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Florence Olivia Grace (Olga) SOPER (1920 - 2009)

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
Living	Florence Olivia Grace (Olga) SOPER (1920 - 2009) + Ernie IRWIN (1921 - 2004)	Samuel SOPER (1890 - 1968)	Samuel SOPER (1862 - 1926)	Samuel SOPER (1827 - 1906)
				Grace (HEMMANT) HAMMETT (1829 - 1905)
			Margaret Ann GUNN (1867 - 1930)	Hugh GUNN
				Catherine KEENAGHAN
		Elizabeth (Lizzie) FITZGERALD (1891 - 1959)	Thomas Augustus FITZGERALD (1861 - 1935)	Patrick FITZGERALD
				Mary DOWNEY
			Mary MACAULIFFE (1867 - 1922)	Daniel MACAULIFFE
				Mary COGHLIN

b. 1920 at Queensland, Australia

m. 1945 Ernie IRWIN (1921 - 2004) at Tully, Queensland, Australia

d. 2009 aged 89

Near Relatives of Florence Olivia Grace (Olga) SOPER (1920 - 2009)
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Grandfather	Samuel SOPER	1862	Okehampton, Devonshire	20 Jun 1926	Home Hill, Queensland, Australia	64
Grandmother	Margaret Ann GUNN	1867	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland	08 Dec 1930	Home Hill, Queensland, Australia	63
Grandfather	Thomas Augustus FITZGERALD	1861	Ireland	1935	Mareeba, Queensland, Australia	74
Grandmother	Mary MACAULIFFE	abt 1867	Cork, Co Cork, Ireland	1922	Mareeba, Queensland, Australia	55
Father	Samuel SOPER	1890	Queensland, Australia	1968	Cairns, Queensland, Australia	78
Mother	Elizabeth (Lizzie) FITZGERALD	1891	Queensland, Australia	1959	Cairns, Queensland, Australia	68
Self	Florence Olivia Grace (Olga) SOPER	1920	Queensland, Australia	2009		89
Husband	Ernie IRWIN	1921		2004		83
Daughter	Living or Recently Deceased
Sister	Marjorie May SOPER	1914	Queensland, Australia	1971	Cairns, Queensland, Australia	57
Brother	Samuel Thomas Stanley SOPER	1915	Queensland, Australia	1968	Queensland, Australia	53
Brother	Cyril Francis Owen SOPER	1917	Home Hill, Queensland, Australia	1949	Cairns, Queensland, Australia	32
Aunt	Emily Harriet Grace SOPER	17 Jul 1885	Queensland, Australia	21 Nov 1958	Mackay, Queensland, Australia	73
Uncle	Arthur Wellesley COWLEY	1876	Gundagai, NSW, Australia	01 May 1955	Mackay, Queensland, Australia	79
Aunt	Margaret Ann SOPER	1887	Queensland, Australia	1955	Townsville, Queensland, Australia	68
Uncle	Percy Gleyre Roquerbre DUTTON			1967	Townsville, Queensland, Australia
Uncle	William Francis SOPER	1892	Queensland, Australia	08 Oct 1892	Queensland, Australia	0
Aunt	Alice Elizabeth Florence SOPER	1895	Queensland, Australia	1929	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	34
Uncle	Walter Charles CORNISH	1891	Queensland, Australia	1974	Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia	83
Uncle	Henry George SOPER	1897	Queensland, Australia	1968	Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia	71
Aunt	Mary Isabella CARMEN
Aunt	Olivia Pearl SOPER	1900	Queensland, Australia	1988	Janelli, New South Wales, Australia	88
Uncle	Harry Knud LOWE			1988	New South Wales, Australia
Uncle	Ernest Arthur Frederick SOPER	29 Jun 1902	Selheim, Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	1984	Townsville, Queensland, Australia	82
Aunt	Myrtle Anna CORNISH	1904	Queensland, Australia	1997	Townsville, Queensland, Australia	93
Uncle	Herbert Cecil SOPER	1908	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	1989	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	81
Aunt	Ethel SIBSON	1910		1978	Brisbane, Queenland, Australia	68
Aunt	Mary Ann (Minnie) FITZGERALD	1888	Queensland, Australia	1958	Mareeba, Queensland, Australia	70
Uncle	William EAKIN	1878	Monaghan, Ireland	1963	Mareeba, Queensland, Australia	85
Uncle	William Thomas FITZGERALD	1892	Queensland, Australia
Aunt	Eileen FITZGERALD	1896	Queensland, Australia	1979	Cairns, Queensland, Australia	83
Uncle	Henry Carn POWER	1899	Queensland, Australia	1975	Cairns, Queensland, Australia	76
Aunt	Kathleen Hannah FITZGERALD	1898	Queensland, Australia	1971	Nambour, Queensland, Australia	73
Uncle	Arthur Kitchener STAMP	1901	Queensland, Australia	1964	Brisbane, Queenland, Australia	63
Aunt	Margaret Monica FITZGERALD	1900	Queensland, Australia
Aunt	Esme May FITZGERALD	1908	Queensland, Australia	2001	Townsville, Queensland, Australia	93
Uncle	Arthur ROBINS
Cousin	Arthur Samuel COWLEY	1904	Queensland, Australia	1983	Queensland, Australia	79
Cousin	Percival Francis COWLEY	1905	Queensland, Australia	1984	Mackay, Queensland, Australia	79
Cousin	Mervyn Cecil COWLEY	01 Jan 1918	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	17 May 1945	Queensland, Australia	27
Cousin	Walter Richard Samuel CORNISH			1942	Queensland, Australia
Cousin	Cyril Thomas Vincent EAKIN	1910	Queensland, Australia	1999	Cairns, Queensland, Australia	89
Cousin	William Keith EAKIN	1913	Queensland, Australia	1971	Cairns, Queensland, Australia	58
Cousin	Mary Elizabeth EAKIN	1915	Queensland, Australia
Cousin	Robert Stanley EAKIN	1917	Queensland, Australia	1986	Cairns, Queensland, Australia	69
Cousin	Ronald Joseph EAKIN	1919	Queensland, Australia	1987	Mareeba, Queensland, Australia	68
Brother in Law	Gordon Blackburn MALCOLM	1913	Atherton, Queensland, Australia	1950	Cairns, Queensland, Australia	37
Sister in Law	Mona GREGEEN			2012	Mareeba, Queensland, Australia
Sister in Law	Florence Elizabeth SQUIRE	1921	Gordonvale, Queensland, Australia	1999	Cairns, Queensland, Australia	78

