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Sophia Pope 1784–1871 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 10 Apr 1784

Birth Location: Frome, Somerset, England

Death Date: 20 May 1871

Death Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Father: Thomas Pope

Mother: Mary Allard

Spouse(s): Michael McDonald, George (AYRES), John Wheeler

Children(s): Honora Butt, Elizabeth WHEELER, Ann Wheeler, Henry Wheeler, Henry Wheeler, David WHEELER, Job WHEELER, William Wheeler, Louisa Wheeler, Eliza WHEELER, Ann Ayres, William Wheeler, John WHEELER, John (Convict), James Senior

The story of Sophia Pope began in 1784 in Frome, Somerset, England. Sophia Pope married George Wheeler Ayres, John Wheeler, Michael J Mcdonald, and had children including Ann Ayres, Ann Wheeler, David Wheeler, Eliza Wheeler, Elizabeth Wheeler, Henry Wheeler, Honora Butt, James Wheeler Senior, Job Wheeler, John Wheeler, John William Wheeler Convict, Louisa Wheeler, William Wheeler. Sophia Pope passed away in 1871 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

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Biography

  • The story of Sophia Pope began in 1784 in Frome, Somerset, England.
  • Sophia Pope married George Wheeler Ayres, John Wheeler, Michael J Mcdonald, and had children including Ann Ayres, Ann Wheeler, David Wheeler, Eliza Wheeler, Elizabeth Wheeler, Henry Wheeler, Honora Butt, James Wheeler Senior, Job Wheeler, John Wheeler, John William Wheeler Convict, Louisa Wheeler, William Wheeler.
  • Sophia Pope passed away in 1871 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Immediate Family

Parents

Thomas Pope
1736–1784
Birth Location: Frome, Somerset, England
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Mary Allard
1744–1784
Birth Location: Frome, Somerset, England
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Spouses(s)

Michael McDonald
1790–1850
Birth Location: Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom
MM
George (AYRES)
1775–1852
Birth Location: Frome, Somerset, England
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John Wheeler
1775–1830
Birth Location: London, England
JW

Children(s)

Honora Butt
1815–1871
Birth Location: Spike Island, Cork, Munster, Ireland
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Elizabeth WHEELER
1803–1832
Birth Location: Frome, Somerset, England
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Ann Wheeler
1824–1898
Birth Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
AW
Henry Wheeler
1830–1833
Birth Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
HW
Henry Wheeler
1817–1830
Birth Location: –
HW
David WHEELER
1824–
Birth Location: Burbage, Wiltshire, England
DW
Job WHEELER
1826–1903
Birth Location: Burbage, Wiltshire, England
JW
William Wheeler
1816–1883
Birth Location: Burbage, Wiltshire, England
WW
Louisa Wheeler
1825–1892
Birth Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
LW
Eliza WHEELER
1827–1833
Birth Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
EW
Ann Ayres
1814–1823
Birth Location: Frome, Somerset, England
AA
William Wheeler
1810–1883
Birth Location: Frome, Somerset, England
WW
John WHEELER
1807–1846
Birth Location: Frome, Somerset, England
JW
John (Convict)
1802–1872
Birth Location: Parish of St Leonards, Shoreditch, London, Middlesex, England
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James Senior
1810–1890
Birth Location: England
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Sophia Pope's Ancestors

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Sophia Pope
1784–1871
Birth Place: Frome, Somerset, England
Parents
Thomas Pope
1736–1784
Frome, Somerset, England
Mary (Allwood) Allard
1744–1784
Frome, Somerset, England
Grandparents
Leonard Pope
1701–
Frome, Somerset, England
Susanna Palmer
1697–1757
Marston Bigot, Somerset, England
William Allwood
1712–
Mary Chapman
1711–1748
Berkley, Somerset, , England
Great-Grandparents
Gabriell Pope
1678–1728
Jane Carpenter
1680–1757
George PALMER
1660–1697
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sophia Pope's Descendants

