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year-old John Thomas who had earlier in the 1861 census been identified as a 11- year-old cardroom hand was now a carter in the sanitary department; 54-year-old Walter who had been still at school in the 1861 census was identified as a stoneman labourer in the 1911 census, while his 23-year-old son was shown as a clogger. The young females in the various households were still largely engaged in the cotton industry – the 25-year-old daughter-in-law, Lilly, was identified as a cotton cop packer and 19-year-old Fancy as a tenter in cardroom cotton.
In broad terms, therefore, this is a grouping which retained the same or similar occupational interests and maintained its focus in and around Rochdale. The great disruption to this picture is the exodus of part of the family to New Zealand which will be considered in Chapter 6.
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Derived from John and Elizabeth (née Tetlow) Soothill
Entries in the 1911 census
Name
Sex
Age
Relations hip to H/ H
Occupati on
Where born
Current address
Alfred
M
9
Inmate
n/s
11 Outgang, Bramley, Leeds, Yorkshire
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