[Index]
Margaret Ann GUNN ( - 1930)
Children Self + Spouses Parents Grandparents Greatgrandparents
Emily Harriet Grace SOPER (1885 - 1958)
Margaret Ann SOPER (1887 - 1955)
Samuel SOPER (1890 - 1968)
William Francis SOPER (1892 - 1892)
Alice Elizabeth Florence SOPER (1895 - 1929)
Henry George SOPER (1897 - 1968)
Olivia Pearl SOPER (1900 - )
Ernest Arthur Frederick SOPER (1902 - 1984)
Herbert Cecil SOPER (1908 - )
Margaret Ann GUNN ( - 1930)

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Samuel SOPER (1862 - 1926)
Hugh GUNN











Catherine KEENAGHAN












m. 20 Aug 1884 Samuel SOPER (1862 - 1926) at Queensland, Australia
d. 08 Dec 1930 at Home Hill, Queensland, Australia
Near Relatives of Margaret Ann GUNN ( - 1930)
Relationship Person Born Birth Place Died Death Place Age
Father in Law Samuel SOPER 1827 Hatherleigh, Devon, England 1906 Okehampton, Devonshire 79
Mother in Law Grace HEMMANT abt 1829 Merton, Devon, England 1905 Okehampton, Devonshire 76

Father Hugh GUNN
Mother Catherine KEENAGHAN

Self Margaret Ann GUNN 08 Dec 1930 Home Hill, Queensland, Australia

Husband Samuel SOPER 1862 Okehampton, Devonshire 20 Jun 1926 Home Hill, Queensland, Australia 64

Daughter Emily Harriet Grace SOPER 17 Jul 1885 Queensland, Australia 21 Nov 1958 Queensland, Australia 73
Daughter Margaret Ann SOPER 1887 Queensland, Australia 1955 Queensland, Australia 68
Son Samuel SOPER 1890 Queensland, Australia 1968 Queensland, Australia 78
Son William Francis SOPER 1892 Queensland, Australia 08 Oct 1892 Queensland, Australia 0
Daughter Alice Elizabeth Florence SOPER 1895 Queensland, Australia 1929 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 34
Son Henry George SOPER 1897 Queensland, Australia 1968 Queensland, Australia 71
Daughter Olivia Pearl SOPER 1900 Queensland, Australia
Son Ernest Arthur Frederick SOPER 29 Jun 1902 Selheim, Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia 1984 Queensland, Australia 82
Son Herbert Cecil SOPER 1908 Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia

Sister Mary GUNN abt 1861

Son in Law Arthur Wellesley COWLEY 1876 Gundagai, NSW, Australia 01 May 1955 Queensland, Australia 79
Son in Law Percy Gleyre Roquerbre DUTTON
Daughter in Law Elizabeth (Lizzie) FITZGERALD 1891 Queensland, Australia 1959 Cairns, Queensland, Australia 68
Son in Law Walter Charles CORNISH 1891 Queensland, Australia 1974 Queensland, Australia 83
Daughter in Law Mary Isabella CARMEN
Son in Law Harry Kund LOWE
Daughter in Law Myrtle Anna CORNISH 1904 Queensland, Australia
Daughter in Law Ethel SIBSON

Grandson Arthur Samuel COWLEY 1904 Queensland, Australia 1983 Queensland, Australia 79
Grandson Percival Francis COWLEY 1905 Queensland, Australia 1984 Queensland, Australia 79
Grandson Mervyn Cecil COWLEY 01 Jan 1918 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 17 May 1945 Queensland, Australia 27
Grandson Living or Recently Deceased
Granddaughter Marjorie May SOPER 1914 Queensland, Australia 1971 Cairns, Queensland, Australia 57
Grandson Samuel Thomas Stanley SOPER 1915 Home Hill, Queensland, Australia
Grandson Cyril Francis Owen SOPER 1917 Home Hill, Queensland, Australia 1949 Cairns, Queensland, Australia 32
Granddaughter Living or Recently Deceased

