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It is not currently known when Mary Riley married Joseph Soothill (b.1820 in Halifax), but they had four children. Only William Arthur (1849-?), and Harriet Annie (1855-1937) have direct descendants. William Arthur married Elizabeth Tuck in 1870 at Bradford Parish Church and the line is continued with Fred (1873-?) who married Sarah Ann in Bradford in 1903. They quickly had three children and it is their first one, James William (1903-?) who was born in Leeds who continues the line. James William married Violet Exley in Dewsbury in 1930. Seven years later, James William and Violet’s only child, James Anthony, was born on 27 March 1937. There is no evidence that James Anthony has married or had children.
Harriet Annie (b.1855) is the only other offspring of Joseph and Mary (née Riley) who has a descendant appearing in the 2011 census. Harriet Annie seemed to be unmarried when John William (1878-1965) was born in 1878. His son, William (1918-1975) married Violet Rochester (1922-?) and their son, William Graham (1944-1991) married Annette Clark (1940-?) who produced Darren William (b. 1968). His sister, Clare Michelle (b.1971) married someone named Raley in June 1996 in York, so almost certainly no longer uses her maiden name. Sadly, Darren and Clare’s father, William Graham, died in 1991 after committing suicide. Perhaps their widowed mother, Annette, may by now have re-married, but until I have the evidence she is still on the list. Darren William married Ekaterina Ivanova in York in 2002, so perhaps they will keep the line going.
Meanwhile, what is known of Darren William? Darren William has appeared in various Electoral Rolls in the past decade. After marrying Ekaterina in 2007, they have been living in a household which also included Tracy E and Keith G Hughes. Way back in 2002 the Electoral Roll indicates Darren was living with Janice L Longford and Joan K Longford, but the link with these two females has not been established.
This grouping thus produces two living Soothill males who could, in 287