[Index]
Mary Grace SOPER (1886 - 1979)
Children Self + Spouses Parents Grandparents Greatgrandparents
Ruth Mary RUTHERFORD (1908 - 1998)
Oliver Arthur RUTHERFORD (1911 - )
Phylis Dorothy RUTHERFORD (1913 - 1988)
 Mary Grace SOPER (1886 - 1979)

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Arthur RUTHERFORD (1879 - 1935)
 John SOPER (1857 - 1944) Samuel SOPER (1827 - 1906)



Grace HEMMANT (1829 - 1905)



Margaret Sarah PORTER (1869 - 1953) William PORTER (1837 - 1887) William PORTER
Sarah MARRIOTT
Mary SLATER (1838 - 1920) William SLATER (1808 - 1898)
Ruth DEACON (1804 - 1869)
b. 16 Jun 1886 at Queensland, Australia
m. abt 1907 Arthur RUTHERFORD (1879 - 1935)
d. 12 May 1979 at Ayr, Queensland, Australia aged 92
Near Relatives of Mary Grace SOPER (1886 - 1979)
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 William PORTER 1837 Coventry, Warwickshire, England 1887 Inkerman, Ayr, Queensland, Australia 50
Grandmother Mary SLATER 1838 Hook Norton, Banbury, Oxfordshire, England 1920 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 82

Father in Law John RUTHERFORD
Mother in Law Sarah Tetlow BROCKWELL 1856 Bathurst, NSW, Australia 1937 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 81

Father John SOPER abt 1857 Meeth, Devon, England 16 Feb 1944 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 87
Mother Margaret Sarah PORTER 1869 Queensland, Australia 06 Apr 1953 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 84

Self Mary Grace SOPER 16 Jun 1886 Queensland, Australia 12 May 1979 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 92

Husband Arthur RUTHERFORD 1879 Queensland, Australia 18 Feb 1935 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 56

Daughter Ruth Mary RUTHERFORD 27 Dec 1908 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 16 Mar 1998 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 89
Son Oliver Arthur RUTHERFORD 1911 Queensland, Australia
Daughter Phylis Dorothy RUTHERFORD 14 Feb 1913 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 31 Dec 1988 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 75

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

Son in Law William Leslie COX 1897 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 30 May 1982 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 85
Son in Law Ernest Alfred SMITH 10 Dec 1907 Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia 06 Jun 1985 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 77

Grandson Ralph Inkerman COX 1930 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 1983 Proserpine, Queensland, Australia 53

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
Aunt Elizabeth SOPER abt 1858 Meeth, Devon, England
Aunt Grace SOPER 1860 Meeth, Devon, England
Uncle Samuel SOPER 1862 Okehampton, Devonshire 20 Jun 1926 Home Hill, Queensland, Australia 64
Aunt Margaret Ann GUNN 08 Dec 1930 Home Hill, Queensland, Australia
Uncle William SOPER 1862 Meeth, Devon, England
Uncle Henry SOPER abt 1866 Meeth, Devon, England
Uncle George SOPER 1870 Meeth, Devon, England
Uncle George PORTER 1858 Coventry, Warwickshire, England 1878 Jarvisfield, Ayr, Queensland, Australia 20
Aunt Elizabeth GRAHAM abt 1855 Heaton Norris, Lancashire, England 1915 Queensland, Australia 60
Uncle John PORTER 1860 Coventry, Warwickshire, England abt 1874 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 14
Uncle Thomas PORTER abt 1862 England 1863 1
Uncle Thomas PORTER 1864 1933 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 69
Uncle Henry (Harry) PORTER 1867 Queensland, Australia 1952 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 85
Aunt Margaret Clare MACKERSIE 1874 Tambourine Mountain, Queensland, Australia 1943 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 69
Aunt Annie Elizabeth PORTER 1871 Queensland, Australia 29 Aug 1958 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 87
Uncle Charles CARCARY 25 Sep 1860 Farnell, Angus, Scotland 29 Jul 1953 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 92
Aunt Elizabeth PORTER 1874 Queensland, Australia 1964 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 90
Uncle Albert SELDON 1921 Ayr, Queensland, Australia
Aunt Sarah PORTER 1876 Queensland, Australia 1943 Queensland, Australia 67
Uncle George Stradbroke MACKERSIE abt 1862 1936 Queensland, Australia 74
Uncle William PORTER 1879 Queensland, Australia 1947 Home Hill, Queensland, Australia 68
Aunt Hannah Jane KELLY 1960 Home Hill, Queensland, Australia

