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Hancox family in the 1861 census. The family is living in the St. Pauls, Tipton, area around where John was born. In the 1861 census John is shown as an engine worker.
Mary Soothill (1826-?) as a lodger
Entry for the 1861 census
Name
Sex/ Relationshi p
Age
Occupation
Where born
Current address
n/s (lodger)
H/H
School Street Shade, Todmorden
and Walsden, Todmorden
Mary
Lodger
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Power loom weaver cotton
Halifax, Yorkshire
Mary Soothill is shown in the 1861 census as a ‘power loom weaver cotton’ and living as a lodger in a Todmorden household. The only other Soothill family in Todmorden around this time is James and Sally Soothill (see above). She would be about the right age to be a daughter of James and Sally, but then perhaps she is a widow or separated from her husband which would certainly challenge the above speculation.
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