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Sadly, Graham died in 1986 aged 35. However, Graham and Avis had Benjamin, but his date of birth and whereabouts are not clear.
The rest of the living males in this grouping essentially have a common ancestry in George (b.1870) and Catherine (known as ‘Kate’) (née Skelton). George’s grandparents were John and Hannah (née Tasker). George and Kate were married in Bradford in 1893 and had four children, all boys – Robert Harold (known as ‘Harold’) (b.1896), Horace Arthur (b.1905), Norman Eric (known as ‘Eric) (b.1907) and Frederick (b.1909). All but Eric contribute to the Soothills in 2011.
Of Harold’s three children –with his first wife, Violet E. (née Bower) (1897-1941), only Lawrence V. (known as ‘Laurie’) (1914-1956) have descendants now calling themselves Soothill. Laurie, in turn, married Emily (née Fox) in 1934 in Bradford. Laurie and Emily had two children, June R. (b.1934) and Brian (1936-1998). June married at 19 years of age in 1954 in Bradford, while Brian married three times. His first union with Stella (née Chorlton/Bebb) produced three children – two girls and a boy. The boy, Brian A. (b.1961) married Julie (née Hodgson) in Keighley in 1988. Brian and Julie produced three children, all girls – Hannah (b.1990), Louise (b.1992), and Zoe (b.1994); there is no evidence that any of the girls have married or had children, so they should all be in the 2011 census.
There is no evidence that his father, Brian’s (b.1936) other two marriages with Marta (née Kubow) in 1972 or with Eleanor F. (née Johnson) in 1973 produced any children. Brian died in Bradford in 1998.
After Violet’s death, Harold soon married again in 1941 to Clara (née Liles). Harold and Clara had already had Jack (b.1939), so they were having an intimate relationship before Violet had died. Jack, in turn, married Margaret (née Finnan) in 1965 and they had three children, all girls – Fiona (b.1966), Joanna (b.1970), and Caroline (b.1972). Fiona, Joanna and Caroline have all married. Jack has separated from his wife, Margaret.
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