Frederick James Soper (c1872-?) 39 head [police] at (Great/Red/Road/Church/The/Grove) Hendon, Msx b.Wolverton, Hants; wife Clara Soper 41 b.-; Elsie May Soper 13 school b.Leyton, Ex; Norman Frederick Soper 4 b.-; Bessie Soper 1 b.- :
Edward Soper m.Emily Jane Chapman Apr>Jun 1878, Bethnal Green, Lon (bmd)
Emily Helena Soper (c1890-) m.William Thomas Weeks (c1886-) 26 Nov 1911 Canning-Town, Essex; fathers Edward Soper & Thomas William Weeks source : Emily H m.William T Weeks Oct>Dec, West Ham, Ex
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?] : [see Frank P P Soper biog]
William Lawrence Soper of The Walnuts, Church End, Walthamstow, Essex (d.14 Apr 1912) Will proved 3 June 1912, by the executor Henry William Dommett Soper. Claims sent by 1 Aug (London Gazette 2 Jul) : [ '11cen - William Lawrence, widower 77 retired silk manufacturer at 1 Church Ln, Walthamstow, West Ham, Ex; sister Britannia Sarah 71 both b.Norton Folgate, Lon; cook Henrietta Norris 63 b.Walthamstow & housemaid Sarah Alice Mumford 42 b.Heyford, Ox : m.1880 : d.1912] : [left probate record]
- Margaret C Soper b.Jan>Mar 1913, Romford, Ex (mother nee Booth) : a Margaret C Soper m.Frederick E Gasson Jul>Sep 1936 Romford : [no Soper/Booth vis]
Mr Soper, of South Chingford Schools, one of many on The Chingford Belgian Refugee Committee, [Essex?] 1914-19 : www.tlemea.com
Charles F Soper m.Margaret A Phipps Jul>Sep 1914 Pontypridd, Glam; Charles b.9 Feb 1893 Ystradyfodwg [b.Jan>Mar Pontypridd] to Fred Charles & Mary Ann Brett m.1890, Tendring, Ex
Essex units in WW1 : Service Medals (issued to all servicemen) 1914-1920 : from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk : only;
A Soper, Walthamstow, Essex made a break of 126 on a full-size billiard table. Only 250 UK amateurs had achieved a 100+ break, all listed : The Billiard Monthly : Aug 1914 : [??perhaps Arthur Soper b.c1872 Clatford, Andover, Hants to Samuel & Sarah A Piper who m. 1866 : '11cen Arthur 40 a billiard marker in Bermondsey, Lon]
H Soper of 113 Romford Rd (adjoining Technical Institute), Stratford, Lon, wants assistant 25-40; outdoors; light retail with NHI; knowledge of photography essential; advert in Chemist & Druggist 16 Jan 1915 source : [see Henry, chemist '91cen]
Charles Edward Soper m.Gertrude Alice Southgate 3 Jul 1917, Colchester, Essex (bmd m.Jul>Sep) [assume children] : Charles b.12 Apr 1892 [b.Apr>Jun], Prinsted, Sx to Charles Nicholas Soper m.Harriett Carver 1891, Westbourne, Sx
Alfred H Soper m.Ethel Burton Apr>Jun 1917, Romford, Ex; Alfred Henry Soper b.16 Jan 1897 Barking (Romford bmd dist) to William J a lighterman who m.Harriett Stead 1874 Deptford
William Soper lived quietly at this house for a good many years. At his death Miss Soper continued to reside here to abt.1918. A brick cottage, perhaps built on roadside waste at or near Church Lane before 1836. from Walthamstow Antiquarian Society pub.1926 source : ['11cen - William Lawrence, widower 77 retired silk manufacturer at 1 Church Ln, Walthamstow, West Ham, Ex, with unm sister Britannia Sarah 71 (who d.1918) : m.1880 : d.1912]
J Soper at 1st chapel meeting held 23 Jul 1918 at Great Eastern Hotel, Liverpool Street Stn; Lord Lambourne presiding; Chigwell School built its Memorial Chapel, 1923; source [assume John Philpott Henry Soper as went to the school; see legal Sopers]
Joseph Soper d.4 Aug 1918, of 23 Second Avenue, Manor Park, Essex; probate London 17 Aug 1918 to Thomas Samuel Soper, arsenal work taker; estate �90; from Probate Calender, scan [Joseph (c1840-1918) d.Jul>Sep 1918, West Ham, Ex, age 78] : [see police Sopers]
Albert Percy Soper of The Glen, Southend-on-Sea, a Red Cross bearer, orderly duty in wards, Worked at Queen Mary's RN Hospital, Southend-on-Sea, 70 hours; Glen Red Cross Hospital, Southend-on-Sea, 29 hours; Rockford Aerodrome Southend-on-Sea 18 hours; Convoy duty 52 hours; Air Raid (street duty) 0 hours; total hours 169h redcross.org; scan & scan : [only Albert Percy b.1883 & son 1908; but not vis outside Lon]
R L Soper & 'P L Soper' on Epping war memorial committee 1919 source : [Robert Lewis Soper parent's Henry Lewis Soper m.Jane Mary Philpott 1868]
H J Soper 'O' : PG Hayward 'A' [?Occupier & Architect?] ; Building plan of alterations submitted to Southend Borough Council, for alterations, 114 & 116 The Braodway, 1919 : Essex Record Office
Sarah Soper (1836-1921) d.Great Ilford, Essex; from Index to Parish Records, from findmypast.com
William James Fordham Soper 'Will' m.Dorothy M Nicholas at Epping district, Ex; Jan>Mar 1923; Dorothy (c1896-1946) & re.m.Marjorie E Green 1949 : William b.4 Sep 1896 Epping, Ex. to James who m.Martha Ann Fordham 1895, Ware, Herts
John L J Soper m.Dorothy A E Bailey Jun>Sep 1923, Dunmow, Ex; John Lewis J Soper b.17 Feb 1897 [b.Jan>Mar*], Bishop Stortford, Herts to Arthur John Soper farmer & Mary Elizabeth Emma Soper m.1898, Con; (*& b.Dunmow & Essex Apr>Jun 1897 [which inc Hatfield Broad Oak, Bishop Stortford Ex/Herts border - why register twice � overlapping district?)
Stanley W Soper m.? Gray Oct>Dec 1924, West Ham, Ex (bmd) : Stanley William Soper b.25 Mar 1901 (b.Apr>Jun West Ham) to William Carvasso Soper b.Falmouth, Con & Agnes see '11cen
Messrs Sopers, High Street: shed at rear : 3 photos 1925 labelled 'Temporary Buildings 1904-26 [town not given] : Essex Archives Online seax.gov.uk D/BC 1/4/10/18/213 to 215
William J Soper m.Beatrice A M Rolph Jul>Sep 1927, Romford, Essex (bmd)
William Soper d.23 Jul 1927, of 62 Adamson Rd, Custom House, Essex; probate London 24 Sep to Frederick Allan West, clerk; estate �178 0s 11d; d.at Seamen's Hospital, Greenwich, Kt; from Probate Calender, scan : William (c1864-1927) d.Jul>Sep, Greenwich, Lon, age 63 : [not obvious in Soper sailors] : [Williams b.1863 in Stroud, Glos; b.1864 Dorchester, Dor & Lambeth, Lon & 1865 Okehampton, Dev] : [William (c1864-1927) d.Jul>Sep, Greenwich, Lon, age 63]
Amelia C Soper m.John Alfred Edward Hitchman (1903-1943) in Southend? 1928 source [m.Jul>sep 1928 Rochford RD (inc Southend] : ['11cen; not visable]
James Soper d.27 Aug 1929, of The Beeches, Chingford, Essex; died ; probate London 9 Dec 1929 to James Soper esq, Henry Soper esq; estate �891 9s 6d ; from Probate Calender, scan [James (c1835-1929) d.Jul>Sep, Epping, Essex, age 94] : [James m.Elizabeth Hunkin 1863 St Austell, Cornwall]
Frederick C Soper m.Florence A Clarke Jul>Sep 1929, West Ham, Essex (bmd) (a Frederick Charles Soper b.Jul>Sep 1901 West Ham to John elecrician & Elizabeth m.1889)
E Soper (c1882-?) 47 hospital nurse, sailed 3rd class on "Borda" (P&O Line) from Cape Town, South Africa arriving Plymouth, Eng 22 May 1929; Last permanant address South Africa; Planned future residence England; address 84 Hurstbourne Gdns, Barking, Essex (ship from Australia), scan; UK Incoming Register
William Soper in 1930's, in partnership with Horace Morgan, owner of Baldocks Farm developed the Soper Homes, for sale from �695; p.6 Theydon Bois Village Design Statement
Arthur E Soper m.Dorothy R Burnip Jan>Mar 1930, Rochford, Ex (bmd); b.6 Jun 1905 (?at Hampstead, Lon to John & Ellen Matilda Eade who m.1893)
James Soper m.Florence Hatfull Oct>Dec 1930, Romford, Ex (bmd)
Kenneth Soper m.Florence E W Kruse Jul>Sep 1932, Rochford, Essex (bmd) b.8 Jul 1907 [b.Jul>Sep Rochford] to Arthur J draper & Rose Brown [who m.1898, West Ham]
Edward S Soper m.Nora F S Tye Oct>Dec 1932, Romford, Ex (bmd); b.15 Sep 1910; assume the Edward S b.Oct>Dec 1910, Romford b.William John m.Elizabeth Ann bef.1895
Henry G Soper m.Edith E Berge Jul>Sep 1933, Rochford, Ex (bmd); Henry b.20 Oct 1907
William & Rosetta Newman m.1889, Holborn
William Soper lighterman of Sunrise, Stanley Rd, 9 Rainham, Essex, heretofore known by the name of William Stead or Thomas William Stead, give notice by deed dated 29 Sept 1933, I abandoned use of surname Stead lieu of Soper (London Gazette 5 Dec) : ['01cen connection? a William Soper (c1874-?) lighterman, at Lee, Kent, age 27, b.Barking, Essex] : ['11cen William 38 lighterman at Romford with family]
Jane Rose Soper, Trevelyn, Laindon Hills, Essex: Freehold land registered in Park Ave, Laindon Hills, (London Gazette 24 Apr 1934) : ['11cen a Jane Rose Soper 23 & husband Edwin Charles Soper 33 at Lambeth both b.Camberwell] : [Edwin C m.Jane R Alexander at Camberwell 1910 Lon: Edwin Charles b.Jan>Mar 1878 St Saviour, Southwark]
Henry Soper [?mistranscribed 'Sopar'] m.Eleanor P Jeffrey Jul>Sep 1935, West Ham, Ex; b.12 Oct 1912 to William m.Elizabeth Clara Chuter 1908, W.Ham
John Soper d.22 Jun 1936, of 34 Wimborne Rd, Southend on Sea, Ex; probate London 26 Aug 1936 to Ellen Matilda Soper, widow, John Henry Soper, gas inspector; estate �2,072 10s; from Probate Calender, scan : [John (c1868-1936) d.Apr>Jun, Rochford, Ex, age 68] : [see John m.Ellen Matilda Eade 1893 Hampstead]
John W Soper m.Edith P E Whitehead Apr>Jun 1936, Essex SW, Essex (bmd)
Irene Soper (c1900-?) 36 buyer, sailed 3rd class on "Empress of Britain" (Canadian Pacific Line) from New York, US to Southampton, Eng arriving 26 Oct 1936; Last permanent address & planned future residence England; address 39 Victoria Ave, Southend on Sea [Essex] scan; UK Incoming Register : [William C Soper 50 on same sailing but Hants address]
James Soper first on list of 7 [ex?] owners & tenants. Reader Bros, builder's papers relating to Dove House Estate & St Catherine's Est, Chingford, Essex : [Possibly built on fields on & near Low Hall Farm] : [current mention of estates not vis] : from London Metropolitan Archives 1932-48 ref LMA/4430/02/010 a2a.org.uk
John E Soper m.Annie A Reynolds Jan>Mar 1937, Romford, Essex (bmd) : John b.21 Jan 1913 to John Edward m.Mary Ann Quinlin J F Soper 26 Sep 1937, Dagenham, Ex : Register of Seamen, Discharge Papers R602381, National Archives ref BT 372/1703/206b : [perhaps James Frederick lighteman m.1937]
Agnes Soper d.2 Mar 1937 of 58 Hurstbourne Gdns, Barking, Ex; died Severalls Hospital, Colchester; probate Lon 26 Apr 1937 to Albert Archie Soper, commercial clerk; estate �966 17s 11d; from Probate Calender, scan [Agnes (c1891-1937) d.Jan>Mar, Colchester, Ex, age 46] : [Alfred W m.Aggie A Swan 1911]
William Soper d.1 Apr 1937, of Oldchurch Hospital, Romford, Ex; died Oldchurch Hospital, Romford, Ex; administration Lon 24 May 1937 to Ethel May Soper, widow; estate �1,016; from Probate Calender, scan [William (c1873-1937) d.Apr>Jun, Romford, Ex, age 64] : [??perhaps the William John Soper of Romford m.Elizabeth abt.1895]
Albert A Soper m.Elsie A Lorenz Jan>Mar 1937, Romford, Essex (bmd) : b.9 Jan 1911 (b.Apr>Jun), Romford to Alfred W & Aggie A Swan who m.1911
Joseph A Soper m.Ellen E Playford Jul>Sep 1937, Romford, Ex (bmd dist) : Joseph Alexander Soper b.13 May 1905 Barking [b.Apr>Jun 1905 Romford bmd dist] to William John & Elizabeth who m.1895
C Soper, Arthur John Soper, farmer, Crabbs Green Hatfield in Kelly' s Directory 1937 Essex tlhs.org.uk : [A J S farmer age 41 in '11cen : see biog, Cornwall]
Robert Soper sold Berwick Berners Hall Farm, [in Berners Roding, Ongar, Essex] (285a) to present owner Mr N Stacey in 1937 : History of Essex: Vol 4, pub1956 : [Robert Lewis Soper's parents Henry Lewis Soper m.Jane Mary Philpott 1868] : [the farm 285a; 1870 auction]
- Maureen E Soper b.Jul>Sep 1938, West Ham (mother ne Jeffrey)
Soper & Co Ltd meeting at registered office 1 Coppice Rd, Theydon Bois, Essex 10 Jan 1938 agreed to to liquidate it's position & wind up (London Gazette 1 Feb) : [a Frank Percy Philpott Soper lived at Theydon see]
Herbert H Soper m.Ivy M A Elmes Jul>Sep 1939, E.Ham, Essex (bmd); Herbert H b.24 Nov 1910 [closest match in bmd Herbert Henry, but b.Oct>Dec 1901, Weymouth, Dor]
: '39cen Alice M Soper 37 married textile worker (b.2 Oct 1901) at 93 Arkley Rd, Walthamstow, Ex; with Joseph E Blanks b.3 Jun 1885 meat porter, heavy worker & Betty Blanks (later m.Mr Hall) b.11 Nov 1899 dom, unpaid both married; John Blanks 23 Sep 1861 Male Retired Widow; Alice 4th; & Charles W Simmons b.14 May 1888 provision storekeeper, married scan : [not linked; m.not obvous]
: '39cen An Soper 48m unpaid dom duties (b.7 Apr 1891) at 25 Fairlop Rd, Ilford, Ex; William 12 at school (b.4 May 1927); 3rd line blacked-out scan : [not linked]
: '39cen Henry Alfred 66m general labourer (heavy worker); pensioner RN (b.16 Jan 1873) at Sermine, Stanley Rd, Hornchurch, Ex; Ethel 43m unpaid dom duties (b.7 Feb 1896); lines 3-7 blacked-out; William John Davis b.4 Apr 1895 general labourer, unm & Ethel May Davis b.23 Aug 1891 Unpaid dd, widow scan & scan : [but no H A Soper b/m/d vis bmd]
: '39cen Mary Soper 59unm (b.28 Mar 1880) at Epileptic Colony, Great West Hatch, Chigwell, Ex scan : [not linked, b.not obv bmd]
: '39cen James F Soper (James) 59m tag master pla (b.13 Jul 1880) at 116 Howard Rd, Hornchurch, Ex; Margaret 48m unpaid dom duties) (b.14 Feb 1891) scan
Leonard Soper m.Joan E Hawkes Apr>Jun 1940 Ilford, Ex; 'b.Monmouthshire; residence Essex' from military-genealogy.com
Clara Florence Soper d.25 Mar 1940, of West St, Rochford, Essex; died Southend Municiple Hospital, Rochford; admin London 28 May 1940 to William James Soper, widowed husband, greengrocer; estate �204 14s 3d ; from Probate Calender, scan [Clara F (c1891-1940) d.Jan>Mar, Rochford, Ex, age 49] : [William J m.Clara F Hellery 1914, Holborn, Lon]
Herbert C Soper m.Marjorie H Powell Jul>Sep 1940, S W Essex bmd dist; Herbert C b.1916 to Sidney Charles H Soper & Alice Louisa Barnes who m.1910, Southwark
Henry Evans Soper d.25 Nov 1941 of 34 Wimborne Rd, Southend on Sea, Ex; probate Llandudno 16 Dec 1941 to (neice) Ellen May Soper, spinster; estate �466 17s 10d; from Probate Calender, scan : [H E S (c1860-1941) d.Oct>Dec, Southend, age 81] : ??wife in '11cen Desiree 41 : Henry b.25 May 1860, Tiverton, Dev to Henry m.Jane Brabham 1858, Tiverton, Dev
Leonard Soper (1917-1943) Leading Stoker, Royal Navy, d.9 Dec 1942, age 25, wife Joan E Soper, residence Barking, Essex : Memorial at ?; [m.Joan E Hawkes Apr>Jun 1940 Ilford, Ex]
W T Soper, Divisional Officer, N.F.S. (formerly Chief Superintendent of the London Fire Brigade: Front page newpaper article & photographs of display in Priory Park by officers & men of the Southend Brigade of the National Fire Service on behalf of the Southend War Efforts Essex Archives Online
Stanley J Soper m.Joan J M Ayling Oct>Dec 1945, Ilford, Ex (bmd); b.1921, Edmonton to Percy William Soper m.Alice M P Robinson
Albert A Soper m.Beatrice M Clements Jan>Mar 1945, Ilford bmd dist
Norman Sopher m.Dorothy L Jackson Apr>Jun 1945, S W Essex bmd dist
Arthur James Soper d.21 Jan 1945, a draper of 39 Victoria Ave, Southend-on-Sea. Claims to Rosa Charlotte Soper : London Gazette : [Arthur James m.Charlotte Rosa Brown 1898, West Ham]
James Soper & wife recently celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary at Low Hall Farm, Chingford. Taking over Low Hill Farm together with a small retail milk business in [?m.1906]�. ; headline 'Dairyman's Golden Wedding' from Dairy Engineering pub.1946 : Google Books snippet : [James m.Martha Ann Fordham 1895]
- Angela M Soper b.Jan>Mar 1947, Ilford, Essex (mother ne Mccloud)
- Raymond A K Soper b.Jan>Mar 1948, Colchester, Ex (mother ne Blunden)
John A Soper m.Winifred E Watson, Jul>Sep 1949, Romford bmd dist
Mrs A Soper (1918-?) 35 housewife, Master Soper 11, Miss Soper 6 both scholars & Master Soper 4, English of 26 Hathaway Gdns, Chachwell Heath, Ex, sailed tourist class on "Atlantic Express" (Home Line) from Southampton to Quebec, Canada, departing 23 Jul 1953; Last permanant residence England; Intended future residence Canada; scan & scan2; from findmypast
Hilda Mary Soper (1932-?) housewife 27 (b.12 Dec 1932) Christine Dawn Soper 5 (b.15 Mar 1954), Kathleen Shirley Soper 4 (b.22 Apr 1955), Sally Ann Soper 3 (b.9 Nov 1958) & Kenneth John Soper 1 (b.23 Nov 1958) sailed 3rd class on "Oxfordshire" from Southampton to Singapore, departing 13 Oct 1959; address 18 Lifstan Way, Thorpe Bay, Southend-on-Sea, Essex; Nationality UK/Germany; Last permanant residence Germany; Intended future residence Malaya; scan; from findmypast
James D Soper m. Chaney Apr>Jun 1957, Southend, Essex (bmd)
Raymond S Soper m.Barbara E Mansfield Jul>Sep 1959, Ilford, Essex (bmd)
Nellie Louisa Soper bur.16 Mar 1963 Northwood Cemetery; of 303 Sutton Rd, Southend on Sea, Essex (4 West Hill Rd, Cowes, [I od W, Hants]) source : [m.Robert Arthur Soper 1904]
J D Soper, chairman K & D Soper Ltd at a general meeting at 35 Park Rd, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, 4 Oct 1968, for Company to be wound up voluntarily (London Gazette 11 Oct) : [James D above?]
Mr W J Soper [provided information about] Mark Hall estate [Brenhall manor, Harlow]. It was broken up after WW2, Gravelpit Farm & Kitchen Hall, sold separately : County of Essex: Volume 8, pub1983 www.british-history.ac.uk
Jone Soper d.1546, ? Souper d.1627, Eliz Soper d.1726, Isabella Soper d.1771, Henry Lewis Soper d.1877* [d.Apr>Jun Romford, age 32]; Charles Edward Souper d.1909 [d.Oct>Dec Billericay, Ex, 67]; Jane Mary Soper d.1911 [d.Jul>Sep Epping age 69]; Sarah Soper d.1921 [d.Jan>Mar Romford, age 85]; Anne Souper d.1930, Hilda Gwendoline A Soper d.1934 [d.Apr>Jun Chelmsford, age 48 (d.Great Waltham, parish records)]; William Soper d.1938 [d.Jan>Mar Rochford, 35]; Clara Frances Soper d.1940 Rochford; Alfred Henry Soper d.1945, from Essex National Burial Records [(1897-1945) d.Dagenham, parish register]; William James Soper d.1961 Rochford
Essex Places
Sopers Farm, watermill, Cole Gate, Culstie Green, Tobbitts Farm, & Hawkins Farm, Woodham Walter : deeds 1607-1816 Deposited by a Chelmsford Firm of Solicitors [so assume any time over 200 years?] source
Sopers Farm; Newhall a new neighbourhood within Harlow, Ex, built on part of the farm
Soper�s Tank, Minton Lane, a reservoir, used as a fishing pond; built 1960's to provide water for Soper�s Farm [above]. It is now a private fishery � Church Langley Fishery, Harlow. source
Sopers Grove in Thundersley [2m N Canvey Island] Manor of Chingfords records : 24 Mar 1554/55, Crown Grant Susan Tonge alias Clarencieux, widow Essex Archives Online
Sopers Square, Newhall, Harlow, Essex, is a ward in Old Harlow source : [an estate built on William J F Soper's Newhill farm, see 1949]
Sopperes Wode & Soppereslond 1311; Soppers 1777; Suppers 1805; Sappers Place; for maps of Wickford, Essex placenames.org
Gloucestershire
Alicia la Sopere � mentioned in from History of Gloucester Cathedral pub 1867 [no date in snippet] : GoogleBooks.com
William le Sopere was recorded in Gloucestershire pipe rolls [tax accounts] in 1196 source
Nicholas le Sopere of Gloucester 'ibid' presume ibid meaning 'as line above' which is for Julian le Sopere, Dorset in 1273 : from A Dictionary Of English & Welsh Surnames
Richard le Sopere witnessed (with Richard Averey, John Sewaker, Walter le Cuppere, Henry Cuppere, Henry Grout, Nicholas the clerk) , a land transaction (no date - 1272-1307) : Walter le Schipward granted to Sir Thomas de Berkeley a curtilage in Berkeley : from Berkeley Castle property records : ref BCM/A/1/12/38 www.a2a
Alice la Sopere, a taxpayer, in Gloucester , in the 'Lay Subsidy Roll' of 1327 (p56). source [The unusual use of the feminine 'la' might indicate an active business woman - see also Emma la Sapere, Yorkshire, 1301]
John Sopar held property next to a property at Ruardean, gifted by Walter Hathewy, to Nicholas Dolle. 2 Oct 1355. (witnesses Witnesses: Felipes, Hycokes, Voul, Smart, Byllyng, jun. & others : ref F8/II/19 www.a2a
Nicolas le Sopere witnessed (with John Coby, John Byl, Nicholas Schipward, Richard Scryveyn) land transaction at Berkley : William Modebroke of Berkeley has granted to John Walebrok, 2� a. of land by Berkelee. 10 March 1367 : from Berkeley Castle property records ref BCM/A/1/3/256 www.a2a
Thomas Soper took action for trespass, assault of servant & abduction; defendandant, William Tyler, tiler of Gloucester 1450 source
John Soper provided Certificate of musters for the tithings [combined manor of] Wapeley & Codryngton, Hundred of Gromboldisasche, Glos [Grumbald's Ash]; 5 in the harness list [horsemen?] & 7 able men [archers & billmen?]; 30 Sept 1542 : Henry VIII 26, [Scots border victory Aug, invaded Eng Nov, but defeated Dec wiki] : www.british-history : [mentioned p.268 Notes & Queries pub.1901]
John Soper m.Alice, dau of Christopher Codrington & Ankarette Twynyho, (she carried the Manor of Codrington and other property to her husband)
Ellinor Sopar m.Pooter Warren 1604 at Hanham & Oldland, Glos; Boyds Marriage Index
John Soper, a yeoman, sailed from Bristol, 21 Aug 1660 bound to William Phelps to serve 4 years in Barbados. from Franklin Family Research : [from a list of nearly 3,000 Bristol Servants between 1650's to 1700] [Four years seemed to be the normal contract, presumably to pay for the passage.] (another site mentions Scottish Prisoners of War, sold as slaves in 1650, saying 'The attitudes in New England at the time favored indentured servitude as opposed to slavery'). A William Phelps b.1599 Tewksbury, left for the colonies, with his wife & 6 children, on the 'Mary and John' (140 passengers) 20 March 1630 via Barbados. Arriving 30 May 1630, Dorchester, Massachusetts, the first settlers there. [Interesting that John is described as a Yeoman (someoneone of good family, usually somone owning land), so perhaps this was not the type of apprentiship forced by hardship] : [from a list of nearly 3,000 Bristol Servants betwwen 1650's to 1700]
Daniel Soper, carpenter, m.Ann Morgan, b.Clifton, 7 Apr 1694 bondsman for marriage, Thomas (Garland?), a carpenter of Clifton source [m.at Bristol from Boyds Marriage Index]
Hannah Soper m. William Simpson, also 1694 in Bristol
Thomas Soper lawyer d.1703. Grade II listed stone chest tomb at St Mary the Virgin, Hartpury, Glos. The reclining effigy is likely to be of his wife Joane d.1676. Monument restored 2003 source : [odd his job & wealth do not supply any obvious links on www. No link on legal sopers page]
John Sloper m.Eleanor Wilkinsin 1705. (John on the Tetbury Town Jury 1705/6). Son
Matthew Sloper (1716->1770), built a house on the Tetbury manor house site, 1766/7. This was called The Priory and remains as one of Tetbury's most prominent buildings.(sons born 1759 & 1765) : source
a Soper recorded in apprentices registered at Gloucester 1720-3. Apprenticeship indentures cost 6d or 12d per pound stamp duty : scan for sale originalrecord.com
Susan Soper m.John Lewes 1770 at Bristol Diocese, Glos; Boyds Marriage Index
William Soper one of hundreds of the burgesses & freeholders of Bristol, who wished the King 28 Sept 1775. We testify our abhorrence of our American brethren's unnatural rebelion ext ext ext : from Impartial repository of public events. 3rd ed. Volume 1. London, 1775-1784 : private Gale's Directory
Thomas Soper m.Emilia Madge, 1 Feb 1791, St Augustine-The-Less church, Bristol. 1 of 7 children of John & Agnes Soper, all of Ashburton, Dev [igi]. I've no info after this marriage. from David Madge, Emilia his 3xgt. aunt : May'07 dvmadge'at'dsl.pipex.com from Rootsweb's Soper newsgroup [Nearly all Madges in Devon inc Ashb'n. A guess at Bristol for ship, refuted by a Thomas Madge birth to Stephen & Eliz at same church, 1772]
John & Elizabeth Sopeer bapt Mary Ann, 25 Mer 1799, Bristol [igi] : [perhaps the 'J' above]
John Soper Bristol, 24 Sep 1804; Notice is hereby given, that the partnership between William Hall Willoughby & John Soper, hat manufacturers, Bristol, the firm of 'Willoughby & Soper', dissolved by mutual consent & carried on by John Soper, at the Hat Warehouse, in Redclift St, on his own account & to whom debts due to the partnership are to be paid London Gazette 25 Sept : [see 1811 & John Snr & jnr cancelled hat partnership 1812 : Elizabeth hatmaker 1825]
J Soper & G Bristol, hat manufacturers; partnership disolved 1 Apr 1815 : Commercial Magazine google books; [see above]
Mary Sooper had long co-habited with Richard Messenger, labourer at Gloucester St, Cheltenham. They were found in their beds, writhing in agony from mineral poisoning, seems administered by Mary. He died,�the wretched woman�recovered & following coroners court, she is committed to Gloucester Assizes for murder; The Cambrian�17 Apr 1819; scan
Elizabeth Soper milliner & dress maker, Bath : Notice is hereby given, that the Partnership lately carried on by us the undersigned, Ann Nixon & Elizabeth Soper, as milliners & dress makers, Bath is dissolved by mutual consent. 25 Jun 1825. London Gazette (28 Jun)
Mary Soper in Gloucestershire Court, Summer session 1819; sentence aquittal : from Criminal Registers from Ancestry.com (where crime available)
William Sopher (1794-1825) d.Gloucester, Glos; from Index to Parish Records, from findmypast.com
Richard Soper Birth/Bap 1832 Berks : Death/Bur 1899, Glos : source
Emma Small Soper/Emma Smale Soper m.Samuel Gwynne Watkins of Uplands, Lan Gwm Ucha, Monmouthshire, at St Pauls, Portland Sq, Bristol, Glos 27 Dec 1838; eldest dau of 'Mr' John Soper, late of Banwell; youngest son of John Watkins 'esq' of Pwll House, Mon; in 'The Bristol Mercury' 29 Dec, from scan : [m.Oct>Dec Bristol]; m.1838 spouces intended residence Portland Sq, St Paul, Bristol, Glos source
W Soper, charged on suspicion of stealing sugar was discharged, Magistrates Court; in 'The Bristol Mercury' (pub.) 22 Jun 1839, from newspapers.bl.uk : ['41cen & '51cen, 8 Sopers in Bristol, no W's]
John Soper bur.1839 at Lewins Mead Presbyterian Chapel, Bristol; more details available from Non-Conformist bmdregisters
Gloucestershire Census 1841, 9 people, 4 households
John Soper 55-9, ind [independant means?] at Comwallis Place, St Philip & St Jacob, Bristol, Glos, Eliza 50-4, Harriet 25-9, Adriana 15-9, Mary Ann 15-9, Emma 81 none b.Glos scan (& 2 households sharing property Samuel Watkins 30-4 farmer, John 1� [assume s-in-law & grson] & Eliza Mills 65-9 ind; none b.Glos)
John Soper (c1813-?) 28, an anuant?, b.Glos, at 1 Dean St, Bristol, (St Paul parish) with servant, Maria Stock 20 [3 households in building] scan : [69 corn merchant, '81cen]
Martha Soper 55-9 a laundress at Lower Cots, Bristol (St George parish) with Joseph Peisice 17 labourer, 19 porter, Sarah 20 tailoress scan : [84 in '61cen]
Charles Soper 35-9 an ag lab, b.Glos, at Bangrove Hamlet, Beckford [transcribed as Tope but looks like Soper] also Charles Lane 50 ag lab, Mary Lane 35, John Herby 20 ag lab : scan
John Soper Watkins died age 21 months at Cornwallis Place, Stapleton Rd, [Bristol] of inflamation of the lungs; eldest son of Samuel Gwyne Watkins esq, Pwll House, Monmouthshire, 'The Bristol Mercury', 17 Jul 1841, from newspapers.bl.uk : [Samuel Gwynne Watkins m.Emma Small Soper 27 Dec 1838, Bristol : John b.Oct>Dec Chepstow, Glos/Mon & d.Jul>Sep Clifton]
John Soper [Watkins?]. died age 21 months at Cornwallis Place, Stapleton Rd, of inflamation of the lungs; eldest son of Samuel Gwyne Watkins esq, Pwll House, Monmouthshire, 'The Bristol Mercury', 17 Jul 1841, from newspapers.bl.uk
John Soper jnr [listed 3rd], Robert Bruce & Thomas Wadham jnr as commission & general merchants, Bristol, partners of Bruce, Wadham & Co, dissolved by mutual consent. The business will be carried on by Robert Bruce, at his office 3 Quay, Bristol. He�ll pay & receive accounts of the late firm. 30 Jun 1846 (London Gazette 10 Jul 1846
Mary Soper Mapson b.Jul>Sep 1846, Malmsbury, Glos; m.Jul>Sep 1878, Bath, S.set (to either William Barnes or Frederick Sutton)
Gloucestershire Census 1851, 9 people, 5 households
Brooking Soper b.c1823, S.set '51cen
John Soper 68 tea dealer at 7 Cornwallis Place, Clifton, St Philip & Jacob?, Glos '51cen, b.Hatherley, Dev; Eliza Soper 67 b.Bishops Compton, S.set; Adriana Soper 28unm b.Banwell, S.set; Frederic Soper 32unm farmer of 53a emp 2 labs b.Lamerton?, S.set; with Ann Williams 31 unm gen servant b.Bristol; scan : [?at Eldon Place, Clifton 1852 below]
John Soper jun.r esq 38unm corn broker at Elton Cottage, Westbury, Glos '51cen, b.Bristol, Gloucestershire; visiting James French 60 silversmith b.Chatham, Kt, Sarah Ann French 46, Ann French 22unm & visitor Sarah Ann Walter 5 all b.Bristol; house serv Sarah Bofer? 24unm b.Coleford, Glos; scan : [His Liverpool partnership disolved 1851; John jnr son of John snr hatter who d.1839]
John Soper 36 master tailor (emp 3 men) at 4 Eldon Place, Bath, St James, Glos '51cen, b.Veryan, Cornwall; wife Hannah Soper 35 b.Winkford, Suffolk; also lodging in property seperate households of William Wood 22 unm tailor b.St James, Bath; Joseph Bolt? 21unm tailor b.Grampound, Con & Susan Thomas 67 widowed annuitant b.Budleigh, Dev; also Mathew Davey 31 journyman tailor b.Budleigh, Dev, Elizabeth 34 & 2 kids b.Bristol; scan
John Soper (c1833-?) 18 rail labr at Eiloe? Tything, Aivre parish, Westbury-on-Severn, Glos '51cen, b.Rent, Dev; lodging with James Millard 47 sawyer, wife Lybel & 3 kids; scan; [??perhaps son of '41cen James 40-4 farmer at Bructon, Dittisham; Susan 35-9; John 8; Grace 5
Martha Soper (c1777-?) 74 widow, laundress at Frog Marsh, Clifton, St George, Glos '51cen, b.Brishlington?, Somerset scan : source : [84 in '61cen]
John Soper, Eldon Place, Clifton, in �Nobility & Gentry� Slater�s Bristol Directory 1852-3 : [tea dealer above?]
John Soper, 7 Cornwallis Place, Baptist Mills, Bristol. In Travelling Tea Dealer & Drapers section of Slater�s Directory 1852-3
John Soper d.Jan>Mar 1853 Clifton [bmd dist]
Miss Jane Soper (c1814-1853) d.17 Oct 1853, age 39 at the residence of her uncle, William Manning esq, Richmond Villa, Clifton, 'The Bristol Mercury', 29 Oct, from newspapers.bl.uk : [not obviously vis '41/'51cen] : [??2 non conformist Jane births... Devon to John 7 Mary & London to Walter & Jane] : [??an Eliza m.William Manning 1848 Totnes]
John Soper m.Harriet bef.1859 : [m.c1866 from '11cen]
John Soper of Gloucester, S Jackson Turner & Thomas Parker of Dundalk, the trustees of estate of John Robinson, merchant; His Dundalk property for auction 6 Dec. A large 1st class mansion, with gardens & greenhouse on 999 year lease at �43 19s 2d pa (house presently let at �80pa), also Windmill 7 stories high, considered the best in Ireland, & new counting house lately occupied by Mr Robinson, (who carrying out a large business there). Quay concerns, corn store, starch works, kilns & coal yards presently let at �80pa. A quay in the port accommodating several vessels, inc 'The Scotch Steamer' paying �50pa quayage; in 'Belfast News-Letter' 30 Nov 1853, from newspapers.bl.uk : scan : [2 Bristol Johns '51cen a tea dealer 68 & a corn broker 38 both b.Glos]
Mr Soper tailor of 29 Park St, Bristol was to have 2 squares of British Plate Glass in his shop front, worth �7 19s. The glazier proped one up agaist the back room door which got opened, so ordered to pay �5 breakages; in 'Bristol Mercury' 13 Oct 1860, from news.bl.uk; scan
Gloucestershire Census 1861, 9 people, 5 households
Fredrick Henry Soper (c1820-?) a tea house keeper living at Clifton, 41 b.Compton, S.set, wife Anna Soper 25 a lodging house keeper & son Fredrick G Soper 1, both b.Clifton, Glos, also visiter Emma Thuston 25, a milliner & dress maker, single, b.Ireland, '61cen
John Soper (c1818-?) living in ?Acomain? office, Gloucester St Owen, 43 an unm 'accountant & ?engager? in the corn trade', b.Bristol, '61cen [his office indecipherable, but between 'Custom House' & 'Canal Office'] : [69 in '81cen]
John Soper (c1815-?) living at Kyugan Terrace, Clifton, 46, a tailor, b.Vaeyan, Cornwall, & wife Hannah Soper 48 b.Weystead, Suffolk, also Ann Chilver, a labourer's wife, married, b.Weystead, Suffolk, & her daughter? Mary Chilver 6, b.Pulham, Suffolk : lodger George Samorter 35, a newspaper proprietor, publisher & printer, b.Bristol, Glos & house servant Jane Wood 23unm, b.Laycock, Wilts, '61cen : [John's 2nd m. to Eliza Compton 1864 Bristol]
John Soper (c1831-?) living at 6 Rose St, Bristol Temple 30 a painter & glazier, b.Exeter, Dev, & wife Elizabeth Soper 36 b.Bristol, S.set, lodging in household of William Waterman an ironworker 64, b.Bristol, Glos & wife Sarah Waterman 63, b.Bristol, Somerset, '61cen : [John m.Elizabeth Waterman 1861]
Martha Soper (c1777-?) living at West's Buildings, Lower Easton, Bristol St George, widow 84 b.Brislington, S.set, depending on her son-in-law; in household of John Dyer 46, brass founder b.Brislington, S.set; wife Eliza Dyer 50 laundress, b.St James; Bristol & Martha Dyer 14, scholar, b.St Philip, Bristol, '61cen : [so assume dau-in-law was Miss Eliz Soper? do Soper/Dyer m. vis bmd]
Clarence Sopher (c1801-?) 60, widow, Independent at 3 Brill Crescent, St Pancras, M.sex; b.Bristol, Glos '61cen; Emma 36 dressmaker; C M 32 letter press printer, Frederick 22 at fancy buisness & Louisa 19 house servant all b.Pancras
John Soper (c1803-?) b.Bristol, Glos 58 a widower Plasterer b.6 Trafalgar St, Hammersmith, M.sex.
William Soaper paid 10s fine from a Glamorganshire Court in 1861; Cardiff Guardian 16 Nov 1861 scan
John Soper m.Elizabeth Waterman Jan>Mar 1861, Bristol, Glos; m.Temple Church, Bristol*; John b.c1834 Exeter to John & Charlotte Sugg* who m.1832, d.2 Oct 1883; (Elizabeth b.c1816 Exeter to William Waterman & Sarah*) : *tree
Harry Hill Soper b.Jul>Sep 1862, Clifton, Glos : [but not vis census, or m.bmd]
Sarah Soper pauper patient from 11 Feb 1857 Gloucester institution, Gloucestershire, died there [5y later] 18 May 1864; from Lunacy Patients Admission Registers scan : [not linked yet, no d.in bmd; not Sarah in Glos'51/'61cen & no Sarah inmate in '61cen]
Arthur Stanley James Soper b.1866 Bristol, Glos : Army Pensioner's Record, from findmypast : [b.Jul>Sep 1867, Bristol] : [see Arthur Stanley J Soper London PC 1893]
George Henry Soper Birth/Bap [bpt 27 Dec] 1868 Glos : Marriage 1898 Bedfordshire : Death/Bur 1962 Bedfordshire : source : ['91cen George H Soper, nephew 20 at St John, Beds b.Minchinhampton, Glos]
John Soper; a New Consul approved by The Queen to be Vice-Consul at Gloucester for His Majesty the Emperor of Austria. Foreign Office notice 29 Mar 1869 (London Gazette 30 Mar) ; scan in 'Liverpool Mercury': [age 69 corn dealer '81cen]
John Soper's wife of a daughter b.25 Jun 1869 at Park St, Bristol, 'Bristol Mercury' 26 Jun
, from newspapers.bl.uk : [John & Elizabeth m.c1861]
Mr Soper, 29 Park St; apply to him to let with immediate possession a lodging house with modern furniture, at 3 Princes Buildings, Clifton ; in 'Bristol Mercury' 18 Sep 1869, from newspapers.bl.uk : scan : [John & Elizabeth m.c1861]
Gloucestershire 1871 Census, 13 entries in 5 households
Elizabeth Soper (c1848-?) dom serv 23, b.Exeter, Devon; at 135 High St, Cheltenham; with Elizabeth & Caroline Fowling (sisters) 37 & 26 a unm ladies & Aunt Sarah Singer 60 & 3 draper's ass 22-25 (presume sisters of grocer or draper next door) : '71cen scan
John Soper (c1812-?) Austrian vice council 59, b.Clifton; at Priory House, St Mary De Crypt, Glos; with retired tailor Thomas Wood 63m b.Bully, Glos, Elizabeth 53 Gloucester, Fanny Winfield 23unm dom serv : '71cen scan : [appointed 1869] : [age 69 corn dealer '81cen]
John Soper (c1831-?) a painter & glazier 40, b.Exeter, Dev; at 1 Rose St, Temple, Bristol; Elizabeth Soper 46, b.Bristol; Emily Soper 8 a scholar, b.Bristol; Mary Ann Soper 7 a scholar, b.Bristol; John Wm Soper 4 a scholar, b.Bristol; also lodger Elizabeth Preweth? 65 widowed needle woman b.Bristol : '71cen scan & & : [m.61cen]
John Soper (c1868-?) 3, b.Bristol; a patient inmate at 6-8 Fort Ln Children's Hospital, St Michael, Bristol; a matron, 5 nurses, cook, 3 serv & 40 patients 3-11 : '71cen scan : [age 14 with parents John/Elizabeth '81cen]
Martha Sopher (1843-?) at Westbury on Trym, Glos, a servant 28 b.Cheltenham, Glos
Richard Soper (c1833-?) a butler, dom serv 38, b.Padworth, Berks; at West End, Minchinhampton; Elizabeth Soper 35, b.Huntingdon, Hunts; William Soper 8 a scholar; George H Soper 2 both b.Minchinhampton; John Soper 36 a bricklayer, b.Padworth, Berks : '71cen scan & : [parents Joseph & Sarah m.1832 Padworth]
born in Glos but living outside
John C Soper 6 b.Clifton. Glos, Arthur S J Soper 3, Clara E Soper 1 both b.Bristol, Glos with parents John a tailor at Portishead S.set, m.Eliza Compton 1864
Richard Coltman Soper & wife Elizabeth & others, against Elizabeth Jane Arnsby. Chancery case estate of Lot Arnsby of Newbridge Terrace, Fenstanton, Huntingdon who d.abt Sept 1873. Creditors to come forward by 3 Mar 1878 (London Gazette 15 Feb) : [R C Soper accountant '61cen]
John Soper, of Easton-in-Gordano, [nr Bristol, Glos], appointed Liquidator of The Bristol Commercial Club Co Ltd. AGM 12 Aug 1878 voted the company wound up due to it�s liabilities (London Gazette 6 Sep) : [presume corn dealer 69 '81cen]
1881 Census, 13 entries in 5 households
Ethel Soper (c1878-?) 3, b.Bristol, 1 of 4 lodgers at 9 Rowley Place, St Mary Redcliff, Bristol (others adult males) with Ann Padfield 61, a widow b.Litten,S.set with unmarried daughter Emma F 26 b.Bristol, '81cen : [Ethel Florence L Soper b.Oct>Dec 1877, Bristol, Glos] : ['91cen Thomas 72 widowed labourer at 1 Allamode Villa, Cockington, Dev; b.Bovey Tracey; & unm dau Sarah G 37; Caroline 31; Emma 26 all 3 laundresses all b.Torquay; & grandau Ethel 13 b.Bristol, Glos; Roseamond 8 all b.Torquay]
Isabel M E Soper (c1866-?) 15 boarder, scholar, b.London, 1 of 18 female students at "Boarding School", 6 Fauconberg Terrace, Cheltenham; '81cen : [Isabella b.Jan>Mar 1866, Lambeth to Dr William m.Auguste Schlesinger 1862 medical Sopers]
John Soper (c1813-?) 69 at 11 Norfolk Terrace, South Hamlet, a corn merchant b.Bristol, Glos; a lodger, head & only resident in household, Glos, '81cen : [38unm corn broker '51cen; biog]
John Soper (c1833-?) 48 a painter glazier at 2 Bushs Cottages, Redcliff Mead Lane, St Mary Redcliff, Bristol; b.Exeter, Dev; wife & kids b.Bristol, Glos Elizabeth Soper 56; Emily Soper 18u a dressmaker; Mary A Soper 17u a tailoress; John Soper 14 scholar; with adopted son Maurice BRYANT 5 b.Stapleton, Glos, '81cen : [m.61cen] : [a John d.Oct>Dec 1883 Bristol] : [son John 3 in hospital '71cen]
Richard Soper (1832-?) 48, head, a butler at Providence Buildings, Minchinhampton b.Padworth, Berks : wife Elizabeth Soper 44 b.St Johns, Huntingdon : George H Soper 12 : Charles K Soper 8 & Frank B Soper 4 all scholars, b.Minchinhampton, Glos, '81cen : [Richard (c1835-?) m.Elizabeth Butler 1862, Huntingdon]
Jane Soper d.8 Nov 1882, widow of Oaklands, Lansdown Rd, Bath, S.set; died Frenchay, nr Bristol, Glos; will Principle Registry 23 Dec 1882 to Fanny Crockford of Oaklands, spinster, sole executrix; estate �151 19s 7d; from Probate Calender, scan : [Jane (c1815-1882) d.Oct>Dec, Barton Regis, Glos, age 67 bmd] : [not vis '71cen / '81cen]
Ethel Soper (c1883-?) b.Bristol, Gloucestershire : '91cen a grndau 13 with Thomas 72 at 1 Allamode Villa, Cockington, Dev another grndau Roseamond 8 b.Torquay, Dev
John Soper bill discounter of All Saints Court, All Saints Ln, Bristol, [Glos] & of the Pennywell Brick Work, Pennywell Rd, Bristol, brick manufacturer, residing Montrose, Mayfield Pk, Fishponds, Gloucester, insolvancy, 1st creditors meeting 22 Dec 1883 (London Gazette 11 Dec) : William Henry Phillips a creditor objected & Mr Soper gave evidence. Judgment, to avoid creditor injustice, Mr Soper made bankrupt & to attend Registrar 4 Feb 1884. (London Gazette 25 Jan). Examination Guild Hall 26 Feb 1884 (8 Feb) : Creditors to register by 8 Mar (29 Feb) : Bankruptcy annulled 24 Apr (29 Apr)
William Soper Stanton (c1861-84) d.19 Sep 1884 age 23; youngest son of Samuel & Jane Stanton at the residence of his father, 4 Ruby Terrace, Saltburn; in 'York Herald', 23 Sep, from newspapers.bl.uk : [a William Soper Stanton grocer 1928]
Rev T W Soper, of Stroud, a list of people baptized by him 1888-1890 : Painswick Baptist Church, Gloucestershire www.a2a.pro.gov.uk
George Wilmot Soper m.Decima Robins; 'Dessie' Oct>Dec 1889, Bristol, Glos; George b.13 Mar 1864 Doddiscombsleigh, Dev; [b.Apr>Jun St Thomas, Exmouth] to Edward & Wilmot Anne Northcott who m.1859
John Soper bill discounter of 1 All Saints Court, 46 High St, Bristol : 1889 Kellys Guide [see 1883 above]
John Soper, at Kingstone Villa, Upper Eastville, Bristol : 1889 Kellys Guide
1891 Census, 24 Sopers & 3 Sophers in 10 households
Henry Soper 23unm tailor at 1 Alfred Parade, (St James), Bristol, St James, Glos '91cen; b.Tavistock, Dev lodging with William Elkins 34 saddler, wife Elizabeth J 31 both b.Westbury, Wilts, 5 children 7-1; scan : [not vis '01cen; '81cen assume age 12 with John 45 smith & Mary 42, Milton Abbott, Dev]
George Soper (c1863-?) 28 haulier (self employed?) in 3 rooms at 16 Air Baloon Hill, (St Michaels), Bristol, St George; b.Doddiscombsleigh, Dev '91cen, Dessie Soper 27 b.Crick, Monmouthshire, George Soper 4m b.Clifton, Glos scan : [George Wilmot Soper m.Decima Robins; 'Dessie' 1889, Bristol, Glos?]
