Agnes Mary (Rees) Soper (1819 - 1890)

Born 1819 in Eastbourne, Sussex, England

Wife of William Soper — married 19 May 1858 in Springfield, Wairau, New Zealand

Descendants

Died 8 Oct 1890 at about age 71 in Willow Glen, Spring Creek, Marlborough, New Zealand

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Biography

BAPTISM 18 April 1819 at St. Mary's Eastbourne, Sussex^[1]

Agnes Mary Rees age 31 is listed in the 1851 census at Fore St, Totnes, Devon with her mother and 4 siblings

Elizabeth Rees 58 (Widow, pharmacist and druggist)

Eliza Rees 32

Agnes Rees 31

Elizabeth Rees 25

James Rees 23 (pharmacist and druggist))

Edwin Rees 21 (cabinetmaker)

MARRIAGE Agnes was the second wife of John, married after the death of Sarah (Lakeman) Soper.

"In March 1859 William Soper remarried Agnes Mary Rees at Springfield, Wairau, the 2nd daughter of the late William Rees of Totnes, Devon"^[2]

She had 3 children with John.

• Daughter Louisa was born in 1859 but died in infancy aged 1 (1859-1860) born 13 Mar, died 5 Nov at Willowglen ^[3]
• Felix William Soper born Willowglen, Wairau 1861, to William & Agnes (Rees)
• Rees Tarring Soper (1863-1934)

DEATH Mary Agnes Soper relict of the late William Soper, aged 71 years, died at Willow Glen, Spring Creek at her son Felix's home . 8 Oct 1890, funeral 10 Oct leaving for Spring Creek Cemetery : ^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:SR2F-XZP
2. ↑ Nelson Examiner & NZ Chronicle, 30 Mar 1859.
3. ↑ NZ BDM 1860/3682 Soper Louisa 1Y
4. ↑ Marlborough Express, Volume XXVI, Issue 234, 8 October 1890, Page 2