Melissa Catherine Soper

Brief Life History of Melissa Catherine

When Melissa Catherine Soper was born on 1 November 1859, in Anamosa, Jones, Iowa, United States, her father, George Franklin Soper, was 32 and her mother, Margery Ann Ryan, was 21. She married Frank Coryell Reymore on 2 September 1879, in Anamosa, Jones, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Emmet, Iowa, United States in 1895. She died on 20 November 1934, in Cheyenne, Laramie, Wyoming, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Cheyenne, Laramie, Wyoming, United States.

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Family Time Line

Frank Coryell Reymore
1858–1919
Melissa Catherine Soper
1859–1934
Marriage: 2 September 1879
Luella Ann Reymore
1880–1951
Arthur Lee Reymore
1883–1944
Harry Leslie Reymore
1888–1967
Howard Earl Reymore
1890–1970
Infant Reymore
1894–1894
Harold Dean Reymore
1895–1895
Ralph Burwell Reymore
1897–1897
Theta Leola Reymore
1898–1990

Sources (36)

  • Milisa C Reymore in household of Frank C Reymore, "Iowa State Census, 1895"
  • Melissa Soper, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
  • Melissa C Reymore, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1867

Historical Boundaries: 1867: Laramie, Dakota Territory, United States 1868: Laramie, Wyoming Territory, United States 1890: Laramie, Wyoming, United States

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

Name Meaning

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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Story Highlight

This a poem that Rachel Rothada Ridley Bell wrote in memory of her grandmother Melissa Catherine Soper Reymore

Wherever jams and jellies are, And pickles and fruit in every jar, Where there are tiny stitches to take, Or a buttonhole or an eyelet to make; Where there's featherstitching on a baby gown Fine and d …

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