John Soper 75 widow, retired tailor at 21 Arley Hill, (St Andrews), Bristol, united parishes of St James & St Paul, Glos '91cen; b.Veryan, Cornwall; Clara Soper 21unm housekeeper b.Bristol, Glos; with Eliza Barnes, niece 30unm dressmaker (employer); b.Devizes, Wilts scan : [John m.Eliza Compton, Bath, S.set 1864]
John Soper 52 bricklayer at The Leazes, Stroud, Glos '91cen; b.Reading, Berk; Harriet Soper 46 tailoress; John Soper 14 assistant; Fred K Soper 11 scholar all b.Stroud, Glos; scan : [b & m.not vis; not vis '61/'71/'81cen] : [John Soper m.Harriet/Annie 1859]
John Soper 79unm living on his own means at 32 Brunswick Sq, (Christchurch), Littleworth, Gloucester, Gloucestershire '91cen; b.Bristol, Kingsdown, Glos boarding with Elizabeth Robinson 64 let apartments & dau 33, widowed nurse Elizabeth Deane 39 & gen serv 21 all b.Glos; scan : [His Liverpool partnership disolved 1851; John jnr son of John snr hatter who d. Richard Sopher 58 butler (domestic) at 9 Providence Buildings, West End, Minchinhampton, Glos '91cen; b.Padworth, Berks; Elizabeth Sopher 54 b.Huntingdon, Hunts; Frank B Sopher 14 page (domestic) b.Minchinhampton; scan : [Richard (c1835-?) m.Elizabeth Butler 1862, Huntingdon]
Richard Soper 52 general labourer, in 2 rooms at 12 Pipe Lane, (St Augustine, Watling St), Bristol, Glos '91cen; b.Wellington, S.set; Catherine Soper 48 charwoman b.Flushing, Con; Maria Soper 22unm laundress; Samuel Soper 10 scholar; Kate Soper 3 b.Bristol, S.set; [20 people, 7 households in 10 rooms at address] scan; [births & m.not vis; not vis '61/81/01cen but 'Soper' transcribed OK]
Walter S Soper 34 baptist minister at 14 London Road (net to Sun Dial Inn), Stroud, Glos '91cen; b.Southampton, Hants; Louisa Soper 32 b.Petham, Kent, Loney S Soper 6 b. Hatherleigh, Dev, Mary S Soper 4 & Ivy G Soper both b.Stroud & gen servant Charlotte Smith 17 b.Eastington, Glos; scan : [Walter's biog]
William Soper 50 carpenter (employee) at Down Cottage, Winterbourne Down, Winterbourne, Glos '91cen; Isabella Soper 50; Ellen Soper 24unm dress maker all b.Guemsey, Channel Islands; scan : [In Isle of Wight '71/'01cen biog]
Mr Soper was an anti-vaccinator [presumably Rev T W above]. One of 15 sentenced in Stroud on Friday to a fine or 7 days prison. Soper refused to pay & turned all his goods over to his wife to avoid having distress levelled on them. He was going to prison with Mr Redheart after performing their Sunday duties. It appeared that someone had paid the fine for them : from a gossipy letter 19 Nov 1893 in the Bedford Archives
John Soper of Gloucester, an invalid, was sent a letter by his friend John Bellows (1831-1902) who had just returned from 6 months traveling to Russia and was spending a month in Paignton, Dev, before returning to Gloucester John Bellows. Letters & memoir [He lived in Upton Knoll, Glos, a printer & quaker b.Liskeard, Con wiki] : ['91cen 2 Johns in Glos 1) 79unm boarder, on his own means in Christchurch, Littleworth, Glos, b.Bristol see &; 2) age 75 widow, retired tailor at Bristol, b.Veryan, Con]
[a geneology mentions Emma Louise Bellow, b.Weybridge, Vt.1845; married Francis W Soper whos father a tailore also b.1845 Vermont]
Thomas John H Soper m.Jane Welland Jan>Mar 1894, Tewkesbury, Glos; b.27 Sep 1871 [b.Oct>Dec], Kingsbridge, Dev
Charles Richard Soper m.Julia Sarah Hill Jul>Sep 1896, Marylebone, Lon (bmd)[Charles Richard Soper (1872-1903) b.Minchinhampton to Richard Soper (c1835-?) m.Elizabeth Butler 1862, Huntingdon, Hunts]
John Soper d.14 Dec 1896, financial agent of 27 Arley Hill, Bristol, Glos; probate Bristol 30 Dec 1896 to Clara Eliza Soper, Sarah Eliza Barnes, spinsters; estate �1,170 8s 8d; from Probate Calender, scan : [John (c1814-1896) d.Oct>Dec, Barton Regis, Glos, age 82] : [John m.Eliza Compton Jan>Mar 1864, Bath, S.set (bmd)]
William James Soper a ticket writer & Eliza from Devon in Bristol; Lucy b.1897, Harry 1899, Ronald 1901, Vera b.1903, all b.Bristol; son Harry 31 in '01cen Bristol below
H E Soper of Cheltenham drew : The British Chess Magazine pub.1899 from Google Books snippet : [see Cambridge University Alumni 1884]
Richard Soper (1832-1899) died 6 Oct 1899, aged 67. wife Elizabeth Soper (c1837-1927) died 9 Jan 1927, aged 90. Their daughter Mary Elizabeth Soper (c1864-1870) d.16 Dec aged 6 : all buried at Holy Trinity Churchyard, Minchinhampton, Glos source & berksfhs.org : [Richard (c1835-?) m.Elizabeth Butler 1862, Huntingdon]
W T Soper of Stroud (Baptist Church) has accepted the pastorate of the church at Dartmouth : from Guardian Newspaper, 16 Mar 1900
John Henry Soper m.Mary Elizabeth Marley Jan>Mar 1900, Plymouth, Dev (bmd); John b.c1867 Stroud not vis (a John W b.1866 Bristol RD {son of John 48 painter glazier & Emily 56 at Bristol in '81cen})
Charles Richard Soper (c1873) 28 licensed victualler at Ormonds Head, Long Street, Tetbury, Glos, b.Minchinhampton, Glos '01cen; Julia Sarah Soper 28 b.Lon & gen servant Emily Kirby 20 & boarders Dewin Harvey 32 grocer; William & John Evans 14 9 both b.India; scan
: [not vis '91/'11cen] : [Charles Richard m.Julia Sarah Hill : (d.Oct>Dec age 29 Tetbury)]
Clara E Soper 32unm at 70 Gloster Road, Bristol, Glos, '01cen, b.Bristol; William Ellen 51 refreshment house, Devizes, Wilts; wife Rose C 46 b.Lon & Lillian B 21 lady clerk, Devizes scan
Elizabeth Soper 76 at 14 Spring Place, Bristol, Glos, '01cen, b.Bristol, Glos; with son-in-law Evan Davies 37 ships carpenter, Mary A Davis 37; children May 15, Florence 9, Reginald 3, Gladys 1 all b.Bristol scan : [m.John 1861]
Elizabeth Soper (c1837) 64 widow living on own means at West End, Minchinhampton, Glos; b.Hountingdon; Frank Butler Soper 24unm steward (sea) b.Minchinhampton, Glos; scan : [Richard (c1835-?) m.Elizabeth Butler 1862, Huntingdon]
Ellen Soper 26unm general domestic at 3 Westbury Park, Bristol, Glos '01cen, b.Tavistock, Dev; servant to Ann Boucher 66 widow on own means b.Uffculme, Dev & domestic companion (servant) Lucie P Offer 28unm b.Devises, WIlts ; scan: [parents, Thomas m.Amelia Williams 1856 Tavistock, Dev]
Florence Soper 30unm teacher, english mistress at 6 Downleaze, Westbury On Trym, Glos, '01cen, b.Norwich, Norfolk; with Louisa Heinke 83 widow b.Lon, dau Florence 45unm, visitor Phoebe 48 nurse companion b.Lon, Marguerite Desponds 19 french mistress b.France, Ruth Osborne 25 nurse companion; 6 female students 9-16 cook 38 & housemaid 21 scan : [see biog] : [Florence, 5 with parents Frederick & Anne '71cen]
Henry Sopper 30 stoker gas works in 4 rooms at 41 Worcester Rd, Cheltenham, Glos, '01cen, b.Cheltenham; Ellen Sopper 32, b.Frampton Marsh, Wilts; Ann Sopper 4, b.Cheltenham scan : [transcribed as Sapper : not vis '91/'11cen : ??any connection a Annie P M Sopper Jan>Mar 1921 Cheltenham]
Harriett Soper 57 widowed tailoress in 3 rooms at Lower Leazes, Stroud, Glos, '01cen, b.Stroud, Glos; with dau Annie Loftus 32m stick polisher, Stroud, Glos & grdau Nora 10 & Annie 6 all b.Stroud scan : [John Soper m.Harriet/Annie 1859]
Harry N Soper 31 ticket writer at 21 Lower Park Row, Bristol, Glos '01cen; b.Plymouth, Dev; Anne E 32, b.Tavistock, Dev; Ethel B 10; William J G 8 both b.Plymouth, Dev; Lucy C 4; Harry N 1; Dorothy G 6m, all b.Bristol, Glos; scan : [Harry Norman m.Ann Eliza Tregedeon 1888, Plymouth]
Henry Sapper 30 stoker gas works at Cheltenham, Glos, '01cen, b.Cheltenham; Ellen Sapper 32, b.Frampton Marsh, Wilts; Ann Sapper 4, b.Cheltenham; scan
Herbert E Soper 35unm engineer electrical at 4 & 5, Pittville Blenheim Parade, Cheltenham, Glos, '01cen, b.Hampstead, Lon; Harriett L Ancill 44unm boarding house proprietor b.India & 4 other unm boarders & 2 housemaids; scan ; [a statistician; biog father Francis Lesiter Soper schoolmaster]
John Soper 24 bottler in 2 rooms at Gaineys Well, Stroud, Glos, '01cen, b.Stroud; Mary F Soper 24 cloth weaver b.Minehead, S.set; scan : [John Henry m.Mary Elizabeth Marley 1900, Plymouth]
Oriana F Souper 26unm lady matron (teacher) at Suffolk Hall, Cheltenham, Glos '01cen; b.Bradfield, Berks, boarding Jane G James 63 widow on own means, daus 34 & 33 school mistresses; 2 neices ass teachers, 2 boarding ass teachers & 17 girls 7-12 & 5 servants; scan a & b : [2m later, Oriana Fanny m.Edward Adrian Willson, 1901 at Hunts; biog] : [perhaps she meet husband there, he was b.Cheltenham, 1872 son of Cheltenham physician]
Roland Soper 16 student at Dean Close Memorial School, Shelburne Road, Lansdown, Cheltenham, Glos, '01cen, b.Southampton, Hants; scan
William H Soper 44 coal miner (hewer) at 29 Glanaman Rd, Aberdan, Aberdare, Merthyr Tydfil, , Glam, '01cen, b.Sydling, Dor; Mary Soper 42 b.Llanelly, Glam; Sarah A Soper 11; Emma Soper 9; Charles Soper 7; Ellen Soper 5; Mary J Soper 1 all b.Cwmaman, Glam father speaks eng, others eng.Welsh; (father speaks Eng, others Eng & Welsh) scan : [William Henry m.Mary bef 1890]
William H Soper 27unm drapers buyer at 32 to 35 Wine Street, Bristol, Glos, '01cen, b.Hemlock, Dev : [a page of drapers assistants & buyers] scan : [Samuel Sercombe Soper of Riley Fm, Hennock, Dev m.Lucy Langmead, 1866]
F B Soper (1878-?) on a 1901 UK crew list b.Stroud, Gloucestershire: Crew Lists 1861-1913 from FindMyPast
Arthur Russell Soper m.Ethel Annie Weaver 1904, Cheltenham, Glos (bmd) : [an Arthur Russell Soper b.1881 Reading, Berks; to William gunmaker & Ellen Clowes Hobbs who m.1866] : [gave address as Sharlow, North Rd, The Reddings, nr.Cheltenham 1927 Aust>Eng] : [biog, Australia]
Ernest Henry Soper m.Lillian Julia Kelsey Apr>Jun 1908, Bristol, Glos (bmd) : b.Oct>Dec 1879, Dorchester, Dor see grandparents 1809
1911 census Glos 15 Sopers
Alice Mary Surridge Soper 56 married, {m.26y, 6 births, 5 alive} in 8 rooms at 24 Belmont Rd, St Andrew, Bristol, Glos; b.Chilton Dev; Edgar Bradford Soper 27unm draper's assistant retail, b.Doddiscombsleigh Christow, Dev; Alice Mary Soper 19 & Nora Lilian Soper 18 milliner's assistant both b.St George, Exeter, Dev, & unm boarders (Drapers ass) Reginald William Gibbs 24 b.Bristol; Richard Clegg 29 b.Ormskirk & boarder William Rees Charles 29 b.Mon; & bespoke tailor William Pascoe 44 b.Mon, his wife 47 & son 10 scan : [Edward m.Alice Mary S Bradford, 1883 Crediton]
Charles Soper 33unm widow cleaner (employee) in 7 rooms at Pembroke House, 64 Horefield Rd, St James, Kingsdown, Bristol, b.Tavistock, Dev; boarding with Arthur Edwin Philips 42 master window cleaner b.Woolwich, Kt, wife Mary {m.15y} b.Berks, boarder William Veale 22 b.Bristol & dom serv Eva Rae 22 {m.3y} b.Bristol; scan : ['01cen with parents in Ex, John & Mary]
Daniel Soper 16 boader at Barnsley, Cirencester, a groom; '11cen b.Suffolk; boarding with Francis Strange 51 slater & plasterer, b.Wilts; wife 50; widowed father-in-law Richard Moss 78 both b.Cirencester & boarder Alan Taylor 19 groom b.Oaksey, Wilts scan : ['01cen Daniel 5 at Chelsea, Lon; b.S.set]
Ernest Soper 31 warehouseman at flour mill in 2 rooms at 23 Darts Street, Avonmouth, b.Dorchester, '11cen Lill Soper 32 {m.3y, 1 birth, still alive} b.Bristol, Dorset; Alice Soper 2; b.Avonmouth, Gloucestershire scan : [Ernest Henry m.Lillian Julia Kelsey 1908, Bristol, Glos]
Frank Soper (c1872-?) 39 groom, vetenenery surgeon, worker, in 5 rooms at Elms Cottage, Swindon Rd, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire; b.Cheltenham; Helen Soper 32 {m.2y, no births} b.Essex boarding with Walter Galloway 27 gas works labourer, Mary 28 {m.3y} laundress, son 2 1/2, dau 1 all b.Cheltenham & mother-in-law Eliza Hope 64 widow b.Exeter; scan : [no Frank/Helen Soper m.vis; see 1914 m.below??]
Hannah Laura Soper (c1881-?) 30unm, wife's companion, in 12 rooms at 18 Elmdale Rd, Bristol; b.Camberwell, London with Thomas Holbeche 74 railway agent b.Worcester, Ellen Corfield 71 {m.48y, 8 births} b.Cheltenham & servants Kate Shopland cook b.Clifton & housemaid Fredda Bennetta Hewson 24 b.Yorks; scan : [no Hanna Laura b.c1879 vis (a Hanna Matilda b.1878 Holborn {not Camberwell RD}); not vis '01cen; no Soper wife in bmd]
Harriett Soper 68 widow {m.45y, 7 births, 4 alive} in 3 rooms at Lower Leazes, Stroud, Glos, son Frederick Soper 30unm general labourer both b.Stroud & grandchildren Nora Loftus 20unm tailoress, wholesale clothier & Thomas Loftus 16unm gen lab, fish market both b.Stroud; scan [son last, so possibly grandchildren more permanent in household?] : [John Soper m.Harriet/Annie 1859]
John Soper 34 metal worker (?umbrella frame manufacturer) in 3 rooms at The Leazes, Stroud, Glos; b.Stoud; Elizabeth Soper 34 {m.10y, 3 births, all alive} b.Minehead, S,set; Kathleen Soper 7, Lillian Soper 6 both at school, Frances Soper 3, all b.Stroud scan : [John Henry m.Mary Elizabeth Marley 1900, Plymouth]
Ellen Soper pauper patient from 21 Sep 1911 Gloster [?Wotton Asylum wiki] institution, Gloucestershire, discharged recovered 22 Jan 1912 [4m later]; from Lunacy Patients Admission Registers scan : ['11cen, no Soper in Glos]
Henry Soper m.Maud Gertrude Thomas 28 Jan 1911 1911 at St Andrew, Montpelier, Glos [m.Jan>Mar Bristol]; parents John Lamphere Soper & Alfred Richard Thomas source Bristol Parish Registers
Frank Soper m.Helen c1908 when in army; & m.Charlotte H Wright 1914, Cheltenham, Glos (bmd)
Gloucestershire units in WW1 : Service Medals (issued to all servicemen) 1914-1920 : from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk. Only one;
W Soper private, 20th Machine-Gun Squadron. His home address, 36 Brandon Buildings, Clifton, Bristol. In list of Sdrn members from book "Through Palestine with the 20th Machine-Gun Squadron" pub.1920 : Gutenberg.org [Formed from Nottinghamshire Yeoman & Hussars & sent to Egypt 1917, disbanded Oct 1919]
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Mr Soaper & 4 others gave an excellent entertainment at Penrhyn Cottage VAD Hospital, Fri evening 19 May 1916�N.Wales Chronical 26 May scan
Edgar Bradford Soper d.24 Oct 1917, nr2595, Trooper, Household Battalion of 41 Cornwall Rd, Bishopston, Bristol, Glos; died France; 'administration (with will)' Bristol 20 Feb 1918 to Florence Ellen Soper, widow; estate �130 14s 1d ; from Probate Calender, scan [see war deaths]
Joan Millicent Soper (Bristol). Telephonist Post Office (London Gazette 4 Nov 1932 : [b.1916, m.1939 Bristol, Glos (father Edgar B Soper d.WW1, see see)]
Charles Wilfrid Soper d.1 Feb 1937, of 112 Chesterfield Rd, Bristol, Glos; died St Andrews Nursing Home, Bristol; administration Bristol 18 Mar 1937 to Midland Bank Executor & Trustee Co Ltd; estate �298 12s 7d; from Probate Calender, scan [Charles W E (c1880-1937) d.Jan>Mar 1937, Bristol, age 57]
L A Soper, Director & Secretary 'Willows Ltd' at creditors meeting at YMCA. Promenade, Cheltenham, 24 Mar 1938 (London Gazette 18 Mar)
Beatrice R Soper 57 widow, unpaid dom duties (b.25 Jul 1882) at 98 Belmont Rd, Bristol, Glos; 1938 census; 2nd line temp witheld & Minnie T Johns (will m.Mr Hoare) b.22 Nov 1883 laundry manageress, widow scan : [m.not vis bmd]
Sheilah M Linden (will m.Mr Soper 'qaa m 2/11/51') 13 at school (b.19 Mar 1926) at 6 Wellington Sq, Cheltenham, Glos; 1938 census; with Edith A Paine b.28 Jul 1865 private means, unm; 2nd line temp withheld; Seilah 3rd; Daisy A Yeates [will m.Mr Brown 'cr283 gg 6/5/63'] 16 Aug 1895 domestic; & Arthur H Yeates b.7 Aug 1898 builders clerk, married scan : [Soper/Linden m.not vis bmd]
Florence M Soper Dyer 31m patient, occupation not known (b.? ? 1907) at County Mental Hospital, Gloucester, Glos; 1939cen scan
Hannah E Soaper 80 widow pensioner (b.18 Apr 1859) at 51 Sandling Ave, Bristol, Glos; 1939cen; with Emily M Lucas b.16 Mar 1892 udd, married; lines 2 & 3 temp witheld & Hannah 4th scan : [no obvious m.vis bmd, (not the m.1894)]
Harold P G Soper m.Eliza R Davies Jan>Mar 1940, Forest of Dean, Glos; b.Apr>Jun 1914, Wokingham to Albert & Fanny Hale m.Oct>Dec 1889, Hartley Wintney, Hants
W Soper 36 Brandon Buildings, Clifton, Bristol listed p.128 Through Palestine with the 20th Machine Gun Squadron pub.2007 [WW2?] Google Books snippet
Miss E L Soper of Harmer Green [Herts] showed seedlings of Dwarf Bearded Iris Pumila (George Soper A.M. 27 Jun; Darby also mentioned p.70) : Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society 1961 Google Books snippet
Gloucestershire Places
Soaper's Lane, Silver Street, Thornbury (The road temporarily closed in 1970!) : source
Sopers Wood, North of Bath, Glos; : source
Gloucestershire Researchers : Christopher Soper : source
Herefordshire
Christina Soper, widow, granted by her to Walter Soper & Walter Lywer, of messuages & lands in Beare, with pasturge in Cobhamswike, Bridestawe (Bridstow). Herefordshire, 1 Nov 1430 (Monday after All Saints Day 9 Henry VI.) : Lords of the Exchequer, Augmentation Office: Ancient Deeds : from National Archives ref E 326/690
Thomas Soper b. 1618 Herefordshire, Eng; bpt.8 May to Thomas Soper & Joan (Avery); m.Elizabeth Cooke 21 Nov 1637 Plympton St Mary, Dev; d.8 Oct 1642 Huntington, Suffolk, New York, British Colonial America; wiki tree
Elizabeth Sopar bpt.30 Apr 1809 & Mary Sopar bpt.1 Aug 1813 both at All Saints, Hereford (the only 2 Herefordshire igi entries)
John Soper/Roper b.Herefordshire c1835, living Worcestershire in 1851cen (the only Herefordshire entry) : [no connection yet]
No Herefordshire enties '41cen, '61, '71, '81, '01 & '11cen : no Herefordshire bmd entries
Francis James Soper b.Apr>Jun 1888 at Berkhampstead, Herts (& Bucks) : [?a Francis J Soper, Gunner/Bombardier, Royal Garrison Artillery WW1, nr105619/nr170273]
2 Sopers in 1891 census : source
William Soper m.Mary Jane Jenkins Oct>Dec 1892 St Austall, Con : [b.19 May 1865, Ladock, Con; moved to Herts with parents James & Elizabeth m.1863 St Austell]
John Soper. (c1811-1899) d.12 Feb, age 88, at Brunswick [scan unreadable]; in 'Bristol Mercury' (pub.Bristol) 17 Feb 1899, from newspapers.bl.uk : [John d.Jan>Mar 1899 Gloucester, Glos, age 88]
F H Soper a Private in the Herefordshire Regiment, died W-Vlaanderen, Belgium : 4 Sep 1918, buried/monument Wytschaete Military Cemetery, Heuvelland : from Soper war deaths
Charles Soper m.Dorothy M Moody 'Dolly' Jul>Sep 1920 Bristol; b.5 Dec 1877; ??a Charles b.Oct>Dec 1877, Totnes, Dev to William & Pamela
- Arthur C Soper b.Jan>Mar 1922, Bristol, Glos (mother nee Moody) & ?m.Eileen W E Fowler Jan>Mar 1945, Bristol (no Soper/Fowler b.vis) : ?a postman 1938 below
Arthur Charles Soper temporary postman-messenger, Post Office: (London Gazette 9 Dec 1938) : appointed postman, 1938, Bristol dept; Post Office appointment books; Reg nr.84272; Minute nr.A32895 scan
Gerald W Soper m.Doris M E Samson Oct>Dec 1939, Hereford
Hertfordshire
Richard Soper son of Nicholas le Sopere of Waldene �Creator of Deed�, granted to Sir Walter chaplain of Gayisle of a messuage in Bernewell which the grantor had inherited from his mother Matilda : 25 Jan 1330. The messuage between messuages built by Thomas le Rapere & Godfrey le Pulter extending from the highway to Geoffrey Page�s croft. source from Cambridge, Little St Andrews (Chesterton & Barnwell Fields) & Madingley Deeds [seems Walden is in Hertfordshire] : [did this mean his mother was Matilda Soper?]
William Soper, Hertford. British Chancery Records 1486-93 re Detention of deeds relating to lands in Puttenham.: Herts & 1504-1515. ancestry.com & National Archives
Thomas Sooper, (/Cooper?) B D, Prior of the House of Friars Preachers at Kings Langley, Hertford, & convent, a lease to John Halsay & William Halsay alias Chamber, of Great Gaddesden, of the Rectory of Great Gaddesden : 20 Mar 1520 : from Great Gaddesden Title Deeds : Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies Ref. DE/HL/14697 www.a2a
John Soper & ?, had 4 children at Hemel Hempstead, Herts [igi]
Harry Soper & Margery, had 4 children at Flamstead, Herts
Ann Soper m.William Davison, 5 Sep 1602, Great Gaddesden, Herts
Amy Soper m.John Gaylor 13 Nov 1715 Diddington, Herts
Robert Soper m.Susannah Archer 27 Aug 1810 at St Michael, St Albans, Herts & 2 baptisms there;
Frances Soper (female) b.30 Jul 1832, Braughing, Herts, parents John & Sarah (igi)
Joseph Samuel Soper b.Oct>Dec 1838, Bishop Stortford, Herts : [connection?a Joseph Samuel Soper b.14 Jun 1868 Whitechapel to Joseph & Mary]
Harriet Soper 25-9 at Greyhouse?, Bishops Hatfield (not b.Herts) also 3 servants Ann Kipherd 20-4, Joseph Sheppard 14, George Peck 20 & Joseph Glynnr 20-4 solicitor, Joseph Glyun 5. The only Soper in 1841 Herts census
John Soper, (c1816-?) age 27 in Hertfordshire Court, 2 Jan 1843; uttering counterfeit coin, with 5 others, all aquittable, No prosecution (2 others got 12m for counterfeiting)
Mary Ann Soper (c1825-c1935) m.c1846, Berkhamstead, Herts to Fredeick William Andrews : Mary b.c1825 of Berkhamstead, Herts & Died c1935 : Frederick d.20 Aug 1876 (igi)
William Soper 34 unm gardener at St Michael, St Albans, Herts '51cen, b.St Andrews, Middlesex; with mother Susanna Dover 66 head, widow b.Bucks [earlier widow of Robert above; but no Soper/Dover m.vis so presume bef 1838 start of bmd] scan : [William m.Charlotte Pike 1852 below] (only Soper in Herts '51cen)
& 3 other Sopers in 51cen, b.Herts & living in London
Elizabeth Soper b.c1787, Charlotte Soper b.c1817 & Sarah Soper b.c1817
William Soper m.Charlotte Pike 15 May 1852, St.Michael, St Albans, Herts (bmd); bapt.2 Mar 1817 to Robert & Susannah Archer who m.1810 above
W G Soper, R.A. merchant of London, late of Plymouth m.Martha Davis, third daughter of George Davis, of Heaton House, Cheshunt. At the Countess of Huntingdon's Collegiate Chapel, Cheshunt : 25 July 1860 : from The Times 31 Jul : 46/211p : [William Garland Soper he was BA, so perhaps RA wrong?]
Edward Souper (c1846-?) living at Burford House, Broxbourne age 15 a pupil b.Perth, West Australia, one of 54 pupils in school, headmaster William Haselwood 64 : [several pupils from West Indies, so perhaps a school for military, civil servant families?>] '61cen]
Eliza Soper (c1810-?) living at Turners Hill, Eastside, Cheshunt age 51, a widowed gentlewoman, also aunt Ann Peeke 79 a widow both b.S.Brent, Dev with gen servant Ann Collyer 17 b.Cheshunt, Herts : [mother of William Garland Soper]
William Soper (c1817-?) living at, St Alban St Michael, 44, a gardener, b.Holborn, Msex, & wife Charlotte Soper 49, b.St Michaels, Herts : [m.1852, St Albans, Herts]
W Soper of 'The Royal British School'* attended School of Arts & they awarded him the prize of a drawing board & T square for lower grade freehand [1,200 schools sent pupils for lessons & many got prizes]; in 'Hampshire Advertiser' 25 Nov 1865, from newspapers.bl.uk : scan [*?a RB School in Hemel Hempstead, Herts?]
Sarah b.Herts with husband George at Hackney, Lon : also Sarah b.Cheshunt, Herts with husband John at Chelsea, Lon
2 Sopers in 1871 census (& 2 wives b.Herts)
William Soper 54 grocer & gardener at St Michael Street, St Michael, St Albans, Herts '71cen; b.London & grocer's wife Charlotte Soper 59 b.St Albans, Herts scan : [m.1852]
William Soper d.9 May 1873, gardener, widower of St Michael, St Albans, Herts; Administration Principle Registry 26 May 1873 to : [John Browne Soper m.Fanny Susannah Daley Jul>Sep 1863, Eton, Bucks]; Leah Jackson (wife of William Joseph Jackson) of Upper Tooting, Surrey, sister & only next of kin; estate under �100 ; from Probate Calender, scan : [m.1852, St Albans, Herts]
2 Soper in 1881 census (& 3 wives b.Herts) : source
Jessie Soper 7 a scholar/pauper inmate in St Pancras Industrial Schools Leavesden, Watford, Hertford : --- one of about 200 pauper inmates (2-16) most from St Pancras, London : [a dom sev Kidderminster, Worc '91-'11cen]
Alfred A Soper 36 horsekeeper at 27 Moxon Street, (St John The Baptist), Chipping Barnet, Herts '91cen; b.Crawley, Sx; Susan Soper 40 b.Clare, Suffolk; Sidney Soper 2 b.Barnet, Herts also sister-in-law Julia Bareham 18unm dom housemaid b.Clare, & boarders James Pestell 20 & Henry Silvester both unm gardeners, b.Muswell Hill scan : [Alfred Albion Soper m.Susan Bertram/Bernham Oct>Dec 1882 Barnet, Lon] : [Sidney not vis bmd]
Charles Soper 28 carter (engineer's) at The Gaol, Victoria Road, Hoddesdon, Herts '91cen; b.Hoxton, Beds ; scan : [Charles m.1881 Beds, assume to Jane Fox]
James 55 farmer at Stone Bury, Hare Street, Little Hormead, Herts '91cen b.Creed, Con; Elizabeth 47 farmers wife b.Meragissey, Con; William 25; James 23 both b.Ladock, Con; Bertha 18; Mary 17; Peter 16; Henry 13; Albert 12 all farmers sons & dau; Lizzie 10; Julia 9 both scholars; Katie 6 all b.St Blazy, Con; scan
: [James m.Elizabeth Hunkin 1863 St Austell, Cornwall]
William Soper 19 telegraph engineer at Walton Road, (St Catherine), Hoddesdon, Herts '91cen; b.Pimlico, Lon boarding with Alfred Seager 56 telegraph engineer b.Pimlico, Lon; Mary 36 b.Westminster; scan
Peter Soper d.17 Apr 1892, retired farmer of Stoneberry?, Little Hurmrad?, Herts; probate London 6 May 1892 to Arthur Coode? Banker, James Soper farmer; estate �462 4s 6d ; from Probate Calender, scan : [Peter Soper d.Apr>Jun 1892 Royston, Herts age 81]
James Soper m.Martha Ann Fordham Oct>Dec 1895, Standon, Herts [Ware bmd dist] : [b.13 Nov 1867, Ladock, Con; parents James & Elizabeth above, m.1863 St Austell, Con]
George Soper, upholsterer 33 Hudsons Rd, Canning Town 1896 Post Office Street Directory source
John Lewis J Soper b.Apr>Jun 1897 Bishop Stortford, Herts [his father Arthur b.Cornwall, m.Mary Elizabeth Emma Hurlstone, Australia, 1896, presumably Arthur returned to Eng when his father James moved from Cornwall having bought a Herts farm : Arthur in Herts in '01cen below & moved to Dunmow, Essex by dau birth 1903] : John Louis James Soper, farmer of Little Hormead, Herts; bankrupt 1930
Eva Lilian Soper (1901-1990) & her sister Eileen Soper worked in the wildlife garden of "The Wildings", Hertfordshire, the home of their artist father George Soper. Eva Soper's designed birds for the Royal Worcester factory from 1937. Eileen (E.A. Soper) designed a series of china children. Eileen was a book illustrator and wildlife artist. George was a Royal Academician source & source 2 : [George Soper (1870-1942) etcher & painter biog]
14 Sopers in 3 families in Herts; 1901 census : source
Alfred Soper 40 horse keeper (groom) at 27 Moxton St, Chip Barnet, Herts; b.Crawley, Sx '01cen, Susan Soper 48 b.Claire, Suffolk & Olivy T Soper 7 b.Lon ; scan : [an Alfred m.Horsham, Sx Apr>Jun 1891] : ['81cen Alfred 20 groom] : ['91cen Alfred 30, Alice 24 & Aubury 9 at ]
Arthur Soper 31 house-head, farmers son 'f rel' at Dassells, Braughing, Herts; b.Luddock, Cornwall '01cen, Mary Soper 27 b.Victoria, Australia & John Soper 4 b.Braughing : scan : [moved to Dunmow, Ex by 1903 as dau b. : '11cen there with 3 children] : [Arthur m.Mary Elizabeth Emma Hurlstone, Australia, 1896] : [John Lewis J Soper b.Apr>Jun 1897 Bishop Stortford, Herts, above]
Elvina Soper 12 at 23 Portland Street, St Albans, Herts, '01cen; Gladys Soper 11 nieces with Samuel Church 30 iron f moulder {their mother nee Church}; wife Minnie 26 grocer shopkeeper & sister Elvina Church 16 general dom servant all b.Reading, Berks; scan : [parents William Patterson Soper m.Mary Ann Church 1887 at Reading, Berks]
James Soper 65 b.Creed, Cornwall a farmer at Stonebury, Little Hormead, Herts '01cen, Elizabeth Soper 57 b.Mevagissey, Con Mary Soper 27, Henry Soper 24, Albert Soper 23 both farmers sons, Elizabeth Soper 20, Julia Soper 19, Katherine Soper 16 all St Blazey, Con; scan {son Arthur 31 nearby farmer above} : [James m.1863 St Austell, Cornwall]
William Soper 35 agricultural engineer & agent at grocers shop, Hare Street, Great Hormead, Herts, '01cen; Mary Soper 30; Gwendolen Soper 7 all b.Con; Gladys Soper 3 b.Herts; scan [?Herts farmer '11cen]
William Soper of Mutton Hall Farm, was in the 1902 trade directory as a 'farmer & steam plough & threshing machine owner' : A web site for Great Hormead & Little Hormead
Selina Pitt Soper 1908 -1 Jan 1921 : Ridgeway, Wagon Rd, Hadley Wood, Herts; Fellow of Royal Academy of Music, Professor of Singing, Royal Academy of Music, NW1 1908- Teachers Registration Record, from EnglishOrigins.com scan : [Selina Pitt Soper b.Portsea Hants Oct>Dec 1880 : a London singer 1891; still at Herts address 1936 below]
Mabel Lilian Soper m.Robert Dawson Oct>Dec 1909 & lived in St Albans area to 1917. Children Ernest Samuel Dawson (1913-87) St Albans (d.Apr age 74 St A); & Beatrice Dawson (c1913-?) who should have m.1935-45 there. [Ernest S Dawson b.Jan>Mar 1913 & m.Doris V Westrope Oct>Dec 1935 & Beatrice M Dawson b.Apr>Jun 1917 & m.Patrick W Gurney Jan>Mar 1944 all at St.A [see Mabel's parents Samuel m.Sarah A Piper 1866 Andover] : curiousfox.org.uk : ancestry.com : & : & : rootschat.com from Nancy Ellen Robinson, [ a relation of Mabel's sister] looking descendents May'05 (other interests; Sopers in Bermondsey, Surrey & Andover, Hants)
18 Sopers in Herts 1911 census
Cecilia Marion Soper inmate 8 at school at London Orphan Asylum, Metropolitan District Imbecile Asylem, Watford, Hertfordshire; b.Wandsworth, Lon
Charles Edward Soper 14 & Cecilia Marion Soper 9 orphan inmates at London Orphan Asylum, Metropolitan District Imbecile Asylem, Watford, Herts, both b.Wandsworth, Lon scan, scan b & c : [Charles Edward Soper b.Jul>Sep 1896 ('01cen 4 at Wandsworth with parents Thomas 31 photographer & Rhoda 30), Cecilia Marion Soper b.Apr>Jun.1901 both Wandsworth, Lon (her m or d not vis) (father Thomas Henry d.1903 Wandsworth age 33) : see biog ('11cen mother? a Rhoda 40 at Willesden, but if so not orphans?)]
Clara Eliza Soper (c1870) 41unm nursing domestic in 12 rooms at 3 Highfield Queen's Hill, Hertford, Herts b.Bristol, Glos, with Jane Page 61 widow {7 births, all alive} b.Cambs, dau 32 & sons 26 & 24 dog food mfrs all b.Hertford & dom serv Susan Wicks 22 b.Herts & Mabel Chessum b.Beds scan : ['81cen Clara E 11 at Easton in Gordano, S.set, dau of John 67 retired tailor of Cornwall : '01cen Clara Soper 32 at & b.Bristol, Glos; Clara b.1869 Bristol to John m.Eliza Compton 1864]
George Soper (c1871) 40 painter, artist in 6 rooms at Harmer Green, Welwyn, (Hatfield RD), Herts '11cen; b.Stoke Veington, Lon; Ada Soper 37 {m.13y, 2 births, both alive} b.Chelsea, Lon, Eva Lilly Soper 10 at school, b.Palmers Green, Lon & Eileen Olive Soper 6 b.Enfield, Lon with servant Annie Harris 31unm gen dom b.Little Hadham, Herts ; scan : [Eva Lilian Soper b.Lambeth, Lon Apr>Jun 1900 & b.Edmonton, Lon Apr>Jun 1901 (assume 'Olive mistranscribed) Eileen Alice Soper b.Edmonton, Lon Apr>Jun 1905] : ['01cen an Eva 1 at Lambeth] : [George Soper (1870-1942) etcher & painter biog]
James Soper 75 farmer (employee) in 10 rooms at Stonebury, Little Hormead, Buntingford, Royston, Herts; b.Cranwell Creed, Con; Elizabeth Soper 67 {m.47, 12 births, 11 alive} b.Menagissey, Con, Henry Soper 34unm working on farm, Elizabeth Soper 30unm farmer's dau, both b.St Blazey, Con scan : [James m.Elizabeth Hunkin 1863]
William Soper (c1866-?) farmer (not employing others) in 7 rooms at Dassells Braughing, Ware [hamlet 10m N of Ware], (Bishop's Stortford RD), Herts 45 b.Laddock, Con; Mary Soper 40 {m.18y, 4 births, all alive}, Gwendolen Soper 17unm both b.St.Stphens, Con; Gladys Soper 13 both b.Lower Hormead, Herts, Vera Soper 7, Irene Soper 5 both b.Braughing, Herts scan : [William m.Joanna Mary Allen 1892 St Austall, Con]
Winifred May Soper (c1889) 22unm nurse, domestic servant in 8 rooms at Rothamstead Ave, Harpenden, [St Albans RD], Herts; b.Kennington, Lon; with Eleanor Patson 39, dau 13 & sons 11 & 9 b.Sydenham; also cook Louisa Miller 37unm b.Quy, Cambs scan : [Winifred May b.Chelsea, Lon 1888 to James Frederick m.Mary Hunt 1886, Kensington]
Olive Irene Soper; Miss Soper, late of Barnet Girls C of E School has commenced 22 Feb 1912 Hitchin, St Mary's National School, Hitchin, [Herts] as a supplementary teacher in place of Miss Spicer (staff; headmistress, 2 ass teachers & a supl teacher); School Records scan : [no birth obvious 4 Olives 19-25 '11cen, all b.Dev; ?an Olive I Soper m.Henry Harris Oct>Dec 1915, Barnet, Lon (bmd)]
Bessie Soper (c1877-1912) d.Jan>Mar 1912, Watford, Herts, age 35 : [Fernley Lewarne Soper (post office clerk); m.Bessie Tuckett Jan>Mar 1908, Honiton, Dev]
Miss Evelyn Mary Soper of The Homestead, Hadley Wood, Herts, dau of late Dr J H Soper left �100 to Salvation Army Home, Kings St, Plymouth & �100 to Salvation Army*; will proved �6,568 : from Guardian paper, 8 Nov 1914 : [b.Apr-June 1867 Blaine, Monmouth -- father Dr Isabell Hawker Soper biog]
Hertfordshire units in WW1 : Service Medals (issued to all servicemen) 1914-1920 : from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk : Only one;
Frederick James Soper (1888-1955) m.Alice Mary Soper (1859-1929) Christ Church, Barnet, Herts 5 Jul 1915 (They shared grandparents : William & Mary Rolfe : his parents William Soper & Mary Ann Thompson m.1885 Westminster : hers David & Alice Rebecca Todd m.1883, Wolverton) : [see India]
Alfred James Soper (c1859 - ) joined Railway Workers Union, Rickmansworth Branch, Hertfordshire; 16 Mar 1917 age 58; left ?Dec 1919; scan : [?an Alfred James (1858 - ) policeman, but lived & d.Lon; ?an Alfred James (1864 - ) policeman, plumber b.Dev, in Northants]
David Soper (1859-1929) gardener & Alice Rebecca Todd (1856-?) lived at 89 Seabright Rd, High Barnet, Herts, in 1919. Recorded in records of son William George Soper (1890-1915) died 1915 Gallipoli, WW1 : [David m.Alice Todd 1883 Kingsclere, Hants; William b.Jan>Mar 1890 Reading]
- John G Soper b.Apr>Jun 1920, Hertford, Herts (mother ne Field) (bmd)
Daniel James Henry Soper m.Georgina Dorothy Duvall Jan>Mar 1920 Hemel Hempstead dist, Herts; b.16 May 1895 Abbotts Langley, Herts; [b.Apr>Jun, Frome, S.set] to James & Phillis Phillips m.1895
Cecil E[dward] Soper m.Georgina D Crawley Apr>Jun 1920, Hemel Hemstead, Herts (bmd) : [Cecil Edward b.Jul>Sep 1896 Basingstoke, Hants, to James & Phillis Phillips who m.1895 Frome, S.set]
Wilfred A[ugustus] Soper m.Ada J Atkins Jan>Mar 1921, Watford, Herts (bmd) (4 Soper/Atkins births below at Watford); Wilfred Augustus Soper b.3 Oct 1878 Blackheath, Lon [b.Oct>Dec Lewisham] to John Henry Soper & Hannah Dandridge, m.1868
James Soper, publican of Royal Oak, Abbotts Langley. Kings Langley, Herts : 1922 & 1926 Post Office Directory
Christopher J Soper b.Apr>Jun 1925 (mother ne Bird) at St Albans, Herts : [see Beds Herbert C m.Theophila H Bird Jan>Mar 1925 Luton dist, Beds/Herts]
John Louis James Soper, farmer of Little Hormead, nr Buntingford, Hertford. Bankruptcy filed 6 Jan 1930 Cambridge Court, (London Gazette 10 Jan) : Release 13 Oct 1930 (24 Oct) : [John Lewis J Soper b.Apr>Jun 1897 Bishop Stortford, Herts to Arthur Soper who b.Cornwall & m.Australia 1896]
Arthur E Soper m.Nellie Ratcliff Jan>Mar 1931, B.Stortford, Herts (bmd) : (an Arthur Ernest Soper b.Dunmow, Essex Apr>Jun 1903 (& in Dunmow '11cen, parents Arthur J & Mary) who m.Australia see see biog, Cornwall)
Eric L Soper m.Eunice M Smith Jul>Sep 1933, Watford, Herts (bmd); Eric Lennox Soper b.Apr>Jun 1904 Chelsea, Lon to James & Phillis m.1895 at Frome, S,set; ['Lennox' from '01cen address] : [see brother m.1920]
Selina Pitt Soper 58 music teacher; Last & future address England; address "Ridgeway", Waggon Rd, Hadley Wood, Herts, sailed 1st class on "Nova Scotia" (Furness Line) from St John's, Newfoundland arriving Liverpool, Eng, 1 Oct 1936; scan; UK Incoming Register : [at address 1908 above, a London singer/teacher, see London 1891]
Mrs D A E Soper woman haulier of Little Hormead, Buntingford [Herts], 1936 Appeal Tribunal won appeal, with �7 15s costs, despite opposition from the LNE Railway Co. The case concerned the refusal of the Metropolitan Deputy Licensing Authority to vary an A licence 'Commercial Motor' : [??connection to John Lewis J Soper (1897-) b.Bishop Stortford, Herts to Arthur Soper who b.Cornwall & m.Australia 1896 farmer of Little Hormead, bankruptcy 1930]
Eileen A Soper (Miss), Harmer Green, Welwyn, Herts. & George Soper, RE, same address from The Year's Art pub.1937 Google Books snippet
Robert Soper hereby give notice 24 Sep 1937 I abandon the use of my surname of Soper & assumed take the name of Robert Chapman 39 North Cottages Napsbury, St Albans, Hertford (London Gazette 8 Oct)
Bernard Soper 33unm musician (partially blind) (b.23 Apr 1906) at Tudor House, Pirton Rd, Hitchin, Herts; with George J C Fairchild b.21 Sep 1885 medical specialist radio theraphist; Emily G Fairchild b.29 Sep 1880 udd; Alfred W Thripp b.11 Jan 1916 musician (blind) unm & Bernard 4th scan
Daisy D Soper 39 unpaid domestic duties (b.18 Dec 1899) at 15 Alexandra Rd, Hemel Hempstead, Herts 1939cen; lines 2 & 3 temp withheld scan [no m or d.vis]
Fanny Soper 83 married (b.1855) at Leavesden Hospital, Abbots Langley, Watford, Herts 1939cen; page of female patiemts; about half b.not known scan : [Fanny (b.1856) d.Jul>Sep 1949 Watford, age 93; no Fanny vis '01/'11cen; m.speculation 1875] : [Leavesden Mental Hospital, founded 1870]
Frank Soper 56 widower, collery labourer (b.28 Mar 1883) patient; at Ware Park Sanatorium, Ware, Herts 1939cen; page of male patients with housekeeper & nurse scan [not vis '11cen, a Lon draper's ass; a Dev PC 27; a Lancs umberella maker 28, both m in 1939 & 27 drapers ass of Lon]
Harry Soper 73 clerk retired (b.30 Oct 1865) at 52 Beechfield Rd, Welwyn Garden City, Herts 1939cen; Jemima 76 unpaid dom duties (b.22 Jun 1863) scan : [Harry m.Jemima Vaughan Jan>Mar 1914, St George Hanover Sq, Lon (parents m.1875 Berks)]
Henry 62 foreman farmer (b.24 Jun 1877) at Dukes Farm, Allens Green, Braughing, Herts 1939cen; Edith 65 unpaid dom duties (b.20 Nov 1873); both married; also Marjorie W Marshall b.10 Aug 1904 unm & Helen A Filmer b.27 Sep 1898, married both teachers, secondary school scan : [no Henry/Edith m.vis]
Norman F Soper 33 nursery hand, food production (b.11 Jul 1906) at 18 Murchison Rd, Hoddesdon, Herts; Elizabeth 36 unpaid dom duties (b.8 May 1903); with Alan M Lambert b.7 Dec 1921 nursery hand, food production, unm; Norman & Elizabeth & lines 4 & 5 temp withheld scan : [father policeman; Frederick James Soper m.Clara ]
George Soper, 1870-1942 artist & printmaker. Photographs were found in George's studio at Welwyn in Herts. Soper collected photos, provided by friends, particularly of sheep and horses, some more information given : East Sussex Record Office Ref. AMSAA www.a2a
William J F Soper m.Marjorie E Green Jul>Sep 1949, B.Stortford, Herts (bmd) : [1st m.Dorothy M Nicholas at Epping, Ex 1923]
Richard T Soper m.Joyce Chatterton Jan>Mar 1957, Ealing, Herts (bmd)
Herts Places
Huntingdonshire : now in County of Cambridgeshire
Mr Soaper was taken to court in 1300, St Ives, by Mr Lolworth. Judgement was for Lolworth to recover the debt, with damages. Soaper worked for the Bishop of Ely. After the case was suspended, Richard of Peche was put in Soper's place. [my summary of details below] source : A web site for Great Hormead & Little Hormead
At the Easter Fair, St. Ives [15m NW Cambridge], Huntingdonshire, [now Cambridgeshire] a court heard disputes of merchants & others, 1270-1324. Judgements might depend on the interests of the Abbot of Ramsey as this could be considered his manor court. Judgment was against the defendant in Lolworth v. Soaper in 1300, who was of the homage of the bishop of Ely, was suspended owing to a love-day between the bishop and the abbot [ie, time to allow comprimise]. The record ends with Lolworth putting Richard of Peche in Soapers place, so the case probably continued. Of hundreds of proceedings, only five refer back to a previous case, this was one. possible connection to court case against William the soaper of Oxford (1246?)]
