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Name:
Thomas English
Sex:
Male
Father:
Mother:
Birth:
Address: Hoxton, Middlesex
His birth registration gives the Registration District as Shoreditch. Hoxton which became a separate parish when the church of St. John the Baptist was built to the design of Francis Edwards in 1822-6.
Birth Reg:
Jun 1852 (age 0)
The 1871 Census give his bithplace as Hoxton which is a sub-district of Shoreditch which is shown as the registration district for his birth.
Census (living with mother):
7 Apr 1861 (age 8-9)
1861 Census. Living with mother
Occupation:
2 Apr 1871 (age 18-19)
wire worker; Shoreditch, London5
There is no indication as to the nature of the work. Was it decorative or industrial (e.g. making hawsers). Given the date it was probably decorative.
Census (living with step-father and mother):
2 Apr 1871 (age 18-19)
Census for household
Occupation:
frm 1872 to 1885 (age 19-33)
He is shown as a vat moker in his marriage register and the 1881 Census. Presumable given his previous occupation as wire woprker they were metal vats.
Parent:
21 May 1876 (age 23-24)
Baptism of daughter Julia
Occupation:
aft 1886 (age 33-34)
boot trade; Hoxton, Shoreditch, London8
In what capacity is not shown - presumably not as a cobbler which is a skilled occupation. Judging from the conditions in which the family were living in the 1891 Census it was poorly paid. It would seem from his previous occupations that he took work wherever he could find it.
1873, Register Entry for Marriage of Thomas English and Julia Lipscomb
1881, 1881 Census for Household of Thomas English
1891, 1891 Census for Household of Thomas English in Shoreditch, London
Spouse:
Children:
Marriage:
22 Dec 1873 (age 21)
Address: Shoreditch, Middlesex
The relationship of the witnesses to the couple is not known - probably friends. The bride's parents and the groom's mother (his father was dead) probably attended but who else was there is not known,
Census for household:
3 Apr 1881 (age 28-29)
Hoxton Old Town, Shoreditch, London10
Address: 64 Bevenden Street
The household consisted of Thomas, his wife Julia, and their children Thomas (age 6), Julia (age 4) & Fredrick (age 2). According to the census return all the children were at school! However, it is doubtful whether Frederick was at school. The family shared the house with two other families, one of 8 and the other of 4, making 17 in all. There is no indication as to the size of the house.
Census for household:
5 Apr 1891 (age 38-39)
Hoxton, Shoreditch, London11
Address: 17 Moores Buildings
The household consisted of Thomas, his wife Julia and their children Thomas 16, Julia 14, Frederick 12, Emma 7 and Adelaide 6. The flat where they lived in Morres Building had only two rooms and from accounts of similar buildings had communal toilets.
1871 England Census for Household of Hezikiah Dowell in Shoreditch, (Ancestry website). Custom Id: RG10/453, Folio 19, Page 32, Schedule 184; Name, age and place of birth. Cit. Date: 2 April 1871. National Archives.
General Register Office, Civil Registration Index (England & Wales) for Birth of Thomas English, (Period, Apr-Jun 1852). Custom Id: Births 1852 Q2 Shoreditch Vol. 1c, Page 172; Cit. Date: Q2 1852. General Register Office. Call Number: Births.
Ibid. CRI(E&W) for Birth of Thomas English (36)Quarter and Year Apr-Jun 1852Surname EnglishGiven Names ThomasRegistration District Shoreditch. General Register Office. Call Number: Births.
1871 England Census for Household of Hezikiah Dowell in Shoreditch, (Ancestry website). Custom Id: RG10/453, Folio 19, Page 32, Schedule 184; Thomas English age 19 (i.e. born 1852) in Hoxton, Middlesex.Thomas English was the son of Elizabeth Dowell by her first husband Joseph English and thus Hezekiah Dowell's step-son. National Archives.
Ibid. Thomas English employed as a wire worker. National Archives.
1881 Census for Household of Thomas English in Shoreditch, London, (Ancestry website). Custom Id: RG11/392, Folio , Page 11, Schedule 67; Thomas English employed as a vat maker. National Archives. Call Number: RG11/392.
Parish Register for Marriage of Thomas English and Julia Lipscomb, St James, Shoreditch, Middlesex, 22 December 1873, London Metropolitan Archives.
1891 Census for Household of Thomas English in Shoreditch, London, (Ancestry website). Custom Id: RG12/248, Folio 67, Schedule 159; Thomas English employed in the Boot trade. Cit. Date: 5 April 1891. National Archives. Call Number: RG12/248.
General Register Office, CRI(E&W) for Marriage of Thomas English and Julia Lipscomb, Event Type: Marriage, Registration District: Shoreditch, Volume: 1c, Page: 245, (FreeBMD website). Custom Id: Marriages 1873 Q4 Shoreditch, Vol. 1c, Page 245; Cit. Date: 1873. General Register Office. Call Number: Marriages.
1881 Census for Household of Thomas English in Shoreditch, London, (Ancestry website). Custom Id: RG11/392, Folio , Page 11, Schedule 67; Cit. Date: 3 April 1881. National Archives. Call Number: RG11/392.
1891 Census for Household of Thomas English in Shoreditch, London, (Ancestry website). Custom Id: RG12/248, Folio 67, Schedule 159; Cit. Date: 5 April 1891. National Archives. Call Number: RG12/248.