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Charles David
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SON
Zia E.
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DAUGHT ER-IN- LAW
John Richard
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GRANDS ON
Elizabeth Georgina
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GRAND- DAUGHT ER
James S.
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SON
Currently in this grouping there are 11 living males identified for the 2011 census. I think they would be all known to each other even if they do not meet up or send seasonal greetings. Over the years they have maintained their numbers but, if one included those who are currently living in Australia (see Chapter 6), it seems likely that one would consider this grouping as expanding. Probing their ancestry is relatively straightforward.
Thomas Hartley Soothill (b.1812 in Halifax) married Ellen (née Barrett) in 1831and they had three children – David Hartley (b.1833), William (b.1836) and Abraham (b. 1831). However, it is William who married Margaret (née Ashworth) in Halifax in 1858 who provides the pivotal link for this grouping and all those listed in the 2011 census can be traced directly back to William and Margaret (née Ashworth).
William and Margaret (née Ashworth) had a large family of nine children – six boys and three girls – spanning 23 years of births. Four of the boys – William
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