William Soper Esq and 4 others [the others were 'mercers of London' but not 'esq'] bought the manor of Offord Darcy, Huntingdonshire 1438 Martin Sopere at 'ville de Hunttedone' mentioned in 'Royal Justice & Medieval English Countryside' : The Huntingdonshire Eyre [no date in snippet] : GoogleBooks.com
Thomas Soper will 1627 : headed 'marriage' : Calendar of Wills and Administrations in the Archdeaconry of Huntingdon (now at Probate Registry of Peterborough). 'Soper, Thomas, Earith 69 22 767' : from Ancestry.com
Phillipp Soper, Gent. his accounts mention Spittle Rent for the Borough of Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire from Michaelmas 1677 unto Michaelmas 1678 ; Cambridgeshire County Record Office : ref H/8/18 [can't find a reference to "Spittle Rent" there's a Spittle in Westmoreland, perhaps Spittle was a person, Spittle='to dig' or 'a spade', so speculate peat cutting or similar] www.a2a
Mary Soper m.John Aires, 1692
No entries in 1841 census
11 Sophers in 1851 census all b.Hunts between (1800-1849)
Richard Soper (b.Portsmouth c.1836) m. bef.1856 to a Mary A b.Bluntisham, Hunts
1861 - 1891 census, no residents, only 5 wives born there
Elizabeth Soper (c1837-?) 44 b.St Johns, Hunts wife of Richard in Minchinhampton, Glos '81cen ['71cen 35 wife]
Fanny W Soper (c1855-?) 26 b.St Neots, Hunts wife of Samuel in Lambeth, Lon '81cen 1875
Mary A b.Bluntisham, Hunts 25 with husband Richard at Shoebury, Essex '61cen : ['71 36; '81cen 46]
Mary Ann Soper (c1857-?) b.Great Catworth; Hunts, 34 at St Pancras, Lon : [only person b. or at Hunts '91cen]
Jane b.Brampton, Hunt 48 with husband William at St Pancras, Lon '61cen ['71cen age 58; '81cen widowed serv 68]
Richard Soper (c1835-?) m.Elizabeth Butler Apr>Jun 1862, Huntingdon, Hunts; Richard bpt.12 Aug 1832 Padworth to Joseph (& Sarah?) who m.1832 Padworth
Francis Abraham Souper M.A., Vicar of Hilton [Huntingdonshire?] 16 Nov 1898 : Patron, Thomas Carroll Clerk MA of Hawkfield Parlstone Dorset : records of Archdeaconry of Huntingdon [N B Souper on Hinton WW1 memorial] : National Archives : [biog]
2 household in 1901 census
Sarah Soper 57m at Needing Worth Road, St Ives, Hunts, '01cen, b.Luton, Bedfordshire; with son-in-law Frederick W Norris 29 bootmaker b.St Ives, Hunts; Jessie Rose Norris 29 & Jessie Freda Norris 2 both b.Torquay, Dev scan : [Tom m.Sarah Parsons 1868, Newton Abbott, Dev]
Tom Soper m.Sarah Parsons or ? Oct>Dec 1868, Newton Abbott, Devon (bmd)
Frances Souper 57 in '01cen, a clergyman church of England, b.Bedford, living The Vicarage, St Mary Magdalene, Hilton, Hunts, with wife Henrietta 48, 5 children & 2 servants Noel B Souper 23 a Cambridge undergraduate [Pembroke College] : Constance M Souper 22 student at training college: Woodford R Souper 20 an Oxford Undergraduate : Edward R Souper 18 : Adrian W J Souper 13 both students at home : [biog]
1911 census, 1 Soper, 4 Soupers
Ellen Maud Soper 40unm teacher's governess at 2 The Great Cambridgeshire Road, Cambridge; b.Kings Teignton, Dev '11cen; governess with James Dulton retired doctor 49, wife 44, dau 8, sister-i-law 35, parlourmaid 42, cook 23 & boarder Charlotte Dracitt 8; scan : [parents John m.Mary Jane Hellier 1861 Newton Abbott, Dev]
Noel Beaumont Souper (c1876-1916) on War Memorial at Hilton, Huntingdonshire - WW1 source : National Archives 2nd Lieutenant. 6th Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment. Killed in action 1 July 1916. Age 40. Son of the Rev F A Souper, of Grantchester Meadows, Cambridge; husband of Rosalie F Souper, of 54 Fitz James Ave, London. W14. Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Pier & Face 11 D : [biog]
Huntingdonshire, National Burial Records Richard Soaper d.1583, Edward Soaper d.1588, Edward Soaper d.1590, Richard Soaper d.1595, Jane Soaper d.1596, Jane Soaper d.1598, Willyam Soper d.1599, Cattren Soper d.1605, Soper d.1605, John Soper d.1609, Jayne Soper d.1610, Thomas Soper d.1627, Elsabeth Soper d.1630, Thomas Soper d.1693, John Soper d.1706, Philip Soper d.1708, Thomas Soaper d.1711, Mary Soper d.1714, John Soaper d.1719, Mary Soper d.1725, John Soper d.1731, William Soper d.1746
Ireland
Adam le Savonier, a freeman in Dublin, had his ownership of land in Dublin contested in 1218 by Llewellyn, Prince of Wales, who was nephew of a previous owner, Mailgun ap Owain : from Rootsweb.com
Willelmus le Sopere de Ardry* (p.29), Ricardus le Sopere (p.29), Thomas Saponarius de Atherde, Radulfus de Dimestere Saponarius**, Robertus Saponarius de Luveth, Roll of members of the Guild Merchant of the City of Dublin (1190�1265) source & source : [* ?Tardree, Co.Antrim; recorded as Ardry c1600s placenames] : [**soapmaker in latin]
Christopher Soper of Cork. Date of probate, 1671 from 'Indexes to Irish Wills, 1909', vol. 2, page 250 : www.ancestry.com
Miss Soper m.William Breakeys, 2nd son of an Ireland father settled in & d.1698 in Monaghan; from Ch.4 The Huguenots of Lisburn source
Thomas Soper, son of William deceaced apprenticed to Sam Anderson of Waterford, Ireland a mariner. Payment �21, 1720 [47/6] British Apprentice List, page 5478, from BritishOrigins.com
Francis Soper, appointed 'Vicar Choral', (there were up to 6 vicar corals, choral boys & an organist) at cathedral church of St Patrick's, Armagh, 25 Feb 1722/3 from 'Prelates & Members of Cathedral Bodies' 1849 google book
William Soper, address Ireland : Subscribed, 1723, to 'The General History of Ireland', translated from the original Irish : pub; G.Keating, Dublin : from Ancestry.com's database of Directories & Lists
Miss Soper married William Breakey & had 13 children. They inherited the property of her bachelor uncle, who was a Coventanter [anti-Catholic movement]. The Lisburn Breakeys (Co. Antrim. N.Ireland) descended from son, John (1780-?) . William's father was Guillaume de Brequet (?-1698), a Huguenot [French Protestant], who escaped from Picardy to Holland & joined William of Orange's army. After the Battle of the Boyne (1690), he settled in County Monaghan, marrying a Catholic neighbour who saw her father killed during the "Dragonade" [Army occupation of homes to forcing the occupants to change religion] : from book on Lisburn Huguenots
- Jas Soaper bpt.10 Apr 1834 St Catherine, Dublin to William Soaper & Ann B?; sponcer, Bridget Carron; priest P Mooney CC irishgenealogy.ie
1851 Census has 5 birth entries
W Sopers 36 lodger porter at 58 New Cut, Lambeth, Sy '51cen, b.Ireland scan; with James Beaven beer shop keeper, son 10, house serv 24, & 4 lodgers, printer, smith & cain maker : [not vis elsewhere]
also 13 Sophers '51cen; all but Cohen, b.Ireland : Donnis Sopher 42, Esther Sopher 44, Mary Sopher 36, Honor Sopher 26, Cohen Sopher 22 b.Scotland, Ann Sopher 18, Catherine Sopher 17, Thomas Sopher 17, Patrick Sopher 16, Bridget Sopher 14, Thomas Sopher 11, Mary Sopher 9, Catharine Sopher 8 & Esther Sopher 5
Mary Soper b.1855 Ireland; immigrated 1875-8; '05cen Mary Sobel at 61st St, Manhattan, a household head with Alice Cody, b.1865 & Patrick Cody b.1886 Ireland
John Soper, Jackson Turner & Thomas Parket took their debtor John Robinson to Chancery Court, other creditors to come to chambers in Inns Quay, Dublin; in 'Freeman's Journal' 4 May 1859, from newspapers.bl.uk : scan
Elizabeth Soaper m.1860 Waterford, Ireland : [to either John Quirck or John Horne; (Soper/Quirk duplicated)] : [link not vis yet]
1861 Census has 3 birth entries
William Soper (1842-?) age 19, b.Ireland, a soldier in 29 Foot Regiment at North Camp Farnborough, Surrey '61cen. 955 people under Brigadier General David Russell 51 b.Scotland, heading list of 955 names : Ancestry.com [William H Soper Pvt nr.484 in 1861 army list] : [??a William b.1870 Eng, father b.Ire, see below]
Caroline Soper m.James Savage; James Herbert Savage b.17 Dec 1864, Newbridge & Kildare, Kildare, Ireland
Charles F Soper, 1 of 44 who departed Tuesday from Kingstown [now 'D�n Laoghaire', Dublin, Ireland] on a Royal Mail Steamers [to Holyhead]; in 'Freeman's Journal & Daily Commercial Advertiser' (pub.Dublin, Ireland), 21 Jun 1865, from newspapers.bl.uk : scan : [??a Charles F Soper 24 head in Portsea, Hants, b.Poole, Dor]
Sarah Anne Soper m.William Higgins; William Higgins b.15 May 1866, St Michaels, Limerick, Ireland
Sarah Soper m.William Higgins, their son William, b.Limerick 1866. William snr, b.1830c Kinvara, Galway. In 73rd Reg of Foot 1847-1869 : from W_Higgins rootschat.com [a Charles Soper, Corporal, 73rd Foot, Indian Mutiny Medals, 1857-1859] 'William reg overseas pre 1860, returned to England that year' Huguenots
Jessie Georgiana Souper of Trinidad & Tobago, Caribbean m.Gerald De Courcy O'Grady 1 Jun 1867 in Ireland [her father, Frances Abraham Souper's biog]
Fanny Soper m.William Griffith 1869 Kinsale, Ireland
William Soper 30unm valet b.Aug 1870 Eng (parents b.Ireland/Eng); immigrated 1899; in US 1900 census at Washington, District of Columbia, US; servant to Gerard Lowther 42unm secretary, British Embassy; imm.1899; b.Eng, source : [not obvious UK '61/71/81cen; speculate from b.Ire, he or father in military? : ??a William Soper (1842-?) 19 a soldier b.Ireland '61cen above]
1871 English Census. The only Irish person, not gaining the name by marriage was; John Soper Private nr.1113, 57th (West Middlesex) Regiment of Foot; HQ at Fort Tregantle, Ireland; British Army, Worldwide Index 1871
- John William Soper bpt.12 Oct 1870 South Parish, Cork to William & Mary ne.Healy; sponcers William Healy & Honora Walsh (Parochial area St Finbarrs South, Cork) irishgenealogy.ie : [see above]
John Soper (1874-1918) b.Belfast, Ireland, d.Georgetown, ON, lived Ottawa. m.Sarah Adeline/Queenie Jackson (1879-1959) Whitby. www.ogs.on.ca : [see John above]
Arthur Soper Lance Corporal nr.1111; Attested 13 Nov 1875 Discharged Cork, Ireland 12 Nov 1887, NR Mim Fus, Sec B1,1st Class APW; Discharge cause, termination 1st period [ie after 12y] ; Pay Dist of Army Reserve 101st; Discharge Docs to OC101 R Dist : from military records
Philip Richard Patrick Souper b.8 Jun 1875 at Cork, Ireland to Charles Edward Souper & Annie McCausland [igi]
Susan Soper m.John Harris; Susan Jane Harris b.16 Aug 1880 Cork, Ireland
Mentions in the 1881 census of England & Wales, all were Irish wives marying English Sopers
Richard G Soper of Grantham m.Mary ? b.Ireland abt 1828. They were running a school in Cheshire in 1881, with their 4 adult children [see Rev Richard's biog]
Rhoda ? b.Ireland abt 1826 & m.Nicholas Soper a coal miner of Brixham. In 1881, they were still in Brixton with their daughter, Susan J West, the widow of a Brixham fisherman, aged just 21
Mary Ann ? b.Ireland abt 1806 & m.Mr Soaper (presumably a soldier). She was widowed by the 1881 census & living at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, Kent, with her daughter, Mary Ann & son-in-law Staff Sgt Henry Hidden, her daughter & 4 grandchildren were all born there
Mary ? b.Ireland abt 1845 & m.William V Soper a Chelsea Pensioner & School Board Visitor from Margate, Kent. In 1881 they were in Camberwell, Surrey with 7 children. Two of whom were also born in Ireland, Grace Soper in abt 1873 & John Soper abt 1874: [WVS Sgt in army 1857-79; army record]
Lilly Jane Laskey Soper b.Apr>Jun 1881 Cork : [??a William Laskey Soper c.1857-1900, age 43 : d.Portsea (bmd); b.Devon; '61cen with widowed mother Jane 40 lace worker in Exeter, Dev]
John Soper m.Alice Jane M'Kiaben Apr>Jun 1882 Tralee, Ire
John Robert Soper (1884-?), b.Cork, Ireland, 20 Oct 1884, nr209559, Admiralty's Registers of Seamen's Services National Archives ADM 188/366 [see William below] : [assume m.Mabel E Overton 1927 at Tonbridge, Kt]
William Henry Soper (1885-?), b.Tralee, Kerry, 14 Nov 1885, nr228586, Admiralty's Registers of Seamen's Services National Archives ADM 188/404 : [parents John Apr>Jun 1882 Tralee, Ire Alice Jane M'Kiaben; above]
a male Soper b.Oct>Dec & d.Oct>Dec 1888 Ballycastle, age 0 Ballycastle, Irland Birth & Death Index
Emma Soper m.Jul>Sep 1889 Dublin South (to either John Fraser or ? ?)
Charles Valentine Soper (1865-1927) m.Anna Louisa Best (1863-1923), Enniskillen, Ireland 5 Aug 1889 [m.Jul>Sep Irish Civil Registration] : [at Enniskillen Barracks, with King's Royal Rifles] b.Lambeth, Lon, only son of Charles & Ann Adams who m.1865 Lambeth. Orphaned 1872 aged 10; '81cen 16, pauper student in Naval training on "The Exmouth", Thurrock, Essex. Siblings Robert (living Peckham 1880s) & Frederick (in Greenwich 1880's). Some of their children to UK early 1900s, other family lived mostly Dublin; from Maurice Kelly, who's mother was Charles's grdau ancestry.com see biog military records
Charles Soper b.Jul>Sep 1889 Kilkeel; [Ireland, Civil Registration]
Francis Soper, (1890-1976) 'Percy', b.1 July; Francis Percival Soper b.Jul>Sep Dublin S
Only 4 Irish born Sopers in UK 1891 census, all wives;
Charles Alexander Soper, b.3 Nov; b.Oct>Dec 1891 Dublin S; m.Martha Brown Apr>Jun 1918 York, Eng; 11 children 1919-37 Yorks
Henry Soper m.Mary Ellen Hanaphy ['Hanaphy/Hanapy' below] Jan>Mar 1891 Dublin South; Ireland Marriages Index
Charles Alexander Soper b.3 Nov; b.Oct>Dec 1891 Dublin S; m.Martha Brown 1918 York; 11 children 1919-37 Yorks
Florence Mary Soper bpt.3 Jul 1893 at St Mary, Pro.Cathederal, Dublin; parents Henry & Mary Hanaphy of 11 Gloucester Street; Irish Genealogy; [see above]
Edwin Soper m.Fanny Godwin 11 Jul 1896 at St George, Dublin; of 45 Lombard St; both unm of full age; father Thomas Soper labourer; Fanny of 20 Belvidere Ave, father James railway porter; witnesses Harry Whatton (for husband); Maggie Lanigan (for wife); Irish Genealogy; [m.Jul>Sep Dublin North]; by '01cen at Staffs] Edwin b.Apr>Jun 1868, Dorchester, Dor (b.Piddlehinton/Muston); Fanny b.c1868 Calne, Wilts; parents Thomas ag lab & Mary Anne Morris m.1848 Dorchester, Dor
Charles m.Emmeline bef.1898 b.Stonehouse, Dev [m.not vis bmd, so assume in Ireland speculate in army?
Alice Jane Soper b.Jul>Sep 1899 Castletown, Ire; Irish Births Index [obvious link not vis bmd / '11cen]
1901 Irish Census; 13 Sopers
Charles V Soper 34 silver plate polisher; infantry pensioner at 24 Grenville St, Mountjoy (St George), Dublin North; b.City of Lon (C of E/Protestant) '01cen; Annie 34 b.County Cavan (R.Cath as all others); Francis P 10; Charles 9 both b.Dublin (all above can read & write*); George 6 b.Gibralta; Walter 4 b.Malta; Edwin 2 b.County Carlow signed '+ his mark' [but good signature '11cen??]; scan & scan2 a tenament by saw mill, 8 familes/33 people/8 rooms & only 5 windows at address [neighbouring houses similar] scan3; scan4 : [see biog]
Charles Soper (c1879-?) 22 Private Marine b.Eng (C of E) boarding at Sailors Home, 46 Harbour Row, Templeroben, Cork; other boarders, 4 Pvt Marines 24-28; ships steward 27 & able seaman 24; scan, scan2 17m & 5f at address scan3; scan4 : [not vis sailors notes; not obvious '81/'11cen]
John Soper 46 S A Coastguard b.Eng at Coastguard Station, Rerrin, Killaconnenagh parish, Bere, Cork; Alice 36; William Henry 14 both b.County Kerry; Mary Grace 12 b.county Ingo? [all read & write] & Alive J 1 b.county Cork, all C of E [family alone at address]; scan, scan2; 4 rooms, 5 windows scan3 : [John m.Apr>Jun 1882 Tralee, Ire Alice Jane M'Kiaben]
Thomas Soper 52 (C of Ire) forman joiner b.Eng; boarding at 23 Albert Place {4 rooms}, South Dock, (St Peters), Dublin with Martin Noland 54 coachman, wife 42 3 dau 14-18 & son 3 all b.Ire; other boarders Robert Black 25 & William Bell 36 joiners & Samual Reid 49 master polisher all b.Belfast & visitor Annie Whalen 40 parlour maid (all but son read & write); scan, scan2; scan3; scan4 : [??a Thomas m.Emily Newman 1875 Romsey; '81cen carpenter Battersea]
1901 England & Wales Census see: 10 Sopers born in Ireland (& 3 Soupers (below), a Saper & 2 Sopers)
Charles Souper (c1842-?), 59 at South Weald, Essex, b.Bradfield, Berks, an Army Colonel : Anna Souper 59 b.Ireland : Frances Souper b.c1873 28, b.Woolwich, Lon : Richard Souper c1878, 23, b.Ireland an oganist & ... : Charles Souper c1880, 21, b.Ireland a flautist [see C V Soper 1889 above]
Charles 31 inn keeper (self employed) 27 Buckwell St, Plymouth, Dev; b.Exmouth, Dev; Emmaline 32 b.Plymouth, Dev; Charles 3 b.Ireland; also navvys boarders Owen Owen 20 b.N Wales & Robert Lee b.Tiverton, Dev (2nd household at address); scan
Edwin 3 & Kathleen 2 b.Ireland with parents Edwin 27 steam piper fitter & Fanny 27; '01cen at 2 rooms in 64 Gladstone St, (St Stephens), Nottingham, Notts; b.Dorchester, Dor; scan : [2nd family at address]
J R Soper 16 boy 1st class crew at 'Wanderer', sloop, Home Station, Portland, Weymouth, Dorset, '01cen, b.Kerry, Ireland scan, scan & scan : [not vis '91/'11cen : John Robert Soper, b.Cork, Ireland, 20 Oct 1884]
Richard Sopers 20 general labourer at Registered Common Lodging House, 15-20 Dorset Street, Spitalfields West, (Christ Church), Lon '01cen, b.Ireland; (230 lodgers, all single men) scan : [not vis '91/'11cen, so Sopers at in bmd]
Herbert Soper (1901-1934) b.16 Oct 1901, at 37 Cumberland St, Dublin & died unmarried 22 Nov 1934 at Dublin Union Workhouse
Luisa Soper bpt.14 Feb 1904; at Rathmines, Dublin; (b.17 Jan) to Charles Soper & Anne ne.Best of 110 Mt Pleasant Buildings; witnesses John & Bridget Murphy; priest John Fennelly : [Charles Valentine Soper (1865-1923) m.Anna Best, Enniskillen, Ire 1889 biog]
1911 Irish Census :
Charles Valentine Soper 46 hotel porter, pensioner, ex Sgt Kings Royal Rifles (C of E) at 20 Great Longford St, Royal Exchange (St Peters), Dublin; Irish 1911 Census; Annie 45 (R Cath) {m.22y 8 births, 7 alive} b.Cavan ; Percival 21unm hotel porter (C of E) b.Dublin; George 17 hotel porter b.Gibralta; Walter 15 b.Malta; Harold 12 b.Carlow; Herbert 10 b.Dublin & Louie 8 b.Dublin all at school, all R.Cath (all but youngest 2 can read & write); scan & scan2 : [see biog]
1911 UK Census : 8 names b.Ireland & living England
Charles Soper 19 Lance Corporal 2nd Dublin Fusiliers at Hartley Wintney, Hants; b.Dublin, County Dublin : [still Lance Corporal WW1]
Edwin James Soper 12 & Cathleen Alice Soper 12 both b.Ireland at West Bromwich, Staffs ; scan: [parents Edwin 43 & Fanny]
Ellen wife b.Ireland, 52 at Bridgend, Glam; husband Job 51 b.Dorset; Dorothy Elizabeth 15 & Charles 14 both b.Glam : [Job Soper m.Ellen Smith 1893 Bridgend, Glam]
Ellen Soper wife b.Ireland, 52 at Bridgend, Glamorganshire husband Job b.Dorset, Dorothy Elizabeth 15 & Charles 14 both b.Glam
John 56 retired chief officer, H M Coast Guard at 8 Maidenwells Tee Eindeswood, Plympton St Mary [4 rooms]; b.Diptford, Dev; Alice J 46; [m.28y 4 children all alive] b.Carrig So, Kerry, Ireland; William H 24unm seaman, royal navy; b.Kerry, Fenit, Ireland?; Mary G 23unm; b.Achill So, Mayo, Ireland; Alice J 11 at school b.Bere So, Cork, Ireland : [John d.1913]
Mable Irene Soper dau b.Ireland / Devon 20, at Portsmouth, Hants : [Mabel Irene Soaper b.Oct>Dec 1890 Kilkeel parents George ('91cen able seaman navy) m.Edith bef.1890]
unlinked births in Dublin; Irish Births Index
Francis 'Percy' Soper (1890-1979), b.1 July 1890, Richmond Barracks, Invhicore, Dublin, m.Esther Tutty, 1 May 1912, St Peter's Dublin, witnesses Martha Keengan & Lizzie Fryer. With parents & siblings at 20 Gt Longford St at the time. 40 East Essex St also given on m.record, perhaps work address? '11cen a hotel porter, a waiter when married. Later a window cleaner. Eldest child, brought up C of E (father's religion) other 6 siblings reared as Catholics (mother's). Died 9 Mar 1976, aged 85. from ancestry.com
Ireland units in WW1 : Service Medals (issued to all servicemen) 1914-1920 : from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
Robert John Soper m.Annie Boston Oct>Dec 1916 Newry, Ire
George William Soper m.Catherine Francs O'Sullivan Oct>Dec 1920 Cork; Irish Births Index : [George Soper m.Kitty O'Sullivan b.aft 1895 to Timothy O'Sullivan & Ellen Morrissey from Co Cork]
William H J Soper (1892-?) enlisted in The Royal Irish Constabulary. Born England 1892. Enlisted 1920, married : Record page 76B #852093 ancestry.com : [?a William H J Soper m.1917 Lon]
Herbert J St G Soper b.Oct>Dec 1921 Cork, Ire; Irish Births Index : [link not vis yet]
Anne Soper (c1866-1923) died Oct>Dec 1923, age 57 Dublin South; Irish Death Index : [link not vis yet]
Edwin James Soper m.Hannah Moss, Jan>Mar 1923, W.Bromwich, Shrops/Staffs; b.7 Apr 1897 Castlebar, Ireland to Edwin & Fanny Godwin m.1896 at St George, Dublin
Harold Soper m.Jan>Mar 1928 Dublin S (to Catherine M Fennelly; Mary Bridget Peters; Nora Sweeney; Nora Tidswell or Susanna Toole) : [??a Harold (1901-1946) d.Oct>Dec 1946 Dublin N, age 45 : ????a Nora d.Jul>Sep 1943, age 55 Dublin S]
a Miss Soper m.Mr Hickey; Thomas W Hickey Jul>Sep 1934; Anthony H Hickey Jul>Sep 1938; Joan Hickey Jul>Sep 1939; Arnold D Hickey Oct>Dec 1942; Charles V Hickey Apr>Jun 1945; Olive Hickey Apr>Jun 1947 all b.Dublin South; mother ne.Soper
Henry Soper 76 widow, retired pensioner, royal �; colour sergeant, Ply 259� (b.20 Jun 1863) at 37 Vigornia Ave, Worcester, Worcs 1939cen; also Olive Bevan 20 Feb 1885 dom duties at home, married & line 3 temp withheld scan : [b. or d.not vis bmd] : [recruiting officer 1912]
Percy Soper m.Ms Jordan Apr>Jun 1939 Dublin South; Ireland m.Index
George Soper (c1896-1946) died Oct>Dec, age 50 Dublin South : [Did he m.1920 Cork above??]
Louisa Soper Oct>Dec m.1948 Dublin South : [to either John Turley; James Joseph Delaney; Kevin Farrell or John Murphy] : [link not vis yet]
William J Soper Apr>Jun m.Apr>Jun1952 Dublin South : [to either Dorothy W Duncan or Elsa L Kingston] : [link not vis yet]
- Philomena M Soper b.Jan>Marr 1954 Dublin South, Ireland; mother ne.Ryan
Rolan/Rowland Soper a song writer/singer, 'sounding like Nat King Cole'; bought a house in Dowland Rd nr.Walkinstown; ?connection to Apollo Cinema, Walkinstown : [Dublin?] from www seems fairly recent? : [??a Rohan above]
Undated Irish Birth Records
Isle of Man
Ann Soper & spouce Edward Gower, baptised Richard Levison Gower 22 Jan 1807 St George's, Douglas, Isle of Man [Parish registers] (this bpt also recorded at Braddan, I of M) also bpt.Norah Elizabeth Gower 22 Jan 1807 St George's : [only 2 Soper mentions in I of M parish registers]
Marthe Soper (c1809-?) 52 at Conchan '1861 census, only person in household; b.Down Ireland, (reg disc Anglesey, sub Holyhead
No Sopers in Isle of Man '71-'11cens I of M
Lancashire
Lancashire virtual parish clerk : record search : 3 Soper entries Sep'10
Sopper, (possibly other names Robert, Owersbie, Cuxwold) parish Penwortham, Lancs : Consistory Court of Lincoln 1571 & 1591
Only 36 igi records for Lancs, added below
Gennett Sooper b.2 Mar 1608 Upper Darwen, Lancs, d.2 Aug 1669 (igi)
Elizabeth Sooper m.William Orrell 23 Dec 1688 Wigan, Lancs
Mary Sooper b.abt 1784 of Ashton Under Lyne, Lancs : m.John Gaskill abt 1802 : d.Illinois, US
Elizabeth Sopper m.1787 at Lancashire : more details available from Non-conformist bmdregisters
Thomas Soper b.1794 at Lancashire : more details available from Non-conformist bmdregisters
Elizabeth Soper m.Robert Roberts 20 Jan 1802 Manchester Cathedral
Thomas Soper, Richard Gower [listed 1st] & John Beavis, Birmingham, leather dressers 10 Jan : Bankruptcy Dividends : from The Universal magazine pub.1804 Google Books snippet; bankruptcy meeting Aug 3 & 4 & Sept 4 1804 at Swan Inn, High St, Birmingham 'The Morning Chronicle' (pub.Lon 25 Jul), from newspapers.bl.uk; bankruptcy meeting 18 Jan at Swan Inn, from 'Morning Post'
Edward Soper a flatman [shallow boat], m.Jane Brown 8 May 1820 St Peter, Church St, Liverpool; both of Liverpool & signed 'x' ; witnesses Elizabeth McTaire?; Richard Robinson : [a prisoner '41cen?] : [an Edward Souper d.Oct>Dec 1856 Liverpool]
Philip R P Souper b.c1875; m.Jane A Griffiths Apr>Jun 1824 Manchester, Lancs; d.Jul>Sep 1946 age 71 Aled, Denbighshire, Wales (bmd)
Jane Soper m.Jan>Mar 1839, Warrington
3 people in 1841 census
Edward Soper age 30-4, a prisoner in Lancaster Castle in 1841 census, b.Lancashire : [about 530 prisoners there] : [m.1820?] : [an Edward Souper d.Oct>Dec 1856 Liverpool]
Alexander Soper (c1827-?) age 14, b.outside GB, at St George St, Liverpool (St Thomas parish) in 1841 census, in household of John Sorley 35 teacher, Elizabeth 35, William Sorley 14, Joanna 3, Richard Henry Stour 20 assistant teacher, Helen & Margaret Roberts both 20 & servants : [Soper but transcribed as Toper]
William Soper Parnell (c1825-?) age 16, an apprentice mariner in 1841 census at 35 Grafton St, Liverpool, Toxteth Park [later a master mariner]
Richard George Soper (1829-1912) Congregational minister transfered to Lancs Independent College 1845 biog
Mary Soper m.James Green 15 Nov 1846 : Manchester Collegiate Church (later Manchester Cathedral) igi & bmd (Oct>Dec)
Mr Soper for the prosecution at Northern Circuit, Liverpool 16 Aug; defending a drunk beer house keeper who knifed & killed a customer at Chorton-cum-Hardy. Jury not guilty of murder but life transportation for manslaughter; in 'Northern Star' 21 Aug 1847, from news.bl.uk; scan : [presume '41cen William 30-4 lawyer, at St Stoke Damerell, Dev]
Mathew Soper b.1804c in Cumberland. The only Soper living in Lancs 1851 census
also 13 Sophers '51cen; all but Cohen, b.Ireland : Donnis Sopher 42, Esther Sopher 44, Mary Sopher 36, Honor Sopher 26, Cohen Sopher 22 b.Scotland, Ann Sopher 18, Catherine Sopher 17, Thomas Sopher 17, Patrick Sopher 16, Bridget Sopher 14, Thomas Sopher 11, Mary Sopher 9, Catharine Sopher 8 & Esther Sopher 5
Colin Sapier 22 merchants clerk at 21 Upper Pett St, Liverpool, Lancashire '51cen, b.Scotland; with Mary Ords 39 widowed lodging house keeper b.Cumberland; Elizabeth 10 & Robert 2 both b.Lancs & unm sisters Elizabeth Crake 44 & Elenor Crate 30 both b.Cumberland; visitor John Macdonald 19 merchants clerk b.Scotland (listed below Colin) & mother Mary Clrake 75 widow annuitant scan : [ancestry.com transcribed 'Sopher' corrected]
Honor Sopher 26 [perhaps 'Lophis'?] hawker of logs at Albrose? St, Chorley, Lancashire '51cen, b.Ireland scan
John Soper jnr & Thomas Wadham commission agents & corn brokers, at Liverpool, Lancaster, under the partnership firm Wadham & Soper, dissolved 31 Dec by mutual consent. All debts due to or from the firm are to go to Thomas Wadham. 2 Jan 1851 (London Gazette 7 Jan) & 'Morning Chronicle' 8 Jan : scan
Mary Sopher [perhaps Sophir?] 36 widowed small ware dealer at 10 Danson Square, Court 1, Wardelworth, Rochdale, Lancs '51cen; Bridget Sopher 14 factory operatric cotton; Mary Sopher 9 scholar; lodger Thomas Sopher 17 married tin ware dealer; & dau Catherine Sopher 17 married factory operatric cotton; all b.Ireland; scan
Mathew Roper 17 confectioner at 12 Devonport St, Toxteth Park, Lancashire '51cen, b.Whetstone [Whates Lourger?], Cumberland; with Reece Nanney 35 joiner b.Chester, Cheshire & Mary A 36 b.Whetstone, Cumberland scan
John Souper m.Martha Reece 11 Oct 1857 Manchester Cathedral (igI) & (m.Oct>Dec bmd) : assumed family : all b.Manchester bmd district
Mary Sopher (c1859-?) The only entry in 1861 Lancs census, living at Altcar, a visiter in the household of Thomas Burgess a married farmer of 57 acres & children sons Thomas 23, married , Miles 23 unmarried, Mary 18 unmarried all b.Altcar, Lancs, also Alice Sopher, a niece 12, scholar [possibly 'Grand Dau' crossed out & visiter added?]
John Soper b.Hulme, Lancs b.c1860 with parents John 27 (piano small part maker) & Harriett 43 at Chelsea, Lon : '61cen : [a John Maria Joseph Soper b.Apr>Jun 1860 at Hilme (Chorlton bmd district), Lancs]
George Henry Sopher b.Manchester, Lanc b.c1836 at Shoreditch, Lon : '61cen
Laura Soper b.19 Mar 1866 Liverpool, Lancs to George Soper & Ann Grimes : m.George Gilbert 21 Feb 1887 New York : died 12 Dec 1926
Soper and Sons controlled Welch Hill, Leigh, Lancashire, in 1866; with the decline in the silk trade it stood idle for a time until Gamble & Smith installed cotton weaving looms (erected 1859 for Kemp & Stone at & at one time had 1,800 weavers at mill or in their home) 1894 : [Henry (c1802-1867) silk weaver London]
William Soper mariner m.Elizabeth Roberts 12 Mar 1868 St Michael in the Hamlet, Aigburth, Lancs. both unm of Upper Hill St; fathers John Soper butcher & John Roberts tailor; witness, Estile Cato & Elizabeth Jane Roberts; by licence by incumbent William Clementson, M.Reg; p.224 lamn-opc.org : [m.Jan>Mar; W.Derby, Lancs (bmd)]
H Soper & son, Leigh : Wanted advert a good steam engine with latest improvements 20 or 22 horses' power : from Guardian Newspaper, 30 Dec 1868 [another advert 1880]
Richard George Soper (1829-1912) Congregational minister transfered to Boys School, Liverpool, Lancs 1868-74 : [see biog] : [see '71cen below]
Mary Elizabeth Soaper b.3 May 1869 to William & Elizabeth: bapt.2 May 1870 St Peter, Liverpool, Lancs : [not visable '71cen]
W B Soper & J Turner elected churchwarden of St Pauls, Preston [Lancs]; in 'Lancaster Gazette' 2 Apr 1869, from news.bl.uk; scan : [no WBS vis bmd or '61/'71cen ] : [William m.Elizabeth Roberts 1868]
Abraham Soper 44 b.Brosley, Shrops at West Derby, Lancs '71cen
John Sopher (c1809-?), head 62 at Much Woolton, Lancs '71cen : Catherine Sopher wife 35 both b.Ireland : Patrick Sopher 16 : Catherine Sopher 14 : John Sopher 12 : Eliza Sopher 10 : Sarah Sopher 8 : Amos Sopher 5 all b. Much Woolton, Lancs C7.1112
Richard George Soper (Rev, BA) (c1829-?) head 42 b.Greatham, Lancs at Boarding & Day School 50 & 52 Prince's Park, Devonshire Rd, Toxteth Park, Lancs '71cen : Mary Soper wife 44 b.Ireland : Richard F Soper 14 : Letitia M Soper 12 both b.Clevedon, Lancs : Frank A Soper 10 : George C Soper 9 both b.Ludlow, Shrops : Ann S Soper Mother, 83 b.Ockthrp, Lancs liverpool-schools.co.uk : [see Rev R G Soper's biog]
Sarah Sopher (c1799-?), head 72 at Liverpool, Lancs; b.Worcester '71cen
William Soper's wife of a son b.30 Nov 1871 at 23 Rathbone St, [Liverpool], 'Liverpool Mercury' (pub.Liverpool) 9 Dec, from newspapers.bl.uk : [assume William Estill Soper b.reg Jan>Mar 1872 below m.1894]
Nathaniel Abraham Sopher (c1829-1906) m.Sarah Ann Fisher or Elizabeth Keen Oct>Dec 1873, Ormskirk, Lancs (bmd) & Nathaniel A Sopher d.Jan>Mar 1906, E. Preston, Lancs, age 77 : [see Poland Sopers]
John Soper m.Eliza Coyde Apr>Jun 1876, Chorlton; : [no John Charles b.c1850 bmd]
John Sooper b.1872 admitted 14 May 1877 to St Peter's C of E Primary School, Burnley scan : [not linked]
a 'soaper' in Padiham : 1877. A lease between James Emmett of Cheapside, Habergham Eaves, soaper. Lancashire Record Office ref DDKS 22/154 www.a2a
Joseph Soper Harbert & Elizabeth Harbert of 11 RD Canal Terrace 1878; 35 Fontenoy St 1881 & 5; bapt.Grangegorman parish; Arthur Patrick Joseph Harbert bpt.23 Aug 1878; Mary Elizabeth Harberd bpt.9 Jan 1881; Evangeline Florence Harberd bpt.10 Mar 1885; Irish Genealogy; [JSH m.Elizabeth Taplin Oct>Dec 1869, Holborn, Lon]
Note: igi records have several Sopers "born Garston, Lancs, Eng" 1879-1897, but this was Garston, Otago, New Zealand
Frederick [William] Soper 22 labourer of 5 Foundry St m.Mary Jane Lloyd, 22 frame tenter, signed 'X' of 33 Foundry St (both unm; m. by banns, by H Haworth) 30 Mar 1879 at Holy Trinity, Bolton Le Moors, Bolton, Lancs [m.Jan>Mar bmd] fathers Henry Charles Soper engineer & William Lloyd, contractor; witnesses John & Ada Lloyd 'X' lamn-opc.org [Frederick W b.c1858 Lambeth Walk, Lambeth (to Henry C & Susan who m.1851), Mary b.Wellington Oaken Gates, Shrops]opc.org.uk
H Soper & sons (Lept?), Lancashire, advertised a piano card cutting machine & repeater for Jacquard Work 'state price & where to send' : from Guardian Newspaper, 10 Sept 1880 [another advert 1868]
John Super & Emily of 17 Southern St, Manchester bapt children at St Matthew, Man : Martha Super 28 Nov 1880; Lottie Super 23 Apr 1882
7 Sopers in Lancs 1881 census
John Soper 30 policeman b.Totness, Dev at 10 Hall St, Chorlton on Medlock, Lancs '81cen; wife Eliza Soper 30 b.Teignmouth , Dev & dau Ellen Soper 4 scholar b.Manchester, Lancs, also Fredick Cameron (30u) a policeman b.Bererly,Yorks, a lodger? : [a John m.Eliza Ann 1876 Lanc]
William Soper 24unm a manager (11/1) at 18 Queen Anne St, Liverpool, Lancs; '81cen, b.Sturford, Dor; boarder with George Garshore 36 cotton porter, b.Liverpool, wife 50, son 18, neice 17, 3 male boarders & 2 female visitors : [not vis '71/'91cen,or bmd]
Henry Soper 46 a 'cartar' b.Dolton, Dev at 55 Albert St, Burnley, Lancs '81cen & wife Mary Soper 45 house keeper b.North Hill, Cornwall; also 'dau & son' Mealah Smith 19 b.N.Hill,Corn a cotton winner & John Smith 10 b.Torbay,Dev : presumably Mary had remarried : [could he be the H Soper, card cutter 1868 & 1880 above?] : [Henry bur Burnley 1888 age 53 abode workhouse] : [assume Henry m.Mary Ann Smith 1874, Newton Abbott, Dev]
Nathaniel A Sopher 52, married, bath chairman, boarding at 1 Castle St, North Meols, Lancs; b.Kiev, Poland. a British Subject, boarding with James Hurst 31 butcher, wife & 2 dau, also Peter Hurst 58 father also bath chairman b.Ormskirk & boarder Elizabeth Greasley 56 dressmaker b.Berks : [to Sussex by '91cen; see Poland]
Mary Ann Soper 25 May 1867 Nokomai, Otago, New Zealand : m.David Thompson 21 Jul 1884 Garston, Lancs, Eng : d.13 Nov 1918 Invercargill, Otago, New Zealand
G S Soper at Liverpool patent nr.13,225 for mitreing frame mouldings; from Liverpool Mercury 17 Sep [1885?]
