RootsChat.Com
General => The Common Room => Topic started by: cjackson100 on Wednesday 28 November 18 13:33 GMT (UK)
-
I am trying to find out what happened to Joseph Thompson Birth possibly between 1817/1821 don't know where.
He Married a Hannah Nicholson in Leeds 2 March 1840, and he was a weaver, His father was called John Thompson, and her father Christopher Nicholson, both weavers, (don't know anymore about them)
On 21 December 1840 they had a daughter Mary Ann Thompson, born Leeds, mothers maiden name Nicholson.
On the 1841 census, they were all living at Leeds, and Joseph is a Linen weaver, and it looks like there is an F in the where born.
Cannot find an 1851 Census.
In 1861 Hannah and Mary Ann are now calling themselves Nicholson and living in Sheffield, there is also a grandson John Henry Thompson birth 1860 no mothers maiden name, called Nicholson on the census. No sign of Joseph Thompson.
On 16 April 1866 Mary Ann Thompson married a Samuel Clayton at St Phillips Church Sheffield, her father is Joseph Thompson a weaver (doesn't say deceased)
On the 1871 census Samuel and Mary Ann have 2 children, plus John Henry Nicholson aged 11 and Hannah Nicholson aged 59.
On the 1881 census Samuel and Mary, are now calling John Henry Clayton? also have 5 other children and Hannah Nicholson Mother in law is now 69.
On the 1891 census Samuel and Mary are with 3 children plus a boarder.
Hannah by this time may have died. And I don't know what happened to John Henry.
Also on every census Hannah was born at different places in Yorkshire.
Any help would be much appreciated
Christine
-
Was that marriage the only document that he appears on?
what does it give for age, parent, witness names?
Residence?
-
Is this Joseph and Hannah with their first child in 1841?? Living at Windsor Street, Leeds,
Joseph Thompson 20 Linen Weaver Yorkshire
Hannah Thompson Female 25
Mary Thompson Female 1
Kay
-
I looked at that census, thought that Hannah would have to have been in labour going up the aisle to have a 1-y-old by the 1841 census. Not impossible
Did you look at the child's age carefully?
THOMPSON, MARY ANN NICHOLSON 1841 M Quarter in LEEDS Volume 23 Page 377
-
The marriage details :
2nd March 1840 Leeds
Joseph Thompson/ full / bach / weaver/ Windsor Street / father John Thompson weaver
Hannah Nicholson / full / spin / - / Windsor Street / father Christopher Nicholson weaver
witnesses : John Nicholson / Mary Thompson
That fits with 1841 census.
-
I looked at that census, thought that Hannah would have to have been in labour going up the aisle to have a 1-y-old by the 1841 census. Not impossible
Did you look at the child's age carefully?
THOMPSON, MARY ANN NICHOLSON 1841 M Quarter in LEEDS Volume 23 Page 377
I agree if it is the right family that the child would be only 1 month old at the time of the census! The age of her is listed as one on the image - Could they have forgotten to add - months??
Kay
-
I think the 1841 census is correct as their address is Windsor Street on the marriage ( see previous reply # 4).
Possible baptism :
Mary Ann Thompson born 21 Dec 1840 , bap. 22 Feb 1841 Leeds St Peter , Joseph Thompson , stuff weaver , and Hannah of York Road .
-
Thank you for all your replies, I think I posted this message. and then had to go back and modify it, so I may have put some more information on but still, no more info about Joseph.
I will have a look at the witnesses on the marriage document.
regards
Chris
-
I looked at that census, thought that Hannah would have to have been in labour going up the aisle to have a 1-y-old by the 1841 census. Not impossible
Did you look at the child's age carefully?
THOMPSON, MARY ANN NICHOLSON 1841 M Quarter in LEEDS Volume 23 Page 377
I agree if it is the right family that the child would be only 1 month old at the time of the census! The age of her is listed as one on the image - Could they have forgotten to add - months??
Kay
More than one baby in my family tree have ages as years instead of months in census transcriptions. One of them died in the month after the census; GRO index has him aged 5. I'd already found his baptism and burial record before I searched for registration of his birth and death.
1841 census was taken in summer.