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18 to 50 years, while in 1961 there were three in this age window. Hence, this Soothill grouping seems to be in little difficulty in surviving. So I now wish to establish the relationships of this grouping.
Joseph (1821-?) and Mary (née Riley) had four children, but only William Arthur (1849-?) marrying Elizabeth Tuck (1849-1895) and Harriet Annie (1855-1937) who apparently did not marry have descendants in the1961 census.
William Arthur and Elizabeth’s elder son, Fred (1873-1956), married Sarah Ann (1867-?) and they produced three children – James William (1903-?), George Greenwood (1905-1976) and Annie Elizabeth (1907-?). Both James William and George Greenwood are in the 1961 census as Soothills. James William had married Violet Exley in Dewsbury in 1930 and their union produced James Anthony (b.1937), but there is no evidence of James Anthony marrying or having children. George Greenwood married Kathleen Blakey (1910-1988) in Leeds in 1934, but they have had no children. Annie Elizabeth had married in 1926.
Harriet Annie’s illegitimate child, John William (1878-1975) married in Halifax in 1897 and they produced three children – Arthur (1909-1990), John William (1915-?) and William (1918-1975). Arthur married Gertrude Burrow (1908-1984) in Halifax in 1951. They produced Shirley P. (b.1955) as quite old parents with Arthur around 46 years of age and Gertrude around 47 years of age. Shirley, in turn, married in Halifax in 1975. John William married Edith Olive Wood in Glossop in 1942 and they appear to have had no children. However, William who married Violet Annette Rochester in 1941 in Maidstone had two children – Margaret J. (b.1942) and William Graham (1944-1991). Margaret married Raymond March in York in 1963, so would be in the 1961 census as a Soothill, while William Graham married Annette Clark (b. 1940), also in York, in 1966. William Graham and Annette had two children – Darren William (b.1968) and Clare Michelle (b.1971). Sadly, William Graham committed suicide in January 1991. His son, Darren, married Ekaterina Ivanova in York in 2002 and Clare married, also in York, in 1996.
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