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Granville (1922-2004) and Constance (1926). The two girls, Eileen and Constance, married in 1947 in Bradford and in 1949 in respectively. Gordon Granville married Alice Edna Whittingham (1924-1998), a Bradford girl, in Bradford in 1948. They had one child, Hilary Jane (b.1955) who married David Craven in Bradford in 1983. Hence, one could expect Gordon, Alice and Hilary to appear in the 1961 census.
Walter’s youngest brother, Albert (1894-1979), married Dorothy (known as ‘Dora’) Soulsby (1899-1939) in South Shields in 1918. They had two children – Colin (1924-1925) who seems to have died aged one year and Joseph Raymond (1930-1993). Joseph Raymond married Eileen Sykes in Calder in 1958. They, in turn, had one child – Robert A. Soothill (b.1965) who does not appear to have married or had issue. Hence, by the 1961 census one might expect Albert and his son, Joseph Raymond and his wife, Eileen, to appear in it.
Thomas and Betsey’s next child, Albert (1864-1946), married Mary E. [SURNAME?] (1873-1945) in Halifax in 1900. In 1902 they had Constance who should, thus, appear in the 1911 census. However, only Constance, if she had not married, will appear in the 1961 census.
Thomas and Betsey’s oldest girl, Martha Ann (1868-?), married in Halifax in 1891, but nothing more is known of this union. Their next daughter, Margaret (1876-1947), never got married and died, aged around 71 years, in Bradford. Their third and final daughter, Harriet (1878-1960), also seems not to have married and died in Halifax in 1960 aged around 82 years. Hence, both Margaret and Harriet should appear in the 1911 census, but neither in the 1961 census.
Thomas and Betsey’s youngest child, Thomas, (1881-1959), was at the time of the 1911 census heading a household in Brighouse, Yorkshire, which contained his sisters, Margaret and Harriet. In Thomas’s household, there is also Mabel Haley aged 18 who was born in Brighouse, Yorkshire and is shown as a Cotton cheese winder, but it is not clear what her relationship, if any, was with other members of
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