Person:Thomas King (106)

Thomas King was baptised on 18th August 1799 at Leek Wootton in Warwickshire, son of Thomas King and his wife Mary. Thomas’s mother died in 1809, when Thomas was only ten years old. It is not clear when his father died.

Thomas was married on 13th October 1823, aged 24, to Mary Moore. They married at Haseley, about four miles west of Leek Wootton, although Thomas was living in neighbouring Hatton at the time of their marriage.

Shortly after their marriage Thomas and Mary moved into the nearby town of Warwick, where they lived for the rest of their lives. They had six children baptised in Warwick between 1824 and 1839, although two of them died young. All the children’s baptisms give the family’s abode as Saltisford, the main street out of Warwick to the north-west. Thomas worked as a shoemaker.

The 1841 census finds Thomas, Mary and their four surviving children living on Saltisford.

On census night in 1851 Mary was lodging away from home and working as a nurse elsewhere in Warwick whilst Thomas and the children were still living on Saltisford. Later in 1851 Thomas’s eldest daughter married, and Thomas’s first grandchild was born the following year.

By 1861 Thomas and Mary were still living on Saltisford, but only had their youngest daughter still living with them. They also had four boarders and lodgers in the house.

Mary died at Saltisford in Warwick on 20th December 1862 from heart disease. She was 61 years old. Thomas survived her by less than six months. He died aged 63 and was buried in Warwick on 4th June 1863.

1. ↑ Church of England. Parish Church of Leek Wootton (Warwickshire). Parish registers, 1581-1973. (Warwick: Warwickshire Record Office).

   Christenings 1799
   Aug[us]t 18 Bap[tised] Thomas Son of Thomas & Mary King

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 1155; Book 3; Folio 35; Page 20, 6 Jun 1841.

   Address: Saltisford, Warwick, Warwickshire
   Tho[ma]s King, male, 40 [1796-1801], Cordwainer J[ou]rn[e]ym[a]n, born in county
   Mary King, female, 40 [1796-1801], not born in county
   Mary King, female, 14 [1826/7], born in county
   William King, male, 12 [1828/9], born in county
   Harriott King, female, 9 [1831/2], born in county
   Emma King, female, 2 [1838/9], born in county

3. ↑ England. 1851 Census Returns for England and Wales. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class HO107; Piece 2073; Folio 294; Page 31, 30 Mar 1851.

   Address: Saltisford, Warwick, Warwickshire
   Thomas King, head, married, male, 51 [1799/1800], Shoe Maker, b. Leek Wootton, Warwickshire
   Ann King, daughter, unmarried, female, 24 [1826/7], Goes out Charing, b. Warwick, Warwickshire
   William King, son, unmarried, male, 22 [1828/9], Boatman, b. Warwick, Warwickshire
   Harriet King, daughter, unmarried, female, 19 [1831/2], Servant, b. Warwick, Warwickshire
   Emma King, daughter, unmarried, female, 11 [1839/40], Scholar, b. Warwick, Warwickshire
   Mary Connell, lodger, unmarried, female, 4 [1846/7], Scholar, b. Warwick, Warwickshire

4. ↑ 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 2225; Folio 67; Page 16, 7 Apr 1861.

   Address: Saltisford, Warwick, Warwickshire
   Thomas King, head, married, male, 63 [1797/8], Shoemaker, b. Leek Wootton, Warwickshire
   Mary King, wife, married, female, 62 [1798/9], b. Maidford, Northamptonshire
   Emma King, daughter, unmarried, female, 21 [1839/40], House servant, b. Warwick
   Joseph Jackson, boarder, unmarried, male, 23 [1837/8], Stone mason, b. Huddersfield, Yorkshire
   Richard Michael Silk, lodger, married, male, 34 [1826/7], Shoemaker & Boot Closer, b. Newbridge, County Kildare, Ireland
   George Smith, lodger, unmarried, male, 36 [1824/5], Stableman, b. Leigh, Gloucestershire
   Mark Harris, lodger, married, male, 27 [1833/4], Bricklayer, b. Nuneaton, Warwickshire

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

   d. Thomas KING, June Quarter 1863, Warwick Registration District, Volume 6d, page 312, aged 65 [1797/8]

6. ↑ Burials register, in Church of England. Parish registers of St Mary, Warwick, 1538-1928. (Warwick: Warwickshire County Record Office).

   BURIALS in the Parish of St Mary Warwick in the County of Warwick in the Year 1863
   No.	Name	Abode	When buried	Age	By whom the Ceremony was performed
   718	Thomas King	Saltsford	June 4	65	C.S.M. Green