William SOPER (1845

William SOPER (1845 - 1922)

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
Jane SOPER (1878 - ) Thomas Noble SOPER (1879 - 1965) Syrena Emily SOPER (1880 - 1946) Wilhelmina Margaret C SOPER (1882 - 1955) Beatrice Kate SOPER (1883 - 1956) William Lewry SOPER (1884 - 1969) Daniel Henry SOPER (1885 - ) Daniel Edward SOPER (1886 - 1962) Matilda SOPER (1888 - 1956) Mary A SOPER (1889 - ) George Leslie SOPER (1891 - 1961) Charles S SOPER (1892 - ) Letitia Sophia SOPER (1894 - 1965) Ruby Muriel Florence SOPER (1896 - 1970) John Wesley SOPER (1897 - 1950)	William SOPER (1845 - 1922) + Emily LEWRY	Thomas SOPER (1801 - 1877)	William SOPER (1775 - )	Abraham SOPAR (1734 - )
				Mary THORNING (1740 - )
			Jane HARRIET (1779 - )

		Martha NOBLE (1820 - 1890)	William Henry NOBLE

			Margaret VANCE

b. 03 Jan 1845 at New South Wales, Australia

m. 08 May 1877 Emily LEWRY at Shoalhaven, New South Wales, Australia

d. 21 Aug 1922 at Shoalhaven, New South Wales, Australia aged 77

Near Relatives of William SOPER (1845 - 1922)
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Grandfather	William SOPER	1775	Exeter, Devon, England
Grandmother	Jane HARRIET	1779
Grandfather	William Henry NOBLE
Grandmother	Margaret VANCE

Father	Thomas SOPER	1801	Exeter, Devon, England	06 Jan 1877	Cambewarra, New South Wales, Australia	76
Mother	Martha NOBLE	1820	Irvinestown, Co Fermanagh, Ireland	30 May 1890	Nowra, New South Wales, Australia	70

Self	William SOPER	03 Jan 1845	New South Wales, Australia	21 Aug 1922	Shoalhaven, New South Wales, Australia	77

Wife	Emily LEWRY

Daughter	Jane SOPER	1878	Shoalhaven, New South Wales, Australia
Son	Thomas Noble SOPER	1879	Shoalhaven, New South Wales, Australia	1965	Penrith, New South Wales, Australia	86
Daughter	Syrena Emily SOPER	1880	Shoalhaven, New South Wales, Australia	1946	Kogarah, New South Wales, Australia	66
Daughter	Wilhelmina Margaret C SOPER	1882	Shoalhaven, New South Wales, Australia	1955	Lismore, New South Wales, Australia	73
Daughter	Beatrice Kate SOPER	1883	Shoalhaven, New South Wales, Australia	1956	Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia	73
Son	William Lewry SOPER	1884	Shoalhaven, New South Wales, Australia	1969	Kogarah, New South Wales, Australia	85
Son	Daniel Henry SOPER	1885	Shoalhaven, New South Wales, Australia
Son	Daniel Edward SOPER	1886	Shoalhaven, New South Wales, Australia	1962	Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia	76
Daughter	Matilda SOPER	1888	Nowra, New South Wales, Australia	1956	Paddington, New South Wales, Australia	68
Daughter	Mary A SOPER	1889	Nowra, New South Wales, Australia
Son	George Leslie SOPER	1891	Nowra, New South Wales, Australia	1961	Penrith, New South Wales, Australia	70
Son	Charles S SOPER	1892	Nowra, New South Wales, Australia
Daughter	Letitia Sophia SOPER	1894	Nowra, New South Wales, Australia	1965	Lismore, New South Wales, Australia	71
Daughter	Ruby Muriel Florence SOPER	1896	Nowra, New South Wales, Australia	1970	St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia	74
Son	John Wesley SOPER	1897	Nowra, New South Wales, Australia	1950	Randwick, New South Wales, Australia	53

Brother	Charles SOPER	1843	New South Wales, Australia	1920	Nowra, New South Wales, Australia	77
Brother	Noble SOPER	1843	New South Wales, Australia	1923	Nowra, New South Wales, Australia	80
Sister	Jane SOPER	1847	New South Wales, Australia	1925	Nowra, New South Wales, Australia	78
Sister	Margaret Mary SOPER	12 Apr 1849	New South Wales, Australia	21 Jan 1934	Camden, New South Wales, Australia	84
Brother	Edward SOPER	1850	New South Wales, Australia	1898	Nowra, New South Wales, Australia	48
Sister	Martha Matilda SOPER	06 Dec 1852	Shoalhaven, New South Wales, Australia	22 Apr 1922	Singleton, New South Wales, Australia	69
Sister	Letitia S W SOPER	09 Oct 1856	Cambewarra, New South Wales, Australia	1931	Nowra, New South Wales, Australia	75

Son in Law	Albert COOKE
Son in Law	Francis W LAMBERT
Son in Law	William T WILEY
Son in Law	James RUSHFORTH
Son in Law	James KENNEY

