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Has anyone any information of my great great grandparents Frank and Elizabeth they had children Thomas, Walter and Ethel...they were Watermen in Richmond Surrey. My sister and I are trying to trace back. Thank you xx

Do you have any rough dates of birth for the children or Frank & Elizabeth?

Maybe? Frank is a fisher-something!

1901 England Census

Name: Frank Thompson
Age: 39
Estimated birth year: abt 1862
Relation: Head
Spouse's name: Elizabeth
Gender: Male
Where born: Ipswich, Suffolk, England

Civil parish: St Helen
Ecclesiastical parish: St Helen
Town: Ipswich
County/Island: Suffolk

Registration district: Ipswich
Sub-registration district: Ipswich Eastern

Frank Thompson 39
Elizabeth Thompson 38
Walter Thompson 14
Elizabeth Thompson 13
Charles Thompson 12
Albert Thompson 8
Joe Thompson 7
Ethel Thompson 5
Willie Thompson 2

Better - Frank a boatbuilder and waterman:

1891 England Census

Name: Frank Thompson
Age: 43
Estimated birth year: abt 1848
Relation: Head
Gender: Male
Where born: Richmond, Surrey, England

Civil parish: Richmond
Ecclesiastical parish: Holy Trinity
County/Island: Surrey

Registration district: Richmond
Sub-registration district: Richmond

Frank Thompson 43
Thomas F Thompson 18
Walter G Thompson 16
Ethel G Thompson 13
Nellie Bartram 21
Herbert J Bartram 1

1881 England Census

Name: Frank Thompson
Age: 36
Estimated birth year: abt 1845
Relation: Head
Spouse's name: Elizth.
Gender: Male
Where born: Richmond, Surrey, England

Civil parish: Richmond
County/Island: Surrey
Country: England

Street Address: 3 St Helena Cottages
Condition as to marriage: Married

Occupation: Waterman & Boat Builder

Registration district: Richmond
Sub-registration district: Richmond

Frank Thompson 36
Elizth. Thompson 28
Thomas F. Thompson 8
Walter G. Thompson 5
Ethel G. Thompson 3

Frank 1871? Occ waterman, unmarried:

1871 England Census

Name: Frank Thompson
Age: 26
Estimated birth year: abt 1845
Relation: Brother
Gender: Male
Where born: Richmond, Surrey, England
Civil parish: Richmond
Ecclesiastical parish: St Mary
Town: Richmond
County/Island: Surrey
Country: England
Registration district: Richmond
Sub-registration district: Richmond

Henry Redknap 37
Martha Redknap 31
Henry Redknap 13
Alfred Redknap 8
Emily Redknap 6
Alice Redknap 4
Martha Redknap 8 months
Frank Thompson 26

Thank you so much, could you tell me how you got so much information please, because now we know this Elizabeth was born in Arabia (Aden) how do we get those???/

Just got the info from Ancestry. Not sure about births in Aden! A first step would be to sort out her maiden name I would say. If necessary you could get this birth cert:

Births Dec 1875 (>99%)
Thompson Walter George Richmond, S. 2a 310

Jan