Events in Florence Olivia Grace (Olga) SOPER (1920 - 2009)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
1920		Florence Olivia Grace (Olga) SOPER was born	Queensland, Australia	Note 1	18
1945	25	Married Ernie IRWIN (aged 24)	Tully, Queensland, Australia	Note 2	60
1959	39	Death of mother Elizabeth (Lizzie) FITZGERALD (aged 68)	Cairns, Queensland, Australia	Note 3	18
1968	48	Death of father Samuel SOPER (aged 78)	Cairns, Queensland, Australia	Note 4	18
2004	84	Death of husband Ernie IRWIN (aged 83)		Communication with daughter
2009	89	Florence Olivia Grace (Olga) SOPER died		Communication with daughter

Note 1: Birth registration: Florence Oliver Grace Soper Birth date: 28/01/1920 Mother's name: Elizabeth Fitzgerald Father/parent's name: Samuel Soper Registration details: 1920/C/145

Note 2: Cairns Post 29 Nov 1945 SOPER-IRWIN. A very pretty wedding was cele- brated at the Roman Catholic Church. Tully, on November 17, when Olga youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Soper, was joined In holy wedlock to Ernie, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Irwin, of Coorparoo. Brisbane, by Rev. Father Leahy. The dainty bride entered the church on the arm of her father to the strains of the wedding march played by Mrs. Barry. Her beautiful gown was of rich satin moulded to the figure, featuring a heart shape neck, the back of the bodice being trimmed with loops and buttons. The long sleeves were peaked at the side and finished with tiny but- tons. A fully flared skirt fell into a long and graceful train. She wore a cape bridal veil daintily embroidered, falling to the bottom of the skirt and held in place by a wreath of orange blossom. The veil was lent by Mrs. Hansen, of Cairns. She carried a bou- quet of lilies and stephanders adorned with white satin streamers. She was attended by Mrs. Rector. Innisfail, as matron of honour, wearing a pink satin ankle length frock trimmed with tiny frills. For head- dress she wore a shoulder length veil and carried a choice bouquet. Her little flower girl, Pam Nickson, looked sweet in a blue ankle length-frock trimmed with tiny frills and carried a bouquet of pink roses. The duties of best man were carried out by the bride's brother, Corporal Stan Soper. The wedding breakfast was held at the residence of the bride's parents, where 60 guests were entertained.

Note 3: 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 4: 1968 C3782 Samuel Soper Samuel Soper Margaret Gunn

Source References:

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

- Reference = (Birth)

- Notes: Birth registration: Florence Oliver Grace Soper Birth date: 28/01/1920 Mother's name: Elizabeth Fitzgerald Father/parent's name: Samuel Soper Registration details: 1920/C/145

60. Type: Newspaper, Title: Trove, http://trove.nla.gov.au

- Reference = (Marriage)

- Notes: Cairns Post 29 Nov 1945 SOPER-IRWIN. A very pretty wedding was cele- brated at the Roman Catholic Church. Tully, on November 17, when Olga youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Soper, was joined In holy wedlock to Ernie, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Irwin, of Coorparoo. Brisbane, by Rev. Father Leahy. The dainty bride entered the church on the arm of her father to the strains of the wedding march played by Mrs. Barry. Her beautiful gown was of rich satin moulded to the figure, featuring a heart shape neck, the back of the bodice being trimmed with loops and' buttons. The long sleeves were peaked at the side and finished with tiny but- tons. A fully flared skirt fell into a long and graceful train. She wore a cape bridal veil daintily embroidered, falling to the bottom of the skirt and held in place by a wreath of orange blossom. The veil was lent by Mrs. Hansen, of Cairns. She carried a bou- quet of lilies and stephanders adorned with white satin streamers. She was attended by Mrs. Rector. Innisfail, as matron of honour, wearing a pink satin ankle length frock trimmed with tiny frills. For head- dress s* e wore a shoulder length veil and carried a choice bouquet. Her little flower girl, Pam Nickson, looked sweet in a blue ankle length-frock trimmed with tiny frills and carried a bouquet of pink roses. The duties of best man were carried out by the bride's brother, Corporal Stan Soper. The wedding breakfast was held at the residence of the bride's parents, where 60 guests were entertained.

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