Researching Eileen Soper
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 1859 people with the Soper surname? In that year Soper was ranked number 1921 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Eileen means "Form of EVELYN - lively, pleasant" and is of Greek origin.
Records of Eileen Soper on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Eileen Soper and the Soper Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Soper Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources listed below it will be possible to locate a birth record and, from that record, a birth certificate may be obtainable which is likely to list the names of the parents, therefore taking you back another generation. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Soper family tree.
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| Did you know that there are currently 1977 people with the Soper surname in the UK? Soper is now ranked number 2359 for popularity in the UK. |
Soper Family History Databases
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Soper Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 6076 people with the Soper surname in the USA? Soper is ranked number 155 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Soper Databases
Search the Ellis Island Database for information on Eileen Soper. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Eileen Soper
Eileen Soper
Eileen Alice Soper (26 March 1905, in Municipal Borough of Enfield – 18 March 1990) was an English etcher and illustrator of children's and wildlife books. She produced a series of etchings, mainly of children playing, and illustrated books for other writers, notably for Enid Blyton and Elizabeth Gould. She also wrote and illustrated her own children's book. Some of her illustrations of children and animals were used in a china series for children by Paragon China in the 1930s. Later in life she concentrated on writing and illustrating wildlife books. She was a founder member of the Society of Wildlife Artists (SWLA) and was elected a member of the Royal Society of Miniature Painters, Sculptors and Gravers (RMS) in 1972.
Source: Eileen Soper, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Eileen Louise Soper
Eileen Louise Soper (née Service, 14 December 1900 – 24 October 1989) was a New Zealand journalist, writer and Girl Guide Commissioner. She was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, in 1900.
As an adult, she was active in the cultural life of Dunedin. She worked as an editor of the Otago Daily Times under her maiden name, Eileen Service. She became an associate editor for the Otago Witness, where she wrote for the children's pages as Dot of 'Dot's Little Folk' until 1932. She married a chemistry professor from the University of Otago, Frederick George Soper, in 1938, with whom she traveled extensively overseas. After 1946, she dedicated herself to writing.
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