Thompson
Name | Age | Occupation | Birthplace |
PLEWS Christopher | 65 | Tailor | Yks |
THOMPSON Henry | 25 | Cordwainer | Yks |
THOMPSON Letitia | 2 | | Yks |
ALDERSON Mary | 30 | Female Servant | Yks |
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Henry Thompson was baptized 16 June 1815 at Spennithorne, son of
Joseph by Elizabeth. Henry first married Isabella Plews, December
1837, the above Letitia being Isabella Thompson, their child baptized
19 November 1838. Henry is a widower here, Isabella having being
buried in Redmire 25 March 1840. Young Isabella died shortly after
the census, buried in Redmire 3 October 1841.
There are no more Thompsons until the above Henry returns in 1881:
Name | Relationship | Age | Occupation | Birthplace |
THOMPSON Henry | Head, Married | 66 | Farmer | Bellerby |
THOMPSON Hannah | Wife, Married | 55 | | Middleham |
DINSDALE Jane | Wife, Married | 42 | Shepherd's Wife | Thornton Rust |
DINSDALE Thomas | Son | 11 | Scholar | Castle Bolton |
DINSDALE Jane | Daughter | 9 | Scholar | Castle Bolton |
DINSDALE Christopher | Son | 3 | | Castle Bolton |
DINSDALE James William | Son | 2m | | Castle Bolton |
DINSDALE Margaret | Niece | 7 | Scholar | High Abbotside |
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After the death of Henry's first wife and child, Henry remarried in
July 1843 to Mary Fawcett, with whom he had 8 children in Redmire,
until Mary died, 15 May 1869.
Henry then married his third wife, Hannah, 25 July 1873 in Wensley.
Hannah was the widow of Thomas Fawcett, who had been buried 9 July
1865. Hannah was born Hannah Bowe, daughter of Robert Bowe (plumber
and glazier of Middleham) by Elizabeth. She was baptized 2 May 1823
in the Independent Chapel at Leyburn.
Henry, I believe, holds the Castle Bolton record for the number
of marriages, as by 1891 he is seen with his fourth wife, Ann:
Name | Relationship | Age | Occupation | Birthplace |
THOMPSON Henry | Head, Married | 76 | Farmer | Bellerby |
THOMPSON Ann | Wife, Married | 69 | | Redmire |
ROBINSON Christopher | Son in Law, Married | 37 | Farmer | Preston |
ROBINSON Elizabeth | Daughter, Married | 36 | | Redmire |
ROBINSON Annie M. | Granddaughter | 14 | | West Witton |
ROBINSON Eva | Granddaughter | 9 | Scholar | West Witton |
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Henry's third wife, Hannah, died 25 March 1886 and was buried in
Redmire 30 March 1886.
Henry then married Ann 24 July 1887. Ann (also known as Nancy) seen
above is the widow of Roger Horner. Ann was born Ann Constantine,
baptized 4 August 1822 in Redmire, the daughter of Richard Constantine
and Ann, nee Park. Ann was buried 26 December 1895, aged 75, making
a fourth wife outlived.
©2005 David W.J. Stringer-Calvert