Page 91 - Just another English family (Sep 2019)

Name
Sex/ Relationshi p
Age
Occupation
Where born
Current address
Elizabeth
Head
43
Power loom at weaver
Heptonstall, Yorkshire
50 Morpeth Stree, Horton, Bradford, Yorkshire
William H.
Son
18
Mechanic power loom maker
Alise
Daughter
13
Spinner in worsted factory
Horton, Yorkshire
The only possible candidate for being a child of James and Sally Soothill which has so far been revealed is Elizabeth (1818-?) who is shown as a head of household in the 1861 census. On that rather tenuous evidence, I suspect that Elizabeth is the daughter of James and Sally Soothill. Elizabeth is, in fact, a 43-year-old Power Loom Weaver, living at 50 Morpeth Street, Horton, Bradford, with her two children, William H (aged 18) and Alise (aged 13). Both children are in work – William H as a mechanic power loom maker and Alise as a spinner in worsted factory. The marital status of Elizabeth is not shown in the 1861 census, so it is not clear whether she is a widow or an unmarried Soothill. However, if she is the daughter of James and Sally still using the name of Soothill, then it seems likely that she is an unmarried mother.
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