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Sophia Pope (10 Apr 1784–20 May 1871) m. Michael (J) McDonald (1790–1850) m. George (WHEELER) (AYRES) (29 Jun 1775–03 Nov 1852) m. John Wheeler (Abt. 1775–1830)
  1. 1. Honora Butt 1815–1871 m. William Butt 1796–1852
    1. 1. Colonel (William Alfred) Butt 1843–1915 m. Raiha Rogers 1876–1950 m. Teresa (Huikorae) Butt 1846–1889
      1. 1. Alfred (Tawahinga) Butt 1880–1966 m. Kathleen (Martha) Woolley-Butt 1876–1960
        1. 1. Wilfred (Charles) Butt 1909–1996 m. Margaret (Helen) Kennedy 1907–1999
        2. 2. Arthur (William) Butt 1905–1959 m. Frances (Ann) Bowers 1913–1999
        3. 3. Florence (Elizabeth) Butt 1922–2021 m. Herbert (Cecil) Gillette 1925–1995
        4. 4. George (Alfred) Butt 1906–1968 m. Gwendolene Miller 1908–1990
        5. 5. Hubert (Edgar) Butt 1913–1979 m. Edna (Agnes) Ryall 1913–1998
        6. 6. Kathleen (Cecilia) Butt 1912–1977 m. Harold (David) Jones 1915–1994 m. Paiaka Kite 1902–1978
      2. 2. Louisa (Theresa Butt ( Kelly) ) 1874–1951 m. Edmund (Healy) Kelly 1867–1925
        1. 1. Percy (Clive) Kelly 1896–1965 m. Freda (Ethel) Hansen 1899–1971
        2. 2. Alfred (James) Kelly 1911–1970
        3. 3. Joy (Louisa) Kelly 1908–1953
        4. 4. Phillip (Selwyn) Kelly 1913–1974
        5. 5. Elizabeth (Peace Kowhai) Kelly 1900–1979
        6. 6. Florence (Cushla Tereita) Kelly 1899–1972 m. John (Gordon) Spencer 1892–1972
        7. 7. Edmund (Havelock) Kelly 1895–1975 m. Mary (Flynn (Molly)) McLeod 1896–1987
        8. 8. Lancelot (Marsden Butt Kelly) Duke 1913–1994 m. Mary (Elizabeth) Kelly 1911–1951
        9. 9. Moyra (Clare Waitangi) Kelly 1905–1954 m. Lyall (Douglass) Stewart 1900–1968
        10. 10. Cecil (Bailey (Teddy)) Kelly 1902–1975 m. Ivy (Elizabeth) Marshall 1904–1985
        11. 11. Sheila (Peace) Kelly 1917–1917
      3. 3. George (Charles or Tita) Butt 1885–1941 m. Banie (Jane) Rowe 1886–1968
        1. 1. Heather (Tirita) Butt 1917–1920
        2. 2. Noreen (Mairua Rama) Butt 1915–1920
        3. 3. Alfred (Milton) Butt 1924–1992
        4. 4. Percival (Frederick) Butt 1929–2019
      4. 4. Morunga Butt 1897–1969 m. George (Stanley) Wildon 1886–1958
        1. 1. Runa (Grace) Wildon 1923–2018
        2. 2. William (Dudley) Wildon –2015
      5. 5. Wikitoria (Grace) Butt 1891–1948 m. John (Esilman) Tod 1884–1964
      6. 6. Haehaetu (Whenarata) Butt 1889–1942 m. William (James) Scott 1890–1951
      7. 7. Florence (Muriel) Butt 1870–1932 m. George (Ernest Thomas) Leggett 1875–1958
      8. 8. Hineiturama (May "Rama") Butt 1882–1932 m. Walter (B) Mason 1878–
        1. 1. Anita Mason 1917– m. Percy Belvin 1911–
        2. 2. Heather Mason 1910–
        3. 3. Mary Mason 1916–
        4. 4. Haehaetu (Barbara) Mason 1907–1990
      9. 9. Terita (Elizabeth) Butt 1873–1947 m. Alfred (Edward) Pedersen 1886–1948
        1. 1. Lorna Pedersen 1927–2006 m. Edward (John) Kendall 1923–1999
        2. 2. Delysia (Feltham Te Aoreke) Pedersen 1915–1988 m. Frank (Vernon) Wilson 1911–1987
      10. 10. Tirita (Kauri) Butt 1899–1960 m. Rayner (Herbert) Bonnington 1896–1961
        1. 1. Barry (Oliver) Bonnington 1928–2020 m. Mary (Anne) CALDWELL 1934–2018
        2. 2. Kenneth (Edgar) Bonnington 1927–1988
        3. 3. Rayner (Turuaroa) Bonnington 1926–1996
        4. 4. Thomas (Douglas) Bonnington 1930–2009
      11. 11. Edgar Butt 1894–1975 m. Lillian (Mary) Thomas 1915–1984 m. Victoria (Annabella Caroline) Dansey 1897–1990
        1. 1. Winnifred (Marion) Butt 1933–2016 m. George (Hamlett) Hamilton 1932–1989
