Page 83 - Just another English family (Sep 2019)

Ester
Daughter
3
Chorley, Lancashire
Peter
Son
0 (6h)
Chorley, Lancashire
The final household living in Lancashire at the time of the 1861 census and still to be described is headed by William Soothill (1819-?) and his wife, Margaret (1825-?). They have a family of five – two sons (William (1854-?) and Peter (1861-?) who seems to be just born (if ‘0 (6H)’ means six hours!) and three daughters (Sarah E. (1847-?), Ann (1850-?) and Ester [sic] (1857-?)). All members of this family were born in Chorley, Lancashire and they are living in Eaves Lane, Chorley, as recorded in the 1861 census. The exception is Ann who was born in neighbouring Bolton. Just two members of the family are shown as employed – father William is described as ‘Cotton Twist Packer Cotton Mill’, while 13-year-old Sarah is shown as a Cotton Weaver. Again there seem to be no contemporary Soothills descended directly from either William or Peter. Indeed, currently there is nothing known about this family apart from their entries in the 1861 census. Perhaps this is a family that emigrated in the next decade and that provides the explanation for their total absence from records in the United Kingdom.
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Francis (1813-?) and Rachel (1817-?) Soothill
Entries in the 1861 census
Name
Sex/ Relationshi p
Age
Occupation
Where born
Current address
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