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Walter James SOPER (1910 - 1964)
Children Self + Spouses Parents Grandparents Greatgrandparents
Walter James SOPER (1910 - 1964)

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Cynthia Jean DARWEN (1918 - 2005)
 John SOPER (1857 - 1944) Samuel SOPER (1827 - 1906)



Grace (HEMMANT) HAMMETT (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. 1910 at Queensland, Australia
m. 1936 Cynthia Jean DARWEN (1918 - 2005) at Queensland, Australia
d. 16 Dec 1964 at Ayr, Queensland, Australia aged 54
Near Relatives of Walter James SOPER (1910 - 1964)
Relationship Person Born Birth Place Died Death Place Age
Grandfather Samuel SOPER 1827 Hatherleigh, Devon, England 1906 Okehampton, Devonshire 79
Grandmother Grace (HEMMANT) HAMMETT 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 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 Walter James SOPER 1910 Queensland, Australia 16 Dec 1964 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 54

Wife Cynthia Jean DARWEN 1918 2005 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 87

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

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 1867 Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland 08 Dec 1930 Home Hill, Queensland, Australia 63
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 abt 1865 Meeth, Devon, England 1921 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 56
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 Mackay, Queensland, Australia 73
Cousin Margaret Ann SOPER 1887 Queensland, Australia 1955 Townsville, Queensland, Australia 68
Cousin Samuel SOPER 1890 Queensland, Australia 1968 Cairns, 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 Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia 71
Cousin Olivia Pearl SOPER 1900 Queensland, Australia 1988 Janelli, New South Wales, Australia 88
Cousin Ernest Arthur Frederick SOPER 29 Jun 1902 Selheim, Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia 1984 Townsville, Queensland, Australia 82
Cousin Herbert Cecil SOPER 1908 Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia 1989 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 81
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 1983 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 82
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 2003 94
Cousin Mary Isabel PORTER 1913 Queensland, Australia 2002 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 89
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 Mary Ann SELDON 1894 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 1966 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 72
Cousin Alice SELDON 1895 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 1987 Queensland, Australia 92
Cousin Martha Elizabeth SELDON 1898 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 1985 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 87
Cousin Edward SELDON 1901 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 1901 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 0
Cousin Maud Charlotte SELDON 1902 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 1971 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 69
Cousin Richard SELDON 1905 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 1994 Brisbane, Queenland, Australia 89
Cousin Charles William SELDON 1908 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 1990 Queensland, Australia 82
Cousin Silas SELDON 1910 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 1989 Redland, Queensland, Australia 79
Cousin Eva SELDON 1913 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 1993 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 80
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 Ruth Mary RUTHERFORD 27 Dec 1908 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 16 Mar 1998 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 89
Nephew Oliver Arthur RUTHERFORD 1911 Queensland, Australia
Niece Phylis Dorothy RUTHERFORD 14 Feb 1913 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 31 Dec 1988 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 75
Niece Living or Recently Deceased
Nephew William John Francis SOPER 1918 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 1982 Home Hill, Queensland, Australia 64

Brother in Law Arthur RUTHERFORD 1879 Queensland, Australia 18 Feb 1935 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 56
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
Events in Walter James SOPER (1910 - 1964)'s life
Date Age Event Place Notes Src
1910 Walter James SOPER was born Queensland, Australia Reg No 1910/12412 52
1936 26 Married Cynthia Jean DARWEN (aged 18) Queensland, Australia Note 1
16 Feb 1944 34 Death of father John SOPER (aged 87) Ayr, Queensland, Australia Note 2 52, 59, 60
06 Apr 1953 43 Death of mother Margaret Sarah PORTER (aged 84) Ayr, Queensland, Australia Note 3 52, 59
1964 54 Burial Ayr Cemetery, Queensland, Australia Note 4 90
16 Dec 1964 54 Walter James SOPER died Ayr, Queensland, Australia Note 5 59
Note 1: Marriage registration:
Walter James Soper

Marriage date:
07/11/1936

Spouse's name:
Cynthia Jean Darwen

Registration details:
1936/C/4917
Note 2: 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 3: Reg No 1953/C2502 - William Porter and Mary Slater

Burdekin cemetry records - age 83 - British nationality (immigrant) - grave no 424X
Note 4: Walter James Soper
Birth unknown
Death 16 Dec 1964
Burial
Ayr Cemetery
Ayr, Burdekin Shire, Queensland, Australia
Plot Grave 3760
Note 5: Reg No 1964/6837
Burdekin cemetry records - age 54 - Anglican 3760
Source References:
52. Type: Australia Birth Marriage Death Index 1787 - 1985 Record
- Reference = (Birth)
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/153292884/walter-james-soper (Burial)
- Notes: Walter James Soper
Birth unknown
Death 16 Dec 1964
Burial
Ayr Cemetery
Ayr, Burdekin Shire, Queensland, Australia
Plot Grave 3760
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