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the funeral of his renowned brother, William Edward, but William Edward had died on 14 May 1935, so it seems a long time to have been away from Australia. His own wife, Laura, had died in 1935, presumably in Australia and so perhaps he had come back to England to meet up with his family during these troubled times.
The sixth of this series involved Harry Soothill (1884-1973) and his wife, Lilly (1884-1949) who travelled from London to Sydney, departing in 1939.
The seventh of this series involved a female – M Soothill born 1879 – who was travelling from Southampton to Sydney, departing in 1940. I suspect that this is Mary Soothill (born 14 August 1878 in Rochdale) who married John Albert Soothill on 6 March 1901.
The eighth of the series involved Walter Soothill again who was travelling from London to Sydney, departing in 1947. This time he was accompanied by his second wife, Margaret W. (née Farrar) whom he married in 1938.
The ninth of the series involved James William (1903-?) and Violet (1905-?) Soothill and their son, James Anthony (b.1937), who were travelling from London to Sydney, departing in 1954.
The tenth of the series involved Margaret Wilkinson Soothill (1904-?) who was travelling from London to Fremantle, departing in 1954. The only Margaret W. Soothill on the database is one who married a Mr Dubs in Oxford in 1954. If it is the same one, then she would have been around 50 years of age when she got married and her trip to Australia would have been in the same year as her marriage.
The eleventh journey in this series again involved James William and Violet who this 329