Hi Barbara Thanks for the link. John Burgess Soper was born Padworth & I have not been able to find any link between the Padworth Soper family & those from Kingsclere, including my own line. John B was mayor of Basingstoke & I think there is quite a bit of information about him around. Regards Gerald Soper In a message dated 25/03/2010 08:25:39 GMT Standard Time, BarbaraMallyon@lewmal.co.uk writes: Hello Gerald and All, Found this on GOOGLE, It mentions John Burgess SOPER, and H. HUNT thought you would find it interesting. www.Ask.com Find all Sorts of Historical Information at Ask.com Search ResultsHistory of The Holy Ghost Parish - History of The Holy Ghost ... At the beginning of the 19th century, the few Catholics in Basingstoke looked towards .... the Belgian Royal Family were evacuated to Hackwood House. ... www.vinntec.co.uk/hg/hghistext1.htm Kind regards Barbara Lewis Mallyon Basingstoke, Hants. UK BarbaraMallyon@lewmal.co.uk

Hello Gerald, John Burgess SOPER was Mayor of Basingstoke for the Term of 1 year 1888/89, this is from May to April of that year inc. Other Kingsclere names, who were Mayors of Basingstoke serving for 1 year at a time, they can serve again as Mayor if they are elected to do so. Robert STOCKER 1645/46 Andrew BUTLER 1648/49 Robert STOCKER 1651/52 William HAWKINS 1658/59 Richard BUTLER 1667/68 George PRINCE 1703/04 Edmund BUTLER 1707/08 Charles MAY 1711/12 George PRINCE 1714/15 William HAWKINS 1717/18 Henry HAWKINS 1726/27 Henry PRINCE 1731/32 William HAWKINS 1732/33 Henry PRINCE 1739/40 James COOPER 1758/59 James COOPER 1764/65 James COOPER 1776/77 Thomas MAY 1796/97 Rev John ISLEY 1803/04 Thomas MAY 1805/06 Charles MAY 1811/12 Thomas MAY 1814/15 Charles MAY 1820/21 Thomas MAY 1823/24 Thomas MAY 1826/27 Thomas MAY 1829/30 William Anthony LEWIS 1830/31 Thomas MAY 1834/35 John SIMMONS 1835/36 Thomas MAY 1836/37 Charles MAY 1836/37 Charles MAY 1839/40 Charles SIMMONS 1840/41 Robert Skeat HULBERT 1850/51 Charles SIMMONS 1851/52 Charles SIMMONS 1852/53 There must have been a special reason why Charles served as Mayor for a second year. William SEYMOUR 1860/61 The list I have goes on 2002/3 Kind regards Barbara Lewis Mallyon Basingstoke, Hants. UK BarbaraMallyon@lewmal.co.uk ----- Original Message ----- From: <Gbsoper49@aol.com> To: <eng-hampshire-kingsclere@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2010 11:35 AM Subject: Re: [King] John Burgess SOPER > Hi Barbara > > Thanks for the link. John Burgess Soper was born Padworth & I have > not > been able to find any link between the Padworth Soper family & those > from > Kingsclere, including my own line. John B was mayor of Basingstoke & > I think > there is quite a bit of information about him around. > > Regards > > Gerald Soper > > > In a message dated 25/03/2010 08:25:39 GMT Standard Time, > BarbaraMallyon@lewmal.co.uk writes: > > Hello Gerald and All, > > Found this on GOOGLE, It mentions John Burgess SOPER, and H. HUNT > thought you would find it interesting. > > www.Ask.com Find all Sorts of Historical Information at > Ask.com > Search ResultsHistory of The Holy Ghost Parish - History of The > Holy > Ghost ... > At the beginning of the 19th century, the few Catholics in > Basingstoke > looked towards .... the Belgian Royal Family were evacuated to > Hackwood House. ... > www.vinntec.co.uk/hg/hghistext1.htm > > Kind regards > > Barbara Lewis Mallyon > Basingstoke, Hants. UK > BarbaraMallyon@lewmal.co.uk > > > --------------------------------------- >>From Kingsclere. ALL surnames in CAPITAL letter please. Christian >>name Lawrence, surname LAWRENCE. > > If you get unsubscribed and did not ask to be unsubscribed, please > email eng-hampshire-kingsclere-admin@rootsweb.com > > Make sure your Anti Virus Protection is updated and do a weekly > backup of your files. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-HAMPSHIRE-KINGSCLERE-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the > message -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.791 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2769 - Release Date: 03/25/10 07:33:00