[Index]
Margaret Sarah PORTER (1869 - 1953)
Children Self + Spouses Parents Grandparents Greatgrandparents
Mary Grace SOPER (1886 - 1979)
John SOPER (1888 - 1971)
Sarah Jane SOPER (1892 - 1982)
William George SOPER (1894 - 1985)
Ellen SOPER (1897 - )
Ethel SOPER (1899 - 1970)
Emily Margaret SOPER (1903 - 1903)
Henry Samuel SOPER (1904 - 1987)
Herbert Francis SOPER (1906 - 1976)
Arthur Frederick SOPER (1908 - 1979)
Walter James SOPER (1910 - 1964)
 Margaret Sarah PORTER (1869 - 1953)

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John SOPER (1857 - 1944)
 William PORTER (1837 - 1887) William PORTER



Sarah MARRIOTT



Mary SLATER (1838 - 1920) William SLATER (1808 - 1898) John SLATER (1778 - 1855)
Frances SOMMERTON (1774 - 1857)
Ruth DEACON (1804 - 1869)



Margaret Sarah PORTER John SOPER
Margaret Sarah PORTER
Margaret Sarah PORTER John SOPER Margaret Sarah PORTER
Pic P1. Cemetery: Ayr General
Family Name: Soper
Given Names: Margaret
Birth Date:
Death Date: 7 Apr 1953
Age: 84y
Remarks: née Porter; dau/William & Mary (Slater); w/John; mother
Portion: Mon
Row:

Pic S1. Cemetery: Ayr General
Family Name: Soper
Given Names: John
Birth Date:
Death Date: 16 Feb 1944
Age: 87y
Remarks: son/Samuel & Grace (Hemmant); h/Margaret; father
Portion: Mon
Row:

Pic 1. Cemetery: Ayr General
Family Name: Soper
Given Names: Margaret
Birth Date:
Death Date: 7 Apr 1953
Age: 84y
Remarks: née Porter; dau/William & Mary (Slater); w/John; mother
Portion: Mon
Row:

b. 1869 at Queensland, Australia
m. 1886 John SOPER (1857 - 1944) at Queensland, Australia
d. 06 Apr 1953 at Ayr, Queensland, Australia aged 84
Near Relatives of Margaret Sarah PORTER (1869 - 1953)
Relationship Person Born Birth Place Died Death Place Age
Grandfather William PORTER
Grandmother Sarah MARRIOTT
Grandfather William SLATER 1808 Hook Norton, Banbury, Oxfordshire, England 1898 Warwickshire, England 90
Grandmother Ruth DEACON 1804 1869 Coventry, Warwickshire, England 65

Father in Law Samuel SOPER 1827 Hatherleigh, Devon, England 1906 Okehampton, Devonshire 79
Mother in Law Grace (HEMMANT) HAMMETT abt 1829 Merton, Devon, England 1905 Okehampton, Devonshire 76

Father William PORTER 1837 Coventry, Warwickshire, England 1887 Inkerman, Ayr, Queensland, Australia 50
Mother Mary SLATER 1838 Hook Norton, Banbury, Oxfordshire, England 1920 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 82

Self Margaret Sarah PORTER 1869 Queensland, Australia 06 Apr 1953 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 84

Husband John SOPER abt 1857 Meeth, Devon, England 16 Feb 1944 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 87

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

Brother George PORTER 1858 Coventry, Warwickshire, England 1878 Jarvisfield, Ayr, Queensland, Australia 20
Brother John PORTER 1860 Coventry, Warwickshire, England abt 1874 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 14
Brother Thomas PORTER abt 1862 England 1863 1
Brother Thomas PORTER 1864 1933 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 69
Brother Henry (Harry) PORTER 1867 Queensland, Australia 1952 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 85
Sister Annie Elizabeth PORTER 1871 Queensland, Australia 29 Aug 1958 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 87
Sister Elizabeth PORTER 1874 Queensland, Australia 1964 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 90
Sister Sarah PORTER 1876 Queensland, Australia 1943 Queensland, Australia 67
Brother William PORTER 1879 Queensland, Australia 1947 Home Hill, Queensland, Australia 68

Son in Law Arthur RUTHERFORD 1879 Queensland, Australia 18 Feb 1935 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 56
Daughter in Law Ada Jean GILMOUR abt 1895 Charleville, Queensland, Australia 21 Aug 1996 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 101
Son in Law George Alfred PAGE
Daughter in Law Hilda Maud MCLELLAN abt 1894 Queensland, Australia 01 May 1964 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 70
Son in Law George Edwin GIDDY abt 1897 27 Dec 1979 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 82
Daughter in Law Ellen Jessie GRAY 1906 Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia 24 Oct 1992 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 86
Daughter in Law Nellie Birkmans SHEEHAN
Daughter in Law Cynthia Jean DARWEN 1918 2005 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 87

