[Index]
Martha NOBLE (1820 - 1890)
Children Self + Spouses Parents Grandparents Greatgrandparents
Charles SOPER (1843 - 1920)
Noble SOPER (1843 - 1923)
William SOPER (1845 - 1922)
Jane SOPER (1847 - 1925)
Margaret Mary SOPER (1849 - 1934)
Edward SOPER (1850 - 1898)
Martha Matilda SOPER (1852 - 1922)
Letitia S W SOPER (1856 - 1931)
Martha NOBLE (1820 - 1890)

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Thomas SOPER (1801 - 1877)
William Henry NOBLE











Margaret VANCE












Martha NOBLE
Martha NOBLE
b. 1820 at Irvinestown, Co Fermanagh, Ireland
m. 12 Dec 1841 Thomas SOPER (1801 - 1877) at Shoalhaven, New South Wales, Australia
d. 30 May 1890 at Nowra, New South Wales, Australia aged 70
Near Relatives of Martha NOBLE (1820 - 1890)
Relationship Person Born Birth Place Died Death Place Age
Father in Law William SOPER 1775 Exeter, Devon, England
Mother in Law Jane HARRIET 1779

Father William Henry NOBLE
Mother Margaret VANCE

Self Martha NOBLE 1820 Irvinestown, Co Fermanagh, Ireland 30 May 1890 Nowra, New South Wales, Australia 70

Husband Thomas SOPER 1801 Exeter, Devon, England 06 Jan 1877 Cambewarra, New South Wales, Australia 76

Son Charles SOPER 1843 New South Wales, Australia 1920 Nowra, New South Wales, Australia 77
Son Noble SOPER 1843 New South Wales, Australia 1923 Nowra, New South Wales, Australia 80
Son William SOPER 03 Jan 1845 New South Wales, Australia 21 Aug 1922 Shoalhaven, New South Wales, Australia 77
Daughter Jane SOPER 1847 New South Wales, Australia 1925 Nowra, New South Wales, Australia 78
Daughter Margaret Mary SOPER 12 Apr 1849 New South Wales, Australia 21 Jan 1934 Camden, New South Wales, Australia 84
Son Edward SOPER 1850 New South Wales, Australia 1898 Nowra, New South Wales, Australia 48
Daughter Martha Matilda SOPER 06 Dec 1852 Shoalhaven, New South Wales, Australia 22 Apr 1922 Singleton, New South Wales, Australia 69
Daughter Letitia S W SOPER 09 Oct 1856 Cambewarra, New South Wales, Australia 1931 Nowra, New South Wales, Australia 75

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

Grandson Edward Thomas SOPER 1959 Nowra, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson Charles Henry SOPER 1888 Nowra, New South Wales, Australia 1965 Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia 77
Grandson John J N SOPER 1889 Nowra, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson William P SOPER 1893 Nowra, New South Wales, Australia 1929 Berry, New South Wales, Australia 36
Granddaughter Jane SOPER 1878 Shoalhaven, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson Thomas Noble SOPER 1879 Shoalhaven, New South Wales, Australia 1965 Penrith, New South Wales, Australia 86
Granddaughter Syrena Emily SOPER 1880 Shoalhaven, New South Wales, Australia 1946 Kogarah, New South Wales, Australia 66
Granddaughter Wilhelmina Margaret C SOPER 1882 Shoalhaven, New South Wales, Australia 1955 Lismore, New South Wales, Australia 73
Granddaughter Beatrice Kate SOPER 1883 Shoalhaven, New South Wales, Australia 1956 Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia 73
Grandson William Lewry SOPER 1884 Shoalhaven, New South Wales, Australia 1969 Kogarah, New South Wales, Australia 85
Grandson Daniel Henry SOPER 1885 Shoalhaven, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson Daniel Edward SOPER 1886 Shoalhaven, New South Wales, Australia 1962 Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia 76
Granddaughter Matilda SOPER 1888 Nowra, New South Wales, Australia 1956 Paddington, New South Wales, Australia 68
Granddaughter Mary A SOPER 1889 Nowra, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson George Leslie SOPER 1891 Nowra, New South Wales, Australia 1961 Penrith, New South Wales, Australia 70
Grandson Charles S SOPER 1892 Nowra, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter Letitia Sophia SOPER 1894 Nowra, New South Wales, Australia 1965 Lismore, New South Wales, Australia 71
Granddaughter Ruby Muriel Florence SOPER 1896 Nowra, New South Wales, Australia 1970 St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia 74
Grandson John Wesley SOPER 1897 Nowra, New South Wales, Australia 1950 Randwick, New South Wales, Australia 53
Grandson Robert John NETHERY 25 Nov 1875 Kiama, New South Wales, Australia 01 Aug 1947 Kyogle, New South Wales, Australia 71
Grandson Thomas Noble Soper NETHERY 1877 Shoalhaven, New South Wales, Australia 17 Dec 1948 Lismore, New South Wales, Australia 71
Granddaughter Frances Letitia NETHERY 1879 Kiama, New South Wales, Australia 20 Jun 1949 Camden, New South Wales, Australia 70
Granddaughter Mabel Jane NETHERY 1880 Kiama, New South Wales, Australia 1880 Kiama, New South Wales, Australia 0
Granddaughter Martha Violet NETHERY 1880 Kiama, New South Wales, Australia 03 Jan 1968 Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia 88
Grandson William Charles NETHERY 1882 Kiama, New South Wales, Australia 1951 Randwick, New South Wales, Australia 69
Grandson Edward Samuel NETHERY 1884 Kiama, New South Wales, Australia 24 Jul 1935 Kogarah, New South Wales, Australia 51
Grandson Walter Vincent NETHERY 1885 Camden, New South Wales, Australia 21 Feb 1968 Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia 83
Grandson Christopher NETHERY 1887 Camden, New South Wales, Australia 1964 Camden, New South Wales, Australia 77
Grandson Sidney Harmon NETHERY 1889 Camden, New South Wales, Australia 20 Jan 1913 Kyogle, New South Wales, Australia 24
Grandson Thomas Mathew SOPER 1885 Shoalhaven, New South Wales, Australia 19 Sep 1949 North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 64
Granddaughter Elvira Julia Matha SOPER 1888 Nowra, New South Wales, Australia 28 Oct 1969 81
Granddaughter Wilhelmina Margaret Annie SOPER 1892 Nowra, New South Wales, Australia 13 Jan 1977 Bomaderry, New South Wales, Australia 85
Granddaughter Annie SOPER 1878 Shoalhaven, New South Wales, Australia