Henry Soper Jan>Mar 1886 & d.Apr>Jun 1887 age 1, Liverpool bmd district
Elizabeth Soper bapt.20 Oct 1889, Liverpool, St Peter's, Lancs (igi)
19 Sopers in Lancs '91cen : (?perhaps also 7 Sopers in Bolton, Lancs 1891 census : source unless this is the Tonge with Haulgh family below)
Annie Soper 27unm nurse (domestic) at Alder Grange, Bank Street, Lower Booths, (St Marys), Rawtenstall, Lancashire '91cen; b.Aldershot, Hampshire; servant to George Hardman 37 woolen mfr, wife, 5 children 10m-9, nurse, 2 nurse maids, cook, waitress, housemaid ; scan & scan : ['01cen Annie 37unm sick nurse, at Streatham '01cen]
Annie Sopher 31 wife at Everton, Lancs b.Liverpool, Lancs
Elizabeth Soper 41 machinist at 42 Rathbone Street, (St Mark), Liverpool, Lancs '91cen; Phoebe Soper 17 machinist; John D Soper 14; Charles E Soper 11 scholar; Elizabeth Soper 6 scholar all b.Liverpool, Lancs; scan : [William m.Elizabeth Roberts 1868]
Frederick W Soper 33 smith at 4 Radcliffe Rd, Tonge With Haulgh, (St Peters), Bolton, Lancashire '91cen; b.Lon; Mary J Soper 22 b.Shrops; Henry C Soper 13 piecer (cott); Frank Soper 8; Adelaide Soper 7 both scholars; Thomas Soper 2; Norman Soper 2m all b.Bolton, Lancs; scan & scan2 : [see Fredrick & Mary m.1878 Bolton]
John Soper 26 (spinwill?) joiner (employee) at 37 Lower Cambridge St, Chorlton on Medlock, Lancs, '91cen, Elizabeth Soper 25 Florence Soper 1 all b.Tavistock, Dev boarding with John H Steeler 40 factory warehouseman b.Guernsey, wife & son : scan : [a John m.Jan>Mar 1889 & Florence Mabel Soper b.Apr>Jun 1890, both Tavistock, Dev]
Mary A Soper 53 mother-in-law in 4 rooms at 9 Milner St (St Andrews), Burnley, Lancs; b.North Hill, Cornwall with Arian Treleaven 38 coal miner b.Lauceston, Dev; Mary A 33 cotton winder b.Linkinhome, Con; Mary M 13 cotton winder; Florance 8, Adrian 7 & Athel 3 b.Burnley, Lancs & bro-in-law William Smith 15 clogger apprentice b.Forgway, Dev scan : [assume Henry m.Mary Ann Smith 1874, Newton Abbott, Dev]
Mary M Soper 30 at Bootle, Lancs, b.Ireland? with Mary Ann Mcdaid 56, Kate 29 both b.Ire & dau 10 & 4 b.Liverpool : scan
: [?'61cen Joseph 62, a retired merchant b.Parish Charles, Plymouth : wife Elizabeth 40 b.Devonport & dau's Mary M 19, scholar b.Newfoundland; Elizabeth 1; Amey 3m both b.Plymouth]
Phoebe Soper witnessed m.of William John Lomath 21 joiner son of a coach painter, to Janet Byron, both b.Rathbone St 1893; from source : [Pheobe b.1873 assume at Rathbone St]
William Estill Soper mariner m.Rebecca Waterson 27 Nov 1894 St Michael in the Hamlet, Aigburth, Lancs; both unm of Bryanston Rd, Aigburth; fathers: William mariner & William Waterson deceased, ship builder; witness: Thomas Nolan & Elizabeth Hodgson [m.Oct>Dec Toxteth Park reg dist]; b.Jan>Mar 1872 Liverpool : [William Estill Soper b.Jan>Mar 1872, Liverpool] : '81cen : '91cen not vis
Henry Soper, Weslyan Minister bur.John James Gaskell 1895 & bur.John Farnworth (under Act of 1880) 20 Apr 1896, both at St John the Evangelist, Lancs lamn-opc.org Rev's biog
Florette Soper m.Herbert Rishworth Dawson 16 (or 14) Mar 1895, Egerton St Wesleyan Methodist, Moses Gate, Farnworth, Lancs; Herbert 30 of 10 The Esplanade, Dover, clerk at wholesale warehouse; Florette 25 of 36 Bolton Rd Farnworth, both unm; Fathers; William Henry Dawson, wholesale milk dealer (deceased) & Henry Soper, Wesleyan Methodist Minister; Witness, James Henry Owen Soper [brother 29]; A Bainbridge; Maud Soper [sister 17] & Mary Dawson; otp.org.uk [m.Jan>Mar either Bolton Register Office or registrar attended bmd; father's biog ]
Mary Ann Soper (c1833-1897) d.Apr>Jun 1897, Burnley East age 64
A Soper painted Lowton House Farm, Lowton, Warrington abt.1900 century : [a local history site asking who Soper was] ; picture from 'A Pictorial View of Old Lowton' by H Worsley pub.Nov 1993; ISBN 0 951H02 2 5 amazon
1901 Census, 25 Names
Arthur Soher 19unm domestic footman at 2 Rose Brac, Rose Lane, Allerton, Lancs; b.Hants; lodging with James Mather 37 gardener domestic b.Cheshire, Kate 33 b.Westmorland, son 6 & Mary Mather 63 b.Wales scan : [perhaps the Arthur m.Bertha Bourner 1903]
Charles Soper 21 a gentlemans hairdresser at Liverpool, Toxteth Park, Lancs b.Liverpool, Lancs : [Charles Edwin Soper m.Mary Jane Harrison 1907]
Daniel Sapper 35 b.Petertary, Dev, an iron planer, Margaret Sapper a cotton weaver at Accrington, Lancs 36 b.Accrington, Elizabeth Sapper 14 b.Accrington, a cotton weaver : [assume connection to Harris Sapper 57 below]
Frederick W Soper 43 steel tool smith at 36 Back Foundry Street, Bolton, Lancs; b.Lambeth Walk, Lon, '01cen; Mary Jane Soper 43 b.Wellington Oaken Gates, Shrops; Henry Charles Soper 23 labourer for smith; Adelade Soper 15 & Thomas Soper 13 a little piecer in cotton mill, all b.Bolton; with visitor Andrew Marsh 30 iron foundry labourer b.Bolton scan : [Fredrick & Mary m.1878 Bolton]
Gerald Souper 29 an actor lodging at 17 Rumford St, S.Manchester, Lancs; b.Shanghai, China; Florence Souper actress b.Birmingham, Warwicks: [see Gerald Edward Kay Souper (1871-1947) artists]
Harry Sopper b.1864 Lambeth, m.Chorlton, Lancs [see Soppers 1901]
Harris Sapper 57 a cattle slaughterer at Liverpool, Lancs '01cen, Leah Sapper 48 both Russian Subjects, b.Russia : [assume connection, parents? to Daniel Sapper 27 above]
John Sopher 26 shipping merchant cotton goods (naval store), self employed at 24 Parkfield Street, Moss Side, Lancs, '01cen, b.Turkish Subject, Turkey; boarding with Janey Rhodes 40 boarding house keeper; son James 15, Catherine 14, Arthur 12; boarder Mrs Noel 28 widow b.France & servant Mary A Cuthbert 43 housekeeper scan
Mary Sapper 46 a fish hawker at Wigan, Lancs '01cen, b.Upholland, Lancs : [assume connection, Harris Sapper 57 above]
Phoebe Soper 27unm dungaree iron machinist in 4 rooms at 25 Micawber St, Toxteth Park, Liverpool C B, Lancs; brother Charles E Soper 21unm, gentlemans hairdresser; sister Elizabeth Soper 16 all b.Liverpool; scan : ['91cen Elizabeth wife 41, at Liverpool, Lancs, Phoebe 17, John D 14, Charles E 11 & Elizabeth 6, all b.Liverpool]
William H Soper 52 steam ship engineer at 8 Wellfield Road, Preston, Lancs; b.London, '01cen, Johanna Soper 52 & Ernest Soper 23 engineer steam ship, both b.Plymouth, Dev, also Florence Waterson* sister-in-law 18unm b.Sunderland, Durham scan : [William H m.Johanna bef.1871; sailing sopers] : [*William Estill Soper m.Rebecca Waterson 1894]
William E Soper 29 public house manager at 1 Clarence St, Liverpool, b.Liverpool, Rebecca Soper 28 b.Sunderland, Durham, William J Soper 5 b.Liverpool; scan : [William Estill Soper m.Rebecca Waterson 1894 Toxteth Park]
Frank Soper 19 at Shropshire, '01cen b.Bolton, Lancs, a Private Depot Shropshire Light Infantry : [see '11cen below when m.]
Frederick Soper 43 b.Lambeth Walk, Lon, a steel tool smith : Mary Soper 43 b.Wellington Oaken Gates, Shrops; Henry Soper 23 a labourer for smith : Adelade Soper 15 & Thomas Soper 13 a little piecer in cotton mill, all b.Bolton, Lancs
& 2 wives Sarah Soper 46 b.Sleaford, Lancs 19 at St George Hanover Sq, Lon : Mary Soper 46 b.Poundswick, Lancs at Plympton, Dev
Cissie Soper m.Alfred Richard Craine Jul>Sep 1901, St. Philemon, (Toxteth Park bmd district) : [no Cissie '91/'01cen]
John Douglas Soper m.Sophia Jane Kewell Oct>Dec 1905, Toxteth Park, Lancs; b.Jan>Mar 1877 S.Liverpool & assume sister Elizabeth b.Jul>Sep 1884 Liverpool
Juda Sopher from Ottoman Empire. Resident in Lancs. Nationality & Naturalisation Certificate 15555, issued 12 Oct 1905 : HO 144/797/132168 : National Archives
Sidney Thomson Soper b.Jan>Mar 1887, Stoke Damerel, Dev & d.Oct>Dec 1907, Haslingden, Lancs, age 20
Charles Edwin Soper m.Mary Jane Harrison Jul>Sep 1907, W.Derby
Thomas Soper 19 collier, living with his parents at 17 Quebec St, Bolton, attacked nurse Cooper, 10pm Sat, while returning to Bolton Fever Hospital (They were friends since she had nursed him 10 months earlier. She recently broke-off the relationship). He knocked her down & repeatedly struck with a dagger, companion nurses came to her aid. When arrested Soper said 'If she's dead I'm satisfied'. Charged with attempted murder. He said the nurse had mortal disease & asked him to kill her; from Guardian paper, 28 July
- 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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: '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
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]
- 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
- 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]
Sydney Soper b.Oct>Dec 1890 & d.Apr>Jun 1891
: [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"
: ['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]
- 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
- 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
: [a Gilbert's b.1900 : '11cen with parents Walter & Elizabeth who m.1890] : [?Gilbert m.Annie Kiff Apr>Jun 1923]
Straw hat making families at Luton & 2 families at Bedford
- 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 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 P Soper d.Jul>Sep 1918, Luton, age 54]
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]
: Pte Sidney Soper (Middlesex Regiment), 241 High Town Rd; added to Luton Roll of Honour: Beds & Herts Saturday Telegraph: 9 May 1917. source
: Pte Charles William Soper (Beds Regiment), 81 Boyle Street, Luton; added to Luton Roll of Honour: Luton News: 26 Apr 1917 source
: [William Patterson Soper m.Mary Ann Patterson, Reading, Berks, 1887 : a William P Soper d.Jul>Sep 1918, Luton, age 54]
- - 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
- 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)
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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?]
- 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 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
- ?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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
: 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?)]
- 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
: 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]
: Joan E E Soper appointed 1935, Bedford Dept; Post Office Records scan
: 1962 Alfred W Soper m.Caroline T Lockyer Jan>Mar 1962, Romford, Ex (bmd) : [??see '11cen?]
: '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
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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]
Buckinghamshire
- 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
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]
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: [Soper & Wheeler wound up 1913]
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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]
: 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
: 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)
- 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
: Elizabeth Sarah Soper (c1822-1904) d.Jul>Sep 1904, age 82, Wycombe, Bucks
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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]
: 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]
: '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
- 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
: Sarah J Soper (c1862-1948) d.Jul>Sep 1948, Wycombe, Bucks, age 86
: '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
: '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
- Vivian M Soper b.Jul>Sep 1945, Surrey S E, Surrey (mother nee Rackham)
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
: John Sopper (-1688) d.Little Paxton
: Elizabeth Soper, of Earith, bond 1699 Records of the Archdeaconry of Huntingdon : [see John Soper late of Earith 1729 below]
Elizabeth Soper m.Henry Barton, 1701 at Elsworth, Cambridgeshire; Boyd's Marriage Index
John Soper b.1701, Elsworth, Cambs, parish records (findmypast.com)
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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]
Maria Soaper born Cambridgeshire c1780 living in London
Mary Soaper born Scotland c1799, living in Cambridgeshire
Susan Soper born Cambridgeshire c1825 living in London
- 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"
: 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?]
: '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
: 1951 Jean E D Soper m.Benjamin Fletcher Jan>Mar 1951, Islington, Lon (bmd) : [Jean's b.not vis bmd]
Sally Ann Soaper bpt.1950 March, St John, Cambridgeshire
Cambridge University Students;
- 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
: 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
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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]
: 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, 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]
- 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 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]
J Soper of Catherine's College, class 2, Cambridge Tripos List : from Guardian paper, 19 Jun 1931
M H R Soper (Matriculation year 1932 [ie entered]) Pembroke College, Cambridge; deceased : [at Oxford Uni 1932]
J M P Soper ([entered] 1955) Pembroke College
R C Soper entered Pembroke College 1955
- 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
: ['81cen possibly William 40 carpenter at Lansdown Cemetery Lodge Lansdown Rd, Walcot, S.set; b.Guernsey]
: '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
- 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
: '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
- 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
: ['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]
: '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
: '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
- 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
- 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;
: '91cen at grocer's shop, 525 Hessele Rd, Hull, fisherman's widow ('51cen )
John 49, Mary 47, Thomas 45, Jane 37, Richard 35, Thirza 32, Mary Ann 31, Sarah 25, Richard 15, Caroline 14, John 6
: '41cen? a Mary 14, b.Jersey, living with Louisa Palmer 20 E at Phillips St, St. Helier, Jersey, District 9 : source
: '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]
Ann 56, William 52 : - : William Soaper 43, Elizabeth Soaper 38, Henry H Soaper 7
- 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
: '01cen
: '01cen
: '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]
- 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
: [connection?? a George m.Mary Providence Hamlyn (or Mary Porter) Oct>Dec 1852, Stoke Damerel, Dev]
: 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
- 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]
Alice Mary Soper b.5 Jun 1869; bapt.27 Jun, father still a hatter; godparents Thomas & Mary Queree jerseyheritagetrust [age 1 '71cen see '81cen]
- 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
- William Charles Sopier bpt.30 Apr 1867 St Pierre Port, Guernsey to William & Martha
: [connection? Charles Goronwy Soper of Greenwood Hotel, Roseville St, St Helier. Grant of Probate 19 Sep 1969 : jerseyheritagetrust
- 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
: ['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]
: 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
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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
: ['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]
: 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]
: ['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]
: 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]
'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
: '01cen Emily 34 general domestic servant, b.St PP
William Soper (1850-?) at Winterbourne, Glos 50, wife Isabella Soper 50, & dau Ellen Soper 24 all b.Guernsey '91cen : [in Hants '71cen]
William Soper (c1843-?) a carpenter at Isle of Wight, Newport, Hants 58 & Isabella 57 both b.Guernsey : [in Hants '71cen]
: [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]
Madge M Soper b.Oct>Dec 1918 (mother nee Soper) m.Arthur J Crick Jul>Sep 1939, both Luton, Beds (bmd)
- 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]
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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]
'71cen connection? a Walter Soper (c1862-?) a scholar 9, b.Eng; at Hasting's Cottage, Roseville St, St Helier : scan
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Edward & Jane Soper in Cheshire Court, Jul 1828; sentence aquittal : from Criminal Registers from Ancestry.com (where crime available)
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]
- 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 d.Apr>Jun 1875 age 86 at Woodchurch. [Wirral bmd district] : [wife of Rev Richard Soper; biog]
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]
: 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 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
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]
Ronald Soper, Private..., Cheshire Regiment, nr2094 [died 21 Apr 1917, see R Soper below]
Henry Soper, Private, Cheshire Regiment, nr21806
- 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
- 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
: '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
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.
: 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 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]
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
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
PC Soper Hillstown [nr Bolsover], Derbyshire. Obituary record 1915 Police Index
- 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
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]
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
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
Margaretta Catherine Soper b.1827, Bishopwearmouth; from Index to Parish Records, from findmypast.com
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
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]
: '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?]
- 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
- 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
: 1918 William Soper Wilson nr.401402 Pte, RAMC; Home address, 6 William St, Barnard Castle, Durham; on Absent Voters List 1918 scan
- 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 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
Eliza Soper m. Mr Ivey Jan>Mar 1912 Auckland
: [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 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
: ['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
- 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]
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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?]
: 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
3 Sopers listed in 1841 census Essex
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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]
John Soper 36 b.London c1815, living in Essexx : [not now vis]
Charlotte Soper 20 b.Devon c1831, living in Essex : [not now vis]
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
: '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
: '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'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
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]
: [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]
: & 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
: [William John Soper bapt.3 Nov 1841 to Henry & Charlotte at St Alphage, Greenwich, see Kent]
: ['51-'71cen William not visable] :
children
- Thomas W Soper b.c1873 Lee, Kt; '81cen age 8; (not vis bmd) [not vis '91cen/'11cen]
- Annie Elizabeth Soper b.Oct>Dec 1874, Deptford (Greenwich bmd dist) : [??an
- Charlotte Jessie Soper b.Jan>Mar 1876, Deptford (Greenwich bmd dist) m.Jul>Sep 1896 West Ham, Ex, to either Alfred Carter or James John Palmer
: then all children at Barking [Romford bmd dist]
- Emma Soper b.Oct>Dec 1877
- ?Harry Soper b.&d.Oct>Dec 1878, age 1
- ?Rosina Emily Soper b.& d.Jan>Mar 1880, age 0
- John Edward Soper b.Jan>Mar 1881, Thames waterman m.Mary Ann Quinlin Apr>Jun 1908 both Romford; d.1922*
- Mary Ann Soper b.Apr>Jun 1883 Barking, Ex (Romford RD), ['01cen dom serv at Clapham, Lon : '11cen a Mary Ann 28unm former dom serv, inmate at secure workhouse; Kenninghall, Norfolk] ; d.1946*
- Joseph Henry Soper b.29 May 1885 Barking, (b.Apr>Jun Romford) Thames lighterman; m.Gracie Ward Oct>Dec 1906 Romford
- (?a Harriet Maud Soper b.Jul>Sep 1887 : d.Apr>Jun 1889 Romford, age 1 & an Alfred b & d? Apr>Jun 1889, Romford dist)
- Alfred Soper b.Apr>Jun 1889, Romford, [??perhaps the male who d.Apr>Jun 1889, Romford age 0?]
- James Frederick Soper b.Jul>Sep 1890, Thames lighterman apprentice 1909-12; m.Margaret Quinlan Apr>Jun 1911 both Romford [his brother m.a Quinlan 1908]) : assume Navy seaman WW1; d.1973*
- Jane Soper b.c1890, b.Barking; *Jane F b.1891*) : ['01cen ?assume James F mistranscribed as Jane 'dau'?]
- Alfred William Soper b.28 Sep 1892 Barking (b.Oct>Dec Romford) [see '11cen?] - ?'Albert W' '01cen
: [??son - William John Soper b.4 Apr 1895 navy below; '01cen 7 lighterman at 44 Creeksmouth [parents? nr.35], Barking, b.Lee] :
: ['81cen William J 39 lighterman at Creeksmouth, Barking, b.Greenwich, Kt; Harriett 33 b.Lewisham, Kt; Thomas W 8 b.Lee, Kt; Annie 7; Charlotte 6 both b.Deptford,Kt; Emma 3; John E 4m both b.Barking]
: [William John was master to his son John Edward an apprentice Thames waterman/lighterman 1895-1902 & son Joseph Henry 1899-1906]
: ['91cen William J 49 lighterman (barge), employee at 35 Lawer Cottages, Church Row, (St Margaret) at Barking b.Greenwich, Harriet 42, Annie 16 washer help (her line crossed out, but not vis elsewhere) both b.Lewisham, Kt; Emma 13 gen dom serv, John 10, Mary 8, Joseph 5 scholars, James 8m all b.Barking; scan]
: ['91cen Charlotte Soper 15 gen domestic servant at 59 Borneo Terrace, (St Margaret), Barking, Essex b.Detpford, Lon; with Alice Spashett 26unm dressmaker b.Barking, Ex & 4 nephews surname Rainne, 3-7 scholars, b.Liverpool; scan]
: [1891 : William Soper lighterman, gave evidence at Thames Conservancy, when George Anderson, Thames pilot 61 summonds that Jul 1891 he navigated steamer Hawarden Castle being towed by tug Victoria without care. In a great wash 1 of 15 barges moored at Lawes Wharf, nr Barking Creek, broke free. Soper he stoped other barges coming to grief & in 8 years he'd not seen a vessel so fast; A crane driver gave same evidence, so assume they were unloading barges at 2pm; Fine �7 London Standard 5 Oct] :
: ['01cen William J 59 lighterman at 35 Creeksmouth, Barking, Harriett 52 both b.Greenwich; John E 20unm lighterman: Joseph H 16 lighterman : Jane F 10 : Arthur W 8 all b.Barking scan] : [James F not vis, was this Jane 'dau'?]
: [1901? son Willie 6 accident at school]
: ['01cen : Mary 17 domestic serv at 420 Wandsworth Rd, Clapham, (St Pauls), Lon, b.Barking, Ex; servant to Arthur G Coleman 32 corn dealer, shopkeeper, wife Ethel 24, dau Maud 1m brother Harry 28unm all b.Clapham; also monthly nurse Mrs Watts 44 widow b.Kingston scan]
: ['11cen William John 69 lighter man in 4 rooms at 35 Creeks Mouth, Barking, Ex [Romford RD]; Harriett 62 {m.37y, 1 birth, 1 alive} both b.Greenwich, Lon, James Frederick 20unm lighter man b.Barking ; scan]
: ['11cen Mary Ann 28unm former dom serv, inmate at Institution for persons requiring care & control, Kenninghall, Thetford, Norfolk, b.Barking, Essex scan scan] : [once an inebriate workhouse see]
: ?a James F Soper able seaman nr.607821; WW1, Awarded Victory Medal, British War Medal; scan
: 1921 ?a William Thomas Soper nr.- AB, on 'HMS Ithurul'; Home address, 43 Creeksmouth, Barking, Romford; on Absent Voters List 1921 scan
: 1922 a Harriett E Soper d.Oct>Dec 1922 Romford, age 73
: 1925 a William J Soper d.Jan>Mar 1925 Romford, age 84 : [*an ancestry.com tree]
: [father Henry (c1819-?) plumber at Tunbridge Wells 1861hs] : [son John P H Soper legal Sopers]
: George Robert Soper. d.15 Dec, age 37, late of Grange Park Rd, Leyton & 59 Mark Ln, 'deeply mourned & highly respected', 'The Standard' (pub.London) 20 Dec 1879, from newspapers.bl.uk
: George Robert Soper d.15 Dec 1879, wine merchant of Grange Park Rd; administration Principle Registry 23 Jan 1880 to Amy Jane Soper of 107 Sandringham Rd, widowed wife; estate under �1,500; from Probate Calender, scan
: [John Philpott Henry Soper b.Romford Jan>Mar 1869 see legal Sopers] :
: [a Robert Lewis Soper b.Romford, Essex Jul>Sep.1870, an engineer]
- Walter Soper b.Jan>Mar 1879, West Ham, Ex : [see Walter '11cen]
- ?Mabel Kate Soper b. Apr>Jun 1890 Totnes, Dev
- Florence Mabel Soper b.Apr>Jun 1890, Tavistock, Dev
- Lilian Soper b.Apr>Jun 1892 Kings Cross, Lon [Islington bmd dist]; ?'Lily' gen serv '11cen; ?a Lilian m.John J M Parker Oct>Dec 1915, West Ham
- John Lamphere Soper b.Apr>Jun 1894 Walthamstow [W.Ham dist]; d.Apr>Jun 1917, age 23, W.Ham ; [not recorded in WW1 deaths; no war medal] : [so John Lampere the 3rd]
- Ethel Kathleen Soper b.Oct>Dec 1895 Walthamstow [W.Ham]
- William Henry Soper b.3 Jan 1899 [b.Jan>Mar] Walthamstow [W.Ham] '39cen electrical engineer
- Frederick Charles Soper b.24 Jul 1901* [b.Jul>Sep] Walthamstow [W.Ham]; m.Florence A Clarke 1929 W.Ham; *'39cen electrician
- Alice Louisa Soper [? 'Louisa' in '11cen] b.Jul>Sep 1904 Walthamstow [W.Ham] : an Alice L Soper m.Arthur E Dobriskey Oct>Dec 1931 West Ham
- Ellen Alice Soper b.Jul>Sep 1908 Walthamstow [W.Ham] &? an Ellen A Soper m.Frank J Ess Jan>Mar 1932 both West Ham, Ex
- ?Alfred G Soper b.Jul>Sep & d.Apr>Jun 1911 W.Ham, age 0 [?'age 3' in 11cen?]
: '91cen John 26 (spinwill?) joiner (employee) at 37 Lower Cambridge St, Chorlton on Medlock, Lancs, Elizabeth 25 Florence 1 all b.Tavistock, Dev boarding with John H Steeler 40 factory warehouseman b.Guernsey, wife & son : scan
: '01cen John L 35 electrical engineer at 60 Wellington Rd, Walthamstow, Ex, b.Tavistock; Elizabeth J 31 b.Plymouth; Florence M 11 b.Tavistock; Lilian 9 b.Kings Cross; John L 7; Ethel K 5; William H 2 all b.Walthamstow; scan : [liked electrics due to 'lampere'?]
: 1911 connection? Henry Soper m.Maud Gertrude Thomas 28 Jan 1911 at St Andrew, Montpelier, Glos [m.Jan>Mar Bristol]; parents John Lamphere Soper & Alfred Richard Thomas source Bristol Parish Registers : [couple not vis '11cen]
: '11cen John 43 electrician (emloyee) in 6 rooms at West Ham, Ex; b.Tavistock; Elizabeth 41 {m.22y 9 births, all alive} house keeper ('ee) b.Plymouth, Dev, Mabel 21unm domestic servant b.Tavistock; John jun. 16 electrical labourer, Ethel 15 domestic servant, William 12, Fredrick 9, Louisa 6 all at school, Alfred 3, Ellen 3 all b.Walthamstow, Ex also Mrs Short 48 b.Clapham, Sy, Mr Short 27unm photographer b.Paddington & Robert Short 4 b.Fulham; scan
: '11cen Lily (c1892-?) 19unm general domestic in 9 rooms at 17 Sylvan Rd, Wanstead, Ex [West Ham RD]; b.Lon; only servant to James Brooks 49 mercantile cashier, wife 45, dau's 20 & 18 all b.Scotland, visitor Cyril 18 & Leran Cooper 17 confectioners B.Harrow; scan
: 1930 ?a John L Soper (c1867-1939) d.Apr>Jun 1939, Essex SW, age 72
: '39cen William H 40 married, electrical engineer, self employed (b.3 Jan 1899) at 154 Selwyn Ave, Walthamstow, Ex scan : [m.not vis bmd]
: 1944 ?a Elizabeth J Soper (c1870-1944) d.Jan>Mar 1944, Essex SW, age 74
- Ethel Soper b.Jul>Sep 1891, Pontypridd; '11cen dressmaker 19unm
- Charles Fred Soper b.9 Feb 1893 Ystradyfodwg [b.Jan>Mar Pontypridd]; m.Margaret A Phipps Jul>Sep 1914, Pontypridd, Glam [?a Charles F Soper, Pvt Hertfordshire Yeomanry, WW1]
- Ernest Soper b.13 Apr 1895 Trealaw, Glam [b.Apr>Jun Pontypridd rd]; '11cen 15 railway carman Pontypridd; m.Esther Thomas 1923, Merthyr Tydfil, Glam (bmd)
; Mountain Ash policeman 1914, 6ft; guardman, Grenadier & Welsh Guards WW1 Record 4�y; wounded France twice biog/scans (see below); resworn PC Mar 1919, Aberdare;
- William Arthur Soper b.Jul>Sep 1897, Pontypridd; m.Catherine A Humphrey Jan>Mar 1924, Cardiff; re.m.Gladys I Thomas Jan>Mar 1936, Cardiff; '39cen police constable
- Edith Soper b.Apr>Jun 1899 & (an Edith Soper m.John Williams Oct>Dec 1919), both Pontypridd
- Alfred Soper b.Jul>Sep 1901, Pontypridd; m.Gwladys M Thomas 1927, Pontardawe; d.1937 age 35
- Gladys Maud Soper b.Oct>Dec 1906, Pontypridd
: '91cen Fred Charles 23 coal miner, in 2 rooms at 22 Wengraig Rd, (St Edward?), Ystradyfodwg, Home Penrhys, Pontypridd dist, Glamorgan; b.Bimenster, Dor; Mary Ann 29 b.Saint Osytle, Essex; scan
: 1894 Frederick 'Saper' stabbed David Edward Jones 24 Jun of Trealaw at Gilfach Goch, Rhondda; He required 15 stitches in his groin & Soper on remand at Ystrad police court. remanded as Jones still unable to attend; S.Wales Daily 10 Jul 1894 scan
: 1894 Fred Charles Soper 'Fred' workman of Gilfach Goch [10m NW Cardiff], wounded at Llantrisant [4m SE], 24 Jun by David Edward Jones, 35, collier of Wengraig Rd, Trealaw [2m NE] (who lived abroad); accused at Ystrad Police Court; The very good friends walked to Glyncoch Hotel, Clydach Vale [2m N] & after bread & cheese & 2 pints & leaving at a dispute occurred & Soper stabbed in lower abdomen; (the knife just borrowed from Hotel) Soper found on the road & required 15 stiches at Dr Morgan's surgery. PC Smith threatened with a clasp knife, stunned him & made arrest; Adjourned 1w as Soper too injured to appear; in precarious condition; S.Wales Echo 3 Jul 1894 scan; 16 Jul remanded to assizes, wounding with intent to murder, �100 bail scan At Swansea azzizes peaded guilty to wound but not to intent; 9m prison; S.Wales News 22 Nov 1894 scan
: '01cen Fred (c1868-?) 33 coal miner; below ground , below ground colliery sheavesman [maintaining a wire rope haulage railway] at 16 Miskin Rd, Ystradyfodwg, Glam; b.Beamster, Dor, Mary Ann 39 b.St Osyth, Essex, Ethel 9, Charles Fred 8, Ernest 5, William 3, Edith 1 all b.Ystradyfodwg; scan
: 1910 ?a Charles Soper of Trealaw [Rhondda] represented 'Apple of Discord,' & with Mr Ford 'Jupiter & Mercury expelling Mars', 2 of 20 tableaux for lecture on Greek & Roman gods, at All Saint's Trealaw], to fund building new church; Rhondda Leader 12 Feb 1910 scan
: 1910 Frederick Soper of 179 Trealaw Rd, Tonypandy at Bridgend Court. He'd worked as carman for J E Davies, laundry proprietor, Crwys Rd, Tonypandy, Cardiff, from 30 May last. Contract said he must not work within 10m as laundry carman for 6m. Soper said he'd leave & start-up on his own, as he signed under-age; 1w after leaving he worked for Albany Laundry Co, Cardiff, canvassing old customers. The carter who replaced Soper dismissed as business halved. Injunction granted; Evening Express 11 Jun 1910 scan; Also as G R Soper; Defendant under 21 when he signed so �2 damages to Davies & �4 10s to Soper (@ 10s pw during injunction); 23 Jul scan; Also as Charles Frederick Soper; 30 Jul scan
: '11cen Fred Charles 43 coal miner hewer in 5 rooms at 179 Trealaw Rd, Trealaw, Rhondda, [Pontypridd RD], Glam (Pontypridd RD) b.Beaminster, Dor; Mary Ann 49 {m.21y, 7 births, all alive} b.St Osyth, Ex; Ethel 19unm dressmaker; Charles Fred 18unm laundry van man; Ernest 15 railway carman; William Arthur 13 ass carman; Edith 11; Alfred 9; Gladys Maud 4 all at school; all b.Trealaw, Glam scan
: 1912 Charles Frederick Soper laundry van-man passed disturbance & tried to bring the van back to convey prisoner to the station, but failed due to hostile crowd who threw stones at his horse. 'Riotous scenes at Gelli' when 2 police tried to arrest a violent drunk & 200 assembled. PCs punched, kicked, stoned & bit; 3 to prison; Rhondda Leader 27 Jul 1912 scan
: 1913 ?a Fred Soper won 2 categories in an Eisteddfod; Llan Newspaper [a paper in Welsh] 30 May 1913 source
: 1913 Gladys Soper dressed as 'Judy' [worryingly, by 'Punch']; in 14 small boys & girls processing with gorgeous costumes at childrens' concert at Trealaw; Rhondda Leader 13 Dec 1913 scan & scan
: 1914 Soper & 3 other PCs after a few days of rifle drill, drafted to the Grenadier Guards. London; The Mountain Ash recruiting office processing 178 in 3 days; Aberdare Leader 5 Sep 1914 scan
: 1915 Mary Soper 180 Trealaw Rd, Trealaw, Tonypandy, Rhodda, Glam [.when son Ernest enlisted] a 6ft policeman joined at Merthyr Grenadier Guards, Caterham, Sy; chest 40�>43in; 160lbs; Good physical development; 6/6 vision; fresh complexion; hazel eyes; dk brown hair; C of E; Feb'15 to Welsh Guards; May'15 Drunk Portsmouth carrying a bottle of beer; Aug'15 to France BEF; Jul'16 wounded right hand; to Eng; 126d hosp; Mar'18 to France; shrapnel wound to R Knee to Northants 36d hosp; Feb'19 demob to reserves; Demob Mar'20, home 177 Trealaw Rd; 4�y; Stav, War & Victory Medals; Military Record scans
: 1917 Mr & Mrs Soper son-i-l & dau at funeral of James Phipps of 2 Taff Cottages, Llwynypia, at St Andrews; TVR employee for 44y; Rhondda Leader; 7 Apr 1917 scan
: 1925 Mary A Soper (c1861-1925) d.Jul>Sep 1925, Pontypridd, Glam, age 64
: 1939 Fred C Soper (c1868-1939) d.Jul>Sep 1939, Pontypridd, age 71
: '81cen Henry 11 at 15 Tavistock Pl, Plymouth Charles The Martyr; Herbert J 8; Lanara E 6, all scholars, b.Plymouth Charles; boarding with Samuel A Westcott 48, naval pensioner... porter, b.Plymouth; Louisa Westcott 46 b.St Gennys, Con; Frederick Westcott 15 apprentice carpenter, b.Plymouth; Mary Jane Uglow wife's sister 48 b.St Gennys, Con : [father forage dealer d.1875; mother d.1876]
: '91cen Henry 21unm chemists assistant in 2 rooms at 295 Romford Rd, West Ham, Ex; b.Plymouth, Dev boarding with James Hopper 34 chemist b.Deal, Kt, wife 26 b.Hackney & gen sev Susannah Tuffs 34unm b.Norfolk : scan
1891 : Henry registered as chemist 29 Jul
1900 : Henry Soper, 15 Tavistock Place, Plymouth : Pharmaceutical Journal pub 1900 Google Books snippet
: '01cen Henry 31unm chemist & druggist (employer) at 113 Romford Rd, West Ham, Ex, & sister Laura F 26unm house keeper both b.Plymouth, Dev; scan
: '11cen Henry 41unm dispensing chemist & photographic dealer (emlployer) in 6 rooms at 113 Romford Rd, Stratford, Ex [West Ham RD]; & sister Laura Edith Soper 36unm, both b.Plymouth, Dev; scan
1912 : Henry organised the West Ham Association of Pharmacist's outing to Rochester. Chemist & Druggist 17 Mar source
1915 : Henry chemist at 113 Romford Rd (north side) Stratford : Post Office Trade Directory source
1915 : H Soper of 113 Romford Rd (adjoining Technical Institute), Stratford, Lon, wants assistant 25-40; outdoors; light retail with NHI; knowledge of photography essential; advert in Chemist & Druggist 16 Jan source
1922 : Henry of 113 Romford Rd, Stratford, E15 elected to Essex Field Club; 28 Oct source
1934 : Henry died 2 Mar at Ventnor, age 63; retired chemist & druggist of 113 Romford Rd for nearly 40 years, retiring 1932 on account of ill health. Chemist & Druggist 17 Mar source [d.Jan>Mar I of Wight age 63]
1935 : Laura Edith d.22 May spinster of 1 Dale Rd, Plymouth, Dev; d.Kyrse Treneglos, Cornwall; admin Lon 13 Jul to Ellen Maude Temby, widow, Mable Lee Almond, spinster; estate �3,838 12s 8d ; from Probate Calender, scan [d.Apr>Jun Launceston age 60]
: also at Barking Charlotte Soper 15 b.Detpford, Lon : [dau above]
- William John Soper b.4 Apr 1895 Barking, Ex, (Romford bmd dist); Admiralty's Registers of Seamen's Services : ?a 'Willie' 6 at school in Barking 1901; but '11cen William Thomas 15 [no WTS b.vis bmd]
- Alfred Henry b.Jan>Mar 1897 Barking m.Ethel Burton Apr>Jun 1917, both Romford bmd dist : b.16 Jan 1897 seaman Navy WW1
- Elizabeth Emma Soper b.Jan>Mar 1899 (d.Oct>Dec 1903 age 4),
- (? an Edward James Soper b & d.Jul>Sep 1900? seems not see '11cen)
- John James Soper b.2 Dec 1900 Barking [b registered Jan>Mar 1901 Romford]: a John J m.Elsie Hartland Jul>Sep 1925 both Romford (no children vis bmd); '39cen 33 timber porter at docks
- Harry Daniel Soper b.Jan>Mar 1903, Romford : Harry D d.Jul>Sep 1934 City Lon age 31
- Joseph Alexander Soper b.Apr>Jun 1905 ** m.Ellen E Playford Jul>Sep 1937 both Romford
- Dorothy Harriet Soper b.Oct>Dec 1907; a Dorothy H m.Charles S Carpenter Jan>Mar 1931 both Romford
- Richard Soper b & d.Jul>Sep 1909 Romford [death age 3 days recorded '11cen]
- Edward S[tanley] Soper b.Oct>Dec 1910, Romford; ?m.Nora F S Tye Oct>Dec 1932
: '91cen William 17/18 not vis; but parents William J 49 lighterman (barge), employee at 35 Lawer Cottages, Church Row, (St Margaret) at Barking; b.Greenwich, Harriet 42, Annie? dau washer help 6 (her line crossed out) both b.Lewisham, Kt, Emma 13 gen dom serv, John 10, Mary 8, Joseph 5 scholars, James 8m all b.Barking; scan
: '01cen William 27 lighterman at 44 Creeksmouth [parents nr.35], Barking, b.Lee Elizabeth 26 both b.Deptford; William 5: Alfred 4; Elizabeth 2; John 3m & boarder Richard Plyford 28unm engine driver stationary all b.Barking scan
: '11cen William 38 waterman & lighterman in 5 rooms at Newport House, Ripple Rd, Barking [Romford RD]; Elizabeth 36 {17y 9 births, 7 alive} both b.Deptford, William Thomas 15; Alfred 14 both chemist's labourers; John 10; Harry 8; Joseph 6; Dorothy 3 & Edward Stanley 5m, all b.Barking; (Elizabeth 5 dead & Richard died 3 days crossed out) & boarder Daniel Booth 28unm labourer, chemical mfr b.Deptford; scan
: 1914 William (c1880-?) service nr.8502 b.Barking, a waterman; married; Attested 3 Sep 1914 at East Ham; declared age 34y 7m, Joined Woolwich 4 Sep, Royal Regiment of Artillery; discharged not being likely to become an efficient soldier; 19 Sept (17 days service); wife Elizabeth, son John of 43 Creek Mouth, Barking, Essex; 5ft 3in, 140lbs, 24y 7m, chest 37", grey eyes, dark hair, florid complexion, 'scar left side of chest'
: 1915 William (c1877-?) Service nr:Z/2952 London; b.9 Sep 1877; address: 43 Creeksmouth, Barking, Essex; wife Elizabeth Ann of 43 Creekmouth [Barking, Ex]; Entry 20 Aug 1915 for sea service; Rating OS AB 20 Nov 1915; 5' 4�"; Chest 35�>36�"; medium complexion; black hair; tattoo left wrist; C of E; Can swim; employment lighterman; Royal Naval Division Service Records scan (from Nat Archives)
: ??a William Soper d.1 Apr 1937, of Oldchurch Hospital, Romford, Essex; died Oldchurch Hospital, Romford, Ex; admin Lon 24 May 1937 to Ethel May Soper, widow; estate �1,016 ; from Probate Calender, scan [William (c1873-1937) d.Apr>Jun 1937, Romford, Ex, age 64]
: '39cen John J 38 timber porter at do[cks]? heavy worker (b.2 Dec 1900) at 202 Sterry Rd, Dagenham, Essex [d345 12/5/7?]; Elsie 35 skirt hand (b.7 Aug 1904) scan
**connection??, a J A Soper (c1905-?) soldier, Egypt to London, 1931
- Louis Robert Soper (b.22 Sep?) b.Oct>Dec 1899, Romford m.Gwendoline Roberts Apr>Jun 1922, Plymouth, Dev; '39cen laundry proprietor
- perhaps son? Edward James Soper b. & d.Jul>Sep 1900, Romford, age 0 (but 2nd family had Romford children 1897 & 1901)
- Victor James Soper b.c1907 Devon not vis; a Victor Edward Soper b.Oct>Dec 1906, Plymouth, Dev
: '11cen Edward James 35 laundry proprietor, in 6 rooms at 39 Craven Ave, Plymouth, Dev b.Salisbury, Wilts; Esther 39 {m.12y, 3 births, 2 alive}, b.Plaistow, Ex; Louis Robert 11 at school, b.Ilford, Ex; Victor James 4 b.Plymouth, Dev, also cousins Stanley James (c1883-?) 28 married laundry ass b.Plymton, Dev, & wife Florence 24 {m.4y, 1 birth, 1 alive} b.Mile End, Lon & 2nd cousin Marjorie Florence 2 b.Plymouth, Dev scan
: 1934 Edward James Soper d.9 Jan 1934, of 24 Maybank, Plymouth, probate Bodmin 7 Sep 1934 to Esther Soper, widow; estate �1,367 1s 11d; from Probate Calender, scan [Edward J (c1876-1934) d.Jan>Mar, Plymouth, age 58] : [?an Esther Soper m.George W Tucker Apr>Jun 1937, Plymouth]
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Louis Robert Soper m.Gwendoline Roberts Apr>Jun 1922, Plymouth, Dev
- Marjorie E M Soper b.Jan>Mar 1923, Plymouth, Dev (mother nee Roberts); m.Edward J Brice Apr>Jun 1949, Cardiff, Glam
: '39cen Louis R 41 laundry proprietor (b.22 Sep 1898) [b.1899] at 66 Lower Cathedral Rd, Cardiff; Gwendoline 'Gwen' 39 assistant in foundry business (b.19 Sep 1900) '310' [death reg form]; Marjorie E (M) Soper (will m.Mr.Brice; 'm.29/1/49 xga') 16 at school (b.10 Aug 1923); with Fernley H Avery b.31 Oct 1887 commercial, Royal Navy retired, married scan
: 1964 Louis R Soper (c1900-1964) d.Jan>Mar 1964, Cardiff, age 64
: 1972 Gwenllian Soper (1899-1972) d.Jan>Mar 1972, Cardiff ; (b.23 Sep 1899)
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cousin Stanley Soper m.Florence Scasbrook Apr>Jun 1907, West Ham, Essex (bmd) [b.not vis bmd; Emigrated to Sydney & opened laundry c1910]
- Marjorie Florence Soper b.Jul>Sep 1908, Plymouth, Dev
Jane Philpot mentioned p211, 235 & p280, dates 1874, 1888, 1898, 1869 from History of Essex
: [Arthur James b.Apr>Jun 1870 Southampton, Hants to James & Mary Ann Cane m.1866 S'ton, grocers of Southampton. Hants]
- Arthur Clifford Soper b.Jan>Mar 1899 & d.Jul>Sep 1907 age 9,
- Irene Soper b.Oct>Dec 1900, Rochford, Ex; ?unm buyer 35 to New York 1936
- ? Soper a 5th birth recorded, alive in '11cen, but not with family [perhaps wrong entry?]
- Kenneth Soper b.8 Jul 1907 Southend [b.Jul>Sep Rochford] & m.Florence E W Kruse 1932 Rochford; drapers manager, d.1978
- Donald Soper b.cJul 1910 not vis in bmd, perhaps? James D Soper b.Jul>Sep 1910 Rochford
: '81cen age 10 with James 31 grocer at 63 St Marys St, Southampton b.Blandford, Dorset & Mary A 34 Frank 10 & Alice 2
: '91cen Arthur 20 drapers ass at 37 The Green, (St Johns), West Ham; b.Southampton, Hants with page of shop staff; a shop walker 25, carpet ? salesman 27, ironmongers ass 23, & 20 other male drapers.ass 18-33 : scan : perhaps staff of Roberts Dept Store, Stratford??
