Page 284 - Just another English family (Sep 2019)

John Richard (known as Richard) and Robin are two brothers living in separate households in the Rochdale area who seem to be the only surviving members of this well-established branch of the family currently living in the United Kingdom. In Chapter 6 we will see how other members of this grouping are established elsewhere in the world, particularly in New Zealand. Richard and Robin’s parents, Eric and Gwyneth, both died in the decade prior to the 2011 census. Meanwhile, Richard and his partner, Lorraine, have produced a male Soothill, named Jacob Alexander, who was born in 1996.
John Richard and Robin’s ancestors are shown in the 1861 census as John Soothill (aged 48) – a carder and beerseller – who is living with his wife, Ellen (aged 45) – described as a home manager – in New Stock Road, Wardleworth in the Registration District of Rochdale. John and Ellen are Richard and Robin’s great grandparents. Following the direct line, Robin and Richard’s grandfather is 5-year- old Walter in the 1861 census who later married Martha Ann Fitton who in turn had John (1888-1951) who married Nellie Hartley (1893-1971). One of John and Nellie’s offspring was Eric (1925-?) who in turn married Gwyneth Butterworth. Eric and Gwyneth are Robin and Richard’s parents. Richard and Robin still live in the Rochdale area. Richard and his partner, Lorraine, live at ?, while Robin lives at Littleborough near Rochdale. This part of the grouping (that is, distinct from those who emigrated many years ago to New Zealand) have remained in the Rochdale area for the whole of the 150 years under consideration.
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Derived from John and Elizabeth (née Tetlow)
Entries in the putative 2011 census
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