Page 30 - Just another English family (Sep 2019)

The next set of households are different in the sense that there are no identifiable descendants appearing in the 1961 census in England and Wales which emanate from these households. They are the households of Abraham (b.1813) and Martha (b.1813) Soothill, Edward (b.1809) and Elizabeth (née Bays) (b.1813) Soothill, William (b.1815) and Eliza (b.1816) Soothill, William (b.1819) and Margaret (b.1824) Soothill, John (b.1818) and Nancy Soothill, Henry (b.1818) and Hannah Soothill, George (b.1828) and Rebecca Soothill, James (b.1795) and Sally (née Scatcliffe) (b.1797) Soothill. The next is an individual, Elizabeth (b.1817), living in a household with two children, whom I suspect is the daughter of James and Sally Soothill. Then there are the families of James (b.1818) and Mary (b.1822) Soothill and Dennis (b.1815) and Mary (b.1820) Soothill.
Next there is a series of individuals who are currently not connected to other members of the Soothill tribe, namely, James Soothill (b.1783), Elizabeth Soothill (b.1781), John Soothill (b.1837), Mary Soothill (b.1826), Mary Soothill (b. 1843), John Soothill (b.1840).
Finally, there are a couple of families who seem to be totally missing from the 1861 census - ? and Amelia (née Bagshaw) Soothill and, most importantly, *Joseph and Margaret (née Winnard) Soothill who have contemporary descendants.
This is not a detective story and so the conclusion will be revealed now. There are, in fact, eight of these groupings identified by an asterisk(*) above who have direct contemporary descendants. The relevant descendants have already been noted in the Prologue and so it is easy to follow through each grouping in each chapter as a separate story.
I will now focus on the various groupings and individuals identified in the 26