Thomas Hamilton Garside- Writer & Social Reformer

[paperscissorsstone]

Would appreciate any information relating to family/background of writer & social reformer Thomas Hamilton Garside born c 1855-1863 Died Chelsea 1927. Lived Lower Broughton Salford Manchester. Unitarian/Methodist preacher Ireland. American Wife Emma Goldman of Pennsylvania. Married Philadelphia 1884. US Textile Union President Great Strike of 1890.
Led "Showman's Litigation" case versus Landlords 1904-06 as Chr of Lancs & Cheshire Society of Stallholders. Published "Horrors of Ancoats" 1893 (LSE Liberal Party Archive) exposing exploitation of tenants by Manchester Corp. 1918 co-author with James Hogge MP of influential War Pensions Report. Secretary Fed of Discharged & Disabled Sailors & Soldiers.[img][img]- But where/when was he born (non-conformist record) His parents photo att simply says "Mr & Mrs Garside" ?

[acorngen]

A quick google search would suggest he was born in Northern England or Scotland.  Has there are no suitable matches or rather matches that jump out I would ask someone with a sub to the scottish people site to have a look there in the OPR's

Rob

[acorngen]

On the 1901 census he lists his birthplace as Oldham and the year of birth would suggest 1864.  A search of FreeBMD using these details gives a Thomas Garside born in Oldham reg District Dec 1863 in Oldham.  These would fit his census entry.  Has an educated man, and a teacher of Mathmatics I would expect his ability to count be better than the average man at this time and therefore I would probably order this certficate or check a baptism record

Rob

[acorngen]

There is a ships record for him entering Canada where he gave his age as 49 and therefore a year of birth as 1872.  He travelled with a lady some 18 years his junior who is given as Hather.  His destination was a town in British Columbia and his occupation was a journalist.  he had been to Canada before in 1890

Rob

[GailB]

There is a tree on Ancestry that has the birth certificate on. Parents Edmund Garside and Betty Taylor. Edmund was a Carter not sure this would be right.

[acorngen]

Yes and there are others with birth certs on as well with different parents.  None of which fit as the birth dates are not correct or place of birth doesnt match what is known from his own biography

[GailB]

Death registered 1927 Chelsea London 1a 430 age 64 which gives birth abt 1863 which fits the birth certificate on the tree on Ancestry.

Maybe he told porkies in his biography

[acorngen]

His biography says 1863 has his birth year as well.  I just find it funny that all the trees on Ancestry list the same parents yet there are 2 different birth certs and one with clearly different parents names than what the poster as put in his tree. 

Rob

[GailB]

Hmmmm now seen the second birth certificate which was registered in Huddersfield. Parents on that are Alexander Garside and Ellen Sykes.