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| Soothill, Mr | Ref 400-3695 |
He married Unknown.
Children:
| Soothill, Mr | Ref 400-850 |
He married Mary [1809-1893].
Mary was born in Halifax
Children:
Mary was widowed by 1851.
She married Joseph Holt.
| Soothill, Abraham | Ref 400-1641 |
Born in Halifax.
He was a woolstapler [1861] / a stuff presser [1871, 1891, 1901] / a retired stuff presser [1911].
In 1851, he was living with his brothers David & William at 17 Wesley Street, Halifax.
In [Q4] 1868, he married (1) Grace Cockroft [1846-1876] in Halifax.
Grace was born in Halifax
Children:
Grace died 23rd November 1876 (aged 30).
Grace & her children were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 103]
In [Q2] 1882, he married (2) Sarah Ann [1839-19??] in Halifax.
Sarah [née Greenwood] was the widow of Mr Longbottom
They lived at
| Soothill, Bessie Taylor | Ref 400-134 |
On 23rd April 1949, she married Henry John Keys from Sudbury, Middlesex at St John the Divine, Rastrick
| Soothill, David | Ref 400-3414 |
Born 26th March 1775.
He was known as David Dunkirk, because he lived at Dunkirk Farm, Halifax.
Baptised in Halifax [26th March 1775].
He was a dyer [1841].
On 27th June 1796, he married Judith Hartley in Halifax.
Children:
They lived at Lilly Lane, Halifax [1841].
David died in Halifax [5th February 1850]
This & associated entries use material contributed by Ivan Birch & Rayner Soothill
| Soothill, David | Ref 400-1044 |
Born in Halifax.
He was a worsted dyer [1851] / a wool stuff singer.
In 1851, he and his brothers William & Abraham were living together at 17 Wesley Street, Halifax.
He married Unknown.
Children:
Family stories tell that ...
David was a drunkard at 21 and his wife became one too
He was an inmate at Halifax Workhouse [1891], and died at the Workhouse [25th November 1900].
Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 103]
This & associated entries use material contributed by Rayner Soothill
| Soothill, Dorothea | Ref 400-2566 |
Born in Ningpo, China.
She married Sir Alexander Hosie.
Lady Hosie wrote several books on Chinese life.
and also
She also completed – and wrote the foreword for – the book A Passport to China written by her mother. She co-edited her father's book The Hall of Light [1951].
In her father's probate records of 1935, she is identified as Dame Dorothea Hosie
This & associated entries use material contributed by Julian Farrar
| Soothill, Elizabeth | Ref 400-2774 |
She married (1) Sir Henry Savile.
After Henry's death, she married (2) Richard Gascoigne from Barnbow
| Soothill, Sir Gerard | Ref 400-2854 |
He was Lord of Midgley.
He married Elizabeth Fulnetby.
Child: Johanna / Isabel [1400-14??] who married Gilbert Lacy
This & associated entries use material contributed by William Farrar
| Soothill, Harry | Ref 400-1616 |
He grew up in Bailiffe Bridge.
He was employed at Richard Kershaw's Clifton Edge Mill [1870] / a half-timer at Firth's Carpets / a silk dresser with Barkers & Butterworth / a silk dresser with Wood, Robinson & Company (for 50 years) [1891, 1901, 1911] / a silk dresser with Wood, Robinson & Company (for 50 years) [1891, 1901, 1911] / a player with Brighouse Rangers football team / Captain of the Brighouse Rangers second team / a member of the Albion Bowling Club / a member of the Thornhill Briggs Club.
On 17th February 1884, he married Lucy Jane Bottomley at Elland Parish Church.
Lucy Jane was born in Southowram
Children:
They lived at
He died 25th December 1942.
He was buried at Brighouse Cemetery
This & associated entries use material contributed by Keith Crowley
| Soothill, Henry de | Ref 400-3697 |
In 1326, the Manor of Midgley (possibly) to him from his uncle Thomas de Soothill
| Soothill, Herbert | Ref 400-1233 |
In [Q2] 1908, he married Annie Nicholl in Halifax.
They lived at
During World War I, he enlisted with the Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment), then he served as a Private with the 1st/7th Battalion Durham Light Infantry.
He was reported missing [22nd May 1918].
He died of head wounds as a POW in hospital in Ghent [26th June 1918] (aged 33).
He was buried at Gent City Cemetery, Belgium [Grave Ref C 10].
He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, and on the Memorial at Brunswick United Methodist Free Chapel, Halifax
| Soothill, Herbert Ashworth | Ref 400-1639 |
Born in Halifax.
He was a bank clerk [1901, 1911].
In [Q2] 1908, he married Annie Nicholl in Halifax.