        2. 2. Delamere ((Del) Dansey) Butt 1923–2001
        3. 3. Hineturama ((Rama) Ingram) Butt 1930–2016 m. Donald (Keith) McIlwraith 1931–2020
        4. 4. Lucy (Ngamihi Victoria) Butt 1921–1996 m. Frederick (Bruce) Thacker 1915–2006
        5. 5. Roger (Dansey (Teddy)) Butt 1931–2001
      12. 12. Ngaroma Butt 1883–1949 m. Duncan (William) Steele 1868–1956
        1. 1. Norman (William) Steele 1907–1985
        2. 2. Hector (Archibald) Steele 1915–1958
        3. 3. Percival (Duncan) Steele 1911–1911
        4. 4. Elsie (Roma) Steele 1912–1981
      13. 13. Kaihakapaepae Butt 1878–1940 m. Percival Thom 1852–1929
      14. 14. Katarina (Rangikawhiti Te Mihairangi) Butt 1890–1950 m. Benjamin Keys 1879–1951
        1. 1. Mavis (Gwendoline) Keys 1920–1989 m. Douglas (Samuel Henry) Dell 1918–1999
        2. 2. Kathleen (Priscilla) Keys 1909–1968
        3. 3. Thornton (Russell) Keys 1912–1985 m. Catherine (Aubrey Winifred) Wade 1915–1995
        4. 4. Leonard (James) Keys 1917–1975 m. Joan Martyn 1917–2003
        5. 5. Eileen (Mary) Keys 1914–1951
        6. 6. Edward (William) Keys 1928–2003
        7. 7. Eva (Joan) Keys 1923–1994
      15. 15. Rato (Beatrice) Butt 1884–1925 m. Fred (Maxwell) Lyons 1880–1957
      16. 16. Alfred (Te Rupe Ngakotuke \ Ngakotuku) Butt 1878–1900
      17. 17. William (Havelock Te Rupe) Butt 1867–1893
    2. 2. Walter (Frederick) Butt 1848–1859
    3. 3. Jane (Elizabeth McDonald) Butt 1839–1879 m. Emanuel (Ferrara) Martin 1840–1878
      1. 1. Florence (Jane) Martin 1867–1953 m. Frederick (William) Smith 1858–1906
        1. 1. Ruby Smith 1889–1940 m. Algernon (Robert Coulter) Morrison 1893–1951
    4. 4. Major (Thomas) Butt 1853–1935
      1. 1. Major (Thomas) Butt 1875–1935
        1. 1. Major (Herbert) Butt 1904–1966 m. Daisy (Evelyn) Plummer 1908–1969
    5. 5. Elizabeth (( Lizzie ) Harriet \ Harriette McDonald Butt \) Butts 1851–1910 m. John Dunn –1871 m. Edward (Comet) Chapman 1843–1899
      1. 1. Eva (Constance) Chapman 1878–1960 m. Ernest (Richard) Green 1868–1954
        1. 1. Ernest (Russell Wilfred) Green 1909–1978
      2. 2. Michael (Nason) Chapman 1881–1971 m. Kathleen (Hamilton) O'Hara 1885–1965
        1. 1. Roger (Frederick Charles) Chapman 1905–
      3. 3. Eugenia (Elodie) Chapman 1891–1966 m. William (Carter) Lovett 1883–1949
        1. 1. William (Frederick) Lovett 1914–1935
        2. 2. Constance (Elodie) Lovett 1913–2006
      4. 4. Mildred (Fredericka) Chapman 1888–1959
      5. 5. Edward (Comet) Chapman 1875–1946 m. Maude (J F) Clarke 1878–1962 m. Agnes (Lucy) Stirling 1880–
        1. 1. Edward (Comet) Chapman 1899–1918
        2. 2. Eileen (M) Chapman 1898–1898
        3. 3. Elodie (Wilhemene) Chapman 1897–1909
        4. 4. Julia (Elizabeth) Chapman 1895–1970
        5. 5. Irene (Eva Florence) Chapman 1902–1986
        6. 6. Elvira (Catherine Maude) Chapman 1917–1996
      6. 6. Mary (Lillie May) Chapman 1872–1940 m. Patrick ("Joseph") Morris 1873–1919
      7. 7. Percy (Gordon Wolseley) Chapman 1885–1893
      8. 8. John (W W) Dunn 1869–1869
    6. 6. Eliza Butt 1832–1841
    7. 7. George (Edgar) Butt 1846–1914 m. Annette (Harriss) (Garity) 1850–1911
      1. 1. Annette (Blanche) Butt 1876–1877
      2. 2. Elizabeth (Olive (Bessie)) Butts 1878–1956 m. Venantius (Patrick (Robert)) Green 1866–1928
        1. 1. Sylvia Green 1911–1990
        2. 2. Elizabeth (Annetta M (Bessie)) Green 1902–
        3. 3. George (William Francis) Green 1904–1989
        4. 4. Esther (Eileen) Green 1907–1977