: '01cen Arthur James 30 draper at 114 High St, Prittlewell, Ex b.Southampton, Rose Charlotte 30 b.Stratford, Ex & Arthur Clifford 2 & Irene 4m both b.Southend, Ex & Jessie Staimmes 20 dom serv b.Burnham on Crouch, Ex; scan
: 1901 : Arthur James & William John Hone drapers/milliners, 114 High St, Southend-on-Sea; �Hone & Soper� dissolved by mutual consent 2 Jul; ?AJS continuing
: 1904 : H J Soper 'O' [Occupier?] ; Building plan of alterations submitted to Southend Council, 114 High St & 1919 alterations 114 & 116 The Broadway
: '11cen Arthur 40 draper in 7 rooms at 114 High St, Southend-on-Sea, Ex [Rochford RD] b.Southampton, Hants, Rosa 39 {m.12y 5 births, 4 alive} b.Stratford, Ex, Irene 10 school, Kenneth 3, Donald 9m all b.Southend also Hephzibah Turner 19 nurse & Kathleen May 23unm dom serv ; scan
: 1935 ?an Arthur James draper at 67 St Denys Rd : Southampton Commercial Directory 1935 : plimsoll.org
: 1936 Irene Soper buyer 35 3rd class on "Empress of Britain" Southampton to Quebec, Canada from 3 Oct 1936 39 Victoria Mews, Southend-on-Sea; Last & future residence Eng; scan; returned same ship 26 Oct 1936; scan {also on rtn sailing; Clara Jessie Stenner 39 Southend milliner}
: 1937 Arthur James, draper & Alice Kate spinster; executors {of mother} Mary Ann d.24 Jan 1937, widow {age 89} of Southampton; estate �2,577, scan
: 1938 ?an Arthur J Soper v.Wakley & Sons Ltd; High Court judgment, 25 Oct 1938 Nat Archives
: '39cen Arthur J 69 general draper managing director (b.22 May 1870) at 39 Victoria Ave, Southend-on-Sea, Ex; Rosa C 68 general draper director (b.7 Oct 1870); Irene 38 general draper director secretary & ARP [air raid precautions] voluntary (b.5 Nov 1900); James D 29 general draper fabric buyer & ARP FA voluntary (b.27 Jun 1910); also Lucy M Burton (m.Mr Andrews) b.13 Nov 1898 domestic & Douglas L ~??? B.3 Dec 1908 cycle, motor cycles dealer, director scan
: 1945 Arthur James d.21 Jan 1945 executor {wife} Rosa Charlotte Soper (d.Jan>Mar age 74 Southend bmd dist, Ex)
: 1954 A J Soper Ltd, draper of Southend & Westcliff shopkeepers 1954-8; Bills with decorative headings
: 1956 Rosa C Soper d.Jan>Mar 1956, Southend, age 85
- Ernest Lindsey Soper b.Jan>Mar 1902, West Ham : an Ernest L m.Kathleen K Newton Jul>Sep 1927 W.Ham : (?? an E L 26 motor engineer, 82 Fillebrooke Rd, Leystonstone, E11 to Aust 1928); d.2 Aug 1969, aged 67 bur.Mt Thompson Memorial Gardens, QLD, Aust
- Madeline Theresa Soper b.29 Apr 1906 Leytonstone, Ex. m.Edward Sidney Ehrhart 19 Apr 1956, Uxbridge, M.sx (b.Apr>Jun, West Ham)
- Kathleen Irene Soper (1909-1992) b.26 Jun, m.14 Jun 1931 John Stanley Walter Overy both Leytonstone (Kathleen b.Jul>Sep & m.Apr>Jun West Ham) : Kathleen d.10 Nov Clayfield, Brisbane, Queensland; John d.1986 Brisbane
: '81cen Ernest W 9 with William 45 & Ellen C 49 gunmaker Reading, Berks : Father d.1887? '91cen 19 Ernest crafter/shafter? with widow at Woolwich : [His mother d.Rochford, Ex 1892 so presume Ex connection by then]
: '01cen Ernest William 29 drapers assistant at 2 Francis Rd, Carlisle Terrace, Leyton, Ex; b.Reading, Berks; Theresa 29 b.Dalston, Lon; scan
: '11cen Ernest William 39 haberdashery shipping buyer in 6 rooms at 409 Grove Green Rd, Leytonstone [West Ham RD], Ex; b.Reading, Berks, Theresa Elizabeth Susan 39 {m.13y, 3 births, all alive} b.Dalston, Lon, Ernest Lindsay 9, Madaline Theresa 5, Kathleen Irene 2 all b.Leyton, Ex & visitor Emma Sayers 35unm trained nurse b.Bermondsey, Lon
: '39cen Ernest W 67 drapery merchant, retired (b.29 Feb 1872) at 82 Fillebrook Rd, Leyton, Ex; Theresa C ? 66 unpaid dom duties (b.15 Apr 1873); also John S W Overy b.4 Feb 1906 ladies & gents hairdresser manager & Kathleen I Overy b.26 Jan 1909 udd, both married; 5th line blacked out scan
: 1948 ?an Ernest W d.Jan>Mar 1948 Essex SW, age 75
: Family research by Rob Mills, www (Kathleen, his maternal; grandmother)
1901 census in Essex : 64 residents
: '11cen Kate Soper servant 46 a poor law workhouse nurse a [Crawley/Building], Saffron Walden, Ex; b. ... Magna, Dor
: '11cen Margaret Soper 21unm housemaid at nursing home at 19 Beaumont St W, St Marylebone, Lon; b.Newington, Lon; also sister in charge 32, sick nurse 28, kitchen maid, cook housemaid, night nurse & 2 female patients
: ?a Margaret Soper m.Frederick G Davidge Oct>Dec 1912, West Ham
: Thomas Samuel Soper b.reg Apr>Jun 1870 Mile End, Lon (b.abt Mar) to Joseph : [policeman] & Mary]
- Hazel Maud M[ary] Soper b.28 Jun 1902 b.Little Ilford, Ex [b.Jul>Sep West Ham]; Hazel M M Soper m.John F Holborn Apr>Jun 1926 W.Ham; see '39cen below
: : [? Mary m.John Hooper Jan>Mar 1857 Kingsbridge, Dev]
: '81cen Thomas Soaper, 10 scholar, grandson b.Stephney, Msx; at 10 Walden St, Lon with Mary Hooper widow 69 b.Bucklands, Dev : & Joseph 40 police constable b.Exmouth, Dev & Mary 34 (dau-i-l) b.Plymouth scan
: '01cen Thomas 30unm traveller table glass at 23 Second Ave, East Ham, Ex, with Joseph 60 ass inspector carmans assoct b.Exbourne, Dev & Mary 53 b.Plymouth, Dev; scan
: '11cen Joseph 70 police pensioner; Inspr, Master Carmens Assoc {m.44y, 2 births, 1 alive} in 6 rooms at 23 Second Ave, Manor Park, [West Ham RD], Ex; b.Exbourne, Dev; son Thomas Samuel 40 table glass commercial traveller; dau in law Maud Mary 39 {m.9y, 1 birth} both b.Stepney, Lon & grdau Hazel Maud Mary 8 b.Little Ilford, Ex scan
: 1918 Thomas Samuel, arsenal work taker; executor of father Joseph who d.1918, age 78; estate �90 [d.Jul>Sep West Ham RD]
: '39cen Maud M 69 widow retired (b.31 Sep 1870) at 3 Devonshire Gardens, Gubbins Ln, Hornchurch, Ex; with John F Holborn b.15 Sep 1903 cargo clerk; Hazel M M Holborn b.28 Jun 1902 udd; 3rd line blacked-out; Celia J Missen b.22 Apr 1934 at school & Maud 5th scan : [no Thomas S d.vis]
: Maud M Soper (c1870-1946) d.Apr>Jun 1946, Romford, Ex, age 76
: a tree; from Jeremy Clive Furneaux
- Grace Margaret S Soper b.Oct>Dec 1904 : m.Vernon Tull Jul>Sep 1929 both West Ham
- Ellen Soper b.Oct>Dec 1907 : ??an Ellen Soper m.Charles F Davis Oct>Dec 1934 both West Ham
- Beatrice D Soper b.Jul>Sep 1910 : m.William F Roach Apr>Jun 1933 both West Ham
: '81cen assume parents Henry 23 a printer b.Surrey & wife Sarah 21 b.City of London : Mary D 6m
: '91cen Henry 9 son at Lambeth, Lon; b.Old Kent Rd, Lon
: 1895 mother? Sarah d. Oct>Dec 1895 : father? a Henry d.Jan>Mar 1908, West Ham, Ex, age 50
: '01cen Henry 19 machine printer at West Ham, Lon; b.Newington, Lon living at 35 Boulton Rd, West Ham, with widowed father Henry 43 chemist & druggist b.Plymouth, Dev; scan
: '11cen Henry 29 letter press printer, machine minder in 5 rooms at 49 Derford Rd, Canning Town, Ex [West Ham RD], b.Old Kent Rd, Lon; Grace 28 {m.7y, 3 births, 3 alive} b.Poplar, Lon; Grace 6 b. Canning Town, Ex, Ellen 2, Beatrice 9m, both b.Plaistow, Ex; scan
: 1936 Grace M d.Jul>Sep 1921, West Ham, age 36 : ?a Henry d.Jan>Mar 1936 West Ham, age 54
: 1939 Henry Soper d.27 Jan 1936 of 49 Desford Rd, Canning Town, Ex; died Queen Marys Hospital, Stratford, Ex; admin Lon 27 Feb 1936 to Grace Margaret Tull (wife of Vernon Tull); estate �164 0s 7d; from Probate Calender, scan [Henry (c1882-1936) d.Jan>Mar, West Ham, age 54]
: '39cen Grace 55 divorced, agricultural farm worker (b.12 Jun 1884) at 23 Whiting Ave, Barking, Ex; also Mary A Ward b.6 Oct 1859 udd scan
: 1899< b>Joseph Henry Soper b.29 May 1885, [abt 14] bound as a Thames lighterman 13 Jun 1899; 10 Jul 1906, Barking Town; his master was [father] William John Soper; from findmypast
: '01cen Joseph 16 lighterman with William 59 lighterman at Barking, Harriett 52 both b.Greenwich [presume father & son's families there, ?seperate households?]; William 27 lighterman b.Lee; Elizabeth 26 b.Deptford; John 20; Joseph 16 both lighterman; Jane 10; Arthur 8; William 5; Alfred 4; Elizabeth 2; John 3m all b.Barking
: 1913 Joseph Henry in turn was master of Joseph Henry Soper bound 13 Nov 1906 & freed 27 Nov 1913 Barking [what relation? - his nephew Joseph Alexander abt 11, abt right age? - no other Joseph vis '11cen]
: 1917 a Joseph Henry was master of Walter John Dare, bound 8 Mar 1917; freed 14 Mar 1922, Barking (a Joseph Henry [assume the 2nd one] was master of Kenneth Robert Eckford-Soper, bound 8 Feb 1938; freed 14 Jan 1947); Thames watermen & lightermen's binding records; from findmypast
: '11cen Joseph 25 lighterman (general cargo) in 4 rooms at 12 Creeksmouth, Barking [Romford RD], Gracie 26 {m.4y, 0 births}, Ex both b.Barking, Ex ; scan : (brother John at nr23 & parents nr35)
: '39cen Joseph H 53m lighterman (b.29 May 1886) at 59 Coleridge Ave, East Ham, Ex; with Esther J Eckford b.26 Feb 1885 udd; Gladys I (N I) Eckford (m. Mr Cole/Goldsmith) b.15 Apr 1913 film examiner, unm; lines 3 & 4 blacked out & John T Lazden b.22 Apr 1892 chauffeur, unm; Joseph line 6 scan
: 1962 Joseph H d.Jan>Mar 1962 Essex SW. age 77
- Alice Lilian Soper b.12 Feb 1909 Bristol [b.Jan>Mar]; '39cen baker's shop assistant 30unm;
- Winifred M Soper b.7 Sep 1911 Bristol [b.Oct>Dec] & m.Ernest J Mckendrick Jan>Mar 1944, Bristol; '39cen 28unm waitress
- Edgar W Soper b.Oct>Dec 1913 (mother nee Kelsey) & d.Jan>Mar 1916 Bristol
- Gladys [M_] Soper b.Jan>Mar 1916 (m.ne Kelsey) & d.Jan>Mar 1916 age 1 both Bristol
- May M Soper b.Jul>Sep 1918 (m.ne Kelsey) m.Apr>Jun 1945 Frederick T Flunder both Bristol
: '11cen Ernest 31 warehouseman at flour mill in 2 rooms at 23 Darts Street, Avonmouth, b.Dorchester Lill 32 {m.3y, 1 birth, still alive} b.Bristol, Dorset; Alice 2; b.Avonmouth, Glos scan
: 1921 Ernest H Soper (c1880-1921) d.Jul>Sep 1921, age 41, Bristol
: 1925 Lilian J Soper m.Henry L A Dawe Oct>Dec 1925, Bristol
: '39cen Alice L 30unm shop assistant baker & confectionery (b.12 Feb 1909) at 36 Cook St, Bristol, Glos; Winifred M Soper (will m.Mr.McKendrick) 28unm waitress (b.7 Sep 1911); with Henry L Dawe b.16 Oct 1869 dock labourer; Lillian J Dawe b.8 Mar 1872; udd; Sopers 3rd & 4th & 5th line temp withheld scan
: (brother James F Soper m.Apr>Jun 1911, Romford (to either Maud Bunker or Margaret Quinlan *so some Soper/Quinlan children below his?)
- William John Soper b.Jul>Sep 1907 Barking, (Romford bmd dist)
- Mary Ellen Soper b.abt Mar 1910 Barking, (nothing similar in Jan>Mar bmd reg? a Daisy Ellen b.Apr>Jun 1910 Edmonton?)
- James Soper b.Feb 1911 Barking (reg Apr>Jun Romford bmd dist) '11cen 6 weeks
- ?John E Soper b.21 Jan 1913 [b.Jan>Mar], Romford, Ex (mother ne 'Quinlan'); m.Annie A Reynolds Jan>Mar 1937, Romford; '39cen 26 coke trimmer
- Leonard Soper b.24 Jul 1917 [b.Jul>Sep], Romford (m.ne 'Quinlin') Leonard J Soper leading stoker RN; '39cen 22unm lbr gas work with mother; m.Joan E Hawkes Apr>Jun 1940 Ilford, Ex; d.WW2 9 Dec 1942 age 25
- Charles H Soper b.21 Feb 1922 [b.Apr>Jun], Romford (m.ne Quinlin); '39cen 17 labourer timber work, with mother
- ?Edward B Soper b.Jul>Sep 1925, Romford (m.ne Quinlin)
- ?John Soper b.Jan>Mar 1926, Romford (m.ne Quinlan) [John E's brother James (who also m.a Quinlan) master of John in 1926, so assume this was his son?]
: '81cen William J 39 lighterman at Creeksmouth, Barking; b.Greenwich, Kt; Harriett 33 b.Lewisham, Kt; Thomas W 8 b.Lee, Kt; Annie 7; Charlotte 6 both b.Deptford,Kt; Emma 3; John E 4m both b.Barking
: 1895 John Edward Soper bound as a Thames Waterman 8 Aug 1895 freed 14 Oct 1902, Barking; his master was [father] William John Soper; John Edward in turn was master of James Frederick Soper [younger brother b.1890] bound 14 Mar 1905 & freed 12 Sep 1912 Barking; from findmypast
: '01cen John 20 lighterman with William 59 lighterman at Barking, Harriett 52 both b.Greenwich [presume father & son's families there, ?seperate households?]; William 27 lighterman b.Lee; Elizabeth 26 b.Deptford; John 20; Joseph 16 both lighterman; Jane 10; Arthur 8; William 5; Alfred 4; Elizabeth 2; John 3m all b.Barking
: '11cen John Ed 30 lighterman in 4 rooms at Deptford at 23 Creeks Mmouth?, Romford, Ex; b.Creeks Mouth, Backey?, Ex; Mary Ann 28 {m.4y, 3 births, all alive}, John William 3 school, Mary Ellen 10m, James 6w all b.Barking, Ex; scan
: '39cen Mary A 52 widow unpaid dom duties (b.17 Jul 1887) at 22 St Johns Rd, Barking; Leonard 22unm labourer gas work (b.24 Jul 1917); Charles H 17 labourer timber work (b.21 Feb 1922) scan
: 1975 Mary Agnes Soper (1907-1975) d.Apr>Jun 1975, Southampton, Hants (b.17 Jul 1887)
- William Henry Soper b.Jan>Mar 1910, West Ham
- Ellen E Soper b.Jan>Mar 1911, West Ham
- Henry Soper b.12 Oct 1912 [b.Oct>Dec], West Ham (mother nee Chuter); m.Eleanor P Jeffrey 1935, W.Ham; '39cen 26 carpenter
- Margaret D Soper b.Apr>Jun 1914, West Ham (m.ne.Chuter) ?m.Andrew A McGonagle Oct>Dec 1939, West Ham [family connection?? a Margaret D Soper d.Jan>Mar 1941, age 0, Romford, Ex, but birth not vis]
: '01cen b>William 17 general labourer at West Ham b.Newington, Lon
: '11cen William 27 hammerman in 2 rooms at 42 Croydon Rd, Plaistow, Ex [West Ham RD], b.Walworth, Lon; Elizabeth 27 {m.2y, 2 births, both alive} b.Canning Town, Ex; William 1, Ellen 3m both b.Plaistow, Ex; scan
- - - - - - :
: [parents George William Cansdale, clerk m.Alice Louisa Soper Oct>Dec 1900 Totnes Dev; Alice Louisa b.Oct>Dec 1871 Slapton, Dev to John Henry & Susannah Elizabeth Huxham Tolchard m.1868]
: George Soper Cansdale BA, B.SC (1909-1993) b.29 Sept 1909, Brentwood, Ex; Birth registered Billericay dist Jan>Mar 1910;
: '11cen George Soper Cansdale age 1 b.Sherfield, Essex with parents in 6 rooms at Ebenezer Cottage, Ingrave Rd, Ex [Brentford RD] Billericay; George William Cansdale 39 stockbrokers clerk b.Somers Town, Lon & Alice Louisa Cansdale 39 {m.10y 4 births, 3 alive [so earlier m. with 1st son?]} b.Slapton, Dev & William 15, John 7 & Percival 5 ; scan
: commoner, St Edmund Hall, Oxford University 1929-32; in the Colonial Forest Service of the Gold Coast [Ghana] 1934-48, . He returned to England to become Superintendent of London Zoo & Zoological Society of London 1948-1953, dismissed Jan'53. Made broadcasts on animals on radio & TV, became famous when bitten by a bat on TV; Blue Peter's tortoise 'George' named after him; wrote 11 books listed 1938-1979, inc 'Animals of West Africa' published 1960; 'All the animals of the Bible lands' 1970; d.24 Aug 1993 Uttlesford, Essex, aged 83 source; papers & notebooks archived, Royal Anthropological Institute of Britain
: George Soper Cansdale (1909-?) His collection on the Gold Coast [Ghana] 1938-48. Cambridge University Library, 203 images in 1 box & 1 file : Royal Commonwealth Society Library : his photo collection of tribes & places; Accra '39, Ashanti '39, Togoland '41, Kumasi '48
: 1891 Robert Lewis Soper admitted as student 1 Dec 1891; Insitute of Civil Engineers; from Book on Portland Cement, p.171 source
: 1897 Robert Lewis Soper, Theydon Towers, Epping : Elected Associate Member Institution of Civil Engineers 2 Feb 1897 source
: 1901cen Robert Lewis Soper, 30 mechanical engineer with mother Jane Mary Soper (c1842-?) a widow, 59 living on private means, at Tower House, Forest Side, Epping Upland, Ex; b.Ilford, unmarried sons John Philpot Henry Soper 32 barrister at law & Robert Lewis Soper, 30 mechanical engineer. All b.Ilford, Ex, with a lady's maid 29 & 2 housemaids 25 & 15; scan
: '11cen Robert Lewis 40unm civil engineer manager with mother 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
: 1937 Robert Soper sold Berwick Berners Hall Farm, [in Berners Roding, Ongar, Essex] (285a) to present owner Mr N Stacey in 1937 : History of Essex: Vol 4, pub1956
: 1951 ??a Robert L Soper (c1869-1951) d.Jan>Mar 1951 age 82 at Deben, Suffolk [only Robert L d.vis in bmd & no other RLS b.vis]
: 1909 James Frederick Soper b.13 Jul 1890; bound as Thames Waterman 14 Mar 1909; freed 12 Sep 1912 Barking;
: c1919 ?a James F able seaman nr.607821; WW1, Awarded Victory Medal, British War Medal; scan : [only JFS vis bmd]
: '11cen James Frederick 20unm lighter man b.Barking with parents, William John 69 lighter man in 4 rooms at 35 Creeks Mouth, Barking, Ex [Romford RD]; Harriett 62 {m.37y, 1 birth, 1 alive} both b.Greenwich, Lon scan : ['01cen James 10 not vis]
: 1926 James Frederick was master to Rees Edward Murray bound 9 Nov 1926, freed 20 Dec 1932; & master of John Soper [son?**] bound 9 Feb 1926; & Stanley William Lisk bound 17 Dec 1935; freed 12 Jan 1943; Thames watermen & lightermen's binding records; from findmypast
: 1929 James Frederick 1890-1909 Thames Waterman, Barking, master of John 1929; master 1926-32 & 1935-43; Thames Waterman Index
: 1937 ?a J F Soper 26 Sep 1937, Dagenham, Ex : Register of Seamen, Discharge Papers R602381, National Archives ref BT 372/1703/206b
: '39cen James F 59 tug master PLA [Port of London Authority] (b.13 Jul 1880) at 116 Howard Rd, Hornchurch, Ex; Margaret 48 unpaid dom duties) (b.14 Feb 1891) scan
: '39cen ?an Annie Lawrence (will m.Mr Soper 'm iie dga 7/9/50') 43 unpaid dom duties (b.14 Mar 1896) at 316 Borough Rd, Middlesbrough, Yorks (W.Riding); with Bernard J Lawrence b.23 Dec 1880 chief engineer, discharged, SS Skinninggrove 193f nr.847720; Annie line 2, both m. & Mavis Lawrence (will m.Mr Bell 'ex cr283 19/2/58') b.27 Jul 1934 at school scan
: 1949 Margaret Soper (c1891-1949) d.Apr>Jun 1949, Romford rd [inc Hornchurch], Essex, age 58
: 1950 ?an James F Soper m.Annie Lawrence Jul>Sep 1950, Romford, Ex
: 1973 James Frederick Soper (1890-1973) b.Oct>Dec, Southend on Sea, Ex, age 82; (b.13 Jul 1890)
: [*his brother John Edward also m.a Quinlan 1908; so 5 Soper/Quinlan bmd births 1913-26; listed with brother above, could be either]
- **so assume John E Soper b.Jan>Mar 1913, Romford, Ex (mother ne Quinlan*)
- Albert A Soper b.9 Jan 1911 [b.Apr>Jun], Romford; ['Edward' in 11cen] Albert Archie, commercial clerk; executor to mother 1937; m.Elsie A Lorenz 1937, Romford; Royal Artillery 1940-2; ?re.m.1945
- Doris A[lberta] Soper b.Jul>Sep 1912 (mother nee Swan) & d.Oct>Dec 1918, age 6, both Romford, Ex : d.30 Oct 1918 of influenza/bronch/pnemonia at 117 Howard Rd, Barking, Romford*; [?'Spanish Flu' pandemic targeted the young & healthy Sep-Nov 1918]
- Ivy A Soper b.Apr>Jun 1914, (m.ne Swan) d.Apr>Jun 1915, age 0, both Romford
: '91cen at Barking, 8m with parents William J 49 & Harriet 42 : '01 not vis :
: 1892 Alfred William Soper b.28 Sep 1892; bound as Thames lighterman 13 Nov 1906; freed 27 Nov 1913 at Barking; from findmypast
: '11cen Alfred 20 waterman in 4 rooms at 140 Oban Rd, Barking, [Romford RD], Ex; Agnes 20 {m.1y 1 birth}; Edward under 1m, all b.Barking scan
: 1915 Alfred William Soper; Dec 1915 age 23; 117 Howards Rd, Barking, holds Thames freedom & licences as lighterman & waterman, 11y on the Thames, 7y apprentice; mate of tug 3-4y had charge occasionaly; ; employer ?....eerage, Pier Head, Victoria Docks, E Lon; 2 children*
: 1917 Mobilized 6 Oct 1917 Stratford East, Lon, Sapper nr.WR/314625 Royal Engineers; Inland Waterways & Docks (IWDRE); A Coy; 5ft 9in; 144lbs; chest 36in exp 3in; good development; 4 vaccinations marks l.arm; eyes l & r 6/6; *
: 1918 Employed on Cross Channel Service as seaman & mate; Sight overstrained Sep 1918 by keeping watch; Insured by Amalgamated Union of Waterman & Lighterman; [mentioned off Calais & Le Havre]; Appointed Acting Lance Corporal 21 Jul 1918*
: 1937 Agnes Soper d.2 Mar 1937 of 58 Hurstbourne Gdns, Barking, Ex; died Severalls Hospital, Colchester; probate Lon 26 Apr 1937 to [son] Albert Archie Soper, commercial clerk; estate �966 17s 11d; from Probate Calender, scan [Agnes (c1891-1937) d.Jan>Mar, Colchester, Ex, age 46]
: 1938 Alfred William was master to Jack Alfred Suckling bound 8 Feb 1938 to 14 Nov 1944 & of Leslie Francis Wright bound 12 Apr 1938; from findmypast [Alfred's d. not vis bmd]
: '39cen Alfred W 47 widow, lighterman (b.23 Sep 1892) at 67 Gay Garden, Dagenham, Ex; with Albert E Cardy 23 Aug 1902 joiner carpenter & Edith R Cardy 18 Nov 1903 unpaid dom duties scan
: 1940 Albert Archie Soper nr.1117844; attested Royal Artillery 1940; 195.10 RMF; Transfered CCCK 461/1; para 390 (xvi) 8; 27 Feb 1942 scan
: *Albert's WW1 record
: [m.Mary Elizabeth Emma Hurlstone at Victoria, Aus, 1896] : ['01cen at Braughing, Herts] :
: [AJS, farmer, Crabbs Green, Hatfield in Kelly' s Directory 1937]
: Blanche May Soper b.Apr>Jun 1874, St Pancras, Lon : ?a Blanche M d.Cranbrook, (Kt/Sx) Oct>Dec 1933 age 59 (?a Blanche M d.Strand, Lon Jan>Mar 1911 age 36 [bef cen]); d.1933
: '01cen Blanch 26 at Hampstead, Lon.; b.St P
: '91cen Blanche M 16 at Hampstead; b.St P, dau Henry C 52 & Isabella 48 : [see Henry C biog]
: '81cen Blanche M 6 at 108 Park St, Lon; b.St P, dau of plumber Henry C 42 & Isabella N 38
parents George William Cansdale 39; Alice Louisa Cansdale 39; assumed family William George Samuel Cansdale 15; John Henry Cansdale 7; Percival Frank Cansdale 5; George Soper Cansdale 1 (also in Billericay Abraham Cansdale 27) source : [biog above, b.1909]
: '01cen Kate 36 married sick nurse of workhouse at Saffron Walden b.Kington Magna, Dor [a Soper m.Kate 1896 Highworth, Wilts : (not John Henry, enameller, m.Kate Adkins 1894 Edmonton, Ex) (not Robert Edwin waiter, m.Kate Amelia Beecroft 1894 Lewisham)]
: ?a Lilian Soper b.Apr>Jun 1892, Islington, Lon
: ?'01cen Lilian 9 b.Kings Cross, Lon. with parents John L 35 electrical engineer at 60 Wellington Road, Walthamstow, Ex, b.Tavistock; Elizabeth J 31 b.Plymouth; Florence M 11 b.Tavistock; Lilian 9 b.Kings Cross; John L 7; Ethel K 5; William H 2 all b.Walthamstow; scan
: John Soper m.Elizabeth Jane Nosworthy 1889, Tavistock, Dev ; see biog in Essex
: ?a Lilian Soper m.John J M Parker Oct>Dec 1915, West Ham
- Florence Rebecca Herring Soper b.c1855 Cornwall* [not vis bmd under any surname]; m.William Henry Williscroft 14 Mar 1880 Plymouth, Dev (witnesses Sally Soper & William Wills)* [no Sally vis '71/'81cen - was this mother?] m.Jan>Mar; bpt.late; 18 May 1886 St Mark, Victoria Pk, Lon*; 10 children; d.1916
: ?connection a G A R Soper "alias George Williscroft". WW1 records; 13th Essex Regt, no Reg Nr; The OC in a letter instructed him to insert after the name; Soper source : George Alfred R Williscroft b.Jul>Sep 1885 West Ham
: '01cen Sarah Soper 60 widow, domestic cook at Upper Park, Loughton, Ex, b.Landulph, Con; servant to Joseph Lowery 42 secty to Marine Salvage Ass & his sister Barbara 33unm both b.Durham; scan : ['61-'91cen not vis; m.not obvious]
: '11cen Sarah Soper 74, widow no occupation in 1 room at 44 Colchester Ave, Manor Park [West Ham RD], Ex; no occupation, b.Landuloh? East, Cornwall & grandchildren, Florence Williscroft 28unm collar maker b.Devonport & Mabel Williscroft 3 b.West Ham; scan : [Florence b.1880 eldest dau of William & Florence]
: 1916 Florence Williscroft d.1916, Romford, Essex; age 57y* : [*from Williscroft tree]
- a Sarah Soper (c1836-1921) d.Jan>Mar 1921, Romford, Ex age 85 (d.Great Ilford, parish records)]
- William Frederick Soaper b.Jan>Mar 1845 Southwark, St Geo, Lon
: ?speculate son below William F Sooper m.Jan>Mar 1866 : William F Soaper b.Oct>Dec 1866 both Stepney 1866 : [assume son below]
: '39cen William C 68 confectionery, wholesale & retail (b.8 Jul 1871) at 90 Cumberland Rd, West Ham, Ex; Agnes 70 unpaid dom duties (b.7 Sep 1869) scan & scan
: '01cen Walter office clerk 22 in Bermondsey, also in Bermondsey Martha 54 b.Bermonsey; John 28 office clerk b.Bermonsey; Joshua 26 market clerk, b.Walthamstow, Ex; George 20 house decorator, b.Bermonsey & others
: '91cen Walter 12 son at Rotherhithe, Lon, b.Walthamstow, with mother Martha 43 & John 18: Joshua 16: ?Arthur 14? : Walter 12 George 10
: '81cen John Samuel 35 unemployed poultry salesman�b.City, at 2 Brewers Court, Bermondsey & wife Martha 33 : John 8 : Joshua 6 : Arthur 4 : Walter 2 b.Walthamstow, Esx : George 3d & all others b.Bermondsey
- Walter Soper b.Jan>Mar 1879, West Ham, Ex
- John Samuel Soper (c1847-1889) d.Jan>Mar 1889 St Olave, Lon, age 42
- '01cen Mary Soper 17 domestic serv at Clapham, Lon. b.Barking, Ex [a Wilhelmina Soper 45 also at Clapham, b.Scotland (not vis'11cen)]
- '91cen Mary Soper 8 dau at Barking, Ex b.Ex : [parents William John m.Harriett Stead m.1874]
- Elsie May Soper b.Apr>Jun 1897, West Ham, Ex
: '71cen Jane married, 44 no occupation at 8 Hatfield St, Finsbury, St Luke b.Morecombe, Lake, Dor; Richard 18 silk weaver; Edward 15 shop boy; Elizabeth 10 scholar all b.St Luke, M.sx scan
: '81cen Jane 56 pickle filler at 8a Hatfield St, Lon'; b.Dorset; Edward 25 gen lab; b.St Luke, M.sx; Emily 22 brush drawer b.Lon & Robert 1 b.St Luke
: '91cen Edward 35 painter in 2 rooms at 1 Browns Buildings, Clifton St, (St Agatha), Shoreditch, Lon; Emily 32 tailoress; Robert 11 scholar all b.St Luke; Frederick 5 enlargement of the brain b.Poplar, Lon; Emily H 1 b.Shoreditch; b.St Luke & mother in law Eliza Chapman 75 widow scan
: '39cen Frederick 53unm general labourer heavy work (b.20 Dec 1885) at 155 Central Rd, Merton & Morden, Sy; with Emily Helena Weeks b.12 Dec 1889 tailoress, widow scan
- Jellicoe B Soper b.21 Mar 1915 [b.Apr>Jun], Romford (m.ne Booth) m.Annie E Mccloud Apr>Jun 1936, Poplar, Lon (bmd) : [Beatty & Jellicoe naval commanders, Battle of Jutland 1916; so father seaman?]
: '39cen Jellicoe B 24m tally clerk agricultural manu & ARP first aid [air raid precautions] (b.21 Mar 1915) at 60 Bedford Rd, Ilford, Ex; Annie E 25m unpaid dom duties (b.23 Apr 1914) scan
: 1940 Jellicoe Beatty Soper nr.1616717; attested Royal Artillery 1940; Transfered 12 Jul HAA/S Z(T); reposted to LAA 30 Nov 1945 scan
: 2007 Jellicoe Beatty Soper 11 Feb 2007; Death notice, Burlington Post, 14 Feb
- Beatrice L Soper b.7 Oct 1915 [b.Oct>Dec], (mother ne Phipps) m.William J or Roy Edwards Oct>Dec 1942 both Pontypridd
- Charles K Soper b.2 Feb 1919 [b.Jan>Mar], (mother ne Phipps) & m.Marjorie Williams Apr>Jun 1942 both Pontypridd
- Dulcie B Soper b.1 Jun 1931 [b.Jul>Sep], Pontypridd (m.ne Phipps)
: c1919 ?a Charles F Soper, Pvt Hertfordshire Yeomanry, WW1
: '39cen Charles Fred 46m laundry collector (b.9 Feb 1893) at 175 Trealaw Rd, Rhondda, Glam; Margaret Ann 41m unpaid domestic duties (b.2 Jan 1898); Beatrice Let Soper (will m.Mr.Edwards '22/1/43 m') 23unm nurse (b.7 Oct 1915); Charles K 20unm unpaid domestic duties (b.2 Feb 1919); Dulcie Bar Soper (will m.Mr Smith 'fpia 22/9/80 cb') 8 at school (b.1 Jun 1931) scan
John Soper, Private..., Essex Regiment, nr278108
- Philip Charles Soper b.26 Mar 1920 Dedham, Ex (b.Apr>Jun Lexden reg dist (mother nee Southgate) ?m.Lydia I Champion Jan>Mar 1943 Gosport, Hants
- Ellen Gertrude Soper b.25 Oct 1921, Westbourne, Sx (b.Oct>Dec; m.ne Southgate); '39cen 17 glove machinist; Ellen G m.Leonard P Daughtrey, Jul>Sep 1947 Chiceste, Sx
- Claude Edward Soper b.19 May 1923, Westbourne (b.Jul>Sep; m.ne.Southgate); '39cen 16 grocer ass; Claude E Soper m.? Wakeford Apr>Jun 1950, Chichester, Sx
- Charles N Soper b.21 Mar 1926 [b.Apr>Jun], Westbourne (m.ne.Southgate)
- William R Soper b.23 Mar 1930 [b.Apr>Jun], Westbourne (m.ne.Southgate)
- Bessie Soper b.Jan>Mar 1933, Westbourne (m.ne.Southgate)
: '11cen Charles Nicholas Soper 65 widowed fisherman at Prinstead, Emsworth, Sx {6 rooms; m.4y, 1 child born - crossed out}; son Charles 18 under gardener both (employee, working at home) b.Westbourne scan : [parents Gregory & Charlotte Shrubs m.1833]
: 1911 Charles Edward Soper (1893-) nr.1006229; attested Royal Artillery 11 Apr 1911; Portsmouth, age 18y 11m; France 1914-1918-19; former n.65178 RH/RFA; a gardener b.1893 Prinsted, Havant, Hants; m.Gertrude Alice Southgate 3 Jul 1917 Cochester; children Philip Charles Soper b.26 Mar 1920 Dedham; Ellen Gertude Soper b.25 Oct 1921 & Claude Edward Soper b.19 May 1923 both Westbourne; To sect , 'B' A Res 14 Jul 1919; mobilized 11 Apr 1921-5 Jun 1921; re-engaged for 4y 11 Apr 1923 Woolwich A Res BAM Sgt; 11 Apr 1927 2nd period; 10 May 1934 para.497(v111) KR; home Kinstead?, nr.Emsworth, Hantsscan
: 1919 C E Soper, Bombardier, Royal Field Artillery, nr65178; received WW1 service medals
: '39cen Charles E 47 railway crossing keeper (b.12 Apr 1892) at Pumsted, Chichester, Sx; Gertrude A 47 unpaid dom duties (b.3 Feb 1892); Ellen G Soper (will m.Mr.Daughbrey 'm enm 13/8/4?') 17unm glove machinist (b.25 Oct 1921); Claude E 16 grocer ass (b.19 May 1923); Charles N 13 at school (b.21 Mar 1926), '22046822 (20/f/2)'; William R 9 at school (b.23 Mar 1930); lines 3 & 8 [?assume Philip 19 & Bessie 6] temp withheld scan
: 1966 Charles E Soper (c1892-1966) d.Oct>Dec 1966, age 74, Chichester, Hants
: 1974 Gertrude Alice Soper (1892-1974) d.Apr>Jun 1974, age 82, Chichester; b.3 Feb 1892 [Cochester]
- Gwendoline E Soper b.Apr>Jun 1919, West Ham (children mother ne Burton)
- William A Soper b.Jul>Sep 1922, Romford
- Leonard A Soper b.Jan>Mar 1924, Romford
- Edna E Soper b.Apr>Jun 1925; m.Leaonard J English Apr>Jun 1945 both Romford
- Hilda E Soper b.Oct>Dec 1928, Romford
- Marie A Soper b.3 Feb 1930 [b.Jan>Mar], Romford; m.Hubert R Hayman Jul>Sep 1950 Romford
- Pamela M Soper b.Oct>Dec 1932, Romford
: 1897 Alfred Henry Soper b.16 Jan 1897 Barking, Lon nr.SS5957, Admiralty Registers of Seamen's Services (from Nat Archives)
: '39cen Marie A Soper (will m.Mr Hayman 'xlo (m) 5/10/50' [Penybont, Glam]) 9 at school (b.3 Feb 1930) at The Cedars, Twyford Ave, Rochford, Ex; with Edward J Bridgr b.26 Jun 1886 plumber; Edith M Bridgr 28 Mar 1895 udd; lines 3-8 blacked-out scan
Messrs Sopers, High St: shed at rear : Glass photographic negatives in box labelled 'Temporary Buildings 1904-26' Essex Record Office : [& see 1919]
- Elizabeth Jean Soper 'Betty' b.Oct>Dec 1924 Edmondton District, Ex/or Herts (mother ne Nicholas) : m.Mr Knight
- David M Soper b.Jan>Mar 1927 Edmondton (mother ne Nicholas)
- Andrew J Soper b.Oct>Dec 1929 Edmondton (mother ne Nicholas) farmer, visited Canada 1955
: '01cen James 33 farmer at Low St, Chingford, Ex b.Laddock, Con; Martha 32 b.Prickeridge, Herts; William 4 & Dorothy 1 Chingford
: '11cen James 43 farmer in 9 rooms at Low Hall Farm, Chingford, Ex [Epping RD]; b.Laddock, Cornwall, Martha Ann 42 {m.15y 7 births, 5 alive} b.Puckeridge, Herts, William J 14, Dorothy E 11, Mabel A 9, Kathleen A 8 all at school, Phillis E 3, all b.Chingford, Ex & gen serv Eliza Day 26 b.Melden Hall, Suffolk & gen dom serv Eliza Day 30unm b.Melden Hall, Suffolk; scan
: 1924 W J Soper, farmer, potato merchant, Nightingale Hall Farm, Lower Edmonton, N9, 'Tottenham 2570', from 1924 to at least 1965; from 1934 a 2nd address 113 Commercial St, E1 'Bishopsgate 5227'; from 1938 Nightingale Hall Farm stops, replaced by 89 Raynham Rd, N18 {same nr} 2nd address remains; between 1945 & 50 only 113 Commercial St E1 (a W J Soper in Chiswick W2 same person?); by 1955 2nd address 'Veg Salesmen' 12 Somers Town Market, NW1 'Euston 8461'; by 1960 3 addresses 113 Commercial St E1, Borough Mkt, SE1, 7 Bow St WC2; by 1965 only W J Soper (Spitalfields) Ltd, 111 Commercial St, E1 'Bishopsgate 0408'
: 1920s photo of William J F, wife Dorothy dau Elizabeth Jean, sister Edith Dorothy [who m.John F Nicholas 1925] from Ancestry.com so assume pay-walled tree there?
: 1930s W J Soper used tokens at Spitalfield Market : 2 shilling Cu ov, 31x23mm & 4 shilling, br irreg, 31x36mm, 'S' c/o for sale at �4.50 each from micobwright, who says, Soper appears to have been active in the 1930's. Market tokens were usually receipts for deposits on wooden crates. To prevent crate theft, repayment were only when both crate & token was presented. As markets operate in twilight, tokens varied in shape, or hole shape, allowing recognition by holding them up to the sky
: 1932 'Will' attended Writtle Agricultural College. Rented Nightingale Hall Farm, Edmonton, nr.Ponders End, (from railway - alongside the track). children Betty & Andrew born there. He started his 1st market garden growing potatoes & vegetables selling at Spitalfields (WJS later had stalls at Covent Garden, Spitalfields, Stratford & Borough markets). Railway company wanted to extract gravel & terminated rental 1932. Will rented Gravel Pit Farm 1932 renamed Newhall Farm. (from Arkwright family, big landowners). WJS bought the farm 1950's (& others) farmed cereal, roses & rubharb on 1000a by 1970s & 80s. After d.1986 most sold for delvelopment, family retained Kitchen Hall Farm, a small island in middle of Church Langley [new town] : [Story above from dau Betty Knight nee Soper; no Knight/Soper m.vis bmd]
: 1939cen William J F 48 farmer, vegetable potato merchant grower (b.4 Sep 1896) at New Hall Farm, Harlow, Epping; Dorothy M 43 clerical work above business, unpaid dom duties (b.13 Apr 1896) [both air raid wardens, Essex, western area]; lines 3 & 4 blacked out & G Mary Warner b.13 Jul 1917 domestic worker unm scan
: '39cen Marjorie E Green (m.Mr Soper) 34unm organising secretary (b.29 Oct 1904) at 54 Oakley St, Chelsea, Lon; with Heinrich A Brisiner b.10 Nov 1915 studying for bar, unm; Violet Elizabeth Moore,Miller b.10 Dec 1902 organising secretary, married; Bachim L Brandler b.4 Aug 1912 comp director, unm; Dorothy Parker (m.Mr.Drover 'eca pt 31/10/59 wl') b.20 Sep 1902 actress (legitimate stage), married; Ada M Jolly b.20 Jun 1894 proprietress boarding, heavy worker; unm; Nora Jolly b.21 Mar 1881 dom help, unm scan
: 1941 William J Soper; New Hall Farm; on list of straw pulp plants in Essex; from Chelmsfrd Chronicle, Ex 1 Aug
: 1946 Dorothy M Soper (c1896-1946) d.Jul>Sep 1946, age 50, Epping, Ex
: 1949 William J F Soper m.Marjorie E Green Jul>Sep 1949, B.Stortford, Herts (bmd)
: 1951 Andrew farming 21 1st class on "Scythia" (Cunard), Southampton to Quebec, Canada, from 20 Sep 1951; New Hall Fm, Harlow, Ex; Last & future residence Eng; scan
: 1955 William J 59 (b.4 Sep 1896) farmer & Marjorie E 58 (b.29 Oct 1904) [mistake] sailed cabin class on "Queen Elizabeth" Cunard line from New York, US arriving 19 Oct 1955 at Southampton, Eng; address New Hall Fm, Harlow scan
: 1966 W J Soper Ltd, New Hall Farm, Harlow, Ex 1966; Mr Macdonald assisting with busy farm's accounting source
: 1971? a William John b.4 Apr 1896; d.Jan>Mar Barking reg dist, Lon/Ex : [but b.4 Sep from 1955 above]
: 1977 * Mrs Marjorie Soper (nee Green) secretary Family Endowment Society 1936-9 & sec NUSEC 1934-5; Eleanor Rathbone a hard taskmaster; Soper also sec of Childrens Nutritional Council; Interviewed Harlow, Ex Apr 1977 source [a left-liberal femanist group source Marjories's correspondance 1949-50
: 1978 Marjorie Eileen Soper of New Hall Farm, Harlow d.24 Sep 1978 Gazette : [executors WJFS, Elizabeth Jean Knight & James Kenneth Tee Gazette]
: 1981 W J Soper Ltd, New Hall Farm, London Rd, Harlow, Ex. Tel Harlow 21322; from Power Farming, vol.1981; & Royal National Rose Society pub.1985 Google Books snippets
: 1983 W J Soper [provided information about] Mark Hall estate [Brenhall Manor, Harlow]. It was broken up after WW2, Gravelpit Farm & Kitchen Hall, sold separately: County of Essex: pub.1983 www.british-history.ac.uk
: 1983 William James Fordham Soper (1896-1986) from ancestry.com; d. 12 Jul 1986, Harlow, Ex, age 8 source
- Joan D Soper b.1 Dec 1924 [b.Oct>Dec], Royston, Herts (mother nee Bailey) m.Richard G Ihm Apr>Jun 1949 Bishops Stortford; rem Mr Briggs 'br283 ev.pt 13/10/60; b24'
- Pamela J Soper b.Apr>Jun 1927, Royston (mother nee Bailey); m.Berthold W M Georges Apr>Jun 1949 Bishops Stortford
: 1898 [Arthur's parents moved Herts 1896, farming]
: 1930 John Louis James Soper, farmer of Little Hormead, nr Buntingford, Hertford. Bankruptcy filed 6 Jan 1930 Cambridge Court, (London Gazette 10 Jan) : Release 13 Oct 1930 (24 Oct)
: 1936 Mrs D A E Soper woman haulier of Little Hormead, Buntingford [Herts], 1936; Appeal Tribunal won appeal, with �7 15s costs, despite opposition from the LNE Railway Co. The case concerned the refusal of the Metropolitan Deputy Licensing Authority to vary an A licence 'Commercial Motor'
: '39cen John L J Soper 42 milk transport manager (b.17 Feb 1897) at Layston Farm, Braughing, Herts; Dorothy A E Soper (will m.Mr Wilson) 44 household duties (b.30 May 1895 '26/9/49 dfd m.l'); Joan D Soper 17 dairy maid (b.1 Dec 1924) (will m.Mr.Ihm '19/5/49 dfm ic'; rem Mr Briggs 'br283 ev.pt 13/10/60; b24'); also Mary E Osborne b.25 Sep 1863 old age pensioner widowed; 6th line temp withheld; Rose J Osborne (Liffen) b.25 May 1907 dom duties, unm; Frederick W Osborne b.10 Dec 1905 company secretary; 9 & 10 temp withheld scan : [Pamela not vis '39cen]
: 1947 John L J Soper (c1855-1945) d.Apr>Jun 1947, Bishops Stortford, Herts, age 50
: 1949 Dorothy A E Soper m.Frederick D Wilson Jul>Sep 1949 Bishop Stortford
- David G Soper b.Jul>Sep 1925, West Ham (mother ne Gray)
- Bruce Soper b.Apr>Jun 1928 & d.Apr>Jun 1928, West Ham, age 0 (mother ne Gray)
- Jean R Soper b.Oct>Dec 1929, West Ham (mother ne Gray)
- Barbara Soper b.Oct>Dec 1931, West Ham (mother ne Gray)
- Mary A Soper b.Apr>Jun 1936, West Ham (mother ne Gray)
: '39cen Stanley W 38 wholesaler confectioner (master) (b.25 Mar 1901) at 19 Elkington Rd, West Ham; Bertha 39 unpaid dom duties (b.28 Jun 1900); line 3 blacked out scan
: 1978 Stanley William Soper (1901-1978) d.Jan>Mar 1978, Redbridge, Lon
- Brenda M Soper b.Apr>Jun 1933, Romford (mother ne Rolph) : Brenda Mavis Soper b.1935 on a gravestone in Municiple cemetery, Felixstow, Suffolk; from www.gravestonephotos.com
- Joyce M Soper b.Oct>Dec 1934, West Ham (mother ne Clarke)
: '39cen Frederick C 38 electrician (b.24 Jul 1901) at 40 Gloucester Rd, Walthamstow, Ex; Florence A 37 unpaid dom duties (b.16 Aug 1902) scan
- Patricia M Soper b.11 Oct 1930 [b.Oct>Dec] Rochford (mother ne Burnipp); m.Anthony T Gardner Jul>Sep 1949, Southend on Sea, Ex
: '39cen Arthur E 34 cycle dealer, electrician (b.6 Jun 1905) at 150 Sutton Rd, Southend-on-Sea, Ex (& AFS [Auxiliary Fire Service]); Dorothy R M 33 unpaid dom duties (b.13 Nov 1905); Patricia M Soper (will m.Mr.Gardner 'cf233 [name change form] 20/2/53 STH') 8 at school (b.11 Oct 1930) scan
- James L Soper b.Jan>Mar 1931, Romford (mother ne Hatfull)
- Margaret E Soper b.Oct>Dec 1933, Romford (mother ne Hatful)
- John E Soper b.Jul>Sep 1936, Romford (mother ne Hatfull)
- Shirley A Soper b.3 May 1934 [b.Apr>Jun], Rochford (mother ne Kruse); m.Keith V Malton Apr>Jun 1956 Southend, Ex
- ?a John E Soper b.Jul>Sep 1936, Romford, Ex (mother ne Druse)
: '39cen Kenneth 32 drapers manager (b.8 Jul 1907) at 288 Woodgrange Drive, Southend-on-Sea, Ex [auxlary fire service south]; Florence E W 31 (b.4 Feb 1908); Shirley A (will m.Mr.Malton '1/2 m/c 9561 50') 5unm (b.3 May 1934); 4th line blacked out; & Olive Parsonson (will m.Mr Fuller) b.15 Sep 1923 dom servant, unm scan
: 19?? Ken involved with St Mary's church & sang in the choir; Soper's Drapery Shop, High St, Southend used a system where purchaser's money was shot in a container along an ariel wire to a cashier who returned the bill with change source
: 1978 Kenneth Soper (1907-1978) d.Jan>Mar 1978, Southend on Sea, Ex; (b.8 Jul 1907)
- Patricia A M Soper b.Jan>Mar 1934, Romford (mother nee Tye)
- Gwendoline N Soper b.Apr>Jun 1938, Romford (m.ne Tye)
- Edwina F Soper b.Jan>Mar 1943, Ilford, Ex (m.ne Tye)
: '39cen Edward S 29 sack & bag printer (b.15 Sep 1910) at Sunrise Stanley Rd, Hornchurch, Ex; Norma F S 28 unpaid dom duties (b.31 Mar 1911); also Gwendoline N (later m.Mr Payne cr283 [name change form] 25/5/62 ex) b.25 Mar 1938 under school age, unm scan
- Maureen E Soper b.Jul>Sep 1934, Rochford (mother ne Berge)
- Joan E Soper b.Apr>Jun 1937, Rochford (mother ne Berge)
: '39cen Henry G 31 (b.20 Oct 1907) R R O C (on leave) at 5 Royston Ave, Southend-on-Sea, Ex; Edith E (will m.Mr.Marriner) 30 unpaid dom duties (b.5 Nov 1908); 3rd line blacked-out scan : [not Henry d.vis]
: 1945 Edith E Soper m.Charles H Marriner Oct>Dec 1945, Southend, Ex (bmd)
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'Henry Soper' of Stanley Rd, Rainham, Essex killed on Weds, when his motor cycle collided with a car at Byward St, City of London; article in
Essex Newsman 11 Aug 1934 genesreunited (inquest Mon at City Coroner's Court; from Chelmsford Chronicle 17 Aug) : [but not in bmd] [collided with motor lorrye Yorkshire Post 9 Augsource]
: '39cen Henry Soper 26 carpenter (b.12 Oct 1912) at 40 Warwick Rd, West Ham; Eleanor P 28 unpaid dom duties (b.16 Apr 1911); line 3 temp withheld; (mistranscribed 'Loper') scan
: '39cen Edith P E Soper 27 married unpaid dom duties (b.19 Feb 1912) at 8 Larch Ave, Wokingham, Berks; with Albert W Whitehead b.17 Jun 1878 real estate manager; Edith E Whitehead b.28 Jan 1878 udd; Louis H J Whitehead b.2 Oct 1915 carpenter & joiner; Emily H M Whitehead b.14 Jan 1909 unpaid dd; line 6 blacked-out & Albert M P Whitehead b.5 Feb 1934 at school scan
James Soper was a farmer in Sewardstone Rd, Chingford in 1936 , presumably this is Sopers Farm in Chingford (there is a Soper Close, Chingford E4, possibly built 1997) : [James a Chingford farmer '01cen]
- Betty A Soper b.30 Dec 1937 [b.reg Jan>Mar 1938], Romford (mother nee Reynolds)
: '39cen John E 26 coke trimmer (heavy) (b.21 Jan 1913) at 31 Howard Rd, Barking, Ex; Annie A 23 housekeeper (b.5 May 1916); Betty A Soper (later m.Mr Havers, 'haef? Med 2/12/57 sm') 1 under school age (b.30 Dec 1937) scan
?a William E Soper m.Ethel M Wallace Jan>Mar 1919, Devonport, Dev (bmd)
?a William E Soper m.Ethel M Elliott Oct>Dec 1927, Weymouth; - Rex H Soper b.Apr>Jun 1928, Weymouth (mother ne Elliott)
- Marilyn Soper b.Jul>Sep 1938, Romford (mother ne Lorens)
: 1937 Albert Archie commercial clerk; executor to mother 1937 (estate �966)
: '39cen Albert A 28m bus conductor lptb (b.9 Jan 1911) at 65 Sandringham Rd, Barking, Ex; Elsie A Soper (later m.Mr Dadd '28/7/44 ceam') 25m unpaid dom duties) (b.13 Feb 1914); also 3rd line blacked-out; Arthur Clark b.9 Jan 1914 butcher cutter salesman & Daisy E Clark b.13 Feb 1913 telephone operator scan
: '39cen Beatrice M Clements (will m.Mr Soper) 30unm court dressmaker (b.6 Aug 1909) at 1821 St Johns Rd, Clockhouse Ln, Romford, Ex '16/1/45 cca m; ic]' ; with George Clements b.14 Nov 1880 bank messenger widowed; Ellen E Clements b.6 May 1906 housekeeper unm; Stella M Moore (Clements) b.21 May 1925 at school scan
: 1945 Elsie A Soper m.Harold Dadd Jan>Mar 1945, Ilford, Ex (bmd)
: 1945 Albert A Soper m.Beatrice M Clements Jan>Mar 1945, Ilford bmd dist
- Christine H Soper b.Apr>Jun 1946, Ilford, Ex
: 1973 Albert Archie Soper (1911-1973) d.Jan>Mar 1973, Barking, Ex, (b.20 Mar 1911)
- Peter J Soper b.26 Jan 1939 [b.Jan>Mar], Romford (mother nee Playford)
- Jean M Soper b.Jan>Mar 1943, Ilford, Ex (m.ne Playford)
: '39cen Joseph A 34m unlicensed light man (heavy worker) (b.13 May 1905) at 130 Keith Rd, Barking, Ex; Ellen E 30m unpaid dom duties) (b.4 Feb 1909); Peter J 0 (b.26 Jan 1939) scan
- Errol C Soper b.Jan>Mar 1946, West Ham (mother ne Jeffrey)
- Terrence H Soper b.Oct>Dec 1941, Hatfield, Herts (mother nee Elmes)
- John E Soper b.Jul>Sep 1947, West Ham (m.ne Elmes)
: '39cen Herbert H 28m printer's warehouseman (b.24 Nov 1910) at Katherine Rd, East Ham, Ex; Ivy M A 23m dress machinist (b.14 Aug 1916) scan
: 1926 speculate William F m.Annie Anderson Jan>Mar 1926, West Ham, Ex
: 1975 ?a Ethel Soper (1895-1975) d.Jan>Mar 1975, age c80, Havering, Lon : [but b.1y too late]
: '39cen Rose Soper 32unm household duties, private means (b.13 Feb 1907) at Chelsea Ave, Southend-on-Sea, Ex [Jan' [so not b.Feb?] daa 23/5/45]; 2nd line blacked out scan : [b.not vis bmd]
: 1917 a Leonard Soper b.Jul>Sep 1917 Romford dist; to John Edward Soper m.Mary Ann Quinlin 1908, Romford, Ex
: '39cen Leonard 22unm labourer gas work (b.24 Jul 1917); with mother Mary A 52 widow unpaid dom duties) (b.17 Jul 1887) at 22 St Johns Rd, Barking; Charles H 17 labourer timber work (b.21 Feb 1922) scan
: '39cen Joan E Hawkes (m.Mr Soper; rem.Mr Wilson) c18unm unpaid dom duties (b.18 Nov 1920) at 28 Park View Gardens, Barking, Ex; with Henry G Hawkes b.4 Apr 1900 shopkeeper cafe tobacco; Elsie S Hawkes b.13 Feb 1891udd; Joan 3rd; Ronald H Hawkes b.4 Jan 1924 shop ass, newsagent & 5th line blacked out scan
: 1942 Leonard Soper (1917-1943) Leading Stoker, Royal Navy, d.9 Dec 1942, age 25, wife Joan E Soper, residence Barking, Essex : Memorial at ?
