How innocent does he look? |
You learn some unusual stuff going through historical records. Like how often my great-grandfather, David Jones, appeared in front of the courts.
How innocent does he look? |
The Spotted Cow (closed) cc-by-sa/2.0 - © Stephen Craven - geograph.org.uk/p/2331664 |
Benjamin Thompson, son of Daniel Thompson and Mary Adcock, married Mary Ann Bottrell, daughter of Stephen Bottrell and Mary Thompson, in 1866, at Christ Church, Watney Street, St George in the East. Benjamin's sister, Sarah Elizabeth Thompson, had already married Mary Ann's brother, Daniel Botterill. Both sibling pairs, therefore, married their first cousins.
In 1861, Benjamin (19), bricklayer, had been living with his aunt and uncle, John and Maria Blackett, in St George in the East.
By 1871, Benjamin Tompson (29) Master Builder and wife Mary were living at 299 Cable Street. (Benjamin's brother Dan and his wife Mary Ann Green were living at that same address two years later, when their first child, Eliza Louisa was born there.) One wonders if 299 was a boarding house?
In 1891, Mary Tompson (46), widow, had become the Licenced Victualler of the Spotted Cow, Hither Green Lane, Lewisham. Living with her were her son, Daniel (19) Manager Public House; Benjamin (17), Cabinet Maker's Apprentice; daughter Mary (3); her niece Sarah Tompson (Dan Tompson's daughter), as well as a Sarah A Bunting (24), General Servant.
By 1901, Mary Tompson (55) was living at 44, Ringstead Road, Lewisham. With her were Benjamin Tompson (27), who had become an upholsterer; Thomas Tompson (17), Warehouseman; Mary Tompson (13), Sybil Thompson (2), granddaughter, and Ellen Guymer (20), General Domestic Servant.
Mary Tompson died, aged 58, in Lewisham, in 1903.
Interior of St Thomas a Becket's Church, Thorverton, Devon cc-by-sa/2.0 - © Derek Voller - geograph.org.uk/p/4038111 |
Chapel Hill, St Erth cc-by-sa/2.0 - © Bill Boaden - geograph.org.uk/p/4062395 |
Hockworthy: Hockford Cottage cc-by-sa/2.0 - © Martin Bodman - geograph.org.uk/p/164609 |
Grave of John Stone and his parents, Mary and Henry Stone, in Uplowman Churchyard |