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years, while in 1961 there were just two in this age window. Hence, this endorses the notion that this Soothill grouping does seem to be in decline.
Walter (1890-1976), Harold (1891-1965) and Albert (1894-1979) are brothers. Walter had married Alice L. Taylor (1892-1965), but their two daughters, Bessie Taylor (1921-?) and Mary K. (1925-?) had both married in the 1940s, so they would not be Soothills in the 1961 census.
Harold who married Emily Culpan (1892-1962) in Brighouse, Halifax, in 1919, had had three children – Eileen M. (1920-?), Gordon Granville (1922-2004) and Constance (1926-?). Eileen and Constance – like their cousins – had married in the 1940s, so it was left to Gordon Granville to carry on the Soothill name.
Gordon Granville married Alice Edna Whittingham (1924-1998) in Bradford in 1948. They had one child, Hilary Jane (b.1955) who married David Craven in Bradford in 1983. Hence, this potential line of Soothills ends with the death of Gordon Granville in 2004.
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A new entry!
The only entry which does not have a link with existing family lines is Peter Soothill and his family. Peter was born on 21 March 1920 and married Doreen M. Ellis on Chichester in 1948. They had three daughters – Penelope A. (b.1951), Gillian M. (b.1953) and Deborah J. (b.1961). Penelope was born in Chichester, while both Gillian and Deborah were born in Horsham. Penelope became Mrs Odell after marrying in Horsham in 1974; Gillian became Mrs Smith after marrying in Peterborough in 1978; finally, Deborah became Mrs Clarkson after marrying in
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