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James
H/H
66
Cotton Yard Loom Weaver
Heptonstall, Yorkshire
7 Northgate, Heptonstall,
Todmorden
Sally
Wife
64
n/s
Heptonstall, Yorkshire
This small household living in Todmorden, Yorkshire at the time of the 1861 census is headed by James Soothill, aged 66. James is described as a ‘Cotton Yard Loom Weaver’, so presumably he is still working at this time. He lives at 7 Northgate, Heptonstall, with his wife, Sally, aged 64, and his unmarried 49-year-old sister-in-law, Grace Scatliffe, who works as a ‘Cotton Hand Loom Weaver’. At the time of the 1861 census they have a visitor, Hannah M. Manson, who is 16 years of age and described as a ‘scholar’ which is quite old for a girl at that time still to be receiving full-time education. Nothing else is known about Hannah and whose relative or friend she is. The common feature for all members of this household, including the visitor, is that they were all born in Heptonstall. However, there is currently no subsequent information on any of the members of this household. Nevertheless, the Heptonstall birthplace may provide a clue for, if James and Sally had had children, then they almost certainly would have been born in Heptonstall
Elizabeth (1817-?)
Entries in the 1861 census
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