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John
H/H
42
Agricultural Labourer
Manningha m, Yorkshire
2 Daisy Hill Lane,
Manningha m, Bradford
Nancy
Wife
47
n/s
Manningha m, Yorkshire
Alfred
Son
20
Factory worker
Manningha m, Yorkshire
Ezra
Son
17
Apprentice to cord wainer
Manningha m, Yorkshire
Mary A
Daughter
7
n/s
Manningham, Yorkshire
John and Nancy Soothill is another Bradford couple heading a household of three Soothill children – Alfred (1841-?), Ezra (1844-?) and Mary A. (1853-?) - which remains a puzzle. Nothing more is known about the three children and they do not appear in the 1911 census. 42-year-old John is listed as an agricultural labourer which contrasts with the factory work of most of the other Soothills in his generation. Perhaps the clue will be in their place of birth. All the family, including John’s 47-year-old wife, Nancy, were born in Manningham which is an area of Bradford, approximately a mile north of the city centre. In the 1861 census they are listed as living at 2 Daisy Hill Lane, Manningham, Bradford, so, with such inertia displayed over a generation or two in being born and currently living in the same area, they do not seem to be candidates for emigration, but they do all disappear! Curiously, Henry Soothill – see below - was born in Manningham about 1819 – roughly the year of John’s birth as well. Henry married Hannah – a woman born about 1811 in Heaton, Yorkshire – and thus also married a woman some years older than himself. Apart from Henry, the only others in the database listed as being born in Manningham are the three younger children of George and Kate Soothill at the
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