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Soothill is especially important as they have contemporary descendants.
? and Amelia (née Bagshaw) Soothill
Missing from the census?
Name
Sex/ Relationshi p
Age
Occupation
Where born
Current address
Jonathan
SON
Amelia Bagshaw married a Soothill in Birstall, Yorkshire in 1822, but I do not currently know his name! Amelia died on 2 June 1843 in Shelf, but we know that in 1841 she had a child named Jonathan. Jonathan’s birth is nearly twenty years after Amelia’s marriage, so perhaps there were complications surrounding his birth which eventually led to Amelia’s death. There is no evidence of Jonathan appearing in the 1861 census but, as stated above, I wonder whether he could be the 20-year-old soldier called John who was serving in the 35th regiment. In his census entry John is shown as being born in Bradford. Amelia seemed to be based in Shelf, Yorkshire. Shelf is a village situated halfway between Bradford and Halifax so the circumstantial evidence begins to accumulate.
Jonathan went on to marry Kate Balmforth (1842-1905) at St. John the Baptist Church in Halifax in 1862. Curiously, Jonathan’s father’s name is not on the 1862 marriage certificate. Anyway, Jonathan and Kate had a large family of six children –
four boys and two girls - spread over eighteen years.
eldest, but there is no further information about him.
Mary Jane (1865-?) who was born the following year.
(1868-1933), married but his marriage is outside the current window up to 1911.
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Joseph (1864-?) was the That is also the case with The third eldest, Jonathan