Events in Martha NOBLE (1820 - 1890)'s life
Date Age Event Place Notes Src
1820 Martha NOBLE was born Irvinestown, Co Fermanagh, Ireland
12 Dec 1841 21 Married Thomas SOPER (aged 40) Shoalhaven, New South Wales, Australia Note 1 18
1843 23 Birth of son Charles SOPER New South Wales, Australia V18431230 27A/1843
1843 23 Birth of son Noble SOPER New South Wales, Australia V18431832 28/1843
03 Jan 1845 25 Birth of son William SOPER New South Wales, Australia V18451801 30A/1845
1847 27 Birth of daughter Jane SOPER New South Wales, Australia V18472384 33A/1847
12 Apr 1849 29 Birth of daughter Margaret Mary SOPER New South Wales, Australia V1849435 35/1849
1850 30 Birth of son Edward SOPER New South Wales, Australia V18501848 38A/1850
06 Dec 1852 32 Birth of daughter Martha Matilda SOPER Shoalhaven, New South Wales, Australia V18523976 39A/1852
09 Oct 1856 36 Birth of daughter Letitia S W SOPER Cambewarra, New South Wales, Australia
06 Jan 1877 57 Death of husband Thomas SOPER (aged 76) Cambewarra, New South Wales, Australia 18
30 May 1890 70 Martha NOBLE died Nowra, New South Wales, Australia 9763/1890
Note 1: Coolangatta, NSW - V184114375 74B/1841 - SOPPER
Personal Notes:
Bruce McLennan wrote: “From what family researchers have been able to ascertain she was either a cousin, or something similar, to Ann Maguire (nee Noble) of Kangaroo Valley and she went to live with Patrick and Ann Maguire after soem event. Patrick and Ann (nee Noble) Maguire migrated from Co. Fermanagh to Kangaroo Valley in 1856.”

Martha Noble, according to the arrival documentation into NSW, was the daughter of William and Margaret Noble from Northern Ireland.

Martha, aged 20, was on board the "Pearl" as an "Assisted Migrant" when it arrived into Sydney on 17 Aug 1841 and she was from Co. Fermanagh. Her calling was "house servant" and she was protestant. From what family researchers have been able to ascertain she was either, a cousin, or something similar, to Ann Maguire (nee Noble) of Kangaroo Valley. Patrick and Ann (nee Noble) Maguire migrated from Co. Fermanagh to Kangaroo Valley in 1856. (Their daughter, Dorothea, was the grandmother of a Kerr desendant, Joan Edwards.) She could read but not write. Family stories tell of both her parents having been killed in a carriage accident not long before she left Ireland. There is a possiblity she might have even been a sister - but, for this to be true, one or other's recorded parents would have to be wrong!) Martha was the neice of Dr Kenneth McKenzie who had already settled near Thomas Soper's property at "Budanon" in the upper reaches of the Shoalhaven.
Martha Noble married Tom Soper at Coolangatta (the main centre of the Berry area a that time) in 1841 - four months after her arrival. She and Thomas had at least seven children - mainly at Bamarang (an area about 5 kms west of Nowra). Thomas died at Camberwarra (about 5 kms north-west of Nowra) in 1877.
The Broughton Creek Register (later known as the Berry Register) reported on 14 June 1890 that "Mrs Soper, for many years resident in Cambewarra, passed over to the great majority at the age of 90 years, her husband having predeceased her by a number of years. Mrs Soper reared a large family; most of whom are comfortably settled in the neighbourhood. She was buried on her own place, the funeral having been attended by most of the residents about. The Rev. Mr. Parr was to have preached a sermon on the occasion last Sunday forenoon but, probably owing to the state of the road, he did not come. The roads in fact all round about are almost impassable, and can only be got along with the greatest discomfort and risk of accident." (The age (90) appears to be inconsistent with the age on her immigration record - and inconsistent with having her last child in 1856.)
Source References:
18. Type: E-mail Message, Abbr: e-mails general pool, Title: e-mails general pool
- Reference = Bruce McLennan 13 Jan 2010 (Marriage)

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