Thomas Gillett (1873?-1931)

  • Name:

  • Thomas Gillett

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

Individual Events and Attributes

  • Birth:

  • 1873 (cal)

  • Bethnel Green, Middlesex1 2

  • Witness:

  • 13 Feb 1916 (age 42-43)

  • Thomas witnessed the Marriage of Bertie Benjamin Hemsworth and Ethel Maud Tomlinson

  • Death:

  • 1931 (age 56)

  • Shoreditch, London3

Marriage

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Spouse: Louisa Thornton

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1910, Register Entry for Marriage of Thomas Gillett and Louisa Tomlinson

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1911, 1911 Census for Household of Thomas Gillett in Bethnal Green, London

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1921, 1921 Census for Household of Thomas Gillett in Shoreditch, London

  • Spouse:

  • Louisa Thornton (1867-1939)

  • Marriage:

  • 25 Sep 1910 (age 37)

  • Holy Trinity Church1 4

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  • Address: Hackney, London

    Thomas was the husband of the bride's sister Rebecca. Ethel was the sister of the bride's late husband William Tomlinson. Why there were no witnesses from the groom's side is not known. However, his father was dead so it is possible that he had no immediate family in the area. Louisa's father was also dead (although the register entry does not record him as being deceased) having died in Bethnal Green Workhouse the previous February. It is possible that she had lost touch with her father and was unaware of his death. Her mother was also dead.

  • Census for household:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 38)

  • Bethnal Green, London2

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  • Address: 57 Gibraltar Walk

    The household consisted of Thomas, his wife Louisa and Louisa's children, by her previous marriage to William Tomlinson, Louisa (age 21), Alice (age 20), Ethel (age 18), William (age 15), May (age 13), Arthur (age 12), Ernest (age 9) and Winifred (age 4).

  • Census for household:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 48)

  • Shoreditch, London5

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  • Address: 221 Hackney Road

    The household consisted of Thomas, his wife Louisa, their daughter Gladys (age 9), Louisa's children from her previous marriage to William Tomlinson, William (age 25), Ernie (age 20) and Winnie (age 14). They also had a servant Annie Treddwell.

Sources

1.

Parish Register for Marriage of Thomas Gillett and Louise Tomlinson, Holy Trinity, Hackney, London, 25 December 1910, London Metropolitan Archives.

2.

1911 England, Wales & Scotland census, 57 Gibraltar Walk, Bethnal Green, London, RG14/1384, head of household: Thomas Gillett, National Archives.

3.

England and Wales Death Registration Index, Thomas Gillett, Q1 1931, Shoreditch , Vol 1c, Page 102, General Register Office.

4.

England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, Thomas Gillett and Louisa Tomlinson, Q4 1910, Hackney, Vol. 1b Page 775, General Register Office.

5.

1921 England, Wales & Scotland census, 221 Hackney Road, Shoreditch, London, RG15/01377, Schedule 182, head of household: Thomas Gillett, National Archives.