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Frances is shown in the 1910 census as a servant in the household of Chas E. Treadway in Portland Ward 8, Multnomah, Oregon. Chas Treadway, aged 35, is the only one apart from Frances in the household. Frances, aged 55 and born in Oregon around 1855, is shown as a divorced person. I have not come across Frances as being mentioned elsewhere. There are several possibilities. In the 1910 census the surname is shown with two variants – Soothill or Soothell – so perhaps she was never married to a Soothill but to a Soothell. Alternatives are that she re- married or died before the next census.
Julie Soothill
Julie is in the 1940 census shown as aged 39 (born in New York around 1901) and divorced. At the time of the census she was working as a servant in the household of the single lady, Gertrude Hardin, aged 72. While Gertrude was living in this same rented house – 611, Drexel Place, Pasadena, Los Angeles, California – in 1935, it seemed that Julia was working as a general maid in Berkeley, Alameda, California. Julia – whose highest grade was elementary school, 8th grade – could have reverted to a maiden name of Soothill after the divorce, but it seems more likely that Soothill was her married name.
Geo. R. and Lucy Soothill
In the 1910 census Geo R (1884-?), born in Connecticut, USA, is shown as married to Lucy M (1887-?) (aged 23 years and born in English-speaking Canada – both her parents are English-speaking Canada) They are lodgers in the household of Louis and Rebecca Sightsinger in Portsmouth Ward 1, Portsmouth(Independent City), Virginia.
R. W. Soothill (alternative Soothils)
In the 1910 census R. W. Soothill is shown living as a lodger in what seems to be a lodging house with around 28 persons in Tacoma Ward 3, Pierce, Washington. Curiously there are no other details apart from stating that he is male.
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