        5. 5. Russell (Edgar) Green 1909–
        6. 6. Leonard (Henry) Green 1913–1977
        7. 7. Harry (Richard) Green 1919–1964
    8. 8. Florence (Louisa McDonald) Butt 1856–1928 m. Thomas (James) Farley 1851–1929
      1. 1. Florence (Blanche) Farley 1878–1925
      2. 2. James Farley 1874–
      3. 3. Frank Farley 1877–
      4. 4. Hubert Farley 1879–
      5. 5. Francis (Faithfred) Farley 1890–1946
      6. 6. Mary Farrelly 1881–
      7. 7. Jessie Farley 1891–1919
      8. 8. Elsie (V) Farley 1884–
      9. 9. Thomas (Emanuel) Farley 1879–1931
      10. 10. Marjorie (Violet) Farley 1884–1952
      11. 11. Sidney (Major) Farley 1887–1945
  2. 2. Elizabeth WHEELER 1803–1832 m. William Butt 1796–1852
    1. 1. Jane Butt 1829–1833
  3. 3. Ann Wheeler 1824–1898 m. Andrew (William) Reynolds 1818–1888
    1. 1. George Reynolds 1845–1902 m. Martha Whitehead 1847–1907
      1. 1. Herbert (Whitehead) Reynolds 1879–1954 m. Millicent (Eliza (Millie)) Nunn 1879–1969
        1. 1. John (Albert) Reynolds 1923–2013 m. Erica (Margaret) Cornwell 1929–2008
        2. 2. Joan (Milbert) Reynolds 1920–2013
        3. 3. Mavis (Sunday Nunn) Reynolds 1912–2000
        4. 4. Ronald (Herbert) Reynolds 1913–1997
      2. 2. Aza (May) Reynolds 1888–1916
      3. 3. Amy (Suttor) Reynolds 1872–1919
      4. 4. Arthur (George) Reynolds 1881–1973
      5. 5. Andrew (William) Reynolds –1928
      6. 6. Leslie (Wilfred) Reynolds 1890–1981
      7. 7. Albert (Ernest Thomas) Reynolds 1884–1960
      8. 8. Amanda (Charlotte Annie) Reynolds 1871–1906
    2. 2. Albert (Douglas) Reynolds 1866–1938 m. Emily (Agatha) Cowley 1869–1966
      1. 1. Martha (Ann) Reynolds 1894–1964
      2. 2. Frederick (James) Reynolds 1897–1917
      3. 3. Annie (May) Reynolds 1894–1964 m. Alfred (Tarlton) OLDFIELD 1888–1951
      4. 4. Albert (Mereworth) REYNOLDS 1892–1967 m. Una (Neville) ANDERSON 1900–1975
        1. 1. Nancy (Una) Reynolds 1928–2016
        2. 2. Donald (Kelvin) Reynolds 1926–2014
        3. 3. Albert (Frank) REYNOLDS 1923–1925
      5. 5. Horace (G) Reynolds 1902–1992 m. Laurie Bradbury 1898–1991
        1. 1. James Reynolds 1928–2025
        2. 2. Joan Uebergang 1934–2016 m. Ian (Lawrence) Uebergang 1926–2014
        3. 3. Kenneth Reynolds 1931–2022
      6. 6. Frank (Andrew) Reynolds 1899–1994 m. Doris (Dilma) RICHARDSON 1903–
    3. 3. Ellen (Violet) Reynolds 1858–1945 m. George Middleton 1844–1915
      1. 1. Margaret (Hope) Middleton 1903–1977
    4. 4. William Reynolds 1854–1876
    5. 5. John (Wheeler) Reynolds 1852–1854
    6. 6. Margaret (Emma) Reynolds 1863–1915
    7. 7. Annie (Sophia) Reynolds 1856–1878
    8. 8. Martha (Elizabeth) Reynolds 1849–1852
    9. 9. James Reynolds 1847–1867
    10. 10. Mary (Ann) Reynolds 1844–1912 m. Frederick (William) Sutter 1834–1886
      1. 1. George (Septimus) Suttor 1883–1969
      2. 2. George (Andrew) Suttor 1880–1882
      3. 3. Eric (Alvin) Suttor 1881–1956
      4. 4. Harold (Varro) Suttor 1877–1942
      5. 5. Gerald (Edward) Suttor 1878–1965
      6. 6. Ethel (Darling) Suttor 1875–1947
      7. 7. Frederick (Australis) Suttor 1874–1960
  4. 4. Henry Wheeler 1830–1833
  5. 5. Henry Wheeler 1817–1830
  6. 6. David WHEELER 1824–
  7. 7. Job WHEELER 1826–1903
  8. 8. William Wheeler 1816–1883
  9. 9. Louisa Wheeler 1825–1892
  10. 10. Eliza WHEELER 1827–1833
  11. 11. Ann Ayres 1814–1823
  12. 12. William Wheeler 1810–1883 m. Sarah RORKE 1826–1911
  13. 13. John WHEELER 1807–1846
  14. 14. John (William WHEELER *) (Convict) 1802–1872
  15. 15. James (WHEELER) Senior 1810–1890