- Temporary Acting Leading Stoker C/KX 104884, missing presumed killed after HMS Porcupine was torpedoed : from naval-history.net : [a P class destroyer escorting troopship from Gibralta to Oran, torpedoed 9 Dec by submarine U602 NE of Oran, (7 killed or missing) & towed to Algeria]
: 1943 Leonard Soper; Acting Leading Stoker (Ly). Reported missing, believed killed, in The Times 17 Feb 1943
: 1945 Joan F Soper m.Robert L Wilson Oct>Dec 1945, Ilford, Essex (bmd)
: ? a William James Soper d.1961 Rochford, from Essex National Burial Records
- Richard C Soper b.Jul>Sep 1942, S W Essex (mother ne Powell)
: 1916 Herbert Charles Soper b.1916 m.Marjorie Hilda Powell : Marjorie (1916-2002) b.to Charles William Powell & Ellen Elizabeth Powell; Herbert b.9 Jan 1916, 42 Lyndhurst Grove (Camberwell/Fulham?). 1 child myheritage.com
: '39cen Marjorie H Powell (will m.Mr Soper 'm�') 22unm shorthand typist, at chartered accountant (b.12 Oct 1916) at 31 Simonds Rd, Leyton, Ex; with Charles W Powell 27 May 1877 confectionary maker, heavy worker; Ellen E Powell b.22 May 1881 udd; Margaret 3rd & John C Valentine b.27 Sep 1905 draughtsman structural engineering, married scan
: 1881 cen Henry (c1861-?) farm labourer 20 b.Eng (C of E) at Brantford East, Brant North, Ontario. Living with family of Abraham Thomas 55 farmer b.Ortario; scan
: 1901 cen Rose I�Soper 39unm job, day goods, self employed (b.29 Apr 1862 Eng) immigrated Canada 1897; brother Henry E�Soper 40 widower? a stoker earning $900pa (b.25 May 1860 Eng) immigrated Canada 1882 (both can read & write); nephew Reginald�Soper 3 (b.9 Dec 1897 Eng) immigrated Canada 1899, all Baptists; scan : [but Henry Evans' sister Ellen, not Rose, so mis-linked?; no Rose or Reginald vis in Eng bmd]
: 1933 Henry 73 engineer sailed 3rd class on "Aurania" (Cunard) from Montr�al, Qu�bec, Canada to London, Eng arriving 22 May 1933; Last permanant address Canada RT; Planned future residence British Empire; address 34 Wimborne Rd, Southend on Sea, scan; UK Incoming Register
: 1933 Henry marine engineer 73 & [neice] Ellen May Soper 39 teacher, sailed 3rd class on "Aurania" (Cunard) from Southampton to Montreal, Canada, departing 16 Sep 1933, address 34 Winthorne Rd, Southend on Sea; Intended future residence Eng (Ellen listed seperatly) her address Lindsay ?? Office, Southend on Sea; scan; from findmypast
: 1939 Henry 76 retired, Ellen 42, [neice?] sailed 3rd class on "Ascania" (Cunard) from Montr�al to London arriving 23 Aug 1936; Last address Canada; Planned future residence England; address 34 Wimborne Rd, Southend, Essex (Ellen gr.dau) scan : [same address of John when d.1936 (below)]
: '39cen Henry E 79 widower marine engineer, retired (b.25 May 1860); [with sister-in-law] Ellen M 67 widow private means (b.29 Feb 1872) at 34 Wimborne Rd, Southend-on-Sea, Ex; Ellen M 45unm unpaid dom duties (b.1 May 1894); scan
: 1941 Henry Evans Soper d.25 Nov 1941, of 34 Wimborne Rd, Southend on Sea, Ex; probate Llandudno 16 Dec 1941 to [neice] Ellen May Soper, spinster; estate �466 17s 10d; from Probate Calender, scan : [Henry E Soper (c1860-1941) d.Oct>Dec, Southend, age 81]
: [see son?? John m.Ellen Matilda Eade 1893 Hampstead; their dau Ellen May b.1894] : [Henry Evans Soper b.Apr>Jun 1860, Tiverton, Dev to John Soper m.Susan Emily Shackles Jul>Sep 1859 Tiverton]
- Temporary Acting Leading Stoker C/KX 104884, missing presumed killed after HMS Porcupine was torpedoed : from naval-history.net : a P class destroyer escorting troopship from Gibralta to Oran, torpedoed 9 Dec by submarine U602 NE of Oran, (7 killed or missing) & towed to Algeria
: 1943 Leonard Soper; Acting Leading Stoker (Ly). Reported missing, believed killed, in The Times 17 Feb 1943
William Thomson Soper, Divisional Officer Nr11 (Southend) Fire Area. King's Police & Fire Services Medal for distinguished service (London Gazette 29 Dec 1943?)
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W T Soper National Fire Service Divisional Officer. Photographs taken at ceremony for presentation of the King's Police & Fire Service Medal to him c1945 Essex Archives Online : [a William Thomson Soper b.Oct>Dec 1880, Stoke Damarel, Dev & m.Plympton, Dev 1907]
- Alan K Soper b.Apr>Jun 1951, Romford, Ex (mother ne Ayling)
: '39cen Stanley J 18unm clerical officer air ministry (b.28 Sep 1921) at 165 Coldharbour Rd, Bristol, Glos; with Gladys Moody b.30 Aug 1889 udd, married; Margaret Joyce Moody b.4 Jun 1919 shorthand typist, central electrical board, unm; Stanley 5th scan
: 1951 Alan Kenneth Soper b.1951 Romford; m.Krista Ann McAuley b.1957 Newcastle, New Brunswick, Canada. They live in Los Alamos, New Mexico; from Soper Compendium p.265
- Christine H Soper b.Apr>Jun 1946, Ilford, Ex [see 1937 above]
- Clive Soper b.Apr>Jun 1946, S W Essex
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A J Soper Ltd, draper; Bills, some with decorative headings, of Southend and Westcliff shopkeepers 1954-8
- Christopher R Soper b.Jan>Mar 1949, Ilford, Essex (mother ne Mccloud)
- Maureen R Soper b.Oct>Dec 1950, Colchester, Ex (mother ne Blunden)
- John A Soper b.Jan>Mar 1950, Ilford, Ex (mother nee Watson)
- Keith Soper b.Jan>Mar 1951, Ilford, Ex (m.ne Watson)
: '39cen Winifred E Watson (will m.Mr Soper 'CCA [Barking] 13/9/49 i/c') 9 at school (b.19 Oct 1929) at 83 Langley Crescent, Barking, Ex; with Alfred Watson b.29 Oct 1906 cinema attendant & Winifred E Watson b.10 Aug 1906 fabric maker (platting ..) scan
: '39cen Ivy H Chaney (will m.Mr Soper) 28unm drapery shop assistant (b.7 May 1911) at 129 Central Ave, Southend-On-Sea, Ex [mst 331 14/1/74]; with William A Chaney b.20 Oct 1874 tram driver; Alice M Chaney b.14 Oct 1871 udd; Ivy 3rd; Elsie D (Dorothy E) Chaney b.17 Oct 1895 paid housekeeper unm scan
: '39cen Barbara E Mansfield (will m.Mr Soper 'm zjb 17/2/50') 1 under school age (b.4 Apr 1938) at 65 Richard St, Stepney, Lon; with Henry P D Mansfield b.11 Nov 1913 heavy lorry driver; Ellen Mansfield b.26 Sep 1913 udd scan
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W J Soper Ltd, New Hall Farm, London Rd., Harlow, Essex. Tel Harlow 21322 : from Power Farming, vol.1981 : & Royal National Rose Society publication 1985 Google Books snippet : [?William J F & Dorothy M Nicholas who m.1923]
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*Henry Lewis Soper, age 16 b.Hadlow, Kent: Son of Henry at Tunbridge Wells, Kent '61cen
: Sappers Farm, ['Soppers' in 1895 OS map] Cranfield Park Road, Wickford, Essex [maps on right]
Richard le Sopere witness (with John Sewaker, John le Cuppere, Henry le Cuppere, Walter le Cuppere). John Bonserjant of Berkeley, granted land in 'Westfeld of Berkel' to Henry called Gardinar of Berkeley (no date - 1272-1307) : from Berkeley Castle property records : ref BCM/A/1/64/23 www.a2a
Richard le Sopere witness (with Robert de Stan', Robert de Bradeston, John de Crauleye, Thomas de Swonhungre, John Sewaker, Richard Averay, John le Cuppere, John Bonserjant). Maud (unmarried dau & heir of Adam ate Barre of Berkeley) granted her land in Ham to Henry (called Gardin' of Berkeley & wife Isabel) for �4 (no date - 1272-1307) : from Berkeley Castle property records : ref BCM/A/1/64/29 www.a2a
Richard le Sopere, clerk. A witness (with Robert de Stan', Robert de Bradeston, Walter Moton, Walter the weaver (textor), Robert Grip, William Pathering). Alice (widow of Thomas Flambert of Newport) granted to Henry (called Gardin'), part of a meadow in Matford (no date - 1272-1307) : from Berkeley Castle property records : ref BCM/A/1/64/48 www.a2a
Richard le Sopere has granted to Sir Thomas de Berkeleye, lord of Berkeley, a plot of his garden extending towards the meadow called Joeleshom; Thomas gave him a sum of money, late 13thC : (Witnesses: John le Cuppere, Henry le Gardener, Walter le Cuppere, Philip Coby, Roger le Cuppere, Edward de Fremelode, Adam Pynel) : Alkington, Hundred of Berkeley : from Berkeley Castle property records ref BCM/A/1/3/72 www.a2a
Richard le Sopere, clerk. A witness (with John Sewaker, Robert Averey, John le Cuppere, Henry and Walter le Cuppere) Richard le Wyne granted � a. medow in Holemed, Ham, to Henry (called Gardiner of Berkeley) late 13thC : from Berkeley Castle property records ref BCM/A/1/64/44 www.a2a
Richard le Sopere witnessed (with Walter Moton, Philip de la Holte, William Golde, Adam de Angervile) a land grant between William le Wor of Wick & Thomas son of Ralph de Angervile, late 13thC : from Berkeley Castle property records ref BCM/A/1/3/251 www.a2a
Richard le Sopere clerk, witnessed (with Robert de Stone, Robert de Bradeston, Walter Moton, Philip de la Hole), a land transaction : Thomas le Wor & wife Joan leased to Richard de Wyke & wife Denise, all their land in Rakeborne for the life of Joan, who holds it in dower after the death of William le Wor of Wick. 12 March 1298 : from Berkeley Castle property records : Wor holding in Ragburn ref BCM/A/1/4/36 www.a2a
Richard le Sopere witnessed (with Robert Bastard, Richard Averey, John Sewaker, John le Cuppere, Henry de Hamme, John Purlewent), Richard, Earl of Newport leased a �a meadow in Perhamesmor to Richard ate Slo. 29 Sept 1298 : from Berkeley Castle property records : ref BCM/A/1/60/58 www.a2a
Richard le Sopere witnessed (with Walter Moton, Philip de la Holte, William Gold, Adam Dangervile), a land transaction : William le Wor of Wick has granted to Thomasson of Ralph de Angervile 1 acre of land in Rakeboine; rent 1d. pa : early 14thC : from Berkeley Castle property records : Wor holding in Ragburn ref BCM/A/1/4/35 www.a2a
Richard le Sopere witnessed (with Richard Averey, John Sewaker, William de Kineltre, Robert le Grip), a transaction of land in Actree, early 14thC : between Nicholas Thedulf; & Henry called Gardin' of Berkeley : from Berkeley Castle property records : ref BCM/A/1/64/54 www.a2a
Richard le Sopere witnessed (with Robert de Stane, William Capel, Thomas Alein, John le Cuppere), a transaction of land in Actree, early 14th cent : between Nicholas Thedulf of Alkington & Henry called Gardin, of Berkele : from Berkeley Castle property records : ref BCM/A/1/64/55 www.a2a
Richard le Sopere of Berkeley with wife Denise's consent , granted to Robert de Berkleie, wife Joan & daughter Isabel, all his land in Wika called 'inhock', next to the road from Stintescombe to Wik; for this Robert has granted to him all the land in Backscroft next to Kyneltre. (witnesses: Robert de Bradeston, Thomas de Buleie, Robert Wither, Richard de Avene, Walter Moton, William Gold, Adam Dangervile) 18 Jan 1306 : Grants to the Berkeleys in Alkington [nr Berkeley] ref BCM/A/1/4/18 www.a2a
Richard le Sopere's widow Denise, rendered to Robert, her son the burgage ['The widow's holding in Longbridge Street'] opposite the court of St. Augustine's Abbey, Bristol, beside the road from Longebrugge to the marketplace of Berkeleye, in Berkeleye : Witnesses: Henry le Gardener, Roger le Cuppere, Nicholas Daungervile, John Martin, Henry de Kyllecote. 24 June 1316 : from Berkeley Castle property records, ref BCM/A/1/12/31 www.a2a
Robert le Sopere son & heir of Richard le Sopere granted to Sir Thomas de Berkeleye, lord of Berkeley, his heirs and assigns his burgage opposite the court of St. Augustine's Abbey, Bristol, beside the road from Longebrugge to the marketplace of Berkeleye, in Berkeleye 1 July 1316. (Witnesses: John le Cuppere, Henry le Gardener, John Sewaker, Edward de Fromelode, Roger le Cuppere, Henry de Kyllecote, Thomas Page) : from Berkeley Castle property records, ref BCM/A/1/12/32 www.a2a
Richard le Sopere's widow Denise, granted to Sir Thomas de Berkeleye, lord of Berkeley, all her holding with a garden, curtilage and appurtenances in Langebrugge Street for her life, in the borough of Berkeleye, 1320 (Witnesses: John le Cuppere, Henry le Gardener, John Sewaker, John Judde, Robert Groundi, Robert le Schipward, Henry de Kyllecote) : from Berkeley Castle property records, ref BCM/A/1/12/33 www.a2a
Robert le Sopere son & heir of Denise le Sopere quitclaimed to Sir Thomas de Berkeleye, lord of Berkeley, lands which Thomas has in Langebrugge Street, Berkeley by the grant of Denise his mother, which she has for life, 1320 (Witnesses: John le Cuppere, Edward de Fromelode, John Sewaker, Henry le Gardener, John Judde, Robert Groundi, Robert le Schipward) : from Berkeley Castle property records, ref BCM/A/1/12/34 www.a2a
Richard le Sopere, & Margaret his wife were demised a farm, 7� a. of land in Botilbrigge, in furlong called le Brodedole; for their lives; rent 7s. 6d. pa Simon de Drayton, knight 28 Mar 1333 : Witnesses: Alexander de Evemethe in Yaxley, Richard Albert of Y, William de Empyngham, Richard de Paxstone of Y, William le White of Overton, John le Whyte of Y : Records of Berkeley family of Berkeley, Gloucestershire ref BCM/G/2/1/10 [Sopworth mentioned in these records : worth = 'fenced land' in Saxon - long shot on a Sop connection?] www.a2a
: 1371 Nicolas le Sopere witnessed (with William Modibroke, Robert Balstake, John Coby, John Byl) land transaction at Berkley, between John Halys & John Aleyn & Alice widow of Thomas Bodde of Berkeley. 29 July 1371 : from Berkeley Castle property records, ref BCM/A/1/24/244 www.a2a
: 1373 Nicholas le Sopere, leased to John Gamel & wife Sibyl, a burgage with a house & garden adjacent in Berkelee, with access to the spring & mill; for their lives, rent 10s pa. 18 Dec 1373 (Witnesses: William Modybroke, Nicholas Schippard, Thomas Lucas, John Walbroke, John Byl, clerk) : from Berkeley Castle property records, ref CM/A/1/12/242 www.a2a
: 1381 Nicholas Soper of Berkeley & wife Joan gave to Robert Halfpond of Berkeley. Two parcels of arable land in a field called Okehungre (Oakhunger, Hamfallow) one of which lies between lands of John Fromylode and the other between lands of Lord Peter le Veel : date nd [pre-1381: Deeds [part of the Bradley Estate?] D2078/BOX 48/1 www.a2a
- Alice Soper only child & heir of the Codrington estate when m.Sir Walter Dennys of Dyrham in Gloucestershire (his 2nd wife) . They had no children, so estate to 2nd cousin Simon Codrington
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John Soper of Codryngton, Glos, from court roll list of the 32 tenants of Manor Broadway, Somerset 25 Aug 1555 [John the only tenant 'of' another county] : from English Origins : Somerset
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John Soper of Codryngton, Glos was esquire at Aspriors [8m NE Taunton, S.set] from 1st year of Queen Mary until 2nd of Queen Elizabeth [1553-1559] (& from 2 to 10 Eliz the cure was served by Sr John Scote, clerk, his stipend was only 5 markes [The cure has always been served by curates]) : Somerset & Dorset Notes & Queries p.163 : from English Origins
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John Soper of Codrington esq. Will of 15 Oct 1558, proved 8 Feb 1559, by Alice Soper. 35 Welles. To be buried in the Codrington Isle. my father in law Mr [Christopher] Codrington, decd. My cousin Symon Codrington [speculated bro-in-l*]. My wife Alice. To Sir Walter Denys*, a tymber1 of sables, 12 skynnes lacking. Cousin Richard Ivey. Hugh Denys. Cousin Thomas Codrington [ bro-in-l*]. William Denys [son-in-l?]. Cousin Thomas Ivey & wife; from Abstracts of Somersetshire wills Somerset Wills : [*Sir Walter Denys (c1501-71) biog]
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John Soper, of Codrington, Glos. Will Register. 8 Feb 1559 prob 11/42a : National Archives
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John Soper, probably of Somerset [see S.set 1544], however his arms are shown in the chapel of Codrington Court brochure] where he died; "arg. on a fess gules between three phials or bottles, three mullets or" These arms are impaled with those of the elder Codrington family. They are different to other Soper arms, so perhaps the last of his family to use it? from *source & genesurfing [this page suggests relation to William Soper (c1390�s�1459) Mayor of Southampton & builder of Grace Dieu war ship; as a Codrington m.the Master of the Mary Rose
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a Soper recorded in Holden's Triennial Directory of Bristol 1805 : scan for sale originalrecord.com
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J Soper & Co, Hat Manufacturers, Redcliff St, Bristol 1811 : source [a Mrs Soper, a hat mfr in Exeter in 1811] : [see bankrupt 1804]
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John Soper, John Soper, jun & Robert Bruce hat manufacturers, of Bristol, Notice is hereby given. The partnership lately subsisting between us the undersigned, was dissolved on 24 June 1812, by mutual consent. London Gazette 4 & 10 Aug : [snr? a John hat maker d.Bristol 1839 : John jnr apprenticed to Mr Bruce who lent him �642 to establish business, bankrupt 1840]
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John Soper, snr & John Soper, junr* as hat manufacturers of Bristol, Notice is hereby given, that the Partnership lately subsisting between us was dissolved by mutual consent 25 Mar 1815. 1804]
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: J Soper of Bristol, hatter bankruptcy 6 Jan 1816; Attornies Tariant, Clarke & Richards, Chancery Lane; in 'The Examiner' (pub.Lon 7 Jan), from newspapers.bl.uk
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connection? a Frederick Fry Soper* m.Jan>Mar 1856 Clifton, Glos : & '51cen a John Soper jnr 38 b.S.set at Glos (& Frederick Soper 32 in Glos b.S.set)]
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John Soper, the younger, late of Camerton, S.set, now of St George, gent. 22 Apr 1824. An additional loan of �150, secured on property in St James, Bristol. Others involved Maria Withers, of Wells, spinster, John Fry Reeves*, of Glastonbury, gent. & Peter Wickens Fry, of Axbridge, gent : Bristol Record Office: ref 31358/5 www.a2a
: They lodged at Enock Jones's house, passing as man & wife, on Sat. On Mon 10 Apr 1819 they didn't rise at the hour signified & his wife found them. Richard died before medical help arrived; Mary recovered during the day & first said she gave smelling salts; then said laudanum & then said she put arsnic in his tea at 9pm & drunk the remainder; Coroners court 12 Apr jury verdict, wilfull murder; committed to Gloucester Gaol for the assizes source : [trial/transportation or execution not vis]
- John Soper Watkins b.Oct>Dec 1839 Chepstow, Monmouth; d.Jul>Sep 1841 Clifton, Glos
: John Soper Watkins died age 21m at Cornwallis Place, Stapleton Rd, of inflamation of the lungs; eldest son of Samuel Gwyne Watkins esq, Pwll House, Monmouthshire, 'The Bristol Mercury', 17 Jul 1841, from newspapers.bl.uk
: 1836 Samuel Gwynne Watkins of St Arvans; relieving & vaccination officer of Chepstow District Workhouse source
: 1841 census; John Soper 55-9, ind [independant means?] at 7 Comwallis Place, St Philip & St Jacob, Bristol, Glos, Eliza 50-4, Harriet 25-9, Adriana 15-9, Mary Ann 15-9, Emma 81; none b.Glos : scan (& 2 households sharing property Samuel Watkins 30-4 farmer, John 1� [assume s-in-law & grson] & Eliza Mills 65-9 ind; none b.Glos)
: 1881 census; Samuel G Watkins, 68 registrar b d & m, b.Llangwm Ucha, Mon, Eng; at St Arvans, Mon & Emma S Watkins 75 b.Gloucester, Glos
: 1892 Emma Smale Watkins of Hydrangea Cottage, St Arvans nr.Chepstow, Monmonthshire, signed as recieving �100 from brother Edward Soper 22 Jul 1892, who d.Ohio, US Circleville Herald; They also had a living brother in England see
: 1901 Emma Smalo Watkins (c1806-1901) d.Jan>Mar 1901, Chepstow, age 95; Samuel Gwynn Watkins d.Jul>Sep 1893 at Chepstow, age 81
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John Soper hat manufacturer of this city, died 4 Jul 1839 in Meadow St, 'The Bristol Mercury'; 6 Jul , from newspapers.bl.uk : [assume John snr died as jnr insolvant in prison 1840, see below]
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John Soper late of Cornwallis Place, Baptist Mills, Bristol, out of business. In the gaol of Bristol : Court of insolvent debtors 14 Mar 1840 : (London Gazette 17 Mar)
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John, the younger, a prisoner who'd estate have provisional assignee by Court to attend court 21 Jul 1840 10am; formerly of Banwell, S.set (a farmer), then of Milk St, after of Meadow St part out of business late of Cornwallis Pl, Baptist Mills, part clerk Locomotive Engine Co
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John, formerly of Banwell, Somerset, farmer & grazier, then of Milk St, Bristol & after of Meadow St (known as John Soper the younger at the time), out of business, late of Cornwallis Place, Baptist Mills, Bristol part of the time out of business & part clerk to Locomotive Engine Co, Bristol. List of insolvent prisoners Court House 21 Jul 1840 (Gazette 30 Jun) : JS company clerk; assignees appointed Lincolns Inn, Lon, 8 Aug Insolvent, Nr53,022C; assignee William Norwill (Gazette 11 Aug) & in 'Bristol Mercury' 27 Jun 1840, from newspapers.bl.uk : scan : [so presume father John leased farm 1827]
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: [John, Cornwallis Place, Baptist Mills, Bristol, clerk to a Company, an Insolvent, No. 53,022 C; William Norwill, assignee .thegazette.co.uk; Debtors Court Aug 1840]
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: John, opposed at Debtors Court, Guildhall by Rev R P Jones, rector of Charfield who's sister rented Soper a farm for �150 pa. In 27 Feb 1838 when he owed her �90 & �75 rent almost due, he auctioned his stock, (part repaying parents & Mr Bruce), quit the farm & went to America he travelled & settled in Oct as clerk at Locomotive Engine Company, St Philips & lived in Cornwallis Place, Baptist Mills, Bristol. The rev had obtained legal possesion, but Soper summoned witnesses before assizes, who dismissed petition & charged Soper costs. Soper once apprenticed to Mr Bruce** of Bristol who loaned �642 to establish a business. His father advanced �150 in 1819 & various sums at other times. John took silver cup & 11 spoons worth �50, but unaccounted for. On coming into money*, he repaid �165 to his mother, �70 to Brages Fry (his attorney & nephew) & �100 to Mr Bruce (�200 owed). Soper admitted he'd given fraudulant preference to repay his elderly parents. He'd been in prison some days; Sentence? (?10m prison if requested by any of his creditors?); in 'The Bristol Mercury' 25 Jul, from newspapers.bl.uk, scan : [*?assume father, John hat maker d.Bristol 1839 : **Robert Bruce & John Soper (x2) hat making partnership disolved 1812]
: [John Soper snr, a hat mfr at Redclift St, Bristol, cancelled partnership with W. Willoughby 1804 & cancelled a hat making partnership with John Soper jnr 1812]
: [John snr, John, jun & Robert Bruce hat manufacturers, of Bristol, partnership dissolved June 1812]
: [John snr & John, jun hat manufacturers of Bristol, partnership dissolved Mar 1815]
: [John jnr apprenticed to Mr Bruce who lent him �642 to establish business. Also �150 by parents 1819]
: [John jnr property in St James, Bristol 1824]
: [see S.set farmer 1827]
: [eldest dau of 'Mr' John Soper, late of Banwell; Emma Small Soper m.Samuel Gwynne Wakins of Uplands, Lan Gwm Ucha, Monmouthshire, at St Pauls, Bristol 27 Dec 1838; youngest son of John Watkins 'esq' of Pwll House, Mon; in 'The Bristol Mercury' 29 Dec : & John Soper Watkins died age 21 months at Cornwallis Place, Stapleton Rd, [Bristol] of inflamation of the lungs; eldest son of Samuel Gwyne Watkins esq, Pwll House, Monmouthshire, 'The Bristol Mercury', 17 Jul 1841, from newspapers.bl.uk]
: [John jnr auctioned stock on his rented farm, left his debts & to travelled America, Feb 1838]
: [John, jnr, cheese factor & provision merchant, business for sale to person commanding sufficient capital for this this well established concern in Port of Gloucester. Contact Robert Bruce & Co, merchants 47 Quay, Bristol; in 'Bristol Mercury' 8 Jun 1839 : scan]
: [John, jnr' wholesale & retail busines for sale. Situated in an eligible part of Gloucester City, a butter, bacon, cheese & general provision business; contact Messrs, Robert, Bruce & Co; 'Bristol Mercury' 22 Jun 1839 : scan]
: [John Soper hat mfr (assume snr) d.4 Jul 1839, Meadow St; bur.Lewins Mead Presbyterian Chapel, Bristol]
: [John jnr returned to Bristol & in debtors prison Bristol Jul 1840]
: [?'41cen John 28, annuitant at Dean St, Bristol with female servant 24: {debter but living on interest??}]
: [John Soper, Robert Bruce & T Wadham jnr general merchants, Bristol, partnership disolved 1846]
: [John jnr esq* 38unm corn broker at Elton Cottage, Westbury, Glos '51cen, b.Bristol, Glos; visiting James French 60 silversmith b.Chatham, Kt, Sarah Ann French 46, Ann French 22unm & visitor Sarah Ann Walter 5 all b.Bristol & serv 24; scan {*odd 'esq' used in a census 'Pickwickian?'}]
: [John jnr; partnership Wadham & Soper commission agents & corn brokers, Liverpool, dissolved 1851]
: [tea dealer 1852]
: [John d.1 Feb 1852 [seems not snr, so jnr?] at Cornwallis Place after long & painfull illness, borne with Christian fortitude 'Bristol Mercury' 7 Feb]
: [?tea dealer & ?of Eldon Place, Clifton 1852]
: ['61cen John 43 corn dealer, office at Gloucester St]
: [appointed Austrian vice council 1869]
: [John Austrian vc 59 at Priory House, '71cen]
: ['1877 ?at Easton-in-Gordano, nr Bristol?]
: [John 69 corn merchant 11 Norfolk Terrace '81cen, South Hamlet, Glos; b.Bristol, Glos; lodger, head & only resident in household]
: John Soper bill discounter of All Saints Court, All Saints Ln, Bristol, [Glos] & of the Pennywell Brick Work, Pennywell Rd, Bristol, brick manufacturer, residing Montrose, Mayfield Pk, Fishponds, Gloucester, insolvancy, 1st creditors meeting 22 Dec 1883 (London Gazette 11 Dec) : William Henry Phillips a creditor objected & Mr Soper gave evidence. Judgment, to avoid creditor injustice, Mr Soper made bankrupt & to attend Registrar 4 Feb 1884. (London Gazette 25 Jan). Examination Guild Hall 26 Feb 1884 (8 Feb) : Creditors to register by 8 Mar (29 Feb) : Bankruptcy annulled 24 Apr (29 Apr)
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J Soper a bill discounter & brick manufacturer, Bristol, Final examination (bankruptcy) 26 Feb 1884 : from The Times 9 Feb 98/211p
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John Soper a bill discounter at All Saints' Court (to All Saints; Ln), 46 High St, Bristol. : from Kellys Guide 1889 : from ancestry.com
: [at Upper Eastville, Bristol, 1889]
: ['91cen John 79unm living on his own means at 32 Brunswick Sq, (Christchurch), Littleworth, Gloucester; b.Bristol, Kingsdown, Glos boarding with Elizabeth Robinson 64 let apartments & dau 33, widowed nurse Elizabeth Deane 39 & gen serv 21 all b.Glos; scan]
: [?a John d.Jan>Mar 1899 age 88 Gloucester, Glos; (d.12 Feb at Brunswick) {or ?a John d.Oct>Dec 1896 age 82 Barton Regis, Glos}]
- Harriet Soper b.c1812-6; a Harriet m.William Battman Ford 13 Apr 1848 Holy Trinity, Bristol, Glos [igi] fathers John & John Ford (m.Apr>Jun Clifton)
- ?Edward Soper b.c1814 [??assumed, was bro of Emma] migrated 1835; m.Barbara Everett 1846 Ohio, US; d.1892
- ?Emma Smale Soper b.c1814 Glos; m.Samuel Gwynne Watkins 1838 at St Pauls, Portland Sq, Bristol [?assumed dau from '41cen]
- Frederic Fry Soper b.c1819-20, Lamerton?/Compton, S.set; '51cen farmer 32; m.Anne Hil Jan>Mar 1856, Clifton, Glos (bmd); immigrated to Illnois, US 1870
- Adriana Soper b.c1823 Banfield, S.set ;'41cen 15-9 with parents; '51cen 28 with parents; '61cen not vis; '71cen 48unm nun b.Banwell at Eagle Ho, Hamersmith (58 prisoners & 11 nuns & superioress) scan; d.Oct>Dec 1876, Barnet, Lon, age 53
- Mary Ann Soper b.c1823-6
1842 mother? an Emma d.Apr>Jun 1842 Bristol
: '51cen John 68 tea dealer at 7 Cornwallis Place, Clifton, St Philip & Jacob?, Glos; b.Hatherley, Dev; Eliza 67 b.Bishops Compton, S.set; Adriana 28 b.Banwell, S.set; Frederic 32 farmer of 53a emp 2 labs b.Lamerton?, S.set scan : ['51cen?? a Mary Anne 25 in & b.S.set; ??perhaps m, or the Mary d.Williton, S.set Apr>Jun 1855?]