Granddaughter Ruth Mary RUTHERFORD 27 Dec 1908 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 16 Mar 1998 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 89
Grandson Oliver Arthur RUTHERFORD 1911 Queensland, Australia
Granddaughter Phylis Dorothy RUTHERFORD 14 Feb 1913 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 31 Dec 1988 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 75
Granddaughter Living or Recently Deceased
Grandson William John Francis SOPER 1918 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 1982 Home Hill, Queensland, Australia 64

Uncle Daniel PORTER 1896 Queensland, Australia
Aunt Possibly STOKES
Uncle John PORTER 1917 Queensland, Australia
Aunt Hannah SLATER 1830 Sowe, Warwickshire
Uncle Thomas RICHARDSON 1829 Stoke, Warwickshire, England
Uncle Walter SLATER 1832 Hook Norton, Banbury, Oxfordshire, England
Aunt Ann HIRONS
Uncle John SLATER? 1833 Hook Norton, Banbury, Oxfordshire, England
Aunt Elizabeth SLATER 1835
Uncle Thomas SLATER 1841 Hook Norton, Banbury, Oxfordshire, England
Aunt Agnes CARTER 1842 Foleshill, Coventry, Warwickshire, England
Uncle George SLATER 1845 Hook Norton, Banbury, Oxfordshire, England
Aunt Eliza SLATER 1848 Stoke, Warwickshire, England
Uncle Frederick JONES abt 1846 Coventry, Warwickshire, England
Aunt Sarah Ann SLATER 1848 Coventry, Warwickshire, England

Cousin Henry RICHARDSON 1850 Stoke, Warwickshire, England
Cousin Thomas JONES 1872 Coventry, Warwickshire, England
Cousin Emily JONES 1874 Coventry, Warwickshire, England 1947 Coventry, Warwickshire, England 73
Cousin Frederick JONES 1877 Coventry, Warwickshire, England
Cousin Ernest JONES 1880 Coventry, Warwickshire, England
Cousin Herbert JONES 1886 Coventry, Warwickshire, England

Niece Lucy Ann PORTER 1919 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Nephew Herbert PORTER abt 1877 Queensland, Australia 1938 Tully, Queensland, Australia 61
Niece Margaret Elizabeth PORTER 1901 Queensland, Australia 1983 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 82
Nephew William James Leonta PORTER 1903 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 1906 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 3
Nephew George Henry PORTER 1905 Queensland, Australia
Niece Jessie PORTER 1909 Queensland, Australia 2003 94
Niece Mary Isabel PORTER 1913 Queensland, Australia 2002 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 89
Niece Annie PORTER 1914 Queensland, Australia
Niece Annie CARCARY 18 Dec 1890 Queensland, Australia 1975 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 85
Nephew Charles Harry CARCARY 12 Jun 1893 Queensland, Australia 22 Nov 1902 Queensland, Australia 9
Nephew William James (Jim) CARCARY 27 May 1895 Queensland, Australia 14 Sep 1973 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 78
Niece Mary Elizabeth (bessie) CARCARY 18 Aug 1897 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 12 Jul 1989 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 91
Nephew George Samuel CARCARY 01 Apr 1900 Queensland, Australia 1982 Queensland, Australia 82
Niece Margaret Jane CARCARY 10 Jun 1902 Queensland, Australia 18 Oct 1988 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 86
Nephew David Alexander CARCARY 20 Aug 1904 Queensland, Australia 24 Jul 1926 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 21
Nephew John Howard (Jack) (Jock) CARCARY 05 Aug 1906 Queensland, Australia 1977 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 71
Niece Frances Elsie CARCARY 20 Oct 1908 Queensland, Australia 15 Jun 1981 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 72
Niece Alice Heatherbelle CARCARY 04 Oct 1911 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 06 May 1980 Home Hill, Queensland, Australia 68
Nephew Gordon Arthur CARCARY 1914 Queensland, Australia 22 Jun 1915 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 1
Niece Mary Ann SELDON 1894 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 1966 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 72
Niece Alice SELDON 1895 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 1987 Queensland, Australia 92
Niece Martha Elizabeth SELDON 1898 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 1985 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 87
Nephew Edward SELDON 1901 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 1901 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 0
Niece Maud Charlotte SELDON 1902 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 1971 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 69
Nephew Richard SELDON 1905 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 1994 Brisbane, Queenland, Australia 89
Nephew Charles William SELDON 1908 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 1990 Queensland, Australia 82
Nephew Silas SELDON 1910 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 1989 Redland, Queensland, Australia 79
Niece Eva SELDON 1913 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 1993 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 80
Nephew James Donald MACKERSIE 1903 Queensland, Australia 1961 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 58
Nephew William George MACKERSIE 1905 Queensland, Australia 1963 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 58
Nephew Henry Gordon MACKERSIE 1906 Queensland, Australia 1949 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 43
Nephew Charles Leslie MACKERSIE 1915 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 1984 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 69
Niece Lilly May PORTER 1918 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 1997 Home Hill, Queensland, Australia 79
Niece Emily Harriet Grace SOPER 17 Jul 1885 Queensland, Australia 21 Nov 1958 Mackay, Queensland, Australia 73
Niece Margaret Ann SOPER 1887 Queensland, Australia 1955 Townsville, Queensland, Australia 68
Nephew Samuel SOPER 1890 Queensland, Australia 1968 Cairns, Queensland, Australia 78
Nephew William Francis SOPER 1892 Queensland, Australia 08 Oct 1892 Queensland, Australia 0
Niece Alice Elizabeth Florence SOPER 1895 Queensland, Australia 1929 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 34
Nephew Henry George SOPER 1897 Queensland, Australia 1968 Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia 71
Niece Olivia Pearl SOPER 1900 Queensland, Australia 1988 Janelli, New South Wales, Australia 88
Nephew Ernest Arthur Frederick SOPER 29 Jun 1902 Selheim, Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia 1984 Townsville, Queensland, Australia 82
Nephew Herbert Cecil SOPER 1908 Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia 1989 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 81

