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TETLOW
HOUSEHOL D
H/H
Village, Northowra m,
Halifax
Alfred
Grandson
5
Scholar
Halifax, Yorkshire
Joe
Grandson
3
Scholar
Huddersfiel d, Yorkshire
John was a very popular name in Victorian times and the Soothills made their contribution by often naming their offspring as John. Hence, it is not clear at the moment where this John fits in. At some point this John partnered and probably married Elizabeth Tetlow. By the time of the 1861 census this was a family which seemed to be in some difficulty. First, I thought that the difficulty had perhaps been occasioned by the early deaths of John and Elizabeth, but I now suspect just the latter. Anyway, their young children, Alfred (1856-?) and Joe (1857-1936), were at the time of the 1861 census living with their Tetlow grandparents in the Village, Northowram. It is Elizabeth’s possible death that provides the reason that Alfred and Joe are living in the household of their grandparents. At least that’s my speculation. Meanwhile, John seems to have married Sarah (née Holt) on 29 November 1861 at St. John the Baptist, Halifax. Again, with so many Soothills named John, it is perhaps hazardous to speculate about family connections without more evidence. However, as the elder child, Alfred, was born in Halifax, this perhaps narrows the possible options.
Whatever the traumas, Alfred and Joe seem to have weathered them. Alfred went on to marry Sarah Scott (1854-?) in Halifax in 1875. Alfred and Sarah had four children – two boys and two girls. All got married. Their eldest son, James (1875-?), married Mary Ann Leonard at St Mary’s Church, Elland in Yorkshire in 1893 – Alfred (1901-1958) was born seven years later in Leeds in 1901. He is the one
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