Sopers in Britain, some odd notes, (including variations, Soaper/Sooper/ext) .
English Counties Origins of the name
Census of England/Wales :
1841-1,300 names ¦
1851-1,354 names ¦
1861-1,322 names ¦
1871-1,433 names ¦
1881-1,840 names ¦
1891-1,912 names ¦
1901-2,060 names ¦
1911-2,287 names ¦
: only 1841, '61 & '81 have had full census details transcribed, so far : Summary of the 8 Census
Public Records Office : 362 Soper documents at the Kew PRO, at National Archives, an '.xls' spreadsheet
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Berks :
Cornwall :
Devon :
Dorset :
Hants :
Kent :
London :
Surrey :
Somerset :
Sussex :
Wilts :
Other 'Minor' Counties :
Why this site?
Coats of Arms
Links
2003 Phone Directory :
an approximate 'current census', 580 Soper entries indicate declining numbers since 19thC?
Birth, Marriage & Death Registers currently 8,000 entries (1837-1915) from rootsweb
Parish Registers being transcribed by freereg.org, currently 205 entries
IGI : Mormon's births, marriages & death records. 5,070 records from familysearch.org
Times Newspaper Archive, 480 entries (1790-1920) & Guardian, 185 entries (1832-1932)
A2A Soper Database : English, 'Access to Archives' service, currently record 459 Soper entries in 159 archives
National Archives : Online scans of 611 Sopers
Boyd's Marriage Index (1538-1840) ; 673 Soper entries :
Genuki : Genealogical information for UK & Ireland : 20 Soper entries here 11/05
Soper DNA : A project testing male 'Y' chromosome : It seems 14 Sopers have been tested. Contact
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Professions : Artists : Religious : Medical : Legal : Miners : Seaman : Soldiers : Police
Military : 92 Soper War Deaths : Sopers in Navy : Army : RAF : WW1 service medals 318 Sopers
Soper Immigration/Records :
to Australia
- in Asia
- to Canada
- to Caribbean
- in India
- to New Zealand
- to South Africa
- to USA
- in other countries
Soppers in Britain