Sophia Pope's Timeline

3 Records

1784
10 Apr 1784
Birth of Sophia Pope in Frome, Somerset, England
Frome, Somerset, England
1871
18 May 1871
Age 87
Death of Sophia Pope in 244 Kent Street, Sydney, NSW, Australia
244 Kent Street, Sydney, NSW, Australia
1871
20 May 1871
Age 87
Burial of Sophia Pope in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 10 Apr 1784
    Event Place: Frome, Somerset, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree
    [2] Australia and New Zealand, Find a Grave® Index, 1800s-Current
    [3] Sydney, Australia, Anglican Parish Registers, Anglican Church Diocese of Sydney; Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Baptism, Burial, Confirmation, Marriage and Composite Registers in the Anglican Church Diocese of Sydney Archives

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 18 May 1871
    Event Place: 244 Kent Street, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Record Source:
    [1] Australia and New Zealand, Find a Grave® Index, 1800s-Current
    [2] Sydney, Australia, Anglican Parish Registers, Anglican Church Diocese of Sydney; Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Baptism, Burial, Confirmation, Marriage and Composite Registers in the Anglican Church Diocese of Sydney Archives

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 20 May 1871
    Event Place: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
    Record Source:
    [1] Australia and New Zealand, Find a Grave® Index, 1800s-Current
    [2] Sydney, Australia, Anglican Parish Registers, Anglican Church Diocese of Sydney; Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Baptism, Burial, Confirmation, Marriage and Composite Registers in the Anglican Church Diocese of Sydney Archives
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