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The fourth journey involved Walter and Laura Soothill who were travelling from Southampton to Wellington in 1925.
Walter (1866-1951) and Laura (1865-1935) are the parents of Herbert William who had travelled to New Zealand in 1916 (see above). Walter died in Australia in 1951.
The fifth journey involved Mary (b.1879) and Alice (b.1917) Soothill who were travelling from London to Wellington in 1932. This will be Alice Mary Soothill who was born on 6 April 1916 in Manaia, New Zealand. Alice married Neville Owen Barnett on 24 December 1938, but no more is currently known about her. Mary Soothill is Alice’s mother, but no more information is known about her. Mary’s husband is not mentioned and he is not on the ship. Perhaps Alice is Mary’s daughter born out of wedlock?
The final journey involved Mary (shown as born in 1878) sailing from Southampton to Wellington in 1955. This seems likely to be the same Mary who was sailing 23 years earlier to Wellington with her daughter, Alice.12
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12. Albert Soothill – Normanby road –[Electoral Roll 1935] Elizabeth S. Soothill [New Zeland electoral rolls]
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