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Nothing much is known about the fourth eldest, Charles William (1876-1934) who apparently never married as is the case with James (1882-1919) who died at the comparatively young age of around 37 years. Lily Ann (1880-?), the youngest of the daughters, married in Halifax in 1904, but nothing further is known about Lily Ann.
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Joseph and Margaret (née Winnard) Soothill
Missing from the census?
Name
Sex/ Relationshi p
Age
Occupation
Where born
Current address
Thomas
BROTHER
23
Sarah
SISTER
21
Benjamin
BROTHER
19
Little is known of the origins of Joseph and Margaret (née Winnard). However, we know that they were married on 12 May 1828 in St John, Halifax. Joseph’s occupation was described as a cardmaker. Both Joseph and Margaret were living in Halifax at the time of the marriage. However, there is no evidence of Joseph and Margaret’s family in the 1861 census. They may have died, of course, but one would have expected their sons, Thomas (born about 1837) and Benjamin (born 1841) to be there, as they lived to 1897 and 1919 respectively. Curiously, neither of them seems to appear. There is no one named Benjamin in the 1861 census and the two named Thomas are aged 3 and 11 years old in that census, so Joseph and Margaret (née Winnard) Soothill these entries provide no clues. Thomas and Benjamin had two siblings – Alfred (1844-1850) and Sarah (1839-?). While Alfred had died in early childhood, Sarah might also have been expected to
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