There was a Thomas H Dodd receiving an army pension on17 April 1879. He was a viewer? In R S A factory
RSA ought to be Royal Small Arms Factory.
It says Thos H Dodd was age 57 on retirement.
A possible?
Thomas Henry Dodd in Aston in 1871. Piece 3147 folio 75 page 52.
Age 48, Gun Maker, born Birmingham.
Wife is Louisa, born Bow, London.
Children born in Essex, Jersey, Dublin, Pimlico, and Aston.
He and his family are still in Aston in 1881.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q27N-J3Q7This could be the Pimlico born daughter's birth reg
DODD, EMILY LUCY
Mother's Maiden Surname: HASELDEN
GRO Reference: 1864 D Quarter in WESTMINSTER Volume 01A Page 319
There is a catholic baptism in Dublin, 9 April 1856
Thomas John Dodd, born 29 March
Father Thos Henry Dodd
Mother Louisa Haselden
Residence Linen Hall Barrack
Number 1098
https://registers.nli.ie//registers/vtls000633591#page/76/mode/1upA baptism in Jersey, 1 Jan 1853, of daughter Louisa (is on ancestry)
Father Thomas Henry Dodd, Armoury Sergeant in the 58th Regt of Foot
Mother Louisa Haselden
1891 census, Aston
Thomas H Dodd, Head, Widower, 70, Pensioner, born Birmingham
His son Thomas J Dodd, and his daughter in law are with him.
Says Thomas junior born in Pimlico, rather than Dublin!
There's a death of a Thomas Henry Dodd in Aston in 1892. Age 65, which is rather lower than in the other records.