Annie was born in Halifax
Children:
They lived at 2 Lavender Vale, Wallington, Surrey [1911]
| Soothill, John | Ref 400-1617 |
Around 1863, he married Sarah [1833-1???].
Sarah was born in Halifax
Children:
They lived at Huddersfield [1871]
| Soothill, John | Ref 400-844 |
Born in Halifax.
He was a woollen presser [1861].
In [Q3] 1861, he married Esther Crompton [1843-1869] in Halifax.
They lived at Brook Royd Terrace, Stainland [1870]
Esther died 10th February 1869 (aged 26).
John died 12th May 1870 (aged 28).
The couple were buried at Providence Congregational Church, Stainland [Grave Ref: S3/23]
| Soothill, Sir John de | Ref 400-3696 |
He married Unknown.
Child: Henry
| Soothill, Thomas de | Ref 400-3694 |
He was Lord of the Manor of Midgley at Brearley Hall. After his death, the Manor (possibly) passed to his nephew Henry
| Soothill, Thomas Hartley | Ref 400-1043 |
Born 2nd August 1812.
On 14th February 1831, he married Ellen Barrett [1805-1871] in Halifax.
Children:
Family stories tell that ...
Thomas liked both food and drink, and was a short fat man at age of 50-60 years.He was clever man, in his line, but restless.
He went to America and fought with the Northern Army in the Civil War.
He crossed the border to Canada.
He worked his way around by selling blacking & ink.
He finally returned to England.
Sons William and Abraham set him up in Halifax for general dyeing of worn garments, and so on. But he gave that up.
He neglected and deserted his wife
Ellen died 25th June 1871 (aged 67).
He died in Leeds [8th June 1873] (aged 61).
The couple were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 3540] with some of their Soothill grandchildren
This & associated entries use material contributed by Rayner Soothill
| Soothill, Dr Victor Farrar | Ref 400-1251 |
Son of Professor William Edward Soothill.
He was a medical practitioner and Medical Officer of Health for Norwich
In 1916, he married Katherine H. Bradfield.
Children:
This & associated entries use material contributed by Ivan Birch & Julian Farrar
| Soothill, W. | Ref 400-129 |
He married Unknown.
| Soothill, Walter | Ref 400-1047 |
Born in Halifax [9th January 1866].
On 9th April 1898, he married (1) Laura Beckett at the Methodist Free Church, Southport.
Laura was born in Holt, Erpingham, Norfolk [16th July 1864]
The couple went to Australia.
Laura died in Perth, Australia [26th September 1935].
In 1938, he married (2) Margaret Wilkinson Farrar [1903-1977].
Margaret was born on 3rd July 1903
Walter died in Sydney, Australia [20th April 1951].
Margaret died in Oxford [24th April 1977]
This & associated entries use material contributed by Rayner Soothill
| Soothill, William | Ref 400-1250 |
Born in Halifax [28th August 1835].
He was a worsted dyer [1851] / a stuff presser [1871] / a lay-preacher of the United Methodist Free Church / a Methodist New Connexion lay minister [1871] / a cloth-presser [1881].
In 1851, he and his brothers David & Abraham were living together at 17 Wesley Street, Halifax.
On 2nd October 1858, he married Margaret Ashworth [1839-1919] in Halifax.
Margaret was born in Halifax [30th October 1839], the daughter of ?? & Mary Ashworth [1818-8th September 1879]
Children:
They lived at
Living with them [in 1861] was William's brother Abraham.
William died 28th May 1893.
Probate records show that he left effects valued at £339 15/-.
Margaret died 18th April 1919 was interred at Bandon Hill, Surrey, and is remembered on the family grave
He & the children ‡ were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 104].
The children ★ were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 3540] with their Soothill grandparents, grandmother Mary Ashworth [1818-1879] and Elizabeth Baxendale [1796-1875]
This & associated entries use material contributed by Ivan Birch & Rayner Soothill
| Soothill, William Edward | Ref 400-454 |
He became a distinguished Chinese scholar
This & associated entries use material contributed by Ivan Birch & Julian Farrar
| Families |
| The Soothill family | Ref 400-1896 |
Another branch of the family – Henry Sothill - were Lords of the Manor of Clifton.
See: Brearley Hall, Luddendenfoot / Gilbert Lacy / Mr Soothill / Sir Gerard Soothill / Thomas de Soothill / de Sothill family / Sothill
| Surname |
| Soothill surname | Ref 400-1 |
Entries for people with this and similar surnames are shown in a separate Foldout
The name probably originated in Dewsbury
There are 23 entries on the Calderdale Companion for people with the surname Soothill, as discussed in this SideTrack. This count does not include other forms of the surname.
Unattached BMDs for SoothillMarriage 1862
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