: 1852 ?a John d.Jan>Mar 1852 Clifton, Glos
: ?'61cen Fredrick Henry (c1820-?) tea dealer living at Clifton, Glos, 41 b.Compton, S.set, wife Anna 25 a lodging house keeper & son Fredrick G 1, both b.Clifton, Glos, also visiter Emma Thuston 25, a milliner & dress maker, single, b.Ireland : [none vis '71/'81cen]
: connection? a Thomas Soper Mapson b.Jul>Sep 1884, Malmsbury, Glos
: connection? a William Soper Mapson m.Oct>Dec 1870, Bath, S.set (to either Elizabeth Lee or Ellen Routley)
- Annie Soper b.c1859 Stroud; m.Mr Loftus? bef.1891 (m.not vis bmd)
- John Soper b.c1867 Stroud not vis; metal worker John Henry Soper m.Mary Elizabeth Marley 1900, Plymouth, Dev
- Frederick K Soper b.c1870 Stroud, gen lbr; '11cen 30unm unm labourer
: '91cen John 52 bricklayer at The Leazes, Stroud, Glos '91cen; b.Reading, Berk; Harriet 46 tailoress; John 14 assistant; Fred K 11 scholar all b.Stroud, Glos; scan : [not vis '81cen]
: John Soper (c1838-1901) d.Jan>Mar 1901, Stroud, Glos, age 63
: '01cen Harriett 57 widowed tailoress in 3 rooms at Lower Leazes, Stroud, Glos; b.Stroud; with dau Annie Loftus 32m stick polisher, Stroud, Glos & grdau Nora 10 & Annie 6 all b.Stroud scan
: [??a Joseph John m.Jul>Sep 1900, to Mary Elizabeth Rawle (or Amelia Ann Browning) & Joseph J d.Apr>Jun 1926 age 45, both Stroud (no birth vis)]
: '11cen Harriett Soper 68 widow {m.45y, 7 births, 4 alive} in 3 rooms at Lower Leazes, Stroud, Glos, son Frederick Soper 30unm general labourer both b.Stroud & grandchildren Nora Loftus 20unm tailoress, wholesale clothier & Thomas Loftus 16unm gen lab, fish market both b.Stroud; scan [son listed last, so perhaps grandchildren more permanent in household?] : [d.not vis]
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John Soper tailor of 29 Park St, Bristol assaulted by young fashinable gent, Charles William Milsom who ordered trousers from a pattern & said they did not fit. Soper showed they matched the paper pattern & would only give the pattern back when paid, implying Milsom could not be trusted as a Gentleman. Milsom siezed the old man by his beard & hit him in the eye & mouth which injured his teeth & kicked him. The tailor's forman & a PC assisted & also assualted. Fine 40s; in 'The Bristol Mercury' 31 Aug 1861; scan : ['61cen John 46, tailor, b.Vaeyan, Cornwall, & Hannah 48 b.Weystead, Suffolk]
- Fred Gill Soper b.Jan>Mar 1860 Clifton, Glos ( a FHS m.not vis - a Frederick Fry Soper m.Jan>Mar 1856, Clifton)
: [Fredric Soper (c1819-?) 61 a huckster [a hawker], b.Eng, living Peoria, Illinois, US. 1880 census. Presumably emmigrated 1866-80; wife Anne Soper 46; Fredric Soper laborer 20; Frank Soper laborer 15 all b.Eng; Edward 1, b.IL] : ['41cen no Frederick vis; '51cen Fredric 32 at Glos b.S.set; '71cen not vis]
: [see biog '71cen]
: ['41cen laundress at Lower Cots, Bristol (St George parish) with Joseph Peisice 17 labourer, 19 porter, Sarah 20 tailoress scan]
: ['51cen Martha 74 widow, laundress at Frog Marsh, Clifton, St George, Glos; b.Brishlington?, S.set scan]
: Martha Soper d.Jan>Mar 1864, Clifton, Glos
- Emily Soper b.Apr>Jun 1862, Bristol Temple [Bristol bmd dist]; '81cen dressmaker 18; m.Albert Thomas Thorne 1888
- Mary Ann Soper b.c1864 Bristol [not vis bmd] '81cen tailoress 17; m.Evan Davies (ships carpenter) 26 Jan 1887 Bedminster Bristol; Mary '91cen with mother below; d.1 Feb 1947 Arnos Vale Cemetary, Bristol* : [1863 birth not vis; m.Jan>Mar 1887 Bedminster]
- John William Soper b.Jul>Sep 1866, Clifton [Bristol bmd dist]; '81cen 14 scholar; [not vis '91/'01cen' or obvious bmd]
- ? Soper b.25 Jun 1869 at Park St, Bristol : [?John's wife a dau in newspapers.bl.uk (not vis bmd or '71cen)]
- Maurice Bryant Soper b.c1876 (adopted)* [??a Maurice BRYANT m.Apr>Jun 1901 Bristol (b.not vis c1876, a Maurice b.Oct>Dec 1879 Keynsham, Glos?) : (connection? an Eliza Soper m.Edward Bryant 1840, Keynsham); '81cen age 5 with John & Elizabeth]
: [61cen John (c1831-?) painter & glazier at 6 Rose St, Bristol Temple 30, b.Exeter, Dev; Elizabeth 36 b.Bristol, S.set, lodging in household of William & Sarah Waterman an ironworker 64 & 63, both b.Bristol]
: '71cen John 40 painter & glazier at 1 Rose St, Temple, Bristol, b.Exeter, Dev; Elizabeth 46, b.Bristol; Emily 8 a scholar, b.Bristol; Mary Ann 7 scholar, b.Bristol; John Wm 4 scholar, b.Bristol; also lodger Elizabeth Preweth? 65 widowed needle woman, b.Bristol scan & &
: 1879 John Soper painter & glazier p.716; Whites Directory of Devon; from Google Books
: 81cen John 48 painter glazier�at 2 Bushs Cottages, Redcliff Mead Lane, Bristol St Mary, Redcliff, Glos; Exeter, Dev with Elizabeth 56, Emily 18u dressmaker, Mary A 17 tailoress, John 14 scholar & adopted son Maurice Bryant 5 b.Bristol, Dev : [no Maurice Bryant b.vis in bmd but m.Apr>Jun 1901 Bristol : (connection? an Eliza m.Edward Bryant 1840 at Keynsham, Glos)]
: [a John d.Oct>Dec 1883 age 52 Bristol] : [an unlinked John 50 drowned in Exeter 1884; but 'he worked for years in Exeter']
: [ '91cen Elizabeth Soper 66 widow at 15 Spring St Place, Bedminster (St Lukes), S.set; b.Bristol; St Augustines, S.set; dau, Mary A Davies 27m stay tanner, b.Bristol, Temple; Mary G Cheney nursechild 4 b.Bristol, Bedminster scan]
: Emily not in '91cen so speculate m.(John Rosser or Albert Thomas Thorn) Apr>Jun 1888, Bedminster, S.set
: '01cen Elizabeth 76 widow at 14 Spring Place, Bristol, Glos, b.Bristol, Glos; with son-in-law Evan Davies 37 ships carpenter, Mary A Davis 37; children May 15, Florence 9, Reginald 3, Gladys 1 all b.Bristol scan
: Elizabeth Soper (c1825-1903) d.Apr>Jun 1903, Bristol, Glos, age 78
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John Soper, Park St, tailor, draper & hosier; advertising for an errand boy; in 'Bristol Mercury' 1 Jan 1870, from newspapers.bl.uk : scan
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J Soper, 29 Park St, advertising for assistant in hosiery. glove & shirt dept; in 'Bristol Mercury' 1 Oct 1870, from newspapers.bl.uk : scan
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J Soper, selling a tailoring & hosiery business, est 28 years. Pice for goodwill ext �150, Stock moderate, apply to Mr Soper on the premises 29 Park St, Bristol; in 'Bristol Mercury' 3 Dec 1870, from newspapers.bl.uk : scan
George H Soper (c1871-?) age 20 living with his uncle/aunt at St John Bedford b.Minchinhampton, Glos : ['11cen George Henry Soper, 42 at Bedford] : [assume m.1898 below]
: [bmd records; (?Clara Emily Soper b.Jul>Sep 1867 Lewisham, Kent - at wrong place), John W Soper b.Jul>Sep 1866 at Bristol, Glos, Arthur Stanley J Soper b.Jul>Sep 1867 at Bristol]
: Jane Soper (c1815-1882) of Frenchay bur.13 Nov 1882, age 67 by rector FE Warren : Burials Frenchay Parish, Glos source
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J Soper a bill discounter & brick manufacturer, Bristol, Final examination (bankruptcy) 26 Feb 1884 : from The Times 9 Feb 98/211p
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John Soper a bill discounter at All Saints' Court (to All Saints; Ln), 46 High St, Bristol. : from Kellys Guide 1889 : from ancestry.com
Rev W T Soper a Baptist minister? of Stroud, attended an event in Eastcombe 27 Apr 1890 : source
In the evening Pa & I went to Stroud to our new but kind friends Mr & Mrs Soper, they have 3 dear little girls; baby is a year & 9 months ; 11 Jun 1892, a diary written by Clara Louisa Kemish who was on a trip to England from Australia : source : [Walter's biog]
- George Edward Melville Soper b.9 Sep 1890 Bristol, Glos [b.Oct>Dec, Barton Regis], '11cen chaffeur 20unm [ b.Bristol, Glos '9 Nov 1890' : immigrated US 1912; car mechanic; m.Hazel Maude Arnold 1953, d.1953 California]
- Margaret Amelia Soper b.Apr>Jun 1892 Barry [Cardiff RD]; m.William Daniel Parry at Barry 5 Apr 1915 [m.Apr>Jun Cardiff] Barry News; at 172 Corporation Rd, Cardiff when Reg's death notified
- Ernest Wilmot Soper 'Ern' b.8 Sep 1893 Barry, Glam (or b.16 Jul) [b.Oct>Dec Cardiff RD]; '11cen Grenadier Guard 17; WW1 record wounded France; m.? Atkinson Jul>Sep 1925, Cardiff
- Reginald Evan Soper 'Reg' b.7 May 1894 Barry [b.Apr>Jun 1895, Cardiff]; '11cen stable lad 15; then chauffeur Barry Docks; served 19m France; d.WW1 Pvt,13th Hussars in Iraq 27 Jul 1916; age 21 see miltary
- Winifred Muriel Soper 'Muriel' b.Apr>Jun 1897, Glamorgan [Cardiff reg dist], Glam; m.Ivor B Lee Jan>Mar 1923, Cardiff
- Herbert Cyril Soper 'Herb' & 'Bert', b.Oct>Dec 1900, Glamorgan [Cardiff RD], Glam; railwayman; pvt.Somerset Light Inf; German POW 1915-19; photo Herbert Cyril m. Queen Victoria Baker 1923 Southampton, Hants; d.1976
: '71cen George 7, at Botter Farm, Hennock; b.Doddiscombe, Dev with uncle & aunt [mother's sister? m.not vis], George Stook 46 farming 167a & Margaret W 42 with Mark Northcott 75 gentleman widower, & others scan & scan
: '81cen George W17 chemist (apprentice) at Fore St, Okehampton, Dev; b.Doddiscombsleigh, Dev with chemist Seth Harry 31 b.Halwill, Dev; Anne S Harry 25 b.Okehampton, son 7m; apprentice 18, gen serv 23 & nurse 16
: '91cen George 28 haulier (self employed), in 3 rooms at 16 Air Baloon Hill, (St Michaels), Bristol, St George, Glos; b.Doddiscombleig, Dev; Dessie 27 b.Crick, Mon; George 4m b.Clifton, Glos; scan
: '01cen George W 38 horse driver (car.employee) at 7 Fryalt St, Barry, Glam; d.Doddiscombsleigh, Dev; Diana 37 Portskewett, Mon; George E 10 b.Bristol, Glos; Margaret A 9; Ernest W 7; Reginald E 5; Muriel E 4; Herbert C 4m all b.Barry, Glam (all speak Eng) scan
: '01cen Hilda M 13 at 27 Fryalt St, Barry, Glam, b.Plymouth, Dev; visiting Grace Williams dau 30unm, Mary Jones dau 40m both b.Cardiff, Glam; visitors Thomas H Babstone 12 b.Plymouth & Daisey Meredith 10 b.Lon & Hilda L Hunt 18 dom serv b.Dor scan
: 1902 Bessie Soper wife of George labourer, d.8 Jan 1902, age 36 at 47 Merthyr St, Barry Docks; Barry Dock News
17 Jan scan; 'Dessie Soper' (c1866-1902) d.Jan>Mar 1902, Cardiff, Glam, age 36; & & advert Barry Dock News, from George, 47 Merthyr St 17 Jan 1902 thanking for sympathy source
: 1902 George Wilmot Soper's children went to Holton Rd School, Barry, Glam; his address 1897 5 Sydenham St; 1900 7 Fryatt St & 1902 47 Merthyr St; George Ed[ward] Soper b.14 Sep 1891 admitted 1 Oct 1897 from Holton Rd Infants scan; George 'b.9 Sep 1890'; admitted 31 Aug 1903 left 16 Mar 1906, over age scan; Ernest Wilmott Soper b.8 Sep 1893 admitted 3 Sep 1900 from Holton Infants; scan; Reginald Evan b.7 May 1894; admitted 2 Sep 1901scan readmitted 1 Oct 1902; scan; Ernest 'b.16 Jul 1893' admitted 1 Oct 1902; left 26 Jul 1907 as over age scan
: 1906 Reginald Soper, Barry Dock scored 31 in exam; Higher Junior, Glamorgan Presbytery Sunday School; [abt.193rd out of abt.200] Rhondda Leader 12 May 1906 scan
: '11cen George W (c1864-?) 47 widower, hauler, hub or slup? repairing (employer) {6 births, all alive} in 5 rooms at 47 Merthyr St, Barry Dock, Cardiff, Glam; b.Doddiscombsleigh, Dev; George E M 20unm chaffeur, slup? repairing (employer) b.Bristol, Glos; Margaret 18 at home; Reginald E 15 stable lad (employer); Muriel 14 school; Herbert 10 school all b.Cardiff, Glam scan
: '11cen Ernest18unm Private, Grenadier Guards, Guards Depot, Caterham. Surrey; b.Barry, Glam; page of unm privates 18-24 scan
: 1914 Ernest Pvte Grenadier Guards, convalescing at home Merthyr St, Barry Docks, discharged from Garswood Hall Hospital, Ashton, Lancs. Wounded at Ypres; "A bullet passed through my left hand'; Barry Docks News Dec 1914 scan [see WW1 record]
: 1914 R Soper & 8 other troopers in C Squadron, 12th Reserves, 11th Hussar Barracks, Aldershot, signed letter to Barry Docks News denying insinuations that Barry boys are down-hearted. We had a rough time at first, but things are improving. We are content & have abundance of fresh air. 9 Oct 1914 scan
: 1914 ??Herbert & 5 other boys in juvenile court charged with breaking & entering a shop of Jane Williiams Holton Rd, Barry Docks & stealing cutlery & other articles, value �2 5s; Soper discharged, no evidence; 3 got 6m probation & 2 got 3 strokes of birch & 1w in Truent School; Barry Dock News 25 Sep 1914 scan [but Herbert 32 not a boy]
: 1916 Reginald Soper 7th Hussars in 2nd contingement of Barry recruits. Barry gives 10,000 to the colours Barry Dock News 2 Jun 1916 scanhttp://newspapers.library.wales/view/4168954/4168959/28/soper">scan
: 1916 Pvt R Soper (18824) Hussars, & of Barry on Saturday's wounded list; Barry Dock News 10 Nov 1916 scan
: 1916 Pvt Reginald Soper, 47 Merthyr St, Barry Dock, Glam nr18825, 13th Hussars died of wounds at Basra, Iraq 27 Jul 1916. b.abt 1895, lived 47 Merthyr St, Barry Dock, Glam. Sadly missed by his Dad, Muriel, Herb & Ern now in France; Barry Dock News 27 Jul 1917 source
: 1938 a Herbert Soper GWR at 26 [Preston Ave?], Newport; nr.Oakfield Rd; in Johns' Street Directory 1938 scan
: George W (1864-1952) d.Jan>Mar 1952 E Glam, age 87
John Soper, at Upper Eastville, Fishponds RSO, Bristol : 1889 Kellys Guide
- Frances Beatrice W Soper b.Jan>Mar 1895, Gloucester, Glos; ??a Frances B W Soper m.James H Codd Jan>Mar 1924, Kingsbridge
- Leonard Thomas W Soper b.2 Jul 1896; [b.Jul>Sep] Gloucester; m.Eileen R Jane Oct>Dec 1926, Kingsbridge; '39cen tailor & special constable
?an - Austin Lionel W Soper b & d.Jul>Sep 1897 Gloucester [a 5th child died by '11cen]
- Lena May W Soper b.Apr>Jun 1907; m.Frank L Wood Apr>Jun 1936 both at Kingsbridge, Dev
: Benjamin R W Soper b.Jul>Sep 1916 Kingsbridge; mother ne Welland; m.Iris Sweett Oct>Dec 1943, Plymouth, Dev; see RAF
: '11cen Thomas 39 tailor (maker) b.Sherford, Dev in 6 rooms at 15 Church St, Kingsbridge, Dev; Jane 41 {m.17y, 5 births, 3 alive} b.Teddington, Glos; Frances 16; Leonard 14 tailors apprentice both b.Gloucester; Lena 4; b.Kingsbridge scan : [not vis '01cen]
: '39cen Thomas J H 68 tailor & breeches master (b.27 Sep 1871) at 66 Fore St, Kingsbridge; Jane 70 unpaid dom duties (b.4 Aug 1869) both m.; Leonard T W 43 married tailor & breeches master (& special constable) (b.2 Jul 1896) scan
: 1947 Thomas J H Soper (c1871-1947) d.Jan>Mar, Kingsbridge, age 76
: '01cen Charles Richard (c1873) 28 licensed victualler at Ormonds Head, Long Street, Tetbury, Glos, b.Minchinhampton, Glos; Julia Sarah 28 b.Lon & gen servant Emily Kirby 20 & boarders Dewin Harvey 32 grocer; William & John Evans 14 9 both b.India; scan : [not vis '91]
: Charles Richard d.Oct>Dec 1902 age 29 Tetbury
: '11cen Julia Sarah 42 widow in 11 rooms at 33 Cambridgeshire Terrace, Edgeware Rd, Paddington; b.Ilminster, S.set with sister Elsie Vivian Bivell? 29 {m.under 1y, 0 births} private means b.Truro, servant Lottie Carter 21unm b.Marylebone & head [listed last] Frances mary Hill 45unm apartment house keeper (self employed) b.Ilminster S.set scan
: Julia S Soper (c1876-1927) d.Jan>Mar 1927, age 51, Paddington, Lon
: Herbert Edward Soper (1865-1930) Engineer to the Borough of Cheltenham : lived in Highgate, London
Richard Soper b.1832 Bedfordshire d.1899 Glos www.berksfhs.org.uk
- 'Kathleen'? an Alice Edna K Soper b.Jul>Sep 1903 m.Jul>Sep 1929 Walter W Brown, both Stroud
- Lilian Isabella Soper b.Jul>Sep 1904 & d.Apr>Jun 1922 age 17 both Stroud
- 'Frances'? a James Thomas F Soper b.Jan>Mar 1908 Bristol; d.Jan>Mar 1922 Stroud
(?? also in Stroud an - Ida N Soper b.Apr>Jun 1912)
: '01cen John 24 bottler in 2 rooms at Gaineys Well, Stroud, Glos, b.Stroud; Mary E 24 cloth weaver b.Minehead, S.set; scan
: '11cen John 34 metal worker (?umbrella frame manufacturer) in 3 rooms at The Leazes, Stroud, Glos; b.Stoud; Elizabeth 34 {m.10y, 3 births, all alive} b.Minehead, S,set; Kathleen 7, Lillian 6 both at school, Frances 3, all b.Stroud scan
: [Frank Butler Soper b.Jul>Sep 1876 Stroud, Glos, parents Richard m.Elizabeth Butler 1862, Huntingdon]
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: '01cen Elizabeth widow 64 living on own means at West End, Minchinhampton, Stroud, Glos; b.Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire; Frank Butler Soper 24 steward (sea) b.Minchinhampton, Glos; scan
: 1903 Frank Butler Soper was the publican 1903 of The Ormonds Head, 23 Long St, Tetbury, leased an alehouse for Nailsworth Brewery Co, a tied annual lease, 11pm closing, �32 ratable value; source [in pub]
: 1902 Mr Soper, landlord of the Ormonds Head Hotel [23 Long St, Tetbury] had an unfortunate accident. Returning from the meet at Worcester Lodge, he called at the Hare & Hounds Hotel [Westonbirt] with a friend on their way home. Mr Soper was mounting his horse, when his friend touched it with his whip in fun. The animal reared & threw Mr Soper & fell on top of him, completely stunning him. Mr Soper was conveyed home & attended by Dr Wickham. He lies in a critical condition. Wiltshire & Gloucestershire Standard 8 Mar 1902 : source
: 1903 Frank Butler Soper (1876-1903) d.Oct>Dec 1903, Tetbury, Glos, age 27]
: [what connection was brother's death same place & time {might he be the friend?} Charles Richard Soper (1872-1903) d.Oct>Dec 1903 age 29 Tetbury]
- Alice Emily Soper b.2 Jan 1909 Avonmouth [b.Jan>Mar, Winchcomb?, Glo; (or Winchester, Hants?)]; '39cen 30unm (b.2 Jan 1909) cook
: '01cen Ernest 21unm bill poster at 44 College St, Southampton, St Marys, Hants, b.Dorchester, Dor, 1 of 4 boarders with Harriet Phillips 54 housekeeper & unm sons 23 & 19; scan scan
: '11cen Ernest 31 warehouseman at flour mill in 2 rooms at 23 Darts St, Avonmouth, Bristol, Glos; b.Dorchester, Lill 32 {m.3y, 1 birth}; b.Bristol, Dor; Alice 2; b.Avonmouth, Glos scan
: 1921 Ernest H Soper (c1880-1921) d.Jul>Sep 1921, age 41, Bristol, Glos
: 1925 Lilian J Soper m.Henry L A Dawe Jul>Sep 1925, Bristol
: '39cen Alice E Soper 30unm (b.2 Jan 1909) cook (paid domestic) at Hockley House, Twyford, Winchester '39cen; with Dorothy E Hill b.1902 private means [& 9 others] scan
? a Daniel James H Soper b.Apr>Jun 1895, Frome, S.set; m.Daisy D Duval Jan>Mar 1920, Hemel Hemstead, Herts
: Frank b.Oct>Dec 1872, Cheltenham, Glos; mother Eliza at 11 Kings Street Garden, Cheltenham (N of K when Frank in army; address crossed out 1904?) : Charlotte Harris Wright b.Jul>Sep 1879 in Snowshill to John Wright & Sarah Harris from Wright tree : mother Eliza Soper m.Henry Hope Jan>Mar 1874, Cheltenham;
- Henry F Soper b.Jan>Mar 1915 Cheltenham (mother nee Wright)
- Vera E R Soper b.Jul>Sep 1918 Medway, Kt; (m.ne Wright); m.Sydney H Harker Jul>Sep 1939 Medway
: '71cen Elizabeth Soper (c1848-?) dom serv 23, b.Exeter, Dev; at 135 High St, Cheltenham; with Elizabeth & Caroline Fowling (sisters) 37 & 26 unm ladies & Aunt Sarah Singer 60 & 3 draper's ass 22-25 (presume sisters of grocer or draper next door) scan : [not obv '61cen, 5 Dev born Eliz's 12-13] : [speculate another child? an Eliza Soper b.& d.Oct>Dec 1870, age 0 at Cheltenham]
: '81cen Henry Hope 43 groom (Nd) at Attwells Court, Cheltenham; Eliza Hope 32; sons Frank Hope 8 scholar; Henry G Hope 7; Walter Hope 5; dau Esther Hope 0 all b.Cheltenham, Glos igi : [Henry George Hope b.Oct>Dec 1874, so Frank the only Soper]
: '91cen & '01cen, not vis as Sopers
: 1892 Frank Soper, Driver nr.89742 99th Battery, Royal Field Artillery 1892-1910 b.St Johns, Cheltenham, Glos; labourer 130lbs, 35in chest; 'F' on left wrist; light brown hair; C of E; Attested for 12 years, Driver RA 5 Apr 1892 Woolwich age 18y 6m [so b~Nov 1873] medical, Bristol 6 Apr 25th RA Regt, found fit; RA Gloucester reg 7 Apr Horfield; Home service from 5 Apr (1y 317d); previous service, 3rd Bat, Gloucester Regt; transfered 9th Field Battery 16 Feb 94; To India 16 Feb 94 (12y 67d) : Indian Medal, with clasps Punjab Frontier 1897-8, Lamura 1897, Tinah 97-8; Posted 11th Battery 1 Dec 1897; Campaign NW India 1897-8; Re-engaged to complete 21y 9 Nov 03; Home Service from india 24 Apr 06; Discharged 8 Aug 1910 Colchester; Chelsea age 36y 8m; nr.92348, at his own request after 18y service; (18y 126d service); Intended residence 35 Albert St, Colchester, Ex; qualified to be a groom army record
: '01cen Charlotte Wright 21 at Arlington Lodge, Oxford St, Cheltenham; servant to Charles Wintour
: '11cen Frank (c1872-?) 39 groom, vetenenery surgeon, worker, in 5 rooms at Elms Cottage, Swindon Rd, Cheltenham, Glos; b.Cheltenham; Helen 32 {m.2y, no births} b.Essex boarding with Walter Galloway 27 gas works labourer, Mary 28 {m.3y} laundress, son 2 1/2, dau 1 all b.Cheltenham & mother-in-law Eliza Hope 64 widow b.Exeter; scan : [Frank/Helen's m.not vis bmd; unless as Frank Hope, who m.Helen Hicks Jan>Mar 1906 Rochdale, Lancs?? : No Helen d.vis : Mary Jane Hope m.Walter Henry Galloway Apr>Jun 1908 Cheltenham]
: 1917 Frank Soper (c1872-1917) d.Apr>Jun 1917, Cheltenham, age 45 n
: 1922 ?a Charlotte H Soper m.Frederick J Bishop Jan>Mar 1922, Merthyr Tydfil, Glam (bmd) : [(no Charlotte H Soper b.vis) : ?a Frederick J Bishop d.Apr>Jun 1934 Merthyr T, age 52; Charlotte H Bishop d.Oct>Dec 1951 Cheltenham, age 71]
John J Soper, Sergeant, Gloucestershire Regiment, nr18976
: Florence Ellen Soper d.19 Feb 1934, widow of 41 Cornwall Rd, Bishopston, Bristol, Glos; died Bristol Mental Hospital; 'admin (limited)' Bristol 5 Apr 1934 to Clifford Victor Hector [Florence nee Hector], corporation official, Frederick Chetwode Barton, commercial traveller; estate �537 9s =; from Probate Calender, scan : [Florence E (c1890-1934) d.Jan>Mar, Bristol, age 44] : [Edgar B Soper m.Florence E Hector 1915, Shepton Mallet, S.set]
: Joan Millicent Soper Post Office: sorting clerk & telegraphist, Bristol 2 Aug 1934 (London Gazette 7 Sep)
: 1932 Harold Patrick Geoffrey Soper nr.822853; attested Royal Artillery 1932; Pension 26 Feb 1946; Transferred to Z Reserve 26 Feb 1946 scan
: '39cen Eliza Ruth Davies (will m.Mr Soper) 24unm general maid (b.2 Jan 1915) at Mile End, Coleford, W.Dean, Glos; with Alfred Davies b.12 Aug 1889 colliery hewer; Florence A Davies b.4 Jan 1891 wife; Eliza 3rd; Edward S G Davies b.21 Jul 1919 painter & decorator, unm; Emily Florence Davie [m.Mr McCarthy 'odz 25/3/44?'] b.2 Jul 1921 at school; Donald A J Davies b.22 Mar 1925 hardware merchant Assis; Natalie M Davie [Will m.Mr Toomes 'odz m 12/4/51] b.28 Apr 1929; 8th line temp withheld; Leonard B Davies b.1 Jan 1935 & Leo Stanley Davies b.1 Jan 1935 all at school scan & scan
connection? an Eliza Soper d.Oct>Dec 1888 at Berkhampstead, age 27 : [several Soper/Eliz m's none obvious]
: '91cen Francis 3 at West St, Burghclere; b.Berkhamstead, Hants withgrandmother Elizabeth Garrett 56 widowed laundress b.Whitchurch, Hants, dau Elizabeth Garrett 18 laundress b.Burghclere; grandson Henry Davis 9 scholar b.Newbury, Berks & Frederick Garrett 19 groom, domestic servant, b.Burghclere; scan
: '01cen Francis 12 at Burghclere, Hants; b.Birkhamstead, Hants with widowed grandmother Elizabeth Garrett, 67 laundress b.Whitchurch, Hants; grson Frederick Garrett 29unm Pvt 11th Hussars b.Burghclere, Hants
: '11cen Frank 23unm carrier at West St, Burghclere, nr.Newbury, Berks; b.Berkhamstead, Herts; living with grandmother Elizabeth Garrett 77 widow b.Whitchurch, Hants; & dau Sarah Garrett 52unm retired cook b.Burghclere Hants; scan
Annie Sopher 26 wife (of ?) & son Randolph T Sopher 4 both b.Herefordshire : [no bmd Randolph or '01/'11cen]
- Florence Amy Gwendelen Soper 'Gwendoline b.Jan>Mar 1894 St.Stephens, Con [St Austel reg dist]; '11cen age 17 m.Percy William Matthews 16 Oct 1920 All Saints, Wilstead
- Gladys Mary A Soper b.Little Hormead, (Royston RD), Herts Apr>Jun 1898 : [?a Gladys M A m.Hugh L Choak, Truro, Con 1925 : ?a Gladys M m.Edward J Thomas Apr>Jun 1930 at Peterborough, Hunts] : her unlinked photo in ancestry.com (right)
- Vera Helena H Soper b.Jan>Mar 1904 Braughing (B.Stortford RD), Herts; Vera H H m.Francis E Chapman Oct>Dec 1926 at Thrapston, Hunts/N.hants
- Joan Elizabeth I Soper 'Irene' b.Jul>Sep 1905 (BS RD); Joan E I d.Jan>Mar 1940, age 35 at Blaby, Lei
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: '71cen James 34 at St Blazey, Con farming 124a, b.Grampound; Elizabeth 27 b.Mevagissey; William 5; James 3; Arthur 1; Edward 8m all b.Laddock & 2 servants Henry May 19 & Susan Thomas 15 : scan
: 1900 Mutton Hall Farm sold 1900 a2a. Abt that time it had 110a, land at Hare St & 18 cottages a2a
: '01cen William 35 agricultural engineer & agent at grocers shop, Hare St, Great Hormead, Herts; Mary 30; Gwendolen 7 all b.Con; Gladys 3 b.Herts; scan
: 1902 William of Mutton Hall Farm, was in 1902 trade directory as a 'farmer & steam plough & threshing machine owner'. [each pair of agricultural steam engines had a team comprising 2 engine drivers, cook, cultivator-man who operated the machinery & rode plough & a foreman] source : A web site for Great Hormead & Little Hormead [N of Bishops Stortford, map]
: 1902 William Soper advertised as a cycle agent in 1902. He was a member of a family which had steam engines to rent out for agricultural purposes. �Billy� Soper of Mutton Hall Farm rented steam ploughs 1902 & operated later from Stonebury Farm. Hormstead History
: 1904 Vera b.3 Jan 1904, admitted 18 Oct 1910 to Wootton St Lawrence National School, Wootton from Oakley; father of Ibworth; left 8 Nov 1912 scan & John Soper* b.Nov 1906 admitted 15 Apr 1912 scan [*it says 'John' not Joan]
: '11cen William 45 farmer (self employed, not employing others) in 7 rooms at Dassells Braughing, Ware [hamlet 10m N of Ware], (Bishop's Stortford RD), Herts; b.Laddock, Con; Mary 40 {m.18y, 4 births, all alive}, Gwendolen 17unm both b.St.Stephens, Con; Gladys 13 both b.Lower Hormead, Herts, Vera 7, Irene 5 both b.Braughing, Herts scan
: 1914 William Soper engineer,1914 event, mentioned on p.102 of a Wilstead History Book source
: 1920 W Soper of Church Fm, Wilstead, Beds, when eldest dau Florence Amy Gwendelen Soper m.Percy William Matthews 16 Oct at All Saints, Wilstead; only son of W Matthews of Home Farm, Thrapston; 'Bedfordshire Times' 29 Oct
: 1921 William Soper farmer & machinist, Church Farm, Wilstead, Bed; bankruptcy, Bedford Court, 23 Apr 192. 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)
: 1921 William farmer & machinist of Church Farm, Wilstead �13.307 liabilities (�,440 fully secured), assets �2,300 & 48 unsecured creditors; Took Church Fm tenancy with father 1912, rent �183pa; Farming stock �1,500, partly property of father who debtor said had given-up farming for a �1k promissory note at 5%pa. He bought farm for �3,600, Sep 1920 paying �360 (�200 of which borrowed) & full payment dau Sep'21 +6�%pa int. Sheriff took possession of farm 9 May; No books kept; Plough tackle on unpaid hire-purchase; 'Beds Times' 17 Jun scan
: 1927 ?a Mary J Soper d.Oct>Dec 1927 Thrapston, Hunts age 56
: '39cen William 74 widow farmer (retired) (b.19 May 1865) at Hay St, Braughing, Herts; with Ann Rook b.1 Oct 1861 unpaid dom duties,widowed scan
: 1946 William Soper late of Wilstead d.18 Feb, suddenly. at Hay St, Braughing, age 80; 'Bedfordshire Times' 22 Feb : [d.Jan>Mar B.Stortford]
- Frederick J Soper b.Apr>Jun 1922, Bristol (m.ne Moody)
- Ernest H Soper b.31 May 1930 [b.Apr>Jun], Bristol (m.ne Moody) m.Pauline M Clements Jul>Sep 1953, Bristol
: '39cen Charles Soper (/Soaper) 61 window cleaner (& ARP warden, Central�) (b.5 Dec 1877) at 64 Horfield Rd, Bristol, Glos; Dorothy M 40 unpaid dom duties (b.16 May 1899); line 3 temp withheld; Ernest H 9 at school (b.31 May 1930); line 5 temp withheld & 6th Peter Ryder b.9 May 1921 gent's outfitting shop assit, unm scan
: 1970 Charles Soper (1878-1970) d.Jan>Mar 1970, age 91, Bristol, Glos (b.5 Dec 1878)
: Samantha researching Dolly 2004, Sister to her grfather William Reginald Moody (c1911-) who m.1934 Bristol; Their father Frederick Moody (c1880) genesreunited
Arthur Charles Soper (Bristol) sorting clerk & telegraphist, Post Office 22 Feb 1939 (London Gazette 10 Mar) : appointed S[orting] C[ounting] & T[elegraphs] (T) 1939, Bristol Dept; Post Office Appointment Books; Reg nr.10962; Minute nr.A32895/38 scan : [an Arthur C Soper b.Jan>Mar 1922, Bristol mother ne Moody]
: 1939 Doris M E 40 widow, unpaid dom duties (b.1 Apr 1899) [ref 310] at 57 Holme Lacy Rd, Hereford, Herefordshire 1939 census; Gerald 39 married, munitions worker (b.2 May 1900); with Joseph Samuel (Samuel J) Sampson b.26 May 1868 udd, widow; Doris 2nd; Doris Sampson b.16 Aug 1900 udd; Gertie Sampson b.27 Jun 1910 unemployed, unm; & Gerald 5th scan : [Gerald b.1902 to William Joseph Soper m.Sarah Jane McNamara]
: 1965 Gerald W Soper (c1902-1965) d.Oct>Dec 1965, Hereford, Herefordshire, age 63
: 1975 Doris Soper, buried Hereford City Cemetery within Section 14-24 (misc garden remembrance etc) 1975 GenUKI H/R081
- Marie Soper bapt.16 Apr 1571
- Christopher Soper bapt.11 Jul 1574
( - a John Soper m.Joane Waffinde 11 Feb 1576 Hemel Hempstead)
- Jaine Soper bapt.3 Nov 1577
- Audrie Sooper bapt.3 Jan 1579
- Harrye Soper bpt.1 Jan 1595
- Jone Soper bpt.17 Dec 1598 : [a Joane m.Sylvester Chrispe 8 Oct 1620 Flamstead]
- Margrett Soper bpt.14 Mar 1600
- Margrett Soper bpt.25 Apr 1602
- Susanna Soper 19 Jul 1812 [m.Joseph Dugdale 11 Jun 1832 St Leonard, Shoreditch, Lon; died 27 Dec 1853 St Bartholomew's Hospital, Lon (John b.Canterbury, Kt, d.3 Jan 1892 Albany, New York)]
- Leah Soper 31 Jul 1814 m.William Joseph Jackson, of Upper Tooting, Sy when executor of brother William 1873 [m.not vis bmd (which started c1838)]
- William Soper b.St Andrews, Lon; bapt.2 Mar 1817 (father labourer); '51cen gardener 34 unm with mother; m.Charlotte Pike 1852 St Albans, Herts; d.1873, age 55
- John Soper both bapt.Holborn, London (living Gray's Inn Lane); '51cen look-up request from Jane Fiske, USA: from rootsweb : [if so perhaps the Robert d.Jul>Sep 1844, Chelsea, Lon]
: '41cen son William not obvious : [parents? Jane above thinks in '41cen, so assume Robert & Hannah both 50-4 amongst 300 paupers at St George, Chelsea?? - (connection, St George's paupers apprenticed to Herts - see Matilda '51cen below)]
: '51cen Susanna Dover 66 head, widow at St Michael, St Albans, Herts; b.Bucks with unm son William Soper 34 gardener b.St Andrews, Lon scan
John Soper, age 27 in Hertfordshire Adjourned Sessions 13 Feb 1843; sentence 9m imprisonment for uttering counterfeit coin (also James Eaton 6w, Henry Kitram 9m, Joseph Blake 9m): from Criminal Registers scan
: [a John bapt.4 Jan 1816, Hadlow Kent & a John bapt Chagford, Dev]
: John Soper 27 stonemason, James Eaton 25 labourer, Henry 2## groom & Joseph Blalce 22 stonemason, were charged wild uttering counterfeit half-crowns at Bushey, last Dec; Hertford Mercury 18 Feb 1843
- Sarah Jane Soper b.15 Sep 1851, bpt 28 Apr 1861 to William gardener & Charlotte of 39 Charles St, Berkeley Sq; at Christ Church, Mayfair, M.sx; by A W Thorold, minister of Curzon Chapel
: '51cen William 34unm gardener St Albans, b.St Andrews, Lon; with mother Susanna Dover 66 head, widow b.Bucks scan
: '61cen William (c1817-?) at St Michael, St Albans, Herts 44, gardener, b.Holborn, Msx, & wife Charlotte 49 b.St Michaels, Herts
: '71cen William 54 grocer & gardener at St Michael St, St Michael, St Albans, Herts; b.London & grocer's wife Charlotte 59 b.St Albans scan
: Charlotte d.Jul>Sep 1872 age 60 & William d.Apr>Jun 1873 age 55 both at St Albans
: William d.9 May 1873, gardener, widower of St Michael, St Albans, Herts; Administration Principle Registry 26 May 1873 to Leah Jackson (wife of William Joseph Jackson) of Upper Tooting, Surrey, sister & only next of kin; estate under �100 ; from Probate Calender, scan : [(William (c1818-1873) d.Apr>Jun, St Albans, age 55)]
4 Sopers in 1861 census (& 2 wives b.Herts)
: Photo of Soper family at Restinaes Farm, Cornwall c1887, shortly before they moved by train to Stonebury, Little Hormead, Herts from panoramio.com
: James farmed mainly arable with cows & other animals on his smallholding, St Blazey nr.St Austell. (Corn Laws repealed 1846 & US grain flooded in & refrigerated ships of 1880's caused farm bankruptcys in Home Counties). James sold his Cornwall farm & bought a much larger one in Buntingford, Herts : source
: '01cen James 65 at Little Hormead, Herts, Elizabeth 57 Mary 27, Henry 24, Albert 23 farmer's sons, Elizabeth 20, Julia 19, Katherine 16
: '11cen James 75 farmer (employer) at Stonebury Little Hormead nr Buntingford [Hormead/Brook], Herts; [Royston RD] b.Cranwell, Creed, Con; Elizabeth 67 {m.47y} b.Menagissey, Con, Henry 34unm & dau Elizabeth 30unm both b.St Blazey, Con & Emily Mays 16 dom serv b.Buntingford, Herts
: 1915 James Soper Stonebury Farm, Great Hormead, nr Buntingford, Herts; wrote letters May 1905 to J Marshall, builder & got a reply Jun 1915 [I've used that builder] ebay'd 2015
- William James Fordham Soper b.4 Sep 1896, Chingford, Ex [b.Oct>Dec Epping bmd dist (as siblings below)] : m.Dorothy M Nicholas at Epping, Ex 1923; re.m.Jul>Sep 1949, B.Stortford; d.1986
- Arthur Cecil Soper b.Jan>Mar 1898, & d.Jan>Mar 1899 age 1 both Epping)
- Edith Dorothy Soper b.Oct>Dec 1899, Chingford [Dorothy Ellen '01 & Dorothy E '11] m.John F Nicholas Jan>Mar 1925 Epping; d.1975 [anc.com]
- Mabel Adelaide Soper b.Oct>Dec 1901, Chingford : Mabel A Soper m.Walter J Balls, Jul>Sep 1929 Epping bmd dist
- Kathleen Annie Soper b.Apr>Jun 1903, Chingford; m.Thomas James Foster Stuart (c1900-) Jan 1932 Montevideo, Uruguay tree
- (?a Ronald Ernest Soper b.Jan>Mar 1905 & d.Jan>Mar 1906 Epping)
- Phyllis Elizabeth Soper b.Apr>Jun 1907, Chingford; Phyllis E Soper m.John Davies (c1907-) Jul>Sep 1929 West Ham, Ex
: '91cen James b.Ladock, Con with parents James/Elizabeth farmers at Herts
: 1896 : James b.Ladock, nr Truro 1868, 1 of 11 children. m.Martha (of the Fordham family of Puckeridge); Rented c1896 & later purchased Low Hall Farm, Sewardstone Rd, Chingford & started a dairy farm, a small retail milk business & ran a dairy, High St, Chingford : from Soper Farm Housing Estate : from a history of Church Langley partly built on Soper's Farm. Originally 400a but in 60y farming there, it reduced to 25-30a as it was built on. Also owned Gomm's Fm & farmed at Mount Echo Estate & Hawkwood; from Low Hall Farm site
: '01cen James farmer at Low St, Chingford, Essex [Epping RD], 33 b.Ladock, Con; Martha 32 b.Pickeridge, Herts, William J F 4 & Dorothy Ellen 1 both b.Chingford, Ex; also Ethel Pegram 13 gen dom serv b.Westnull, Hert; scan
: 1908 Sopers Farm was by a 390 yard viaduct, just south of Cuffley on the Enfiel to Stevenage railway loop : from The Times - 18 Mar 1908 67/746n
: '11cen James 43 farmer in 9 rooms at Low Hall Farm, Chingford, Ex; b.Laddock, Cornwall, Martha Ann 42 {m.15y 7 births, 5 alive} b.Puckeridge, Herts, William J 14, Dorothy E 11, Mabel A 9, Kathleen A 8 all at school, Phillis E 3, all b.Chingford, Ex & gen serv Eliza Day 26 b.Melden Hall, Suffolk & gen dom serv Eliza Day 30unm b.Melden Hall, Suffolk; scan
: [James farming Essex 1901]
: James Soper, Lower Hall Farm, Phone Silverthorne 1553; Dairy 22 Station Rd, Chingford phone Silverthorne 1270; "Dairy Products from own Farms*"; Paper bag on right; *so more than 1 farm?
: 1914 James Soper, dairy farmer, in phone book at Low Hall Farm, E4, 'Chingford 114', from 1914-50 : >1925 also at 22 Station Rd, E4, 'Chingford 270'
: 1929 father; James Soper d.27 Aug 1929, of The Beeches, Chingford, Ex; probate Lon 9 Dec 1929 to James Soper esq, Henry Soper esq; estate �891 9s 6d ; from Probate Calender, scan [James (c1835-1929) d.Jul>Sep, Epping, Ex, age 94]
: 1939 James a farmer in Sewardstone Rd, Chingford, Ex 1936 re Dove House Estate & St Catherine's Est, Chingford
: '39cen James 71 dairy farmer (b.13 Nov 1867) 'pwc 760/2392' at 1 Sewardstone Rd, N.Chingford, Chingford, Ex; Martha A 70 unpaid dom duties (b.20 Feb 1869); also Minnie Steward unm b.8 Dec 1898 paid dom help scan
: 1947 James Soper, dairyman & wife celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary at Low Hall Farm, Chingford. They took over Low Hill Farm together with a small retail milk business; from Dairy Engineering pub.1946
: 1956 Martha Ann Soper d.16 Jan 1956, Low Hall Farm, Chingford, Ex, age 87; b.1869, Standon, Herts* : [d.Jan>Mar Epping, age 86] :
: 1957 James Soper d.28 May 1957, Low Hall Fm, age c90 : [d.Apr>Jun Epping, age '59'] : probate 5 Sep Bodmin, Con* [*from Culpin tree & tree]
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: William Soper advertised as a cycle agent in 1902. He was a member of a family which had steam engines to rent out for agricultural purposes. �Billy� Soper of Mutton Hall Farm rented steam ploughs 1902 & operated later from Stonebury Farm. Hormstead History [see '11cen below]
: Mabel Lilian b.Oct>Dec 1887 at St Olave, Lon : '91cen Mabel L Soper 3 dau at & b.Bermondsey, Lon
- Cecilia Marion Soper b.Apr>Jun 1901, Wandsworth; ??a Cicely M Soper m.Frederick Williams Oct>Dec 1934, Battersea, Lon (bmd)
: [Charles Edward Soper a Lance Corporal in the London Regt (Royal Fusiliers), parents T H Soper (late) & Rhoda; home, 222 Roundwood Rd, Willesden, Lon; died Pas de Calais, France; 1 Jul 1916, buried/monument Gommecourt British Cemetery, Hebuterne: WW1]
: Evelyn Mary Soper d.2 Sep 1914, spinster of The Homestead; probate London 4 Nov 1914 to Florence Eleanor Booth (wife of William Bramwell Booth*), Lilian May Soper, spinster [her elder sisters (unusually? not younger brother Rev.Frederick)]; value �6,568; from Probate Calender (ancestry.com) : [Evelyn M (c1866-1914) d.Jul>Sep, Edmonton, age 48]
: ['11cen Evelyn M 44unm salvation army officer at Homestead Hadley Crescent (16 rooms). Hadley Wood, Barnet, (Edmonton), Hants; b.Blaina, Monmouthshire living with sister Florence E Booth b.Blaina [m.28y, 7 children, all alive] & her husband William Bramwell Booth both SA staff officers; Bernard B 21; Olive E 19, Dora B 17, W Wycliffe 15; cook 43, housemaid 22 & maid 17; scan] : [*Her brother in law headed the SA]
Charles F Soper, Private..., Hertfordshire Yeomanry, nr2615 : [assume b.Jan>Mar 1898 Lambeth to James & Phillis ne Phillips who m.1895 Frome, S.set]
: Frederick Walter Soper of 91 High St, High Barnet, Herts; enlisted Mar 1915 Army Service Corps : [m.Rosie Griffith 1902, Greenwich]
- Evelyn E Soper b.Oct>Dec 1921 (mother ne Field) & m.George Galloway Apr>Jun 1944 both at Hertford
: assume parents John Soper & Annie E Field m.Apr>Jun 1919 Paddington, Lon; John b.7 May 1898
: '39cen John 41 aircraft electrician (b.7 May 1898) at 19 Chambers' St, Hertford, Herts; Annie E 41 school cleaner (b.10 Jul 1898); Evelyn E (will m.Mr Galloway 'dei 18/10/44 m; E 310') 40m toothbrush machine operative (b.13 Nov 1898); also Elizabeth Field b.18 Jun 1867 udd married & Margaret Rose North (will m.Mr Farrow 'cr283 30/11/54)) b.17 Aug 1933 at school scan scan
- Daniel Arthur Soper b.Oct>Dec 1921 Watford (mother nee Duvall), (b.Abbotts Langley, Herts), m.Stella Mary Parsons Apr>Jun 1944 Wokingham
- Philip Wilfred Soper b.?* [b or d.not vis bmd] [d.by 2003*]
- Victor J Soper b.Jul>Sep 1942 Wokingham (m.ne.Duvall); [2003 'now lives in Calne, Wilts']
: '11cen Daniel Soper 16 boader at Barnsley, Cirencester, groom; '11cen b.Suffolk; boarding with Francis Strange 51 slater & plasterer, b.Wilts; wife 50; widowed father-in-law Richard Moss 78 both b.Cirencester & boarder Alan Taylor 19 groom b.Oaksey, Wilts : ['01cen Daniel 5 at Chelsea, Lon; b.S.set]
: 1939 Daniel Soper (c1894-?) 45 chauffeur, sailed cabin class on "Athlone Castle" (Union Castle Line) from Capetown, South Africa (via Madeira) arriving Southampton, Eng 3 Feb 1939; Last permanant address & future residence Eng; address 'Avion', Station Rd, Theale, Berks; scan; UK Incoming Register
: '39cen Daniel James H 44 chauffeur mechanic (b.16 May 1895) at 'Avion', Station Rd, Bradfield, Berks; Georgina D 39 unpaid domestic duties (b.15 Dec 1899); Georgina D 16unm junior clerk garage (b.4 Jun 1923); also Herbert C Bletsoe b.8 Oct 1903 foreman, dry battery mechanic, Winifred Bletsoe b.3 Feb 1916 dom duties; & lines 5 & 6 blacked-out scan
: 1946 Daniel J H Soper (c1896-1946) d.Jan>Mar 1946, Wokingham, Berks, age 50
: 1966 Georgina D Soper (c1899-1966) d.Jul>Sep 1966, Wokingham, Berks, age 67
: *David Soper of Basingstoke, son of Daniel/Stella, looking for info source
- Phyllis C Soper b.Jul>Sep 1923 at Watford, Herts (mother ne Crawley) : [m.Bernard C Meek Jan>Mar 1948, H.Hempstead]
: '11cen James 39 coachman, domestic in 4 rooms at 9 Lennox Mews, Chelsea, Lon; Phillis Beatrice 39 {m.16y, 4 births, all alive} b.London City; Cecil Edward 14 school b.Basingstoke; Charles Frederick 13 school b.Guildford, Sy; Eric Lennox 6 b.Chelsea; & Bertram Edward Johnson 22unm domestic groom b.Jersey scan
: Cecil E Soper, Serjeant, London Regiment, nr591115 & Leinster Reg nr28089; WW1, Medal card National Archives & a? C E Soper, Bombardier, Royal Field Artillery, nr65178
: Cecil Edward Soper mentioned in Journal of Mental Science, Jan 1925 (Notices by the Registrar) rcpsych.org
- Freda A Soper b.Apr>Jun 1922, Watford
- Joyce O Soper b.3 Dec 1925; b.reg.Jan>Mar 1926; m.Ronald A Wardropper Apr>Jun 1946 both Watford
- Wilfred A[lan] Soper b.19 Jul 1929 [b.Jul>Sep], Watford; ?m.Dorothy Wood 1954, Pontefract, Yorks (bmd) ; d.1998
- Nora A L Soper b.Jan>Mar 1932, Watford
: 1911cen Wilfred Augustus government labourer 22 with family; John H 60 confectioner self employed at home at 5 Tranquil Passage, Blackheath, Lon, b.Milstown Shorness, Kent; Hannah 52 b.Hockwellop, Bucks; Charles D government labourer 28; Wilfred Augustus government labourer 22; Frederick L journeyman baker 21; Edith W 20 all b.Blackheath; Arthur S page boy 15; Leonard A Soper 8 both b.Greenwich, Lon scan
: 1913 ?a Wilfred A Soper, Private..., Royal Lancaster Reg, nr28435 & Wilfred A Soper, Private..., London Reg nr302761 [but a 2nd Wifred A m.1929 Kent]
connection? a Wilfred A S Soper d.Jul>Sep 1932 age 42? at Hendon, N.Lon
: 1939cen Wilfred A 61 house steward, shrocde..? (b.3 Oct 1878) at 14 Bushey Mill Ln, Watford, Herts; Ada J 40 unpaid dom duties (b.26 Mar 1898); Joyce O Soper (will m.Mr Wardropper; 'mic dew 17/6/46') 13 scholar (b.3 Dec 1925); lines 3, 5 & 6 temp withheld scan
: '39cen Lucille B Flynn 7 at school (b.24 Mar 1932) at Liverpool, Lancs (will m.Mr.Molyneux '10/6/53 por', & m.Mr Soper '5/9/79? wig') [wig=Tavistock] scan : [Lucille B Flynn m.Ronald Molyneux Oct>Dec 1952 N.Liverpool]
: 1955 Wilfred A Soper (c1879-1955) d.Jan>Mar 1955, Watford, Herts, age 76
: 1998 Wilfred Alan Soper b.19 Jul 1929 & d.18 Jun 1998 & wife Lucille Brenda Soper b.28 Apr 1932 & d.18 Aug 1998, bur.St Luke's Churchyard, Lowton, Lancs billiongraves.com : see Alan Soper, artist
- Edna M Soper b.Dunmow, Essex Apr>Jun 1934
- Barrie L Soper b.Jul>Sep 1935, Watford (bmd) mother nee Smith
- Graham H J Soper b.Jan>Mar 1939, Watford; m.ne Smith
: '11cen Eric Lennox Soper 6 b.Chelsea, with parents; James 39 coachman, domestic in 4 rooms at 9 Lennox Mews, Chelsea, Lon; Phillis Beatrice 39 {m.16y, 4 births, all alive} b.London City; Cecil Edward 14 school b.Basingstoke; Charles Frederick 13 school b.Guildford, Sy; Eric Lennox 6 b.Chelsea; & Bertram Edward Johnson 22unm domestic groom b.Jersey scan
: '39cen Eunice M 26m unpaid dom duties (b.6 Feb 1913) at 68 Meadow Rd, Watford, Herts; Phillis B 67 widow [husband d.7m earlier], unpaid domestic duties (b.11 Nov 1871); lines 3 & 4 temp withheld scan
: Eric Lennox Soper death, on list between 1996-2006 www.webfamily.org.uk
James L Souper m.Dorothy K[ilner] Emery Jul>Sep 1933, Ware [see Sudan biog] : children
: Dorothy (c1907-?) 27 medical practitioner sailed 1st class on "Shropshire" (Bibby Line) from Port Sudan, Sudan to Plymouth, Eng (via ship continued to London, arriving 8 Jun 1934); address Wormley Lodge, Broxbourne, Herts (ship from Rangoon, Burma), scan; UK Incoming Register : [same address 1939]
1939 Register (census) taken 31 Sep; as WW2 just started
: 1948 Henry Soper (c1874-1946) d.Oct>Dec 1948, age 72, Bishop Stortford, Ex
: 1957 Edith Soper (c1878-1957) d.Oct>Dec 1957, age 79, Bishop Stortford
George Soper, 1870-1942. A printed chronology of the life & work of George Soper (1870-1942) and his daughters Eva Soper (1901-1990) and Eileen Soper (1905-1990) : AMS6495/24 www.a2a : [George Soper (1870-1942) etcher & painter biog]
: '39cen Joyce Chatter (m.Mr Soper) c2unm under age school (b. Nov 1936) at 4 Brosscroft, Hoofield, Glossop, Derbyshire; with Joe Barber b.29 Mar 1898 post man, retired, disabled on service; Mary Barber b.31 Aug 1895 unpaid dom duties; Elsie Brierley (Barker) b.18 Mar 1925 at school; Esther Earnshard b.4 Dec 1870 udd scan
a housing estate was built on James Soper's farm : see above
Sopers Lane, Cuffley, Potters Bar, Hertfordshire : source
Sopers Farm Viaduct south of Cuffley village, Herts completed 1909 : 390 ft long & 65 ft high, [Cuffley, N of Enfield, London] gracesguide : location : &
Sopers House, Cuffley, Herts EN6 4RY
Sopers Road; Cuffley, Hertfordshire mentioned, London Gazette 1949
Sopers Farm in Northaw parish, a modern reference
[SCLM, [Select Cases Concerning the Law Merchant, 3 vols, vol. 1 ed and trans. Charles Gross, vols. 2-3 ed and trans. Hubert Hall, Selden Society 23, 46, 49 (London: B. Quaritch, 1908-32).]
Phillip Soper gentleman, last in list of 13 commissioners for Huntingdon for William & Mary's tax to to continue war against France. �1.65M collected 1691 british-history.ac.uk [�1,267 from the whole County of Huntington]
Phillip Soper gentleman last in list of commissioners, town of Huntingdon for William & Mary's 4s in the � tax to carry on the war with France. About �.3M to be collected 1694/ 14th of 15 in 1695/6 list british-history.ac.uk
Phillipp Soper a commissioner (listed 11th of 16) for the town of Huntingdon, William III's 3p in � tax to disbanding forces & pay seamen & others. About �1.5M to be collected 1697-8 british-history.ac.uk
Philip Soper a commissioner (listed 14th of 18) for town of Huntingdon, William III's tax to defray his expence of his navy, guards & garrisons for a year. �1.5M to be collected from March (Huntingdon town �324) 1701 british-history.ac.uk
John Soper m.Ann Renolds, 1709
William Soper m.Mary Golder, 1723
Mary Soaper m.Anth Dash, 1732 all at Huntingdon Archdeaconry, Huntingdonshire or Herts; Boyd's Marriage Index
- William Soper b.abt 1856, Edinburgh, Scotland '11cen painter at Battersea, wife Ann
- John Soper b.abt 1858, Scotland
- Richard Henry Soper b.Jan>Mar 1861, m.Hannah Sheppard Oct>Dec 1886 both Wandsworth
: '61cen Richard 26 carpenter & joiner at Cottage, South Shoebury, b.Portsmouth, Hants, Mary 25, b.Bluntisham, Hunts; William 5 scholar; John 3 both b.Scotland & Richard 1, b.St Georges, Lon
: '71cen Richard 35 carpenter at 5 Park Place, Surrey Lane, Battersea, b.Portsmouth, Mary 36 b.Bluntisham, Hunts; William 15 b.Scotland; Richard 11 Pimlico, Msx, scholars also Edwin Wiggins 1 b.Battersea, Sy (neighbours at 1 Park Place Thomas 25 architect & sister Amelia 34, both unm, b.Southsea)
: '81cen Richard 45 builders forman at 9 Granfield St, Battersea, b.Portsmouth, Mary A 46 b.Bluntisham; William 23 b.Scotland; Richard 21 bricklayer b.Pimlico & Edwin Wigens, nephew, scholar 11 b. Battersea (William b.Edinburgh, 23 a decorater at Battersea)
: '01cen Richard 52 at Battersea, son Richard 31 (also at Battersea Thomas 47 & sister Amelia 56 both b.Portsmouth [not vis '11cen]
: ?a Richard 56 d.Jan>Mar 1902 Wandsworth [inc Battersea-earlier census show he was abt55 in '01cen]
- William Soper b.21 Mar 1863 Minchinhampton [b.Apr>Jun Stroud, Glos RD] b.21 Mar 1863 Minchinhampton Glos; railway clerk; m.Elizabeth Butler 1862, Huntingdon
- ?a Mary Elizabeth Soper (c1864-1870) bpt.11 Dec; [b.Oct>Dec Stroud]; d.16 Dec, age 6, bur.Holy Trinity, Minchinhampton [d.Oct>Dec Stroud]
- George Henry Soper (1868-1962) b.22 Nov 1868 Minchinhampton, Glos [b.Oct>Dec, Stroud RD, Glos; bpt.27 Dec Minchinhampton; '91cen lawyers clerk with uncle James Butler; m.Mary Kate Newman, 1898 Bedford; a clerk
- Eliza Soper b.Oct>Dec 1870 & d.Oct>Dec 1870, Cheltenham, Glos, age 0; d.16 Dec aged 6; bur.Holy Trinity Churchyard, Minchinhampton
- Charles Richard Soper (1872-1903) b.1 Dec 1872 Minchinhampton : [Oct>Dec Stroud dist] '01cen licenced victualler; (d.Oct>Dec 1903 age 29 Tetbury - d.same place & time as brother)
- Frank Butler Soper (1876-1903) b.Jul>Sep 1876 Minchinhampton [butler both father's job & mother's name] : [Stroud dist] on 1901 crew lists; '01cen sea steward; Tetbury publican d.1903 age 27below
: '41cen Joseph 35-9 'j' [journeyman?] at Padworth Bottom, Padworth, Berks; Sarah 30-4; Richard 9; John 7; Mary 4; James 8m; Charles Faulkner 60-4 ag lab & wife Ellen Faulkner 60-4, Elizabeth Faulkner 25-9, Ellen Faulkner 6
: '51cen Richard Soaper 17 serv porter at 7 & 8 Berkely Sq (St George), Hanover Sq, M.sx '51cen, b.Padworth, Berks; with Charles Bishop 65 carpenter, wife 39 & dau 20 & 15, 3 house serv; 4 shopwoman; 3 clerks, 5 cooks, 2 kitchen maids, house serv, under butler, 3 porters scan : [not vis '61cen]
: '71cen Richard 38 butler, dom serv, b.Padworth, at West End, Minchinhampton; Elizabeth 35, b.Huntingdon, Hunts; William 8 scholar; George H 2 both b.Minchinhampton; John 36 bricklayer, b.Padworth scan &
: '81cen Richard 48, head, a butler b.Padworth, Berks; living at Providence Buildings, Minchinhampton, Glos, Elizabeth 44 b.St John's Hunts, George H 12, Charles K 8 & Frank B 4 all b.Minchinhampton : [another son? a William Soper 19 a railway telegraph clerk at Llantwit Lower, Glamorgan] : [at Minchinhampton, Glos '71cen]
: '81cen William 19unm railway telegraph clerk at 8 Richmond Ter, Llantwit Lower, Glam, b.Minchinhampton, Glos; one of 3 railwaymen boarders with Susan Wheatley 43 boarding house keeper, son Frederick John 13 messenger boy GWR & Emily Mary Wheatley 16 b.Gloucester city; scan
: '91cen Richard 58 butler (domestic) at 9 Providence Buildings, West End, Minchinhampton, Glos; b.Padworth, Berks; Elizabeth 54 b.Huntingdon, Hunts; Frank B 14 page (dom) b.Minchinhampton; scan : also '91cen son George H Soper 20 with uncle/aunt at St John, Beds 20 b.Minchinhampton (with? James S & Marion Butler?)
