Winsor
Lucraft
[uncertain]
Soper
Born in Totnes, Devon, England, United Kingdom
Ancestors 
Son of William Soper
and Sarah (Lakeman) Soper
Brother of
Elizabeth Wheaton (Atkins) Harris [half], Eleanora Atkins [half], William Thomas Atkins [half], John William Soper, Susanna Winsor Soper, Susanna Soper, Ellen Winsor (Soper) Aroa, Rowden Soper, Wheaton Soper, Edward Day Soper, Louisa Soper [half], Felix William Soper [half] and Rees Tarring Soper [half]
Husband of
Eliza (Squire) Soper
— married
1874 in Blenheim Marlborough New Zealand
Descendants 
Father of
Gertrude Lakeman (Soper) Ford, Alfred Douglas Soper, Ada Soper, Annie Eliza Soper, Edward Winsor Soper, Ida Ellen Soper, Hugh Douglas Soper, Victor Soper, Vivian Roy Soper, Aubrey Leon Soper and Reginald Charles Soper
Died
at age 72
in Blenheim, Marlborough, New Zealand
Profile last modified
| Created 9 Apr 2016
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Biography
His birth registration has his name incorrect as Winser Lucraft Soper. Winsor (or Windsor) is the maiden name of his paternal grandmother. Throughout his life his name is always Winsor, in keeping with his ancestry.
In February 1843 Winsor Lucraft Soper was born to William Soper and Sarah Lakeman at Totnes, Devon. [1]
Parents
William Soper (1808 - 1882) was married to Sarah Lakemen. William must have come to New Zealand ahead of the family. Sarah brought five children out to New Zealand on her own aboard the barque the Cornwall. The ship left London on 12 August 1852 arriving at Lyttleton Harbour on 10 December 1852. Sarah brought with her: Ellen, Rowden, Winsor, Wheaton and Edward Day.
On 11 June 1874 Eliza Squire and Winsor Lucraft Soper were married. [2]
In fact there were three Squire sisters who married three Soper brothers
- 1873 Mary Ann Sarah Squire to Wheaton Soper
- 1873 Emily Squire to Rowden Soper
- 1874 Eliza Squire to Winsor Lucraft Soper
Children
11 children born to Eliza and Winsor Lucraft Soper [3]
- 1875/9499 Gertrude Lakemen (1875 - 1941). Married Joseph Ford in 1909.
- 1877/16146 Alfred Douglas (1877 - 1878). Died as a six week old infant.
- 1879/527 Ada married Albert Ernest Gane in November 1904
- 1880/10160 Annie Eliza (1880 - 1969)
- 1882/15345 Edward Winsor WW! veteran. died in 1939 at the age of 57.
- 1884/7234 Ida Ellen Married Robert Walker in 1924.
- 1887/960 Hugh Douglas (19 April 1887 - 1975)
- 1890/6850 Victor Henry (1890 - 20 October 1891)
- 1892/13060 Vivian Roy (22 October 1892 - 1977). Married Joyce Dorothy Laslett (17 September 1901 - 2002) a centenarian, in 1922.
- 1894/13884 Albury/Aubrey Leon Married Agnes Blain Philip (8 December 1898 - 1988) in 1924.
- 1896/17032 Reginald Charles Married Margaret Louise Elbeck in 1924.
Died
On 10 February 1916 Winsor Lucroft Soper passed away in Blenheim, Marlborough, aged 71 [4]
Buried Plot: new cemetery No. 1, block 14, row 0, plot 73. FEB 1916. Omaka Cemetery, Blenheim. [5]
Cemetery: Omaka Cemetery, Blenheim
Notice about the middle name
Middle Name spellings vary. Lucraft, Lewcraft, Lewcroft.
Gravestone has Lucraft, as does child Reginald's birth certificate.
Sources
- ↑ FreeBMD
- ↑ NZBDM marriages 11/6/1874 1874/9166 Eliza Squire, Winsor Lewcraft (sic) Soper
- ↑ New Zealand Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages Online search
- ↑ NZBDM deaths 10/2/1916 1916/2999 Soper, Winson Lurcroft (sic), 71Y
- ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #138545736
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Winsor by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Winsor:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Winsor by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Winsor:
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~6.25%
~25.00%
Terry Bowden 
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~6.25%
~25.00%
Brian Gamble :
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~3.12%
Merrilyn (Aroa) Coffey :
MyHeritage DNA
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