Bertha (Isaac) Thomas (1888 - 1958)

Born 27 Jan 1888 in Bootle, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Wife of Owen Robert Thomas — married 20 May 1907 in St Mary Church, Kirkdale, Liverpool, Lancashire, England

Died 23 Nov 1958 at age 70 in Liverpool, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

Bertha (Isaac) Thomas was born in Lancashire, England.

Bertha was born in Bootle, Lancashire, England, in 1888. Her parents were Edgar Isaac, and Sarah Dumbell. Bertha was the last of four children. Bertha's mother, Sarah, passed away in 1903. It appears Bertha lived with her father and sister until her marriage in 1907.

Bertha married Owen Robert Thomas on May 20, 1907, in Liverpool, Lancashire, England. Owen was ten years Bertha's senior. Bertha and Owen would have four children. Owen died in 1924. Bertha and her children Bertha, Edith, and Louisa, appeared in the 1939 Register residing at 3 Blossom Street, Bootle, Lancashire, in the household of her father Edgar Isaac. Her occupation "Unpaid domestic Duties".

Bertha passed away on November 23, 1958, in Walton Hospital, Liverpool, Lancashire, England. Her death was registered in Liverpool North.

Birth

• 1888, Bootle, Lancashire, England.
  • England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915: Vol. 8b page 417.

Residence

• 170 Brookhill Road, Bootle, Lancashire. Age 3. Residing with parents, Edgar, a "Gas Man", and Sarah Ann, and sister, Louisa, age five years.
  • England Census 1891: Class: RG12; Piece: 2969; Folio: 104; Page: 26; GSU roll: 6098079.

• 164 Brookhill road, Bootle cum Linacre, Lancashire. Age 12. Residing with parents, Edgar, Sarah, and sister Louisa.
  • England Census 1901: Class: RG13; Piece: 3463; Folio: 128; Page: 9.

Marriage

• May 20, 1907, Liverpool, Lancashire, England.
  • England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1827-1915: Vol. 8b page 660.
  • England, Select Marriages 1538-1973: FHL Film #1545943 Reference ID: it 2 p 121.

Residence

• 11 Wood Street, Litherland, Lancashire. Age 22. Residing with husband, Owen, a "Carter" for a builder's merchant, and adopted daughter, Lottie Ada Cash, 5 months old. (Lottie appears to be the daughter of Bertha's maternal cousin, Ada Ann (Addison) Cash, who died in the first Quarter of 1911. Lottie passed away a short time after the adoption).
  • England Census 1911: Class: RG14; Piece: 22343.

• 3 Blossom Street, Bootle, Lancashire. Age 51. Residing with daughters Edith, Bertha, and Louisa in household of father Edgar Isaac.
  • 1939 England and Wales Register: Reference: RG 101/4296B.

Death

• November 23, 1958, Bootle, Lancashire, England.
  • England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007: 10d page 267.

Probate

• March 10, 1959, Liverpool, England. Bertha Thomas of 3 Blossom Street, Bootle, Lancashire, died 23 November 1958 at Walton Hospital, Liverpool. Personal effects to (daughter) Bertha Thomas, spinster.
  • England & Wales, National Probate Calendar, 1858-1966.

Sources

• "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008," database, FamilySearch [(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2XRG-PLG : 1 October 2014)], Bertha Isaac, 1888; from "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Birth Registration, West Derby, Lancashire, England, citing General Register Office, Southport, England.

• "England and Wales Census, 1891," database with images, FamilySearch [(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:732H-XMM : 15 October 2015)], Bertha Isaacs in household of Edgar Isaacs, Bootle Cum Linacre, Lancashire, England; from "1891 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 12, Lancashire county, subdistrict, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.

• "England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch [(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X92P-Z27 : 29 August 2015)], Bertha Isaac in household of Edgar Isaac, Bootle Cum Linacre, Lancashire, England; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing Bootle subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.

• "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," database, FamilySearch [(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2DDV-6ZG : 13 December 2014)], Bertha Isaac, 1907; from “England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005,” database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing 1907, quarter 2, vol. 8B, p. 660, West Derby, Lancashire, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.

• "England and Wales Census, 1911," database, FamilySearch [(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XWT7-DGK : 20 January 2015)], Bertha Thomas, Litherland, Litherland, Lancashire, England; from "1911 England and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 14, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.

• "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007," database, FamilySearch [(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVC8-5JJQ : 4 September 2014)], Bertha Thomas, 1958; from "England & Wales Deaths, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Death, Liverpool North, Lancashire, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.