Page 349 - Just another English family (Sep 2019)

respectively. However, 71-year-old Elizabeth Fletcher, born in England and said to be the aunt to the head of the household, produces a fascinating clue as she is the daughter of John and Hannah (Tasker) who were pivotal as precursors to a large English family. As a guess, one would expect that Ruth’s father would probably be Elizabeth’s brother .
The speculation seems correct. John and Hannah (née Tasker) Soothill’s five children are David (b.1833), Elizabeth (b.1839), Louisa (b.1843) and John (b.1852). Elizabeth is the widowed Elizabeth Fletcher and John is Ruth’s father.
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