Thomas Gent (1831 - 1870)

Born 1831 in Sutton in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Husband of Hannah (Turner) Gent — married 1857 (to 1870) in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England [uncertain]

Died Jan 1870 at about age 39 in Sutton in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

Thomas Gent was born in Sutton in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, England in 1831^[1]. He was the son of John Gent and Rebecca (Bramley) Gent.^[1]

On the 1841 census, Thomas (aged 10) lived with his parents John and Rebecca Gent and his six siblings in a Cottage near Porter's Buildings, Forest Side, Sutton in Ashfield.^[2]

In 1851, Thomas (20 years) still lived with his parents and four siblings at the Cottage near Eastfield Side (or Forest Side) Sutton in Ashfield. Thomas was employed as a framework knitter.^[1]

Thomas Gent married Hannah Turner in Mansfield Registration District in 1857^[3]

The 1861 census shows Thomas and Hannah Gent living at New Street, Sutton in Ashfield, where Thomas was a stocking framework knitter. They had two children, Sarah Ann Gent, aged 3, and Eliza Gent. (4mo) Also in the household was visitor Ann Turner, aged 23.^[4]

Thomas died in January 1870, aged 38^[5]. He was buried at St Mary's church, Sutton in Ashfield (as Thomas Ghent) on the 25th January 1870, when his abode at death was Station Street.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} "England and Wales Census, 1851," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SG6M-YJT : 7 July 2017), John Gent, ; citing , p. , from "1851 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
2. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1841," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M7SQ-JZ7 : 30 October 2015), John Gent, Sutton In Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, England; from "1841 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
3. ↑ "England & Wales Marriage Index"
   FreeBMD Entry Information (accessed 2 November 2023)
   Gent, Thomas. GRO Reference: 1857 Jul-Aug-Sep in Mansfield Volume 7b Page 109. Turner, Hannah. GRO Reference: 1857 Jul-Aug-Sep in Mansfield Volume 7b Page 109.
4. ↑ "General Register Office: 1861 Census Returns database, FreeCEN (https://www.freecen.org.uk/search_records/5904250ae9379091b1b8bd37 : viewed 2 Nov 2023), Thomas GENT, New Street, Nottinghamshire, England; from 1861 "England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images; citing The National Archives RG 9/2426, Folio 16, Page 26, Schedule 141, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
5. ↑ "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007," , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2JNL-YF2 : 31 December 2014), Thomas Gent, 1870; from "England & Wales Deaths, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Death, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
6. ↑ "Nottinghamshire, England, Church of England Burials, 1813-1994"
   Nottinghamshire Archives; Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England; Pr9836; Reference: Pr9836
   Ancestry uk Record 61841 #1056507 (accessed 2 November 2023)
   Thomas Ghent burial on 25 Jan 1870 in Sutton in Ashfield, St. Mary Magdalene, Nottinghamshire, England.