Emily Harriet Grace SOPER (1885

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

			Grace (HEMMANT) HAMMETT (1829 - 1905)

		Margaret Ann GUNN (1867 - 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 Mackay, 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) HAMMETT	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	1917	Edmonton Infirmary, London, England	68
Mother in Law	Catherine (Kate) Isobel PHILLIPS	1848	Paterson, New South Wales	1894	St Leonards, North Sydney, NSW, Australia	46

Father	Samuel SOPER	1862	Okehampton, Devonshire	20 Jun 1926	Home Hill, Queensland, Australia	64
Mother	Margaret Ann GUNN	1867	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland	08 Dec 1930	Home Hill, Queensland, Australia	63

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

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

Son	Arthur Samuel COWLEY	1904	Queensland, Australia	1983	Queensland, Australia	79
Son	Percival Francis COWLEY	1905	Queensland, Australia	1984	Mackay, 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	Townsville, Queensland, Australia	68
Brother	Samuel SOPER	1890	Queensland, Australia	1968	Cairns, 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	Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia	71
Sister	Olivia Pearl SOPER	1900	Queensland, Australia	1988	Janelli, New South Wales, Australia	88
Brother	Ernest Arthur Frederick SOPER	29 Jun 1902	Selheim, Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	1984	Townsville, Queensland, Australia	82
Brother	Herbert Cecil SOPER	1908	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	1989	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	81

Daughter in Law	Florence Irene CHAPMAN	1908	Queensland, Australia	1997	Brisbane, Queenland, Australia	89
Daughter in Law	Jean Lindsay STRIKE	1912	Queensland, Australia	1969	Mackay, 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

Niece	Marjorie May SOPER	1914	Queensland, Australia	1971	Cairns, Queensland, Australia	57
Nephew	Samuel Thomas Stanley SOPER	1915	Queensland, Australia	1968	Queensland, Australia	53
Nephew	Cyril Francis Owen SOPER	1917	Home Hill, Queensland, Australia	1949	Cairns, Queensland, Australia	32
Niece	Florence Olivia Grace (Olga) SOPER	1920	Queensland, Australia	2009		89
Nephew	Walter Richard Samuel CORNISH			1942	Queensland, Australia
Niece	Edna M POTTER	1912	Paddington, New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Grace I POTTER	1912	Waverley, New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Marjorie J POTTER	1914	Ashfield, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	William C POTTER	1916	Ashfield, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Isoline M POTTER	1920	Hornsby, NSW, Australia
Nephew	Charles Cedric POTTER	1921	Ryde, Sydney, NSW, Australia	1986	Salisbury, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	65
Nephew	Noel John Cowley MCCOMBE	1901	Caulfield, Victoria, Australia	1981	Fremantle, WA, Australia	80
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	1964	Caulfield, Victoria, Australia	47
Niece	Jean Heath COTTEE	1907	Woollahra, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	Raymond COTTEE	1909	Cootamundra, New South Wales, Australia	1986		77

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 May COWLEY	1878	Gundagai, NSW, Australia	1957	Balmain, NSW, Australia	79
Sister in Law	Grace Evelyn Mayor COWLEY	1880	Cootamundra, NSW, Australia	1960	Brighton, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	80
Brother in Law	John Peace Mornington (Jack) 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
Sister in Law	Marian Vera COWLEY	1885	Bethungra, New South Wales, Australia	1885	Bethungra, New South Wales, Australia	0
Brother in Law	Alfred Frank (Raymond) Cyril Oscar CAMPBELL COWLEY	1893	Shoreditch, Middlesex, England
Sister in Law	Olive Margaretta (Mavie) CAMPBELL COWLEY	1894	London, England
Brother in Law	Clarence Cecil Campbell COWLEY	1896	Holborn, London, England
Brother in Law	Valentine Sidney Frank COWLEY	1897	Walworth, Surrey, England	1964	Edmonton, Middlesex, England	67
Sister in Law	Kathleen Emily Kate Winter COWLEY	1899	Southend On Sea, Essex, England
Sister in Law	Nora Ethel Amy Sedgwick (Lavender) COWLEY	1900	Southend On Sea, Essex, England
Brother in Law	Montague Campbell Levison Gower COWLEY	1904	Launceston, Cornwall, England
Sister in Law	Ivy Hazel Adeline Mornington COWLEY	1905	Edmonton, Middlesex, England	1992	Haringey, Greater London, England	87
Brother in Law	Olaf Carl Mornington COWLEY	1908	Edmonton, Middlesex, England	1981	St Albans	73
Brother in Law	Percy Gleyre Roquerbre DUTTON			1967	Townsville, Queensland, Australia
Sister in Law	Elizabeth (Lizzie) FITZGERALD	1891	Queensland, Australia	1959	Cairns, Queensland, Australia	68
Brother in Law	Walter Charles CORNISH	1891	Queensland, Australia	1974	Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia	83
Sister in Law	Mary Isabella CARMEN
Brother in Law	Harry Knud LOWE			1988	New South Wales, Australia
Sister in Law	Myrtle Anna CORNISH	1904	Queensland, Australia	1997	Townsville, Queensland, Australia	93
Sister in Law	Ethel SIBSON	1910		1978	Brisbane, Queenland, Australia	68

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 (aged 63)	Home Hill, Queensland, Australia	Note 7	18, 59, 60
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)	Mackay, Queensland, Australia	Note 9	52
1958	73	Burial	Mount Bassett Cemetery, Mackay, Queensland	Note 10	90
21 Nov 1958	73	Emily Harriet Grace SOPER died	Mackay, Queensland, Australia	Note 11	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

Townsville Daily Bulletin 18 Dec 1939
…..
passed away at the local hospital an
old resident of Home Hill in the per
ron of Mrs. Soper, at the age of 63
years. Born at Edinburgh, the de
ceased lady came to Australia 48
years ago, and for her 48 years re
sidence the Commonwealth, 17 were
spent in Home Bill, where her hun
band pre-deceased her some years
ago. She leaves a grown up family
of sons and daughters to mourn their
sad loss.

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: Emily Harriet Grace Cowley
Birth unknown
Death 22 Nov 1958
Burial
Mount Bassett Cemetery
Mackay, Mackay Region, Queensland, Australia
Plot C of E Section 1, Line 3, Plot 4
Gravesite Details Buried 22-Nov-1958 aged 73 yrs

Note 11: 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 = (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 = (Birth)

- Notes: REg No 1885/000291 - page 13979 - 17 July 1885 - 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

90. Type: Web Page, Abbr: Find A Grave, Title: Findagrave.com

- Reference = https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/189452933/emily-harriet_grace-cowley (Burial)

- Notes: Emily Harriet Grace Cowley
Birth unknown
Death 22 Nov 1958
Burial
Mount Bassett Cemetery
Mackay, Mackay Region, Queensland, Australia
Plot C of E Section 1, Line 3, Plot 4
Gravesite Details Buried 22-Nov-1958 aged 73 yrs

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