Nephew	Edward Thomas SOPER			1959	Nowra, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	Charles Henry SOPER	1888	Nowra, New South Wales, Australia	1965	Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia	77
Nephew	John J N SOPER	1889	Nowra, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	William P SOPER	1893	Nowra, New South Wales, Australia	1929	Berry, New South Wales, Australia	36
Nephew	Robert John NETHERY	25 Nov 1875	Kiama, New South Wales, Australia	01 Aug 1947	Kyogle, New South Wales, Australia	71
Nephew	Thomas Noble Soper NETHERY	1877	Shoalhaven, New South Wales, Australia	17 Dec 1948	Lismore, New South Wales, Australia	71
Niece	Frances Letitia NETHERY	1879	Kiama, New South Wales, Australia	20 Jun 1949	Camden, New South Wales, Australia	70
Niece	Mabel Jane NETHERY	1880	Kiama, New South Wales, Australia	1880	Kiama, New South Wales, Australia	0
Niece	Martha Violet NETHERY	1880	Kiama, New South Wales, Australia	03 Jan 1968	Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia	88
Nephew	William Charles NETHERY	1882	Kiama, New South Wales, Australia	1951	Randwick, New South Wales, Australia	69
Nephew	Edward Samuel NETHERY	1884	Kiama, New South Wales, Australia	24 Jul 1935	Kogarah, New South Wales, Australia	51
Nephew	Walter Vincent NETHERY	1885	Camden, New South Wales, Australia	21 Feb 1968	Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia	83
Nephew	Christopher NETHERY	1887	Camden, New South Wales, Australia	1964	Camden, New South Wales, Australia	77
Nephew	Sidney Harmon NETHERY	1889	Camden, New South Wales, Australia	20 Jan 1913	Kyogle, New South Wales, Australia	24
Nephew	Thomas Mathew SOPER	1885	Shoalhaven, New South Wales, Australia	19 Sep 1949	North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	64
Niece	Elvira Julia Matha SOPER	1888	Nowra, New South Wales, Australia	28 Oct 1969		81
Niece	Wilhelmina Margaret Annie SOPER	1892	Nowra, New South Wales, Australia	13 Jan 1977	Bomaderry, New South Wales, Australia	85
Niece	Annie SOPER	1878	Shoalhaven, New South Wales, Australia

Sister in Law	Hannah PESTELL	31 Aug 1849	St Neots, Huntingdonshire, England	1933	Nowra, New South Wales, Australia	84
Brother in Law	John NETHERY		Ireland	08 Jun 1901	Camden, New South Wales, Australia
Sister in Law	Catherine SHERLOCK
Brother in Law	Charles HARRIS

Events in William SOPER (1845 - 1922)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
03 Jan 1845		William SOPER was born	New South Wales, Australia	V18451801 30A/1845
06 Jan 1877	32	Death of father Thomas SOPER (aged 76)	Cambewarra, New South Wales, Australia		18
08 May 1877	32	Married Emily LEWRY	Shoalhaven, New South Wales, Australia	4352/1877
1878	33	Birth of daughter Jane SOPER	Shoalhaven, New South Wales, Australia	21973/1878
1879	34	Birth of son Thomas Noble SOPER	Shoalhaven, New South Wales, Australia	23152/1879
1880	35	Birth of daughter Syrena Emily SOPER	Shoalhaven, New South Wales, Australia	24392/1880
1882	37	Birth of daughter Wilhelmina Margaret C SOPER	Shoalhaven, New South Wales, Australia	27429/1882
1883	38	Birth of daughter Beatrice Kate SOPER	Shoalhaven, New South Wales, Australia	29957/1883
1884	39	Birth of son William Lewry SOPER	Shoalhaven, New South Wales, Australia	31515/1884
1885	40	Birth of son Daniel Henry SOPER	Shoalhaven, New South Wales, Australia	32546/1885
1886	41	Birth of son Daniel Edward SOPER	Shoalhaven, New South Wales, Australia	33791/1886
1888	43	Birth of daughter Matilda SOPER	Nowra, New South Wales, Australia	35568/1888
1889	44	Birth of daughter Mary A SOPER	Nowra, New South Wales, Australia	34125/1889
30 May 1890	45	Death of mother Martha NOBLE (aged 70)	Nowra, New South Wales, Australia	9763/1890
1891	46	Birth of son George Leslie SOPER	Nowra, New South Wales, Australia	26376/1891
1892	47	Birth of son Charles S SOPER	Nowra, New South Wales, Australia	26940/1892
1894	49	Birth of daughter Letitia Sophia SOPER	Nowra, New South Wales, Australia	24897/1894
1896	51	Birth of daughter Ruby Muriel Florence SOPER	Nowra, New South Wales, Australia	5941/1896
1897	52	Birth of son John Wesley SOPER	Nowra, New South Wales, Australia	2885/1897
21 Aug 1922	77	William SOPER died	Shoalhaven, New South Wales, Australia		18

Personal Notes:

William Soper was born near Bamarang in NSW in 1845. Bamarang is only about 6 kms upriver (as the crow flies) from Nowra - on the southern side of the Shoalhaven. Today the settled area along the river is only a narrow strip. William was one of the sons washed away in the February 1852 flood and saved by floating on a table with a mattress for floatation. The next month the family re-located to the foot of Cambewarra Mountain - at a property they called "Cedar Grove".
He married Serina Lewrey at Kangaroo Valley in 1877 and they had fifteen children. The first nine were born around that area - from 1878 to 1888. At first they lived at "Beaumont" and then at one or two other properties they had at Brogher's Creek just east of Kangaroo Valley. The Brogers Creek is a tributary of the Kangaroo River - towards Berry (the Berry Mountain Road/Wattamolla Road follows its course). They then moved to a property just before the ascent of Cambewarra Mountain on the southern side where they had a further six children. The only reminder of the family at this property is a well that was behind their house.
In later years, William bought a property known as "Vyner Home" from Henry Head - comprising a hotel, store and fine home. They lived there until it was demolished in 1916.
He retired to Arncliffe - in Sydney - where he died in 1922.
A visitor to the Anglican portion of the West Cambewarra Cemetery will see many Soper graves. Other family connections include: Hill, Abernethy, Monahan, Mullins, Armstrong and Milne.

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- Reference = Bruce McLennan 13 Jan 2010 (Death)

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