Thomas HICKS, born 1842, Westwell, Oxon

[JonathanC]

Please can anyone help me find what happens to Thomas after the 1901 census?

Born 1842, Westwell, married Mary SHEPHERD, on all census records 1851 to 1910 inculsive (Westwell, Bampton, Compton Abdale, Filkins, Turkdean, Shipton respectively, he was a Coachman and moved about quite a bit, but always Oxon / Glos).  His wife died 1896, on 1901 census he is living in Shipton, Glos with a housekeeper and her son (surname JAMES).

I know that I'm not allowed to ask for help to find him on the 1911 census, so I'm asking for help to find his death.  FreeBMD has no records which look likely.  Seems unlikely that he went abroad, but who knows...

This old thread refers:
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,565790.10.html

Many thanks for any help.

I have also posted this on the Oxfordshire board.

[Victor Harvey]

Hi,
I couldn't find Thomas HICKS on the 1911 Census, but I did find the following death entry on FreeBMD:-
Thomas HICKS d. 1908 Stow-on-the-Wold 6a 217 Sep Qtr, aged 69.
Might be yours?
Victor

[JonathanC]

Hi,
I couldn't find Thomas HICKS on the 1911 Census, but I did find the following death entry on FreeBMD:-
Thomas HICKS d. 1908 Stow-on-the-Wold 6a 217 Sep Qtr, aged 69.
Might be yours?
Victor

Thanks again.  Thomas is (fairly) consistent with his age on the censuses, (1851=8, 1861=18, 1871=28, 1881=38, 1891=46(!), 1901=58) and I know that he was baptised 13 Nov 1842.  Could still be right...

I know I will have to send for the certificate(s) but would like to narrow things down a bit first.  Is there a website for Gloucestershire burials?

[Victor Harvey]

There isn't a website, but the parish records for Gloucestershire are held at Glos Archives. I could look up the burial for you, but I can't check every parish burial, and would need to know which parish to search.
Victor