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
Sister in Law Elizabeth SOPER abt 1858 Meeth, Devon, England
Sister in Law Grace SOPER 1860 Meeth, Devon, England
Brother in Law Samuel SOPER 1862 Okehampton, Devonshire 20 Jun 1926 Home Hill, Queensland, Australia 64
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
Sister in Law Elizabeth GRAHAM abt 1855 Heaton Norris, Lancashire, England 1915 Queensland, Australia 60
Sister in Law Margaret Clare MACKERSIE 1874 Tambourine Mountain, Queensland, Australia 1943 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 69
Brother in Law Charles CARCARY 25 Sep 1860 Farnell, Angus, Scotland 29 Jul 1953 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 92
Brother in Law Albert SELDON abt 1865 Meeth, Devon, England 1921 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 56
Brother in Law George Stradbroke MACKERSIE abt 1862 1936 Queensland, Australia 74
Sister in Law Hannah Jane KELLY 1960 Home Hill, Queensland, Australia
Events in Margaret Sarah PORTER (1869 - 1953)'s life
Date Age Event Place Notes Src
1869 Margaret Sarah PORTER was born Queensland, Australia Note 1 18
1886 17 Married John SOPER (aged 29) Queensland, Australia Reg No 1886/44 52
16 Jun 1886 17 Birth of daughter Mary Grace SOPER Queensland, Australia Note 2 52
1887 18 Death of father William PORTER (aged 50) Inkerman, Ayr, Queensland, Australia Note 3 60, 90
1888 19 Birth of son John SOPER Home Hill, Queensland, Australia Note 4 52, 59
1892 23 Birth of daughter Sarah Jane SOPER Queensland, Australia Note 5 52, 59
25 Mar 1894 25 Birth of son William George SOPER Ayr, Queensland, Australia Note 6 52, 61
1897 28 Birth of daughter Ellen SOPER Queensland, Australia REg No 1897/10893 52
1899 30 Birth of daughter Ethel SOPER Queensland, Australia Reg No 1899/10672 52
1903 34 Birth of daughter Emily Margaret SOPER Queensland, Australia Reg No 1903/9978 52
1903 34 Death of daughter Emily Margaret SOPER Queensland, Australia Note 7 52
1903 34 Residence Harvest Home Farm, Ayr, Queensland Note 8 37
1904 35 Birth of son Henry Samuel SOPER Ayr, Queensland, Australia Reg No 1904/11507 52, 59
1906 37 Birth of son Herbert Francis SOPER Queensland, Australia Note 9 52
1908 39 Residence Harvest Home Farm, Ayr, Queensland Note 10 37
27 May 1908 39 Birth of son Arthur Frederick SOPER Ayr, Queensland, Australia Note 11 52, 61
1910 41 Birth of son Walter James SOPER Queensland, Australia Reg No 1910/12412 52
1913 44 Residence Harvest Home Farm, Ayr, Queensland Note 12 37
1919 50 Residence Harvest Home Farm, Ayr, Queensland Note 13 37
1920 51 Death of mother Mary SLATER (aged 82) Ayr, Queensland, Australia Note 14 59, 60, 90
1925 56 Residence Harvest Home Farm, Ayr, Queensland Note 15 37
1930 61 Residence Ayr/Homehill, Queensland Note 16 37
16 Feb 1944 75 Death of husband John SOPER (aged 87) Ayr, Queensland, Australia Note 17 52, 59, 60
1953 84 Burial Ayr Cemetery, Queensland, Australia Note 18 90
06 Apr 1953 84 Margaret Sarah PORTER died Ayr, Queensland, Australia Note 19 52, 59
Note 1: Qld bmd - 1869 C36 Margaret Sarah Porter William and Mary Slater
Note 2: Reg No 1886/296
Aust Birth Index 16/6/1886 - Queensland - parents Margaret Porter and John Soper
Note 3: Brisbane Courier 11 Feb 1888
In the WILL of WILLIAM PORTER of Broughton Vale, Inkerman, in the Colony of Queensland, Selector, Deceased
Notice is hereby given that, after the expiration of fourteen days from the date of publication hereof, application will be made to the said Honourable Court that PROBATE of the WILL of the above named William Porter, deceased, nay be granted to MARY PORTER, of Broughton Vale, Inkerman, wife of the above named deceased.
Note 4: Reg No 1888/290

