Born about in Liverpool, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
Ancestors 
Daughter of William Surr
and Martha Stokes (Wareing) Surr
Sister of
Sarah Ann (Surr) Houghton, Martha Surr, Thomas Surr, William Surr, Martha Surr and Mary (Surr) Davies
Wife of
Thomas Harper Flight
— married
Dec 1868 in St. Simon, Salford, Lancashire, England
Descendants 
Mother of
William Hartford Flight, David Harper Flight, Thomas Harper Flight, Charles Alexander Flight, Martha Ann (Flight) Ackerly, Robert Flight, Alfred Flight and Margaret (Flight) Graney
Died
at about age 38
in Liverpool, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
Profile last modified
| Created 1 Apr 2014
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Biography
1851 England and Wales Census[1]
Name: Sophia Surr
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1851
Event Place: Manchester, Lancashire, England
Registration District: Township Of Manchester
Residence Note: Back Hanover Street
Gender: Female
Age: 2
Relationship to Head of Household: Grand Daughter
Birth Year (Estimated): 1849
Birthplace: Liverpool, Lancashire
Page Number: 49
Registration Number: HO107
Piece/Folio: 2229 / 347
Affiliate Record Type: Household
| First name(s) | Last name | Relationship | Marital status | Gender | Age | Birth year | Occupation | Birth place |
| Sarah | Wareing | Head | Widow | Female | 64 | 1787 | Pauper | Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England |
| Thomas | Waning | Son | Unmarried | Male | 26 | 1825 | Fish Monger | Heaton Norris, Lancashire, England |
| Martha | Surr | Daughter | Married | Female | 28 | 1823 | - | Rochdale, Lancashire, England |
| Sarah A | Surr | Grand Daughter | - | Female | 4 | 1847 | - | Manchester, Lancashire, England |
| Sophia | Surr | Grand Daughter | - | Female | 2 | 1849 | - | Liverpool, Lancashire, England |
1861 England and Wales Census[2]
Name Sophia Surr
County Lancashire
Event Type Census
Event Date 1861
Event Place Manchester, Lancashire, England
Ecclesiastical Parish Collegiate Church
Registration District Manchester
Residence Note Arkwright Street
Gender Female
Age 12
Occupation Calico Weaver Apprentice
Relationship to Head of Household Daughter
Birth Year (Estimated) 1849
Birthplace Liverpool, Lancashire
Page Number 18
Registration Number RG09
Piece/Folio 2952 / 64
Affiliate Record Type Household
In 1861 the Wareing Family (18, Arkwrights Street) and the Surr Family (1, Arkwright Street) lived next door to one another.
| First name(s) | Last name | Relationship | Marital status | Gender | Age | Birth year | Occupation | Birth place |
| William | Surr | Head | Married | Male | 42 | 1819 | Fruit... | Lancashire, England |
| Martha | Surr | Wife | Married | Female | 36 | 1825 | - | Rochdale, Lancashire, England |
| Sarah A | Surr | Daughter | Unmarried | Female | 14 | 1847 | ... | Manchester, Lancashire, England |
| Sophia | Surr | Daughter | - | Female | 12 | 1849 | Calico Weaver Apprentice | Liverpool, Lancashire, England |
| Thomas | Surr | Son | - | Male | 9 | 1852 | Spindle Maker Apprentice | Manchester, Lancashire, England |
| William | Surr | Son | - | Male | 5 | 1856 | Scholar | Manchester, Lancashire, England |
| Mary | Surr | Daughter | - | Female | 0 | 1861 | - | Manchester, Lancashire, England |
1868 England and Wales Marriage Registration Index[3]
Name Sophia Surr
Event Type Marriage
Registration Quarter Oct-Nov-Dec
Registration Year 1868
Registration District Salford
County Lancashire
Event Place Salford, Lancashire, England
Volume 8D
Page 52
Line Number 200
Sophia Surr probably married one of the following people
Name Jane Crapper
Name Thomas Flight
Name James Hampson
Name John Richmond
Lancashire Marriage Index[4]
| Surname | Forename(s) | Surname | Forename(s) | Year | Church / Register Office | Registers At | Reference |
| FLIGHT | Thomas | SURR | Sophia | 1868 | Salford St Simon | Salford | C27/7/293 |
Marriages Dec 1868[5]
| Surname | Given Name | District | Volume | Page | Transcriber |
| Flight | Thomas | Salford | 8d | 52 | frances |
| SURR | Sophia | Salford | 8d | 52 | Ceri1 |
1871 England and Wales Census[6]
Name Sophia Flight
Event Type Census
Event Date 1871
Event Place Salford, Lancashire, England
Enumeration District 25
Gender Female
Age 23
Marital Status Married