: 1899 Richard (1832-1899) d.6 Oct 1899, aged 67. wife Elizabeth (c1837-1927) d.9 Jan 1927, aged 90. Their dau Mary Elizabeth (c1864-1870) d.16 Dec aged 6; all bur.Holy Trinity Churchyard, Minchinhampton, Glos source
: '01cen; Elizabeth 64 widow, living on own means at West End Minchinhampton, Glos; b.Hountingdon; Frank Butler Soper 24unm steward (sea) b.Minchinhampton, Glos; scan
: 1901 F B Soper (1878-?) on 1901 UK crew list b.Stroud, Gloucestershire: Crew Lists 1861-1913 from FindMyPast
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: 1902 Mr Soper, landlord of the Ormonds Head Hotel [23 Long St, Tetbury] had an unfortunate accident. Returning from the meet at Worcester Lodge, he called at the Hare & Hounds Hotel [Westonbirt] with a friend on their way home. Mr Soper was mounting his horse, when his friend touched it with his whip in fun. The animal reared & threw Mr Soper & fell on top of him, completely stunning him. Mr Soper was conveyed home & attended by Dr Wickham. He lies in a critical condition. Wiltshire & Gloucestershire Standard 8 Mar 1902; source
: 1903 Frank Butler Soper publican 1903 of The Ormonds Head, 23 Long St, Tetbury, tied annual lease on alehouse from Nailsworth Brewery Co, 11pm closing, �32 ratable value : source
: 1903 Frank Butler Soper (1876-1903) d.Oct>Dec 1903, Tetbury, Glos, age 27; Charles Richard Soper (1872-1903) d.Oct>Dec 1903 age 29 Tetbury; what connection was older brother's death same place & qtr {could he be the friend?}]
: 1927 Elizabeth Soper (c1837-1927) d.Jan>Mar 1927, Stroud, Glos, age 90
- Edith Sarah M Soper b.Jan>Mar 1871 Torquay [Newton Abbott reg dist]; d.Apr>Jun 1938, age 68, Newton Abbott
- Jessie Rose Soperb.c1872 Torquay, Dev; m.Frederick William Norris Jul>Sep 1897, Newton Abbott, Dev [b. & '81cen not vis]
: ?? '81cen Thomas 43 farm labr at Loddiswell, Dev; Mary Grace 40; George Hine 17u farm lab; Tom 11; Leah 10; Margaret Rogers 5; William Henry 7; Florence Louisa 2 all b.Loddiswell
: '01cen Tom 53m watchmaker at 10 Victoria Parade, Tormoham with Torquay, Dev; Ernest 25 law clerk; Percy 22 joiner carpenter all b.Torquay ; scan
: '01cen Sarah 57m at Needing Worth Rd, St Ives, Hunts, b.Luton, Beds; with son-in-law Frederick W Norris 29 bootmaker b.St Ives, Hunts; Jessie Rose Norris 29 & Jessie Freda Norris 2 both b.Torquay, Dev scan
: '11cen Tom 63 watchmaker at 12 [Tormoham/North/ Crescent], Newton Abbot; b.Torquay, Dev; Sarah 66; b.Luton, Beds & Edith Sarah Mary 40; b.Torquay, Dev
Catherine Soper b.Deny, Ireland in abt 1799, living Middlesex 52 widowed house servant at 2 Ludgate Hill, St Brides, Middlesex; with pastry cook 24, porter 23, apprentice 16 & shop women 35 & 15 scan : [see]
: Mathew Soper b.Lancs abt 1804, living in Cumberland
: Mary A Soper b.Ireland abt 1808, living in Kent
: Harry b.Ireland abt 1844 living Kent
: William Soaper b.Ireland abt 1815, painter (journeyman) at Greenwich, Kent; wife Mary A Soaper 30 b.Poplar, Lon
: Rohda Soper b.Dublin abt 1823, living Devon
'10 & '20cen Mary Sopel & Alice Cody vis at 61st St. Mary; Alice a 'sister-single-nurse'. Patrick not vis; from sab54, Soper forum, Ancestry.com; Mar'12 : [not vis elsewhere] Not able to find any of them in 1930..
William Soper 19, born Ireland, a soldier in 29 Foot Regiment at North Camp Farnborough, Hants : [see below]
Mary Soper 46 b.Ireland wife of Henry Sopher 38 ?artist? born Corton, Hants
Eliza Soper 33 b.Ireland wife of Richard George Soper 32 Minister of Old Street Chapel, Spropshire. b.Grantham, Lincs
William Griffiths b.12 Aug 1869 Kinsale, Cork, Ireland; bpt Kinsale [Ireland b & m.records]
John Sopher, household head, age 62, b.Ireland c1809 & Catherine Sopher 1836, wife, 35, b.Ire c1836 in Much Woolton, Lancashire, presume the 6 Sophers there, aged 5 to 16 were their family
presume connection with another family of Lancs Sophers (speculate- son of a 1st marriage?): Richard G Sopher, household head, age 42, b.Greatham, Lancashire c1829 : & Mary Sopher, wife, 44, b.Ireland c1827, presume 4 children 9-14 & mother 83 made the family
Irish wives marrying a Soper in 1871 census
- Anne Soper, wife, 47, Ireland c1824, in Lambeth, London
- Rhoda Soper 1824, 47, b.Dublin, Ireland, a visitor in Tormonham, Devon. Assume visiting the Soper family there with husband Nicolas Soper (b.Devon)
- Catherine Soper, 77, b.East Lulworth, Ireland, Donegal 1794. Head of household in Southampton (All Saints), Hants : [see]
- Charlotte Soper, 32, b.Ireland c1839 in Southampton (All Saints), Hampshire [assume wife of George Soper 1836 Head, 35 born Southampton] In same parish was
- Sara Sopher, 44, b.Ireland c1827 [presumed wife of Adolph Sopher, b.Hungary c1831, a visitor, 40]
- Grace Soper b.20 Mar 1872 Newbridge, Kild, Ireland to William Venner Soper & Mary Healy : [WVS Sgt in army 1857-79; army record]
- John Soper b.6 Jan 1874 Belfast No 2, Ant, Ireland (Irish bmd) to William Venner Soper & Mary Healy : [see above]
Charles Alexander Souper b.24 Apr 1879 at Corbally, Limerick, Ireland : to Charles Edward Souper & Annie McCausland [igi] : [See family 1872]
???'71cen John H Soper Boy 1st Class 17 on 'Cambridge', of Plymouth, Dev; b.Brent, Dev; [HMS Foudroyant, tender to HMS Cambridge: 'gunnery' ship moored in Hamoage, under Capt Hon T A C Foley; 2 officers, 6 seamen & 247 boys (+ 2 officers & 17 seamen & 6 boys not on board) : wiki]
: so John a soldier in Ireland for at least 1877-1900 from births : [not vis '91/'01cen assume Ireland?]
: ?'81cen John 27 Serg RMLI� on "Fautoun", Royal Navy b.Exmouth, Dev ('61cen Jane 40, widowed lace worker; John 8; Mary J 6; William 4 all scholars b.Exmouth)
- William Henry Soper b.14 Nov 1885 Tralee, Kerry, nr228586, Admiralty's Registers of Seamen's Services National Archives ADM 188/404; b.Apr>Jun 1886 Tralee; (Ireland, Civil Registration [so took 6m to register birth? or joined navy too young]
- Mary G Soper b.c1888 Achill So, Mayo, Ireland; b.Jan>Mar 1888 Westport; [Ireland, Civil Registration]
- Alice J Soper b.c1900 Bere So, Cork, Ireland [not vis bmd]
- ? Soper 4th child b.? (from '11cen)
: ??'81cen John 27 Serg R M L I� on "Fautoun", Royal Navy b.Exmouth, Dev
: '01cen John 46 S A Coastguard b.Eng at Coastguard Station, Rerrin, Killaconnenagh parish, Bere, Cork; 1901 Irish Census; Alice 36; William Henry 14 both b.County Kerry; Mary Grace 12 b.county Ingo? [all read & write] & Alive J b.county Cork, all C of E [alone at address]; scan, scan2; 4 rooms, 5 windows scan3
: '11cen John 56 retired chief officer, H M Coast Guard at 8 Maidenwells Tee Eindeswood, Plympton St Mary [4 rooms]; b.Diptford, Dev; Alice J 46; [m.28y 4 children all alive] b.Carrig So, Kerry, Ireland; William H 24unm seaman, royal navy; b.Kerry, Fenit, Ireland?; Mary G 23unm; b.Achill So, Mayo, Ireland; Alice J 11 at school b.Bere So, Cork, Ireland; scan
: John d.10 Apr 1913, chief officer of coastguard RN of 8 Maidenwells Terrace, Underwood, Plympton, St Mary, Dev; admin Devon 25 Apr 1913 to Alice Jane Soper, widow; value �406; from Probate Calender (ancestry.com) : [John (c1854-1913) d.Apr>Jun, Plympton, age 59]
: Alice Jane d.30 Nov 1922, of 8 Maidenwells Terrace, Underwood, Plympton, Dev; probate Lon 1922 to Thomas Beale, carpenter, Thomas Stephen Luke, baker; estate �511 1s 1d; from Probate Calender, scan [Alice J (c1863-1922) d.Oct>Dec, Plympton, age 59]
: 1884 John Soper b.Oct>Dec 1884 Listowel; [Ireland, Civil Registration]
: 1901 J R Soper 16 boy 1st class crew at 'Wanderer', sloop, Home Station, Portland, Weymouth, Dorset, '01cen, b.Kerry, Ireland scan, scan & scan : [not vis '91/'11cen]
: 1914-8 John Robert Soper nr.209559 Royal Navy; b.20 Oct 1884 Cork, Ireland; WW1, Admiralty's Registers of Seamen's Services
: '39cen John R 54 gen labourer (b.14 Dec 1884) at 45 Grosvenor Rd, Skegness, Lincs; Mabel E 53 unpaid dom duties (& BRCS [Red Cross] YAD N.Lincs 48a�.) (b.20 Oct 1885) scan
: 1961 John R Soper d.Apr>Jun 1961, Skegness, Lincs, age 76
William Henry Soper b.Apr>Jun 1886 Tralee; [Ireland, Civil Registration]
from Maurice Kelly [grgrandson of Charles] who said 'Soper is an extremely rare name in Ireland. He found no other Soper families in 20thC Ireland & only 3 in 19thC, seemingly one offs & just passing through'
- Charles Alexander Soper, b.3 Nov 1891 Dublin S; m.Martha Brown Apr>Jun 1918 York, Eng; 11 children 1919-37 Yorks
- Herbert Soper (1901-34) b.7 Apr, bpt.12 Apr Dublin** [or] b.16 Oct at 37 Cumberland St, Dublin & d.unm 22 Nov at Dublin Union Workhouse [b.Oct>Dec N.Dublin; d.Oct>Dec age 32, S.Dublin]
- Lousie Soper b.5 Jan 1903, bpt.10 Jan Dublin**; [perhaps just +5d as] Luisa bpt.14 Feb 1904; at Rathmines Church, Dublin; (b.17 Jan) parents of 110 Mt Pleasant Buildings; witnesses John & Bridget Murphy; priest John Fennelly
: 1906 ?a Charles assistant in Morris Harris's large antique shop, Nassau St, Dublin. Harris's wife claimed divorce; He, jewish m.1891 Llandidno when nearly 70, wife catholic & catholic child b.1892. Soper saw her struggling with husband with an antique knife in her hand. Harris shouted to him to take it away. Divorce allowed; Llandudno Advertiser 10 Nov 1906 scan
: 1927 'Charles Victor Soper' d.Jan>Mar 1927 age 54 at Dublin South (Ireland Death Index) ['Valentine' used throughout his life,so 'Victor' mistake]
Mabel Irene Soaper b.Oct>Dec 1890 Kilkeel; [Ireland, Civil Registration] : [assume same parents??] : [ '11cen Mable Irene dau b.Ireland 20, at Portsmouth, Hants with parents George ('91cen able seaman navy) m.Edith bef.1890]
: Rhoda 66 at Brixham, Dev (husband Nichlas, coal carrier)
: Mary 62 at Holylake, Cheshire with husband Richard a minister;
: Mary M 30 widow at Bootle, Lancs
: Charlotte 51 at Southampton, Hants with husband George
- William Arthur Soper b.4 Nov 1891; bpt.11 Jan 1892 to Henry & Mary Ellen Hanapy of 37 Upper Gloucester St; bpt St Mary Pro Cathedral, Dublin; witnesses Margaret Walsh & Daniel Downing irishgenealogy.ie : William Arthur Soper b.Oct>Dec 1891 & d.Apr>Jun 1892 Dublin North (Irish bmd)
- Florence Mary Soper b.17 Jun 1893 Ireland; bpt 3 Jul St Mary Pro Cathedral; to Henry & Mary Hanaphy; 11 Gloucester St; sponcer Anne Donnely & priest Danl Downing irishgenealogy.ie (b.Jul>Sep 1893 Dublin North)
- Ethel May Soper b.Jul>Sep 1897 Peckham, [Camberwell reg dist], Lon
- Gertrude Eleanor Soper b.Jan>Mar 1900; d.Jan>Mar 1931, age 30, St.Olave, Lon
- Winifred Soper b.Oct>Dec 1901, St Olave; ?a Winifred m.William Stevens Jan>Mar 1924 St.Olave
- Dorothy Lilian Soper b.Apr>Jun 1903, St Olave; ?a Dorothy L m.Richard E Bonney Jan>Mar 1929, St Olave
- ? Soper b.? 6th birth who'd died by '11cen
: '81cen Harry 13 with parents William R house decorator 36 at Deptford & Mary A 35
: 1891 family at 37 Upper Gloucester St, Dublin & 11 Gloucester St 1893; by 1897 in London
: '01cen Henry 33 telephone wireman, in 2 rooms at 51 Russell Scott Building, Bermondsey, (St Crispins) Lon, b.Deptford; Ellen M 33; Florence M 7 both b.Ireland; Ethel M 3, b.Peckham; Gertrude E 1 b.Bermondsey, Lon; scan
: '11cen Harry 43 electrical warehouseman, worker at electrical engineers at 92 Garden Buildings [3 rooms - 'Duteb? Storage'] St Olave, Bermondsey, Lon; b.Deptford, Kt; Mary Ellen 43 [21y, 6 children, 5 alive] b.Dublin, Ireland, Ethel May 13 school b.Peckham, Lon, Gertrude Elenor 11 school, Winifred 9, Dorothy Lilian 7 all b.Bermonsey; scan
: '11cen Florence 17unm under laundry maid, institution inmate at The Convent, Mayfield, a Roman Catholic girls school; b.Dublin; scan scan: [inmates on page 14-59, so nuns rather than say pregnancy? - it took locals & orphans see]
: Harry, b.1867 Greenwich, Kent : Army Pensioner's Record, from National Archives findmypast : [??a Harry WW1]
: Mary E Soper (c1868-1914) d.Jul>Sep 1914, age 46, St Olave
: ??a Harry (c1868-1928) d.Jul>Sep 1928, Southwark, Lon, age 60
- Edwin James Soper b.7 Apr 1897 Castlebar, Ireland; m.Hannah Moss, 1923, W.Bromwich, Shrops/Staffs; '39cen steel tube inspector
- Cathleen Alice Soper b.5 Feb 1899 Downpatrick, Ire; Kathleen A m.Robert Harris, 1927, W.Brom
- Barbara Florrie Soper b.Jan>Mar 1903 Wolverhampton, Staffs (b.Wednesfield) : m.William B Lang Apr>Jun 1931 W.Brom
- Ernest William Soper b.28 Apr 1906 Smithwick; [b.Apr>Jun King's Norton Worcs]; m.Lily Sabin 1937, Oldbury, Worcs; '39cen steel tube bender
: '71cen Edwin 3 b.Piddlehinton, Dor with family; Thomas 48 ag lab, carter, at Coal Yard Cottages, Fordington; b.Maiden Newton, Dor, Mary 40 b.Frome, St Quintin; Anne Sophia 22 at home domestic; Tom 14 ag lab; Louisa 12; Charles 9 all b.Fordington, Harriett 7 b.Bere Regis; George 5; Edwin 3 both b.Piddlehinton; William 8m b.Fordington scan (Harriett, 52 widowed laundress also at Coal Yard Cottages '71cen) : [not vis '81cen]
: '91cen Edwin 23 at Fordington, Dor, b.Muston, Dor, parents Thomas & Mary
: '01cen Edwin 27 [but he & wife 33?] steam pipe fitter; [2 rooms] at 64 Gladstone St, (St Stephens), Nottingham, Notts; b.Dorchester, Dor (2nd family at address); Fanny 27 b.Clare, Wilts; Edwin 3 & Kathleen 2 both b.Ireland; scan: ??also in Nottingham Annie 17 housemaid b.Basingstoke, Hants
: '11cen Edwin 43 general fitter, worker, chemical works, in 4 rooms at 40 Flash Rd, Oldbury, West Bromwich, Staffs; b.Dorchester, Dor, Fanny 43 {m.14y, 4 children born, all alive} b.Calne, Wilts; Edwin James 13 b.Castlebar, Ire; Cathleen Alice12 b.Downpatrick, Ire; Barbara Florrie 8 b.Wednesfield, Staffs all at school & Earnest William 4 b.Smithwick, Warwicks; scan]
: 1938 Fanny d.28 Nov 1938 of 40 Flash Rd, Oldbury, Worcs; d.Hallam Hospital, W.Bromwich, Staffs; admin Birmingham 13 Dec 1938 to Edwin, retired pipe fitter; estate �186 5s 10d; from Probate Calender scan [Fanny (c1867-1938) d.Oct>Dec, W.Bromwich, Shrops, age 71]
: '39cen Edwin 71 married retired pipe fitter (b.20 Jun 1868) at 71 Throne Rd, Rowley Regis, Staffordshire; with Robert Harris b.27 Jun 1900 metal fitter polisher; Kathleen A Harris b.5 Feb 1899 udd; general Labourer both married; Patricia Harris (will m.Mr Golding) b.9 Nov 1932 at school, unm; Edwin 4th scan
: 1939 Edwin Soper (c1868-1939) d.Oct>Dec, Oldbury, Worcs, age 71
: '91cen Charles nephew unm 21 toll collector (em'ee)�at Laira Bridge Gate, Laira Green, Dev; b.Exmouth, Dev;�with uncle William Farracy 67 married toll collector(em'ee) b.Ireland
- Charles 1898 Ireland
: '01cen Charles 31 inn keeper (self employed) 27 Buckwell St, Plymouth, Dev; b.Exmouth, Dev; Emmaline 32 b.Plymouth, Dev; Charles 3 b.Ireland; also navvys boarders Owen Owen 20 b.N Wales & Robert Lee b.Tiverton, Dev (2nd household at address); scan
: '11cen Charles 42 [hotel / house / inn keepers] at (24 Inn/West/South/St) Plymouth; b.Dev; Emmeline 43 wife [assist hotel keepers]; b.Stonehouse, Dev; Charles 14 son [government � boy / railway messenger / not]
: ??a Charles Soper (c1869-1919) d.Oct>Dec 1919, Plymouth, age 50
: ??an Emmeline m.Ernest R Gregory Jul>Sep 1924 Plymouth
: Herbert Soper b.Oct>Dec 1901 Dublin North; [Ireland, Civil Registration]
: Herbert Soper d.Oct>Dec 1934 age 32, Dublin South; [Ireland, Death Index] : [Charles Valentine Soper (1865-1923) m.Anna Best, Enniskillen, Ire 1889 biog]
: Kathleen Soper b.Oct>Dec 1911, Dublin South : [??an Kathleen m.Jul>Sep 1932 Dublin S (to either Patrick Farrell; John Christopher O'Connor; Percy Soper or Laurence Wilson)]
: Annie Soper b.Oct>Dec 1914, Dublin S : [? an Annie Oct>Dec 1918, age 27, Belfast]
: Percy Francis Soper b.Jan>Mar 1916, Dublin South
: Female Soper b.Jan>Mar 1917, Dublin North
: Esther Anne Soper b.Apr>Jun 1918, Dublin S : [? an Esther d.Oct>Dec 1934, age 16 Dublin S]
: Male Soper b.Apr>Jun 1920, Dublin North
: Male Soper b.Oct>Dec 1922, Dublin North
: Elizabeth Annie Soper b.Jan>Mar 1923, Dublin S : [an Elizabeth A d.Jan>Mar 1955, age 32 Dublin S]
: Female Soper b.Apr>Jun 1925 Dublin South
: George Soper b.Oct>Dec 1927, Dublin South
: Percival Soper m.Esther Anne Tutty Apr>Jun 1912 Dublin South
- Percy Soper (1890-1976) window cleaner; Fractured right femur 15 Mar 1915 in Dublin (states he fell 50ft off a building in civil life); posted for duty Manchester 9 Mar 1918 Wenternon? C Labour Corp; discharged 8 Nov 18, age 28 no longer physically fit for war service. Walks lame, cannot walk far, 10% disablement; awarded allowance 8s 3d for 13w : from War Service scans 357-363
- Mary J Soper Jul>Sep 1934 Dublin South; mother ne.Tutty : [& presume many others]
Charles Soper, Lance Corporal..., Royal Dublin Fusiliers, nr10913 : ['11cen still Lance Corporal age 19]
George Soper, Private, Royal Dublin Fusiliers, nr11336. Medal Card says moved on to RE : [Royal Engineers?] Dublin Fusiliers : letters he wrote WW1 : [Did he m.1920 Cork below??]
Walter Soper, Private, Royal Dublin Fusiliers, nr11577 : Medal Card gives discharged 18 Jan 1916 Dublin Fusiliers
: Annie Soper (nee Boston), d.17 Nov 1918, wife of John R Soper & Catherine Adelaide d.19.Mar 1928 wife of Thomas Boston, bur.Dundonald Cemetery, Belfast, Northern Ireland billiongraves.com
: 1884 John Robert Soper nr.209559 b.20 Oct 1884, Cork, Ireland; Royal Navy Registers of Seamen's Services Nat Archives; a Continuous Service Record Card available : [??just speculate John (1854-1913) was a coastguard in Ireland at the time]
: 1918 Annie Soper (1891-1918) d.Oct>Dec 1918, age 27 Belfast, Ire
: 1914 ??a George, Private, Royal Dublin Fusiliers, nr11336. Medal Card says moved on to RE [Royal Engineers?]: & letters he wrote from the trenches WW1 1915-18; He had a brother who d.WW1
: 1949 ??a George (c1896-1946) d.Oct>Dec, age 50 Dublin South
: '39cen Edwin J 42 inspector, seamless steel tubes (b.7 Apr 1897) at 24 Greenwood Ave, Oldbury, Worcs; Hannah 42 unpaid dom duties (b.12 Jul 1897); line 3 temp withheld scan : [his father a pipe fitter]
: '39cen Rose Grigg (will m.Mr Soper 'm qjt 21/9/50') 25unm enameller seamless steel tube (b.26 Jul 1914) at 3 Back, 66 Tat Bank Rd, Oldbury, Worc; with Joseph S Grigg 15 Jun 1878 labourer, heavy, chemical factory & Ellen S Grigg 17 Jul udd, both m. scan
: 1948 Hannah Soper (c1898-1948) d.Jul>Sep, Oldbury, Worcs, age 50
: 1950 Edwin J Soper m.Rose Grigg Jul>Sep 1950, Oldbury
: 1961 Edwin J Soper (1897-1961) d.Jul>Sep, Oldbury, age 64
- Rohan Soper Apr>Jun 1940, all Dublin S; mother ne.Jordan
- Percival L Soper Jul>Sep 1944 Dublin S
- Lydia E Soper Jan>Mar 1956 Dublin S
- Martin G Soper b.Jan>Mar 1956 Dublin S
- Una T Soper b.Jan>Mar 1957 Dublin S
: Rowland Soper known as "Ireland's Nat King Cole". Played Sunday night concerts at Archbishop Byrne Hall in Synge St. Years later he wrote words & music Dickie Rock's Eurovision song "Come Back to Stay". Last met Rowland in Rathfarnham he was coming out of a Church after a family christening. He's such a nice Guy, I knew him quite well when he worked for BMW on Naas Road
: Rowland Soper producing & conducting & brother Dickie Rock will be singing Irelands entry in ESC. They are travelling together to Luxemburg source; "Come Back To Stay" written by Dublin-based cabaret singer Roland Soper won in competition for a song for Ireland. It came 4th. The song was Dickie's 6th Irish chart-topper (he had two more 1968 & 1977) : Dickie Rock b.Richard Rock 10 Oct 1938 Cabra, Dublin, Ireland (still singing age 78)
- Hannah Soper bpt.? to William & Elizabeth
- Ells Soper b.? to William & Ells
BMD for Lancashire 93 names
Lucy Sooper b.abt1784 Liverpool, Lancs : m.Keilah Hall 1 Dec 1801 Raynham, Plymouth, Massachusetts : died 27 Sep 1857 Auburn, Androscoggin, Maine (igi)
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Richard George Soper, from Lancashire Independant school, passed University of London BA degree examination : from The Times 2 Nov 1848 95/746n
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Wadham & Soper, commission agents of Liverpool, partnership dissolved : from The Times 8 Jan 1851 : 36/211p : [John jnr son of John snr hatter who d.1839]
- John Souper b.Jan>Mar 1860:
- Thomas Souper b.Jan>Mar 1867 (a Thomas Souper d.Oct>Dec 1867 Newington, Lon age 0);
- Sarah Jane Souper b.Jan>Mar 1873;
- Edward Souper b.Jul>Sep 1875 &
- Martha Ann Souper d.Jul>Sep 1878 age 9 [assume connection with Edward Souper d.Oct>Dec 1856 - perhaps father or 1st son?]
- William Estill Soper b.Jan>Mar 1872 Liverpool, a public house manager [m.1894 below] : William's wife of a son b.30 Nov 1871 at 23 Rathbone St [Liverpool], 'Liverpool Mercury' 9 Dec, from newspapers.bl.uk : [assume William Estill Soper m.1894]
- Phoebe Cissie Soper b.Oct>Dec 1873 Liverpool; '01cen 27 ironer; [a Phoebe Soper wit m.of Byron/Lomath 1893] : (m.Alfred Richard Craine 1901 Toxteth Park, Lancs) : [not vis '81cen]
- John Douglas Soper b.Jan>Mar 1877 Liverpool; shipwright; m.Sophia Jane Kewell 1905, Toxteth, a widower '11cen below :
- Charles Edwin Soper b.Apr>Jun 1880 Liverpool: hairdresser; m.Mary Jane Harrison 1907, W.Derby :
- Elizabeth Soper b.Jul>Sep 1884 Liverpool
: ?a Henry b.Jan>Mar 1886 & d.Apr>Jun 1887 age 1; Liverpool :
: ?an Elizabeth d.Jul>Sep 1893 age 44? Liverpool
: ??W B Soper elected churchwarden of St Pauls, Preston [Lancs]; in 'Lancaster Gazette' 2 Apr 1869; scan
: ['71cen not vis]
: ['81cen none vis (a John 30 policeman & Elizabeth 30 in Lancs but different child)]
: ['91cen Elizabeth 41 wife [husband not listed] machinist at 42 Rathbone St, (St Mark), Liverpool, Lancs; Phoebe 17 machinist; John D 14; Charles E 11 scholar; Elizabeth 6 scholar all b.Liverpool; scan]
: Elizabeth Soper d.Jul>Sep 1893 age 44 all Liverpool bmd district
: [Phoebe Soper & Elias Williams witnessed m.of William John Lomath (joiner 21) & Janet Byron (21 both of Rathbone St) 22 Oct 1893 at St Peter, Liverpool source]
: ['01cen Phoebe 27unm dungaree iron machinist in 4 rooms at 25 Micawber St, Toxteth Park, Liverpool C B, Lancs; brother Charles E 21unm, gentlemans hairdresser; sister Elizabeth 16 all b.Liverpool; scan]
: ['11cen Elizabeth 26 b.Liverpool; with John Douglas 34 widower, 8 Wrenbury St, Holt Rd, Liverpool, (West Derby RD), Lancs; dau Gertrude 4, with brother-in-law Frederick Charles Jack 39 fireman] : ['11cen Charles hairdresser in Derby with wife; Also sister Pheobe, Jack 37 {m.4y} & Margery 2m, all b.Liverpool]
: H Soper & Son's agents Mr Dean not received a reply from his employer on weavers' 1870 deputation for 1d per yard wage increase. He was abroad. The award given, but the cost of living said to increase by 25% in 18m. T weavers' lot became worse, by 1877 trade was almost at a standstill & most mills were shut. leighlife.com
: Henry Soper & Sons, Welsh Hill Mills; 1 of 6 Leigh silk manufacturers in Warrels Directory; . ('71cen Leigh pop.17,621 inc Bedford & Pennington; 10%inc on '61cen; with railway & canal links, 12m.W of Manchester) : [1st spinning jenny, Leigh 1763] source
: Welsh Hill Row or Street is close by - sometimes called Albert Street we are told. Down here in days long gone, was the little pub, the Beehive. It flourished in the 1880's (as did all the pubs in Leigh). In 1885 James Southern was landlord, & no doubt he did well with silk workers in the mill of H Soper & Sons lower down the street near the canal. leighlife.com
- ?an Elizabeth Soper bapt.20 Oct 1889 St Peter's Liverpool to William & Elizabeth
presume connection with another family of Lancs Sophers (speculate- son ?)
- Ellen Catherine Soper b. Oct>Dec 1876, Chorlton
: Ellen Catherine Souper bapt.1 Feb 1877 at St John the Baptist, Lancs, to John Charles Souper & Eliza Ann [igi]
: [John Soper 1875; Joined 14 Jun 1875; age 25; b.Stoke Gabriel, Dev; Religion, C of E; Single; Manchester Police Index 1858-1941]
: ['81cen John 30 policeman b.Totness, Dev at 10 Hall St, Chorlton on Medlock; Eliza 30 b.Teignmouth , Dev & dau Ellen 4 scholar b.Manchester, Lancs, also Fredick Cameron (30u) a policeman b.Bererly,Yorks, a lodger?] : [not vis '91 but an Eliz 41 with other children at Liverpool]
- Henry Charles Soper b.Jan>Mar 1878 Bolton; '81cen 13 a piecer; enlisted Blackburn;
- Norman Soper b.Oct>Dec 1880 d.Jul>Sep 1881 age 0 at Haliwell, Bolton [in '81cen above]
- Arthur Soper b.Jan>Mar 1882 bpt.8 Mar Brownlow Fold United Methodist Chapel, Halliwell; d.Jan>Mar 1883 age 1 at Haliwell, Bolton*
- Frank Soper b.Apr>Jun 1883 Bolton b.St Johns; '01cen 19, Pvt Lancs Fusiliers 1898 Frank m.Catherine Coleman 1910 Bolton
- Adelaide Soper b.Apr>Jun 1885 Bolton; '01cen 15; '11cen not vis; no m or d vis; [not the Adelaide b.1921; m.Jan>Mar 1940, Bolton]
- Ivy Soper b.Oct>Dec 1886 d.Apr>Jun 1887 age 0 at Tonge with Haulgh*
- Thomas Soper b.May 1888 Bolton, [b.Apr>Jun] : ['01cen 13 little piecer]; m.Elizabeth Ann Murphy 14 Oct 1911 St Peter & St Paul Roman Catholic Church, Bolton, Lancs; parents John & Mary Murphy; witness: Benjamin Smith & Anna Strong [m.Oct>Dec Bolton], Pvte North Lancs Reg 1914 (for 2m), below]
- Norman Soper b.Jan>Mar 1891, Bolton & d.Jul>Sep 1891 age 0 Little Bolton, Bolton
- Arthur Soper b.Apr>Jun 1892 d.Oct>Dec1893 age 1 at Great Bolton*
- Ivy Soper b. & d.Apr>Jun 1895 age 0 at Great Bolton*
- Ivy Soper b.Jan>Mar 1906 & d.Oct>Dec 1924, age 19 both Bolton ('11cen age 5 relation to Fred & Mary both 56 not given dau/grdau?)
- *A sad list of Bolton bmd district infant deaths 1880-95; presume this family as 20 births recorded '11cen but only 4 still alive; 11 assumed above
: '61cen 5 parents Henry 33 engineer & Susan 27 at Lambeth
: '71cen 15 brass finisher with parents, Lambeth
: not visable '81cen
: Abode: 7 Telford St. Brownlow Fold; on baptism of son 8 Mar 1882, age 6 weeks at Brownlow Fold United Methodist Chapel, Halliwell, Lancs
: '91cen Frederick W 33 smith (employee) at 4 Radcliffe Rd, Tonge with Haulgh, (St Peters), Bolton, Lancs; b.Lon; Mary J 22 b.Shrops; Henry C 13 piecer (cott); Frank 8; Adelaide 7 both scholars; Thomas 2; Norman 2m all b.Bolton, Lancs; scan & scan2
: 1898 son Frank Pvt nr.4965 & 5692 5th Bat, Lancs Fusiliers Reg 98-01; b.St Johns, Bolton; resident 36 Back Foundry Street, St Johns, Bolton; 5ft 4in; weight 108lbs; 31�in expansion 2in; fresh complexion, grey eyes, dark brown hair; C of E; tattoos 4 dots Rt & 1 left forearms; blue scar lip cheek (& 7m later 5ft 5in; 115lbs; man's head tattooed on right forearm); a piecer for W Jenkins foreman of The Robin Hood Spinning Co Works, Bolton; Attested militia 29 Oct 98 Bury, Lancs age 17y 1m [so b~Sep 81 (so 2y underage)]; 29 Oct 98- 28 May 99; Attended underage, discharged on payment 29 May 99 : Paid �2 on 31 May 99, Bury; Attested [again] for 6 years; 1 Jun 99 , Bolton; age 17y 6m [so b~Jan 82 (so 1�y underage)]; fit at medical 3 Jun at Bury; Served 1 Jun to 29 Jul 99; Embodied 19 Feb -17 Oct 00; Disembodied 18 Oct 00 - 4 Mar 01; Joined Shropshire Light Infantry 5 Mar 01 army record
: '01cen Frederick W 43 steel tool smith at 36 Back Foundry St, Bolton, Lancs; b.Lambeth Walk, Lon; Mary Jane 43 b.Wellington Oaken Gates, Shrops; Henry Charles 23 labourer for smith; Adelade 15 & Thomas 13 little piecer in cotton mill, all b.Bolton : [a 'little piecer' worked under the spinning mule, mending treads. Injuries were common, if not quick moving from the returning carriage]
: '01cen Frank 19unm b.Bolton, Lancs, Private at Shropshire Light Infantry Depot; scan
: '11cen Fred William (c1855) 56 engineers toolsmith (boiler maker) in 3 rooms at 132 Fletcher St, Bolton, Lancs; b.Lon; Mary Jane 56 {m.32y, 20 births, 4 alive}; b.Bken Gates, Shrops & Ivy 5 at school b.Bolton [relationship not given] (all transcribed 'Loper') & visitor Elizabeth Murphy 23unm laundress b.Bolton; scan : [perhaps Henry died WW1? see 1916]
: '11cen Frank 28 journeyman stick maker; (cane umberella mfr) b.Lancs; in 3 rooms at 130 Fletcher St, Bolton, Lancs [next door to parents]; b.Darcy Lever, Lancs, Catherine 27 {m.1y} b.Bolton (transcribed 'Loper'); scan
: 1914 Mary J Soper (c1855-1914) d.Jan>Mar 1914, age 59, Bolton, Lancs
: 1929 Frederick W Soper (c1855-1929) d.Apr>Jun 1929, age 74, Bolton, Lancs
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Henry Soper (c1835-1888) buried in a public grave, Burnley Cemetery, 3 Jul 1888 (nr15958), age 53; abode Workhouse : [Henry m.Mary Ann Smith 1874, Newton Abbott, Dev]
- William John Soper b.Oct>Dec 1895 Toxteth bmd dist; sadler m.Amy Peers 27 Oct 1920 Liverpool, Lancs; R.Artillery 1923-28
: '01cen William E 29 public house manager at 1 Clarence St, Liverpool, b.Liverpool, Rebecca 28 b.Sunderland, Durham, William J 5 b.Liverpool; scan : [White Star pub, by '11cen John Smethurst manager source] :
: '11cen William E 38 ships steward, steamship in 3 rooms at 63 Tillard St, Liverpool; Rebecca 37 {m.17y, 1 birth}; William J 15 all b.Liverpool; scan
: WW1 William Estill Soper b.1871 Liverpool, Lanc Merchant Navy Seamen: WW1 1914-8
: 1917 William Estill Soper crewman, sailed many times between 1917 & 1924, sometimes on 'The Carmania'
: '39cen Rebecca 66 married, unpaid dom duties (b.16 Dec 1872) at 62 Tillard St, Liverpool, Lancs; also John S Kirkpatrick b.20 Jan 1915 brass moulder, heavy worker unm & Rebecca Kirkpatrick (will m.Mr.Postlewaite) b.17 Mar 1918 factory hand, heavy work, unm scan
: 1953 Rebecca Soper (c1873-1953) d.Apr>Jun, Liverpool North, Lancs, age 80
: 1826 [?connection to John Estill Soper jnr (1826-2001) b.30 Apr Nicholas County, the son of the late John Estill Soper Snr & Edna Geraldine Herrin Soper (Jnr; lifetime member of UK College of Agriculture Association) source] : [?seems no link to another John Estill Soper (1895-1966) son of John Harvey Soper (1869-1955) & Mary Wilson source]
: 1830 William Estill Soper d.Apr>Jun 1930 age 55 W.Derby
: Alan Soper (1929-98) Lowton artist mainly painted old scenes of nearby Lowton & Scotland landscapes; ebay �195 : [if b.1929 perhaps Alan's painting from a photo c1900??] : [see artist notes]
: '01cen, Harry Sopper 37unm retired stock broker at 33 Brighton Gr, South Manchester, Lancs; b.London; visiting Donald McNirum 40unm insurance office b.Wakefield, Yorks, mother Isabella McNirem 70 widow b.Scotland & sisters Annie 38unm & Catherine I 32unm, both b.Manchester; visitor Isabella Sunderland 35unm b.Scotland & dom servants Lizzie & Amy Clark 18 & 16 b.Manchester
scan a & b
: an H�Sopper, sailed from London to Yokohama, Japan, 1899 : from findmypast.com
[an Mr H Sopper to S.Africa 1911 (& a Sopper 1908)] :
[connection? William Sopper & Co, Stockbrokers, 6 Throgmortn St, London, phone nr. 1902-05 (age 27, Streatham '01cen)] :
[perhaps connection to N A Sopher? below, who also moved to S.Eng>]
William Soper 52 engineer at "Forsham" steam sand pump (vessel), Preston, Lancs, '01cen, b.Lon scan : [354 tons; pumping sand, r & rubble; based at Preston dock; On board; mate 36m, engineers 52m & 39m, steward 36m, fireman 19, able seamen 34m, 34unm & 17; ord seaman 17] : [assume William duplicated census entry above]
- Gertrude Elizabeth Soper b.Oct>Dec 1906, Toxteth Park : m.Thomas Cooper Apr>Jun 1930 Liverpool
- ?a Dorothy Soper b.Oct>Dec 1908 (when Jane died, so speculate her baby?) Dorothy Soper d.Jan>Mar 1911 age 2, W. Derby, Lancs
: 1908 Sophia Jane Soper d.Oct>Dec 1908, age 28, Toxteth Park
: 1912 John D Soper m.Mary I R Clare Jan>Mar 1912, W.Derby (W.Derby births below, mother ne Clare)
- William Soper b.Oct>Dec 1912, West Derby, Western (d.Oct>Dec 1914, age 2)
- John D Soper b.Jan>Mar 1914 West Derby, Eastern (d.Oct>Dec 1914, age 0)
- Isabella Soper b.28 Apr 1915 [b.Apr>Ju], W.Derby, W; '39cen 24unm pay clerk; m.John Jordan Oct>Dec 1939 Prescot, Lancs
- Douglas Soper b.24 Oct 1917 [b.Oct>Dec], W.Derby, W; '39cen 21unm electrical storekeeper
- Doris M Soper b.1 Feb 1920 [b.Jan>Mar], West Derby, W; '39cen 19unm stores requisition clerk
: '91cen Elizabeth 41, at Liverpool, Lancs; Phoebe 17, John D 14, Charles E 11 & Elizabeth 6, all b.Liverpool
: '11cen John Douglas 34 widower, shipwright in 5 rooms at 8 Wrenbury St, Liverpool, (West Derby RD), Lancs; dau Gertrude 4 & sister Elizabeth 26unm, with brother-in-law Frederick Charles Jack 39 fireman, [John's] sister Pheobe Jack 37 {m.4y} & Margery 2m, all b.Liverpool : scan
: 1929 John D Soper d.Jan>Mar 1929 Liverpool, age 52 & assume sister Elizabeth Soper, d.Jul>Sep 1893, age 44 Liverpool
: '39cen Mary I R 59 widow, incapacitated (b.24 Jun 1880) at 111 Jeffereys Crescent, Huyton with Roby, Lancs; Isabella Soper (will m.Mr.Jordan) 24unm pay clerk (b.28 Apr 1915); Douglas 21unm storekeeper electrical (b.24 Oct 1917); Doris M 19unm stores requisition clerk (b.1 Feb 1920) scan
: 1949 Mary I R Soper (c1880-1949) d.Oct>Dec 1949, Prescot, Lancs, age 69
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Judas Sopher m.Louisa Hirschmann* Apr>Jun 1908, Liverpool, Lancs (*?or m.Sarah Louisa Sheals): [connection; an Elizabeth Sopher 83 in Lancashire, b.Salford, Lancs]
- Maurice Sopher b.reg Apr>Jun 1908, Liverpool, Lancs : [Maurice 18, sailed to Argentina 1926, also '30 & '33]
- Frederick Charles Sopher b.reg Jan>Mar 1909, Ormskirk, Lancs : Frederick C m.Esmee E Somech Jan>Mar 1936 Marylebone, Lon (1936 trip to Argentina below)
- Marie Louise Sopher b.Apr>Jun 1910, Ormskirk, Lancs (bmd); d.Oct>Dec 1918, age 8, Chorlton, Lancs
: [?'Spanish Flu' pandemic targeted the young & healthy Sep-Nov 1918]
: [Juda Sopher from Ottoman Empire. Resident in Lancs. Naturalisation Certificate 12 Oct 1905 above] :
: [Juda Sopper sailed to Argentina 1910] :
: ['11cen Juda Sopher (c1873-?) 38 manager, grey cloth business in 7 rooms at Brixton Ave, Withington, Chorlton, Manchester, Lancs; b.Turkey (resident); Louisa 39 {m.5y, 3 births, 3 alive} b.Gilling, Yorks; Maurice 3 b.Liverpool, Lancs, Charles Fred 2 b.Southport, Lancs, Marie Louise 1 b.Birkdale, Lancs: & brother Charles Selah 25unm grey cloth business (employer) b.Turkey (resident); scan]
: [perhaps connection? father? - Nathaniel Abraham Sopher (c1829-1906) : m.1873 Ormskirk : '81cen a bathchairman in Lancs b.Kiev, Poland : '91cen Sussex : d. 1906, E.Preston district, Sx age 77 : see Poland]
: Juda Sopher (c1874-?) age 50, sailed from London to Dakar, Senegal, 1924 : from findmypast.com
: Frederick (son?) sailed to Argentina 1928
: Juda with Louisa (wife?) & Frederick sailed to Argentina 1933 & 1936 with Esme (dau-in-law)
: Sidney Thomson Soper bur.21 Nov 1907 Cemetery, Bacup, Lancs, engineer, age 20; abode: 8 Random Row; grave: D189; parish, Stacksteads; class: 3rd opc.org.uk : [see parent's biog, Dev]
Charles Edwin Soper b.Apr>Jun 1880 Liverpool to William mariner & Elizabeth Roberts m.1868 Lancs
: '91cen Elizabeth wife 41, at Liverpool, Lancs, Phoebe 17, John D 14, Charles E 11 & Elizabeth 6, all b.Liverpool :
: '01cen Charles a gents hairdresser 21 at Toxteth Park
: '11cen Charles Edwin 31 hair dresser (employee) in 2 rooms at 75 Minto St, Kensington, Liverpool (West Derby RD), Lancs, Mary J 29 {m.3y. no births} both b.Liverpool, Lancs scan; also in 2 rooms at address, father-in-law William Harrison 54 ropemaker, wife Martha 51 & bro-in-law William Harrison 24unm all b.Liverpool scan
: 1917 Charles E Soper (c1880-1917) d.Oct>Dec 1917, W.Derby, Lancs, age 37
: 1918? a Mary J Soper m.Robert O'Brien Apr>Jun 1918, W.Derby, Lancs (bmd)