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Mary Soothill as a servant in the Booth household
Name
Sex/ Relationshi p
Age
Occupation
Where born
Current address
BOOTH
HOUSEHOL D
H/H
3 New Bridge Street,
Cheetham, Manchester
Mary
Servant
17
House servant
Halifax, Yorkshire
Mary Soothill (1843-?) is shown as a servant in the Booth household in the 1861 census. Mary is a very popular name in early Victorian England and it is difficult to trace her forebears. The greatest likelihood is that she is the daughter of Edward and Elizabeth (née Bays) who are both still alive at the time of the 1861 census (see above). If so, in the 1851 census, she was shown as a shodarth (sic) spinner at the age of seven years and at the time was living with her parents at 2 Syke Lane, Sowerby.
John Soothill (b.1840)
John who is a serving soldier living with his regiment in Eastbourne, Sussex.
Entries in the 1861 census
94