In 1841, Thomas, aged 3, was living with his parents Thomas (an agricultural labourer) and Mary (nee Till). They had married in October 1837, at Berkeley church. Both they and their witnesses were illiterate.
Mark’s parents were living nearby, at Tumpy Green. Thomas was baptised in May of the following year, at Cam church. At the time, the family were living at Nubbis Ash, Cam.
In 1844, a brother was born – Henry, and baptised at North Nibley church.
In 1851, Mark and Mary (recorded as Margaret) were living in the adjacent parish of Alkington with Thomas (now a plough boy) and 3 more siblings.
In May 1858, Thomas married Anne Wakefield at Stone church. Their daughter Maria was born in December, and baptised at Stone Church.
In 1859, Ann was sentenced to 4 months hard labour, for ‘larceny from her master’, or, as reported in the Cheltenham Examiner ‘stealing a towel, a table cloth, two wine glasses, and a saucer, at Wotton under Edge from Mr G Minnett, her master.’
In 1861, Thomas was lodging, alone, at Stoke Edith, Herefordshire.
In 1871, Ann and Maria were pauper inmates in Dursley Workhouse. I can’t find them in the ’61 Census.
Then – a blank, so a mystery for some one else to unravel.
North Nibley One-Place-Study 