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Name: John SOUL (SOLE, SOULE or SEWELL)

Date and place of birth: 1825 Cheltenham, Gloucestershire

Names of parents: John SOUL and Mary

Date and place of baptism: Despite searching lots of parishes in and around Cheltenham, this has never been found. Possibly non-conformist as he wasn't married in Parish Church.

Details of marriage: 3 Feb 1845 at Salem Baptist Chapel, Cheltenham, Glos to Clementina Murray BARTRAM. Both single, full ages. His father’s occupation: Clothes Dealer. Witnesses: John Brown, Mary Brown.

Occupation: Tailor & Journeyman Tailor

Addresses where they lived:
1841 Census: Cleveland Passage, Cheltenham, Glos
1845: 14 St Paul Street South, Cheltenham
1851 Census: Albion Street, Cheltenham
1852: 3 Albert Street, St Pauls, Cheltenham
1858: 7 Kington Cottages, Cheltenham
1861 Census: 4 Kington Cottages, Cheltenham
1871 Census: 15 Hanover Street, Cheltenham
1881 Census: 24 Albert Street, Cheltenham
1882: 24 Albert Street, St Pauls, Cheltenham

Date, place and cause of death: 6 May 1882, Cheltenham General Hospital. Calculus in bladder, Sithotomy, Peritonitis, Certified by H Ewbank MRCS.

Date and place of burial: 13 May 1882, St Mary’s, Cheltenham

Details of will: Not found

Memorial inscription: Not found

John seems to have been involved in the Chartist movement. A John SOUL, Tailor of 7 Russell’s Court, Cheltenham was nominated to the General Council [source: The Northern Start and Leeds General Advertiser, Jan 1842]