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passenger, K M Soothill (shown as born in 1909), travelling from Southampton to Port Elizabeth (Algoa Bay) in 1952. This person has not been identified.
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New Zealand
New Zealand with nine persons going there is the second most popular destination after Australia. There are six journeys.
The first journey in the series involves Jon and Martha Soothill whose dates of birth are unknown. They were travelling from London to Wellington in 1910. I assume that these are a married couple, but they have not yet been identified.
The second journey in the series involves H W Soothill who is travelling aged 16 from Plymouth to Auckland in 1916. This will be Herbert William Soothill (1900-?) who married Kathleen Beverley and eventually died in Australia.
The third journey in this series involves Elizabeth Soothill (shown as born 1850) who is travelling aged 75 from Southampton to Wellington in 1925. This seems likely to be Elizabeth Whitehead who was born in Rochdale on 20 February 1848 and married Robert Soothill in Rochdale on 10 November 1877. Robert had died in Rochdale on 20 February 1910. Elizabeth died on 21 December 1926 in New Zealand which is a year after her departure from Southampton .
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