Family History Notebook

Thomas James Swindall

Son of Jonathan Swindall and Mary Monimia Furniss, baptised on the 11th of June 1821 at St Andrew's, Holborn

Married Elizabeth Courtnall Balls on the 27th of December 1840 at St John the Baptist, Shoreditch

Children

Thomas William, born 1841 in St Giles, Middlesex
James Arthur, born 1843 in Clerkenwell, Middlesex

Died 1860

In 1841  Thomas is a plasterer but he is not listed in the 1851 census and Elizabeth ('married' and 'wife') is struggling to support herself as a Governess and tobacconist. In 1861, a widow, she just describes herself as 'Governess'.

In 1871 Elizabeth is living with Samuel Croucher, another tobacconist, in Camberwell. No marriage has been found.

(In 1891 Samuel Croucher is a widower)

Notes

The marriage of Thomas James Swindall was registered in the fourth quarter of 1840 in Shoreditch, London. (FreeBMD 2 378). The marriage of Elizabeth Coutnall Balls is listed on the same page.

The death of Thomas James Swindells was registered in the third quarter of 1860 in Clerkenwell (FreeBMD 1b 278)

2    1841 census, 1851, 1861