Relationship to Head of Household Wife
Birth Year (Estimated) 1848
Birthplace Liverpool, Lancashire
Entry Number 6
Affiliate Image Identifier GBC/1871/4019/0079
| Household | Role | Sex | Age | Birthplace |
| Thomas H Flight | Head | M | 23 | Manchester, Lancashire |
| Sophia Flight | Wife | F | 23 | Liverpool, Lancashire |
| William Flight | Son | M | 1 | Manchester, Lancashire |
1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census (April 3 1881)[7]
Ho 2, 1, Court Wakefield Street, Liverpool, Lancashire, England
| First name(s) | Last name | Relationship | Marital status | Gender | Age | Birth year | Occupation | Birth place |
| Thos H | Flight | Head | Married | Male | 33 | 1848 | Hawker | Manchester, Lancashire, England |
| Sophia | Flight | Wife | Married | Female | 33 | 1848 | - | Liverpool, Lancashire, England |
| Thos H | Flight | Son | Single | Male | 5 | 1876 | Scholar | Liverpool, Lancashire, England |
| Chs A | Flight | Son | Single | Male | 3 | 1878 | - | Liverpool, Lancashire, England |
| Martha A | Flight | Daughter | Single | Female | 1 | 1880 | - | Liverpool, Lancashire, England |
1887 England and Wales Death Registration Index[8]
Name Sophia Flight
Event Type Death
Registration Quarter Oct-Nov-Dec
Registration Year 1887
Registration District Liverpool
County Lancashire
Event Place Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Age (available after 1866) 39
Birth Year (Estimated) 1848
Volume 8B
Page 77
Line Number 340
Sources
- ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1851," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SGPT-3DZ : 20 October 2017), Sophia Surr in household of Sarah Wareing, Manchester, Lancashire, England; citing Manchester, Lancashire, England, p. 49, from "1851 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
- ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1861," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M7FZ-DVJ : 13 December 2017), Sophia Surr in household of Sarah A Surr, Manchester, Lancashire, England; from "1861 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 9, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
- ↑ "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2DKR-94J : 13 December 2014), Sophia Surr, 1868; from “England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005,” database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing 1868, quarter 4, vol. 8D, p. 52, Salford, Lancashire, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
- ↑ Lancashire Births Marriages & Deaths Index. http://www.lancashirebmd.org.uk/marriagesearch.php
- ↑ http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?r=44445943:6025&d=bmd_1457964543
- ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1871", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZPQ-3BL : 24 June 2017), Sophia Flight in entry for Thomas H Flight, 1871.
- ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKXX-L66G : accessed 2 April 2016), Sophia Flight in household of Thos H Flight, Liverpool, Lancashire, England; from "1881 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing p. 23, Piece/Folio 3632/124, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey; FHL microfilm 101,775,052.
- ↑ "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2JYM-S8H : accessed 2 April 2016), Sophia Flight, 1887; from "England & Wales Deaths, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Death, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
- Family Search file https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/MHT1-89P
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Sophia by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Sophia:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Sophia by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Sophia:
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~12.50%
Tom Surr
:
AncestryDNA
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~6.25%
Victoria Surr :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A829723 [compare], Ancestry member vsurr
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~6.25%
~6.25%
Pam (Wren) Holmes :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch RY1468816 [compare]
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