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Samuel SOPER (1890 - 1968)

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
Living Marjorie May SOPER (1914 - 1971) Samuel Thomas Stanley SOPER (1915 - ) Cyril Francis Owen SOPER (1917 - 1949) Living	Samuel SOPER (1890 - 1968) + Elizabeth (Lizzie) FITZGERALD (1891 - 1959)	Samuel SOPER (1862 - 1926)	Samuel SOPER (1827 - 1906)
			Grace HEMMANT (1829 - 1905)
		Margaret Ann GUNN ( - 1930)	Hugh GUNN
			Catherine KEENAGHAN

b. 1890 at Queensland, Australia

m. 1914 Elizabeth (Lizzie) FITZGERALD (1891 - 1959) at Queensland, Australia

d. 1968 at Queensland, Australia aged 78

Near Relatives of Samuel SOPER (1890 - 1968)
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	Thomas Augustus FITZGERALD			1935	Mareeba, Queensland, Australia
Mother in Law	Mary MACAULIFFE			1922	Mareeba, Queensland, Australia
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	Samuel SOPER	1890	Queensland, Australia	1968	Queensland, Australia	78
Wife	Elizabeth (Lizzie) FITZGERALD	1891	Queensland, Australia	1959	Cairns, Queensland, Australia	68
Son	Living or Recently Deceased
Daughter	Marjorie May SOPER	1914	Queensland, Australia	1971	Cairns, Queensland, Australia	57
Son	Samuel Thomas Stanley SOPER	1915	Home Hill, Queensland, Australia
Son	Cyril Francis Owen SOPER	1917	Home Hill, Queensland, Australia	1949	Cairns, Queensland, Australia	32
Daughter	Living or Recently Deceased
Sister	Emily Harriet Grace SOPER	17 Jul 1885	Queensland, Australia	21 Nov 1958	Queensland, Australia	73
Sister	Margaret Ann SOPER	1887	Queensland, Australia	1955	Queensland, Australia	68
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
Son in Law	Gordon MALCOM
Daughter in Law	Mona CREGEEN
Daughter in Law	Florence Elizabeth SQUIRE
Son in Law	Living or Recently Deceased
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	Arthur Samuel COWLEY	1904	Queensland, Australia	1983	Queensland, Australia	79
Nephew	Percival Francis COWLEY	1905	Queensland, Australia	1984	Queensland, Australia	79
Nephew	Mervyn Cecil COWLEY	01 Jan 1918	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	17 May 1945	Queensland, Australia	27
Nephew	Cyril Thomas Vincent EAKIN	1910	Queensland, Australia
Nephew	William Keith EAKIN	1913	Queensland, Australia	1971	Queensland, Australia	58
Niece	Mary Elizabeth EAKIN	1915	Queensland, Australia
Nephew	Robert Stanley EAKIN	1917	Queensland, Australia
Nephew	Ronald Joseph EAKIN	1919	Queensland, Australia
Sister in Law	Mary Ann (Minnie) FITZGERALD	1888	Queensland, Australia	1958	Mareeba, Queensland, Australia	70
Brother in Law	William Thomas FITZGERALD	1892	Queensland, Australia
Sister in Law	Eileen FITZGERALD	1896	Queensland, Australia	1979	Cairns, Queensland, Australia	83
Sister in Law	Kathleen Hannah FITZGERALD	1898	Queensland, Australia	1971		73
Sister in Law	Margaret Monica FITZGERALD	1900	Queensland, Australia
Sister in Law	Esme May FITZGERALD	1908	Queensland, Australia
Brother in Law	Arthur Wellesley COWLEY	1876	Gundagai, NSW, Australia	01 May 1955	Queensland, Australia	79
Brother in Law	Percy Gleyre Roquerbre DUTTON
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 Samuel SOPER (1890 - 1968)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
1890		Samuel SOPER was born	Queensland, Australia	Note 1	52
1914	24	Birth of daughter Marjorie May SOPER	Queensland, Australia	Note 2	18
1914	24	Married Elizabeth (Lizzie) FITZGERALD (aged 23)	Queensland, Australia	Note 3	52
1915	25	Birth of son Samuel Thomas Stanley SOPER	Home Hill, Queensland, Australia	Note 4	52
1917	27	Birth of son Cyril Francis Owen SOPER	Home Hill, Queensland, Australia	Note 5	52
20 Jun 1926	36	Death of father Samuel SOPER (aged 64)	Home Hill, Queensland, Australia	Note 6	52, 59, 60
08 Dec 1930	40	Death of mother Margaret Ann GUNN	Home Hill, Queensland, Australia	Note 7	18, 59
1949	59	Death of son Cyril Francis Owen SOPER (aged 32)	Cairns, Queensland, Australia	Note 8	52, 60
1959	69	Death of wife Elizabeth (Lizzie) FITZGERALD (aged 68)	Cairns, Queensland, Australia	Note 9	18
1968	78	Samuel SOPER died	Queensland, Australia	Note 10	18

