Person:Thomas Dunham (7)

Thomas Dunham was born on 10th February 1804 at Wheathampstead in Hertfordshire, and baptised there just over a month later. He was the son of a Benjamin Dunham and Ann Phillips.

When Thomas was 26 years old he married a Susannah Parsons at Wheathampstead. She was about eight years younger than him. They appear not to have had any children. The 1841 census finds Thomas and Susannah living at Marshalls Heath in Wheathampstead, with a young boy called William Parsons, presumably a relative of Susannah's, and an elderly Ann Dunham, presumably Thomas's mother. Thomas was working as an agricultural labourer and Susannah as a plaiter.

Thomas died aged 38, being buried at Wheathampstead on 4th January 1843. Susannah remarried just over a year after Thomas's death.

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 Church of England. Wheathampstead Parish Registers. (Hertford: Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies).

   Baptisms
   1804
   Dunham - Tho[ma]s son of Benj[ami]n & Ann his wife (late Phillips) born Feb[ruar]y 10th Bapt[ize]d March 11th

2. ↑ England. 1841 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 HO107; Piece 442; Book 8; Folio 22; Page 7, 6 Jun 1841.

   Address: Marshal Heath, Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire
   Thomas Dunham, male, 35 [1801-6], Ag Lab, b. in county
   Susan Dunham, female, 30 [1806-11], Pl, b. in county
   Ann Dunham, female, 70 [1766-71], b. in county
   William Parsons, male, 6 [1834/5], b. in county

3. ↑ Burials register, in Church of England. Wheathampstead Parish Registers. (Hertford: Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies).

   BURIALS in the Parish of Wheathampstead in the County of Hertford in the Year 1843
   No.	Name	Abode	When buried	Age	By whom the Ceremony was performed
   889	Thomas Dunham	Wheathamsted	January 4th	38 y[ea]rs	Charles Bunstall, Off[iciating] Minister