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(b.1961) to carry on the Soothill line. Brian married Julie Hodgson in Keighley in 1988 and they produced three girls – Hannah (b.1990), Louise (b.1990), and Zoe (b. 1994). None of the girls is known to have married or had children.
Harold’s second marriage was to Clara Liles in Blackpool in 1941. Harold and Clara had already had a child, Jack (b.1939), who seems to have been born out of wedlock. Jack married Margaret Finnan in Haringey in 1965. Jack and Margaret had three children – all girls – Fiona (b.1966), Joanna (b.1970) and Caroline (b.1972). All the three girls have married – Fiona married David Codling in Leeds in 2003, Joanna became Joanna Dawson in Claro in 1994, while Caroline became Caroline Went in Claro in 1972. Jack and Margaret are known to have separated.
Harold’s younger brother, Horace, had four surviving children in the 1961 census together with his wife, Jessie (née Newton) (1906-1986). All children would be in the 1961 census as Soothills, but his only daughter, Margaret J. (b.1941), married Keith Whiteside in the year after the census in Blackpool in 1962. Horace and Jessie’s eldest surviving child, Arthur Gilbert (1936-2004), had already married by the 1961 census - Sheila Taylor in Blackpool on 24 December 1960. Arthur and Sheila had three children – Beverley A. (b.1961), Martin Andrew (b.1963) and Nicholas John (b.1972). Beverley became Beverley Bungay after marrying in Stevenage in August 1984; they then had Michael, but, sadly, Beverley and her husband have subsequently separated.
Horace and Jessie’s next child, Keith Newton (b.1939) married Doris E. Whatmough (b.1938) in Blackpool in 1961. Keith and Doris have had three children – Martin (b. 1963), Debra (b.1967) and Richard (b.1969). All have married and had children. Martin has married twice – first to Donna E. McCracken in Preston in 1984 and, secondly, to Susan E. Jackson marrying her three years later in 1987, again in Preston. The first union had no children, while the second produced Adam (b.1989) and Ryan (b.1992). There is no evidence that, to date, either Adam or Ryan has had children or married. Debra married in Preston and became Debra Hart in 1996. Debra has had two children – Emily and Lauren - but Debra and her husband are
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