When Adah Soper was born in 1861, in Iowa, United States, her father, Timothy Soper, was 41 and her mother, Adelia Maria Starkweather, was 26. She married George Francis Bodenhoffer on 29 April 1886, in Anamosa, Jones, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. She lived in Fairview Township, Jones, Iowa, United States in 1860 and Fairview, Jones, Iowa, United States in 1880. She died on 13 May 1935, in Anamosa, Jones, Iowa, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Anamosa, Jones, Iowa, United States.
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1864–1930 Male
1861–1935 Female
1890–1967 Female
1890– Female
1820–1891 Male
1835–1911 Female
1854–1942 Female
1861–1935 Female
English (Devon): occupational name from Middle English soper(e), sap(i)ere ‘soaper, maker or seller of soap’ (Old English sāpere, apparently of Celtic origin). The process involved boiling oil or fat together with potash or soda.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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