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marries in Wakefield in 1869 and, currently, no more is known about her.
George, the eldest of William and Mary’s four children, marries Margaret Jane [SURNAME?] (1847-1926) in Bradford in 1870. Margaret Jane was born in Newcastle, Northumberland. It is not known how they met but perhaps Margaret’s parents had already moved to Bradford by the time the young couple had got together. George and Margaret certainly became Bradford people with all their four children – Alfred H. (1871-1943), Florence Mary (1875-?), Bertha (1878-?) and Lily (1882-?) – being born in Bradford with George and Margaret both dying in Bradford – in 1925 and 1926 respectively. All the three girls married before the 1911 census so they will not appear there as a Soothill.
William and Mary’s second son, Alfred (1854-1867) appears to have died at the age of 12 years in 1867, while their third son, Arthur (1858-1939), had a comparatively long life dying in 1939. Arthur married Esther [SURNAME?] (1857-1924), a Wakefield girl – not surprising as the family was now living in Wakefield. They married in Wakefield in 1881 and probably were there from the start of their marriage. Arthur and Esther produced four children – two boys, William (1882-1917) and Percy (1887-1957) followed by two girls, Mary (1890-?) and Elsie (1893-?) – all born in Wakefield. William had a short life dying at 34 years of age in 1917. However, William had earlier married Mary Elizabeth Hirst in 1907 in Wakefield, producing Haydn (b.1909) just before the 1911 census and Leslie (b. 1912) soon after.
Arthur and Esther’s second son, Percy (1887-1957) had a much longer life – just completing his’ three score years and ten’ and dying in 1957 – but at the time of the 1911 census Percy was still unmarried. This is the same for the two daughters, Mary (1890-?) and Elsie (1893-?).
To summarise, William and Mary eventually had eight grandchildren named Soothill of whom three were boys. Hence, there are three male first cousins – Alfred H. (b.
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