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Trying to get infomation on Alfred THOMAS

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Stevotomo

Stevotomo Report 25 Feb 2011 12:33

Please can anyone help me to find information on my granddad Alfred THOMAS born Preston Lancashire in 1894.
Thank You:
Stephen

Flick

Flick Report 25 Feb 2011 12:37

Who did he marry?

What info do you want?

tempest

tempest Report 25 Feb 2011 12:39

a possible??

1911 census Address: 17 Curwen St Preston

Name Relation Condition/ Yrs married Sex Age Birth Year Occupation Where Born

THOMAS, Frederick Head Married M 38 1873 Electrical Insulation Maker Bootle Lancashire
THOMAS, Mary Alice Wife Married 18 years F 36 1875 Preston Lancashire
THOMAS, Alfred Son Single M 17 1894 Wire Worker Preston Lancashire
THOMAS, Robert Edward Son Single M 15 1896 Market Gardener Preston Lancashire
THOMAS, Frederick Son M 13 1898 School Preston Lancashire
THOMAS, Allen Son M 9 1902 Preston Lancashire
THOMAS, Edith Daughter F 7 1904 Preston Lancashire
THOMAS, Elizabeth Daughter F 6 1905 Preston Lancashire

Flick

Flick Report 25 Feb 2011 12:39

Is this him?

1901

Name: Alfred Thomas
Age: 7
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1894
Relation: Son
Father's Name: Frederick Thomas
Mother's Name: Mary Alice Thomas
Gender: Male
Where born: Preston, Lancashire, England

Civil parish: Preston
Ecclesiastical parish: St Luke
County/Island: Lancashire
Country: England


Registration district: Preston
Sub-registration district: Trinity
ED, institution, or vessel: 32
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 136
Household Members: Name Age
Frederick Thomas 28
Mary Alice Thomas 26
Alfred Thomas 7
Robert Edwd Thomas 5
Frederick Thomas 3


Stevotomo

Stevotomo Report 25 Feb 2011 12:44

Thank you flick and tempest.
For the quick reply.
He married my grandmum Florence May Pennington in 1919.
My dad last saw him when my dad was 14 in 1934.

Thanks again
Stephen

tempest

tempest Report 25 Feb 2011 12:49

you're very welcome

do you have his birth cert?

England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
about Alfred Thomas Name: Alfred Thomas
Year of Registration: 1894
Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun
District: Preston
County: Lancashire
Volume: 8e
Page: 600

lancashireAnn

lancashireAnn Report 25 Feb 2011 13:12

if you are researching Alfred's ancestors a good site to use is lancashirebmd.org.uk

mothers maiden name is transcribed for ALL birth registrations in Preston

eg your Alfred's mmn = Walmsley

Lancashire Birth indexes for the years: 1894
Surname Forename(s) Sub-District Registers At Mother's Maiden Name Reference
THOMAS Alfred St John Preston WALMSLEY ST.J/30/39

Stevotomo

Stevotomo Report 25 Feb 2011 13:15

Thanks Tempest

It would be fantastic if I could find out what happened to him.
He became a professional musician playing a violin.
His wife my grandmum remarried after Alfred to a Jack Walton.
I am not sure she married after a divorce or a death.

Stephen

Stevotomo

Stevotomo Report 25 Feb 2011 13:22

Thank You LancashireAnn

I have just looked at the site, it is good.

Stephen