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Frederic
Lodger
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School boy
Halifax, Yorkshire
Missing from the census?
Name
Sex/ Relationshi p
Age
Occupation
Where born
Current address
Lucy Ann
Daughter of Joseph and Mary (née Riley)
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Halifax
Joseph’s parents are not currently known, nor is the date of his marriage to Mary Riley. However, one can speculate about Joseph’s parents. I suspect that they are Joseph Soothill who married Hannah Broadbent on 27 August 1820 at St John, Halifax. John’s occupation was a presser living in Sidrcoat [sic] and Hannah was living in Halifax. While it is all circumstantial, a birth of a child about a year after the marriage and named after the father begins to be persuasive. Anyway, what is certainly known is that Joseph and Mary had four children – Lucy Ann (1845-?), William Arthur (1849-?), Frederic(k) (1852-1923) and Harriet Annie (1855-1937).
Joseph is living with his children, William A and Frederic, as lodgers in Mary Horsfall’s house at 125 Jowett Street, Bradford, just a few doors away from David and Martha Soothill at 131 Jowett Street. Perhaps Joseph is an older brother of David, but currently there is no direct evidence of such a link. Certainly there is no indication of what has happened to his wife, Mary (née Riley), but I assume she has died. Their other child, Harriet (spelt ‘Harriot’ in the census), meanwhile, is living with his wife’s parents, William and Hannah Riley, at 2 Providence Place, Halifax. William and Hannah Riley have already been mentioned as the only householders in
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