Thomas Morris (1873 - 1945)

Born 1873 in South Stockton, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Husband of Charlotte (Bimson) Morris — married 28 Dec 1895 in St Wilfred's Church, Standish

Descendants

Died 5 Jan 1945 at about age 72 in St. Matthews Highfield, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

Thomas Morris was born in 1873 in South Stockton. He was the son of William Morris and Henrietta (Sparks) Morris. His father was a labourer.

Thomas' mother Henrietta died in 1879, when he was about six.

By April 3rd 1881, Thomas and his older brother Henry were boarding with William and Catherine Barnes and their children in Stanley Grove, Thornaby on Tees, Yorkshire. At some point between 1881 and 1891, William Barnes died, and by April 5th 1891, Thomas' father William Morris was living with Catherine as her husband in Newton-in-Makerfield, Wigan, Lancashire. Thomas was 18 by this time, and working as a collier; he was living with William and Catherine, as was Catherine's son Matthew Barnes, who was also 18 and a collier. Also in the household were a nephew and a granddaughter of Catherine.

On December 28th 1895, Thomas married Charlotte Bimson at St Wilfred's Church in Standish. Both were 24 years old and living in Standish, and it was a first marriage for both; Thomas was working as a collier, Charlotte as a domestic servant. The fathers were William Morris (collier) and Luke Bimson (butcher). The witnesses were Robert Urmston and Rosa Emily Coseins.

By March 31st 1901, Thomas and Charlotte were living in Billinge Road, Ashton in Makerfield. They had three small children - William (4), Lynda A (3) and Fred (1). Thomas was working as a collier.

By 1902, when Millicent was baptised, Thomas was working as a colliery contractor - meaning he had made a contract with the colliery to take charge of a particular section of the mine and extract coal from it at an agreed rate per ton. He would hire, pay and be responsible for the safety of his own workers, and be in charge of repairs.^[1]

By April 2nd 1911, the family were still in Wigan district. Thomas' father had died, and his stepmother Catherine had moved in with Thomas & Charlotte & family. Thomas' occupation was given as miner, and his eldest son William was working as a pony boy in the colliery.

By 1912, they were living at 4 Queen Street, Highfield, in or near Pemberton. This was still their address in 1914, when the youngest child, Matilda, died.

Charlotte died on 1 Mar 1942, aged 70, in Wigan district. She was buried on 6 Mar 1942 at St. Matthew's, Highfield, Pemberton, Lancashire.

Thomas died in 1945, aged 71. He died on 5 Jan 1945 at St Matthew's.

Sources

1. ↑ http://doot.spub.co.uk/code.php?value=041

• Birth registration listed on https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/indexes_search.asp

• Marriage listed on Lancashire Online Parish Clerk

• Death registration https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=ND0LWSaxzvtuFqu7Q1yNww&scan=1

• Burial - St Matthew's recorder

• "England and Wales Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q27B-LX4D : 12 December 2017), Henry Morris in household of William Barnes, Thornaby With South Stockton, Yorkshire,Yorkshire North Riding, England; from "1881 England, Scotland and Wales Census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing p. 30, Piece/Folio 4863/18, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey; FHL microfilm 101,775,352.

• "England and Wales Census, 1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:77Y2-F6Z : 10 December 2017), Thomas Morris in household of William Morris, Standish With Langtree, 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:X9L3-R9T : 8 April 2016), Thomas Morris, Ashton In Makerfield, Lancashire, England; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing Ashton In Makerfield subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.

• "England and Wales Census, 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XWYD-JS4 : 2 August 2017), Thomas Morris, Pemberton, Newtown Pemberton Wigan, 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.

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