[Index]
Emily Harriet Grace SOPER (1885 - 1958)
Children Self + Spouses Parents Grandparents Greatgrandparents
Arthur Samuel COWLEY (1904 - 1983)
Percival Francis COWLEY (1905 - 1984)
Mervyn Cecil COWLEY (1918 - 1945)
Emily Harriet Grace SOPER (1885 - 1958)

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Arthur Wellesley COWLEY (1876 - 1955)
Samuel SOPER (1862 - 1926) Samuel SOPER (1827 - 1906)



Grace HEMMANT (1829 - 1905)



Margaret Ann GUNN ( - 1930) Hugh GUNN



Catherine KEENAGHAN




b. 17 Jul 1885 at Queensland, Australia
m. 25 Feb 1903 Arthur Wellesley COWLEY (1876 - 1955) at Queensland, Australia
d. 21 Nov 1958 at Queensland, Australia aged 73
Near Relatives of Emily Harriet Grace SOPER (1885 - 1958)
Relationship Person Born Birth Place Died Death Place Age
Grandfather Samuel SOPER 1827 Hatherleigh, Devon, England 1906 Okehampton, Devonshire 79
Grandmother Grace HEMMANT abt 1829 Merton, Devon, England 1905 Okehampton, Devonshire 76
Grandfather Hugh GUNN
Grandmother Catherine KEENAGHAN

Father in Law Frank COWLEY 1849 Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire
Mother in Law Kate Isobel PHILLIPS abt 1853 1894 St Leonards, North Sydney, NSW, Australia 41

Father Samuel SOPER 1862 Okehampton, Devonshire 20 Jun 1926 Home Hill, Queensland, Australia 64
Mother Margaret Ann GUNN 08 Dec 1930 Home Hill, Queensland, Australia

Self Emily Harriet Grace SOPER 17 Jul 1885 Queensland, Australia 21 Nov 1958 Queensland, Australia 73

Husband Arthur Wellesley COWLEY 1876 Gundagai, NSW, Australia 01 May 1955 Queensland, Australia 79

Son Arthur Samuel COWLEY 1904 Queensland, Australia 1983 Queensland, Australia 79
Son Percival Francis COWLEY 1905 Queensland, Australia 1984 Queensland, Australia 79
Son Mervyn Cecil COWLEY 01 Jan 1918 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 17 May 1945 Queensland, Australia 27

Sister Margaret Ann SOPER 1887 Queensland, Australia 1955 Queensland, Australia 68
Brother Samuel SOPER 1890 Queensland, Australia 1968 Queensland, Australia 78
Brother William Francis SOPER 1892 Queensland, Australia 08 Oct 1892 Queensland, Australia 0
Sister Alice Elizabeth Florence SOPER 1895 Queensland, Australia 1929 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 34
Brother Henry George SOPER 1897 Queensland, Australia 1968 Queensland, Australia 71
Sister Olivia Pearl SOPER 1900 Queensland, Australia
Brother Ernest Arthur Frederick SOPER 29 Jun 1902 Selheim, Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia 1984 Queensland, Australia 82
Brother Herbert Cecil SOPER 1908 Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia

Daughter in Law Florence Irene CHAPMAN 1908 Queensland, Australia
Daughter in Law Jean Lindsay STRIKE 1912 Queensland, Australia 1969 Queensland, Australia 57

Aunt Hannah SOPER 1852 Meeth, Devon, England 1907 Hatherleigh, Devon, England 55
Aunt Anne SOPER 1853 Meeth, Devon, England
Aunt Mary SOPER 1855 Meeth, Devon, England
Uncle John SOPER abt 1857 Meeth, Devon, England 16 Feb 1944 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 87
Aunt Margaret Sarah PORTER 1869 Queensland, Australia 06 Apr 1953 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 84
Aunt Elizabeth SOPER abt 1858 Meeth, Devon, England
Aunt Grace SOPER 1860 Meeth, Devon, England
Uncle William SOPER 1862 Meeth, Devon, England
Uncle Henry SOPER abt 1866 Meeth, Devon, England
Uncle George SOPER 1870 Meeth, Devon, England
Aunt Mary GUNN abt 1861

