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Robert, the eldest boy, who married Elizabeth Whitehead (1848-1926), a local Rochdale girl, on 10 November 1877 in Rochdale, had three children - John Albert (1878-1923), Ada (1882-1958) and Harry (1884-1973). Although Robert died in 1910, Elizabeth, in contrast, lived on until 1926 dying in New Zealand at the age of 78.
John Albert (1878-1923) married Mary Ashworth (1878-1964) in Rochdale in 1901 and had completed their family of three children – Albert (1901-1967), Fred (1903-?) and Martha Ellen (1906-?) – by the time of the 1911 census. Ada married James Chadwick in Rochdale in 1913 and so should be in the 1911 census as a Soothill. Meanwhile, Harry (1884-1973) had married Lilly Pritchard (1884-1949) in Rochdale in 1907 and they had had their only child, Harry (1907-1978) by the time of the 1911 census.
John and Ellen’s second eldest boy, Hamlet (1848-?), married Amelia (1848-1931) in Rochdale in 1873. They had one child – Herbert (1882-?). Hamlet died in New Zealand, but currently his death date is not recorded. It is not clear when Hamlet went to New Zealand and whether Amelia was with him at any time.
John and Ellen’s third eldest boy, John Thomas (1852-1915) seems to have spent his life in or around Rochdale. As already stated in Chapter 1 appears to have been married twice8 – first on 1 May 1882 to Susannah Rogers and, then four years later, on 23 October 1886, to Sara Elizabeth Dorman in St Stephen's Church, Rochdale. John Thomas had no children who survived to the 1911 census, so this is a line that disappears.
Finally, Walter (1856-1932), John and Ellen’s youngest child, looks to be another one who spent his entire life in or around Rochdale. He married a local Rochdale girl,
8. According to [Enfys?] Soothill, he married three times – also to ‘Lizzie’ but need more detail on this – i think this is Elizabeth Dorman
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