John Soulsby born July 18, 1742 Chester le Street, County Durham, England married Margaret Skipsey born December 26, 1737 Gateshead, County Durham, England; on December 02, 1765. research has proved at least two children : Matthew Soulsby born January 12, 1770 Chatershaugh, Fatfield, Chester le Street, County Durham, England. Edward Soulsby born September 03, 1775 Chester le Street, County Durham, England.
Matthew SOULSBY b: 1770 Chester le Street, Co.Durham, Eng.
d: 1846 Low Moorsley, Co.Durham, Eng.
+ Jane Pattison b: 1780 Chester le Street, Co.Durham, Eng.
m: 1798 Chester le Street, Co.Durham, Eng.
children :
1. John SOULSBY b:1809 Fatfield, County Durham, England
...+Mary Ann CURRY b:1815 Washington, County Durham, England
2. Edward Soulsby b: 1799 Durham, England
d: 1813 Fatfield, County Durham, England
3. Mary Ann Soulsby b: 1802 Durham, England
4. Matthew Soulsby b: 1805 Durham, England
d: 1813 Fatfield, County Durham, England
5. William Soulsby b: 1807 Durham, England
6. Thomas Soulsby b: 1812 Durham, England
7. Mary Ann Soulsby b: 1812 Durham, England
8. Edward Soulsby b: 1816 Chester le Street, County Durham, England
d: Bef. 1857 possibly PA in USA
John SOULSBY b:1809 Fatfield, County Durham, England
...+Mary Ann CURRY b:1815 Washington, County Durham, England
children :
1. William Soulsby b: 1836 Moorsley, County Durham, England
2. Jane Soulsby b: 1838 Low Moorsley, County Durham, England
3. John Soulsby b: 1840 Thornley, County Durham, England
4. Thomas Soulsby b: 1843 Thornley, County Durham, England
d: 1930 Philadelphia, PA
5. Emma Maria Soulsby b: 1846 Low Moorsley, County Durham, England
6. Edward Soulsby b: 1849 Low Moorsley, County Durham, England
7. Mary Ann Soulsby b: 1851 England
8. Margaret Soulsby b: 1855 Low Moorsley, County Durham, England
9. Elizabeth Soulsby b: 1858 Low Moorsley, County Durham, England
Thomas SOULSBY b:1843 Thornley, County Durham, England
d:1930 Philadelphia, PA
+ Margaret Griefson b:1845 Wingate, County Durham, England
d:1917 Scranton, PA
children :
1. Margaret Ann SOULSBY b: 1867 Moorsley, County Durham, England
d: in PA
2. Elizabeth G. SOULSBY b: 1869 Moorsley, County Durham, England
d: in PA
3. Thomas SOULSBY, Jr. b: 1871 Moorsley, County Durham, England
d: 1930 Scranton, PA
4. John SOULSBY b: 1873 Moorsley,County Durham, England
d: 1936 PA
5. Jennie(Jane) SOULSBY b:1876 Moorsley, County Durham, England
d: 1904 PA
6. Emma SOULSBY b: 1879 Moorsley, County Durham, England
d: 1962 PA
7. Robert SOULSBY b: 1881 England
d: 1938 PA
8. Matthew SOULSBY b: 1886 PA
d: PA
9. Edith SOULSBY b: 1887 PA
d: 1956 PA
Jennie(Jane) SOULSBY b: 1876 Moorsley, County Durham, England
d: 1904 Scranton, Lackawanna, PA
+ William Richard Thomas b: 1876 Dauphin, PA
d: 1929 PA
children :
1. Robert William Thomas b: 1898 Scranton, Lackawanna, PA
d: 1926 Scranton, Lackawanna, PA
2. Ethel Thomas b: 1902 Scranton, Lackawanna, PA
d: 1959 Baltimore, MD
After the death of Jennie, William remarried Ruth J. (Jenkins) Hastings.
They married after 1910 in Lackawanna PA.
They had one child, Ester THOMAS b: abt 1912.
Links to other sites on the Web
MY INDEX PAGE
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Eric McKeever's MINE COUNTRY
Boxing Day
THE SOULSBY FAMILY
A very special thank you to my English cousins Robert Soulsby and Leonard Soulsby for opening new doors on information on the Soulsby family !!!"From across the pond..." County Durham, England-1881 Census: located at 26 Finsbury St., Monkwearmouth. SOULSBY...Thomas...Head.. 37...Coal Miner...DUR...Thornley " ...Marg.....Wife.. 35 ...............DUR...Wingate " ...Mgt. Ann..Da. ..14 ............. " ...Moorsley " ...Eliz. G...Da. ..12 .............. " ... " " ...Thomas...Son.... 9 .............. " ... " " ...John.....Son.... 7 ............. " ... " " ...Jane......Da.... 5 ............... " ... " " ...Emma......Da.....2 .............. " ... " Filed in the Lackawanna County Courthouse in Scranton, PA. is the naturalization papers filed by Thomas Soulsby. It states he arrived in the port of New York on the 6th day of October, 1880. Thomas filed for US Citizenship on the 29th of September, 1884. The 1900 Scranton City directory shows Emma M., Thomas, and Thomas jr. Soulsby residing at 1529 Meylert Ave. Scranton, PA. Thomas and Thomas jr. are listed as miners. December 30, 1911, at the age of 67, Thomas was a miner at the Von Storch Colliery. His leg and arm was fractured by a fall of roof on gangway road while blasting down roof. (proof was found in the 1911 mining reports of Pennsylvania) Taken from The Scranton Times:dated March 29, 1930. Obituaries. The funeral of Thomas Soulsby, who died at the home of his daughter, Mr. William Tait, Philadelphia, Thursday, will be from Williams Funeral Home, 715 Electric Street... Burial, Forest Hill Cemetery. Mr. Soulsby, was formerly of this city, where he located in 1882 following his arrival in America from Durham, England, where he was born. He leaves the following daughters: Mrs. Margaret Schoonover, this city; Mrs. William Tait, Philadelphia; Miss Emma, Scranton; Mrs. George Merkle, Dunmore; sons: Thomas Jr., Robert, and Matthew, all of Scranton. Story has it that Robert Soulsby celebrated his second birthday aboard ship on the family journey to America. This would put the family traveling in 1882.
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