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Facts and Events
Thomas Aaron Springett was born on 27th May 1911 at Maidstone in Kent, son of Beatrice Springett, formerly Porter, and her husband Thomas Springett, a labourer in the building trade. The 1911 census, taken the month before young Thomas’s birth, finds the family living at 182 Wheeler Street in Maidstone.
Thomas’s next sighting is in 1931, when he married Norah Meekins. They married in the Maidstone area, and they appear in the electoral register later that year living with Thomas’s parents at 11 George Street in Maidstone.
After their marriage, Thomas and Norah went on to have five children between 1934 and 1946, born at various locations across Kent.
At the outbreak of the Second World War, Thomas and Norah were living at Combourne Farm in Goudhurst, where they appear to have been one of several households of field workers, who were presumably only temporarily staying on the farm for seasonal work. Thomas was described as a builder’s labourer at this time.
Thomas died in 1967 in Hertfordshire, aged 55. Norah survived him by 22 years.
References
- ↑ Births index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).
b. Thomas Aaron SPRINGETT, June Quarter 1911, Maidstone Registration District, Volume 2a, page 885, mother's maiden name Porter
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 General Register Office. 1939 Register
Cranbrook Rural District, 29 Sep 1939.
Address: c/o E. Wickham & Son, Combourne Farm, Goudhurst, Kent
Springett, Thomas / male / b. 27 May 1911 / married / Builders Labourer
Springett, Norah / female / b. 7 Jun 1908 / married / Field worker
[two records closed]
There are several households listed with the address given as c/o E. Wickham & Son, Combourne Farm – quite likely they were temporarily living on the farm as seasonal field workers.
- ↑ Deaths index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).
d. Thomas A. SPRINGETT, December Quarter 1967, Hatfield Registration District, Volume 4b, page 108, aged 56 [1910/11]
Some public member trees on Ancestry report that Thomas died on 18th December 1967 at the Queen Elizabeth II Hospital in Welwyn Garden City.
- Electoral Registers (The British Library).
Published 15 Oct 1931
Parish of Maidstone, Kent
Address: 11 George Street
Springett, Thomas
Springett, Beatrice
Springett, Thomas, jun[ior]
Springett, Norah
Head, Edward, jun[ior]
- ↑ 1921 Census of England and Wales.
Address: 3 Smith Yard, Mole Road, Maidstone, Kent
Thomas Springett / head / 42y 7m [1878] / male / married / b. Brighton, Sussex / Labourer
Beatrice Springett / wife / 40y 4m [1881] / female / married / b. London
Lizzie Springett / daughter / 13y 11m [1907] / female / b. Maidstone, Kent / Whole time [school]
Thomas Springett / son / 10y 1m [1911] / male / b. Maidstone, Kent / Whole time [school]
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