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

Sister in Law Hannah SOPER 1852 Meeth, Devon, England 1907 Hatherleigh, Devon, England 55
Sister in Law Anne SOPER 1853 Meeth, Devon, England
Sister in Law Mary SOPER 1855 Meeth, Devon, England
Brother in Law John SOPER abt 1857 Meeth, Devon, England 16 Feb 1944 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 87
Sister in Law Elizabeth SOPER abt 1858 Meeth, Devon, England
Sister in Law Grace SOPER 1860 Meeth, Devon, England
Brother in Law William SOPER 1862 Meeth, Devon, England
Brother in Law Henry SOPER abt 1866 Meeth, Devon, England
Brother in Law George SOPER 1870 Meeth, Devon, England
Events in Margaret Ann GUNN ( - 1930)'s life
Date Age Event Place Notes Src
1883 Immigration "Eastern Monarch" from Glasgow to Townsville Note 1
20 Aug 1884 Married Samuel SOPER (aged 22) Queensland, Australia Note 2 52
17 Jul 1885 Birth of daughter Emily Harriet Grace SOPER Queensland, Australia Note 3 52
1887 Birth of daughter Margaret Ann SOPER Queensland, Australia Note 4 52
1890 Birth of son Samuel SOPER Queensland, Australia Note 5 52
1892 Birth of son William Francis SOPER Queensland, Australia Note 6 52
08 Oct 1892 Death of son William Francis SOPER Queensland, Australia Note 7 52
1895 Birth of daughter Alice Elizabeth Florence SOPER Queensland, Australia Note 8 52
1897 Birth of son Henry George SOPER Queensland, Australia Note 9 52
1900 Birth of daughter Olivia Pearl SOPER Queensland, Australia Note 10 52
29 Jun 1902 Birth of son Ernest Arthur Frederick SOPER Selheim, Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia Note 11 52, 61
1903 Residence Selheim, Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia Note 12 37
1908 Birth of son Herbert Cecil SOPER Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia Note 13 52
1908 Residence Selheim, Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia Note 14 37
1913 Residence Selheim, Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia Note 15 37
1919 Residence Home Hill, Queensland, Australia Note 16 37
1925 Residence Home Hill, Queensland, Australia Note 17 37
20 Jun 1926 Death of husband Samuel SOPER (aged 64) Home Hill, Queensland, Australia Note 18 52, 59, 60
1929 Death of daughter Alice Elizabeth Florence SOPER (aged 34) Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Note 19 52
1930 Residence Ayr/Homehill, Queensland Note 20 37
08 Dec 1930 Margaret Ann GUNN died Home Hill, Queensland, Australia Note 21 18, 59
Note 1: 24 Oct 1883 • Townsville, Herbert, Queensland, Australia

Margaret Ann (18) arrived with her sister Mary who is 22 at Townsville aboard the Eastern Monarch as Free passengers.
Note 2: Reg No 1884/001792 - page 13979

20 Aug 1884 • Townsville, Queensland, Australia
Samuel & Margaret Ann were married at St Jame's Church of England. Samuel's brother John and Margaret's sister Mary were the witnesses.
Note 3: REg No 1885/000291 - page 13979 - 17 July 1885 - Samuel Soper and Margaret Ann Gunn
Note 4: Reg No 1887/C10295 - Samuel and Margaret Ann Gunn
Note 5: Ref No 1890/C12271 - Samuel and Margaret Ann Gunn
Note 6: Reg No 1892/C7455 - Samuel and Margaret Ann Gunn
Note 7: Reg No 1892/007455 - page 24606 - parents Samuel and Margaret Ann Gunn
Note 8: Reg No 1895/C6269 - Samuel and Margaret Ann Gunn
Note 9: Reg No 1897/C6493 - Samuel and Margaret Ann Gunn
Note 10: Reg No 1900/C6377 - Samuel and Margaret Ann Gunn
Note 11: REg No 1902/C6553 Samuel and Margaret Ann Gunn
Note 12: SOPER Margaret - hd; Samuel - engine driver
Note 13: Reg No 1908/C6045 - Samuel and Margaret Ann Gunn
Note 14: SOPER Margaret - hd; Margaret Ann - hd; Samuel - engine driver
Note 15: SOPER Margaret - hd; Samuel - engine driver
Note 16: SOPER Margaret Ann - hd; Samuel - engine driver
Note 17: SOPER Ernest Arthur Frederick - farmer; Margaret Ann - hd; Samuel - engine driver
Note 18: 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 19: Reg No 1929/B7257 - Samuel Soper and MArgaret Ann Gunn
Note 20: SOPER Ada Jean (McDesme) - hd; Arthur Frederick (McDesme) - labourer;
Ellen Jessie (McDesme) - hd; Henry Samuel (McDesme) - labourer; Herbert Francis (McDesme) - labourer; Hilda Maude (McDesme) - hd; John (Harvest Home) - farmer; John jun (Harvest Home) - farmer; Margaret (Harvest Home) - hd; Margaret Ann (Home Hill)- hd; William George (Harvest Home) - farmer
Note 21: 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
Source References:
18. Type: Vital Record, Abbr: Queensland bdm index, Title: Queensland bdm index
- Reference = (Death)
- Notes: 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
52. Type: Australia Birth Marriage Death Index 1787 - 1985 Record
- Reference = (Marriage)
- Notes: Reg No 1884/001792 - page 13979
59. Type: Web Page, Abbr: Burdekin Burial Register, Title: Burdekin Burial Register, Auth: Burdekin Shire Council
- Reference = (Death)
- Notes: Burdekin cemetery records - Margaret Ann SOPER - age 62 - died 8/12/1930 - buried Home Hill 9/12/1930