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Name
Sex/ Relationshi p
Age
Occupation
Where born
Current address
35th Regiment (and others)
n/a
Circular Redoutt, Tower Road,
Eastbourne
John
Soldier
20
Private 35th Regt
Bradford, Yorkshire
There are not many contenders in terms of understanding who this John Soothill actually is. It would be a male born around 1841 and, to date, none has been revealed. However, an alternative explanation could be that John is, in fact, Jonathan, the son of Amelia Bagshaw, who was born around 1841. Perhaps the more common ‘John’ was a name more appropriate for the army. Certainly there is the circumstantial evidence that Jonathan does not seem to be in the 1861 census. Anyway, bearing in mind that they may be one and the same person, Jonathan, son of Amelia Bagshaw, is discussed immediately below.
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The above households all appear in some form in the 1861 census. On occasions there are some surprising omissions and absences from some of the households, but essentially the households are ‘captured’ by the 1861 census. In contrast, there is no evidence of any members of the following households being ‘captured by the 1861 census. This family originating from Joseph and Margaret (née Winnard)
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