Cousin Mary Grace SOPER 16 Jun 1886 Queensland, Australia 12 May 1979 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 92
Cousin John SOPER 1888 Home Hill, Queensland, Australia 02 Jul 1971 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 83
Cousin Sarah Jane SOPER 1892 Queensland, Australia 04 Oct 1982 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 90
Cousin William George SOPER 25 Mar 1894 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 17 Sep 1985 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 91
Cousin Ellen SOPER 1897 Queensland, Australia
Cousin Ethel SOPER 1899 Queensland, Australia 26 Apr 1970 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 71
Cousin Emily Margaret SOPER 1903 Queensland, Australia 1903 Queensland, Australia 0
Cousin Henry Samuel SOPER 1904 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 22 Sep 1987 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 83
Cousin Herbert Francis SOPER 1906 Queensland, Australia 22 Feb 1976 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 70
Cousin Arthur Frederick SOPER 27 May 1908 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 30 Jun 1979 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 71
Cousin Walter James SOPER 1910 Queensland, Australia 16 Dec 1964 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 54

Nephew Living or Recently Deceased
Niece Marjorie May SOPER 1914 Queensland, Australia 1971 Cairns, Queensland, Australia 57
Nephew Samuel Thomas Stanley SOPER 1915 Home Hill, Queensland, Australia
Nephew Cyril Francis Owen SOPER 1917 Home Hill, Queensland, Australia 1949 Cairns, Queensland, Australia 32
Niece Living or Recently Deceased
Nephew Noel John Cowley MCCOMBE 1901 Caulfield, Victoria, Australia
Niece Dorothy Grace MCCOMBE 1905 Caulfield, Victoria, Australia 1982 Victoria, Australia 77
Nephew Willim Geoffrey MCCOMBE 1906 Caulfield, Victoria, Australia 1957 Victoria, Australia 51
Nephew Alan George MCCOMBE 1908 Caulfield, Victoria, Australia 1974 Fremantle, WA, Australia 66
Nephew Keith Carlyle Alfred MCCOMBE 1913 Victoria, Australia 1915 Caulfield, Victoria, Australia 2
Niece Lois Allison MCCOMBE 1917 Victoria, Australia 1967 Caulfield, Victoria, Australia 50

Brother in Law Jack COWLEY
Sister in Law Alice (Elsie) Mabel COWLEY 1872 Queensland, Australia 1948 Paddington, Sydney, NSW, Australia 76
Sister in Law Jeannett Isoline COWLEY 1874 Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia 1953 Bellevue Hill, NSW, Australia 79
Sister in Law Ethel M COWLEY 1878 Gundagai, NSW, Australia
Sister in Law Grace Evelyn Mayor COWLEY 1880 Cootamundra, NSW, Australia 1960 Brighton, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 80
Brother in Law John Peace Mornington COWLEY 1882 Albury, NSW, Australia 1913 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 31
Sister in Law Olive Ivy COWLEY 1883 Cootamundra, NSW, Australia 1970 St Leonards, North Sydney, NSW, Australia 87
Brother in Law Percy Gleyre Roquerbre DUTTON
Sister in Law Elizabeth (Lizzie) FITZGERALD 1891 Queensland, Australia 1959 Cairns, Queensland, Australia 68
Brother in Law Walter Charles CORNISH 1891 Queensland, Australia 1974 Queensland, Australia 83
Sister in Law Mary Isabella CARMEN
Brother in Law Harry Kund LOWE
Sister in Law Myrtle Anna CORNISH 1904 Queensland, Australia
Sister in Law Ethel SIBSON
Events in Emily Harriet Grace SOPER (1885 - 1958)'s life
Date Age Event Place Notes Src
17 Jul 1885 Emily Harriet Grace SOPER was born Queensland, Australia Note 1 52
25 Feb 1903 17 Married Arthur Wellesley COWLEY (aged 27) Queensland, Australia Note 2 52
1904 19 Birth of son Arthur Samuel COWLEY Queensland, Australia Note 3 18
1905 20 Birth of son Percival Francis COWLEY Queensland, Australia Note 4 18
01 Jan 1918 32 Birth of son Mervyn Cecil COWLEY Ayr, Queensland, Australia Military records 61
1925 40 Residence Ayr, Queensland, Australia Note 5 37
20 Jun 1926 40 Death of father Samuel SOPER (aged 64) Home Hill, Queensland, Australia Note 6 52, 59, 60
08 Dec 1930 45 Death of mother Margaret Ann GUNN Home Hill, Queensland, Australia Note 7 18, 59
17 May 1945 59 Death of son Mervyn Cecil COWLEY (aged 27) Queensland, Australia Note 8 52, 60
01 May 1955 69 Death of husband Arthur Wellesley COWLEY (aged 79) Queensland, Australia Note 9 52
21 Nov 1958 73 Emily Harriet Grace SOPER died Queensland, Australia Note 10 52
Note 1: REg No 1885/000291 - page 13979 - 17 July 1885 - Samuel Soper and Margaret Ann Gunn
Note 2: Reg No 1903/001142 - page 24604
Note 3: Qld bmd - 1904 C6102 Arthur Samuel Cowley Arthur Wellesby and Emily Harriet Grace Soper
Note 4: Qld bmd - 1905 C1388 Percival Francis Cowley Arthur Wellesley and Grace Emily Harriet Soper
Note 5: COWLEY Arthur Wellesley - sugar grower; Emily Harriet Grace - hd
Note 6: Reg No 1926/003736 - page 1658 - Samuel Soper and Grace Hamilton?

