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40-44
5
7.2
1
1.4
6
4.3
45-49
4
5.8
2
2.9
6
4.3
50-54
4
5.8
7
10.0
11
7.9
55-59
4
5.8
4
5.7
8
5.8
60+
15
21.7
15
21.4
30
21.6
No informatio n
-
-
17
24.3
17
12.2
TOTAL
69
100.0
70
100.0
139
100.0
Again the genders are evenly split in terms of numbers, but one still needs to focus on the division for the females between Soothills who acquired the name at birth and those who acquired the name by marriage. It seems that 40 of the females acquired the name of Soothill by marriage (there were 32 such females in the 1911 census) and again one must assume that a similar number lost the name by marriage.
In terms of age, youthful Soothills are less and less a feature of the census. Whereas well over one-half (57%) were under the age of 20 years in the 1861 census and around one-third (34%) were similarly aged in the 1911 census, the proportion had dropped further to 28% in the 1961 census. In contrast, while there were only eight persons aged 50 years or over in the 1861 census and 21 such persons in the 1911 census, this number rises to 49 persons in the 1961 census (with others who might. currently be in the ‘no information’ category).
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