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Thomas Lancaster Blacksmith in 1897 info Please!

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kidsnpets

kidsnpets Report 5 Sep 2008 15:47

Hi i am trying to find more details of Thomas Lancaster, who was a Blacksmith in Heath, parish of Warmfield on the 1897 Whites Directory. would like information on his family.
all help is greatly appreciated.
Many thanks
Bev

Diddydoris

Diddydoris Report 5 Sep 2008 15:50

1901 England Census about Thomas Lancaster
Name: Thomas Lancaster
Age: 60
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1841
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Mary
Gender: Male
Where born: Ripon, Yorkshire, England
Civil Parish: Warmfield With Heath
Ecclesiastical parish: Warmfield St Peter
Town: Warmfield
County/Island: Yorkshire
Country: England
Street address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status:

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Registration district: Wakefield
Sub registration district: Normanton
ED, institution, or vessel: 3
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 85
Household Members:
Name Age
Albert Bennett Lancaster 23
Frank Lancaster 18
Harry Baines Lancaster 19
Mary Lancaster 48
Ralph Lancaster 24
Thomas Lancaster 60
Walter Lancaster 15

Diddydoris

Diddydoris Report 5 Sep 2008 15:53

1891 England Census about Thomas Lancaster
Name: Thomas Lancaster
Age: 50
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1841
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Annie
Gender: Male
Where born: Ripon, Yorkshire, England
Civil Parish: Warmfield
Ecclesiastical parish: Warmfield
Town: Heath
County/Island: Yorkshire
Country: England
Street address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status:

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Registration district: Wakefield
Sub registration district: Sandal
ED, institution, or vessel: 11
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
Albert Lancaster 13
Annie Lancaster 41
Frank Lancaster 9
George B Lancaster 23
Harry Lancaster 10
Herbert Lancaster 11
Ralph Lancaster 14
Thomas Lancaster 50
Walter Lancaster 5

Diddydoris

Diddydoris Report 5 Sep 2008 15:55

1881 England Census about Thomas Lancaster
Name: Thomas Lancaster
Age: 40
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1841
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Annie
Gender: Male
Where born: Ripon, Yorkshire, England
Civil Parish: Warmfield Cum Heath
County/Island: Yorkshire
Country: England
Street address: Heath
Condition as to marriage: Married
Education:

Employment status:

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Occupation: Blacksmith
Registration district: Wakefield
Sub registration district: Sandal
ED, institution, or vessel: 17
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
William Carter 23
Albert Bennett Lancaster 3
Annie Lancaster 32
George Bashforth Lancaster 18
Herbert Thomas Lancaster 1
Ralph Lancaster 4
Thomas Lancaster 40
Hannah Wilson 16 servant

Diddydoris

Diddydoris Report 5 Sep 2008 15:58

1871 England Census about Thomas Lancaster
Name: Thomas Lancaster
Age: 30
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1841
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Martha
Gender: Male
Where born: Ripon, Yorkshire, England
Civil Parish: Warmfield With Heath
Town: Heath
County/Island: Yorkshire
Country: England
Street address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Disability:

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Registration district: Wakefield
Sub registration district: Sandal
ED, institution, or vessel: 12
Household schedule number: 36
Household Members:
Name Age
Arthur Kent 18 servant
George Lancaster 3
Jane Lancaster 21 boarder
Martha Lancaster 42
Thomas Lancaster 30
William Lancaster 23 boarder

Diddydoris

Diddydoris Report 5 Sep 2008 15:59

Blimey he's on his 3rd wife in 1901

Diddydoris

Diddydoris Report 5 Sep 2008 16:06

I reckon this could be him, working as a "Plough Boy"

1861 England Census about Thomas Lancaster
Name: Thomas Lancaster
Age: 19
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1842
Relation: Servant
Gender: Male
Where born: Renton, Yorkshire, England
Civil Parish: Cundall With Leckby
County/Island: Yorkshire
Country: England
Street address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

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Registration district: Ripon
Sub registration district: Dishforth
ED, institution, or vessel: 4
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 40

Diddydoris

Diddydoris Report 5 Sep 2008 16:07

Most likely him in 1851

1851 England Census about Thomas Lancaster
Name: Thomas Lancaster
Age: 10
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1841
Relation: Son
Father's Name: Ralph
Mother's Name: Mary
Gender: Male
Where born: Ripon, Yorkshire, England
Civil Parish: Ripon
County/Island: Yorkshire
Country: England
Street address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Disability:

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Registration district: Ripon
Sub registration district: Markington
ED, institution, or vessel: 3g
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 96
Household Members:
Name Age
Jane Lancaster 12
Maria Lancaster 6
Mary Lancaster 36
Mary Ann Lancaster 8
Ralph Lancaster 36
Thomas Lancaster 10
William Lancaster 3

kidsnpets

kidsnpets Report 5 Sep 2008 16:46

Hi
DiddyDoris,
thanks so much for your help, this is for my children as this is there fathers side and no one seemed to know much except he was a Blacksmith in the wakefield area, at some time either Thomas or one of his sons moved to Fulham Area of london not sure when somewhere about 1900?
i can well believe he was married 3 times there are still members of the family following in there ancestors footsteps!!
thanks any thing else you can find would be a great help.
many thanks
bev

kidsnpets

kidsnpets Report 5 Sep 2008 16:48

hi do you have an address where he was living in 1901,
thanks
bev

kidsnpets

kidsnpets Report 5 Sep 2008 21:25

Hi Magnolia,
thanks again for the information, i have to try and work out now which one of the sons went to Fulham area of London and become an Electrician.
thanks very much
bev

Diddydoris

Diddydoris Report 6 Sep 2008 01:51

If you pm me with your email I'll send you a copy of the 1901 census, the address looks something like "Heath of ____field"?