Burdekin cemetery records - Samuel Soper - age 64 - died 20/6/1926 - buried Home Hill 21/6/1926

Cairns Post 29 June 1926
MR. SAMUEL SOPER.
Another, pioneer of the Lower Burdekin
passed away when Mr. Samuel
Soper breathed his last in Craigdhu
Private Hospital, Ayr, at the age of
65 years, his ailment being heart
trouble, from which he had been
suffering for the past six months. Landing
on the Burdekin in the early
eighties the late Mr. Soper was one of
the first men to grub a tree on the
old Seaforth Plantation at the time
of the erection of the mill bearing
that name. For several years
following the deceased carried out the
trade of brickmaker at the various
sugar mills then in the district, and
upon the erection of Pioneer Mill was
engaged as a fitter for some years,
leaving that position to go to Selheim
as an engineer at the smelting works.
The late Mr. Soper took up a block
of land on the Inkerman Resumption
some 14 years ago, and successfully
pursued the career of sugar farming
at the time of his death. In 1914.
the first year that Inkerman Mill
crushed, the deceased was engaged as
driver of the crushing engines. A
widow and grown-up family of five
sons and four daughters are left to
mourn, being Messrs. S. Soper (Bowen),
W. Soper (Sydney), Bert, Ernest
and Henry Soper'. ((Burdekin), and
Mesdames A. W Cowley, P. Dutton,
H. Lowe and W. Cornish.
The funeral, largely attended, left
the Home Hill, station (the body being
brought to Home Hill for interment)
The service was; conducted by Rev.'
Norman Michael, C. of E.
Note 7: Burdekin cemetery records - Margaret Ann SOPER - age 62 - died 8/12/1930 - buried Home Hill 9/12/1930



Death registration:
Margaret Ann Soper
Death date: 08/12/1930
Mother's name: Catherine Keenaghan
Father/parent's name: Hugh Gunn
Registration details: 1930/C/3482
Note 8: Reg No 1946/003769 - page 467 - Arthur Wellesley Cowley and Emily Harriett Grace Soper

Qld bmd - 1946 S3769 Mervyn Cecil Cowley Arthur Wellesley Cowley and Emily Harriett Grace Soper (S - WW2 death)

Daily Mercury (Mackay) 6 Nov 1945
PTE. M. C. COWLEY
Advice has been received of the death on May 17 last in a prisoner of war camp at Sandakan, Borneo, of Pte. Mervyn Cecil Cowley, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Cowley, of Lloyd-street, Private Cowley, who was with an AIF postal unit, was in Singapore only 10 or 12 days before the capitulation, and thus spent most of his service as a prisoner of war. Prior to joining the AIF in 1941, he was head teacher at the Mount Charlton State school. He was 28 years of age.
In addition to his parents, he is survived by two brothers, Mr. A. S. Cowley, of Mackay, and Mr. P. F. Cowley, of Home Hill.
Note 9: Reg No 1955/002024 - page 538 - Frank and Elizabeth Isobel Phillips
Note 10: Reg No 1958/004991 - page 538 - 21 Nov 1958 - Samuel Soper and Margaret Ann Gunn
Source References:
52. Type: Australia Birth Marriage Death Index 1787 - 1985 Record
- Reference = (Birth)
- Notes: REg No 1885/000291 - page 13979 - 17 July 1885 - Samuel Soper and Margaret Ann Gunn
- Reference = (Marriage)
- Notes: Reg No 1903/001142 - page 24604
- Reference = (Death)
- Notes: Reg No 1958/004991 - page 538 - 21 Nov 1958 - Samuel Soper and Margaret Ann Gunn
- Reference = (Name, Notes)
- Notes: REg No 1885/000291 - page 13979 - 17 July 1885 - Samuel Soper and Margaret Ann Gunn