Cousin Emily Harriet Grace SOPER 17 Jul 1885 Queensland, Australia 21 Nov 1958 Queensland, Australia 73
Cousin Margaret Ann SOPER 1887 Queensland, Australia 1955 Queensland, Australia 68
Cousin Samuel SOPER 1890 Queensland, Australia 1968 Queensland, Australia 78
Cousin William Francis SOPER 1892 Queensland, Australia 08 Oct 1892 Queensland, Australia 0
Cousin Alice Elizabeth Florence SOPER 1895 Queensland, Australia 1929 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 34
Cousin Henry George SOPER 1897 Queensland, Australia 1968 Queensland, Australia 71
Cousin Olivia Pearl SOPER 1900 Queensland, Australia
Cousin Ernest Arthur Frederick SOPER 29 Jun 1902 Selheim, Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia 1984 Queensland, Australia 82
Cousin Herbert Cecil SOPER 1908 Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia
Cousin Lucy Ann PORTER 1919 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Cousin Herbert PORTER abt 1877 Queensland, Australia 1938 Tully, Queensland, Australia 61
Cousin Margaret Elizabeth PORTER 1901 Queensland, Australia
Cousin William James Leonta PORTER 1903 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 1906 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 3
Cousin George Henry PORTER 1905 Queensland, Australia
Cousin Jessie PORTER 1909 Queensland, Australia
Cousin Mary Isabel PORTER 1913 Queensland, Australia
Cousin Annie PORTER 1914 Queensland, Australia
Cousin Annie CARCARY 18 Dec 1890 Queensland, Australia 1975 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 85
Cousin Charles Harry CARCARY 12 Jun 1893 Queensland, Australia 22 Nov 1902 Queensland, Australia 9
Cousin William James (Jim) CARCARY 27 May 1895 Queensland, Australia 14 Sep 1973 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 78
Cousin Mary Elizabeth (bessie) CARCARY 18 Aug 1897 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 12 Jul 1989 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 91
Cousin George Samuel CARCARY 01 Apr 1900 Queensland, Australia 1982 Queensland, Australia 82
Cousin Margaret Jane CARCARY 10 Jun 1902 Queensland, Australia 18 Oct 1988 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 86
Cousin David Alexander CARCARY 20 Aug 1904 Queensland, Australia 24 Jul 1926 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 21
Cousin John Howard (Jack) (Jock) CARCARY 05 Aug 1906 Queensland, Australia 1977 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 71
Cousin Frances Elsie CARCARY 20 Oct 1908 Queensland, Australia 15 Jun 1981 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 72
Cousin Alice Heatherbelle CARCARY 04 Oct 1911 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 06 May 1980 Home Hill, Queensland, Australia 68
Cousin Gordon Arthur CARCARY 1914 Queensland, Australia 22 Jun 1915 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 1
Cousin James CARCARY 31 Jan 1879 Luthermuir, Scotland 05 Feb 1879 Luthermuir, Scotland 0
Cousin James Donald MACKERSIE 1903 Queensland, Australia 1961 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 58
Cousin William George MACKERSIE 1905 Queensland, Australia 1963 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 58
Cousin Henry Gordon MACKERSIE 1906 Queensland, Australia 1949 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 43
Cousin Charles Leslie MACKERSIE 1915 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 1984 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 69
Cousin Lilly May PORTER 1918 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 1997 Home Hill, Queensland, Australia 79

Niece Living or Recently Deceased
Nephew William John Francis SOPER 1918 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 1982 Queensland, Australia 64
Nephew Arthur Leonard RUTHERFORD abt 1941 16 Jul 1960 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 19

