Page 78 - Just another English family (Sep 2019)

Change is impossible to measure without subsequent information but the baseline in 1861 is clear. This is a family based in Halifax with two main sources of income – Abraham, as head of household, and his eldest son, Joseph, are joiners and cabinet makers, while his other children are weavers and spinners.
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Edward (1809-1870) and Elizabeth (née Bays) (1813-?) Soothill
Entries in the 1861 census
Name
Sex/ Relationshi p
Age
Occupation
Where born
Current address
Edward
H/H
51
Dyer Woolen [sic]
Halifax, Yorkshire
Bolton Brow, Skircoat,
Sowerby Bridge, Halifax
Elizabeth
Wife
47
n/s
Wenden, Yorkshire
Sarah J H W
Daughter
8
Scholar
Sowerby Bridge, Yorkshire
Maria
n/s
4
Scholar
Salford, Lancashire
74