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Colonel
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38
FATHER
Thomas and Elizabeth (Mitchell)
Eliza
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65
GRANDMOTH ER
Thomas and Elizabeth (Mitchell)
Henry Hooper
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11
SON
Thomas and Elizabeth (Mitchell)
James
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66
GRANDFATHE R
Thomas and Elizabeth (Mitchell)
James
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John and Hannah (Tasker)
Martha Annie
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10
DAUGHTER
Thomas and Elizabeth (Mitchell)
(9 names)
Note: Those with names in italics are females who acquired the name of Soothill by marriage.
Considering the 1911 census in the same way as the 1861 census provides scope for some comparisons. First, age and gender differences. Table 2.2 shows the 143 Soothills in the1911 census split into five-year age groups and by gender. The numbers in each of the age groups are fairly evenly matched. Interestingly, while there were only five (three men and two women) – or 4.3% of the total - aged over 60 years in the 1861 census, there are ten such persons (four men and six women) – or 7.0% of the total – in the 1911 census. This is certainly a steady change to
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