The Thomas Wood s sear h

[Girl Guide]

Just so that you know, Aveley is in the Orsett registration district.

There is a baptism for Thomas Wood in Aveley in 1833

Record set   Essex Baptism Index 1538-1920
First name(s)   Thomas
Last name   Wood
Baptism year   1833
County   Essex
Country   England
Place   Aveley
Mother's first name(s)   Hannah
Father's first name(s)   William
Father's last name   Wood
Baptism date   20 Oct 1833
Father's occupation   Labourer
Residence   Aveley

However I get the impression that the Thomas you are following has a father also called Thomas?

[Wesbear]

Yes I looked into that one thank you but thought it probably wasn’t right. The marriage to Alice Mary Oddy states father as Thomas Wood but the marriage to Caroline Tomlin that has been suggested says father William Wood. A nice unusual middle name would have helped 🤣😂

[jim1]

The 2 Thomas Wood Marriages are definitely the same person despite
the father's name difference.
Thomas Jnr. was Baptised Jan. 1868 parents Thomas & Caroline (Tomlin).
He then appears again in 1871 with father Thomas & Alice with
Esther Oddy sister-in-Law.
That's enough circumstantial evidence on it's own.
Being a year or two out on a death cert. is quite common as it's only as good
as the person giving the information.
In my view the 2 signatures are the same.

The only birth I found in Aveley 1831 for a Thomas Wood father William I followed through and came to the conclusion it wasn’t him.

I haven't looked at the Aveley birth so why have you discounted it.

[LizzieL]

If Thomas was actually born around 1820, there is a baptism in Aveley for a Thomas Wood s/o William and Heneretta (sic) on 9 Apr 1822. William and Henrietta are on 1841 census both aged 40 (but due to rounding could be between 40 and 44) with (presumed) children Jane 17, Joseph 11,  William 6 and Lucy 5 months. William is Ag lab, all born in county.

[LizzieL]

In 1851, the enumerator's handwriting is very bad. William's wife is just down as N. Joseph and William are still at home. With them is a nephew James Pavett 22 and 2 lodgers

[LizzieL]

In 1861 William and Henrietta with no children at home. With them is Jacob Pavit 58 single b Aveley, relationship is hard to read but could be Br in l. Also several lodgers - don't look related. Henrietta b abt 1799, Little Thurrock or Chadwell.

[LizzieL]

The 2 Thomas Wood Marriages are definitely the same person despite
the father's name difference.
Thomas Jnr. was Baptised Jan. 1868 parents Thomas & Caroline (Tomlin).
He then appears again in 1871 with father Thomas & Alice with
Esther Oddy sister-in-Law.
That's enough circumstantial evidence on it's own.
Being a year or two out on a death cert. is quite common as it's only as good
as the person giving the information.
In my view the 2 signatures are the same.

The only birth I found in Aveley 1831 for a Thomas Wood father William I followed through and came to the conclusion it wasn’t him.

I haven't looked at the Aveley birth so why have you discounted it.

I can't find a baptism in Aveley for a Thomas in 1831, there is one on 20th Oct 1833 , son of William and Hannah. But this Thomas was buried on 19 September 1835. The vicar has been specific that his age is 1 year and 11 months. It is also noted he died of smallpox. So it looks like the older Thomas is the only candidate.

[LizzieL]

If Thomas was actually born around 1820, there is a baptism in Aveley for a Thomas Wood s/o William and Heneretta (sic) on 9 Apr 1822. William and Henrietta are on 1841 census both aged 40 (but due to rounding could be between 40 and 44) with (presumed) children Jane 17, Joseph 11,  William 6 and Lucy 5 months. William is Ag lab, all born in county.

In 1841 relationships aren't recorded. I have now found Lucy's baptism, she is Jane's illegitimate daughter not William and Henrietta's child.

[LizzieL]

Both William and Henrietta died in 1880. Jacob Pavitt as single looks like an error. Jacob Pavitt married Jane Wood in Dartford, Kent on 22 Oct 1827. The James Pavitt who was with the Woods on the 1851 census was their son. Jane must have died, because Jacob Pavitt widower married Mabel Argent widow again at Dartford on 17 Nov 1839. Jacob and Mabel are together in Aveley in 1841 and 1851.