Note 1: Ref No 1890/C12271 - Samuel and Margaret Ann Gunn

Note 2: Birth registration: Marjorie May Soper Birth date: 15/09/1914 Mother's name: Elizabeth Fitzgerald Father/parent's name: Samuel Soper Registration details: 1914/C/15236

Note 3: Australia Marriage Index, 1788-1949 Name Elizabeth Fitz Gerald Spouse Name Samuel Soper Marriage Date 23Apr1914 Marriage Place Queensland Registration Place Queensland Registration Year 1914 Registration Number 003751 Page number 8232 Household Members

Note 4: Australia Birth Index, 1788-1922 Name Samuel thomas stanley Soper Birth Date 30/08/1915 Birth Place Queensland Registration Year 1915 Registration Place Queensland Australia Father Samuel Soper Mother Elizabeth Fitzgerald Registration Number 008292 Household Members

Note 5: Australia Birth Index, 1788-1922 Name Cyril francis owen Soper Birth Date 22/03/1917 Birth Place Queensland Registration Year 1917 Registration Place Queensland Australia Father Samuel Soper Mother Elizabeth Fitzgerald Registration Number 004005 Household Members

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: Australia Death Index, 1787-1985 Name Cyril Francis Soper Death Date 05Apr1949 Death Place Queensland Father's Name Samuel Mother's Name Elizabeth Fitzgerald Registration Year 1949 Registration Place Queensland Registration Number 001516 Page number 2121 Household Members Cairns Post 28 March 1949 Man Seriously Injured. Cyril Soper (28), of Severin street, Cairns, received a probable fracture of the base of tbe skull, abrasions to right knee, shoulder and left foot, and shock, as the re- sult of a fall from the rear of a moving utility truck. The accident occurred at 4 o'clock on Saturday afternoon as the truck was turning into the Esplanade from Hayles wharf. Last night his condition was reported to be serious, but not dan- gerous. Soper will be X-rayed this morning. Cairns Post 6 April 1949 OBITUARY MB. C. F. SOPES. Mr. Cyril Francis Soper (31), of Severin-street, Calms, died in the Cairns Base Hospital yesterday af- ternoon as a result of injuries re- ceived in an accident on March 26. He had been employed as a motor mechanic by the Cairns Regional Electricity Board. Bom at Proserpine, deceased had been in Cairns for over 10 years. He was a returned serviceman. He is survived by a widow and a two-year old daughter. The funeral will leave St. An- drew's Presbyterian Church at 4.30 o'clock this afternoon and mem- bers of the R.S.S.A.I.L.A. and em- ployees of the Cairns Regional Elec- tricity Board are invited.

Note 9: Qld bdm Death registration: Lizzie Soper Death date: 16/09/1959 Mother's name: Mary McAuliffe Father/parent's name: Thomas Augustus Fitzgerald Registration details: 1959/C/3399

Note 10: 1968 C3782 Samuel Soper Samuel Soper Margaret Gunn

Source References:

18. Type: Vital Record, Abbr: Queensland bdm index, Title: Queensland bdm index

- Reference = (Death)

- Notes: 1968 C3782 Samuel Soper Samuel Soper Margaret Gunn

52. Type: Australia Birth Marriage Death Index 1787 - 1985 Record

- Reference = (Name, Notes)

- Notes: Ref No 1890/C12271 - Samuel and Margaret Ann Gunn

- Reference = (Marriage)

- Notes: Australia Marriage Index, 1788-1949 Name Elizabeth Fitz Gerald Spouse Name Samuel Soper Marriage Date 23Apr1914 Marriage Place Queensland Registration Place Queensland Registration Year 1914 Registration Number 003751 Page number 8232 Household Members

- Reference = (Birth)

- Notes: Ref No 1890/C12271 - Samuel and Margaret Ann Gunn

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