Sister in Law Elizabeth RUTHERFORD 1881 Queensland, Australia 1958 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 77
Brother in Law John RUTHERFORD 1884 Queensland, Australia 1897 Queensland, Australia 13
Sister in Law Violet Priscilla RUTHERFORD 1888 Queensland, Australia 1891 Queensland, Australia 3
Brother in Law Ernest Herbert RUTHERFORD 1890 Queensland, Australia 27 May 1974 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 84
Brother in Law Leonard Norman RUTHERFORD 1892 Queensland, Australia 09 Jun 1954 Queensland, Australia 62
Brother in Law Oliver Joseph Wilfred RUTHERFORD 1894 Queensland, Australia 1894 Queensland, Australia 0
Sister in Law Ada Jean GILMOUR abt 1895 Charleville, Queensland, Australia 21 Aug 1996 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 101
Brother in Law George Alfred PAGE
Sister in Law Hilda Maud MCLELLAN abt 1894 Queensland, Australia 01 May 1964 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 70
Brother in Law George Edwin GIDDY abt 1897 27 Dec 1979 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 82
Sister in Law Ellen Jessie GRAY 1906 Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia 24 Oct 1992 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 86
Sister in Law Nellie Birkmans SHEEHAN
Sister in Law Possibly Cynthia Jean DARWEN
Events in Mary Grace SOPER (1886 - 1979)'s life
Date Age Event Place Notes Src
16 Jun 1886 Mary Grace SOPER was born Queensland, Australia Note 1 52
abt 1907 21 Married Arthur RUTHERFORD (aged 28) Reg No 1907/2900 52
27 Dec 1908 22 Birth of daughter Ruth Mary RUTHERFORD Ayr, Queensland, Australia Note 2 52
1911 25 Birth of son Oliver Arthur RUTHERFORD Queensland, Australia 1911/ C013093 52
14 Feb 1913 26 Birth of daughter Phylis Dorothy RUTHERFORD Ayr, Queensland, Australia Note 3 52, 59
18 Feb 1935 48 Death of husband Arthur RUTHERFORD (aged 56) Ayr, Queensland, Australia Note 4 52, 59, 60
16 Feb 1944 57 Death of father John SOPER (aged 87) Ayr, Queensland, Australia Note 5 52, 59, 60
06 Apr 1953 66 Death of mother Margaret Sarah PORTER (aged 84) Ayr, Queensland, Australia Note 6 52, 59
12 May 1979 92 Mary Grace SOPER died Ayr, Queensland, Australia Note 7 59
Note 1: Reg No 1886/296
Aust Birth Index 16/6/1886 - Queensland - parents Margaret Porter and John Soper
Note 2: 1909/C011876
27/12/1908 - Aust Birth Index
Note 3: 1913/C014851
Burdekin burial register - born in Ayr, died 31/12/1988, age 75, buried with E A Smith
Note 4: Reg No 1935/C1169
Burdekin cemetery records - age 55 - Anglican 1140

Townsville Daily Bulletin 18 Feb 1935
BENZINE EXPLOSION.
Farmer Injured.
AYR. February 17.
Whilst drawing benzine from the tank of a car, on Saturday evening, Mr. Arthur Rutherford, farmer, residing on Beach Road, sustained severeburns and shock when the benzine exploded. Mr. Rutherford went to his garage with a hurricane lamp, to get
benzine for a passing motorist whose supply had ran out and the benzine exploded when he was drawing it from the tank. It is understood that the car and the garage were badly damaged. The sufferer was removed to hospital.
Note 5: Burdekin cemetry records - age 87 - grave no 336X

Reg No 1944/1282 - Samuel and Grace Hemmant

Townsville Daily Bulletin 24 Feb 1944
John Soper, aged 87 years, passed away at his residence in Burke Street on Tuesday evening. A native of Devonshire, England, the deceased emigrated to Australia in 1880, and began work on Seaforth Plantation. After various bricklaying jobs, he settled on a farming property at McDesme, where he later began cane farming, as a result of the encouragement of the late John Drysdale. He leaves in addition to his widow, a family of five daughters, Mrs. A. Rutherford, Mrs. C. Harris, Mrs. S. Page, Mrs. J. Giddy, and Mrs. G. Giddy, and six sons, John, William, Henry, Herbert, Arthur and Walter. The funeral service was conducted by the Rev. K. Stevens, of the Presbyterian Church, on Wednesday afternoon.
Note 6: Reg No 1953/C2502 - William Porter and Mary Slater

Burdekin cemetry records - age 83 - British nationality (immigrant) - grave no 424X
Note 7: Burdekin cemetry records - died age 92 - buried with husband Arthur - Anglican 1140
Source References:
52. Type: Australia Birth Marriage Death Index 1787 - 1985 Record
- Reference = (Marriage)
- Reference = (Birth)
59. Type: Web Page, Abbr: Burdekin Burial Register, Title: Burdekin Burial Register, Auth: Burdekin Shire Council
- Reference = (Death)
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