Burdekin cemetry records - 2/7/1971 - age 83 - born in Home Hill - died of heart attack - niche B8 - father of Jean, grandmother of Carol, Great grandmother of Tiffany and Dale
Note 5: Reg No 1892/11714

Burdekin cemetry records - age 90 - grave no 4722
Note 6: Reg No 1894/10961
see death notes
Note 7: Reg No 1903/4798 - John Soper and Margaret Porter
Note 8: SOPER John - farmer; Margaret - hd
Note 9: Reg No 1906/11009
also see death notes
Note 10: SOPER John - farmer; Margaret - hd
Note 11: Reg No 1908/11523
see death notes
Note 12: SOPER Elizabeth - hd; John - farmer;John jun - farmer; Margaret - hd
Note 13: SOPER Ada Jean (McDesme) - hd; Elizabeth - hd; Hilda Maude (mcDesme) - hd; John - farmer; John jun - farmer; Margaret - hd; William George - farmer
Note 14: Burdekin Burial register
PORTER Mary (F) - age 85 - of Ayr - Ayr Cemetery, grave no 453 - dod 7 Nov 1920


Townsville Daily Bulletin 12 November 1920 (page 7):
There passed away on Sunday night at the district hospital on the oldest residents of this district Mrs Porter, aged 85 years. The deceased lady arrived in Queensland from England in the sixties and settled in our district with her husband in the middle seventies and has resided here ever since. Her husband predeceased her a number of years ago. The deceased lady leave behind a grown up family of three sons and four daughters all well known residents of our district and 11 grand children and several great-grandchildren. The funeral on Monday was largely attended testimonial to the esteem the respect in which the late Mary Porter and her family are held.
Note 15: SOPER Ada Jean (McDesme) - hd; Elizabeth - hd; Hilda Maude (mcDesme) - hd; John - farmer; John jun - farmer; Margaret - hd; William George - farmer
Note 16: 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 17: 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 18: Margaret Soper
Birth unknown
Death 1953
Burial
Ayr Cemetery
Ayr, Burdekin Shire, Queensland, Australia
Plot Mon
Gravesite Details 84y; nee Porter; dau/William & Mary (Slater); w/John; mother
Note 19: Reg No 1953/C2502 - William Porter and Mary Slater

Burdekin cemetry records - age 83 - British nationality (immigrant) - grave no 424X
Personal Notes:
from birth reg1886/296 of daughter Mary Grace
Source References:
18. Type: Vital Record, Abbr: Queensland bdm index, Title: Queensland bdm index
- Reference = (Birth)
- Notes: Qld bmd - 1869 C36 Margaret Sarah Porter William and Mary Slater
52. Type: Australia Birth Marriage Death Index 1787 - 1985 Record
- Reference = (Death)
- Notes: Reg No 1953/C2502 - William Porter and Mary Slater
- Reference = (Marriage)
59. Type: Web Page, Abbr: Burdekin Burial Register, Title: Burdekin Burial Register, Auth: Burdekin Shire Council
- Reference = (Death)
90. Type: Web Page, Abbr: Find A Grave, Title: Findagrave.com
- Reference = https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/50575203/margaret-soper (Burial)
- Notes: Birth unknown
Death 1953
Burial
Ayr Cemetery
Ayr, Burdekin Shire, Queensland, Australia
Plot Mon
Gravesite Details 84y; nee Porter; dau/William & Mary (Slater); w/John; mother
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