Person:John Moles (1)

John Thomas Moles was born in 1860 at Hitchin in Hertfordshire, the first child of a straw plaiter and midwife called Fanny Moles, formerly Worbey, and her husband Thomas Moles, a mole and rat catcher and agricultural labourer. John Thomas was baptised at Hitchin on 9th November 1860, less than six weeks after his parents' marriage.

He appears in the 1861 census with his parents, who were living next door to his maternal grandfather at The Riddy in Hitchin. Sadly John Thomas died when he was only six months old, being buried at Hitchin on 27th May 1861.

1.   Births index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).

   b. John Thomas MOLE, December Quarter 1860, Hitchin Registration District, Volume 3a, page 224, mother's maiden name Worbey

2. ↑ Baptisms register, in Church of England. Parish Registers of St Mary's Church, Hitchin. (Hertford: Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies).

   BAPTISMS solemnized in the Parish of Hitchin in the County of Hertford in the Year 1860
   No.	When Baptized	Child's Christian Name	Parent's Name		Abode	Quality, Trade, or Profession	By whom the Ceremony was performed
   			Christian	Surname
   3219	Nov[ember] 9	John Thomas	Thomas & Fanny	Moules	The Riddy	Labourer	S. Cheetham

3. ↑ England. 1861 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG9; Piece 819; Folio 106; Page 22, 7 Apr 1861.

   Address: The Riddy, Hitchin, Hertfordshire
   John Worboys, head, widower, male, 54 [1806/7], Ag[ricultural] Labourer, b. Hitchin, Hertfordshire
   James Worboys, son, male, 12 [1848/9], b. Hitchin, Hertfordshire
   Emma Worboys, daughter, female, 10 [1850/1], b. Hitchin, Hertfordshire
   ~ next household ~
   Thomas Moles, head, married, male, 22 [1838/9], Ag[ricultural] Labourer, b. Willian, Hertfordshire
   Fanny Moles, wife, female, 19 [1841/2], b. Hitchin, Hertfordshire
   John Moles, son, male, 6 months [1860], b. Hitchin, Hertfordshire

4.   Deaths index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).

   d. John Thomas MOULES, June Quarter 1861, Hitchin Registration District, Volume 3a, page 162, aged 0

5. ↑ Burials register, in Church of England. Parish Registers of St Mary's Church, Hitchin. (Hertford: Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies).

   BURIALS in the Parish of Hitchin in the County of Hertford in the Year 1861
   No.	Name	Abode	When buried	Age	By whom the Ceremony was performed
   61	John Thomas Moules	The Riddy	May 27	Inf[an]t	S.G. Read